Descendants of John Carter
Generation No. 1
1. JOHN2 CARTER (JOHN1)1 was born January 02, 1813 in KY, and died February 27, 1901 in Putnam County IN. He married (1) ELIZA NUTTERFIELD1 Bet. 1822 - 1828 in KY2, daughter of GEORGE NUTTERFIELD and NANCY MCWILLIAMS. She was born July 26, 1810 in Shelby county KY, and died May 02, 1866 in Putnam County IN. He married (2) ANN SINCLAIR November 14, 1867 in Putnam county IN. She was born August 01, 1825, and died March 02, 1896 in Putnam county IN.
Notes for JOHN CARTER:
John Carter Jr was born in Ky , the county is unknown but thought to be either Nelson or Shelby County KY
There is some reason to believe that there was a prior marriage for Eliza Nutterfee to Andrew Pittman.
Statements were made by Ludwell their son that Margaret was a half sister, her being one of the children born in Kentucky.
The last child born in KY was in 1833, sometime between 1833 and 1835 they migrated to Owen County IN.They settled within 5 miles of the present day Mannan Cemetery on the Owen/Putnam County Line.
Sometime after 1850 he moved 1/4 mile down the road to Putnam County and lived the rest of his life there. Eliza died there in 1866.The route they took and stops they may have made en route to IN are a mystery as are the true surname of Eliza.The family bible records are the source for the childrens births and marriages.
John married a second time after Eliza's death to Ann Sinclair b. 8-1-1825 m. 11-14-1867 and Ann died 3-21-1896. John died 2-27-1901.
To get to the old homeplace go to Mannan Cemetery, go west to first road turn left go to cross roads turn right go to next road with sign to Alaska turn right road will curve around his property right before the first curve.
CENSUS RECORDS FOR JOHN CARTER JR
1840 Owen County Census
John Carter page 133 montgomery twp
Male female
3 under 5 2 @5-10
1@20-30 1@30-40
1@30-40
1850 Owen county Census
District 84 Taylor Twp, Owen Co IN
family # name age occupation born
993 John Carter 37 farmer KY
Eliza 39
KY
Elizabeth 22 KY
Nancy J. 20 KY
Calvin 16
IN
Ludwell 15 IN
John 12
IN
Columbia 9 IN
Margaret 18 IN
Lucy J. 5
IN
George 3
IN
Jobe 45
KY deaf and dumb
moved 1865 or so
The 1860 Owen county census lists his birth place as Ky.
In this census, the oldest child still unmarried and at home is John.
The 1870 Putnam census shows a female by the name of Ann living in the household. I
suppose this is his second wife, but she is simply listed as house keeper.
Morris was the only child listed as still at home.
1880 Putnam county
John Carter 68 KY VA VA
Ann 55 KY VA VA
More About JOHN CARTER:
Buried at: Cloverdale Cemetery Putnam Co IN
Census: 1840, Owen county IN
Census 2: 1850, Owen county IN
Census 3: 1860, Owen county IN
Census4: 1870, putnam county IN
Census5: 1880, putnam county IN
Occupation 3: farmer
Residence: KY
Residence (2): 1835, Owen County IN
Residence (3): Abt. 1865, Putnam county IN
Notes for ELIZA NUTTERFIELD:
Eliza believed to be Nutterfee.It is thought her parents may be George Nutterfield and her mother Nancy Williams and that her mother may have lived next to them in Owen County about 1850.
Eliza died 5-2-1866 at the age of 56, not surprising after giving birth to 13 children,She endured the death of 3 of her children, 2 of them less then 1 year old.
It is believed that she had a brother Lott living in Martin Co, IN and married to a Sarah Micheltree.They may have stopped there en route to Owen county.
There is data to support the fact that Elizabeth Nutterfee married Andrew Pittman in 1822, her parents George Nutterfield and Nancy gave permission may 23, and she was married on the same day. This would mean that the first four children were fathered by Pittman instead of John Carter.
Whether Andrew Pittman died and she at that time married John Carter is unknown we do know that she married John Carter prior to 1835 and remained with him till her death in 1866.
Note:10-4-1999
Although search was made, eliza's stone couldn't be found at Combes Cemetery although the cemetery records state that she is buried there.
There is an area between columbia and Calvin in whcih 2-3 graves could be at.
More About ELIZA NUTTERFIELD:
Burial: Combes Cem, Taylor Twp, OWEN CO, IN2
Residence (3): Putnam county In
Tombstone Says: Eliza, w/o J., 26 July 1810 - 2 May 1866
More About ANN SINCLAIR:
Buried at: Cloverdale Cemetery Putnam Co IN
Children of JOHN CARTER and ELIZA NUTTERFIELD are:
2.i.ELIZABETH3 CARTER, b. January 19, 1828, Kentucky; d. Unknown.
