Jacob Carter
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1789
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
Parents
Father: George Carter 47
Mother:
Spouses and Children
1. *Jerushia Beverly
Marriage:
Status:
Jacob Carter Jr.
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: Between 1736 and 1739 - Colleton Dist., S.C.
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
Parents
Father: Jacob Carter Sr. 46
Mother: Sarah
Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth Warren
Marriage:
Status:
Notes
General:
He served as an ensign in the Lower Salt Catchers Company of the Colleton Regiment of Foot under Col. William Glover during 1775 (Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution by Bobby Gilmer Moss pg 153)
Jacob Carter Sr.
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: Abt 1720 - South Carolina
Christening:
Death: After 1790 - St Bartholomews Parrish, Colleton County, South Carolina
Burial: in St Bartholomews Parrish, Colleton County, South Carolina
Events
• Census: 1790, Jacob And Wife Living Alone.
Spouses and Children
1. Sarah
Marriage: Abt 1736
Status:
Children:
1. Mary Ann Carter
2. Jacob Carter Jr.
3. Jesse Tyge Carter
4. George Carter
5. John Carter
2. *Sarah Middleton
Marriage: Abt 1760 - Colleton Co., SC
Status:
Children:
1. Rebecca Carter
2. Elijah Carter
3. Elizabeth Carter
4. Isaac D. Carter
Notes
General:
Jacob Carter
About 1720 - After 1790
The parents of Jacob Carter are truly unknown at this time. Jacob was not identified in Joseph Lyon Miller's book, "The Descendants of Capt. Thomas Carter of "Barford", Lancaster County, Virginia" however the Chinkypin by Dorothy Price states Thomas Jr is his father based on two other books and Mary Ketus Deen Holland states Moore Carter is his father and Thomas Carter Jr is his grandfather. The assumptions in the books "Chinkypin" and "Our Heritage: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Jacob Carter of South Carolina" are incorrect on the Ancestor(s) of Jacob.
We now know Jacob has been misidentified as the son of Moore Carter. A Moore Carter did have a son named Jacob Carter of about the same age as this Jacob Carter, but Moore's son, Jacob, died in North Carolina, and never lived in South Carolina. DNA evidence also proves that this Jacob Carter is not a descendant of the Carter family to which Moore Carter belongs. The mis-identification of Jacob as Moore's son goes back almost 100 years, but DNA proof now definitely proves Jacob of South Carolina is not the son of Moore (email from Dale M. Crawford September 15, 2014.)
Jacob Carter, the intended subject and father of Elijah, was born about 1720 in South Carolina. He was enumerated in the 1790 U.S. Census of residing in St Bartholomews Parish, Charleston District, SC. At that time only he and his wife along with one slave are listed within the home.
He married (1) SARAH possibly a CARTER about 1736 and bore the first 5 children. She was born 1714 in Colleton Co., SC, and died in Colleton Co., SC. He married (2) SARAH MIDDLETON Abt. 1760 in She was 15. Jacob fathered 4 children by Sarah Middleton, daughter of MARTIN MIDDLETON and UNKNOWN. She was born Bet. 1745 - 1748 in Colleton Co., SC, and died Jul 1811 in Colleton, SC.
Children of JACOB CARTER and SARAH CARTER are:
MARY ANN CARTER, b. Abt. 1734, Colleton Co., SC, b. St. Bartholowmew's Parish.; d. 1818, Wayne Co., GA.
JACOB CARTER, JR., b. Bet. 1736 - 1739, Carter's Ford, Colleton District, SC; m. ELIZABETH WARREN; b. Abt. 1794, Colleton District, SC.
JESSE TYGE CARTER, SR., b. Bet. 1738 - 1740, Rockingham Co., NC; moved to Colleton Co., SC, Colleton District, SC, 1790 may have lived in the Georgetown District, SC; d. 1811, 71; SC (from NC to SC before the Revolutionary War); may have lived in Kershaw, Clarendon, SC.
GEORGE CARTER, RWS, b. 1742, Colleton Co., SC; d. 1822, Appling (now Pierce) Co., GA, buried in Ten Mile Creek Cemetery, Baxley, Appling Co., GA.
