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By perfect analogy to the writer of the manuscript, Edgar Bralley picks up on the connection to Thompson Carter, which is a very unique name that can only be traced back to James and his first wife, Hannah Neale Carter, of Stafford County, Virginia. This "confluence" of George, Mitchell and Thompson ..... cousins from Stafford ..... found right next door to one another in Wythe ..... is not proof in the strict sense, but you come up with another explanation! It is only decades later with the connections back to Stafford that we know George, Mitchell and Thompson were cousins, and not brothers or father and son. George's oldest son William Sr. is found on the north banks of the New River in 1794 (below), but it would appear we need Montgomery County Deed Book B to place Francis Jackson, Mitchell and Thompson:
Please remember three things: 1) John Carter of Wythe who married Jane Mitchell is found in the DAR index (but would have been in his fifties), 2) John is listed as his father on the death certificate of this Mitchell, 3) there were two Francis Jackson Carters; since Mitchell is now an adult, the following almost has to be his son Jackson listed in the family bible, rather than his unlce or cousin.
GenForum: Wythe County Carters Posted by: Edgar Bralley Date: July 09, 2004
My ancestor was Mitchell Carter, who married Idress Craig. They resided in Wythe County, VA, next door to Francis Jackson Carter *** on the New River. I suspect that Thompson Carter ** was a brother of Mitchell. Tradition is that Mitchell Carter's father was (Capt.) John Carter. Can you imagine a more common name, especially in Virginia during the Colonial era? There is a curious and multi-generational relationship between the New River Carters, which makes me think they are related. My great grandfather, John S. Bralley (1856-1936) stated that he and industrialist/capitalist George L. Carter, were cousins! I don't know how, though. Here are the Bible records from Mitchell Carter's family Bible. Is it possible that Mitchell Carter, Francis Jackson Carter, and Thompson Carter were BROTHERS? Anywone researching this branch please feel free to contact me. Thanks.
In a separate post, Edgar cites Mitchell on the New River near Austinville - this is at the very bottom of Wythe, as the river crosses southwest into Carroll County.
From the RootsWeb of Susan Bromm (db=sbromm):
Mitchell Carter (1774-1854) married Idress (1774-1847), daughter of John Craig, about February 13, 1798, but the marriage was filed by the Reverend Lockett and the exact date of the marriage is not recorded. They were the owners of the John Craig land on the river where Peirces and Craigs had previously operated a ferry. Mitchell was the son of a John Carter and is said to have come from eastern Virginia about 1789 **
Once again, Edgar reports that the death certificate of Mitchell lists his father as John:
1850 Census, Wythe County, Virginia, District 68, Image 125 (website shows all these together):
Household 858: Nancy Catron 48 F, Sally 42 F, Mitchell 10 M, Craig 7 M, Leander 5 M all b. Miss
Emily Carter 30 F b. NC, Elizabeth Ratlief 15 F Mulatto
Household 859: Mitchel Carter 75 M, Margaret Goode 39 F, Idress Goode 10 F
Image 127, Household 878: Polly Carter 48 VA in household of Wm. F. Wesley
(There is only a Hiram C. Carter at age 35 in Lee County – with spouse Elizabeth J.)
Craig Carter 30 M Farmer $1000, Elizabeth Carter 40 F [a/ka/ Hiram Craig Carter]
“In the name of God amen know all men by these presents that I Mitchell Carter of the County of Wythe and State of Virginia ....... give and bequeath the same to my daughter Margareth Good formerly Margaret Catron and to my Granddaughter Idress L. Good to be divided between them ..… set my hand and so seal this 3rd day of April 1854.” Mitchell his X mark Carter
From the family bible:
John CARTER b: 25 APR 1800 Margaret CARTER b: 24 JAN 1811
Nancy CARTER b: 27 OCT 1801 Jackson CARTER b: 12 MAR 1813 [FRANCIS Jackson Carter Jr.]
Jane Ann CARTER b: 28 JUN 1803 Julian CARTER b: 12 JUN 1815
Elizabeth CARTER b: 13 FEB 1805 James CARTER b: 20 JUL 1817
Sarah CARTER b: 18 MAY 1807 Hiram Craig CARTER b: 17 DEC 1819
Robert CARTER b: 18 MAY 1809
Email from Russ Bralley 1 Apr 2008: "Nellie Carter’s handwritten manuscript reads as follows:
“Francis Jackson Carter was born March 12th 1813 and died October 26th 1847. After his death in 1847, Emily A. Elliott Carter and his three young sons returned to the family plantation at Loneash. Emily Elliott Carter was born October 31st 1819 and died in Wythe County, VA on November 28th 1877.”
"I have several letters (if I can locate them) from Emily to her sisters-in-law back in Virginia describing Jackson’s last moments and letters back telling her to come home to Wythe. IN the 1840 US Census for Lafayette County, MS, there is a listing for Jackson Carter. In Wythe County, VA 1850US Census, she (Emily) is enumerated in the household of Nancy and Sally Catron with her three children, all born in MS: Mitchell (10) , Craig (7) and Leander (5). She is enumerated in the 1850 US Federal Census living next door to father-in-law Mitchell Carter. I’ll dig up your primary source proof shortly".
In 1813, Beattie Sayers, son of David Sayers, Sr. had 145 acres surveyed. The land "adjoined Mitchell Carter, George Carter, David Sayers" (Wythe County Survey Book 3, p. 71). Mitchell CArter's part was probably the old John Craig land that his wife Idress Craig Carter had inherited from her father.
David Graham purchased land on the new River which included the Crockett's former mining operation and "all the rights and privileges of taking and carrying away ore from the orebank belongiong to Mitchell Carter." Kegly, Early Adventurers, Vol. III, pt. 2, p. 657
In January 1835, Graham proposed a new road from Paramount Furnace to the North Carolina line near Adam Sanders' and an alteration in the road from Mitchell Carter's to the North Carolina road. Kegley, Early Adventures, Vol. III, pt. 2, p. 659
Mitchell Carter, John Draper and James Crockett appointed to appraise the estate of David Sayers, dec'd., 12 December 1820. Kegley, Early Adventurers, Vol. III, pt. 2, p. 755.
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