Davis Carter

b 1784, , , , North Carolina
d 20 Nov 1847,
bur , Greene, Illinois		Thomas Carter
	Robert Carter	b 04 Jun 1672	James Williamson
	\| b 12 Aug 1735	Arabella Williamson	Anne Underwood
Michael Carter	d Oct1784	b 1674
\|b ABT 1750 1760	\|
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Davis Carter
\|Catherine 'Caty' Reagan
\|m 26 May 1815
\|, Madison, Illinois	\|

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Children

1	<	Eleanor Carter
2	<	Lorenzo E. Carter
3		John Carter
4		Joseph Carter
5		Sarah Ruth Carter
6	<	Elizabeth Martha Carter

Notes

Davis and his wife Catherine 'Caty' were listed in the 1818 and 1820 state Census of Illinois. There was one white male, age 21 and over and four other white inhabitants in the household. They resided in Madison County at the time.

Davis Carter and his wife moved to Greene County, Illinois in the 'Spring of 1820.' They settled in Section 25, Township 11, Range 13, now Walkerville Township of Greene County, Illinois.

In 1830 Davis Carter and Catherine 'Caty' were listed in the Federal Census of Greene County, Illinois. There were two females age 5 and under; one male age 5-10; and two males and one female age 10-15 in the home. They were again listed in the 1840 Federal Census of Greene County. There were now two females age 5-10; one male and one female age 10-15; one male age 15-20; and one male and one female age 20-30 in the household.

Davis Carter was buried beside his wife in the Hunnicut Cemetery in Walkerville Township.

His son John Carter gave bond to the Circuit Court for Greene County, Illinois to administer his father's estate. He was appointed by them as sole administrator for the said estate.

Source: 'Smoky Mountain Clans', Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 2a. 'The Book of Ragan/Reagan', Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 291.

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