My Genealogy Hound

Samuel W. Carter, a farmer of the Twelfth District, P. O. Hillsdale, was born June 22, 1844, in Macon County, Tenn. He is the son of William S. and Nancy (Rickman) Carter, and the youngest of six children. William Carter was born in North Carolina in 1791, and came to what is now Macon County about the year 1804, and died in 1860. He served in Martin’s company in the war of 1812, also under Gen. Jackson in the Indian war. Mrs. Nancy Carter was born in what is now known as Edgefield, a suburb of Nashville, in 1797. In 1822 she came to what is now Macon County, and is still living, and walks about as easily as most people twenty or thirty years her junior. Possessing a remarkable memory, it is a pleasure to hear her relate historical events. She is the mother of six children, the oldest being about sixty-four and the youngest forty-two years of age: Pryor W., Mary Elizabeth (now Mrs. Browning), Patsy (now Mrs. Carr), Sarah (now Mrs. Marshall), Mark R. and Samuel W. The latter was educated in the schools of Macon County. His father, dying when he was hardly of age, left him the care of a widowed mother. Mr. Carter is a Democrat, and served fifteen months in the last war in Capt. Duffy’s company. He fought with his company in the battles of Shiloh, at which place he was wounded, and at Fishing Creek. He was discharged in July, 1862, because he was too young. In 1881 he married Miss Sallie J. Thompson, by which union was born one child, Robert Arnet. Mrs. Carter died in 1884. From his father Mr. Carter inherited some land and negroes, and by good management and industry he has added to his inherited property, until now he owns a fine farm of 150 acres on Carter Branch, seven and one-half miles from La Fayette. Mr. Carter is a worthy man, and is respected by all.