William Carter of Pike County, MS

Family of William Carter


William Carter was born Abt. 1791 in Orangeburg District, SC, and died Bef. 1840 in Pike County, MS. He married (1) Hannah Jemimah Cole October 22, 1812 in Amite County, MS, daughter of Mark COle and Hannah Spell. He married (2) Susannah Williams October 05, 1820 in Amite County, MS.
    William Carter was a Lieut. Capt. Henry Quin's Co. 13 Reg't. Mississippi Territory War of 1812, engaged for 3 months, discharged 5 Feb. 1815. There is no mention of an engagement during this period.
Children of William Carter and Hannah Jemimah Cole

Isaac F. Carter was born Abt. 1812 in Amite County, MS, and died Abt. 1853 in LA. He married Margaret Holden November 20, 1836 in Amite County, MS.
    Children of Isaac F. Carter and Margaret Holden were
  • Americus V. Carter, b. November 02, 1839, MS; d. January 14, 1902, Natchitoches Parish, LA; m. Martha Jane Ponder
    In 1862, A.V. entered the service in Co. E, 2nd Louisiana Cavalry as a Second Lt. He was captured at Barwick City and paroled a day later. In 1864, he was again captured at Henderson's Hill in Rapides Parish, was held four months and exchanged in July of that year. He was promoted to First Lt. and served to the war's end.
  • Thomas Carter, b. 1842, MS, died young
  • William O. Carter, b. January 15, 1846, Natchitoches Parish, LA; d. January 09, 1929, McCurtain County, OK; m. (1) Isabella, Natchitoches Parish, LA; m. (2) Addie Lee Martin, 1902, LA.
    William O. enlisted in the Confederate Army at age 16. Served in Company E, 2nd Louisiana Cavalry and in trans-Mississippi dept under Col. Vincent in General Taylor's command.
  • Elizabeth A. Carter, b. July 22, 1849, Natchitoches Parish, LA; d. June 16, 1888; m. Charles N. Carter, son of Marion Francis Carter in 1872.
  • Thadeus A. Carter, b. November 22, 1852, Natchitoches Parish, LA; d. February 04, 1908; m. Sara L. Smith. They had eight children. He was a noted physician in Robeline, LA.

Mahala Carter was born Abt. 1815 in MS, and died December 08, 1862 in prob Sabine Parish, LA. She married (1) Jacob Leonard Amacker November 03, 1834 in Pike County, MS, son of John Amacker and Sarah Varnado. He was b: 23 Jan 1809 Orangeburgh Dist., SC d: 05 May 1855 in Alexandria, Rapides Par., LA. Mahala later married (2) Silas Roberts June 12, 1860 in Sabine Parish, LA.
    Known children of Jacob Leonard Amacker and Mahala Carter
  • Gertrude Amacker b: abt. 1836 d: 16 May 1858 Corywell, TX m. Jessie Morris in 1850. They had one son who died young. She had one son who died young.
  • Joseph Perlemon Amacker b: 9 Aug. 1838 (one record showed 1835) d. 23 Dec 1883 near Amite, LA. marr. 1st in 1858 Margaret McMichael, d. 1868 (dau. of George Phillip McMICHAEL, Sr.) and 2nd 10 Oct 1869 to Elizabeth Jane POWELL (of St. Helena).
      Joseph Perlemon and Margaret had one son, Julius Hardee.
      Joseph Perlemon and Elizabeth had nine children.
  • John W. Amacker b: abt. 1840
  • Albert B. Amacker b: abt. 1842
  • Julius Harmon Amacker b: 18 Jan 1846 Natchitoches Par., LA d. 1924 marr. 6 Feb 1868 Cornelia Jones of Panola Co., MS. 6 Feb 1868
  • Charles Willis Amacker b: 25 Oct 1851 m. Margaret McMichael (dau. of George Philliip McMichael, Jr - note the Sr. & Jr.) 10 Aug 1881

    There were other children who died young.

Emily Carter was born Abt. 1819 in Pike County, MS, and died October 1877. She married (1) Noah Keyes Abt. 1834. She married (2) Benajah Dott Owen December 22, 1841.
    Children of Noah Keyes and Emily Carter
  • Sarah Jane Keyes b.1835
  • Wiley Keyes b. 1837 in MS
    Children of B. D. Owen and Emily Carter
  • William Cicero Owen was born in 1844, in Mississippi
  • Theodore B. Owen b.1847
  • Francis E. Owen b.1849
  • Lewis H. Owen b.1852
  • Porcia R. Owen b.1855/56
  • Thomas Owen b.1859
  • Benajah D. Owen Jr. b. 1860

Children of William Carter and Susannah Williams

Caroline Augusta Carter, b. December 1834 in Pike County, MS, and died Aft. 1900 in Sabine Parish, LA. She married (1) Locke Martin Abt. 1850 in LA. She married (2) Pleasant Thaddeus Montgomery Abt. 1855. She married (3) William R. Rutland Abt. 1859 in Sabine Parish, LA.
    Children of Caroline Carter and Locke Martin are:
  • Alice Martin, b. July 1854.
  • Augustus m. Martin.
Child of Caroline Carter and Pleasant Montgomery is:
  • Augusta L. Montgomery, b. 1856; d. Bef.1900; m. Henry Michael Hyams, Jr.
      Children of Caroline Carter and William Rutland are:
    • Ella B.4 Rutland, b. 1860.
    • Carrie Rutland, b. 1864.
    • Eleanor Rutland, b. August 1866.
    • Lucille Rutland, b. November 1869.

    Francis Marion Carter b. Abt. 1826, Pike County, MS; d. Aft. 1860, Prob Sabine Parish, LA. . He married (1) Julia Holden Abt. 1847 in MS or LA. He married (2) Elizabeth Roberts October 06, 1859 in Sabine Parish, LA.
      Children of Francis Marion Carter and Julia Holden
    • Charles N. Carter, b. September 07, 1852, Sabine Parish, LA; m. Elizabeth A. Carter, 1872.
    • Walter A. Carter, b. Abt. 1855, Sabine Parish, LA; d. TX.
    • Jenny Elizabeth Carter, b. November 27, 1858; m. William Walter Page, January 28, 1874, Natchitoches Parish, LA.

    Artabanus Carter, b. Abt. 1828, Pike County, MS; d. Abt. 1858; m. Sarah H. Sibley, widow of Self 1856, Sabine Parish, LA.

    Peter Horry Carter b. Abt. 1835; d. Abt. 1863, Died in Civil War in Virginia. In 1850 age 15 living with his brother Marion Francis Carter in Sabine Parish. In 1860 he was single, age 24, living with sister Mary.

    Mary Carter, b. May 1837, Pike County, MS; d. Aft. 1900, Sabine Parish, LA; m. (1) William Cook 27 September 1855; m. (2) William H. Edmondson March 07, 1869, Sabine Parish, LA; m. (3) Chapley W. Cole, Abt. 1871, LA.

    Jensey Carter, b. Abt. 1839, Pike County, MS; m. Jesse Morris, Abt. 1860.

    Harmon M. Carter, b. December 01, 1830, Pike County, MS; d. December 1878, Sabine Parish, LA; m. (1) Sarah Ann Addison, Abt. 1869; m. (2) Martha Ann Estes Abt. 1851.


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