Subject: Carter-POWG-8 From: gslat Date: January 08, 2000 66. JAMES G.4 CARTER (JESSE3, ISAAC2, JACOB1) was born January 14, 1844 in Georgia, and died May 07, 1906 in Georgia. He married RHODA DAVIS, daughter of JOEL DAVIS and ROXIE KIRKLAND. She was born January 01, 1851 in Georgia, and died November 26, 1914 in Georgia. Notes for JAMES G. CARTER: James G. Carter was born in Appling County, January 14, 1833, a son of Jesse Carter (Vol.V). He was married about 1868 to Rhoda Davis, born January 1, 1851, in Appling (now Coffee) County, daughter of Joel Davis and wife, Roxie Kirkland Davis. Mr. Carter died May 7, 1906. His wife died November 26, 1914. They were buried in Bacon County. Children of JAMES CARTER and RHODA DAVIS are: i. LINNIE5 CARTER, b. April 20, 1870; m. NORMAN L. GILLIS. ii. W. M. CARTER, b. January 04, 1872; d. February 02, 1923. iii. AMERICA CARTER, b. March 04, 1875; m. N. A. FRIER. iv. JOHN CARTER, b. January 24, 1875; m. ALICE KELLY. v. JOSEPH J. CARTER, b. January 12, 1878; m. LILLIE ROBERTS. vi. JAMES K. CARTER, b. April 12, 1883; m. (1) LILLA SMITH; m. (2) LULA SMITH. vii. SARAH CARTER, b. April 1885; m. MONROE LEE. viii. JOSHUA O. CARTER, b. June 1888; m. GUSSIE SMITH. ix. GEORGE CARTER, b. January 14, 1890; m. CORA SMITH. x. ALETHIA CARTER, b. July 06, 1891; m. LONNIE E. EDENFIELD. 67. JACOB H.4 CARTER (JAMES H.3, ISAAC2, JACOB1) was born September 10, 1848 in Georgia, and died June 26, 1913 in Georgia. He married MARY HOWARD. She was born Abt. 1847, and died 1929 in Georgia. Notes for JACOB H. CARTER: Jacob Carter was born on September 10, 1848 in Appling County, Georgia. He was the son of James and Elizabeth Jane (Spence) Carter (q.v.) and the grandson of Isaac and Lydia (Branch) Carter (Vol. IV), and great-grandson of Jacob Carter of South Carolina. His maternal grandparents were Joshua and Susan (Middleton) Spence (Vol.V). Jacob's occupation was that of a farmer. He married Mary Howard born ca 1847 in Georgia. Her mother was Mrs. Anna Howard. Her father may have been Henry Howard but this has not been proven. Mr. and Mrs. Carter made their home in Pierce County, Georgia. Jacob Carter died on June 26, 1913 and is buried in the Shiloh Cemetery in Blackshear, Georgia. Mary (Howard) Carter died in 1929 and is buried near Jacob. Children of JACOB CARTER and MARY HOWARD are: i. BENJAMIN HILL5 CARTER, b. September 12, 1866; d. August 18, 1924; m. LUGENIA ASPINWALL; b. March 16, 1871. 101. ii. WILLIAM RILEY CARTER, b. August 1868, Georgia; d. Aft. 1920, Georgia. iii. JACOB CARTER, b. October 25, 1870; d. June 10, 1939; m. ELIZABETH TURNER. iv. BURLEY C. CARTER, b. May 10, 1874; d. April 09, 1934; m. MINNIE LEE WILSON. v. ADDIE M. CARTER, b. November 1877; m. JOHN A. ASPINWALL; b. May 26, 1875. vi. SILAS CARTER, b. October 17, 1879; d. March 03, 1946; m. DELPHIA NICHOLS. vii. ALICE CARTER, b. December 22, 1880; d. January 22, 1901. viii. MARY ELLA CARTER, b. February 12, 1883; d. May 10, 1910; m. JAMES F. SAPP. ix. MINNIE O. CARTER, b. December 10, 1884; d. April 03, 1891. x. LONNIE C. CARTER, b. October 09, 1887; m. MAYBELL. xi. LAWTON I. CARTER, b. October 09, 1887; d. November 08, 1917. xii. LESSIE CARTER, b. February 10, 1890; d. August 10, 1907. 68. CIVILITY4 ROBESON (ELIZABETH3 CARTER, ISAAC2, JACOB1) was born 1813 in Georgia, and died 1845 in Florida. She married STOGNER HARRIS, son of THOMPSON HARRIS and NANCY URSERY. He was born 1808 in Georgia, and died 1874 in Florida. Notes for STOGNER HARRIS: Stogner Harris, a son of Thompson Harris (Vol. I). was born in Bryan County, in 1808. He moved with his parents to Appling County in his youth, and was married there in 1827, to Civil (Civility) Robinson, daughter of John and Elizabeth Carter Robinson (Robeson). She was born 1811, and died about 1845. In 1839, Mr. Harris moved from Appling to Lowndes County, and located near Cow Creek in the portion of the county cut into Clinch in 1850, and into Echols in 1858. He shortly afterwards moved to Duval County, Fla., where his children, John and Mary Frances were born. His wife died there, and Mr. Harris then married his first cousin, Rebecca Harris, born 1825 in Bryan County, daughter of his uncle, Hampton