JOHN CARTER, SR., b. Bet. 1744 - 1749, Rockingham Co., NC, moved to Colleton District, SC; d. Colleton District, SC (Moved from NC to SC before the Revolutionary War).
Children of JACOB CARTER and SARAH MIDDLETON are:
REBECCA CARTER, b. 1765, St. Bartholomew's Parish, Colleton Co., SC, moved to Appling Co., GA abt. 1820; d. 1840, Appling or Bacon Co., GA.
ELIJAH CARTER, b. 1768, Barnwell District, SC; d. 1875, Between. 103 - 107 years of age.
ELIZABETH CARTER, b. 1770, daughter of 2nd w. Colleton Co., SC; d. Aug 1838,
ISAAC CARTER, b. 1774, Barnwell District, SC or Colleton Co.; d. Bef. 1850, 80; Appling Co., GA.
Reference:
Email from Dale M. Crawford September 15, 2014.
Holland, Mary Ketus Deen, Our Heritage A Genealogy of the Descendants of Jacob Carter of South Carolina, Volume: III, Page vii, self-published, 1974
U S Census, "1790 U S Census, Charleston District, South Carolina" Ancestry.com
Dorothy Price "Chinkypin I, II, II, and Addendum"
James Carter
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1830 - Lowndes County, GA 6
Christening:
Death: 1851 - ( at age 21)
Burial:
Parents
Father: George Carter
Mother: Mary Parrish
Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth Ann Allen
Marriage: 1 Jul 1847 27
Status:
Notes
General:
CARTER, JAMES.
1830-1852
LOWNDES
James Carter was born 1830 in Lowndes County, son of George and Mary Carter (Vol. 1). He was married July Ist, 1847, to Elizabeth Ann, daughter of John Allen (Vol.I). She was born in Lowndes County, Aug. 20, 1829. To this marriage were born three children, viz:
1. John Thomasb. Aug. 29, 1848, m. Rosetta Allen, dau. of William.
2. Minervab. Nov. 27, 1849. died age about one year.
3. William Rufusb. May 17, 1851, died single 1935.
James Carter, the subject, died in 1851, and later his widow married William Robinson (Vol.1). The latter applied Dec. 24, 1852, for administration of the James Carter estate, and administered it.
James Carter
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: Abt 1702 - Lancaster County, VA
Christening:
Death: 1747 - Westmoreland County, Virginia ( about age 45)
Burial:
Parents
Father: Thomas Carter Jr.
Mother: Arabella Williamson
Spouses and Children
1. *Joyce
Marriage:
Status:
Notes
General:
Descendants of James Carter of Westmoreland
County, Virginia
James Carter, son of Captain Thomas Carter, Jr., of "Bar-
ford," and his wife, Arabella Williamson, was probably the sixth
son. He was probably married about 1728, as in that year his
father made a deed of gift to him for a negro man, and also
left him in his will "the great bed and furniture above stairs,"
besides a share in the residuary estate.
From the peculiar name of James Carter's wife \emdash Joyce \emdash it
is thought that she may have been a granddaughter of Daniel
and Joyce Holland, of Northumberland county. She may pos-
sibly have been a daughter of Daniel Neale (born 1642, died
1727) and his wife, Elizabeth, a daughter of Daniel and Joyce
Holland, as James Carter's descendants perpetuated names pe-
culiar to the Neale family. Richard Carter, a grandson of James
and Joyce, owned land in Northumberland, which he seems to
have had by inheritance, probably through his grandmother.
James Carter does not appear in the Lancaster records after
the death of his father, in 1733. Jan. 24, 1746, James Carter,
of Washington parish, Westmoreland county, had a lease of a
plantation in that parish from Daniel McCarthy for the term
of his lifetime, for which he paid a yearly rental of £6 5s. This
term was very short, as on May 8, 1748, the inventory of the
estate of James Carter, deceased, was returned to the Westmore-
land court by Joice Carter, his relict and administratrix.
Sept. 29, 1747, Edward Carter was appointed guardian of his
brother's orphans, named as follows : Thomas, James, Edward
and Sarah Carter. For the next thirteen years he returned an-
nual reports of their estate to the court, and in 1758 petitioned
the House of Burgesses for pay for a runaway slave of James
Carter's heirs, who had been legally outlawed, and was later
found dead in the woods.
