Person:Margaret Carter (30)

Research notes

• Margaret is not explicitly named in John Carter's 1778 will. She is identified as a child of his by later deeds in which the heirs of John Carter sell the land they inherited.
• Father John Carter had 3 wives. Still seeking proof that Margaret was the daughter of wife Elizabeth Armistead as currently attached.

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).

   22 Aug 1786. Spotsylvania county.
   "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,
   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."
   [Crozier, 1:401, citing DB L]
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   23 Sep 1786. Spotsylvania county.
   "Septr. 23, 1786.
   Margaret Marshall of Caroline Co.;
   Wm. Sutton and Sarah, his wife, of same co.;
   Richd. Stevens and Mary Beverley, his wife, of same co.;
   Lucy Carter of Spots. Co.;
   Wm. Heslop and Ann, his wife,
   to Wm. Carter of Spots. Co. £200 curr. 208 a. in Berkeley Par., Spots. Co., etc., etc.
   Witnesses, Nicho. Payne, Wm. Smith, Jno. Brock, Richd. Stevens, Rice Curtis.
   Feby. 6, 1787.
   [Crozier, 1:403, citing Spotsylvania DB L]
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   01 May 1794. Spotsylvania county.
   May 1, 1794.
   Capt. John Carter and Mary, his wife, of Spots. Co. and
   Margaret Marshall, widow, of Caroline Co.
   to Dr. Robt. Wellford of Fredksbg.
   Whereas, sd. Margaret Marshall is entitled to 1-7 part of a certain tract of land and the other 6 parts are vested in the afsd. Jno. Carter, who with the sd. Margaret Marshall have agreed to sell their respective parts to the sd. Wellford. This Ind. witnesseth, that sd. Carter and Marshall in consideration of the sum of £38 8s. to the sd. Carter and £4 16s. to the sd. Marshall in hand pd. they convey to the sd. Wellford 28 a. in Spots. Co., etc., etc.
   Witnesses, Bennett Tompkins, Geo. G. Quarles, Jno. Tompkins, Jos. Brock, Wm. Carter, Reuben Straughan.
   July 1, 1794.
   [Crozier, 1:468, citing DB N]

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).

   [Caution: Miller claims that Margaret was the daughter of John Carter and wife Elizabeth Armistead, but he lists other children as being from this marriage as well and provides no proof to support Elizabeth as the mother.]