Harris. The marriage took place in Duval County, Sept. 10, 1846. In 1848, Mr. Harris moved to Georgia and again located in Lowndes County in the same community where he had previously lived. About ten years later, he moved to Pierce County and bought lands near High Bluff Church in the part of Pierce cut into Brantley County in 1922. He lived there until after the Civil War when he moved again, this time to the south side of the Okefenokee Swamp, in Baker County, Fla., near the old Fort Moniae. lie died there about 1873-74. Mr. Harris served in Capt. N. J. Holton's company of Appling County militia in the Indian War in 1838, and in 1840 he was Ist corporal in Capt. Jonathan Knight's company of Lowndes County militia. His two sons Robinson and Wm. C. Harris, volunteered March 4, 1862, in Co. "A", 50th Georgia Vol. Inf. Regiment. Robinson Harris was a private, and died in service, of disease, Dec. 2, 1862; and his brother served as 3rd corporal, and died of disease, Feb. 5, 1863. The war record of their brother, John, has not been obtained. Mr. Harris was a Mason, and received his degrees in Traders Hill Lodge, No. 196, at Traders Hill in Charlton County, in 1862. Children of CIVILITY ROBESON and STOGNER HARRIS are: i. ELIZABETH5 HARRIS, b. 1827; m. (1) ALLEN O'STEEN, November 12, 1846, Florida; m. (2) SEABORN LAND, March 07, 1857. ii. NANCY HARRIS, b. 1829; m. LEWIS MOATS, November 12, 1846, Florida. iii. ROBINSON HARRIS, b. 1834; d. CSA Service. iv. WILLIAM C. HARRIS, b. 1836; d. CSA Service. v. CIVIL HARRIS, b. 1838; m. MOSES MELTON; d. CSA Service. vi. JOHN HARRIS, b. 1841; d. CSA Service; m. AMARINTHA DOWLING; b. 1846. 102. vii. MARY FRANCES HARRIS, b. 1843, Georgia. 69. SABRA4 ROBESON (ELIZABETH3 CARTER, ISAAC2, JACOB1) was born 1819 in Georgia. She married GEORGE CARTER, son of WILLIAM CARTER and MARGARET DURRENCE. He was born 1816 in Georgia, and died Abt. 1882 in Georgia. Notes for GEORGE CARTER: George Carter of Appling County, was born in 1816 in Tattnall County, a son of William Carter (VolI). The family moved to Appling County about a year after its creation in 1818, and settlect near the Altahama River. His wife was Sabra, born 1819 in Tattnall County, daughter of John Robinson (Vol.111). George Carter lived in Appling County until about 1838 when he moved to Ware County for a short stay, but returned to Appling a few years later. He served as a private in Capt. N. J. Holton's company of Appling County militia in 1838 in the Indian War. He died about 1882. Children are listed above under (49) George Carter. 70. MARY4 ROBESON (ELIZABETH3 CARTER, ISAAC2, JACOB1) was born 1825 in Georgia, and died Abt. 1890 in Georgia. She married WILLIAM CARTER, son of WILLIAM CARTER and MARGARET DURRENCE. He was born 1814 in Georgia, and died 1864 in CSA Service. Notes for WILLIAM CARTER: William Carter was born in Tattnall county in 1812, son of William and Margaret Carter (Vol.II). He was married in Appling county about 1835 to Mary ("Molsy") Roberson (or Robeson), born 1823 in Wayne county, daughter of John Robeson Soon after marriage William Carter moved to Ware county, living there several years; he is shown in 1840 census living in the 719th district (which territory is now in Echols county). He next moved to near Waresboro, where he served as Justice of Peace, 451st district, 1841-44. He was a private in Capt. David J. Miller's company of Ware county militia, 1838-42, in the Indian War. About 1845, Mr. Carter and family moved back to Appling county where he lived until his death, He served In the militia the last year of the civil war, and was killed in the battles around Atlanta in July, 1864. His widow survived about twenty-five years and died and was buried in what is now an old abandoned cemetery in an old field on the left of the post-road south of Ten-mile Baptist Church. She and Mr. Carter were members of Ten-mile Church. Children are listed above under (48) William Carter. Generation No. 5 71. PAUL HAYNE5 CARTER (PAUL4, ISHAM3, JESSE2, JACOB1) was born December 03, 1854 in Georgia, and died January 08, 1899 in Florida. He married MYRA PAULINE KENNEDY July 24, 1878, daughter of EDWARD KENNEDY and MARY MATTOX. She