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Elizabeth (Carter) Warfield was born on May 14, 1573 at London, Eng, and died at age 46 years old on May 27, 1619 at London, London Town, Middlesex, England. Elizabeth Warfield was buried on May 27, 1619 at Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire, England. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elizabeth Carter Warfield.
Mary (Carter) Harlan was born on December 11, 1699 in Chester County, Pennsylvania United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary (Carter) Harlan.
Ezra Carter st was born on June 22, 1701 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts United States to Thomas Carter Ii, and died at age 73 years old on July 19, 1774 in Marlborough, Ct. USA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ezra Carter 1st.
Robert Carter III
This man in the golden suit is the Founding Father you’ve probably never heard of. While he rubbed shoulders with the Washingtons, the Lees, the Jeffersons, and the Masons, it’s unlikely that the name Robert Carter III rings a bell. Our bet? It probably should. Prior to the mid 1860s, slavery ran rampant throughout the southern states. Virginia has a particularly difficult past with the peculiar institution, as Old Point Comfort, now Fort Monroe, was the site where the first captured Africans arrived on American soil in 1619. Given Virginia’s tumultuous past, it might come as a surprise that the commonwealth was also the site of the largest manumission by a single person prior to Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. That’s where the guy in the golden suit comes in. According to Andrew Levy’s “The First Emancipator,” published in 2005, Carter’s grandfather gifted him with a slave girl when he was just three months old. At age 21 in 1749, he inherited more than 100 slaves and 65,000 acres. By the start of the Revolutionary War, Carter “owned” more than 450 slaves. And on September 5, 1791, he filed a plan to free more than 500. Though faced with resistance from neighbors and family, Carter gradually freed the slaves on his multiple Virginia plantations trough a “Deed of Gift,” starting with a group of 29 in 1792. The process took decades, as children could not be freed and had to wait until they reached adulthood. A historical marker in Heathsville states that Carter wrote: “To retain them in slavery is contrary to the true principles of religion and justice.”
Jemima (Carter) Bates was born on May 2, 1742 in Killingworth, Connecticut United States. She was in a relationship with Isaac Ford Bates, and had a child Mary Hopkins. Jemima Bates died at age 70 years old on March 8, 1813. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jemima Bates .
Jesse Carter was born in 1766 in US, and died at age 51 years old on March 21, 1818 in Natchez(Greenoaks Plantation), Mississippi. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Major Jesse Carter.
Parsons Carter was born on March 3, 1776, and died at age 62 years old on February 28, 1839 at Distant View PLantation, St. Francisville, La.. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Parsons Carter.
Nehemiah Carter Jr. was born on March 11, 1782 in US, and died at age 68 years old on March 8, 1851. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nehemiah Carter Jr..
Issac Carter was born in 1784, and died at age 40 years old in 1824. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Issac Carter.
Mathew  Carter
Mathew Carter was born on May 21, 1786. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mathew Carter.
William Carter
He was the first mayor of Hobart. Carter sailed from London on 20 July 1833 on board the barque "Wave" with his wife Mary Ann, 6 children and 3 servants. They arrived in Tasmania on 14 November 1833. Carter had 8 children in all: Mary Ann, Joseph, William, Lydia, Robert, Emma Mary, Eliza and Millie. The youngest two were born in Hobart.
Jared Carter
Jared Carter was born on June 14, 1801. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jared Carter.