June 30, 1761, the Westmoreland county court ordered that the
estate of James Carter, deceased, be divided between his orphans
2l8 GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
according to law, viz. : Thomas Carter, James Carter, Edward
Carter and Sarah Carter. They must have all been of age at this
time, and were probably born as follows :
i. Thomas Carter, born circa 1733- 1734, died in 1781.
2. James Carter, born circa 1735-1736.
3. Edward Carter, born circa 1737-1738.
4. Sarah Carter, born circa 1739-40.
The commissioners appointed by the court in 1761 reported
to the court on March 29, 1763, that this division had been made.
I have no data of the descendants of Edward, James or Sarah
Carter, but Edward and James may have been the ancestors
of the Carters named in the following Westmoreland marriage
bonds:
Elizabeth Carter and Richard Weaver, Aug. 30, 1786; Martha
Carter and Jeremiah Edmonds, April 2, 1791 ; Elizabeth Carter
and Reuben Gutridge, July 13, 1797; Sarah Carter and William
Wroe, June 27, 1797; John Carter and Mary Carter, Sept. 19,
J 797; Catharine Carter and Herman Jenkins, Oct. 20, 1801 ;
Elizabeth Carter and William Ryals, 1806; Daniel Carter and
Naomi Fones, Sept. 9, 1807; Polly Carter and Charles Tuxan,
Jan. 6, 1819; Daniel Carter and Sally Hinson, Oct. 30, 1822.
The last two named may have been grandchildren of Thomas
Carter, eldest son of James.
1. Thomas Carter, supposed to have been the eldest son of
James and Joyce Carter \emdash at least the eldest of those who were
under age when James Carter died, probably married about
1760- 1765. His wife's name was Ann and the name of her
youngest son, Presley Carter, suggests that she may have been
a member of the family of Neale, Stone, McKenny, Cox ai
Garner, in all of which Presley was a given name ; however,
as suggested above, this name may have come into this branch
of the Carter family through the wife of James Carter.
James Carter
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1882 6
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
Parents
Father: Martin Turner Carter Senior
Mother: Olive Lightsey
James Carter
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1809 - Colleton District, South Carolina 76
Christening:
Death: 1883 - Echols County, Georgia ( at age 74) 76
Burial:
Events
• Residence: 1819, Appling County, Georgia.
• Residence: 1825, Lowndes County, Georgia.
• Military: Between 16 Jun 1837 and Dec 1837, Private, 2ND Reg., Florida Militia, Indian War.
• Election: Between 1857 and 1868, Representative From Lowndes County, Georgia.
• Election: Between 1862 and 1865, Clerk Of Superior Court Of Echols County, Georgia.
Parents
Father: Jesse Carter
Mother: Mary Touchton
Spouses and Children
Children:
1. Jesse J. Carter
2. John A. Carter
3. James S. Carter
4. Wiley Carter
5. Sarah Carter
6. Obedience Carter
7. Jackson Carter
8. Mary Carter
9. William Carter
10. Elbert Carter
1. Mary Bennett
Marriage: 1830
Status:
Notes
General:
CARTER, JamesJAMES CARTER, son of Jesse and Molsey, was born in Colleton district, South Carolina, in 1809, and came with his parents to Appling County, Georgia in 1819. He went to Lowndes County in 1825, settling on the west side of the Alapaha River. On the east side of the river and some three miles down the river, lived the family of John Bennett near the present town of Stockton, Georgia. In 1830, James Carter and Pollie (properly, Mary) Bennett were married. She was born in 1813. They settled on what became the old Dennis Wetherington place four miles south of present town of Naylor, where Mr. Carter farmed for several years. He sold out and moved further south in Lowndes county into territory that was in 1858 cut off into the new county of Echols. Mr. Carter and his wife lived there until their deaths, he dying in 1883 while on a visit to his son, Jackson, near Titusville, Florida. He was buried there. Mrs. Carter had died several years before.
