Martha Custis 'Markie' Carter (Williams)

Martha Custis “Markie” Williams Carter

Martha “Markie” Custis Carter (Williams), a cousin of Mary Custis Lee (the wife of Confederate General Robert E. Lee), lived at Arlington House throughout the 1850s. She was born at Tudor Place in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C in 1827. Her mother was America Pinckney Peter, the granddaughter of Georgetown’s first mayor and great-granddaughter of First Lady Martha (Dandridge) Washington. Her father was William George Williams, a West Point graduate and topographical engineer in the U.S. Army.

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Who is Markie?: The Life of Martha Custis Williams Carter, Cousin and Confidante of Robert E. Lee - Frances Scott and Anne C. Webb.

"Over seventy years ago, the Huntington Library published a slim volume of the letters of [General Robert E. Lee, To Markie. Who was Markie? The short answer is that she was Martha Custis Williams, a cousin of Lee’s wife, Mary Custis Lee. But she is worth knowing in her own right. Hers was a life that spanned three quarters of the nineteenth century, filled with life’s joys and sorrows, and connected with people and events that we know well from our history books. She left us a considerable record in her correspondence and diaries. Thus she opens a new window through which we can view an important period in American history, as well as learn about the life of an articulate and accomplished woman and her response to the conditions imposed on a woman, single for most of her life, in the nineteenth century. This fascinating biography is enhanced with numerous vintage photographs and an index to full names, places and subjects."

Name: Martha Custis Williams
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 02 Oct 1877
Marriage Place: District of Columbia
Spouse: Samuel Powhatan Carter
FHL Film Number: 2107965
Reference ID: p.118

Washington, D.C., U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1830-1921

Name: Martha Custis Carter (Williams)
Residence Date: About 1898
Residence Place: Washington, D.C.
Will Date: 19 Jan 1898
Probate Date: 19 Jan 1898
Probate Place: District of Columbia, Washington, D.C., USA
Inferred Death Date: 1898
Inferred Death Place: Washington, D.C., USA
Item Description: Wills, Boxes 0178 Rafferty - 0183 Gockeler, 1898-1899
Individuals. Listed Relationship
Martha Custis Carter
Caster Parke Niece
George Littleton Upshur Niece
Kate Upshur Niece

Washington, D.C., U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1737-1952