Dear Cousins, I have learned some history while working in a genealogy library that may help you locate future documents. Try to picture a line starting at Staunton, Virginia cutting north through the left third of PA west covering Michigan down the Mississippi River separating in north MS, AL GA to meet at Stauntn, VA again. This was the Augusta County, VA with Staunton as the county seat. Check Staunton or Richmond. And, please study about the lost state of Franklin which lasted 1-1/2 yrs and included a square of east TN, west NC, west SC and west VA. Capital of that state was Greenville, Governor Mr. Sevier. Your records may be with this. Best wishes, Sharon Lewis Family wrote: > The following is an excerpt from a letter from Kathryn Carter of Tecumseh, > OK. I'm sending it to the list as it may ring a bell with someone out > there. > > [2 Feb 1999 > Tell Connie not to give up on John CARTER, d.1811, Greene Co., TN. People > have searched for the NJ connection for 25 years that I know of. He was in > Monongalia Co., VA 1770-78 with the others, and maybe in Hampshire, VA, > 1765 with Caleb & Joseph. I think early Hampshire records are at the > Virginia State Archives (not W. VA) and they now charge $30 just to open a > letter, then further costs for searching and copies, if any. Hampshire > Co., WV, P.O. Romney, has probate records back to 1780 but other records > only from the 1830s. > Hampshire was formed from Frederick Co., VA, 1753 and may hold clues to NJ. > I did scan NJ Archives and some other NJ books (not ver many available at > that time) for any record on names Caleb, John, Levi, Joseph CARTER - no > success. There was a Caleb CARTER of Morris Co., NJ in Frederick Virkus's > Compendium of American Genealogy, but he died in NJ. > I am not yet UN-convinced that the Caleb CARTER (1787 "disappeared" from > Greene, TN) was not a son of the Joseph Sr. who died 1811 there. This man > MAY have come from Frederick co., VA. I would certainly like to contact a > descendant of Joseph. > Connie's Nathan CARTER Jr. may have gone to Ohio because of family, but > also for LAND. ***note all the Congress grants and other areas opened for > settlement. > I have copies of the Am. Revolution pension transcripts for Ephrian and > David CARTER of Surry Co., NC if anyone needs them. Also have Ruth > Rowley's "McCammon-Carter and Allied Families" (1985) with about 50 pages > setting out her line of Levy CARTER d. 1811 Greene Co., TN, and son > Elijah.] > > If you have questions, please go to our CARTER website and read Kathryn's > research information there. > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Garden/3471/ > > If you want to contact Kathryn directly, email me privately. > Barb > lewisf@primary.net