Sgt. James Morgan 'Mack' Carter^[1]

1834 - 1863  (29 years)

• Name	James Morgan 'Mack' Carter  [2]
  Title	Sgt.
  Born	1834	Cartersville, Florence Co., SC
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 May 1863	Fredericksburg, Stafford Co., Virginia
  Person ID	I15303	My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Giles Carter of Henrico
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2020

  
  

  Father	Charles Powell Carter, II,   b. 6 Mar 1797, Jamestown, Berkley Co., South Carolina ,   d. 5 Mar 1880, Lamar, Darlington County, South Carolina  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Susan Ingram,   b. 26 May 1802, South Carolina ,   d. 18 Sep 1862, Lamar, Darlington County, South Carolina  (Age 60 years)
  Married	1820
  Family ID	F492	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Caroline Byrd,   b. 8 Nov 1837, Darlington Co., South Carolina ,   d. 12 Jul 1918, Scranton, Florence Co., SC  (Age 80 years)
  Children	1. Richard Morgan Carter,   b. 11 Nov 1863, Cartersville, Darlington Co., SC ,   d. 27 Jun 1918, Maxton, Robeson Co., NC  (Age 54 years)
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2020
  Family ID	F5355	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  Email of Mike Terry 18 Nov 2014 I have figured out this much on Leon Sellers Carter line utilizing Findagrave and death certificates for the more recent of the line.... Margaret Caroline Byrd must have been with child when her husband was killed at Fredericksburg, Virginia. Giles Carter b 1764 SC d 02 May 1846 Marion Co SC + Magdalen DuBose b 1769 Charleston, Dorchester Co SC; m abt 1785 d Florence Co SC Charles Powell Carter b 06 Mar 1797 Jamestown, Berkley Co SC d 05 Mar 1880 Lamar, Darlington Co SC + Susan Ingram b 06 May 1802 Darlington Co SC d 18 Sep 1862 Darlington Co SC James Morgan Carter b 1834 Cartersville, Florence Co SC d 03 May 1863 Fredericksburg, VA (CW) + Margaret Caroline Byrd b 08 Nov 1837 Darlington Co SC d 12 Jul 1918 Scranton, Florence Co SC Richard Morgan Carter b 11 Nov 1863 Cartersville, Darlington Co SC d 27 Jun 1918 Maxton, Robeson Co NC + Pauline Jane Simmons Eveleigh b 30 Jan 1862 Timmonsville, Darlington Co SC d 20 Aug 1936 Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co NC Leon Sellers Carter Sr b 19 Oct 1896 Maxton, Robeson Co NC d 11 May 1973 Beaufort, Beaufort Co SC + Norma Gignilliat Morrall b 04 Apr 1900 SC Leon Sellers Carter b 1927 Beaufort, SC + Annie Laura Brown; m abt 1948

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=115427050. James Morgan 'Mack' Carter Spouse: Margaret Caroline Carter Byrd Young (1837 - 1918) Children: Olivia Frances Carter Fountain (1860 - 1943) James was the son of Charles Powell Carter and Susan Ingram. He was Killed in The Battle at Chancellorsville, Virginia. ???. He enlisted in the 14th Regiment of South Carolina Infantry, Company A "Lynches Creek Guards." a brother of J.M. Carter, wrote shortly after the battle of Chancellorsville, VA about the death of "Mack."........ "Tell Caroline [he] died like a soldier with an immortal [torn] for it was given up that he acted more gallant than any man in the 14th Regiment. I got his knapsack and hat, also his pocketbook. He gave that to the Captain before he went into the fight and told him if he got killed to give it to his wife and tell her to live off of it. He was buried by the prison corps and several saw him after [he was] dead but I did not. Giles said he would not have known him but for his clothes...." Believe he is buried at Spotsylvania Confederate Cemetery [S100] Internet Source, https://dubose.one-name.net/getperson.php?personID=I357&tree=DuBose1. Giles Carter Birth: 25 Nov 1821 Darlington County, South Carolina Death: 16 Aug 1885 Darlington County, South Carolina Giles was a son of Charles Powell Carter, Jr., and brother of Col. Will iam Ingram Carter, John Morgan Carter, Sidney Carter, and a couple of o thers. He was likely named for his uncle, Giles Carter, a brother of his father. Giles served the Confederacy during the War Between the States in Company A, 14th Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, Confederate States of America. Before the war broke out, Giles' family controlled a militia group known as the "Lynches Creek Guard" which later evolved into Company A . Giles was a son of the former Susan Ingram. Susan apparently died, and his father remarried to Giles' formerly married aunt, a sister of his mother, Martha Serena Ingram Ward. Giles Carter was born and died in Carterville, once located in Darlington County, South Carolina, and now in Florence County. The defunct town in now just a crossroads, known to some as Carter's Crossroads, not to be confused with Carter's Crossing which is not too far away in the current Darlington County. Burial: Carter Cemetery, Florence County, South Carolina, Find A Grave Memorial# 55988867 [S100] Internet Source, https://dubose.one-name.net/getperson.php?personID=I363&tree=DuBose1. James was the son of Charles Powell Carter and Susan Ingram. He died in The Battle at Chancellorsville, Virginia. He enlisted in the 14th Regiment of South Carolina Infantry, Company A "Lynches Creek Guards." a brother of J.M. Carter, wrote shortly after the battle of Chancellorsville, VA about the death of "Mack."........ "Tell Caroline [he] died like a soldier with an immortal [torn] for it was given up that he acted more gallant than any man in the 14th Regiment. I got his knapsack and hat, also his pocketbook. He gave that to the Captain before he went into the fight and told him if he got killed to give it to his wife and tell her to live off of it. He was buried by the prison corps and several saw him after [he was] dead but I did not. Giles said he would not have known him but for his clothes...." Believe he is buried at Spotsylvania Confederate Cemetery.