William Merriman Carter

William married Frances Leftwich. Frances was born 1738, Caroline Co., Virginia Colony; died 17 Oct 1818, Bedford Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]

1. John Carter was born 1766, Liberty, Bedford Co., Virginia; died 21 Mar 1822, Davidson, Tennessee.

John married Susanna Payne. [Group Sheet]

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0 Captain Thomas Carter b abt 1630 d abt 1700

1 Henry Skipwith Carter b 1676 d 1743

2 Robert Carter b abt 1725

3 Frederick Carter b 1767-1770 VA d aft 1850

4. Marshall Carter b abt 1816 d aft 1870

5 William Benjamin "Ben" Carter b 1848 d 1899

6 Charles Carter b 1882 d 1970

7 Nola Allagene Carter b 12 Mar 1922 d 04 Nov 1998

8 Patti Marchant Carlson (private)

From Father's Will:
Item iv: I do give unto my son Henry Carter 100 acres of land to him and his heirs forever only reserving my wife to have the benefit of getting what timber she shall have occasion of for repairing and rebuilding on my now dwelling plantation but whereas the said Henry is in England and if it should happen he should never come in again I do give the said land unto my son James Carter to him and his heirs forever.

"Henry Carter Ann Davis was married ye 6th day of May 1701"

The Prayer Book has his marriage to Anne Davis on 06 May 1701.

Library of Virginia has his will probated 10 Feb 1743 -

GENEALOGIES OF VIRGINIA FAMILIES From the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. I. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982. Page 602-603.

"Henry Carter (Thomas (1)), born 1674, died 1743. In a deposition made April 8, 1743, Henry Carter stated that he was about 69 years of age. Sometime prior to 1704 he married Anne Harris, as shown by a lease for 200 acres of land , dated Nov. 9, 1704, from Henry Carter and wife Ann "who was daughter of Gainey Harris late of this county Gent, who by his will dated 14 th April, 1693, left the above mentioned premises to his daughter Ann". From 1728 to 1740 "Mr. Henry Carter" was continuously a Justice of the County Court. April 5, 1737, Henry Carter and brother Joseph were two of eleven signers to a memorial complaining of the misrepresentation of Wm. Ball, Jr., Gent. who had been a Justice of Lancaster for nine years and then omitted from the Commission because of misrepresentation.

"Henry Carter was a vestryman of Christ Church and before his death in 1743 he was one of six vestrymen to meet with a like number from St. Mary's White Chapel to form a general vestry for the two parishes. His brother Joseph Carter was a vestryman from St. Mary's at the same time....March 21, 1732, "Henry Carter of the County of Lancaster Gent." made his will which was probated Oct. 10, 1743. He left home plantation and negro, Courtney, to son Gainy; negroes Tom and Jack to three daughters and son Robert all of whom were to have the right to remain at home till the daughters married and Robert arrived at the age of sixteen. Daughters also to have two beds and furniture and their mother's jewelry - Catherine the biggest gold ring, Ann the lesser ring, and Elizabeth the gold bobbs; Son John to have a chest in the "outward room", a new hat, his silver cup, and a ten shilling piece of gold he had from his mother Katharine Dale to make him a mourning ring; Son Harry his little trunk, new dugget coat and breeches and dimity and linen clothes; son Josiah, horse named Jack, a steere, new saddle and bridle; son Robert, the smallest bed and furniture upstairs. All to share equally in the rest of the estate. Brother Thomas Carter to have his silver seal. Desires that his "Cousin Thomas Carter" assist son Gainy in managing the negroes. This would seem to indicate that Capt. Thomas Carter Sr. had a brother who had descendants in that part of Virginia. There was a family of Carters in Middlesex county, contemporaneous with Capt. Thomas Carter and his sons, who had similar given names to those in Lancaster. Henry Carter's personal estate contained besides the usual furniture, and jewelry mentioned in the will, a large amount of clothing, 15 books, a pair of silver shoe buckles, a viol, twelve leather chairs, 2 pewter flower pots, etc."

Henry married Anne Davis. Anne was born Est 1680, Lancaster Co., Virginia Colony; died 1743, White Chapel Parish, Barford Plantation, Corotoman River, Lancaster, Colony of Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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I think it would be appropriate to list Thomas Carter b 1753 as a separate line in your database and note this line is a very strong ydna 111 marker match to the Thomas Carter = Katherine Dale line. They share a common ancestor prior to 1753 obviously.

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Thomas married Katherine Dale 4 May 1670, Lancaster Co., Virginia. Katherine (daughter of Major Edward Dale and Diana Skipwith) was born Abt 1630, Lancaster Co., Virginia; died 10 May 1703, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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Brothers John and Dale Carter along with their cousin Thomas Carter had settled on the north side of Clinch River near Blackmore's Fort about 1772. It was a tense time among the scattered settlers along the Clinch River. The Carter?s land grants were surveyed for them and entered in the Fincastle Survey Book on March 26, 1774.

On the same day, Logan, sent a raiding party against Fort Blackmore which secretly approached the fort and got within 75 yards before being discovered. Most of the men at Fort Blackmore were sitting on some logs a short distance from the gate. The Indians decided to make a bold push and enter the fort before the men could recover from their surprise. Creeping along the river bank, they were just ready to push into the fort when they were discovered by Dale Carter (1744-1774), who was about fifty-five steps from the fort and who cried, "Murder! Murder!"

