Confederate Soldier Thomas Townes Carter^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}

1830 - 1900  (70 years)

• Name	Thomas Townes Carter
  Title	Confederate Soldier
  Born	18 Apr 1830	Halifax Co., Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Nov 1900	Halifax County, Virginia
  Buried	Carter Family Cemetery, Halifax County, Virginia
  Person ID	I67941	My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Giles Carter of Henrico
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel Carter,   b. 2 Aug 1775, Lunenburg, Virginia [Later Halifax] ,   d. 30 Jun 1833, Halifax Co., Virginia [now Pittsylvania]  (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Ann Oliver Stevens,   b. 7 May 1785, Halifax Co., Virginia ,   d. 10 Mar 1864, Halifax County, Virginia  (Age 78 years)
  Married	22 Aug 1803	Halifax County, Virginia (MB1/51)   [7]
  Family ID	F5458	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Dozier Bostick,   b. 1839, Halifax Co., Virginia ,   d. Aft 1900  (Age 62 years)
  Married	24 Feb 1855	Halifax County, Virginia (MB3/3)
  Notes	Nat Wooding on Facebook Re: Harry Wooding, Mayor of Danville, VA A familiar name (Harry). I recently found a newspaper clipping saved by my father. It told of how Harry nearly burned down the then new office building by dumping the contents of his corn cob pipe in a wastebasket. My great grandfather, Thomas Townes Carter was in Co. A, 53rd VA and was wounded and captured at Cemetary Ridge. Nat Wooding where was Thomas born? Across the Bannister from Halifax. He is buried in the family cemetery there on the farm. He had a flesh wound in his left arm and was taken to a hospital in eastern PA near where my mother lived as a child. He was later exchanged at City Point and went back into service. His musket was never surrendered and one of my uncles hunted with it as a boy. I have seen it fired. Nat Wooding oh I found him! He did go through Forts McHenry and Delaware then he was sent to Chester Hospital in Pennsylvania and was paroled 8/17/63. He was back on duty by 10/31/63, I believe. He was extremely fortunate - an inch or so to the left and he would have lost his left arm. An inch or so to the right and it would have been a chest wound. According to my father, one of his brothers said that when he was hit, he put his hand inside his coat and found the bullet and threw it away and then realized what he had done. I have the sleave with the bullet hole. Yup. Someone in the family labeled it. It may be of fabric woven at home. I've seen one other reference to people of that era saving artifacts: I once saw an interview between Fred Rogers and George Patton's daughter. She described how after her father was posted to Washingon, she and her mother went to pay the appropriate social visit to MacArthur's mother who was serving as his hostess since he was then divorced. They were greeted by an ancient lady and each of the women recounted their heritage and whom had served in what army. Mrs. MacArthur had a servant fetch a "jewelry box the size of a child's coffin" from which Mrs. M. extracted a broach in which was set a piece of the skull of one of her father or some other Yankee male. Getting back to the sleeve, I'm rather amazed that the tears (back and front) are still relatively small and that it survived. Of course, it was not like he could get a pass and go to Walmart and pick up a replacement.
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Townes Carter, Jr.,   b. Abt 1859, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. Abt 1910  (Age ~ 51 years)   2. Ann Oliver Carter,   b. 2 Dec 1863, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 19 May 1956, Halifax Co., Virginia  (Age 92 years) + 3. Silas Roberts SAR Carter,   b. 17 Aug 1866, Halifax, Virginia ,   d. 22 Aug 1932, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 66 years)   4. James Frank Carter,   b. 21 Aug 1875, Virginia ,   d. 10 Jan 1963, Richmond, Virginia  (Age 87 years) + 5. Elizabeth Baker Carter,   b. 7 Feb 1880, Halifax County, Virginia ,   d. 22 Nov 1962, South Boston, Halifax Co., Virginia  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2021
  Family ID	F22731	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Will of Thomas T. Carter 2014-04_Scan-025.jpg
  		Death Certificate-Elizabeth Wooding (nee Carter) delizabethwooding.jpg
  		Halifax Co., Virginia WB28/404 Will of Ann O. Carter wb28-403-404.pdf
  		Will of Ann O. Carter 1st Page wb28-403.jpg
  		Will of Ann Oliver Carter Page 2 wb28-404.jpg
  		Tombstone Application for Thomas Townes Carter thomastownescarter1.jpg
  		Halifax County, Virginia Index to Devisees and Heirs _HalifaxIndxDevisees-Heirs-Carters2.pdf

  
  

• Notes

  The Will of Thomas T. Carter written 14 Oct 1900 and recorded 26 Dec 1900 names children Willie, Sr. and Thomas T. Carter as having received their portions of the estate. Names children Silas R. to receive $100 paid to him. Also menitons sons Sam and James to work the farm and take care of their Mother and Sisters. No security given and no appraisement to be done. Names Wife as M. D. Carter [Margaret Dosier].

  
  

• Sources

  [S40] Will. Will of Thomas T. Carter [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=2233582&GRid=21810976&. Thomas Townes Carter b. 18 Apr 1830 d. 26 Nov 1900 Gracie Walker Kaywood - Unknown Elsie Carter Ridgeway - Unknown also buried in this cemetery Thomas Townes Carter Birth 18 Apr 1830, Halifax County, Virginia Death 26 Nov 1900, Halifax County, Virginia Burial: Carter-Wooding Family Cemetery Halifax County, Virginia Thomas Carter was a Sergeant in Co A, 53rd Regiment, Virginia Infantry. He married Margaret Dozier Bostick c24 Feb 1855 in Halifax Co. Children James Frank Carter, 1875?1963 [S48] Ancestry Link, http://person.ancestry.com/tree/449910/person/-2081493125/facts. Source Citation for LDS - James S Beck & John Kent Cabaniss Citation Information Source Information Title LDS - James S Beck & John Kent Cabaniss Note NAME Family History Library ADDR 35 N West Temple Street CONT Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA Publisher (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998 [S46] Marriage Record/Certificate, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5B5-59K. Thomas T. Carter-Margaret D. Bostick [S40] Will, Mother, Ann Oliver Carter (nee Stephens). [S61] United States Census, http://interactive.ancestry.com/8054/4206370_00007?backurl=%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d8054%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=4206370_00064. 1850 Virginia, Halifax, Northern District Ann O. Carter 65, Sarah B. Carter 36, Thomas T. Carter 20. Hh 455/438 [S52] Halifax Co., VA Marriages Index, Nathaniel Carter and Ann Oliver Stevens. MB1/51 Halifax County County Virginia Clerk