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Luther James Carter
Luther James Carter of Tennessee United States was born on May 6, 1899, and is the father of Claude Carter. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Luther James Carter.
Claude Carter
Claude Carter was born on May 9, 1931 to Luther James Carter, and died at age 45 years old in January 1977. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Claude Carter.
Rose Carter was born to Byno Fincham and Eunis (Lloyd), and has siblings Margaret Golubosky, Otis C Fincham, Virginia Pearson, Ruth Dolan, Edward Fincham, Gloria Konovich, Byno Fincham Junior, and Eugene Fincham. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Rose Carter.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sandra K Kitts.
Lavinia Jane (Carter) Pinnell of Bendigo Australia was born in 1813. She was married to Richard John Pinnell, and had children Paulina Carter (Pinnell) Henshall, Ann Jane (Pinnell) Lunn, and John Frost Pinnell. Lavinia Pinnell died at age 60 years old in 1873.
Cynthia Carter
Cynthia Carter of Parnell, Nodaway County, Missouri United States was born on August 23, 1822 in Wilmington, MA, and died at age 88 years old on December 6, 1910 in Parnell, MO.
Suzanne Patricia (Bendig Urban) Carter was born on December 13, 1958 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania United States to Albert Raymond Bendig and Patricia Eleanor Bendig, and has siblings Albert Raymond Bendig Jr., John Raymond Bendig, and Christopher Michael Bendig. She married Eugene Alan Urban in 1984 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County and they later divorced in 2002 in Philadelphia. She married Daniel Brian Carter in 2003 in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey. They had children Ashley Suzanne Urban, Ryan Andrew Urban, and Kelly Ann Urban. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Suzanne Patricia Carter.
Daniel Brian Carter was born on June 7, 1962 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania United States. Daniel Carter got married to Suzanne Patricia Carter in 2003 in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, and has children Ashley Suzanne Urban, Ryan Andrew Urban, and Kelly Ann Urban. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Daniel Brian Carter.
Louella May (King) Carter
Louella May (King) Carter was born on May 15, 1921, and died at age 62 years old on August 25, 1983. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Louella May (King) Carter.
William Miles Carter
William Miles Carter was born on February 9, 1888, and died at age 80 years old on June 15, 1968. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Miles Carter.
Oliver Earl Carter
Oliver Earl Carter of Ohio United States was born on July 5, 1915 in West Liberty, KY, and died at age 82 years old on April 15, 1998 in Middletown, OH.
Ruth Alwilda (Carter) Carter- Rudd
Ruth Alwilda (Carter) Rudd was born on January 2, 1917, and died at age 78 years old on December 9, 1995. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ruth Alwilda (Carter) Carter- Rudd.
Nancy Myrtle (Carter) Downey
Nancy Myrtle (Carter) Downey was born on October 19, 1920. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nancy Myrtle (Carter) Downey.
Samuel Carter was born on November 28, 1944, and died at age 33 years old in March 1978. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Samuel Carter.
Gloria D Carter of TX was born circa January 5, 1956. Gloria Carter was married to Jeffery L. Carter on June 6, 1975 in Wood County, TX. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Gloria D. (Henson) Carter.
Jeffery L Carter of Wood County, TX was born circa 1951. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeffery L. Carter.
Thomas William Carter of ON Canada was born on April 30, 1853 in Thurlow, ON, and was the father of Fredrick Carter. Thomas Carter died at age 74 years old on December 5, 1927 in ON.
Fredrick James Carter was born on January 1, 1877 in Thurston Township, Hastings County, ON Canada, and died at age 80 years old circa 1957 in Belleville, ON. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Fredrick Carter.
Bealey Carter Jr of Dallas County, TX was born circa 1950, and died at age 40 years old on July 4, 1991 at Exeter Ave 1566 brook Valley ln.
Cecil Carter was born in 1908, and died at age 60 years old in 1968. Cecil Carter was buried at Stirling Cemetery 249 Edward Street, in Stirling-Rawdon, Hastings County, ON Canada. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Cecil Carter.

Popular Carter Biographies

William Miles Carter
William Miles Carter was born on February 9, 1888, and died at age 80 years old on June 15, 1968. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Miles Carter.
William Alton "Billy" Carter III
William Alton Carter III was born on March 29, 1937 at Plains, Georgia, USA in Plains, Sumter County, Georgia United States, and died at age 51 years old on September 25, 1988 in Plains.
Nickolas Gene Carter was born on January 28, 1980 at UPMC Chautauqua WCA in Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nickolas Gene Carter.
Nancy Myrtle (Carter) Downey
Nancy Myrtle (Carter) Downey was born on October 19, 1920. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nancy Myrtle (Carter) Downey.
James Carter
James Oliver Carter was born in 1857. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James Carter.
Bobbie Jean Carter was born on January 12, 1982 in Jamesville, Onondaga County, New York United States, and died at age 41 years old on December 23, 2023 in Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Bobbie Jean Carter.
Thomas Clyde Carter was born to Jason and Kate Carter. His great-grandparents are President James Earl Carter, Jr and First Lady Rosalynn (Smith) Carter. His grandparents were Juliet Langford and Jack Carter. He has a brother, Henry Lewis Carter.
Leslie Barbara Desiree Carter
Leslie Ann Carter was born to Robert Gene Carter (1952 - 2017) and Jane Spaulding. She had four siblings, including Backstreet Boys' Nick Carter and Aaron Carter (1987 -2022), and Leslie Barbara, Aaron's twin Angel, as well as Bobbie Jean (1982 - 2023). Leslie also had a half sister Ginger Lee (1972 - 2023) and a half brother, Kaden.

