Dear Cousin Sweet Jazz, HELLO It is wonderful to hear from you. You have just inherited another 20-250 cousins and I would like to share those names with you as well as the wealth of sketchy information you have. Our family before Joel always drew a blank and we felt like orphans never knowing a place or a person to even check out. I will start to research immediatedly and would like to hear more from you. I will send my snail mail address on a private Email line. I have a scanner and many pictures if you are interested. To answer your immediate about these counties. We recently learned that Washington Co was a large thing which was disected after 1850 census. We thought the family was gad abouts but they really just stayed put and widow Mary Carter eventually paid off the land. The post office change addresses all the time down here in FL. Your quote from early history of Washington Co regarding protection of HOUSE, Robert P. etc..made me wonder if it did not mean the family named House (Hansel W) who lived next door to the Carters in that 1850 census. It also fits into information I learned 2 days ago that another neighbor on the other side, John B. Farmer, and Mr. House were all from the same place in Tennessee. I just made contact with Samuel Carter Farmer family in Iowa who recorded that his family always moved west with the Carters(hearsay). Hope to get more history from them Please feel free to continue writing. Long lost Cousins, Sharon Carter Lengfellner SweetJazz5@aol.com wrote: > YES, I have these Carters. At least I have them in Washington Co. IL.... I > don't understand how your 1860 Jefferson Co. can say the same place? The > same place as Washington Co. IL??? Why is that? > > Anyway the Joel A. Carter in Washington Co. I am trying to link up with my > Richard P. Carter who died 1849 of fever age 28. I think they are brothers. > > But this line has been hard to trace. My best guess at this time is that the > following Carters: Livesay b. 1798 TN, Martha b. 1810 TN, Robert TN b. 1813, > Joel A.. 1820 TN, and Richard P. b 1821 IL are children of Richard P. Carter > and Sarah Winrow. Richard P. cart b. Va 1793 d. 1837 Morgan Co . IL is son of > Rev. Robert Cater b. Ba 1761 d. IL 1819 Conton Co. m. Alice b. 1759 d 1821 > Clinton Co. IL There was movement back and forth from Clinton, Morgan and > Washington. I don't have proof for above. Just guessing. Washington Co. > early history 1879 book says that 1840 in Richview newcomers HOUSE, Robert > Carter were protected by Robert P. Livesay and Joel and Richard Carter.