Hey! That is of great help! At least I know I have the wrong spouse attached to Fannie Carter and Nina G. Carter. They are probably inverted. THANKS! Boy, Mr. Rutledge went through some wives... I figured the Siloam area was correct. Thanks! I will keep at it. I appreciate the input tremendously! :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Meador" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 9:38 PM Subject: Re: [TNMACON] Surnames - CARTER > Lisa > Nina G. Carter, daughter of John and Cornelia was also married to David R. > Rutledge. They had one daughter Selma N. Rutledge (13 June 1902-26 Sept > 1992) married to Willie E. Hammock. Nina was his first wife, Fannie was his > second and my grandfahers sister Nellie Akins was his third wife, Clara > Myrtle Sloan was his fourth and Sallie Florence Smith Gregory was his 5th. > According to Mrs. Selma Hammock John Carter and his wife did live in the > Westmoreland, Siloam Area. Wish I could be of more help > MIchael Meador > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lisa Cain" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 6:42 PM > Subject: [TNMACON] Surnames - CARTER > > > > Hi All - > > > > My main surname for Macon County is Carter. This is one of my toughest > walls to break yet. I have the information I need for John Lester Carter, > however, it is his father John Carter, and mother Jane Carter. Here is what > I know, and would like very much to correspond with anyone researching this > line as well. > > > > CARTER, John Lester Carter, son of John Carter and Jane Carter (b. > September 16, 1861 in Macon County, Tennessee, d. March 25, 1946, in Allen > County, Kentucky). He married 1.) Corneila Hodges (b. March 1, 1863, d. > September 25, 1891), buried at Siloam (unmarked). John was fourteen years > of age, when he and Corneila married. John Lester Carter is buried at > Hickory Hill in Allen County, Kentucky. > > > > Children of John Lester Carter and Corneila Hodges are: 1.) Nana A. Carter > (b. September 12, 1880, m. Willie L. Ballard on September 25, 1904); 2.) > Bertha Wright Carter (b. October 21, 1882, Tennessee, d. January 27, 1956, > m. Hattie Dora Farley; 3.) Nina G. Carter (b. April 30, 1885, d. June 25, > 1905); 4. Fannie A. Carter (B. May 22, 1886, d. March 6, 1907, m. David R. > Rutledge on January 28, 1906); > > > > > > > > After the death of Corneila, John Lester married Eliza Miller (b. > September 1871, d. September 28, 1941). Children of John Lester Carter and > Eliza Miller: 1.) Lea D. Carter (b. September 4, 1895, d. September 5, > 1898); 2.) Verna Carter (b. January 21, 1898); 3.) Pearlie Mae Carter (b. > June 6, 1909, Allen County, Kentucky, d. October 15, 1992, Allen County > Kentucky) 4.) Jewell G. Carter (b. September 29, 1904, d. December 2, 1978). > 5. Lester Griffin Carter (b. July 11, 1893), WWI Veteran. > > > > On John Lester's death certificate, according to the informant, his father > was born in Sumner County, TN and his mother was born in Illinois. However, > in the 1920 census, it is noted that John Lester's father was born in KY, > and mother in IN. This conflicts w/the informant on the death certificate. > I obtained a death certificate for one of John Lester's children that passed > at the age of 2. John Lester was the informant, and indicated he was born > in Macon County, TN. I believe John Lester himself would know where he was > born. (I hope)! > > > > I have obtained community records from Ancestry.com, and all the children > born in John Lester's first marriage to Corneila were born in Siloam, Macon > County, TN. Since there is not a 1890 surviving census for TN and/or KY, I > cannot prove that this family was in Macon County at this time. John Lester > moved to and resided the rest of his life in Allen County Kentucky at some > point after the death of his wife in 1891. > > > > I have made no progress with John and Jane Carter. I have been through > family interviews, census records, cemetery records, marriage records, deed > records, civil war records and posted queries many times. No luck. I am > hoping there is a Carter researcher out there who may have the one little > key I need to finally locate John and Jane Carter. A middle initial, > anything! I do believe Jane, may have been Mary Jane, but I am not sure. > Thanks so much for your time! > > > > Happy Hunting to all!! > > > > p.s. My Hargis line is through Allen County Kentucky. I know it reaches > into Tennessee, however, this is another of my brickwalls, pre 1850s. > > > > > > ==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== > > List your Macon County, TN. Family Names!! > > <a href="http://www.tngennet.org/macon"> VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, TENNESSEE > WEBPAGE!</A> > > > > > > > ==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== > Shelta Shrum and Barbara Hutchinson invite you to -- > <a href="http://www.tngennet.org/macon"> VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, TENNESSEE WEBPAGE!</A> >