Re: George Carters of VA m. Neale and Goodloe
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George Carter, VA, and 2 wives...
Carolyn Moore 9/15/05
An excellent question - I've been trying to sort out the George Carters myself.You, of course, have to at least tell us who the parents of your George 1728 were - the two cousins were born about the same time.Taking your 1728 date literally though, we would have to say that this George married Goodlow / Goodloe in Caroline County.His parents were Joseph and Catherine Stephens Carter - the SECOND couple of the name of Joseph and Catherine of Spotsylvania per the latest proof from Joe Carter.
His exact date of birth of 18 Dec 1728 and lineage (Joseph, Thomas, Thomas) is from The Prayer Book.
On the other hand, this George Carter's cousin is described by Dr. Miller, who we've all caught in a few errors, but this one seems solid.The MSS 1858 is the Date Book of 1858 from John Carter of The Nest - I have images of the original and have yet to find one error of fact within it:
3. GEORGE CARTER, (Thos (3), Edw (2), Thos (1)), of Christ Church Parish, Lancaster, was probably born about I725-30, and died in 1785-86 in Halifax County, Va.He seems to have possessed the restless spirit of his generation and to have lived in at least two other counties besides that in which he was born. The author of the Carter MSS. in 1858 speaks of him as follows: "George Carter settled in Caroline and had a big family. I think his wife was a Miss Neale of Westmoreland. He had sons-Charles, Edward, John, Richard Alexander, Thompson, Spencer, George and Presley-and daughters - Betsy, Peggy and Sally--and I think other children. I have seen George, Jun., a few times. He died in Fauquier about thirty years ago, and also spent a night once at John's tavern in Caroline. I think the others all moved to the southern counties, or may be out of the state."
Thus we see he lived for a time in Caroline County, but the destruction of the county records limits our knowledge of his residence in this county. July 10, 1766, he had a grant of 185 acres in the county of Halifax, and July 20, 1768, a patent for 354 acres in the same county.The census reports for the years 1782, 1784 and 1785 show that George Carter was not a resident of Halifax County, but a letter of his widow in 1787 indicates that he had settled in Halifax and died there between the census of 1785 and the date of letter in 1787. The letter to the county clerk about a license for the marriage of Frederick Miller to Mary Carter is as follows:
"Sir, as my husband has lately departed from this life and the distance is so far that I could not conveniently come down, should be glad if you would let Frederick Miller have a license to marry my daughter and send my son for a witness.
Yours etc.,
"FRANCES CARTER.”
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