Arthur John Carter
Arthur John Carter was born in 1882. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Arthur John Carter.
Rosalynn Eleanor (Smith) Carter was born on August 18, 1927 in Plains, Sumter County, Georgia United States to Wilburn Edgar Smith and Frances Allethea Smith, and had siblings William Jerrold Smith, Murray Lee Smith, and Lillian Allethea Wall. Rosalynn Carter married James Earl Carter, Jr on July 7, 1946, and died at age 96 years old on November 19, 2023. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Rosalynn Eleanor Carter.
 Fay Patricia (Carter) Comb
Patricia (Carter) Comb of Swan Hill, Swan Hill Rural City County, VIC Australia was born in 1930.
Sybil (Spires) Carter was born to William Arthur Spires (1909 - 1982) and Lucille Sewll (1910 - 1971). Sybil Spires married William Alton "Billy" Carter III (1937 - 1988) on August 21, 1955 in Georgia. Her husband, Filly, was the brother of United States President Jimmy Carter. They had six children, including William, Kim, Jana, Marie, Mandy, and Earl Carter.
Donnel Jeffrey Carter
Donnel Jeffrey Carter was born to former President of the United States Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalyn Smith Carter. He had siblings Jack, James, and Amy Carter. Donnel Carter married Annette Davis and they had children Jeremy Carter, Joshua Carter, James Carter Donnel, known as "Jeff", was married to Annette (Davis) Carter who died on September 19, 2021. See Annette's obituary at 'She Loved to Laugh'
James Carter of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada United States was born on April 12, 1950 in Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James Carter.
Nancy Myrtle Carter
Nancy Myrtle Carter was born on October 19, 1920. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nancy Myrtle Carter.
Aaron Charles Carter was born on December 7, 1987 at Tampa, Florida in United States to Robert Carter and Jane Elizabeth Carter, and had siblings Nickolas Gene Carter, Angel Carter, Bobbie Jean Carter, and Leslie Barbara Desiree Carter. Aaron Carter died at age 34 years old on November 5, 2022 in Lancaster, Los Angeles County, CA.
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter was born on October 1, 1924 in Plains, Sumter County, Georgia United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jimmy Carter.
Janet C Carter
Janet Clarice (Hasbrouck) Carter was born to Homer A. Hasbrouck (1905-1976) and Hilda Marie Harrison (1908-1958). Her father was born in Albany, New York and her mother was born in Binghamton, New York. She had two brothers Homer and Merritt, and four sisters including Dolores (born 1929), Elaine Louise (1932-1993), and Joyce M. Hasbrouck (1937-1996). Janet graduated from North High School in Syracuse, and married jazz bassist Ronald Carter on June 7th 1958 at St. Simon Cyrene Church in Rochester County New York. They had two sons. For more details, see Janet C Carter: Personal Life. She was a Trustee at The Studio Museum in Harlem, and is remembered fondly by artists and the local community. In fact, there is a collection of artwork referred to as “The Janet Carter Collection” in her honor. She also was instrumental in the creation of the Children's Art Carnival in Harlem. See Janet C Carter: Obituary.
Lafray E Carter
Lafray Eliza (McCall) Carter was born to Marshall McCall and Ola G. Scroggins. In 1937, Lafray was a student living in Austin Texas, and by 1942 she was a teacher in the same area. Lafray McCall married Allen Carter (1912-1982) in 1952 and they had two sons, Thomas and Michael. Her son Thomas is an award winning director and actor. He directed "Equal Justice" on ABC and also the HBO movie "Don King: Only in America". Lafray also had a step-son, Allen Carter and a step-daughter, Gloria. Lafray seems to have lived in Texas her entire life and in the 1960s she was a teacher at Smithville High School, Smithville Texas. After 4 decades of teaching, Lafray retired from teaching and became the first African-American school board member in the history of Smithville Texas. A scholarship in her name was created at Smithville High School.

Carter Death Records & Life Expectancy

The average age of a Carter family member is 71.0 years old according to our database of 127,331 people with the last name Carter that have a birth and death date listed.

Life Expectancy

71.0 years

Oldest Carters

These are the longest-lived members of the Carter family on AncientFaces.

