Elizabeth Carter

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Caroline Wesley Carter 1844-1883

1. Caesar Augustus Carter 1864-1954 m. Mary D. Whitt (changed his name to Samuel A. Carter.

2. Napoleon Bonaparte Carter 1874 - m Julia Vernon

3. Walter Raleigh Carter 1875-1970 m. his first cousin, Lottie S. Carter d/o
Callie and Thomas O Carter

4. Pinkney Carter 1877-1947 m. Willie A. Rousey (changed his name to Percy Carter)

5. Lucy Carter 1880-1965 - m. Ira Stuart Loftis

E-mail Connie Spring

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Discussion with Connie Spring regarding the ages of the members of this family: Carolyn Wesley is probably not age 30 at her death, based on the Census records. Dates for her children are also off.

" In the 1870 census it shows (looks like) Guston? age 8, I believe than is Caesar Augustine b. 1864 (he changed his name to Samuel A. Carter) It also shows a John and Joseph living with them (IF this is our James and Caroline, then John and Joseph were counted twice in 1870. I have different dates of Caesar A 's birth. One date he was born before they got married.
So, I am just assuming that Caroline is the daughter of Paul and Elizabeth Williamson Wesley."

[This is as stated on her marriage license] Note: In the 1870 Halifax Census Caroline Wesley, d/o Paul and Elizabeth is shown as 22 years old. She has a sister, Eliza, who is 30 years old. If she was married in 1865, why was she in the HH of her mother and father in 1870

Caesar married Mary Whitt 7 Mar 1888. Mary (daughter of 'Tommy' Thomas Whitt and Martha Adkins) was born 30 Jan 1860, Halifax County, Virginia; died 21 Sep 1954, Durham, North Carolina; was buried , Woodlawn Memorial Park, Durham, NC . [Group Sheet]

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Name:
Another Carter who is NOT a Carter. Fellow researchers have been looking for 30 years and Constance Simpson searched until her death.
Male testers from several descendants of Martha McCann test to Guthrie/Guthrey lines developed by FTDNA.

James married Carolyn H. Wesley 20 Dec 1865, Halifax County, Virginia. Carolyn (daughter of Paul Westley/Wesley and Elizabeth 'Betsy' Williamson) was born 1844, Halifax Co., Virginia; died 1883, Halifax Co., Virginia; was buried Age 30, First Crossroads Baptist Church Cemetery Turbeville, Halifax County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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James T. Carter married three times; Carolyn Westley m 12/20/1865; Secondly Eliza Hill m 3/24/1890; Third, Laura Petty m 7/19/1902

Carolyn Westley's children are Caesar Augustus b. 1868, Napoleon Boneparte b 1874, Walter Raleigh b 1875, and Pinkney b 1878;
MB3/25 Halifax Co., Virginia James m. Caroline H. Wesly

Birth:
some census records having her birth date as 1838

Name:
Also name lists as Caroline in some documents

Died:
This cemetery record which records Carolyn Wesley's date of death as 1883 says she was 30 years old; the census records of her father's family, [Paul Wesley] shows her birth as 1843-4. Her marriage record [attached] shows her age as 21 in 1865.

'Tommy' married Martha Adkins. Martha died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

James T. Carter m. Martha McCann; Martha Carter is shown on the 1850 Halifax Co., Census; Martha Carter again appears on the 1860 Census Halifax Co. and again in 1870; she is not shown with husband, although she is having children periodically;
1850 - Sou Dist
Martha Carter 28
Mary J 6
James T 4

1860 Sou Dist
Martha Carter 35
Mary 16
James 14
Sally 7 (I believe this is Callie Carter that married Thomas O. Carter)
Jos. 5
Unnamed infant 3/12

1870 Mt Carmel Dist
Martha 46
Caralee (?) illegible 17 (Callie?)
Joe 15
John 10
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These named children are found on census records. Martha Carter's headstone/cemetery record show no maiden name;

This James T. Carter married Martha McCann in Halifax and lived there all of his life. He and Martha sold land to family members, Addison Lafayette Edwards and his wife, Sallie Frances Powell, [d/o Mastin Powell,] in Halifax Co. Based on that fact, and the several other James T. Carters named for him, it is probable that he is family. Deeds define the relationships of Powells, Edwards, Carters, Wesleys who intermarry in Halifax in the 19th century are neighbors. The land he sold to Edwards is land owned by his wife's father, Paul Wesley. Addison Edwards, s/o James M. Edwards married Sarah Frances 'Sallie Fannie' Powell, eldest d/o Mastin Powell.

Name:
DNA from several male descendants test to Guthrie/Guthrey

James married Martha McCann 29 Dec 1843, Person County, North Carolina. Martha (daughter of John 9WNY-JC6 McCann and Mary Ann LHQ3-GGZ Lowry) was born 1822, Halifax Co., Virginia; died 1885, Halifax Co., Virginia; was buried , First Cross Roads Baptist Church Cemetery, Halifax County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Halifax Co., VA Marriages:
McCAN, John BRAY, Jane 21 Apr 1849
McCAN, William FORDE, Julian 09 Jun 1849
McCANN, Anderson J WHITT, Mary 06 May 1845
McCANN, John LOWRY, Mary 26 Dec 1791


[S100] Internet Source, http://www.csbvp.com/ferguson/jamesneeley.html.
James Neeley

James Neeley was born around 1717. He married Margaret Jane Grimes on 17 May 1740 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Christ Church). The family moved to Augusta County, Virginia by 8 February 1749 when James purchased land from Ephtraim Gaussen [Ephraim Guthrie]. This purcahse was recorded in Augusta County, Virginia DB2/598-599. He bought and sold several parcels of land over his life time. in 1769 the area he was living in became a new county. Botetourt county was formed at that time. Two pieces of land were deeded, in March of 1776, one to his son William and the other to his daughter Jane who had married Philip Love. These deeds are recorded in Botetourt County, Virginia DB2/208-209, and 210. He died in Guilford County, North Carolina and was buried in the Alamace Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Greensboro.

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HALIFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS

Book 23 Page 591
Date 3 Sept. 1811 - Anthony Powell sold to Thomas Stanfield for $700.03 - Six Negroes: Jenny, Ellsey, Jack, Miller, Tom, and Jacob - signed by Thomas Watkins Sr.

Died:
The document lists Paul Wesley as being married at time of death

Paul married Elizabeth 'Betsy' Williamson 15 Nov 1821, Person, North Carolina. Elizabeth (daughter of William 'Billy' Williamson and Elizabeth Susan Wesley) was born 1805, Halifax County, Virginia; died Bef 1870, Halifax County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
Census records

Name:
d/o Wm. 'Billy' Williamson and Elizabeth Susan Wesley