Husband: Jesse CARTER
Birthdate: 04 January 1784
Birthplace: Randolph Co., North Carolina
Death date: 26 February 1871
Place of death: Rabun County, Georgia
Burial: Head of Tennessee Baptist Church Cemetery, Dillard, Rabun Co., Georgia
Father: Edward CARTER
Mother: Mary BROWN

Marriage date: 02 May 1805
Marriage place: Buncombe Co., North Carolina

Wife: Lavina SAMS
Birthdate: 15 December 1786
Birthplace: North Carolina
Death date: 01 June 1856
Place of death: Rabun County, Georgia
Burial: Head of Tennessee Baptist Church Cemetery, Dillard, Rabun Co., Georgia
Father: John SAMS
Mother: Agnes BLACKWELL

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Martha CARTER
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 04 February 1806
Birthplace: Buncombe Co., North Carolina
Death date: 21 May 1883
Place of death: Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas
Burial: Fairmount, Benton Co., Arkansas
Marriage date: 22 August 1822
Marriage place: Rabun County, Georgia
Spouses' names: Jehu CHASTAIN

Child No. 2: Josiah CARTER
Sex: Male
Birthdate: -7 July 1807
Birthplace: Buncombe Co., North Carolina
Death date: 18 November 1880
Place of death: Hiawassee, Towns Co., Georgia
Burial: Carter Family Cemetery, Hiawassee, Towns Co., Georgia
Marriage date: 03 February 1829
Marriage place: Rabun County, Georgia
Spouses' names: Nancy BECK

Child No. 3: Mary Wade "Polly" CARTER
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 10 September 1809
Birthplace: Buncombe Co., North Carolina
Death date: 14 January 1879
Place of death: Towns County, Georgia
Burial: Corn Family Cemetery, Hiawassee, Towns County, Georgia
Marriage date: 10 November 1836
Marriage place: Rabun County, Georgia
Spouses' names: John CORN

Child No. 4: Elizabeth "Betsy" CARTER
Sex: Female
Birthdate: -5 March 1811
Birthplace: Buncombe Co., North Carolina
Death date: Bef. 1900
Place of death: Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., Tennessee
Burial: Hamilton Co., Tennessee
Marriage date: 18 March 1832
Marriage place: Rabun County, Georgia
Spouses' names: William MORGAN

Child No. 5: Lavina CARTER
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 1812
Birthplace: Buncombe Co., North Carolina
Death date: 1835
Place of death: Rabun County, Georgia
Marriage date: 31 December 1833
Burial: Head of Tennessee Baptist Church Cemetery?, Dillard, Rabun Co., Georgia
Marriage place: Rabun County, Georgia
Spouses' names: John COFFEE

Child No. 6: Nancy Matilda CARTER
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 05 December 1814
Birthplace: Buncombe Co., North Carolina
Death date: 1890
Place of death: Swain Co., North Carolina
Burial: Judson Cemetery, Swain Co., North Carolina
Marriage date: 27 February 1837
Marriage place: Rabun County, Georgia
Spouses' names: William H. CATHEY

Child No. 7: Lucinda CARTER
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 25 April 1816
Birthplace: Buncombe Co., North Carolina
Death date: 06 April 1906
Place of death: Hiawassee, Towns County, Georgia
Burial: Peter Stroud Family Cemetery, Hiawassee, Towns Co., Georgia
Marriage date: 20 September 1838
Marriage place: Rabun County, Georgia
Spouses' names: Peter STROUD

Child No. 8: William Edward CARTER
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 10 November 1817
Birthplace: Buncombe Co., North Carolina
Death date: 11 November 1902
Place of death: Fairmont, Gordon Co., Georgia
Burial: Gordon Co., Georgia
Marriage date: 24 January 1843
Marriage place: Rabun County, Georgia
Spouses' names: Caroline Matilda WATTS

Child No. 9: Thomas CARTER
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 07 August 1820
Birthplace: Buncombe Co., North Carolina
Death date: 11 March 1889
Place of death: Rabun County, Georgia
Burial: Head of Tennessee Baptist Church Cemetery, Dillard, Rabun Co., Georgia
Marriage date: 29 December 1840
Marriage place: Rabun County, Georgia
Spouses' names: Catherine Matilda PENDERGRASS

Child No. 10: Grace Miranda CARTER
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 31 August 1823
Birthplace: Rabun County, Georgia
Death date: 14 January 1846
Place of death:
Burial: Cherokee Co.? North Carolina
Marriage date: 05 October 1840
Marriage place: Rabun County, Georgia
Spouses' names: George W. PENDERGRASS

Child No. 11: James Wiley CARTER
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 25 November 1825
Birthplace: Rabun County, Georgia
Death date: 06 August 1880
Place of death: Rabun County, Georgia
Burial: Rabun County, Georgia
Marriage date: 10 September 1845
Marriage place: Macon County, North Carolina
Spouses' names: Jane Caroline HURST

Child No. 12: Sarah Adaline CARTER
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 20 September 1827
Birthplace: Rabun County, Georgia
Death date: 24 April 1905
Place of death: Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
Burial: Arkansas
Marriage date: 03 September 1846
Marriage place: Rabun County, Georgia
Spouses' names: George W. PENDERGRASS

Child No. 13: Violet Catherine CARTER
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 1828
Birthplace: Rabun County, Georgia
Death date: Circa 1830
Place of death: Rabun County, Georgia
Burial: Rabun County, Georgia
Marriage date: Never Married
Marriage place:
Spouses' names:
 
 
Documentation:
* Research of John Burnett of Reno, Nevada and others.

Notes:
* Jesse Carter was an early settler of Rabun County, Georgia. He first purchased land in Rabun County in the 1820's. The Rabun Gap school sits on the property formerly owned by Jesse Carter. Jesse Carter married a second time after his first wife's death to Martha Burch on the 20th May 1857 in Rabun County, Georgia.