Mary Lou Carter

Notes:

Her FindAGrave memorial page, created by Jeff Hubbard, shows her as Mary Lou Carter Carter, the wife of Aaron CARTER (1874-?).

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FGTP-82D
Name: Mary Lou Carter
Titles & Terms:
Death Date:
Death Place:
Birth Year: 1891
Estimated Birth Year:
Burial Date: 21 Sep 1960
Burial Place: Clinton, N.C.
Cemetery: Clinton
Funeral Home:
Residence: Clinton, Sampson, N.C.
Street Address: 124 Devane St.
Gender: Female
Death Age: 68
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Occupation: Domestic
Birth Date: 15 Oct 1891
Birthplace: Sampson County, N.C.
Father: James Owen Carter
Father's Titles & Terms:
Father's Place of Birth:
Mother: Carrie Williamson
Mother's Titles & Terms:
Mother's Place of Birth:
Spouse: Aron Carter
Spouse's Titles & Terms:
Additional Relatives: X
Informant:
Reference Number: v 27A cn 27466
Film Number: 1953156
Collection: North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994

Notes:

The following information is courtesy of Ginger Riegel.

At the time of the 1900 cenus, James and Caroline were in North Carolina, Sampson County, Clinton town, James listed as a day laborer, with children Etta J (Aug 1883), Charles J (Oct 1886), and Mary L (Sept 1891). The children were all listed as at school, and Caroline and James were shown as having been married 23 years, birth with Caroline being shown as the mother of five children in total, three still living.

In 1910, the family was still in Sampson County, in South Clinton, and only daughters Joe Etta and Mary L were still at home.

In the 1920 Census, he is listed as living with wife Mandy G (Maudy C.?). He was listed as age 66, and she was listed as 65, could not read or write. Working as a home carpenter. Lived in Sampson Co., North Carolina, South Clinton Twshp.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
North Carolina, Sampson County, South Clinton Township
Enumerated 16 Jun 1900
SD 3 ED 103 Sheet 12B
219-225
Frank and Anna CARTER family
223-229
Carter, James Head W M Mch 1852 48 M 23 NC NC NC Day Laborer
Carter, Caroline Wf W F Feb 1851 49 M 23 5/3 NC NC NC
Carter, Etta J. Dtr W F Aug 1883 16 S NC NC NC At School
Carter, Charles J. Son W M Oct 1886 13 S NC NC NC At School
Carter, Mary L Dtr W F Sept 1891 8 S NC NC NC At School

James married Amanda "Mandy" Caroline Williamson about 1877. Amanda was born on 22 Feb 1851 in Sampson County, North Carolina; died on 19 Jan 1933 in Little Coharie Township, Sampson County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her FindAGrave memorial page instead lists her as Amanda Caroline "Carrie" Williamson Carter, a daughter of Page Williamson and Edith Burks Williamson.

Notes:

His FindAGrave memorial page, created by Jeff Hubbard, shows that he "Enlisted in Company Battery A, 2nd Light Artillery on July 8, 1861 in Wilmington, New Hanover County, NC." The photo of his headstone shows the military marker.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=83874165

(Research):

Census Listings:

1850 Census
North Carolina, Sampson, Southern District
#482-482
Danl Carter 25 M Laborer NCa Cannot read or write
Lauisa Carter 20 F NC
Lauisa Carter 5 F NC
Cacheran Carter 3 F NC

1860 Census
North Carolina, Sampson, McDaniels
#597-579
Daniel Carter 35 M Farm Laborer NC
Loveluu Carter 35 F NC
Louisa Carter 13 F
Catharine Carter 9 F
Josiah Carter 9 M
James O Carter 7 M

1870 Census
North Carolina
Sampson, McDaniels
#113-113
Carter, Daniel 48 M W Farmer $870 $250 North Carolina Can't R/W
Carter, Lucy 47 F W Keeping House North Carolina Can't R/W
Carter, Catherine 21 F W Keeping House North Carolina Can't R/W
Carter, James O 18 M W Works on Farm North Carolina
#114-114 (Hall Family)
#115-115
Carter, Josiah 19 M Farmer $100 North Carolina
Carter, Mary 27 F W Keeping House North Carolina
Carter, James A. 1 M W At Home North Carolina

