Edward Carter (1761 - 1838)

Born 29 May 1761 in Bucks, Pennsylvania

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Died 11 Mar 1838 at age 76 in Rabun, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Sergeant Edward Carter served with 5th North Carolina Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Sergeant Edward Carter was born May 29, 1761, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, a son of Samuel Carter and Mary Barnes. Edward migrated from Pennsylvania to North Carolina, where he served as a Sergeant in Alderson's company of the 5th Regiment, under the command of Colonel Edward Buncomb, a plantation owner from the Province of North Carolina who served as a colonel in the North Carolina militia and Continental Army. ^[1]

Edward Carter is honored for his military service by the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution as DAR Ancestor #A019905. DAR records indicate that he resided in Burke county, North Carolina, and Wilkes county, North Carolina (see notes) and that he died March 11, 1838, in Rabun county, Georgia. Edward married 1) Mary Brown and 2) Isabella Groce. Applications for membership in the Society of the DAR have been made by the descendants of his sons, Solomon Carter, who married Alvira Hopper; Jesse Carter, who married Lavina Sams; and Josiah Henry Carter, who married Jane Pinson. ^[2]

According to his Find A Grave memorial, Edward and Mary Brown were the parents of nine children, eight of which have memorials attached to their parents. Edward and Mary are buried in the churchyard of the Head of Tennessee Baptist Church, in Dillard, Rabun county, Georgia. ^[3]

Research Notes

In 1777, Burke County was formed from Rowan County.

Wilkes county, North Carolina was formed on April 20, 1778 by an act of the North Carolina General Assembly of 1778 from parts of Surry County and Washington District (now Washington County, Tennessee).

Sources

1. ↑ NCDAR, ROSTER OF SOLS FROM NC IN THE AM REV, PP 77, 79
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 13 Mar 2022), "Record of CARTER, EDWARD", Ancestor # A019905.
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #53440834

• The Heritage of Old Buncombe County, NC, 1981. Page 30 https://openlibrary.org/books/OL3068469M/The_Heritage_of_old_Buncombe_County