History of Davis County 1882. Pg. 599 Salt creek twnshp was first settled by James H. Jordan,Van Caldwell, Jesse Testament, Job Carter, William Higgins, Henry Smith, John Tollman, Peter Woods, and others, in 1837 and 1838. Pg. 416 Job Carter for $5, was given the exclusive ferry privileges, at the place where the "Territorial Road" from Ia. City, Ia, to Jefferson City, Mo, crosses the Des Moines River, and his rates for ferriage were ordered to be, 3cts to 12 1/2 cents depending of wether man and / or horse, / wagons, cattle/ sheep or hogs crossed. The great wolf hunter of Davis county, was Joseph Carter, who was paid $4 for killing wolves, in 1844, receiving the first bounty paid by Davis county. He became quite celebrated, in those days, as a wolf and deer hunter. Pioneers of Salt Creek Twnshp, 1924-1927, wrote by a woman's group. Pg. 31 Perhaps the first man with a family to locate in Salt Creek twnshp was Joe Carter who with his wife and several children came from Virginia in 1836 and located upon vesser creek. During the high water in 1851 Carter undertook to swim across the wide river bottom from the bluffs to the distillery at Blackhawk and was drowned. pg.32 Blackhawk, Ia an early day, was quite a noted village. It had stores, a blacksmith shop, a mill, and the famous A. J. Davis distillery. It was mostly in Van Buren county. It was famous for horse races, shooting matches, gander pullings, and sometimes fist fights. One occasion Boler Dotson struck Joe Carter over the head with his gun, bending the barrel of the gun, arddenting Joe's skull. This was the Joe Carter that afterwards shot and killed Bill Drake. I also found this- Job Carter 1839-1909 Co D 17 Ia Inf Bethlehem Cemetery lot 69