1880 Federal Census:

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Daniel CARTER Self M Male W 52 NC Farming NC NC
Luvey CARTER Wife M Female W 51 NC Housekeeping
Catty CARTER Dau Female W 32 NC Housekeepi
Oliver W. CARTER GSon S Male W 8 NC NC NC
Source Information:
Census Place Mcdaniels, Sampson, North Carolina
Family History Library Film 1254981
NA Film Number T9-0981
Page Number 38D


1900 Census
North Carolina, Sampson, McDaniel, ED 97
#33-33
Carter, Daniel Hd W M Jan 1825 75 M 56 NC NC NC Farmer
Carter, Louia Wife W F Dec 1825 74 M 56 4/4 NC NC NC
Carter, Kittie Dau W F Apr 1848 52 S NC NC NC

Daniel married Louanna McLemore. Louanna (daughter of Raiford McLemore) was born in Dec 1825 in Sampson County, North Carolina; died after 1900; was buried in Hall Family Cemetery, Autryville, Sampson County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ginger Riegel states that Louanna was also called "Lucy" and "Louie." She also indicates that Louanna: "Received $28 from her father after he passed away, and that she was listed in Raiford's will as "The Wife of Daniel Carter." At the time of the 1860 census, Louanna was living with her husband Daniel Carter in the household immediately preceding that of Raiford McLemore.

Notes:

1812 Sampson County NC Court Order Public work 19 May 1812 River work Henry McLEMORE, Raiford McLEMORE plus others (Courtesty of Robert McLemore Butler)

1812 Sampson County NC Court Order Deed 19 Aug 1812 Archibald McLEMORE to Raiford McLEMORE for land and stock of every description was acknowledged (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler)

Sampson County Deeds Book 15, pages 329 Abstract of Deed from Archibald McLEMORE to Raiford McLEMORE

" ... I Archibald MCLEMORE of the county of the state of North Carolina and County of Sampson for and in consideration of the love, good will and affection I bear toward my son Raiford MACLEMORE of the same state and county have given and granted unto him and by these presents do truly grant and give unto the said Raiford MACLEMORE his heirs executors or administrators all and singular my lands and Stock of Every denomination now being in my present dwelling house in the county aforesaid of which before the signing of thes presents I have delivered him the said Raiford MACLEMORE an Inventory with my own hand and Bearing date to have and to hold all the said Land and Stock of every Denomination in the said premises or dwelling house to him the said Raiford MACLEMORE his heirs Executors or Adm. as his and their proper Lands and Stocks absoulutely Without any manner of condition--In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal this fourteenth day of August 1812. Archibald (His Mark) MACLEMORE Sampson County In the Presence of Thos. BOYKIN and John CARROLL Cons.t Registered September 6, 1813, Owen HOLMES Reg.

(Abstracted from the original by Melinda McLemore Strong 26 May 2005)

1814 Sampson County NC Court Order Public Work River Work 16 Aug 1814 Raiford McLEMORE plus others (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler)

1815 Sampson County NC Court Order Public Work River Work, supervisor Raiford McLEMORE plus others (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler)

Robert McLemore Butler writes that Raiford received a land grant of thirty-eight acres on December 4, 1828 on the east side of the Little Cohera. Record of this grant, along with the 1779 grant to his father Archibald, can be found in the Land Grant Office in Raleigh. (Deed Book 138, p 18 #1448 Grant #1994 entry #112)

Sampson County Deeds Book 24, pages 56 Abstract of Deed from Amos McLEMORE to Raiford McLEMORE

This indenture made the fourteenth day of February in year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & thirty five between Amos MACLAMORE of the County of Sampson and State of North Carolina of one part & Raiford MACLAMORE of the State and County aforesaid of the other part....I the said Amos MACLAMORE for and in consideration of the sum of thirty-five dollars to me paid in had by said Raiford MACLAMORE the receipt whereof the said Amos MACLAMORE doth hereby acknowledge have given granted and by these presents doth give grant convey and confirm unto the Raiford MACLAMORE his heirs or assigns a certain tract or parcel of land in the County aforesaid containing by estimation one hundred acres of Land to the same more or less lying on the East side of Little Cohara between the tract of land occupied the said MACLAMORE and another tract...by Thomas PAGE and other wise bounded by the Big Branch on the North and the Big Branch on the South log...to have and to hld to him the said Raiford MACLAMORE his heirs and assigns forever in fee Simple and free from all encumberances...the said Amos MACLAMORE doth convenant and agree to and with the said Raiford MACLAMORE to warrant and forever defend the above mentioned land....In witness whereof said Amos MACLAMORE had here unto set his hand and fixed his seal the day and date above written by Amos (his mark) MACLAMORE Signed Sealed & delivered presents of Lott RICH, SR. and Lott RICH Registered the 3rd of April 1835 W. ROYAL, Registar

(Abstracted from the original by Melinda McLemore Strong 26 May 2005)

DIVISION OF THE LANDS OF RAIFORD McLEMORE - 1864 SAMPSON COUNTY, NC.. DEED BOOK 35 PAGE 498-500

(Both the Rev. WIlliam McLemore and Robert McLemore Butler have this indexed as due to Raiford's Divorce)

STATE OF NORTH Carolina - SAMPSON COUNTY ..To the Worshipful Hon Justices of the County Pleas and Quarter Sessions .. Feb Term 1864 .. We the __ __ Commisioners appointed by the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of said county having been duly sworn proceeded on this 11th day of December to divide and make partition between and among Nancy LOCKAMY, Rachel McLEMORE, Kizzia [daughter? or son? (Hezekiah)] McLEMORE, Susanna McLEMORE, Edith SIMMONS, Daniel CARTER's wife Luanna tenants in common of the land decendants to them as children and heirs of the said Raiford McLemore dec'd, witnessthess we have made and do hereby make the following apportions among the ___ claims unto in severlty that is to say that ..

Lot No 1 is assigned and apportionated to Nancy LOCKAMY and is ___ as follows.. beginning at a pine down near the run of Little Coharie and run with agreed line into a ditch in ______ N58E 228 poles to pine thence N25W 100 poles to a Maple in Bad branch thence up the run about N30E 60 poles to a stake thence S30E 155 poles to a stake thence S58W 270 poles to a stake in Smith's line thence that line N56W 36 poles to the beginning .. Containing 98 acres valued at $429.

.. Lot No 2 is assigned and apportionated to Rachel McLEMORE and is bounded as follows .. beginning at a stake the first corner of Lot No 1 runs with the line of that lot S58W 270 poles to a stake in Smith's line thence with Smith's line S56E 84 poles to a thence N50E 240 poles to a stake thence N30W 44 poles to the beginning ..Containing 96 acres valued at $42

Lot No 3 is assigned and apportioned to Keziah McLEMORE bounded as follows .. beginning at a post oak on the side of the great branch and runs S18N 20 poles to a pine near the horse __ thence N58W 52 poles to a large pine thence S73W 52 poles to a bay stump and stake thence N36W 44 poles to a stake the corner of Lot No 2 thence that line N36E 240 poles to a stake thence S30W 18 poles to the run of the great branch thence down the run as it meanders to the beginning .. Containing 95 acres valued at $429.

Lot No 4 is assigned and apportionated to Susanna McLEMORE bounded as follows .. beginning at a stake on the run of the great branch and runs S36W 207 poles to a stake on he run of the bad branch thence up the run as it meanders about 112 poles to a stake on the run thence N211W 30 poles to a pine the old corner thence N70E 47 poles to a stake thence S25E 189 poles to a stake thence down the great branch to the beginning .. Containing 180 acres valued at $429.

Lot No 5 I s assigned and apportionated to Edith SIMMONS is bounded as follows .. beginning at a stake and runs N20W 150 poles to a stake thence S70W 140 poles to a stake the corner of Lot No 4 thence with that line S25E 189 poles to a stake thence up the great branch about 127 poles to the beginning .. Containing 149 acres valued at $429.

Lot No 6 is assigned and apportionated to Daniel CARTER and wife Luanna is bounded as follows .. beginning at a pine at the head of the pine pond on great branch and runs N20W 128 poles to a pine over the old road thence S70W 80 poles to a stake thence S26E 156 poles to a stake thence up the branch about 81 poles to the beginning .. Containing 69 acres valued at $69 .. Lot No 6 is assigned and apportionated ___ another track where said Carter now lives is bounded is bounded as .. beginning at a pine and runs west 106 poles to the head of the hollow branch thence down the branch as it meanders 96 poles to a stake in the S edge of the branch thence N30W 24 poles to a stake by a path thence N80E 116 poles to a pine thence S28W 36 poles to a small pine corner N65W 40 poles to a lightwood stump thence S40E ___ to the beginning .. Containing 74 acres valued at $360.

Given under the hands and seals of the said Commissioners this 6th day of December AD 1863 ..

