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PATRIOT Richard 'in Georgia' Carter[1]

Male Abt 1765 - 1849  (~ 84 years)


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  • Name Richard 'in Georgia' Carter  [2
    • Richard Carter is among the Cunningham/Michaux/Waddill Families. 11-7-2022 His obituary is see in documents-mfe
    Title PATRIOT 
    Born Abt 1765  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 10 Aug 1849  Jasper, Randolph County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • This is what was written:
      "Richard and James Carter and their sister Anne Waddill went to Alabama, as did their kinsmen John and Michaux Cunningham."
      Holly Hampton
    Person ID I16593  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Giles Carter of Henrico
    Last Modified 8 Nov 2022 

    Father Captain John C. dna Carter,   b. 26 Aug 1737, St. Peter's Par., New Kent Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Sep 1781, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Mother Mary Michaux Cunningham,   b. 1740, St. Peters Parish, New Kent Co., Colonial Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1781, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years) 
    Married Abt 1758  Halifax Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F4368  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Temperance Wilson,   b. Abt 1772, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1852, Green County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Married Y  [5
    • Children include Landon Carter 1843-?; Judah/Judith M. Carter ?-1850; Joseph H. Carter from January 1859 to March 1860 dif;
      Mary C. Carter Est 1792; James A. Carter Est 1794, Elizabeth V. Carter Est 1798;
    Children 
     1. Richard V. Carter,   b. Est 1792, Likely Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +2. Judith/Judy [K2FW-T3J] Carter,   b. 1806, Jasper, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1837, Possibly Oklahoma Territory Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years)
    Last Modified 9 Nov 2022 
    Family ID F9082  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Chancery Record John Carter,[father of this Richard] dec'd, heirs sue for money due the estate of their dec'd. father.  Richard 'Tailor' Carter, Exe. is dead and Executorship has fallen to his Widow, Mrs. Susannah (David) Powell(neeBigger).  The testimony of Frederick Miller may link the Gunsmith to this Giles Carter Family.[current dna analysis however, reveals two different haplogroups.]
    Chancery Record John Carter,[father of this Richard] dec'd, heirs sue for money due the estate of their dec'd. father. Richard 'Tailor' Carter, Exe. is dead and Executorship has fallen to his Widow, Mrs. Susannah (David) Powell(neeBigger). The testimony of Frederick Miller may link the Gunsmith to this Giles Carter Family.[current dna analysis however, reveals two different haplogroups.]
    Frederick MillerTestimonylinks-13984.jpg
    Giles Carter Lines
    Giles Carter Lines
    GilesCarterLines.png
    Richard Carter Obituary
Georgia
    Richard Carter Obituary Georgia
    CarterRichard GeorgiaJournalandMessenger Aug22,1849.jpg
    Richard Carter Obituary
    Richard Carter Obituary
    CarterRichard GeorgiaJournalandMessenger Nov28,1849.jpg
    Temperance Carter (nee Wilson) Obituary
    Temperance Carter (nee Wilson) Obituary
    CarterTemperance DailyColumbusEnquirer Sep11,1863.jpg
    Temperance Carter 
The Atlanta Constitution
14 Jan 1979
    Temperance Carter The Atlanta Constitution 14 Jan 1979
    CarterTemperance TheAtlantaConstitution Jan14,1979.jpg
    Newspaper Article
Temperance Wilson
    Newspaper Article Temperance Wilson
    CarterTemperance TheAtlantaConstitution Jan14,1979.jpg

    Histories
    Halifax County 1799 Chancery Matter John Carter and Mary Cunningham; Robert, Richard and Theodorick Carter vs Executors of John Carter's Estate.
    Halifax County 1799 Chancery Matter John Carter and Mary Cunningham; Robert, Richard and Theodorick Carter vs Executors of John Carter's Estate.
    JohnCarter&MaryCunningham Chancery 1799.pdf

  • Notes 
    • This Richard Carter is involved in a Chancery Matter in 1799 and is called Richard, Junior.
      John Carter was born in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co, VA on 26 AUG 1737, and baptized on 30 OCT 1737. This Parish is south of the York and Pamunkey Rivers and was also the home of the Waddill family.

      John Carter's Will was executed 18 JUN 1781, and probated before the court held for Halifax Co., VA on 20 SEP 1781. The witnesses were Benjamin Hobson, David Bates, Noel Waddill, Theodrick Carter (Third) and Charles Carter, a son of Theodrick Carter(Third). The Executors named were his wife, Mary Carter, Captain James Turner, William Boyd and John Carter's brothers Richard and Theodrick (Third).

