Hello! I'm researching the Carters of Pike Co, KY - in particular, a woman named Julia Ann 'Annie' Carter, b abt 1820, d after 1850. She had moved to Pike by 1840, when she is living in the household of Moses Hunt: the 1840 Pike census lists 2 males <5, 1 male 20-30, and 2 FEMALES 20-30 in the household of Moses Hunt. I believe the second woman must have been Annie. William Bishop (father of Julia's daughter Mary) lived nearby (pg 284 of that census). Moses Hunt was married to Wm Bishop's niece, Mary 'Polly' Bishop. In 1830, Moses was still living in his father John's household in Pike County: Julia was not in John's household at that time (only female in household is age 50-60) & there are no Carters listed in Pike Co in 1830 (but in Floyd there are Joseph & Ira, neither of whom were old enough to have been her father). The 1850 Pike census shows July A. Carter, age 29, & Mary E. Carter, age 4, living in household of Moses Hunt: #114, pg. 441b; William Bishop is in #81, pg. 439; both Carters are listed as born in Kentucky. In the same household is also a John Goode, age 9, born KY; the only other Goode in the 1850 Pike census is an Andrew M. Goode, age 13, b VA, just a few doors down in #119, the home of Henry Hunt, age 28, b KY (w/wife Sarah, 30, VA) - after Andrew, there is a Malinda Stanton, age 32, b VA. The Goodes: John Goode, b abt 1841, & Andrew Marshall Goode, b. June 01, 1835 in Franklin County, Virginia, d. September 26, 1918 in Clarissa, Todd County, Minnesota, were both sons of Jacob Fleming Goode and Alice Mullins (daughter of William Booker Mullins & Judith Stanley). Andrew married Sarah Childress January 05, 1856 in Pike County, Kentucky. Jacob & Alice Goode were residents of Franklin County, Virginia (1850 Census, Franklin Co, VA: pg 158b, #1501 Jacob Goode, age 57, Aley, 54 & children; #1500 is Joseph Mullins, age 40 & family; #1502 is Luke Standly, age 75 & family; Booker & Judith Mullins are #1496). There were also Bishops, Hunts, and Booths (surnames connected with Julia & her dtr) resident in Franklin. It is possible that Annie Carter was related to the Carters of Franklin County. Another possibility is that she was the daughter of 1 of these Russell Co VA Carters: Solomon, David, or James. In 1830, a Joseph Carter, b 1800-1810 is in Floyd Co KY, living next door to Shadrack Estep, who was married to Elizabeth Hunt, the sister of Moses Hunt (in whose household Annie lived) - this suggests that Joseph & Julia were connected. In 1840, a Frederick Carter, b 1800-1810 appears in Pike Co KY but is absent from the 1850 Census. I have been unable to learn anything about him. In 1850, a group of Carters appear in Pike Co KY, who may have migrated from North Carolina; there is a Henry Hunt, b abt 1795 in NC, with wife Patience. Their children appear to be Quinton, Eleanor, Rachel, & Mary. These Carters appear to be connected to the Esteps, Smiths, Hunts, & Maynards. I am beginning to think I am the only person researching this set of apparently interconnected Carters who came to eastern Kentucky in the 19th century. Any names ring a bell? Thanks! Steve Williamson _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp