Robert Carter

Brief Life History of Robert

When Robert Carter was born on 5 July 1808, in Laurens, South Carolina, United States, his father, Zimri Carter, was 34 and his mother, Mary Crosson, was 34. He died in 1828, at the age of 20.

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Family Time Line

Zimri Carter
1773–1843
Mary Crosson
1773–1845
Jane Jennie Carter
1797–
Cornelius Carter
1799–
Thomas Carter
1800–1866
Elizabeth Carter
1802–
James Carter
1803–
William Carter
1806–1845
Robert Carter
1808–1828
Richard Carter
1810–1841
John Rainey Carter
1813–
Henry Newton Carter
1815–

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1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1812 · War of 1812

Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.

1822 · Slave Rebellion

"On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called ""the rising."" The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it."

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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