Ezekiel Carter (1780 - 1853)

Born 24 Mar 1780 in Somerset Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Stanley) Carter — married 27 Nov 1800 in Greene, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Feb 1853 at age 72 in Carter Station, Albany, Greene, Tennessee, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Ezekiel Carter was born March 25, 1780, in Somerset, Pennsylvania, a son of Abraham Carter, by Rebecca Beck Edmonds, On November 27, 1800, in Greene Tennessee, Ezekiel married Martha Patsy Stanley, a daughter of Moses and Mary Stanley. ^[1]

Ezekiel's grandfather, John Carter, and his uncle, Levi Carter, moved their families from New Jersey to Tennessee, with long stopovers in Virginia and Surry county, North Carolina. John Carter found an Indian fortified village, made peace with the Indians and established a camp for settlers, in 1783. Many settlers are buried in the cemetery near the original site of the fort that they built, and named it Carter's Station. More about Carter's Station, which is located in present day Albany, Greene county, Tennessee may be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oEskpL1clXjT_dzysVe36kSL2MH706_1fjZyzhDvTJg/edit?pli=1

70 year old "Ezekial" Carter is found on the United States Census of 1850, living in Green county, Tennessee with 69 year old Martha, 44 year old Judith Carter, and children, William Carter age 19 and Eliza Carter, age 19 (possible grandchildren). ^[2]

Ezekiel Carter died February 24, 1853, at the age of 72 years, in Greene county, Tennessee and is buried in the churchyard of New Carters Station United Methodist Church, in Mosheim Greene county, Tennessee. There is a photograph of his headstone on his Find A Grave memorial. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZW2-BQ9 : 9 March 2021), Ezekel Carter and Martha Stanly, 27 Nov 1800; citing Greene, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. 112, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 944,386
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDX-H55 : 23 December 2020), Ezekial Carter, Greene, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/223296054/ezekiel-carter

• Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008 - Greene Wills, Vol 1-2, 1828-1897, signed by Ezekiel Carter, 25 July 1853, [see images this profile for a copy of said will].

Acknowledgements

• This profile was created through the import of knox17032011.ged on 18 March 2011