Davis Carter

Abt 1784 - 1847  (~ 63 years)

• Name	Davis Carter
  Born	Abt 1784	, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Nov 1847
  Buried	, Greene, Illinois
  Person ID	I3783	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2001

  
  

  Father	Michael Carter,   b. Abt 1750/1760
  Family ID	F15817	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Catherine "Caty" Reagan,   b. Abt 1794, , Caswell, North Carolina ,   d. Abt 1844, , Greene, Illinois  (Age ~ 50 years)
  Married	26 May 1815	, Madison, Illinois
  Children	+ 1. Eleanor Carter,   b. 1816, , Madison, Illinois ,   d. Bef 1885, , Greene, Illinois  (Age < 68 years) + 2. Lorenzo E. Carter,   b. 25 Dec 1817, , Madison, Illinois ,   d. 5 Apr 1900, , Greene, Illinois  (Age 82 years)   3. John Carter,   b. 1819, , Madison, Illinois ,   d. Bef 1885, , Greene, Illinois  (Age < 65 years)   4. Joseph Carter,   b. 1819, , Greene, Illinois ,   d. Abt Mar 1847, Vera Cruz, Mexico  (Age 28 years)   5. Sarah Ruth Carter,   b. 1827, , Greene, Illinois ,   d. Bef 1885, , Greene, Illinois  (Age < 57 years) + 6. Elizabeth Martha Carter,   b. 1830, , Greene, Illinois ,   d. Bef 1885, , Greene, Illinois  (Age < 54 years)
  Family ID	F1416	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1784 - , North Carolina Buried - - , Greene, Illinois  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• 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. ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 2a. "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 291.