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Thomas Townes Carter, Jr.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

Male Abt 1859 - Abt 1910  (~ 51 years)


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  • Name Thomas Townes Carter 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Born Abt 1859  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Abt 1910 
    Person ID I15549  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Giles Carter of Henrico
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2016 

    Father Thomas Townes Carter,   b. 18 Apr 1830, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Nov 1900, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Margaret Dozier Bostick,   b. 1839, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1900  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 24 Feb 1855  Halifax County, Virginia (MB3/3) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Nat Wooding on Facebook
      Re: Harry Wooding, Mayor of Danville, VA
      A familiar name (Harry). I recently found a newspaper clipping saved by my father. It told of how Harry nearly burned down the then new office building by dumping the contents of his corn cob pipe in a wastebasket. My great grandfather, Thomas Townes Carter was in Co. A, 53rd VA and was wounded and captured at Cemetary Ridge.
      Nat Wooding where was Thomas born?
      Across the Bannister from Halifax. He is buried in the family cemetery there on the farm. He had a flesh wound in his left arm and was taken to a hospital in eastern PA near where my mother lived as a child. He was later exchanged at City Point and went back into service. His musket was never surrendered and one of my uncles hunted with it as a boy. I have seen it fired.
      Nat Wooding oh I found him! He did go through Forts McHenry and Delaware then he was sent to Chester Hospital in Pennsylvania and was paroled 8/17/63. He was back on duty by 10/31/63, I believe.
      He was extremely fortunate - an inch or so to the left and he would have lost his left arm. An inch or so to the right and it would have been a chest wound. According to my father, one of his brothers said that when he was hit, he put his hand inside his coat and found the bullet and threw it away and then realized what he had done. I have the sleave with the bullet hole.
      Yup. Someone in the family labeled it. It may be of fabric woven at home. I've seen one other reference to people of that era saving artifacts: I once saw an interview between Fred Rogers and George Patton's daughter. She described how after her father was posted to Washingon, she and her mother went to pay the appropriate social visit to MacArthur's mother who was serving as his hostess since he was then divorced. They were greeted by an ancient lady and each of the women recounted their heritage and whom had served in what army. Mrs. MacArthur had a servant fetch a "jewelry box the size of a child's coffin" from which Mrs. M. extracted a broach in which was set a piece of the skull of one of her father or some other Yankee male. Getting back to the sleeve, I'm rather amazed that the tears (back and front) are still relatively small and that it survived. Of course, it was not like he could get a pass and go to Walmart and pick up a replacement.

    Family ID F22731  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ella Wilcox 'Birdie' Wooding,   b. 13 Apr 1870, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 1957, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 10 Nov 1891  Wildwood, Straightstone, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Ella Wooding Carter,   b. 27 Aug 1892, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 1967, Tazewell, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     2. Katharine/Catherine Carter,   b. 11 Jan 1893, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1985, South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     3. Elizabeth Gilliam Carter,   b. 28 Mar 1896, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 May 1968, Piedmont State Hospital, Burkeville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    +4. Anne Olivia Lee Carter,   b. 14 Feb 1898, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1984, South Boston, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     5. Samuel Morris Carter,   b. 1899, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1957, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     6. Margaret Dozier Carter,   b. 26 Jul 1901, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1991, South Boston, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     7. Lillian Carter,   b. 1904, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Thomas Townes Carter,   b. 10 Jan 1905, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1993, South Boston, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     9. Alice Bolling Carter,   b. 5 Jun 1906, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1994, Pulaski, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    Last Modified 26 Nov 2020 
    Family ID F5466  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Death Certificate-Anne Lee Graham (nee Carter)
    Death Certificate-Anne Lee Graham (nee Carter)
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    Birth Record-Elizabeth Gilliam Carter
    Birth Record-Elizabeth Gilliam Carter
    belizabethgilliamcarter.jpg
    Death Certificate-Elizabeth Gilliam Carter
    Death Certificate-Elizabeth Gilliam Carter
    delizabethgcarter.jpg
    Birth Record-Thomas Townes Carter
    Birth Record-Thomas Townes Carter
    bthostcarter.jpg
    Death Certificate-Ella Wooding Coates (nee Carter)
    Death Certificate-Ella Wooding Coates (nee Carter)
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    Death Certificate-Kate Adams (nee Carter)
    Death Certificate-Kate Adams (nee Carter)
    dkateadams.jpg
    Birth Record-Ann Lee Carter
    Birth Record-Ann Lee Carter
    annlcarter.jpg
    Birth Record-Alice Bolling Carter
    Birth Record-Alice Bolling Carter
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    Halifax County, Virginia Index to Devisees and Heirs
    Halifax County, Virginia Index to Devisees and Heirs
    _HalifaxIndxDevisees-Heirs-Carters2.pdf
    Birdie Wooding Carter-Death Notice
    Birdie Wooding Carter-Death Notice
    Richmond Times Dispatch
    Oct 27, 1957
    Birdie Wooding Carter-Obit
    Birdie Wooding Carter-Obit
    Greensboro Daily News
    Oct 27, 1957

  • Sources 
    1. [S37] Death Certificate, Anna Lee Graham (nee Carter).

    2. [S36] Birth Certificate, Elizabeth Gilliam Carter.

    3. [S37] Death Certificate, Elizabeth Gilliam Carter.

    4. [S36] Birth Certificate, Thomas Townes Carter.

    5. [S37] Death Certificate, Ella Wooding Coates (nee Carter).

    6. [S37] Death Certificate, Kate Adams (nee Carter).

    7. [S36] Birth Certificate, Ann Lee Carter.

    8. [S36] Birth Certificate, Alice Bolling Carter.

    9. [S61] United States Census, http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/halifax/census/1860/1860misc.txt.
      HH 48 Ann O. Carter 75 [Wife of Nathaniel]
      Sallie R. Carter 46
      HH 49 Samuel Carter [unoccupied]
      HH 50. Thomas F. Carter 30
      Margaret B. Carter 22
      William L. Carter 4
      Thomas F. Carter l