was born 1856. Notes for PAUL HAYNE CARTER: Paul Hayne Carter was born on December 3, 1854 in Appling County, Georgia. He was the son of Paul Carter and Susan Tillman Thomas (Vol. VI). He married Myra Pauline Kennedy on July 24,1878. She was born in 1856, the daughter of Edward Kennedy, Jr. and Mary M. Mattox. Paul Hayne took ajunior law course in Athens and was admitted to the bar in 1876. He practiced law in Baxley with his brother, James Isham Carter, in the law firm Carter and Carter. On April 20, 1886 he was appointed Judge of Appling County Court. Colonel Carter became a merchant in Baxley around 1887 and in Surrency about 1890. Mr. Carter was a member of the Masonic order. Later he and his family moved to Chipley, Florida. Paul Hayne was fatally shot by Ruffis Harrell in an altercation in Chipley, Florida on January 8, 1899. Paul Hayne Carter is buried in Chipley, Florida. His wife Myra Pauline Kennedy, moved back to Appling County for a time and then returned to Marianna, Florida to live with her son, Paul Carter. She is buried in Chipley, Florida beside her husband. Children of PAUL CARTER and MYRA KENNEDY are: i. MAY BELLE6 CARTER, b. March 27, 1880; d. January 1911; m. WILLIAM HENRY DEEN, September 27, 1896. ii. PAUL CARTER, b. 1882; d. 1951; m. MARY HORNE. iii. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CARTER, b. April 29, 1885; d. November 28, 1914, Jesup, Georgia. iv. ROBERT BRUCE CARTER, b. December 1895; d. March 06, 1949. 72. DAVID ROBERT5 CARTER (PAUL4, ISHAM3, JESSE2, JACOB1) was born February 26, 1857 in Georgia, and died September 23, 1941 in Georgia. He married ISABELLE KENNEDY, daughter of EDWARD KENNEDY and MARY MATTOX. She was born December 18, 1852 in Georgia, and died April 29, 1938 in Georgia. Notes for DAVID ROBERT CARTER: David Robert Carter was born on February 26, 1857 in Appling County, Georgia. He was the son of Paul Carter (Vol. VI) and Susan Tillman Thomas. He married Isabel "Tead" Kennedy, born in Bryan County, Georgia on December 18,1852, the daughter of Edward Kennedy, Jr. and Mary Mattox. David Robert Carter attended Bradwell Institute in Hinesville, Georgia and studied medicine at the Atlanta Medical College, graduating there in 1883. He was a practicing physician and surgeon of Baxley, Georgia. David Robert was trustee for the Baxley school district in 1887. He also operated a drug store in Baxley and was the postmaster in Baxley from December 2, 1889 to March 2, 1894. Dr. Carter was Treasurer for Appling County in 1896. Isabel (Kennedy) Carter died on April 29, 193 8 and David Robert died on September 23, 1941. Both are buried in the Ten Mile Baptist Church Cemetery in Appling County, Georgia. Children of DAVID CARTER and ISABELLE KENNEDY are: i. ROBERT CLAIRE6 CARTER, b. August 06, 1890; d. April 17, 1958; m. (1) SARAH; m. (2) ELMA KNIGHT. ii. ERNEST PAUL CARTER, b. February 18, 1893; d. May 07, 1975; m. MARTHA SURRENCY YOUNGNER. iii. MYRA REBECCA CARTER, b. August 06, 1895; d. April 16, 1966; m. HORACE H. DEAN. iv. ISABEL F. CARTER, b. September 28, 1897; d. February 22, 1929. 73. NANCY5 DAME (CATHERINE4 CARTER, ELMORE3, JESSE2, JACOB1) was born 1842 in Montgomery County, Georgia, and died Abt. 1863. She married HANSFORD DUNCAN O'QUINN 1862, son of SILAS O'QUINN and NANCY CRUMMEY. He was born December 08, 1815 in Barnwell County, South Carolina, and died October 29, 1900 in Berrien County, Georgia. Notes for HANSFORD DUNCAN O'QUINN: [Olisting.FTW] Hansford Duncan O'Quin was born in Barnwell District, South Carolina December 8, 1815, a son of Silas O'Quin (Vol. 1). He was brought by his parents in boyhood to Appling County, Georgia, where he married Martha Branch, born 1827, daughter of Elias Branch (Vol. 1). She died April 15, 1861, and was buried in Rocky Lake Cemetery on the Altamaha River in Appling County. Mr. O'Quin was married in 1862 to Nancy Dame, daughter of George Dame (Vol. 1) of Clinch County. She was born in 1842 in Montgomery County and died soon after the birth of her only child. Mr. O'Quin then married Mrs. Matilda Joyce, a daughter of Rev. George W. Newbern of Clinch County and widow of Martin Joyce, a Confederate Army casualty. She was born October 