William Ingram 'Bill' Carter

Notes:

Actually, at the time of William Ingram Carter's birth, Cartersville was in old Darlington District, which became Darlington County only after the Civil War was over. In 1901 Florence County was part of the split-up of old Darlington County, and Cartersville then became a part of Florence County. It is just west of Timmonsville on U.S. Highway 76.

At the start of the War Between the States a.k.a. Civil War, the then Capt. Carter, known as "Bill" was the Commanding Officer of Company A, 14th Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, Confederate States of America, headquartered out of old Cartersville, which was then a thriving town with a railroad running through the center, the same tracks that carried many of the men who enlisted there off to boot camp in what is now known as Dentsville in Richland County adjacent to Columbia. Cartersville was later destroyed by fire, and is now just a sleepy rural crossroads on U.S. Hwy. 76.

Bill Carter was the husband of Caroline "Mink"/"Minkie" Timmons Carter, and both of them rest within the fenced and gated cemetery, located in a field very near the crossroads. Also buried there is his brother, Giles Carter, who also served the South as a member of Company A.

Bill and Giles' father was a prominent area man named Charles Powell Carter II who reared a large family, predominately sons, along with his wife, the former Susan Ingram. It was Bill's father who inspired the name Cartersville.

Two of those sons were killed in the war. William was a Colonel by the end of the conflict. His brother, Company A's Adjutant, Lt. Sidney Carter, "Sid" sent letters home to his wife Ellen Timmons Carter, known commonly as "Bet" and "Bettie" during the unit's travels. The letters, for the most part, were well preserved, and led to the now out-of-print book "Dear Bet-The Carter Letters 1861-1863" by Bessie Mell Lane of Clemson, South Carolina. The book is registered in the Library of Congress. It was printed in 1978 and a 2nd printing was in 1979. Sidney was killed at Gettysburg, and the letters stopped. John Carter was killed at Chancellorsville, Virginia.

A few of William's male siblings were part of the pre-war militia group known as the "Lynches Creek Guards" which formed the basis of Cartersville's Company A.

William married Caroline 'Minkie' Timmons. Caroline was born 1825, South Carolina; died 20 May 1885, Timmonsville, Florence Co., South Carolina; was buried , Cartersville Cemetery Timmonsville Florence County South Carolina. [Group Sheet]

1. Susan P. Carter was born 12 Jan 1845, Florence, South Carolina; died 21 Aug 1909, Florence, South Carolina; was buried , Cartersville Cemetery Timmonsville, Florence County, South Carolina.

Charles married Susan Ingram 1820. Susan was born 26 May 1802, South Carolina; died 18 Sep 1862, Lamar, Darlington County, South Carolina; was buried , Mount Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery, Lamar, Darlington County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CARTER, GILES
[Full Ancestor Record]
Ancestor #: A019957
Service:
NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): PRIVATE, PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth:
1764 ENGLAND
Death:
2 May 1846 CARTERSVILLE DARLINGTON DIST SOUTH CAROLINA
Service Source:
CLARK, STATE RECS OF NC, VOL 13, PP 509-510; NC REV WAR VOUCHERS, #1527, 1591, 1593, ROLL #68.12
Service Description:
1) CAPT JOHN INGLES,COL JOHN PATTEN,2 BATT
2) PAID FOR SUPPLIES FURNISHED

Giles Carter in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Giles Carter
Gender: Male
Birth Place: SC
Birth Year: 1764
Spouse Name: Mae Ingram
Marriage
Year: 1796


Name:
Joy Carter Johnstone [jcj646873 AT comcast.net] Y-DNA Kit # 374488 Group R1a - 02

Giles married Mary Magdalene DuBose 1785, Jamestown, Berkeley, SC. Mary (daughter of John DuBose and Lydia Carter) was born Abt 1762, Jamestown, Berkeley, South Carolina; died 2 May 1846, Darlington District, Florence Co., South Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

by Mike Terry:

Stephen Dubose, born ca. 1702/3, son of Isaac and Suzanne Couillandeau Dubose, the emigrants, married 1st Lydia (d. ca. 1739) and married 2nd Elizabeth. He lived for a time in Williamsburg Dist., and about 1769/70 he and his family moved up to Lynch's Creek - from Land Grant in 1770 in Craven Co., in Memorials records at Dept. of Archives, Columbia, S. C. On this he is listed as "Dubusk". His plat of 1769 shows him on the south side of Lynchs Creek in the location of what later became Cartersville, S. C.

Notes:

Name:
R1a-02 Descendants of Giles2 and Mary Povall/Reeds
Joy Carter Johnstone [jcj646873 AT comcast.net] Y-DNA Kit # 374488 Group R1a - 02

Charles married Lydia, [maybe] Mrs. Charles Powell Carter. Lydia, was born Abt 1740; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

DU BOSE, JOHN
[Full Ancestor Record]
Ancestor #: A043886
Service:
SOUTH CAROLINA Rank: CORPORAL
Birth:
13 Jun 1738 CRAVEN CO SOUTH CAROLINA
Death:
ANTE 24 Sep 1800 DARLINGTON DIST SOUTH CAROLINA
Service Source:
SAFFELL, RECS OF THE REV WAR, PP 292, 294
Service Description:
1) ALSO PVT, 2ND REGT, LCOL MARION

John married Lydia Carter 1759, Cartersville, Florence, South Carolina. Lydia was born Abt 1740, South Carolina; died 19 Nov 1796, Darlington District, South Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Children of John DuBose Carter, Sr. and Lydia Carter:

1. John DuBose, Jr., 1757, Darlington District, South Carolina
2. Jeremiah DuBose, Abt 1759, Sumter County, South Carolina 17 Jun 1839, Pike County, Alabama
3. Zachariah DuBose, Abt 1760, Sumter County, South Carolina 1825, Mott's Crossroads (north of Olanta), Sumter District, South Carolina (Age ~ 65 years)
4. Mary Susan DuBose, 1765, Sumter County, South Carolina 1851, Pike County, Alabama(Age 86 years)
5. Elias DuBose, Abt 1768, Sumter County, South Carolina
6. Magdalene DuBose, 1770, near Cartersville, Sumter District, South Carolina (Age > 41 years)
7. Jeptha DuBose, Abt 1771, Sumter County, South Carolina Abt 1855, Choctaw County, Alabama (Age ~ 84 years)
8. Millie DuBose, Abt 1786, Sumter County, South Carolina