3.ii.NANCY JANE CARTER, b. August 27, 1829, Kentucky; d. August 14, 1896, Douglas county Illinois.
iii.MATILDA ANN CARTER3, b. November 27, 1831, Kentucky; d. January 27, 1843, Owen county IN.
Notes for MATILDA ANN CARTER:
Matilda was the last child to be born in KY
4.iv.MARGARET ELLEN CARTER, b. February 27, 1833, owen county IN; d. September 10, 1925, Morgan County IN.
5.v.CALVIN A CARTER, b. August 24, 1835, Owen county IN; d. September 22, 1865, Owen county IN.
6.vi.LUDWELL CARTER, b. April 03, 1837, Owen County IN; d. April 16, 1925, Eminence, In.
vii.GOALSON CARTER3, b. October 14, 1838, Owen county IN; d. September 13, 1839, Owen county IN.
Notes for GOALSON CARTER:
Goalson died 9-13-1839 at 11 months old he was born in Owen county In
More About GOALSON CARTER:
Buried at: Combs cemetery
7.viii.JOHN STAMPER CARTER, b. March 01, 1840, Owen county In; d. March 13, 1908.
8.ix.COLUMBIA CARTER, b. January 04, 1843, Owen county IN; d. March 20, 1865, Owen county In.
9.x.LUCY JANE CARTER, b. February 12, 1845, Owen County IN; d. Unknown.
10.xi.GEORGE MASON CARTER, b. February 09, 1847, Owen county IN; d. May 26, 1922, Cloverdale, Putnam county In.
xii.LONZO CARTER3, b. September 14, 1848, Owen county IN; d. September 24, 1848, Owen county IN.
Notes for LONZO CARTER:
Lonzo died 9-24-1848 at age 10 days old
11.xiii.MORRIS CARTER, b. July 26, 1851, Owen County IN; d. March 09, 1934, Stinesville, Monroe County IN.
Generation No. 2
2. ELIZABETH3 CARTER (JOHN2, JOHN1)3 was born January 19, 1828 in Kentucky4, and died Unknown. She married SAMUEL ARNET August 22, 1853 in Owen county IN. He was born Unknown, and died Unknown.
Notes for ELIZABETH CARTER:
Elizabeth was born in KY
She married Samuel Arnett 8-22-1853
had one known child :
Ann Arnet born 3-22-1854
Child of ELIZABETH CARTER and SAMUEL ARNET is:
i.ANN4 ARNET, b. March 22, 1854; d. Unknown.
3. NANCY JANE3 CARTER (JOHN2, JOHN1)5 was born August 27, 1829 in Kentucky, and died August 14, 1896 in Douglas county Illinois. She married WILLIAM PITMAN August 10, 1854 in Owen county IN. He was born 1832 in indiana, and died Unknown.
Notes for NANCY JANE CARTER:
Nancy Jane is shown in the 1850 Owen county Census as living in the household of James Beck of Montgomery twp. Apparently a hired in girl.
In the 1880 Census of Douglas County, Illinois - Newman Township - John W.
King, Enumerator - June 1, 1880.
Page # 251, Family # 238:
PITTMAN, William S. M 47 Farmer IND/KY/KY
Nancy J. F 50 Wife Keeping House KY/KY/KY
John S. M 25 Son At Home IND/KY/KY
Robert M 23 Son At Home IND/KY/KY
Alonzo? E. M 20 Son At Home IND/KY/KY
Eliza A. F 14 Dau At Home IND/KY/KY
More About NANCY JANE CARTER:
Burial: broadus Cemetery, Camargo twp, Douglas co. Illinois
Census: 1850, Living in home of James Beck
Census3: 1880 Douglas county Illinois
Children of NANCY CARTER and WILLIAM PITMAN are:
i.JAMES LUDWELL4 BECK, b. April 01, 1851.
Notes for JAMES LUDWELL BECK:
James Ludwell is not the son of William Pittman. He was the son of James Wadsworth Beck (son of James Beck of Montgomery twp, Owen county)
More About JAMES LUDWELL BECK:
Fact: father of James was James Wadsworth Beck
ii.JOHN S PITMAN, b. 1855.
iii.ROBERT PITMAN, b. 1857.
iv.ALONZO E. PITMAN, b. 1860.
v.ELIZA A. PITMAN, b. 1866.
