Is anyone researching this Carter line? Thank you, Sandra Carter Van Wyk 1. GEORGE W. CARTER was born 1780 in Maryland, and died in Ouachita Parish LA. He married RUTH. She was born 1786 in North Carolina, and died in Ouachita Parish LA. Children of GEORGE CARTER and RUTH are: 1. JAMES CARTER, b. 1819, Georgia. 2. JOSEPH COLUMBUS CARTER, b. February 08, 1822, Clarke County, Alabama; d. March 11, 1909, Union Parish LA. Probably other children 1. JAMES2 CARTER (GEORGE W.1) was born 1819 in Georgia. He married PENATHA. She was born 1828 in Mississippi and probably a Leonard 2. JOSEPH COLUMBUS2 CARTER (GEORGE W.1) was born February 08, 1822 in Clarke County, Alabama, and died March 11, 1909 in Union Parish LA. He married (1) MARY LEONARD. She was born 1825 in Louisiana, and died 1868 in Louisiana. He married (2) MARY ELLEN GRIFFIN June 14, 1866. She was born April 12, 1848 in Alabama, and died April 13, 1930 in Ouachita Parish LA. Notes for JOSEPH COLUMBUS CARTER: Military Service for Joseph: CSA Co. E, 17th LA Inf. Burial: Carter Cemetery, Point, Louisiana