McCarter

Notes:

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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 61.

Notes:

William McCarter is strongly believed to be the father of James McCarter who
married Rebecca Ogle, but no absolute proof has been found for this partcular
father-son relationship. He moved with his parents from his birthplace to
"Hawfields," North Carolina, then on to York County, South Carolina.

He was listed with his first wife and six children in the 1790 Fedral Census of
Ninety-Six District, Abbeville County, South Carolina.

William McCarter filed a pension application for his Revolutionary War services
in the South Carolina militia. His pension papers give a detailed story of his
military service in the Revolutionary War. It reads as follows:

"The State of South Carolina)
York District ) "On this 10th day of October A.D. 1832
personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Wm. D. Master one of the
Judge of the Superior Court of the said State, William McCarter, aged seventy
four years who being duly swor according to Law doth on his oath Make the
following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congres
passed 7 June 1832.

"That as well as he can recollect in the year 1775 he entered service of the
United States as a militia soldier under the command of Col. Thomas Neil, Capt.
John Miller's company against the Cherokee Indians that he was about on duty
this tour about two months. That he then resided in South Carolina in the
present district of York. That he was in several engagements there with the
Indians in the Indian Towns.

That he next served in the 1779 or thereabout a tour of duty at Orangeburgh,
South Carolina that he was drafted to serve this tour commanded by Col. Thos.
Niel & Major Hawthorne in Capt. Byers Company. Here he joined the tour three
months, raiding ______ in the same place.

"The next tour of service was during the Revolution at the Four Holes in South
Carolina where he went by command of Col. Hill & Howe Militia Colonel who
forwarded to him a Commission as Captain of the Militia. That under the
Commission he acted as a Captain of Militia at the Four Holes for three
months...That he cannot fix the year of his own recollection. That he was then
residing at the same place under the Military Command of Colonel Wm. Hill &
Col. Jas. Howe. That during he tour they had some skirmish with the Tories.

"The Next Tour of duty performed by him was under General Marion. Then Colonel
Marion where he acted as a private & a volunteer on the Santee River, South
Carolina below the Eutaw Springs. This duty was performed as well as he can
recollect in the year 1779 and he was out during this tour two months.

"That he also served other tours of duty in the Revolutionary War as a Whig
Soldier of the Militia at various times but for what length of time he cannot
recollect precisely but he can certainly say that it amounted to one year in
addition to the forgoing services. That only for a few days was the
detachments he was in Service was connected with any regular troops and then
only for a few days while at Bacon Bridge near Dorchester who command the
regular troops he cannot now remember --- That he has now no discharge from
services nor has he any documentary evidence of his services nor can he procure
any that he is aware of... That he can prove his service by Capt. James Martin
and Robert Hannah.

"And that he does hereby relinquish every claim to any pension or annuity
whatever except the present and declare that his name is not on the pension
roll of the agency of any state."

"Sworn to Subscribed the) His
day & the year aforesaid) William X McCarter
in open Court." ) Mark
A. W. W. Thorten
CCC Dp
After the war William received a patent (or land grant) for 200 acres of land
"in the district of Ninety-Six and County of Edgefield on a creek called Rocky
Creek waters of Stephens Creek" from the State of South Carolina on 6 November
1786. He was living in Abbeville County, South Carolina at this time.

William McCarter sold this tract of land (200 acres) to Peter Huskey and
Jonathan Huskey of the State of South Carolina and the County of Edgewood on 28
October 1797.

His first wife must have died circa 1790 in Abbeville County, South Carolina
according to his Revolutionary War pension papers. They had eight children as
shown in the 1800 Federal Census of Edgefield County, South Carolina and the
1810 Federal Census of York County, South Carolina.

William McCarter and his family by second marriage lived in the county of York
in South Carolina until 1825 when they migrated to Lincoln County, North
Carolina. Here he lived until his death.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 58, 59-60.

Notes:

The Revolutionary War pension papers of William McCarter indicated that Moses
McCarter and his family were living in the county of York, State of
Pennsylvania at the birth of William in 1758. Then they migrated to
"Hawfields," North Carolina before the birth of James McCarter in 1765
according to Revolutionary War pension papers of James McCarter.