4. MARGARET ELLEN3 CARTER (JOHN2, JOHN1)5 was born February 27, 1833 in owen county IN, and died September 10, 1925 in Morgan County IN6. She married WILLIAM C. MANNAN7 August 25, 1856 in Morgan county IN, son of WILLIAM MANNAN and REBECCA CHAMBERS. He was born December 29, 1836 in Indiana, and died April 12, 1915 in Indiana.
Notes for MARGARET ELLEN CARTER:
Margaret married William C. Mannan
his family founded Mannan Cemetery
two children are known:
John R born 1-16-1859 married Louvella Nichols 9-7-1880
George - no info
Margaret was the first of the children to be born in Indiana
More About MARGARET ELLEN CARTER:
Burial: Mannan Cemetery, Morgan county IN8
Cause of Death: old Age and a broken leg
More About WILLIAM C. MANNAN:
Burial: Mannan Cemetery, Morgan county IN
Children of MARGARET CARTER and WILLIAM MANNAN are:
i.JOHN R.4 MANNAN, b. January 16, 1859, Owen county IN; d. Unknown; m. LAURA M. NICHOLAS, September 07, 1880, Morgan county IN; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
Notes for JOHN R. MANNAN:
MORGAN COUNTY
ADAMS TOWNSHIP
PAGE 306
JOHN R. MANNAN, general merchant, was born in Owen County, Ind.,
January 16, 1859, and is a son of William C. and Margaret E. (Carter)
Mannan, the former a native of Morgan and the latter of Owen County, Ind.
Both were of English, Irish and German descent. William C. Mannan re-
ceived a good education at the common schools of his native county, and
also attended Asbury University, of Greencastle, Ind., for a time. At the
age of nineteen, he left home; followed various pursuits for some seven
years. He was married in 1856, and soon after bought wild land in Ashland
Township, Morgan Co., Ind., where he improved the farm upon which he
still resides. He is a member of the Baptist Church and of the Patrons of
Husbandry. John R. Mannan, the subject of our sketch, received a good
common school education, and was employed on his father's farm until he
was twenty-one years old. He then taught school during the fall and winter
in his native county for three years, being employed on a farm during the sum-
mer season. He clerked in a general store at Eminence for one year. In
March, 1883, he bought this store in company with Mrs. H. H. Nicholas.
Mr. Mannan was married, September 7, 1880, to Laura M. Nicholas, a
native of Clay County, Ind. Two sons have blessed their union. Mr.
Mannan is a member of Eminence Lodge, No. 317, I. O. O. F., of which
lodge he is at present V. G. In politics, he is a Democrat.
ii.GEORGE MANNAN, b. Unknown.
5. CALVIN A3 CARTER (JOHN2, JOHN1)9 was born August 24, 1835 in Owen county IN, and died September 22, 1865 in Owen county IN. He married ROSELLA BALDON9 August 03, 1853 in Owen county IN, daughter of MCKINNEY BALDWIN and MARY MURPHY. She was born February 10, 1833 in Owen county IN, and died December 03, 1920 in Harrison twp, Owen county IN.
Notes for CALVIN A CARTER:
Calvin died as a result of injuries suffered in a train wreck on the way home from Shiloh/Nashville Tennessee on September 22-1865.
He was the first child of his parents to be born in Indiana.
In the documents of his service enlistment he is described as being 5 foot 9 inches tall and blue eyes, and brown hair and fair complexion, Calvin was mustered into the service by Captain Thompson of the US Army in February 21, 1865 in Terre Haute, IN
Information regarding military service from the actual war records and muster sheets.
His Tombstone is located near the southeast corner of the cemetery, in the
4th row of tombstones. There is a sinkhole south of the grave and one grave
marker base next to his which lies between his grave and the sinkhole. The
stone is gone from the grave marker base next to his grave, but this is
probably the grave of his mother, Elizabeth Nutterfee Carter, who is buried in
the same row according to the cemetery records. I believe one of the twins died
when about 2 years old. That child may be buried in this same row of graves.
After being sworn in Terre Haute, he went home for some reason. His company was
sent to Mississippi or Alabama but didn't get there until a few days after
the war was over. Their only action was to accept the surrender
of Confederate General Wheeler. After he returned to camp he was being
sent to his outfit in the south when he was in a train wreck a died of
injuries sustained in the wreck. He had the dubious honor of being the only
one in his outfit to be injured in the service.)
2-15-1865-enlisted at Terre Haute
From the Application for pension filed by Grandma Carter: He was in Company B,
149th Reg't. Indiana Volunteers. I think he was also listed somewhere as being
in Company C or D. According to information in the Owen County Cemetery Record
Book, he was in Co. I of the 149th Ind Inf. This is the information
on his tomb stone in the Combs Cem.
