Charles Watson Johnson

Thomas married Elizabeth Staggs Carter. Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel Jefferson Carter and Elizabeth 'Eliza' Staggs) was born 5 May 1831, Davidson County, Tennessee; died 10 Jan 1881, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; was buried , Unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
In this time, it was customary to name a daughter for her Mother. Elizabeth Staggs Carter would have named her child Elizabeth, not Eliza.

Notes:

SAMUEL JEFFERSON was born January 3, 1803 and died
March 31, 1873. He married (1) ELIZA STAGGS (2) ANNE
VAULX

SAMUEL JEFFERSON, son of ROBERT and UNITY COOK
CARTER, was born January 3, 1803 and died March 31,
1873. He married (1) ELIZA STAGGS, who was born December 10, 1810.
ISSUE: SAMUEL JEFFERSON CARTER married (2) ANNE VAULX, who was born June 18, 1818 and died August 15, 1874.
ISSUE:
1. WATSON M. b. December 16, 1826 and died May 3, 1828.
NO ISSUE
2. JORDAN B. b. November 14, 1828 and died May 12, 1843
NO ISSUE
3. ELIZA S. b. May 3, 1831 and died January 10, 1881.
She married THOMAS P. JOHNSON.
4. WARREN b. February 6, 1834 and died May 8, 1902.
NO ISSUE
5. HAYS b. August 3, 1835
NO ISSUE
6. WATKINS LEIGH b. July 211, 1836 and died June 10, 1856
NO ISSUE
7. CHARLES VAULX b. January 20, 1840, d. July 23, 1861.
NO ISSUE

8. SAMUEL J. b. December 13, 1841 d. September 18, 1842
9. LAURA O. was born August 22, 1843; married (1) CAPTAIN J.B. HOLLOWAY, U.S.A.; married (2) COLONEL EDWARD LANGFORD, late U.S. Volunteers.
10. IRENE M. b. May 29, 1846; married (1)JOHN T. MCCRORY; (2) ELISHA D. BENSON (3) T.M. MEASLES.
11. SAMUEL J. b. June 28, 1849 and d. September 9, 1893
NO ISSUE
12. WILLIAM GILES HARDING was born November 19, 1851.
He was a mounted messenger during Civil War, 1864. He
graduated from West Point Class 1873. Brigadier General in the regular army. He married IDA DAWLEY
13. ANNE C. b. May 23, 1853 and died January 27, 1901. She married DR. CHARLES TERRY.
14. FRANK C. b. April 27, 1856. He married KATE BLAIR.
15. ELLA W. b. November 16, 1858. She married W.J. HENDERSON.
16. VAULX b. August 14, 1861; married ISABEL OLCOTT MOORE.
17. MARY HAYS b. October 28, 1863 and died in infancy.

Samuel married Elizabeth 'Eliza' Staggs 5 Jan 1826, Williamson, County, Tennessee. Elizabeth (daughter of Felix Staggs and Sarah Hall) was born 10 Dec 1810, Tennessee; died 23 May 1831, Tennessee; was buried , Blackman Cemetery Nashville, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name: Robert CARTER Birth: 22 Dec 1770 Death: 9 Sep 1839
The will of John Carter, of Halifax County, amongst other provisions, devised to his three sons, Richard, Robert and Theodrick, four hundred and fifty acres of land purchased from George Ridley. The records of Halifax County, Virginia, show that Robert Carter sold his share of the land to George Marable.

The court records of Halifax County, Virginia confirm that Robert Carter was married to Unity Cook, by William P. Martin, November 1st, 1792. The last business transaction recorded by Robert Carter, in Halifax Co., Va., prior to his removal to Tennessee, was the sale of two negroes to William Ferrell on June 19th, 1801. Robert Carter moved with his family to Tennessee about 1805. Robert Carter continued to reside at Franklin, Tennessee, until his death, September 9th, 1839, in his 69th year. His will was burned while in the possession of one of his grandchildren, at Nashville, Tennessee. A list of personal property, in his possession at his death, is recorded at Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee. Robert Carter and Unity Cook produced six children, Sarah Venable, Henry Cook, John Blackgrove, Robert Michaux, Polly, and Samuel Jefferson Carter, all of whom, according to the family Bible. Two other children, another Mary and Nancy, did not survive infancy.

