Tallapoosa-Clay-Randolph County AlArchives Biographies.....Carter, James J. October 26, 1824 - September 6, 1906
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LaVerne Carter http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00028.html#0006854 November 19, 2010, 5:36 pm
Source: Census records, courthouse records
Author: LaVerne Carter
James J. Carter was born October 26,1824 in Georgia. The records checked
reveal that he was a farmer which was the chief occupation of his time. Those
records also state that his father was born in South Carolina and his mother
was born in Georgia. On December 2, 1846, he married Cynthia Matilda Davis who
was born August 8, 1825 in Georgia (see Tallapoosa County, Alabama US GenWeb
Marriages). The marriage took place in Tallapoosa County, Alabama and they
continued to live in Tallapoosa County through 1860, they are not found on a
census in 1870, but by 1880 they have moved to Heard County, Georgia and in
1900 are found living in Carroll County, Georgia. James J. Carter and his
wife, Cynthia Matilda Davis, both passed away in Carroll County, Georgia and
are both buried side by side at the Tallapoosa Primitive Baptist Church
Cemetery in Carroll County, Georgia. Matilda died November 29, 1903 and James
J. lived almost three years longer, dying on September 6, 1906.
Family of James J. Carter as proven by the following census records. (This is
only a partial listing of some of his children because some have not yet been
verified as his children in other locations.)
1850 TALLAPOOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA CENSUS
AGE BORN
1625 Carter, James J. 25 Ga.
Township 24 Matilda 24 Ga. (nee Davis)
James W. 2 Ala.
1860 TALLAPOOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA CENSUS
862-862 Carter. James J. 35 Ga.
New Site Matilda 35 Ga.
James 13 Ala.
Rebecca 10 Ala.
Benjamin 7 Ala.
Alexander 5 Ala.
Charles 2 Ala.
1880 HEARD COUNTY, GEORGIA CENSUS
FATHER BORN MOTHER BORN
121-121 Carter, James J. 58 Ga. S.C. Ga.
Africa Matilda 56 Ga. Ga. Ga.
Charley 21 Ala. Ga. Ga.
(Martha Sarah E.) Sarah E. 17 Ala. Ga. Ga.
130-130
Africa Carter, Bird 27 Ala. Ga. Ga. (Benjamin)
(nee Whatley) Fannie 26 Ala. Ga. Ga
Jessie 4 Ala. Ala. Ala. (female)
Effie 2 Ala. Ala. Ala.
Seabourn 5 mos. Ga. Ala. Ala.
1900 CARROLL COUNTY, GEOEGIA CENSUS
AGE BORN STATE
Carrolton Carter, James J. 76 10-1824 Ga.
Matilda 75 8-1825 Ga.
Welch, Rebecca 50 8-1849 Ala. (daughter)
Welch, Susan 21 9-1878 Ga. (granddaughter)
Welch, James H. 20 11-1879 Ga. (grandson)
Victory Carter, Steve A. 34 4-1856 Ga. (Stephen Alexander)
Nancy E. 33 2-1867 Ga. (Emma, nee Widener)
Annie L. 13 5-1887 Ga.
William C. 10 7-1889 Ga.
Dora B. 8 1-1892 Ga.
Alice R. 6 3-1894 Ga.
Homer E. 3mos. 3-1900 Ga.
1900 HEARD COUNTY, GEORGIA CENSUS
Rockolo Carter, Charles A. 44 9-1858 Ga.
Martha E. 31 3-1864 Ga.
Luther 14 4-1886 Ga.
Derolee 10 11-1889 Ga.
Olin L. 7 4-1893 Ga.
1900 CLAY COUNTY, ALABAMA CENSUS
Hollins Carter, Benjamin B. 47 3-1853 Ala.
Sarah F. 51 12-1848 Ala.
Seabron J. 20 12-1879 Ga.
Mary J. 14 10-1885 Ala.
Whatley, Era T. 9 4-1890 Ala. (niece)
1900 RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CENSUS
Morrison's Goodson, Robert W. 46 4-1854 Ga.
Crossroads Martha 44 5-1859 Ala. (Martha Sarah E.)
Mike 22 6-1877 Ala.
Mandy 13 8-1886 Ala.
Robert W. 8 9-1891 Ala.
Charley W. 4 8-1895 Ala.
Morrison's Watson, William 19 6-1880 Ga.
Crossroads Mary E. 24 8-1875 Ala. (dau. of R.W. & Martha)
Robert W. 1 3-1889 Ala.
1910 HEARD COUNTY, GEORGIA CENSUS
Rockolo Carter, Charles A. 49 Ala.
Franklin & Bettie 43 Ga.
Brookville Luther 23 Ga.
Rd. 3-3 Dessie 19 Ga.
Ollie 17 Ga.
1910 CARROLL COUNTY, GEORGIA CENSUS
Tyus Carter, Steve A. 47 Ala.
District 1633 Lonnie L. 19 Ga. (nee Weaver)
39-40 Charlie W. 19 Ga.
Alice R. 15 Ga.
Homer E. 10 Ga.
Clifford J. 6 mos. Ga.
Submitted by LaVerne Carter
Additional Comments:
NOTE: RE James W. Carter, born 1848 on 1850 census and born 1847 on 1860 census
(he had already had a birthday in 1860). You are urged to take caution as to
his birth date and Civil War Service. At least three researchers, probably
copied from one another instead of researching for facts), have him listed as
born 1844 in Bowden, Carroll County, Georgia, the son of James J. and Matilda
Carter. There is no evidence he was born in 1844 in Carroll County, but these
census records prove he was born 1848 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama.
These "researchers" also list him as enlisting in the Civil War in Morgan
County, Georgia where it was another James W. Carter who enlisted instead (see
Walton and Morgan Counties, Georgia U.S. GenWeb Military for details
concerning the other James W. Carter). There is no evidence whatsoever that
James W. was born in Carroll County, Georgia. It's true his parents had moved
there by 1900 but there's absolutely no record in Carroll County of them
before then. In fact, they married 1846 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama and the
1850, 1860 census and other records are consistent that they remained there at
least through the mid 1860's. Furthermore, on the 1850 census above, James J.
and Matilda state that their son was born in Alabama (not Georgia) and with
him being only two years old, it's for certain they would have known where and
when their baby was born. The other James W. Carter was the son of John and
Juda Carter of Walton County, Georgia.
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