In "North Carolina Land Grants in South Carolina, Volume II: Anson and
Mecklenburg Counties 1749-1770" by Brent Holcomb, there are two entries for
Moses McCarter - lands in South Carolina:
(1) Moses McCarter entered 300 acres of land on Bullocks Creek and the long
watery Branch...maccadoes lines on 26 September 1766. It was granted by North
Carolina Governor William Tyron. Later it was sold to Zachariah Bell of Craven
County, South Carolina before December 1769.
(2) Moses McCarter entered 250 acres of land on Susey Boles Branch of Turkey
Creek including his improvement...Seth Johnson...John McKnit Alexanders on 8
December 1768. It was granted by the State of North Carolina on 4 May 1769.
Later it was sold to William Bolding of Tryon County on 22 December 1770. Then
on 27 May 1771, William Bolding of Tryon County sold the same tract of land
back to Moses McCarter.

From "Stub Entries to Indents" issued in Payment of Claims Against South
Carolina - Growing Out of the Revolution, edited by A. S. Salley, Jr.,
Secretary of the Historical Commission of South Carolina, it is found that
Moses McCarter filed a claim against the State of South Carolina for pay for
milita duty since the fall of Charleston and was paid "four Pounds, eight
Shillings & six Pence, three Farthings Sterling."

Sometime during the period of 1771 to 1787, Moses McCarter and his family
migrated to Ninety-six District, Abbeville County, South Carolina. Here he
lived until his death between the date of his will, 25 February 1787 and the
date of probatd, 9 January 1788.

The will of Moses McCarter is given below:
"In the Name of God Amen.
"The Twenty-fifth Day of February in the year of our Lord A.D. 1787, I Moses
McCarter of South Carolina and County of Abbeville, Farmer, being very Sick and
Weak of body, but of perfect mind and memory, Thanks be given unto God for the
same and Calling to mind - the mortality of my body and Knowing that it is
appointed for all men once to die, do make and Ordain this my last Will and
Testament:

"That is to Say principally and First of all, I give and recommend my soul into
the Hands of God that gave all, and for my body I recommend it to the Earth to
be buried [Christian] and decent manner at the discretion of my Executors
nothing doubt but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the Same again by
the the mighty Power of God, and as Touching Such Worldly Estate where with it
hath pleased God to bless me in this life - I Give, Devise, and Dispose of the
Same in Manner and form following:

"That is to Say, in the first place, To send unto Catren my dearly Beloved Wife
during her natural life the Whole of my personal Estate and also the Use of the
Plantation whereon I now dwell, and at her death my will further is and I do
hereby give the said Plantation to be Equally Divided Between my Two sons,
Robert McCarter and Moses McCarter Jr. to them their heirs and assigns Forever.
My Will further is that my beloved Wife Catren Do pay out of my Estate before
the Term of one year from this Date or my Decease one Dollar to Each of my
Children, to wit: Anne York, Catren Evans, John McCarter, William McCarter,
Mary McCarter, Agnes Crawford, Margaret Bates, Jennett McCarter, James
McCarter. My will further is that after the death of my beloved Wife Catren
the whole of my Personal Estate be sold and the money thereby arising be
Equally Divided Except one horse and one cow to be reserved to each of my two
sons, Robert and Moses, between all my herein named Children and I do hereby
appoint and ordain John McCarter and Fleming Bates my Executors to this my las
Will giving them [the] said Executors full Power to act and do all and Singular
the day of Executors, and I do hereby Disallow, Revoke, and Disannull all and
Every other Former Testaments, Wills and Legacys, Requests and Executors by me
in any wise before this Time named, Willed and Bequeathed, Ratifying and
Confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament.

"In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this day and year
above written.

"Signed, Sealed, Published,) His
Pronounced, and Declared ) Moses X McCarter (Seal)
by the Said Moses McCarter ) Mark
as his last Will and Test- )
aments in the Presence of )
us Subscribers...
Mary McCarter
Her
Margaret X Bates
Mark
Joseph Crawford

The whole estate was appraised for inventory on 4th July 1800.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 56-57.

Moses married Mary Catren 1745/1755, , Pennsylvania. Mary was born 1733; died Jun 1800, South Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 56-57.