Samuel ‘the miller’ Carter

Not the same as Samuel Carter

Samuel Carter

• Born 26 Dec 1733 in Ashton Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, British America
• Died 6 Sep 1804 in Chatham, North Carolina, United States
• Son of John Carter and Isabel Atkinson
• Husband of Mary (Barnes) Carter — married 27 Aug 1756 in Chester, Pennsylvania.

Samuel Carter was a miller and followed the Quaker faith.

Family

Nine children of Mary Barnes and Samuel Carter:

1. William Carter, Born 6 Feb 1757 in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Province of Pennsylvania
2. John Carter, Born 6 Apr 1759 in Rockingham County, Virginia. Married Jane Brown.
3. Sgt. Edward Carter, Born 29 May 1761 in Bucks, Pennsylvania. Died 11 Mar 1838 in Rabun, Georgia, United States. Married Mary Brown.
4. Mary (Carter) Butler, Born 11 Oct 1763 in Cane Creek, Orange County, North Carolina, Province of North Carolina. Married Beale Butler.
5. Margaret (Carter) Stubbs, Born 10 Feb 1766 in Cane Creek, Orange County, North Carolina, Virginia Colony. Married Isaac Stubbs.
6. Elizabeth (Carter) Vestal, Born 17 Jun 1769 in Cane Creek, Orange County, North Carolina, Virginia Colony. Married John Vestal.
7. Samuel Carter II, Born 24 Jan 1772 in Cane Creek, Orange, North Carolina, British America. Died 18 Apr 1844 in Plainfield, Hendricks, Indiana, United States. Married 1) Rachel Ruth Kemp 2) Edith Newlin.
8. Robert Carter, Born 29 Sep 1774 in Cane Creek, Orange, North Carolina, Province of North Carolina.
9. Mordecai Carter, Born 27 May 1777 in Cane Creek, Orange County, North Carolina, USA. Married Anne Cox.

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Biography

From the Carter book referenced below:

"Samuel Carter, probably the third child to be born to John and Isabel, was born at the Carter homestead on 26 Dec. 1733. The Chester Monthly Meeting Minutes under date of 27 Aug 1756, show that Samuel Carter was married by a "priest" (meaning a minister of some other church not in accordance to friend's custom). Samuel and Mary were thus "disowned", though they were each later restored to membership.

Samuel's father-in-law Brinsley Barnes and family migrated southward about 1758, with Samuel and Mary following them soon after.

They followed the course of Quaker migration to the south by crossing upper Maryland, across the Potomac in the Shenandoah Valley, between the Blue Ridge and the Appalachian Mountains, following the old Warriors Path, that had become known as the Wilderness Trail. Here they stopped for a few years in Rockingham Co., Virginia. There was a Quaker settlement on Smith Creek, not far from present day New Market, near Harrisburg. Two of their sons were born there, John and Edward. They may have stayed a short while in Halifax Co. before moving on into North Carolina.

There is evidence that Brinsley Barnes had bought land in Orange Co. (now Chatham Co.) as early as 1754 and that in 1767 had sold 150 acres to Samuel Carter. Samuel Carter built his mill on the Rocky River about 1765. he lived near the mill and operated it for the rest of his life and in 1802 willed it to his two sons Samuel and Mordecai. The mill was still grinding corn until 1945. It was torn down prior to 1959.

Origins

NAMED-WILL:19 Jun 1760 Chester Co., PA John Carter of township of Aston

• my son Joseph
• my son Samuel <---
• my daughter Hanna
• my son Isaiah
• my son Edward
• my grandson Isack
• Son Joseph my executor
• S: John Carter
• Wit: Hugh Linn, Jacob Richards, Elizabeth Aikins
• Proven 1 Jul 1760 Chester CO, PA;

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Will

• WILL: 3 Day of 11 month 1802 Chatham Co., NC Samuel Carter
• my sons John and Samuel Carter as my executors
• my sons Samuel
• and Mordecai Carter
• my wife Mary
• My son Robert Carter
• my children:
• John Carter
• Edward Carter
• Mary Butler
• Margaret Stubbs
• Elizabeth Vestal
• S: Samuel Carter
• Wit: Nathan Dixon, Thomas Hadley, Benjamin Vestal
• Proven Nov 1804 in court;

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Will scanned from book - Book: Those Who Would Be Named "Carter": The First 300 Years in American (1682-1982). Liddell, Charles Marcus II, page 46 < link. >

Samuel left a will dated 3d day of 11th month 1802, Chatham Co., NC; probated Nov 1804 and recorded in Will BK "A" pp. 44 and 45, Chatham Co., NC.

