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1840 - 1864 (24 years)
1797 - 1871 (74 years)
Birth |
6 Apr 1797 |
Franklin, Williamson Co., Tennessee |
Died |
22 Aug 1871 |
Franklin, Williamson Co., Tennessee |
Buried |
Franklin City Cemetery, Franklin, Tennessee |
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Father |
Francis Watkins Carter, b. 6 Dec 1772, Halifax Co., Virginia Colony |
Mother |
Sarah Holcomb Anderson, b. 11 May 1777 |
Married |
17 Nov 1792 |
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Family |
Mary Armistead 'Polly' Atkinson, b. 4 Jan 1806, Halifax County, Virginia |
Married |
28 Jun 1823 |
Williamson County, Tennessee |
Children |
| 1. Nisan Red Carter, b. 29 Mar 1824, Franklin, Williamson Co., Tennessee |
+ | 2. Moscow Branch Carter, b. 5 Dec 1825, Franklin, Williamson Co., Tennessee |
| 3. William Augustus Carter, b. 16 May 1829, Williamson County, Tennessee |
+ | 4. James Fountain Carter, b. 31 Jan 1831, Franklin, Williamson Co., Tennessee |
| 5. Samuel Atkinson Carter, b. 24 Jan 1833, Franklin Co., Tennessee |
| 6. Mary Alice Carter, b. 22 Jan 1835 |
| 7. Sarah Holcomb Carter, b. 23 Feb 1837, Franklin Co., Tennessee |
+ | 8. Captain James Theodore 'Tod' Carter, b. 24 Mar 1840, Williamson County, Tennessee |
| 9. Francis Watkins Carter, b. 30 Nov 1842, Williamson County, Tennesse |
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1806 - 1852 (46 years)
Birth |
4 Jan 1806 |
Halifax County, Virginia |
Died |
15 Sep 1852 |
Williamson Co., Tennessee |
Buried |
Franklin City Cemetery, Williamson County, Tennessee |
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Father |
Samuel Atkinson, b. 20 Dec 1778, Cumberland Co., Virginia |
Mother |
Nancy Anne Brown, b. 17 Feb 1782, Halifax County, Virginia |
Married |
1 Apr 1803 |
Halifax Co., Virginia |
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Family |
Fountain Branch Carter, b. 6 Apr 1797, Franklin, Williamson Co., Tennessee |
Married |
28 Jun 1823 |
Williamson County, Tennessee |
Children |
| 1. Nisan Red Carter, b. 29 Mar 1824, Franklin, Williamson Co., Tennessee |
+ | 2. Moscow Branch Carter, b. 5 Dec 1825, Franklin, Williamson Co., Tennessee |
| 3. William Augustus Carter, b. 16 May 1829, Williamson County, Tennessee |
+ | 4. James Fountain Carter, b. 31 Jan 1831, Franklin, Williamson Co., Tennessee |
| 5. Samuel Atkinson Carter, b. 24 Jan 1833, Franklin Co., Tennessee |
| 6. Mary Alice Carter, b. 22 Jan 1835 |
| 7. Sarah Holcomb Carter, b. 23 Feb 1837, Franklin Co., Tennessee |
+ | 8. Captain James Theodore 'Tod' Carter, b. 24 Mar 1840, Williamson County, Tennessee |
| 9. Francis Watkins Carter, b. 30 Nov 1842, Williamson County, Tennesse |
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Name |
James Theodore 'Tod' Carter |
Title |
Confederate Soldier |
Prefix |
Captain |
Born |
24 Mar 1840 |
Williamson County, Tennessee |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
2 Dec 1864 |
Williamson County, Tennessee |
Buried |
Rest Haven Cemetery, Williamson County, Tennessee |
Person ID |
I547450550 |
My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Giles Carter of Henrico |
Last Modified |
14 Feb 2022 |
Father |
Fountain Branch Carter, b. 6 Apr 1797, Franklin, Williamson Co., Tennessee , d. 22 Aug 1871, Franklin, Williamson Co., Tennessee (Age 74 years) |
Mother |
Mary Armistead 'Polly' Atkinson, b. 4 Jan 1806, Halifax County, Virginia , d. 15 Sep 1852, Williamson Co., Tennessee (Age 46 years) |
Married |
28 Jun 1823 |
Williamson County, Tennessee [4] |
Family ID |
F518495103 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- At the Battle of Franklin, (Nov 30, 1864) resident Tod Carter was mortally wounded five hundred feet from his boyhood home.
