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Edward Carter

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Warrosquyoake, Isle of Wight, Virginia, British Colonial America
Death: May 10, 1730 (56-57)
New Hanover, North Carolina, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas Carter, II and Magdalen (Moore) Carter
Husband of Elizabeth Thornton; Elizabeth Gray and Margaret Carter
Father of Edward Carter; James Carter; Matthew Carter; Benjamin Carter; William Carter and 5 others
Brother of Thomas Carter, III; Alexander Carter; Martha Jones; Joseph Carter; Moore "Moses" Carter, I and 3 others

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About Edward Carter

Edward Carter

was the fourth largest Dobbs County landowner with 23,292 acres in 1780 [L.P.46.1 in Journal of N.C. Genealogy XII:1664]. He was head of a Dobbs County household of 8 "other free," one white woman, and 20 slaves in 1790 [NC:137]. (Note 10)  A Free People of Color family, this Carter has Ocaneechi maternal lines and make up the foundation of the Lumbee Nation of Carter descendancy along with the The Bunch (married Southern Tuscororan), Chavis (whose descendants today has many a Lumbee Nation member)  and Gibson families (who tie back to the Pee Dee and Louisa Co with court case on their native Jane progenitor denoting her native line, Jane The  Elder),  owned slaves and acquired over a thousand acres of land on both sides of the Roanoke River, and the Chavis and Gowen families acquired over a thousand acres in Granville County.   

Edward Carter (1674-1736), came to North Carolina from Isle of Wright County, Virginia, with his wife Margaret. Edward Carter was the son of Thomas Carter (1650-1710) and Magdalen Moore, daughter of Lieutenant George Moore.

Child of Edward Carter and wife Margaret:

  • John Carter

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Edward Carter's Timeline

1673
1673
Warrosquyoake, Isle of Wight, Virginia, British Colonial America
1696
1696
1700
August 29, 1700
Bertie, North Carolina, United States
1704
1704
Isle of Wight, Virginia
1710
1710
Bertie, North Carolina, United States
1711
1711
Virginia, United States
1712
1712
Virginia, United States
1713
1713
Edgecomb, North Carolina, United States
1714
1714
Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina