Jesse Carter

Brief Life History of Jesse

When Jesse Carter was born in 1803, in Floyd, Virginia, United States, his father, John Carter, was 34 and his mother, Frances McCutcheon, was 27. He married Ruth Adams on 26 August 1830, in Patrick, Virginia, United States. He lived in Floyd, Floyd, Virginia, United States in 1850.

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Jesse Carter
1803–
Ruth Adams
1807–1910
Marriage: 26 August 1830

Sources (2)

  • ?Eper Carter, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Jessi Carter, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"

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World Events (8)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1812 · Monumental Church Built

The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

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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