Chatham County, North Carolina the 3d day of 11th month 1802

My last will and testament is as follows.

Ist, I appoint my sons John and Samuel Carter my Executors, who I direct to discharge all my just debts and burial expenses. 2d I give to my sons, Samuel and Mordecai Carter my mills (corn and wheat) and lands to be equally divided by a North and South line. Samuel to have the east part and Mordecai the west, with full right to be enjoyed and possessed by them and their heirs forever, with the reserve for my wife Mary of one-third part of the grist mills' profits.

Also one-third of the meadows during her widowhood, she paying one-fourth part of the cost which may arise in keeping up the same, but in case the said Samuel or Mordecai should die without lawful issue, the survivor shall pay to my children named in the last clause, the sume of Eighty four Dollars yearly for six years, and shall possess all the land and mills aforesaid and if one of them should incline to sell, that he give his partner the first offer of purchase.

Also the said Samuel and Mordecai pay yearly to their mother during her widowhood 200 lbs fo pork and one hundred of beef.

Also that Samuel and Mordecai aforesaid pay each to my son Robert Carter the following legacy.....Samuel two hundred dollars, and Mordecai one hundred fifty.

3rd I give my son John Carter my desk. 4th I give to my son Robert Carter five dollars. 5th I give to my son Samuel Carter my clock and large Bible.

6th I give to my wife aforesaid as follows: Her choice of one of my house creatures, saddle and bridle, one cow and three sheep with all my household furniture and Books, except the bequeathed aforesaid, to dispose of at will.

I allow her peaceable possession of my dwelling house and privilige of firewood during her widowhood.

7th Lastly all my other estate whatsoever, I give to my children, namely: John Carter, Edward Carter, Mary Butler, Margaret Stubbs, Elizabeth Vestal to be equally divided among them except fourteen dollars less to John, in consideration of the desk aforesaid, and thirty dollars less to Edward for a note I discharged for him.

In witness whereof, I set my hand and seal the day and year aforesaid.

(Signed) Samuel Carter (Seal)

Witnesses: Nathan Dixon, Thomas Hadley, Benjamin Vestal

The words "lawful issue" were interlined before "Signed" and "one hundred of beef".

North Carolina

Chatham County

In Superior Court

I, E. B. Hatch, Clerk of Superior Court in and for said County and State, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Will of Samuel Carter, probated in November, 1804, as of record in this office in Record of Wills A at pages 44 and 45.

Given under my hand and official seal, this 30th day of July, 1831.

Signed E. B. Hatch, Clerk of Superior Court

Samuel Carter as he was moving down to North Carolina, his wife Mary gave birth to two children in Rockingham Co, Virginia. John and Edward. Samuel and Mary did have a child William b. Feb. 6, 1757 in Delaware Co. Pa, but died as an infant. After reaching Orange Co., now Chatham Co. NC. Sam and Mary had three girls in Chatham.

Note, they were Quakers

References

• 1802 will of Samuel Carter of Chatham, County, North Carolina, scanned from book - Book: Those Who Would Be Named "Carter": The First 300 Years in American (1682-1982). Liddell, Charles Marcus II, page 46 < link. >
• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Nov 18 2017, 18:32:24 UTC
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Carter-5481
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Carter-5484
• http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/familydata/grpf2810.html

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Samuel Carter as he was moving down to North Carolina, his wife Mary gave birth to two children in Rockingham Co, Virginia. John and Edward. Samuel and Mary did have a child William b. Feb. 6, 1757 in Delaware Co. Pa, but died as an infant. After reaching Orange Co., now Chatham Co. NC. Sam and Mary had three girls in Chatham.

Note, they were Quakers* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jan 30 2024, 15:22:09 UTC