William Carter (1791 - 1840)

Born 1791 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 1840 at about age 49 in Pike, Mississippi, United States

William Carter served in the 13th Regiment, Mississippi Militia in the War of 1812
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Biography

William CARTER, b. ca. 1785-1790, probably in Orangeburg District, South Carolina. He was a War of 1812 veteran, serving with the rank of 1st Lt. in the 13th Mississippi Militia Regiment.

The first wife of William Carter was Hannah Jemima Cole. They were married in Amite Co., Mississippi, on 22 OCT 1812.^[1] They were the parents of Isaac F. Carter, born about 1813, and Mahala Carter, who married Jacob Leonard Amacker. A second daughter, born between 1812-1820, has not been identified; she may have died young.

William Carter married, second, Susannah Williams on 5 OCT 1820 in Amite County, Mississippi.^[2] Their children, as reported by Rita B. Denman, were:

1. Emily Carter m. B. D. Owens;
2. Carolyn Carter m. Locke Martin;
3. Francis Marion Carter;
4. Artabanus Carter;
5. Harmon M. Carter;
6. Peter Horry Carter;
7. Mary Carter m. William Cook;
8. Jensey (or Jinsey) Carter m. Jesse Morris.

William Carter died about 1840, and Susanna (Williams) Carter died before 1850.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911", database, FamilySearch, William Carter to Hannah Jemima Cole, 1812.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Mississippi, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1800-1825"
   Ancestry Record 2093 #1435 (accessed 13 June 2022)
   William Carter marriage to Susannah Williams on 5 Oct 1820.
3. ↑ Family of Isaac Carter

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Acknowledgments

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