Brief Life History of Nancy
When Nancy Carter was born in 1764, in Warren, North Carolina, United States, her father, Giles Carter III, was 39 and her mother, Mary, was 42. She married Joel Riggan on 15 February 1785, in Warren, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 19 December 1843, in Abbotts Creek, Davidson, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Wallburg, Davidson, North Carolina, United States.
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- Nancy Carter, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Nancy Carter Riggan, "Find A Grave Index"
- U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
North Carolina is the 12th state.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a transporter of goods, from Middle English carter(e) ‘carter’ (Anglo-Norman French car(e)tier, Old French charetier, medieval Latin carettarius, carettator). The Old French word coalesced with the earlier Middle English word cart(e) ‘cart’, which is from either Old Norse kartr or Old English cræt, both of which, like the Late Latin word, were probably derived from Celtic. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Irish: shortened form of McCarter .
Americanized form of German Karter ‘carder’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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