Person:John Carter (99)

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John Carter
b.14 Oct 1750 Spotsylvania County, Virginia
d.Bef 2 Oct 1815 Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Parents and Siblings
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m. Aft 15 Feb 1741
  1. William CarterAbt 1741 - Bef 1802
  2. Elizabeth CarterAbt 1742 - Bef 1778
  3. Ann CarterAbt 1742 -
  4. Frances Carter1744 - 1783
  5. Sarah CarterAbt 1746 -
  6. John Carter1750 - Bef 1815
  7. Martha Carter
Spouse and Children
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m. 4 May 1788
  1. Mary 'Polly' CarterAbt 1789 -
  2. John Jolly Carter1796 - 1865
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Facts and Events
Name John Carter
Gender Male
Birth? 14 Oct 1750 Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Marriage 4 May 1788 Frederick County, Virginiato Mary Herndon
Death? Bef 2 Oct 1815 Spotsylvania County, Virginia[probate]
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Records in Virginia

Page 401 - Augt. 22, 1786. Wm. Carter and Frances, his wife; John Carter and Mary, his wife; Rice Curtis and Frances, his wife; Margaret Marshall, Wm. Heslop and Ann, his wife; Wm. Sutton and Sally, his wife; Richd. Stevens and Mary Beverley, his wife; Joseph Sutton and Judy, his wife; Lucy Carter —; Robert Carter and —, to Wm. Duerson. £10 to each of above parties. 200 a. in Berkeley Par., Spots. Co., etc., etc. Witnesses, Thos. Pritchett, Benj. Ballard, Jno. Davenport, Thos. Bartlett, Jno. Parrish, Jno. Chew, Jr.; Nicho. Payne, Jas. Stevens, Edwd. Herndon, Benj. Stubblefield, Jo. Brock, Jno. Carter, Jr.; Wm. Carter, Rice Curtis, James Mitchem. Jany 2, 1787.
[Source: Virginia County Records, Spotsylvania County 1721-1800, Deeds, Deed Book "J", 1774-1782].
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Will Abstract

John Carter's will, probated in Spotsylvania October 2, 1815, mentions wife, daughter "Polly" and sons Joseph, John, and James. Friend John W. Herndon executor.
References
  1.   Crozier, William Armstrong. Spotsylvania County records, 1721-1800: being transcriptions, from the original files at the county court house, of wills, deeds, administrators' and guardians' bonds, marriage licenses, and lists of revolutionary pensioners. (New York: Genealogical Association, 1905).
  2.   Miller, Joseph Lyon. The descendants of Capt. Thomas Carter of "Barford," Lancaster County, Virginia: with genealogical notes of many of the allied familes. (Thomas, W. Va.: J.L. Miller, 1912)
    281.
  3.   In 1788 John Carter was married to Mary Herndon, born May 4, 1770, and still living in 1834. ...

    ... JOHN CARTER was commissioned captain in the Spotsylvania Militia September 18, 1777. Owned nine servants in 1783 before his father's death.

    May 1, 1794, Captain John Carter and wife Mary and sister Margaret Marshall, widow, deeded twenty-eight acres of land formerly belonging to their father, John Carter, Sr., to Dr. Robert Wellford. He died in Spotsylvania about 1812.

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