Descendants of Joseph Carter
Descendants of Joseph Carter By Catherine Reuther Table of Contents Descendants of Joseph Carter 1 Source Citations 180 Name Index 198 Produced by: Catherine Reuther : 26 Jan 2016 Descendants of Joseph Carter 1-Joseph Carter1 died on 19 Feb 1750 in St. George's Parish, Virginia.2 Joseph married Catherine. They had six children: John, Mary, Elizabeth, George, Robert, and Caty. 2-John Carter 2-Mary Carter 2-Elizabeth Carter 2-George Carter2 died in 1749 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.1 George married Elizabeth. They had one son: Benjamin. 3-Benjamin Carter3 died about 1789 in Chester County, South Carolina.4 General Notes: Benjamin Carter came from Spotsylvania County, Virginia, and settled in Chester, South Carolina, area. Ollie Virginia Griffin Bailey found this information and a copy of Benjamin's will in the state archives in Columbus, S.C. [Letter from Annie Margaret Woodall Browne to Catharine Phillips Hager, June 16, 1973] Benjamin furnished supplies to the public of South Carolina during the Revolutionary War. [History & Genealogy of Thomas Wilkes] By 1765, Benjamin and Mary were in Chester County, SC, the birthplace of their son Henry. Benjamin's will was written in 1788 and probated in 1789, Chester County, South Carolina. In his will he mentions bequests for his nine children Churchill, Elizabeth, Unity, John, Frankey, Salley, Henry, Mourning, and Unice. Executors were son Churchill and friend John Terry. (John Terry was likely related to the Terry's that migrated to Georgia at the same time as William Carter.) Benjamin married Mary Blakey. They had nine children: Churchill, Elizabeth, Unity, John, Frankey, Salley, Henry, Mourning, and Unice.
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