Elijah CARTER

Abt 1819 - Abt 1878  (59 years)

• Name	Elijah CARTER
  Nickname	Ely
  Born	Abt 1819	Oglethorpe, GA
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt 1878	DeSoto County, MS
  Person ID	I7185	TAP
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Edward CARTER,   b. 8 Sep 1785, Mecklenburg, VA, USA ,   d. 5 Apr 1877, Walton County, GA, USA  (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Sarah CARTER,   b. 1794,   d. 1850  (Age 56 years)
  Married	29 Jul 1811	Oglethorpe, GA
  Family ID	F2875	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Catharine HARWELL,   b. Abt 1823, GA ,   d. Aug 1840, Lowndes County, GA  (Age 17 years)
  Married	24 Nov 1838	Oglethorpe, GA
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2018
  Family ID	F2848	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Ann GRAHAM,   b. Abt 1825, Oglethorpe, GA
  Married	8 Oct 1840	Oglethorpe County, GA
  Children	1. Joseph R CARTER,   b. Abt 1841, Oglethorpe, GA + 2. Thomas Franklin CARTER,   b. Abt 1842, Oglethorpe, GA ,   d. 05 Aug 1924, Maryville, Tennessee  (Age 82 years)   3. Rosannah BILLINGSLEY,   b. 3 Jul 1843, Oglethorpe, GA ,   d. 24 Jun 1922, Dora, Crawford, AR  (Age 78 years)   4. Wiley Graham CARTER,   b. 3/10/1845, MS   5. James H CARTER,   b. Sep 1847, Oglethorpe, GA   6. William Rufus CARTER,   b. Abt 1848, MS ,   d. abt1882, MS  (Age 34 years)   7. John Armstead CARTER,   b. 10 Feb 1851, Desoto, MS ,   d. 21 Nov 1927, Desoto, MS  (Age 76 years)   8. Lucy J CARTER,   b. Abt 1853, MS ,   d. Abt 1891, AR  (Age 38 years) + 9. Charles Ed CARTER, Sr,   b. 24 Dec 1858, DeSoto, MS, USA ,   d. 29 Dec 1928, Lincoln, AR, USA  (Age 70 years)   10. George CARTER,   b. Abt 1859, MS   11. Mary Elizabeth CARTER,   b. 20 May 1861, Desoto, MS ,   d. 7 May 1921, Lincoln, AR  (Age 59 years)   12. Robert Lee CARTER,   b. 16 Dec 1868, Desoto, MS ,   d. 3 Mar 1917, Lincoln, AR  (Age 48 years)
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2018
  Family ID	F2843	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sourcing » Slide Show		1860 Federal Census Elijah G Carter
  		Ely Carter 1850 Census
  		Elijah Carter 1870 Census
  		Carter Marriages for 1805 - 1849 from genealogyytrails.com
  		Eli Carter and Mary Ann Graham Marriage Record
  		EliCarter & Catharine Harwell Marriage License Record
  		Elijah Carter 1840 Census Record
  		Elijah Carter and Catharine Harwell Marriage Record
  		Elijah Carter 1860 Census Actual Document

  
  

• Notes

  When Elijah "Ely" G. Carter was born in 1817 in Oglethorpe, Georgia, his father, Edward, was 32 and his mother, Mary, was 23. He married Mary Ann Graham on October 4, 1840, in his hometown. They left GA around 1844 and moved to Desoto, MS. They had ten children in 26 years. He died in 1878 in DeSoto, Mississippi, at the age of 61. DeSoto County changed to Tate County in 1873.