Phoebe Mary (Templeton) Carter (1794 - 1857)

Born 4 Jan 1794 in Greene, Southwest Territory, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John M Carter — married 9 Feb 1815 in Greene, Tennessee

Descendants

Died 11 Nov 1857 at age 63 in Ashmore Township, Coles, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Phoebe was born about 1794. She was the daughter of Absalom Joel Templeton 1771 - 1859 Susanna Carter 1780 - 1840. She married in 1815. She passed away in 1857.

Phoebe Mary "Polly" Templeton was born January 4, 1794, in Greene, Southwest Territory, United States (became Tennessee in 1796), a daughter of Absalom Joel Templeton and Susannah Carter. ^[1]

On February 9, 1815, in Greene County, Tennessee, Polly Templeton married John Carter. ^[2]

Mary (Templeton) Carter died November 11, 1857, at the age of 63, in Ashmore Township, Coles County, Illinois and is buried in the Ashmore Cemetery. Husband: John M. Carter 1793 - ?

Siblings:

1. Joseph Templeton 1801 - 1838
2. William T. Templeton 1801 - 1830
3. Rachel Templeton 1801 - ?
4. Phoeriba Templeton 1802 - ?
5. Levi Templeton 1804 - 1860
6. George Washington Templeton 1805 - 1857
7. Absalom Guy Templeton 1807 - ?
8. Joel C Templeton 1809 - 1871
9. Benjamin A Templeton 1810 - 1838
10. Catherine Jane Trent (born Templeton) 1814 - 1860
11. Lewis Templeton 1815 - 1850
12. Eliza Willeford Hurley (born Templeton) 1817 - 1900
13. Rev. Absalom Grey Templeton 1817 - 1889
14. S. Albert Templeton 1822 - 1858
15. Susannah Byrd (born Templeton) 1822 - 1868 ^[3]

Children from Find A Grave:

1. Susan Carter Austin 1815-1884
   
2. Shelton Carter 1816-1893
   
3. Bailey Carter 1820-1847
   
4. Theny Carter Collins 1823-1855
   
5. Jane Carter Reed 1824-1907
   
6. Joseph Carter 1827-1903
   
7. Elizabeth Carter Cox 1829-1848
   

1857 July 25 - Bounty Land Claim. State of Illinois
State of Illinois, County of Coles.
"On this day personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mary Carter, aged 64 years, a resident of Coles County in the State of Illinois who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of John Carter deceased, who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Hyle or Register supposed to be in the commanded by Colonel Gibbs in the War of 1812.
That her said husband was drafted at Greensville, Tenn on or about the 1st of February A.D. 1813 or 14 for the term of 3 months and continued in actual service in said war for the term of 6 months and was discharged at Greensville on the -- day of 1814 or 15 by one Justice of the Peace in Greene County, Tenn. and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Templeton and her said husband died at Coles County, Ill. on the 19th day of July A.D. 1846? and that she is a widow at the date of executing this her declaration and has not obtained a warrant under any act of congress .... Mary (her mark) Carter.

County of Coles. on the 25th day of July A.D. 1857 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Enos Barnes? and William D. Austin residents of the State of Illinois and County of Coles. who being duly sworn according to law, declare that they are personally and well acquainted with Mrs. Mary Carter who saw her sign her name (or made her mark) to the foregoing declaration, that they know her to be the identical person therein represented, and that she is now a widow; and they swear they are disinterested witnesses.
Enos Basney? & William D. Austin. I. S. Brown J.P."[1]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G2Z4-BGY
2. ↑ "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDQQ-XJ6 : 16 March 2020), Polly Templeton in entry for John Carter, 1815
3. ↑ MyHeritage

• Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002

[2]

• https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-136143361-18-1290/mary-polly-carter-born-templeton-in-myheritage-family-trees?s=216760841
• https://archive.org/details/LeviCarterBk1
• Source: S-2144704497 Repository: #R-2146436631 Title: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008.Original data - Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashvill Note: APID: 1,1169::0

•  : Pratt Progenitor Papers Volume 7 Levi Carter Sr. & Descendants (c) 1992 Revised 2010

•  : Henry Pratt Family of Greene County, Tennessee (c) 2003 Revised 2013 3rd Edition

•  : The Parentage of the Three Reverends...and the Lady (c) Revised 2nd Edition 2014

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66653725/mary-carter: accessed 08 January 2024), memorial page for Mary Templeton Carter (4 Jan 1794–11 Nov 1857), Find a Grave Memorial ID 66653725, citing Ashmore Cemetery, Ashmore, Coles County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Donna Stewart (contributor 48091949).