Kori Carter of Sandy, Salt Lake County, Utah was born on July 4, 1871, and died at age 113 years old in August 1984.
113 years
Arthur Carter of Pearland, Brazoria County, TX was born on November 5, 1888, and died at age 112 years old on June 11, 2001.
112 years
James Carter of Saint Matthews, Calhoun County, SC was born on March 2, 1896, and died at age 111 years old on December 3, 2007.
111 years
Minnie M Carter of Venice, Los Angeles County, CA was born on August 18, 1880, and died at age 109 years old in April 1990.
109 years
Martha Carter of Washington, District of Columbia County, DC was born on June 5, 1883, and died at age 110 years old in August 1993.
110 years
Christoph Carter of Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City County, Virginia was born on September 1, 1871, and died at age 109 years old in March 1981.
109 years
Catherine Carter of Franklin, Norfolk County, Massachusetts was born on August 14, 1873, and died at age 110 years old in September 1983.
110 years
Joe M Carter of Wynnburg, Lake County, TN was born on March 10, 1883, and died at age 110 years old on May 20, 1993.
110 years
Mary Carter of Gould, Lincoln County, Arkansas was born on May 14, 1874, and died at age 108 years old in October 1982.
108 years
Mark Carter of Elizabethtown, Lancaster County, PA was born on March 14, 1869, and died at age 107 years old in February 1977.
107 years
Ferron Carter of Georgia was born in December 1869, and died at age 106 years old in October 1976.
106 years
Mancie Carter of Ramer, Montgomery County, AL was born on January 1, 1885, and died at age 107 years old in March 1992.
107 years
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...the following letter was written in 1910 and contains many surnames from the Stockdale, Texas area...I am including it here for anyone who might be interested as the letter was very old and weathered, and I interpreted it the best I could...

...the other surnames listed in this letter include the following:

JOHNSON
KING
MOFFIT
CARTER
PRITCHIT or PRITCHET
RICE
BISHOP
PARK
CULPEPPER
STEVENSON
MILLER
BISHOP
LEIGH

...here is the letter...

Stockdale, Texas
May 29, 1910
Mrs. Mintie Cooper

Dear Sister,

I will try to write you a few lines this warm evening. All are tolerable, well except the baby. His bowels is bad all the time. I just wish you could hear him talk. He can say almost anything he wants to, and just as plain as can be. He sure has long, curly hair. I curl it in six curls, and he is sure pretty. He has an awful sore toe. He may have the nail nearly off of it. Well, tonite ends our school for this term, and a big time is expected.

Oh Mintie, how fast the grim reaper of death is reaping in and around Stockdale in less than three months. I will name some who have been lain away in Stockdale's city of the dead. Here they are. Dr. Johnson, old Grandma King, Mr. Moffit, Mrs. Carter, Lottie Pritchit (or Pritchet), Mrs. Dock Rice, Hodge Bishop, Cathline Park, and two of Mr. Culpepper's grandchildren, a baby of Mr. Stevenson's, and it seems like there is someone else, but I can't think who. Oh, I tell you they are going fast, but the Lord knows best. Oh, who will be next. It may be some of our own will be the next.

I heard a few days ago that Mr. Morris (or Norris) Miller was very low and not expected to live. Mintie, they say the Bishops took the Hodges death awful hard, and his poor little wife is almost crazy. They had only been married six months, and she was in a very delicate condition. She was Alma (Ma – but cannot make out remainder of letters). Hodge joined the church last summer, so I hope he was ready for the summons when it came. It would not be half so sad if everyone could be ready, but just think of old Brother Carter's wife. She committed suicide. She had lost her mind, and the church had made up enough money to send her to the asylum, and they were to take her the day she was buried. She cut her throat from ear to ear. Poor old Brother Carter. I sure do feel sorry for him. He is 70 years old, and she was (either 38 or 48). Brother Carter is an old worn out preacher. He is the father of our pastor. She left four little children. I suppose the oldest is about 8, and the baby is 2. Two little girls and two little boys. She had several step children.

Well, Mintie, I sure do love Leroy's wife. She is sure a sweet girl, and is as jolly as can be. I have been looking for her to come down and stay a few days with me, but she has not come. I had a card from her one day last week, and she said she would be here as soon as Henry got back from court, so I sure looked for her Saturday and yesterday. Mintie, how many little chicks have you. I only have 26. The fleas are killing mine. I have 12 about broilers, and 14 about 2 ½ weeks old. All of them are growing fast. I had a letter from ma a few days ago. Pa was up but very feeble, and Willie was just able to sit up. He had had 2 or 3 hemorrhages, and Ma said he looked awful bad.

Marshal Leigh has had slow fever. I have not heard from there in several days, so I do not know whether any of the rest have taken it or not. Well, I must close. Write when you can. I have been very busy sewing. I have about finished up though. Tell the children to write. Hello Buddy John. How is the hot weather serving your fat. It and my fat don't agree. Oh, how I do wish I could walk in and chat you all awhile. I do hope you all can come down this summer. My Hub is working for 25.00 per month now, but will get more after June. Bye bye. Love to all from all.

Your loving sis,

Mattie

Postmark was May 31, 1910 Winnsboro, Texas (Received)

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