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Descendants of Levi Carter

Generation No. 3


4. DR. JOHN WESLEY3 CARTER (CALEB2, LEVI1) was born 1797 in Greene County, Tennessee, and died Aft. 1864 in probably Missouri. He married SOPHIA HILL August 15, 1820 in Monroe County, Tennessee, daughter of PLEASANT HILL and MRS. HILL. She was born 1802 in North Carolina, and died 1858 in McNairy, Tennessee.

Notes for D
R. JOHN WESLEY CARTER:
      John Wesley was known by his middle name, and was a physician.
      In a biographical sketch of his son, Henry Jones Carter, the following is written about John Wesley Carter:

      "He (referring to Henry) was born in Monroe County, east Tennessee . . . but in 1839 was taken by his parents, Wesley and Sophia (Hill) Carter, to McNairy County, in the western part of the state. The father's birth (meaning Wesley's) occurred in Virginia in 1800, and in Green County, Tennessee, he married Miss Hill, who was born in North Carolina, in 1802. They became the parents of eight children: Renie, Phoebe Jane, Henry J., James A., Drusilla, Lucinda, John W. and Margaret. The mother (Wesley's wife Sophia Hill Carter) died in 1858, and during the civil war the father went to Missouri, since which time nothing has been heard of him. His father (meaning Wesley's father), Caleb Carter, was also a native of Old Dominion (a nickname for the state of Virginia) . . ."

note from Kathy Beaudry:
The above "sketch" of Henry Jones Carter says that Wesley Carter was born in 1800 in Virginia, yet in another "sketch," of John W. Carter, Jr., Wesley is said to have been "born in Tennessee in 1797, and was a doctor by profession . . . They were married in Greene County, Tennessee, and the following children were born to them: Jane, Sarah, Phoebe, Henry J., James A., Druscilla, Joseph, Lucinda, John W., and Margaret . . ."

sent to me by Charles Barnum, February of 2004:

"Subject: Dr. John Wesley Carter father of several Hamilton County Texas Carter families.

      "The migration of Dr. John Wesley Carter has been determined to a fuller extent based on recent findings. He departed Greene County Tennessee on or before 1820 and moved to Monroe County Tennessee. His father was Caleb Carter.

The 1830 Monroe County Tennessee census listed John Carter as follows on page 111.
John W. Carter
males 1 each-20 to 30 (John W. Carter)
males 2 each-under 5
(James)
(Henry)

females 1 each-20 to 30 (Sophia Hill, wife)
females 2 each-5 to 10
(Phoebe Jane)
(Drusilla)
females 1 each-under 5
(Lucinda)

The 1820 Monroe and Greene County censuses of Tennessee were burned; however, the 1830 census of Monroe enumerated Caleb Carter.

Caleb Carter
male 1 each 60-69 (Caleb Carter)
male 1 each 10-14 (grandchild?)

female 1 each 60-69 (Rachel Templeton)
female 1 each 10-14 (grandchild?)
female 2 each 20-29 (possibly Polly & Sophia married with children)
     
      Dr. (Wesley) Carter travelled along the Tennessee River from Greene County across Alabama until he arrived at Tishomingo County Mississippi about 1839. There his last child, Margaret, was born. He moved to McNairy County Tennessee in 1842. Most of his children married in Tennessee. Renie and Joseph were born and died between 1830 and 1840 and therefore did not appear on any census.

The 1840 Tishomingo County Mississippi census was as follows:
males 1 each-30 to 40 (John W. Carter)
males under 1 each-under 5 (John Jr Carter)
males 2 each--10 to 15
(James Carter)
(Henry Carter)

females 1 each-30 to 40 (Sophia Hill, wife)
females 1 each--under 5 (Margaret)
females 2 each-5 to 10
(Lucinda)
(Sarah)
females 2 each-15 to 20
(Drusilla)
(Phoebe Jane)


1850 McNairy County Tennessee Census
John W. Carter, Physician            51      Tennessee
Sophia                        47      Virginia
John (Junior)                  14      Tennessee
Margaret                  10      Mississippi     

Dr. Carter departed Tennessee for Missouri in 1864 and never communicated with his family thereafter. John Wesley Carter Junior, farmer/rancher, married in McNairy County in 1855 to Elizabeth Jane Rushing. In 1870 he lived in Purdy, McNairy Co. Tennessee as shown on the census.

            #143
            Carter, John      35      Tennessee     
            Jane            38      Alabama
            James E.            14      Tennessee
            John R.            11      Tennessee
            Anderson J.      07      Tennessee
            Sarah A.            06      Tennessee
            Missouri      a      04      Tennessee
            Jessee O.      08      Tennessee
            George W.      01      Tennessee
     
      John Wesley Carter Junior moved to Hamilton TX in 1877 possibly passing through Collins Co TX not Collins Co TN as was reported in a Hamilton County History as there was no Collins County in Tennessee. Additionally, I possess no evidence that he passed through Collins Co. TX.
      Several historic articles stated Caleb Carter was killed in the American Revolution. The Am. Rev. was fought between 1775 and 1781. Caleb Carter fathered James W. Crater, Physician, in 1799. Therefore, it was impossible that Caleb died in the Am. Rev. and fathered a child eighteen years later. Caleb died about 1840 as traced through the records. That inaccurate story has been handed down to the present even into the Masonic records-The Texas Mason, Spring 1995. Caleb's father, Levi, also did not die in the Am. Rev. as he died in 1752, i.e. twenty-three years before the war began.
      I respectfully request errors in this report be called to my attention.
      C W Barnum
      1068 Pinewood Dr Sparks
      NV 89434


More About J
OHN CARTER and SOPHIA HILL:
Marriage: August 15, 1820, Monroe County, Tennessee
     
Children of J
OHN CARTER and SOPHIA HILL are:
  i.   DRUSILLA4 CARTER, b. Abt. 1822; d. Unknown.
  ii.   JOSEPH A. CARTER, b. Abt. 1823; d. Unknown.
  iii.   PHOEBE JANE CARTER, b. January 20, 1825; d. Unknown.
6. iv.   HENRY JONES CARTER, b. September 04, 1826, Monroe County, Tennessee; d. September 06, 1906, Hamilton County, Texas.
7. v.   JAMES ATCHLEY CARTER, b. September 17, 1828, Monroe County, Tennessee; d. August 30, 1911, Hamilton County, Texas.
  vi.   LUCINDA CARTER, b. 1829; d. Unknown.
  vii.   SARAH S. CARTER, b. Abt. 1830; d. Unknown.
8. viii.   JOHN WESLEY CARTER, JR., b. January 29, 1835, Monroe County, Tennessee; d. October 30, 1882, Hamilton County, Texas.
  ix.   RENIE CARTER, b. Abt. 1837; d. Unknown.
  x.   MARGARET CARTER, b. 1840; d. Unknown.
  xi.   DRUCILLA CARTER, b. Abt. 1842; d. Unknown.


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