SAMUEL JEFFERSON CARTER, b. 3 JAN 1803 HALIFAX COUNTY, VA
Samuel Jefferson Carter, son of Robert and Unity Cook Carter, was born in Halifax County, Virginia, January 3d, 1803, and died suddenly at Carter's Landing, West Tennessee, March 31st, 1873, leaving no will. He married, as shown by the family Bible, first Eliza Staggs, and had three children: Watson M., Jordan B., and Eliza S. Samuel Jefferson Carter married second Anne Vaulx, and had fourteen
children: Warren, Hays, Watkins Leigh, Charles Vaulx, Samuel J., Laura O., Irene M., Samuel Jefferson, William Giles Harding, Anne Catharine, Frank Cook, Ella Watson, Vaulx, Mary Hays. Of the eleven sons of Samuel Jefferson Carter, the first eight are deceased without male issue. General William H. Carter has one son, William Vaulx Carter, and Frank Cook Carter has one son, William Dawley Carter. These two young men, William Vaulx Carter and William Dawley Carter, are all of their generation bearing the name of Carter, in the direct line traced in this memoir. Samuel Jefferson Carter resided with his family in Davidson County, near Nashville, Tennessee, prior to 1861, and in Nashville during the Civil War. At the time of his death he was residing on his farm in West Tennessee, near Carter's Landing, on the Mississippi River.
WILLIAM GILES HARDING CARTER was married, October 27th, 1880, at San Francisco, California, to Ida Dawley. Two sons have been born of this marriage, William Vaulx Carter (who was graduated from West Point in 1904 and appointed a lieutenant in the Sixth United States Cavalry, his father's old regiment), and Leigh Hays Carter, who, while a student
at the University of Illinois, was accidentally killed
by an electric shock in one of the University buildings, August 27th, 1907.
ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM CARTER, b. in Tennessee.

Record Date: 02/04/1745
Record Type: Letter
Record Call No. Mss2 W6794 a 1
Record Title Letter, 1745, to Charles Carter (King George County, Va.) concerning an African-American slave, Beck, and her family.
Document Notes: The author of the letter, Francis Willis, requests to hire Beck's husband to prevent the family, which consists of several children, from being separated.
County: King George
State: VA

This is in reference to a letter from Willis to Charles Carter mentions a child Bobby to come of age.


John Carter was born in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co, VA on 26 AUG 1737, and baptized on 30 OCT 1737. This Parish is south of the York and Pamunkey Rivers and was also the home of the Waddill family.

John Carter's Will was executed 18 JUN 1781, and probated before the court held for Halifax Co., VA on 20 SEP 1781. The witnesses were Benjamin Hobson, David Bates, Noel Waddill, Theodrick Carter (Third) and Charles Carter, a son of Theodrick Carter(Third). The Executors named were his wife, Mary Carter, Captain James Turner, William Boyd and John Carter's brothers Richard and Theodrick (Third).

John Carter's three eldest children, Richard, Theo, and Robert filed a chancery suit in Halifax county in 1799 [19 years after the death of John] charging the Executors [Mary Carter, their mother] and Richard Carter, dec'd and his executor Susannah Powell (nee Carter) for monies not accounted for when Richard Carter bargained and sold land privately. Mary Carter (nee Cunningham) is still alive and gives testimony referring to Richard Carter's affidavit. Many pages of testimony follow demonstrating not only that money was paid to Richard, but never passed on to the family. The position of David Powell and Susannah is that the children were educated and provided for, out of the estate of their father, John Carter, dec'd. Robert appears to act as attorney and questions many witnesses. The suit is then refiled in Richmond County and continues. Polly Powell (nee Carter), wife of Mastin Powell and d/o Susannah Carter Powell (nee Bigger) testifies to angry words between Robert and Susannah, his aunt. The suit continues whereby Robert questions numerous witnesses as to the quality of his education, and of the ability of the estate of the dec'd John Carter to produce enough to keep the widow and children adequately. [it is obvious to this researcher that Robert is an ambitious, determined and combative individual and probably was of the same personality since his childhood, when he admits he would not be schooled.] He challenges that his education and that of his siblings was less than he considered their due. Both he and Theo, though, can write and sign their names, as does Susannah. The testimony of Frederick Miller links the Gunsmith to these Carter lines; he marries the Gunsmith's Daughter. Henry Hobson and others testify as well.

[While the content of this matter is tedious reading, it offers more insight into the characters of these family members, than previously seen.-mfe]

Robert married Unity [VA] Cook 26 Oct 1792, Halifax County, Virginia (MB1/25). Unity (daughter of John [VA] Cook, Jr. and Mary Blagrave) was born Abt 1771, Halifax Co., Virginia; died 8 Sep 1809, Franklin Co., Williamson, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Henry Cook Carter, s/o Robert Carter and Unity Cook named for his mother's maiden name as custom of the time.

Notes:

Married:
License Date: Wedding Nov 1

Son, Henry Cook Carter b. 1795 in Halifax Co., Virginia, son of Unity Cook and Robert Carter, never married and had no issue.

Felix married Sarah Hall Bef 1810. Sarah was born 1789, Kentucky; died Sep 1824. [Group Sheet]