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Unity Bates

Unity Bates[1, 2]

Female 1754 - 1824  (70 years)

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  • Name Unity Bates 
    • Named for her Mother's Sister, Unity.
    Born 8 Apr 1754  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 4 Sep 1824  Wayne County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Parmleys Grove Cemetery, Wayne County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I67791  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Giles Carter of Henrico
    Last Modified 13 May 2021 

    Father Captain John Forrest Bates,   b. 1716, York Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Nov 1765, Halifax Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Alford,   b. 1 Jul 1719, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1757, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Married 5 Aug 1735  Goochland Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F8696  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Patriot William George Carter, Sr.,   b. 8 Apr 1754, Wythe Co., Colonial Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Sep 1824, Wayne Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married abt. 1778-79 
    Children 
     1. William [Jackson] Carter, Jr.,   b. 1780, Wythe County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1845, White County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
    +2. Braxton Curtis Carter,   b. 18 Sep 1798, Wythe Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1865, Wayne Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    +3. Susanna Carter,   b. 17 Jun 1786, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 1868, Lincoln County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    Last Modified 28 Mar 2015 
    Family ID F518494829  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    THE VIRGINIA GENEALOGIST Volume 9, No. 1 1965
    THE VIRGINIA GENEALOGIST Volume 9, No. 1 1965
    VA-Genealogist-V09-N01.pdf

    Headstones
    Unity Carter (nee Bates) Copper Plate Engraved Headstone
    Unity Carter (nee Bates) Copper Plate Engraved Headstone
    unity bates carter.jpg

  • Notes 
    • Children of Unity Bates and Patriot William Carter, Sr. are:
      William Carter Jr. dna +
      Elizabeth (Alford) Montgomery ne(e) Carter
      Mary (Jackson) Bell ne(e) Carter
      John (Bates) Carter
      Mildred Dribble ne(e) Carter
      Susannah (Bates) Shepperd ne(e) Carter
      Braxton (Bates) Carter



  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=carter&GSfn=unity&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=40612195&df=all&.
      Unity Carter (nee Bates)
      Birth: 1754
      Death: 1824
      Children:
      Susanna Carter Moore Shepperd (1786 - 1868)*
      Find A Grave Memorial# 40612195

    2. [S178] The Virginia Genealogist.
      THE VIRGINIA GENEALOGIST Volume 9, Number 1
      Jan-Mar 1965 [see Documents]

      William married Unity Bates; Robert Carter married Jane Crockett; Francis Jackson married Esther Crockett, dau of James and Mary Drake Crockett