1809-1883
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Carter were the following children:
1. Jesse J.b. 1831, m. Catherine Johnson, daughter of John J.
2. John A. (twin)b. 1833, m. Mehala Walker, daughter of James.
3. James S. (twin)b. 1833, m. Susan ("Abby") McAlhaney, daughter R. W.
4. Wileyb. 1836, m. Martha A. Fender.
5. Sarahb. 1838, m. William C. Wilkinson.
6. Obedienceb. 1840, m. Elias H. Tyler.
7. Jacksonb. 1842, m. Mary A. Collier, daughter of Jesse N.
8. Maryb. 1844, died at age of 15 years.
9. Williamb. 1846, m. (1) Mrs. Martha Carter, widow of Wiley above; (2) Lou Herring.
10. Elizab. 1848, m. Joseph Zeigler.
11. Elbertb. 1850, m. Malinda Carder, daughter of Richard.
Mr. Carter served as a private in his father's militia company in the Indian War in 1838. He held public office several times, his first being as Justice of Inferior Court of Lowndes County 1849-1853. He served as Representative from Lowndes County, 1857-1858, and introduced the bill creating the new county of Echols. He then became the first senator from Echols County, serving 1859-1860. He also became the first county treasurer of Echols County, serving 1859-1868. He was Clerk of Superior Court of Echols County, one term, 1877-1879. He also served 1862-1865 as a Justice of the Inferior Court of Echols County. He was a member of the Masonic order, receiving his degrees in old Troupville Lodge, St. John the Baptist Lodge No. 184, which is now located in Valdosta. He received his degrees in 1854 and was demitted in 1857 to join in organizing Alapaha Lodge, No. 209, at what was then called "Troublesome", now Statenville. He was the first treasurer of the lodge, 1857-1858, and again served as such in 1871.
Census References: 1840, 1850, Lowndes; 1860, Echols.
James Carter
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date:
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
Parents
Father: Thomas Carter
Mother: Anne Hunton
James Carter
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 25 Dec 1684 25
Christening:
Death: 24 Oct 1743 - ( at age 58) 25
Burial:
Parents
Father: Captain Thomas Carter Sr.
Mother: Catharine Dale
Spouses and Children
1. *Hannah Beale
Marriage: 3 Oct 1715
Status:
2. Mary Brent
Marriage: 12 Aug 1724 25
Status:
Notes
General:
Descendants of James Carter of Lancaster
and Stafford Counties, Va.
James Carter, eighth son of Capt. Thomas and Catharine Dale
Carter, was born at "Barford", Lancaster county, on "Christmas
Day, 1684, it being a Thursday at 2 in y" :Morn^ & was Christn^
at Home on Sunday. M'. Jno: Edwards, ^.P. Tho : Wilkes &
M". Edwards standing as Godpar'^"
James Carter was married twice, first on Oct. 3, 1715, to Han-
nah Xeale, daughter of Daniel Xeale, presumably of the North-
umberland family.
"M^. Hannah Carter Deparf^ this life on 9th Octo., 1722, and
left a sorrowful Husband and 4 tender Children Tho. Dan\\ Presly,
and Hannah.*' On Aug. 12, 1724, the "sorrowful Husband" con-
soled himself with another bride in the person of Mary, daughter
of Hugh Brent, of Lancaster. They removed to Stafford county,
where "^Mr. James Carter, of Stafford" had the following grants
of land in that county: 393 acres, Feb. 5. 1725 ; 1.137 acres Sept.
26, 1726 \emdash his brother Joseph, of Lancaster, was a half owner in
this, but later sold out to James; 188 acres, April 19, 1728; 549
acres in King George county, Oct. 18, 1727; and 605 acres in
Prince William county above the Falls of the Potomac, adjoining
land of the said Carter, June 13, I73i- Thus he owned about
twenty-nine hundred acres, besides what he may have had from
private parties. The mutilated condition of the Stafford records
makes it impossible to obtain very full data of this branch of the
family.
The Overwharton Register says that James Carter, "an honest,
good man," died Oct. 24, 1743. The will book for this period is
missing, but the old order books show during the next ten years
numerous mention of Charles Brent as executor of "Mr. James
Carter, Deed" and also guardian of his younger children. From
the old Carter Prayer Book and the Overwharton Register we
find that James Carter had issue as follows :
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 321
First ^vlarriage.
