John M Carter (abt. 1784 - 1841)

Born about 1784 in Amissville, Rappahannock, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Phoebe Mary (Templeton) Carter — married 9 Feb 1815 in Greene, Tennessee

Descendants

Died 19 Jul 1841 at about age 57 in Ashmore Township, Coles, Illinois, United States

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Biography

John was born about 1784 and passed away about 1841

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Note

Note: Sources: Elizabeth Carter Schnegelburger

John Carter married Polly Templeton

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 [1]

U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 [2]

Children from Find A Grave:
Susan Carter Austin 1815-1884
Shelton Carter 1816-1893
Bailey Carter 1820-1847
Theny Carter Collins 1823-1855
Jane Carter Reed 1824-1907
Joseph Carter 1827-1903
Elizabeth Carter Cox 1829-1848

Published in Portrait and Biographical Album of Coles County, Illinois (1887) John Carter, From page 289

"John Carter, a native of Tennessee, was born in 1784, and departed this life at his home in Ashmore Township, July 19, 1841, when fifty-seven years of age. He requested that his funeral services be conducted on the following Sabbath by James Ashmore. He had been a resident of this county for eleven years, residing near Ashmore. The mother was a native of East Tennessee; she died about the year 1857. Both parents belonged to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, of which the father had been a member since early manhood. His parents had reared a large family of children, of whom only John came to this locality.

The children of John and Mary Carter, nine in number, are recorded as follows: Susan became the wife of John Austin, and died in Ashmore; Shelton is married, and lives there; Nancy is the wife of Robert Boyd, of Kansas; Bailey was married, and died in 1847, leaving a wife and two children; Thenia married Solomon Collins of Morgan Township, and died in 1856; Jane, the wife of Caleb Reed, is living at Ashmore; Joseph, of our sketch, was the seventh child; Betsey married James Cox, of Ashmore, and is now deceased; Catherine became the wife of George Young, and died in Oregon." [3]

From page 252 "Among the first blacksmiths in the county were two men of the name of Owens and Harman, who had the first shop in Charleston. John Carter, of Ashmore, was another of the early blacksmiths, and also P. K. Honn, who for many years kept a shop at Hitesville."

From page 393
"John Carter, Pearson and John Wiley, ... were from the old Blue-Grass State. Carter was from the Crab Orchard country, and came to Illinois in 1830, arriving in this township on the 13th of April, and settled a short distance east of the present village of Ashmore. He has two sons living —
Shelton Carter, in Ashmore Township, and Joseph Carter, in Morgan Township; both are honorable, upright citizens. A daughter married John Austin, and lives on the place where Mr. Carter built his first cabin. Mrs. Joseph Reed is also a daughter, and Mrs. Catharine Young, living in Washington Territory. Mr. Carter died in July, 1841." [4] (There is a lot more information there)

Note: Further research is required to locate primary documents to satisfy Wikitree source standards for this info from MyHeritage. Some research documents are shown below.

John Carter was born in 1790, in Tennessee, a son of Caleb Carter. On February 9, 1815, in Green county, Tennessee, John married Mary "Polly" Templeton. ^[2]

• On October 15, 1835, Miss Susan Carter, a daughter of John and Mary Carter, both natives of East Tennessee married John M. Austin, born September 9, 1809, in Sumner county, Tennessee. John came with his father, William F. Austin, in 1828, to Coles county, Illinois. Susan was born in East Tennessee Sept. 24, 1815 and removed with her parents to Kentucky in early childhood, and came to Ashmore, Coles county, Illinois April 10, 1830, where her father took up a farm east of and adjoining the present village. ^[3]

John died July 19, 1841 in Ashmore, Coles County, Illinois and is buried in the Ashmore Cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ MyHeritage
2. ↑ "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDQQ-XJX : 16 March 2020), John Carter, 1815
3. ↑ Biography of William F. Austin https://accessgenealogy.com/illinois/biography-of-william-f-austin.htm

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

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/38342431/john-carter: accessed 08 January 2024), memorial page for John Carter (1790–19 Jul 1841), Find a Grave Memorial ID 38342431, citing Ashmore Cemetery, Ashmore, Coles County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Donna Stewart (contributor 48091949).

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Christine Klauer for creating WikiTree profile Carter-7081 through the import of new family tree.ged on Mar 27, 2013