Philemon Bibb Carter^[1]

1829 - 1886  (57 years)

• Name	Philemon Bibb Carter
  Born	3 Jul 1829	Halifax Co., Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Nov 1886	LaGrange, Fayette Co., Texas
  Buried	Old LaGrange City Cemetery LaGrange, Texas   [2]
  Person ID	I67818	My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Giles Carter of Henrico
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	'Sam' Robert Samuel 'Tavern Keeper' Carter,   b. 21 Nov 1773, Lunenburg, Virginia [Later Halifax] ,   d. 25 Apr 1836, Halifax Co., Virginia  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth H. Neal,   b. Abt 1790, Amellia County, Virginia ,   d. Aft 1831, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age ~ 42 years)
  Married	8 Sep 1812	Halifax County, Virginia
  	Elizabeth was first married to Mr. Bibb
  Family ID	F5619	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Wilmouth Ann Motley,   b. 31 Mar 1834, Halifax Co., Virginia ,   d. 1 Apr 1911, LaGrange, Fayette Co., Texas  (Age 77 years)
  Married	19 Dec 1850	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Children	1. Samuel Hales Carter,   b. 7 Jun 1863, Prob. Pitts. Co., VA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Emma Lee Carter,   b. 28 Oct 1871, LaGrange, Texas ,   d. 1 Jul 1959  (Age 87 years)
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F22713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Carter's Tavern Marker 3273_1.jpg

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Giles 7 A History of the Carter Family" Compiled and edited by the American Genealogical Research Institute Washington DC 20001 Copyright 1972 Library of Congress Card Catalog #: 75-187586 Identifies two Giles Carters as separate individuals, probably related.
  		Will of Samuel Carter Halifax, VA WB17-597 Page 1 Halifax WB17-597 Samuel Carter Will.jpg
  		Samuel Carter Will Halifax Co., VA WB 17-598 Halifax WB17-598 Samuel Carter Will.jpg
  		Philemon Bibb Carter-Death Notice The Galveston Daily News Nov 26, 1886
  		DAR Account of Lineage of James Mastin Williams-Carters Samuel (Tavern Keeper) Carter and Elizabeth H. Neal Lineage darJamesMastinWilliam-Carters.jpg
  		DAR Lineage of James Mastin Williams darJamesMastinWilliam-Carters.jpg
  		Headstone Philimon Bibb Carter hs67818-2PhilimonBibbCarter.jpg

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone Philimon Bibb Carter hs67818PhilimonBibbCarter.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S122] Genealogy. com, http://genforum.genealogy.com/carter/messages/14001.html. Notes on The Brooklyn Carter's and the Elmo Tavern Theoderick Carter , III , great-great grandfather of Nathaniel H. Wooding , wrote a will dated July 1805 , Book 7 page 152. He did not mention his homeplace. Alexander Carter , a brother of Nathaniel Carter , wrote a Will dated January 11 1826 . The following is extracted from it "At the death of my wife my will is that my lands consisting of three tracts , two in Halifax and one in Pittsylvania , shall be sold in the most advisable manner and the money arising from such sale together with my Negroes and every particle of my estate except my home , which was willed to me by my father ...... my home I give to my son Theoderick." Samuel Carter's will dated February 1836 is in Will Book 17 , page 597. Item 4 ,"I lend to my wife the tract of land whereon I live during her life and at her death I give to my son Philemon." Philemon B. Carter sold to Thomas Haynie 100 acres of land for $ 2,250.00 on September 24 , 1860. References ? the Description are to the Danville Road , Carter's Mill Road and Marable's Line fence. A 30 by 40- foot burial ground is reserved. In Respect to Samuel Carter operating a Tavern in Court Orders Minute Book I , page 140 , in year 1821 , he is granted permission to keep a house of private entertainment. This permission was renewed a number of times. Joseph Carter on Genforum Theoderick Carter , III was Commissioner of Revenue , Southern District , Justice of Peace 1782 and Sheriff 17??. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106979433/philimon-bibb-carter. Martha Motley Carter Birth 31 Mar 1834 Death 1 Apr 1911 (aged 77) Burial: Old La Grange City Cemetery La Grange, Fayette County, Texas [S84] Rootsweb, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=%3A2439139&id=I520504707. 4 Philemon Bibb CARTER b: 7/3/1829 d: 24 Nov 1886 + Martha Wilmouth MOTLEY b: 3/31/834 d: 4/1/1911 5 Elizabeth Wilmoth CARTER b: 11 Sep 1851 + John Walter BLAIZE b: Abt. 1850 5 Sarah Champ CARTER b: 29 Sep 1853 + John J CASEY b: Abt. 1850 + Bowie Strange TUTWILER b: Abt. 1850 5 America Virginia CARTER b: 5 Dec 1855 + William B RIVES b: Abt. 1850 5 Mary Louise Franklyn CARTER b: 6 Apr 1858 + Franklin Earl YOUNG b: Abt. 1855 5 Susannah Bibb CARTER b:9/15/1860 d: 1/6/1863 5 Samuel Hales CARTER b: 7 Jun 1863 5 John Halifax CARTER b: 22 Jul 1867 + Emma SMITH b: Abt. 1870 5 Emma Lee CARTER b: 28 Oct 1871 + James Withers REMINGTON b: Abt. 1870 5 Willie McKinnon CARTER b: 22 Nov 1873 + George WALSHE b: Abt. 1870 [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106979433/philimon-bibb-carter. Philimon Bibb Carter Birth: 3 Jul 1829 Death: 24 Nov 1886 (aged 57) Burial: Old La Grange City Cemetery Spouse Martha Motley Carter, 1834?1911 Children Mary Lueise Carter Young, 1857?1950 La Grange, Fayette County, Texas