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Jesse Carter[1]

Male 1814 - 1864  (50 years)


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  • Name Jesse Carter 
    • I1-06, I-M253; 25689, Carter: Jesse Carter, b.18Feb1814 SC m Samira Prickett
    Born 1814  South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Sep 1864  Hall County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • per Probate
    Person ID I20147  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2020 

    Father William Carter,   b. 1776, N. Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1856  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Rachael/Rachel LNU,   b. Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1859, Pontotoc, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6596  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Samira Prickett,   b. 26 Oct 1818, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1905, Leavenworth County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 9 Oct 1834  Hall, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Thomas Jackson Carter,   b. 8 May 1841, Hall County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Apr 1912, Leavenworth County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     2. Martha Indiana Carter,   b. 29 Dec 1855, Hall County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Apr 1926, Yamhill County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    Last Modified 19 May 2018 
    Family ID F7492  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Samira P Carter-Obit
    Samira P Carter-Obit
    The Tonganoxie Mirror
    Feb 9, 1905
    Thomas Jackson Carter-Obit
    Thomas Jackson Carter-Obit
    The Leavenworth Weekly Times
    Apr 25, 1912
    Will-Hall County, Georgia Probate date September 25, 1864
    Will-Hall County, Georgia Probate date September 25, 1864
    jessecarter1.jpg
    Will of Jesse Carter page 2
    Will of Jesse Carter page 2
    carterjesse2.jpg

  • Notes 
    • Lists wife Samira and grandchild and son William's widow in his will.

      Alexander Glenn-grandson
      children:
      Eliza I.
      Nancy M.
      John M.
      Martha I.
      A.E.
      Jasper N.
      Thomas


  • Sources 
    1. [S39] Will, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=USProbateGA&h=826925&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=4766.
      Name: Jesse Carter
      Probate Date: 25 Sep 1864
      Probate Place: Hall, Georgia
      Inferred Death Year: Abt 1864
      Inferred Death Place: Georgia
      Item Description: Will Records, Book A-A1, 1837-1907

    2. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131597905/samira-carter.
      Samira Prickett Carter
      Birth 26 Oct 1818, Georgia
      Death 5 Feb 1905, Leavenworth County, Kansas
      Burial: Reno Cemetery
      Reno, Leavenworth County, Kansas
      Samira Prickett was married to Jesse Carter on October 9, 1834, in Hall County, Georgia. (Georgia marriage indexes) Family information lists her parents as Joshiah Isaiah Prickett and Mary Polly Baker. The 1900 Reno, Leavenworth, Kansas census lists her as the mother of ten with five living.

      The 1860 Hall County, Georgia census lists Jesse Carter, age 46, born in South Carolina, with Samira, born in Georgia. Their sons and daughters in 1860 were listed as S. C., a daughter age 24; Thomas, 18; Eliza, 14; Nancy, 11; John, 8; Martha, 6; Arminda, 4; Alexander, 4; & Jasper, 1. A son, age 12, listed as "W. Carter," was listed in the 1850 census.

      An obituary was published at her death. Samira's sons, William and Thomas J., both served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. William died in 1863 and Samira's husband died in September of 1864, according to family information. ----

      OBITUARY:

      Mrs. Samira Carter died at the home of her son, T. J. Carter, four miles south of here, Sunday morning about half past nine o'clock, at the advanced age of 86 years. She had been sick for several weeks.

      Funeral services were conducted at the house by Rev. O. M. Keve, Monday afternoon at two o'clock, and the interment was in the cemetery at Reno.

      Mrs. Carter had lived most of her life in Georgia where she was born October 26, 1818. Her marriage to Jesse Carter took place October 9, 1834, and to this union were born ten children, of whom five survive. Mrs. Carter came here from Georgia twelve years ago and has been living with her son ever since. For seventy years she had been a member of the Methodist Church. She was a quiet, sunny character, held in high regard by all who knew her.