Upon hearing Carter's alarm, the men (only ten militia men were actually stationed at Fort Blackmore) ran towards the fort and succeeded in reaching the gate before the Indians. Frustrated in their designs of entering the fort they turned upon Dale Carter. One Indian shot at him, but missed him; another shot him through the thigh, inflicting a wound which rendered him too lame to escape into the fort. Another Indian ran up to Carter, tomahawked and scalped him.

Meanwhile, John Carter b1752, brother of Dale Carter, and (later Colonel) John Anderson (1750-1817) serving as an ensign in the local militia attached to Blackmore's Fort left the security of the fort under fire to try to rescue a Dale Carter. Too late to prevent his death, they tried to prevent the Indian's scalping of the body. Anderson shot at the Indians who were involved in scalping the dead Carter, and John Carter shot at another. The Indians returned fire at narrowly missing both men. By this time, other men of the fort had climbed into the nearest bastion and had begun firing at the Indians. The Indians fled into the woods, free from pursuit due to the fort?s inadequate garrison.

Soon after Captains Daniel Boone (1734-1820) and Daniel Smith (1757-1824) brought thirty men to Fort Blackmore to track down the Indians. Near the fort they found many tracks, but the tracks were lost in the forest and the Indians were never captured.

As Captain David Looney (1735-1810) had been away from Fort Blackmore at his home near Kingsport at the time of Dale Carter's murder, the settlers at Fort Blackmore wanted a leader who lived nearby. They petitioned the highest officer in Fincastle County, Colonel William Preston (1730-1778), to make Daniel Boone a captain, and give him control of Fort Blackmore, Moore's Station, and Cowan's Fort. This petition was approved.

John Carter, brother of the Dale Carter, who was killed at Blackmore?s Fort in 1774, had settled on a 400 acre tract of land on the northwest side of Clinch River, about 4 miles below Blackmore?s Fort, in Scott County in the year 1773. He had married a daughter of Joseph Blackmore and had seven children.

One of the more tragic incidents in early Southwestern Virginia history was the death of Elizabeth Carter and her six children, by Indians in 1787. Plundering and setting fire to the Carter?s home, it reduced the bodies of his wife and children to ashes.

R. M. Addington, History of Scott County, page 99, says: In a short time after moving to his farm, having planted his crop, and completing such other preparations as were necessary to move back to the fort, he went out one morning to listen for his horses and cattle, which had bells on, intending to collect them up prior to moving back to Fort Blackmore on the next day. This was locust year, and he went out early in order to collect his stock before the locust began their noises. He had proceeded about sixty yards from his house when he heard his wife cry out, "Oh John". Turning he saw eight or nine Indians entering his house, and at the same time they fired at him. Realizing his perilous situation, he thought it best to make his escape and go for assistance, rather than fight and exasperate the savages in an unequal contest. Hastening to the fort, he collected a company and returned to his house, which he found in flames. With some poles, his companions succeeded in pulling out of the burning coals the charred remains of his wife and six children, which they buried. When they had done this, they heard a plaintive groaning a little ways from the house, in the weeds and grass. They went to the place from whence the sounds came and found his little daughter, about ten years of age, with an awful gash across her abdomen and her entrails falling out. They carried her to the river and washed her, but she died before they finished. (Judge Wood and Peter Honeycutt?s Letter, Draper MSS 4 C 27)

Image: Indian Scalping, Tussaud's Wax Museum, Niagara Falls
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Barbara Clogston Arnold Kit # A904224. My name is Barbara Arnold (maiden name Clogston). I am related to Thomas Carter Sr on my mother's paternal side. Jeraine Lloyd> Horace Lloyd> Oscar Carter Lloyd> William M Lloyd>Carter Jarrell Kelley> Francis C Carter> William M Carter> Soloman Carter> Peter Carter> Thomas Carter Jr> Thomas Carter Sr.

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Linda Dannette Carter Kryshtalowych; Trish Taylor, This may or may not be tied to your family. Thomas Carter b 1700 in Lancaster, VA married Sarah Haynie. They had a son, John Carter, who marred ??? Spencer. They had a son, Spencer Carter, b 1750, who had a son, Spencer II. Another son of John and Ms. Spencer was Thomas Preston Carter who married Susannah Gaines and had a son named Thomas Spencer Carter, b in Lancaster, VA and died in KY. Not a line I researched to any great extent but hope it helps with your search.
Linda Dannette Carter Kryshtalowych: Trish Taylor Since you have an ancestry account, go to the Search option then scroll down to Card Catalog. Then do a search for "The descendants of Capt. Thomas Carter of Bar, Lancaster, VA (descendants of John Carter of Lancaster) then find pages 48 & 49. Childrens names are listed and Meredith isn't among them but that's to say there wasn't a Meridith. The name could have been omitted for various reasons.

Married:
Note in Bible; With this Book pr Rv Mr John Shepperd on Wednesday ye 4h Day of May 1670 was Mard Mr. Thomas Carter of Barford in ye County of Lancaster in Virga & Katherine Dale ye eldest Daughr of Mr. Edward Dale ye same county.