Sarah (York) Carter (1812 - 1888)

Born 25 Aug 1812 in Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Furlsbury Carter — married 18 Feb 1832 in Bethel, Oxford, Maine

Descendants

Died 8 Sep 1888 at age 76 in Glenbar, Graham, Arizona Territory, United States

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Sarah became a member of the LDS Church between 1830 - 1848.

Sarah (York) Carter was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Biography

Church Ordinance:

Endowment at the Temple in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, United States on January 20, 1846 (Reference: Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46; Temple Index Bureau)

FSFTID

FSFTID KWJR-LK2

Note

Note: ANCESTRAL FILE: #18V8-RB.

NOTE: Sarah York was re-baptized 21 Apr 1965 SLAKE Temple BIO: "Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude" page 518 Daughters of the Utah Pioneers arah was born at Bethel Maine. In 1831 she married William F. Carter. They were converted to the Church in 1834 and began to move west with the Mormons, finally locating in Nauvoo, Illinois.

They were near Nauvoo, Illinois at the time of the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum. Soon after they expelled from their house by as mob. They soon started their four-year journey across the plains, stopping and setting up blacksmith shops in a number of small towns along the way. They arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in 1850 and soon moved to Provo.

In 1852 her husband was called to serve a mission to India and Sarah was left to provide for herself and three children. From 1862 to 1882, they traveled between Santaquin, Nephi, Goshen and Benjamin, Utah, storekeeping and running a threshing machine.

In 1883 her son, William Aaron volunteered to move to the Gila Valley, Arizona. Sarah was 72 years old at the time and drove one of the teams all the way.

At one time they were stopped by Indians. They left Sarah alone when she told them they would be interrupting "God's work" if they stopped them. BIO: This history submitted by Helen ColePO Box 781 Thatcher Arizona 85552 phone 520-428-5149 Sarah York Carter was born 25 August 1812 at Bethel, Oxford, Maine. Sarah was the sixth child of Peter York and Abiah Russell. In 1831, she married William Furlsbury Carter at Newry, Oxford, Maine. To this Union were born: 5 July 1832 Peter York Carter, 22 August 1834 Abiah Russell Carter, 6 December 1836 Lyman Wilman (White) Carter, 9 September 1838 William Furlsbury Carter, 25 Mar 1841 Hannah Libby Carter, 16 June 1843 Martha York Carter, 13 April 1846 Sarah Melissa Carter, 22 Dec 1848 William Aaron Carter, 5 August 1851 Edwin Levan Carter, 2 January 1856 Charlotte York Carter. Sarah York Carter went through many trials and persecutions of the early siants in Missouri and Illinois. One time the mob cmae to her door. She asked them what they were going to do with them. They told her they were going to burn them out and drive them from there to Nauvoo and from there to Hell. She told them to go ahead if they thought there was no hereafter. At this same time alll the men had to flee for their livesas the mob had sent word that every man and boy that was left in town they would kill. Grandfather John Carter had not joined the church so they never molested him. His brother-in-law was in his home and very ill. Grandfather shaved him put on a lady's night dress he was never discovered by the mob. Sarah asked one of the mob, a man she knew, if he could help her get her things out before they burned the house. He said he would like to help her but didnt' care as the rest would kill him. She took what things she couldand put them against the well curb. There came a rain and the mob had to leave without burning anything. In the night the men came back, took their families with them, an what little things they could and left nearly everything behind. The next day Sarah's oldest son Peter went back to get the cow. The mob saw him and began shooting at him. He fell to one side of the horse, his hat fell off and the mob thought they had shot him and they turned back. Peter went safely on with the cow. Grandfather Carter begged Sarah to take the children and go with him as the mob never came to his house to bother him. She told him no. She knew that if the mob ever found out he was defending them they would kill him. That was the last time she ever saw her grandfather, because they left Nauvoo and came west to Salt Lake and he never joined the Church.Sarah York Carter was well acquainted with the Prophet Joseph Smith. At one conference everybody wanted him to go home with them to dinner, so many asked him that he couldn't go without offending. Sarah hadn't asked him so he came to her and put his arms around her and said, "Sister Carter, have you any bread and milk?" She said, "Yes, and some honey too with it." "Then I am going home with you," said the Prophet. Sarah went through all the hardships and troubles during the Black Hawk War, while living in Provo, Utah. They soon moved to Santaquin, Utah, still having trouble with the Indians. They had to have guards watch day and night for the Indians to keep them from coming upon them and killing them. A white man who had trouble with his wife, joined the Indians and made threats that he would bring them and massacre the whole town. He was finally captured and shot by someone when he tried to get away. Sarah's daughter Charlotta remembered this instance very well, as her father's newphew was on guard when this happened. Sarah York Carter lived in Provo after all her children were all grown and married. Her three youngest, children: William A., Edwin, and Charlotta decided to come to Arizona to make their home, so Sarah decided to come with them. She drove a team all the way, being 72 years old at the time. She was then again among the pioneers of Arizona sharing all the trials there with the Indians. Sarah York Carter was only sick one week, dying at her son Edwin (Edd) Carter's home at Glenbar, Graham County, Arizona, 8 September 1888 and is buried at Pima, Graham County, Arizona. (Submitted to the Nauvoo Visitor's Center Archives by Helen R. Cole, P.O. Box 781, Thatcher, Arizona 85552, Ph. 520-428-5149)

Burial

Burial:

Date: SEP 1888

Place: Old Cemetery in Pima, Graham, Arizona

Sources

• ANCESTRAL FILE: #18V8-RB.
• Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints 1830-1848, Volume XLVIII, YER—ZEN Compiled by Susan Ward Easton, Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1988. https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE5412458
• LDS Pioneer Overland Travel 1847-1868 web site: https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/pioneers/48396/sarah-york-carter