Dear Groups, I'm sending this out to: 1) Generate some activity 2) Learn more! This post will cover all the above lists. It is in several parts. Early Lincoln County Carters - Part 1 My Great Grandfather was John "Jack" Carter. He married Martha Ann Alford on December 21, 1832 in Lincoln County. I know a very little about Jack Carter and his family. The 1850 Lincoln County Census (family 161-161 District 1) says both were born in Kentucky. Jack was 49 and Martha Ann was 40 when the census was taken. The actual Census is included below. I would love to hear from other decendents of Jack. The 1850 census shows 2 Carter families at the address at the time. I have no information on the second family. The name Jack comes from my Great Grandfather's death certificate as "Jack" being his father. Mother was listed as "unknown". The Census lists one of his children, Jno, as being 9 at census time. Jno was John Ellison Carter. John Ellison Carter, I know considerably more about. He was my Great Grandfather. (See part 2) 1850 Lincoln County Census District 1 5 August 1850 Family 161-161 Carter John 49 KY M.A. 40 KY Gabriel 20 Alfred 17 Patsy 14 John 9 Nancy 5 Emiline 3 James 5/12 (ed. same household) Louis 41 Sarah 42 C.J. -m- 16 M.E. -f- 14 Decatur 13 Lafayette 8 by John Tinsley Carter II