1. Thomas Carter, no other data. . ' - - -
2. Daniel Carter, no other data. • - ¦ '
3. Hannah Carter, no other data.
4. Presley Carter, no other data. ' - - ¦
Second marriage.
5. Joseph Carter, born in 1725. probably in Lancaster at his
grandfather Brent's in accordance with a custom of those days.
6. John Carter, born May 7, 1727. in Stafford.
7. James Carter, born }vlar. 31, 1729, in Stafford.
8. William Caner. born Jan. 11, 1731. in Stafford (twin).
9. George Carter, born Jan. 11, 1731. in Stafford (twin).
10. Catharine Carter, born April i, 1735, in Staft'ord.
11. Hugh Carter, born Xov. 8, 1740, in Stafford.
12. Charles Carter, born Oct. 10, 1743, in Stafford.
5. Joseph Carter, eldest son of James and Mary Brent Carter,
with his brothers, John and George Carter, heirs of James Carter,
Dec'd had a grant on Sept. 4, 1747. for 1,137 acres of land
formerly granted to their father and his brother Joseph Carter,
of Lancaster county. He is mentioned in the will of his brother
William Carter probated in Stafford in 1761, and does not appear
again in the Stafford records. The census of 1785 mentions a
Joseph Carter, of Stafford, head of a family of three.
He may have been the Joseph Carter, ancestor of the Carters
of Bath and Morgan counties, Kentucky. They have a tradition
that their ancestor, Joseph Carter was a soldier in the Revolu-
tion, and after that emigrated to Kentucky, and settled on a farm
in Bath county. This Joseph Carter had a son. Dr. Benjamin
Carter, of Bath county, and a son Joseph, who was 14 years old
when they removed to Kentucky. Joseph, Jr., married Betsy
Scott, said to have been a daughter of Rev. John Scott, of Prince
William county, 'a., son of Rev. James Scott of same county,
who was a brother of Rev. Alex. Scott, of Stafford \emdash all distin-
guished ministers of the Episcopal Church in 'irginia prior to
the Revolution. Rev. James Scott was also an ancestor of the
well-known families of Bullitt and Blackfiurn. of Kentucky, and
Wa-hingtcn, of Jeff'erson county, V'a.
322 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Joseph Carter, Jr., represented Morgan county, Ky., in the
State Legislature in 1S44. He had issue: Asa, Cynthia, Benj. F.,
Dr. Willis Green, Winifred, Polly, Margaret, and Frances.
6. JoHx Carter, born Alay 7, 1727, in Stafford, died in thai
county in 1790. In addition to being a planter, he was a "House
Joyner" by trade, as in his day it was the rule that every boy
should be apprenticed to learn some trade, unless he was heir to
a very great fortune. June 12. 1759, Thomas Thacker, orphan of
Thomas Thacker, of King George county, apprenticed himself to
John Carter, "Joyner," of Stattord, binding liirnself not to "play
at cards, or dice or arfy dther unlawful games." John "Career was
married circa. i75o-"5i to Leanna . . The Overwharton Reg-
ister records the birth of two of their sons, but they had other
children: one, probably a daughter, was at home with them in
1785. They were:
13. James Carter, born Ju'y 17, 1751. died in 1793.
14. John Carter, Jr., born, June i, 1754, died in 1791.
In June, 1790, William Edwards gave security as executor of
the estate of John Carter, Sr., and in Sept. of same year was
summoned by the court to settle the estates of John and Leanna
Carter, Dec'd.
13. James Carter, was the head of a family of seven in tlic
census of 1785. Dec. 4, 1785. James Carter and wife ]\\Ialinda, of
Overwharton parish, Stafford, made a deed for 62 acres to Chas.
Porter; and in July, 1792. they acknowledged a bill of sale to
Edw. Xorman. James Carter had a judgment against Wm.
Sharpe at the March court in 1793. -"^n old index volume shows
that his inventory of estate was recorded in 1793. They probably
were the parents of John Carter, who on April 4, 1803, had an
assignment of a lease from Wm. Edwards, his grandfather. Jolm
Carter's executor. Xov. 27, 1807, this John Carter, of Staft'ord.
gave a deed of trust on four beds and furniture, a mahogany
dining table, "beaufet," desk, bookcase, candle stand, drcs.-in::
table, looking glass, walnut table, a dozen v.indsor chairs, eleven
silver spoons, and a parcel of earth.en and china ware. kitcl:cr.