      John Carter's three eldest children, Richard, Theo, and Robert filed a chancery suit in Halifax county in 1799 [19 years after the death of John] charging the Executors [Mary Carter, their mother] and Richard Carter, dec'd and his executor Susannah Powell (nee Carter) for monies not accounted for when Richard Carter bargained and sold land privately. Mary Carter (nee Cunningham) is still alive at this time, and gives testimony referring to Richard Carter's affidavit. Many pages of testimony follow demonstrating not only that money was paid to Richard, but never passed on to the family. The position of David Powell and Susannah is that the children were educated and provided for, out of the estate of their father, John Carter, dec'd. Robert appears to act as attorney and questions many witnesses. The suit is then refiled in Richmond County and continues. Polly Powell (nee Carter), wife of Mastin Powell and d/o Susannah Carter Powell (nee Bigger) testifies to angry words between Robert and Susannah, his aunt. The suit continues whereby Robert questions numerous witnesses as to the quality of his education, and of the ability of the estate of the dec'd John Carter to produce enough to keep the widow and children adequately. [it is obvious to this researcher that Robert is an ambitious, determined and combative individual and probably was of the same personality since his childhood, when he admits he would not be schooled.] He challenges that his education and that of his siblings was less than he considered their due. Both he and Theo, though, can write and sign their names, as does Susannah. [While the content of this matter is tedious reading, it offers more insight into the characters of this family, than previously seen.-mfe]



  • Sources 
    1. [S40] Will, Will of John Carter.
      Names 3 eldest sons, Richard, Theo and Robert and leaves them his creek land purchased of George Ridley; later in chancery called Ridley's Plantation.
      Richard qualifies as Executor with his Mother in 1781.

    2. [S18] Family Search, LDS, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/L56M-Y1F.
      Richard Carter, s/o John Carter and Mary Michaux Cunningham, b. 1765 Halifax Co., VA Colony; d. 10 Aug 1849 Jasper, Georgia; m. Temperance Wilson, b. 1772 North Carolina, d. Between Jan 1851 - Oct 1852, Jasper, Georgia.
      Children:
      Mary C. Carter 1790-1851 L56M-8B8 Born in Georgia
      James A. Carter 1792-Y;
      United States Census, 1850 Georgia Randolph County

      Elizabeth V. Carter 1795-1860-1870, 9KPC-9KX; Born Jasper, Georgia; d. Randolph, Georgia

      Landon Carter Y-1843 L56M-KPC

      Judith/Judah 'Judy' M. Carter Y-1850, L56M-ZTX
      Joseph H. Carter Y-1860; L56M-FYV


    3. [S18] Family Search, LDS, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/L56M-Y1F.
      John C. Carter and Mary Michaux Cunningham: Marriage 1758, Halifax County,Virginia Colony
      L5GK-ZDF

    4. [S71] Charlene Ebeling, Facebook.
      Facebook, Charlene Ebeling

      Descendants of John Carter
      1 John Carter 1736 - 1781 b: 08/26/1736 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co., Va. d: 1781
      .. +Mary Anne Michaux Cunningham 1740 - 1781 b: 1740 d: Aft. 1781
      ..... 2 John Carter, Jr. 1751 - b: Bet. 1751 - 1781
      ..... 2 Elizabeth Carter 1758 - 1841 b: 1758 in Halifax Co., Virginia d: 1841
      ......... +John M. Turpin
      ..... 2 Anne Carter 1760 - b: Abt. 1760 in Halifax Co., Virginia
      ......... +William Waddill
      ..... 2 Judith Carter 1762 - b: 1762 in Halifax Co., Virginia
      ......... +Thomas Whitlock 1773 - b: Bef. 1773
      ..... 2 Sally Carter 1764 - b: 1764
      ......... +Hartwell Perry
      ..... 2 Richard Carter, AmRev 1765 - 1849 b: Abt. 1765 in Halifax Co., Va. d: 08/10/1849 in Green Co., Georgia
      ......... +Temperance Carter 1772 - 1852 b: Abt. 1772 in NC d: 1852 in Jasper Co., Georgia
      ..... 2 [1] Mary "Polly" Carter 1767 - 1840 b: Abt. 1767 in Halifax Co., Virginia d: Bef. 1840
      ......... +Jourdan Clay 1778 - b: Abt. 1778 in From Halifax Co., Virginia
      ..... *2nd Husband of [1] Mary "Polly" Carter:
      ......... +William Powell
      ..... 2 Theodorick Carter 1768 - b: 1768 in Halifax Co., Virginia
      ..... 2 Robert Carter 1770 - 1839 b: 12/22/1770 in Halifax Co., Virginia d: 09/06/1839 in Franklin Co., Tennessee
      ......... +Unity Cook 1774 - 1809 b: 1774 d: 09/08/1809
      ..... 2 Francis Watkins Carter 1772 - 1811 b: 12/06/1772 in Halifax Co., Virginia d: 03/19/1811 in Franklin Co., Tennessee
      ......... +Sarah Holcomb Anderson 1777 - 1826 b: 05/11/1777 d: 05/19/1826
      ..... 2 James C. Carter 1774 - 1845 b: 12/23/1774 in Halifax Co., Virginia d: 04/23/1845 in Marshall Co., Alabama
      ......... +Amy Motley 1778 - 1853 b: 1778 in Amelia Co., Virginia d: 1853

    5. [S18] Family Search, LDS, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L56M-ZTX.
      Richard Carter, Male 1765?10 August 1849; L56M-Y1F