When the Army of Tennessee crossed the Georgia-Tennessee border, the soldiers were heartened by a sign on the side of the road that read ?Tennessee, A Grave or A Free Home.? Those words must have had special meaning for Tod Carter, the middle child in the Carter family, who had enlisted in the Confederate army in 1861. By 1864, he was the assistant quartermaster to Brigadier General Thomas Benton Smith in the Army of Tennessee.
On the eve of the Battle of Franklin, a friend described Carter as ?in a perfect ecstasy of joy? to be seeing his family the next day. As part of Bates?s division, Smith?s brigade launched their attack at Franklin from the far left of the Confederate line. Although Tod Carter?s quartermaster duties did not require him to fight, he would not hear of it. He mounted his horse and rode ahead of the brigade, shouting ?Follow me boys, I?m almost home!? About five hundred feet from his front yard, Tod Carter was struck by a Union bullet and tumbled into the blood-soaked grass.
After the day?s carnage had ended, the Carter family emerged from their cellar only to be greeted by General Smith with the news of Tod?s wounding. By lantern-light, Smith and the Carters spent hours searching the corpse-strewn battlefield for the young captain. His sisters? screams announced to the party that the search was over. Dying and insensible, Tod was carried back to the Carter House near dawn and set down in his sister Annie?s room. He died the next day, just one of the nearly ten thousand family tragedies that the battle wrought.
Learn more facts about the battle here: http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/franklin/ten-facts/ten-facts-about-the-battle-of.html
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Sources |
- [S100] Internet Source.
1860 census, Franklin, Tennessee: 1st District, June 22, 1860
CARTER Fountain 63 F W Farmer 37000 25000 Va
Sallie H. 10 F W Tn
McKINNY Ann V. 19 F W Tn
CARTER Fannie 15 F W Tn S
Theodrick 21 M W Tn
Frank 17 M W Tn
Sallie B. 20 M W Tn
Fountain 6 F W Tn
Ruth 3 F W
Fountain Branch CARTER b: 4/6/1797
Historic Site: Carter House - Civil War Era (State Owned)
Williamson County, Tennessee
http://www.carter-house.org/
"Built in 1830 by Fountain Branch Carter..."
Name: Fountain Branch Carter
Birth: 6 APR 1797 in Franklin, Tennessee
Death: 22 AUG 1871
Father: Francis Watkins Carter b: 6 DEC 1772 in Henrico County, Virginia
Mother: Sarah Holcomb Anderson b: 11 MAY 1777
Marriage 1 Mary Armistead Atkinson b: 4 JUL 1806
Married: 1823 in Franklin, Tennessee
- [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9392604.
Civil War Confederate Army Officer. A native of Franklin, Tennessee, He enlisted in the 20th Tennessee (CSA) Infantry, being commissioned as a Captain, and served in that regiment hor most of the War, fighting at the Battles of Mill Springs, Shiloh, Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, the Atlanta Campaign and ultimately at Franklin. He was captured at Missionary Ridge, but escaped and made his way back to the Army, where he was given a position on the staff of General Thomas Benton Smith. At the November 30, 1864 Battle of Franklin, he was mortally wounded a little more then 500 yeards from his family?s home, the Carter House. Found by family members after the battle, he would die two days later in his home, which is preserved today in Franklin as a Museum. He was also a journalist of sorts, writing reports to several southern newspapers under the name of "Mint Julip". (bio by: LeeWhite)
- [S47] Newspaper Article.
From: Clarksville Weekly Chronicle
June 18,1858---Married June 17, by Reverend S.P. Chestnut, Mr. James T. Carter and Miss Mary Balthrop, all of this city.
- [S220] Jean Carter Wilson, http://person.ancestry.com/tree/66047723/person/36150763548/facts.
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