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Greensby "Green" Carter[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male Abt 1811 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Greensby "Green" Carter  [5
    Born Abt 1811  Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Yes, date unknown  Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Living in Milton in 1880
    Person ID I14028  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Edward Powell, Descendants of Giles Carter of Henrico
    Last Modified 6 Mar 2018 

    Father Lemuel dna Carter,   b. Est 1779, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jul 1861, Caswell Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Mother Martha "Patsy" Powell,   b. Abt 1785, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1861, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Married 26 Dec 1801  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F22717  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Ann [LHXJ-RTN] Powell,   b. Abt 1794, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1877  (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Married 7 Nov 1836  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John B. [L1XC-16F] Carter,   b. 1862, Milton, Caswell Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1880  (Age 19 years)
     2. Mary Catherine Carter,   b. 23 Apr 1852, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1927, Caswell, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    +3. Cornelia Ann V. [KDBX-GN2] Carter,   b. Est 1840, Caswell Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1898, Caswell Co., N. Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years)
    +4. Sarah Jane 'Sally' Carter,   b. 19 Apr 1857, Milton, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jun 1931, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    Last Modified 11 Dec 2021 
    Family ID F4388  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Caswell County, North Carolina Deeds for Greensby Carter, Carter Glass Powell, and Edwin Powell
    Caswell County, North Carolina Deeds for Greensby Carter, Carter Glass Powell, and Edwin Powell
    _CaswellCountyDeedBook Pp.276-7.pdf
    Index of Halifax Marriages for Carters
    Index of Halifax Marriages for Carters
    7278-9HalifaxIndxMarageMale-Carter3.pdf
    Caswell County Court Document Re Lem Carter Will (2)
    Caswell County Court Document Re Lem Carter Will (2)
    25Caswell Court Doc Lem Carter Will Appeal(2).jpg
    1880 Census Caswell Co., North Carolina Green Carter Family Note Powell Granddaughter age 5
    1880 Census Caswell Co., North Carolina Green Carter Family Note Powell Granddaughter age 5
    cen14028GreenCarter.jpg

  • Notes 
    • Early ancestors of Louise Powell Butler
      My great-great-great-grandparents on my gg grandfathers' side were Mastin Powell and Mary called "Polly" Carter. He was a settler, tavern keeper, owener of a race track and slaves. They resided about 8 miles below Milton, NC on Powell Creek, Halifax Co., VA now Turberville. They had nine children:
      > Carter, 5/6/1800-10/26/1857, married Sarah Bates Moore, 1/31/1804-10/21/1877, 6/22/1822 Elizabeth married Gerald Powell, her uncle, 12/24/1816;
      Biggers married Gillie Lipscomb, 6/16/1829;
      John Bibb married Nancy Carter;
      Nancy T. married Richard Carter;
      Mary Ann married Green Carter;
      William Jefferson married Elizabeth Allen Carter;
      Susan married Jackson "Jack" her nephew;
      Harriett I. married, 1st Joseph Yarbrough and, 2nd, Henry Laws. Most of their children settled in and around Caswell County, NC and Danville, VA Source: Information from Uncle Walter B. Powell, Great Aunt Fleetwood Powell, Stanfield Family Bible, paper written by Charlie Stanfield
      to Uncle Walter B. Powell and wills.
      > > > >
      > > > > END of EXTRACTION
      Mary Ann Powell m. Green Carter
    • Shown on the 1880 Census Caswell Milton, NC
      hh329/331 GRANDDAUGHTER M. C. Powell [Mary Carter Powell]

  • Sources 
    1. [S46] Marriage Record/Certificate.
      Halifax County, Virginia Marriages (MB1/153) Grunsby Carter - Mary Ann Powell 7 Nov 1836

    2. [S73] Deeds.
      Deed, William J. Powell Jr. to William J. Powell Sr.
      Library of Virginia, Halifax County Virginia Deeds, Book 56, page 61, 28
      November 1853
      I, William J. Powell Junior of the County of Caswell, North Carolina, heir at law of Mastin Powell, deceased, for and in consideration of the sum of twenty dollars to him in hand paid by William J. Powell Senior of the County of Halifax, Virginia, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged hath bargained, sold and by these presents doth bargain, sell and deliver to the said William J. Powell, his heirs all of my interest in the dower of Mary Powell left her by her husband Mastin Powell...I William J. Powell,
      for myself, my heirs I do warrant forever defend the right, title & claim...of said dower in the possession of Mary Powell of Halifax, Virginia
      ... I have set my hand a seal this 28th day of November 1853
      William J. Powell
      Witness: Carter Powell
      A. L. (?) Ball
      Greensby Carter

    3. [S120] Court Records.
      Library of Virginia, Halifax County, Virginia, Will Book #22 pages 130-134,
      October Court 1848
      Account of the sale of Mastin Powell, deceased the 24th of November 1846
      William J. Powell purchases:
      one lot staves $2.50
      368 feet plank @0.35 $1.28
      Negro girl Lucy $170.00
      Negro child Nicholas $111.50
      Negro girl Margaret $275.00
      1 black pointed heifer $3.70
      1 small calf $1.70
      1 lot potatoe seed, 1 loom $1.25
      1 writing desk $0.50
      Purchasers are:
      Richard Carter Sr.
      Carter Powell
      William J. Powell
      Edward Moore
      Richard Oliver Sr.
      Biggers Powell
      Thomas Owen
      Miss Susan Powell
      Mrs. Harriet Yarbrough
      William Farmer
      Biggers Carter
      John F. Lawson
      Turner Carter
      Phillip P. Vass
      Albert and John Satterfield, executors
      Mrs. Elizabeth Powell
      Samuel Carter
      Alberty Satterfield
      Alexander Cunningham
      William Hamblett
      Turner D. White
      Mark M. Stanfield
      William J Carter
      James Edwards
      William C. Cumbee
      Aley Austin
      Clement Lipscomb
      Armistead Moore
      Charles H. Mosley
      John N.? Satterfield
      Edward Bass
      Greensby Carter
      Isaac Satterfield
      Mrs. Mary Powell
      Nathaniel Watkins

    4. [S61] United States Census, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6742/4243268-00485?pid=19355905&backurl=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D6742%26h%3D19355905%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true.
      Greensby 69
      Greenby Carter 1880 United States Federal Census
      Name: Green Carter [Greenby Carter]
      Age 69
      Birth Date: Abt 1811
      Birthplace: Virginia
      Home in 1880" Milton, Caswell, NC
      Dwelling Number 329
      Race: White
      Gender: Male
      Relation to Head of House: Self
      Marital Status: Married
      Spouse's Name M. A. Carter
      Father's Birthplace: Virginia
      Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
      Occupation: Farmer
      Others in Record
      M.A.Carter, John B. Carter, M.C. Powell

    5. [S61] United States Census, 1850 Caswell NC Census .
      Another Greensby Carter 38, shown with Margaret A.30, Elizaeth F. 11, Martin B. 9, Jasper N. 7, William G. 4, Jas A. 1,

      This explains the two William Green Carters and other anomalies.