15, 1847 and died July 12, 1892. Mr. O'Quin's fourth wife was a sister of the third wife; she was Mrs. Vicy Benton, widow of Abraham E. Smith, Jr., deceased, and of W. L. Benton (divorced), both of Clinch County. They were married April 9, 1894. She survived and died in 1911, and was buried by [beside] her first husband in the Homerville cemetery. Mr. O'Quin taught school for a number of years in Appling, Wayne and Clinch Counties. He came to Clinch County early in 1861 to teach a school, and his first wife died here shortly after. He continued from then on to about 1886 to be a resident of Clinch County. He sold his farm below DuPont in Clinch and moved to Berrien County in the latter year, and continued to live there until his death October 29, 1900. He was buried in the Nashville town cemetery where his third wife had been buried. Mr. O'Quin's first public office was that of Clerk of Superior Court, Appling County, which he held 1846-1848. He served as Receiver of Tax Returns of Appling, 1853-1854; Clerk Superior Court Clinch County, 1868-1871; Postmaster at Homerville, 1868-1871; became the first County School Commissioner of Clinch County, serving 1871-1882, and was a member of the County Board of Education 1879-1884. He was admitted to the bar, in Clinch Superior Court in 1867, but never did actively pursue the practice of law. Mr. O'Quin was active in religious and fraternal affairs as well as public affairs and educational work. He was originally a member of Ten-mile Baptist Church in Appling County, where he was converted and baptized. He entered into the organization of the Homerville Baptist Church in October 1867 as a charter member and deacon by transfer of membership from Appling County, and served as church clerk and deacon until 1869. He then became a member of the Magnolia Baptist Church and served as clerk and deacon there. After removing to Berrien County, he and his wife, Matilda, became members of the Nashville Baptist Church of which they died members. He was the first Clerk of the Mell Baptist Association in 1887. He received his Masonic degrees in 1857 in Holmesville Lodge No. 195 in Appling County, and continued a member there until 1876 when he affiliated with Cassia Lodge No. 224 at Homerville June 24, 1876. In 1894 he was demitted and affiliated with Duncan Lodge No. 234 at Nashville and died a member there. Child is listed above under (52) Hansford Duncan O'Quinn. 74. WILLIS S.5 CARTER (JESSE4, ELMORE3, JESSE2, JACOB1) was born June 09, 1840 in Georgia, and died August 18, 1918 in Georgia. He married MARGARET ELMIRA WATERS, daughter of JOHN WATERS. She was born August 12, 1839 in Georgia, and died November 27, 1907 in Georgia. Notes for WILLIS S. CARTER: Willis S. Carter, son of Jesse Carter, was born in Ware County June 9, 1840. He was married in 1860 to Margaret Elmira Waters, born in Bulloch County, August 12, 1839, daughter of John Waters. Mr. and Mrs. Carter were members of Hepzibah Baptist Church near their home. Mrs. Carter died November 27, 1907, and Mr. Carter died August 18, 1918. They were buried at Hepzibah Church in marked graves. Children of WILLIS CARTER and MARGARET WATERS are: i. JOHN V.6 CARTER, b. 1861; m. MINA BAGLEY; b. 1861. 103. ii. ROXSEY ANN CARTER, b. 1863, Georgia. iii. ARMINDA CARTER, b. 1866; m. MICHAEL SWEAT, October 22, 1882. iv. HARRIET CARTER, b. 1869; m. BENJAMIN F WHEELER. v. AMERICA CARTER, b. 1873; m. HENRY JORDAN. 104. vi. JESSE ELMORE CARTER, b. Abt. October 1873, Georgia. 105. vii. MILLARD FILLMORE CARTER, SR, b. Abt. March 1885, Georgia. 75. MINERVA5 CARTER (WILLIAM4, JESSE3, GEORGE2, JACOB1) was born 1825 in Lowndes Co, Georgia, and died Abt. 1848. She married WILLIAM ROBINSON. He was born November 1809 in North Carolina, and died May 10, 1882 in Lowndes Co, Georgia. Children of MINERVA CARTER and WILLIAM ROBINSON are: i. NANCY6 ROBINSON, b. November 26, 1843; m. (1) MALACHI DELOACH; b. Abt. 1840; m. (2) JOHN C CARTER, January 22, 1860; b. 1837. 106. ii. WILLIAM F ROBINSON, b. September 05, 1848, Lowndes, Ga; d. November 18, 1904. ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== Go To: #, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Main |