[email protected] writes: > I am seeking information on Richard CARTER, b. about 1778 probably in > Baltimore Co., Maryland. Married Sarah LOGSDON Sep 1802 Allegany Co., > Maryland. Died 29 Nov 1838 Mount Savage, Allegany Co., Maryland and is buried > in the Catholic Church Cemetery there. I need info on his ancestors, children > and what happened to Sarah. > > Two children, John and William known to have been in Knox County, Ohio in > 1831 and 1841. Both died in Mount Vernon, Knox, Ohio in 1886 and 1888. Don't > know what happened to these children, Mary, Dominic and Sarah. May have been > other children but they are unknown to me. I have an ancestor, James Madison Helm, who married an Agnes CARTER in 1836 in Knox Co OH. The marriage was performed by a Universalist minister (Truman Strong) and the Helm family is known to have been associated with the Baptist, Methodist, & Presbyterian churches at various times over the 19th century. Agnes consistently is listed as born in Virginia in every census from 1850-1880 (d. Oct 1890) and is thought to have been born about 1815. Her tombstone is missing from the family cemetary and so far other confirmation has eluded us. In one directory (Champaign Co IL, where the family finally settled), Agnes Carter Helm lists her birthplace as Loudoun Co, VA. In the 1900 census her eldest daughter lists her mother's birthplace as Maryland. The law in Ohio in the 1830's, as far as I know, was that women had to marry in their county of residence. I don't think Madison Helm was a Knox Co resident, or at least not one for very long, as the Helm family lived in Guernsey Co OH at this time, and I haven't found him listed in the Knox Co tax rolls (I am no judge of their completeness, altho Guernsey Co records are less complete). Agnes Carter Helm's origins and family are almost a complete mystery. I am very interested in knowing more about your Carters. Catholic, Maryland birth unlikely -- but possible. Champaign Co IL census records are full of problems but I'm inclined to take consistencies where I get them, and treat that 1900 entry as either some kind of mistake or else a hint about something that I can't figure out yet. The names Sarah, Mary and William do (or may) appear in Agnes's children but all are common names and William is traditional in the Helm family. I know of some other Carters in Knox Co that don't seem to be related to Agnes that may or may not have some connection to you. Maybe we can at least work on eliminating false leads by exchanging more info -- if there is any. I do have some more Knox Co Carter info. but I will have to dig it out, haven't worked on this for about a year.