His Tombstone is located near the southeast corner of the cemetery, in the
4th row of tombstones. There is a sinkhole south of the grave and one grave
marker base next to his which lies between his grave and the sinkhole. The
stone is gone from the grave marker base next to his grave, but this is
probably the grave of his mother, Elizabeth Nutterfee Carter, who is buried in
the same row according to the cemetery records. I believe one of the twins died
when about 2 years old. That child may be buried in this same row of graves.
According to information from Dick Carter, he was considered AWOL from the
army from the time of the train wreck until 22 Apr 1870. This was corrected
when Grandma Carter petitioned the Adjutant General. Dick said his back was
broken when he was hit by a keg of nails when the train wrecked and later died
at home on convalescent leave and consequently didn't report back to his outfit
and was considered AWOL.
9-12-1865-AWOL from Pulaski TN
He was a blacksmith in the Army and died of injuries when hit in back by a barrel of nails and broke his back.
More About CALVIN A CARTER:
Age at death (Facts Pg): 30.8days
Buried at: Combs Cemetery : Grave 6, lot 14, Taylor twp
Cause of Death: civil war wounds
Census: 1850, Owen co, IN
Military: company I, 149 Regiment, Indiana Volunteers
Military service: Private
Occupation: farmer
Residence: Owen county IN
Tombstone Says: C.A., Co. I, 149th Inf. 24 Aug 1835 - 22 Sept. 1865
Notes for ROSELLA BALDON:
Rosella is possibly the person to have filled out the statistics pages of the Carter Family Bible
!NOTE: In the Carter Bible there is a note of a death of a Mary Ann Baldon in
June 10, 1854. She must have been a sister to Rosellah.
The 1880 census shows Rosselah living with Ira A Baldon, 20
years old, who is listed as her son. He is listed as having been born in Iowa
and his father was born in Indiana and his mother in Michigan. I think he is
probably her grandson or nephew. There was a teacher in Harrison Twp by the
name of Ira Baldon during the late 1800's.
Her son John is buried next to her at Mannan and shares the same headstone.
Her grave is next to the road and 2nd row from the east edge of the cemetery.
The grave in the first row from the east and located directly east of grandma
Carter's grave is Millie Carter, wife of George M. Carter. She was born in
1856 and died in 1904. She is buried in the same lot as an infant Daughter who
died in 1894.
shown in the 1870 Owen county census index
Carter, Rosella Harr 218
Rosella is shown residing in the Harrison twp area in the 1870 Census.
More About ROSELLA BALDON:
Buried at: Mannan Cemetery-southside
Census: 1860, Owen co, IN
Children of CALVIN CARTER and ROSELLA BALDON are:
i.ELIZABETH JANE4 CARTER9, b. March 03, 1855, Harrison twp, Owen county IN; d. 1924, Harrison twp, Owen county IN; m. (1) JOHN TRUAX9, August 05, 1870, Owen county IN; b. January 24, 1848, Harrison twp, Owen county IN10; d. May 08, 1909, Taylor twp, owen county IN; m. (2) ARTHUR HAMILTON SECREST11, November 12, 1912, Owen county IN; b. May 30, 184712; d. April 06, 1920, Harrison twp, Owen county IN..
Notes for ELIZABETH JANE CARTER:
!NOTE: In the 1910 census, Ira and Elva are listed as the only children at
home. She married Ham Secrest later. I don't know where she is buried as her
name is on John Truax's Tombstone, but the date is not cut in. She is also not
listed on the tome stone of Ham Secrest, but I believe Mom and Dad says she was
buried with him. Ham (A.H.) Secrest has a monument in about the same row as
the Lockharts. His first wife is buried there but the date of his death is
not cut into the stone. Her name, according to the cemetery book,
was Clara Lockhart, and she was born in 1850 and died in 1901. It would be
interesting to find out what Lockhart family she was from. There were Lockhart
children in the Lopossa School in the late 1800's so there were other
Lockharts in the area. Mom and dad would occasional remark about the fact
that Grandma Truax was not buried with her first husband, but I don't
remember them saying that Ham was not buried with his first wife either.
source for notes:Carl E. Lockhart
10-4-1999--
In regards to Eliza Jane's burial- her date is not carved into stone of John Truax although she is listed on the stone and she is listed under her married name she had AFTER the death of John. If this was carved at his death how would this be known?
More About ELIZABETH JANE CARTER:
Burial: Little Mount
Census: 1860, Owen co IN age 5
Notes for JOHN TRUAX:
Some said that he went crazy before he died. For one thing he would
walk around in the cow pasture mooing at the cows. Charles Lockhart said he was eccentric;
Mary Lockhart said he was mad as a hatter.