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY ^2^
utensils, etc., at liis liome in the town of Woodstock, Stafford
county.
14. JoHx Carter, Jr., born June i, 1754. died a year after his
father, leaving six children under 21 years of age. In March,
1792, Joseph Reddish, guardian of Wrenn Carter, Robert Carter,
Hannah Carter. Xancy Carter, Hugh Carter, and Thomas Carter,
orphans of John Carter, brought suit against \\Vm. Edwards, ex-
ecutor of John Carter, Sr.. their grandfather.
Sept. 17, 1799. Wrenn Carter, '"House Joiner" of Prince Wil-
liam county, sold his right and title to two negro girls, which he
brought suit that day to recover from his brother Thomas Car-
ter, who was a non-resident of the State. Which slaves were al-
loted to the said Thomas Carter as his proportion of "our De-
ceased father John Carter's estate allotted by the Commissioners
appointed by the Court of Stafford county, subjected to the sum
of £13 .4 .4d., which sum I have accoumed for and paid my father's
other legatees."
7. James Carter, third son of James and ]\\Iary Brent Carter,
seems to have inherited his father's plantation of 509 acres in
King George county, and does not appear in the Stafford records
after the settlement of his father's estate, except in the Over-
wharton Register, which states that Catharine, daughter of James
and Rachel Carter was born April 21, 1754.
In 1758 James and Rachel Carter leased to George Strother a
hundred acres of their land in King George county, and a year
later released him from the same. They probably were the parents
of sons, James and Lewis Carter, of King George county. Nov.
II, 1782, James Carter, of King George county, purchased from
Xehemiah and Sarah Rosdel a hundred acres of land in Orange
county, and on Oct. 24, 1809, James Carter and wife Frances, of
King George, sold the same land to brother Lewis Carter, of
King George.
8. William Carter, born 173 1, m.arried and died in Stafford.
His will probated Dec. 22, 1761, names wife Catliarine. and bro-
thers Joseph and John Carter, all of Stafford. Xo children men-
tioned.
324 GEXEALOGY of THE CARTER FAMILY
9. George Carter, the twin brother of William, inherited a
third of the 1,137 acres mentioned before, and settled in Staitord.
In 1777, George Carter, of Stafford, paid \\Vm. Green, of Cul-
peper, £700 for an improved plantation of 184 acres in Culpeper.
and Sept. 14, 1778, George Carter and wife Sally, of StaiTord,
sold the same to Henry Field and Leonard Barnes. The census
of 1785 does not name George Carter among the heads of families
in Stafford. The old general index shows that a Geo. Carter
died in 1813.
10. C.\\th.\\rixe Carter, only daughter of James Carter and
his second wife, was married Xov. 2^, 1755, to William Davis.
Xo other data.
11. Hugh Carter, born Nov. 8, 1740, was evidently named
for his grandfather Brent. Aug. 15, 1769, Hugh Carter, of Pr.
William county, deeded to William Davis, a sorrel horse and
feather bed. This Wm. Davis may have been Carter's brother-
in-law. X'o other data of Hugh Carter.
12. Charles Carter, youngest son of James and Alary Carter,
of Stafford, probably was the Charles Carter, who died in Cul-
peper in 1781 \emdash inventory of his estate recorded Dec. 29, 1781.
amounted to £138.25.. and included besides a good lot of furni-
ture, a dozen pieces of china, and six "whole books" and some
pieces. The furnishings of his home indicated that he had a fam-
ily. He may have been the father of Charles Carter, who mar-
ried Susannah Tapp, in Culpeper, Dec. 28, 1797; ]^Iary Carter.
who married Daniel Zimmerman, Feb. 6, 1794; and of Sallie Car-
ter, married Elliott Herndon, Dec. 10. 1791. A granddaugliter
of Joseph Carter, of Spotsylvania, in a letter written in 1789 men-
tions the above named Sally and Polly Carter, and speaks of them
as cousins. Says that Elliot Herndon was very attentive to Sal-
lie.