Court of Pleas Feb Term 1864 W.J. Hall (SEAL) Report returned confirmed and Jacob Highsmith (SEAL) To be registered .. L.N. Rich (SEAL)

Registered March 21st 1864 J.W Eagent Reg

Transcribed by Robert McLemore Butler

Deed Book 36, page 368 lists a the inventory of the homestead of Raiford McLemore. It was valued at $61, and drawn up by Wilson Lockamy, J.P. A subsequent listing of the homestaed can be found in Deed Book 36, page 414.The value at this alternate reporting date amounts to $344.35. It is not clear for what reason these inventories were drawn up.

Ginger Riegel is a descendant of Raiford McLemore through his daughter, Louann. She shows that Raiford is the son of Archibald McLemore. However, she seems to assume, in error, that Raiford was the son of the Archibald McLemore who married Sarah Plumley and died in Monroe County, Tennessee. This could not be correct, as that Archibald McLemore is only a few years older than Raiford.

(Research):Census Information:

1820 Sampson County Census
Robinson's 280
McLemore, Raiford 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
(One male, between the ages of 26-45, one female under the age of 5)

Is the five year old girl a daughter? Why no wife?

Why no listing for Amos or Raiford, two males under the age of 5, who are said to be his sons?

1830 Sampson County Census (p 186)
Raiford MacLemor
1 male under 5 <--Hezekiah born 1827
1 male between 30-40 <--Raiford, born bet. 1790 - 1800
1 females under 5 <--Louanna born 1825, wife of Daniel Carter
2 females between 5-10<---Mary? and ???
1 female between 20-30 <----Raiford's (second?) wife?

Again, Amos (born ca 1813) and Raiford (born ca 1815) are not enumerated with this family. IT HAS THEREFORE BEEN ASSUMED, BUT NOT PROVEN, that the older Amos and Raiford were is actually the sons of one of Raifords' brothers.

1840 Sampson County Census (p 48)
R. McIlmore
1 male under 5<--Raiford Jr??
1 male 10-15 <--Hezekiah, born ca 1825?
1 male 40-50<---Raiford, Sr. born bet. 1790-1800
1 female 5-10<---Rachel born ca 1837?
2 females 10-15<--Nancy?, born before 1825, unknown?
1 female 15-20<--Louanna?
1 female 20-30<--Unknown? Mary?
1 female 30-40 <--Raiford's wife

1850 Census
North Carolina, Sampson County, Southern District
486-486
Raiford McLemore 65 (sic) M Farmer NC Cannot read or write
Mary " 30 F NC Can't r/w <---Might be Daughter OR second/third wife
Nancy " 18 F NC
Raiford? " 15 M NC Attended school <--Why two sons by the same name?
Rachal " 13 F NC Attended School
Edith " 9 F NC
Amos " 5 M NC <--Why would he have two sons by the same name, IF the Amos born ca 1815 is his son as well
487-487
Hezikiah McLemore 30 M Laborer North Carolina Married within the year? Why isn't his wife listed?

It would seem logical that the Hezikiah in household #487, listed immediately after the Raiford McLemore family, would be the son of Raiford. However, Margaret McLemore Lee, a descendant, instead shows that Raiford is the father of a younger Hezekiah McLemore. At the time of the 1850 census, the younger Hezekiah McLemore (age 23) was newly married and living in the Northern Division of Sampson County with his wife Caroline.

Ten years later, on the 1860 census, the son of the younger Hezekiah (David A. McLemore) was living with Raiford. Therefore, the Hezikiah McLemore listed next door to Raiford in 1850 appears to be either a nephew, or a duplicate listing for his son. The Northern Division census was completed a month after the Southern Division, so it is possible that Hezekiah was listed at both locations, and with his age incorrectly noted on the earlier census. The fact that Hezikiah's was listed as married within the year, but without a wife present, lends some credence to this possibility.

1860 Census
North Carolina, Sampson County, McDaniels
578-580
Raiford McLemore 70 M Farmer 1400 200 NC
Mary " 37 F NC
Rachel " 22 F NC
Amos " 15 M NC Attended School
David " 8 M NC "<----Grandchild per Margaret McLemore Lee
Louanna " 7 F " <-----Is she also a Grandchild???? Who are her parents then? If not a grandchild, why did he have two daughters named Louanna?

His 35 year old daughter Louanna lived in the household immediately preceding his, along with her husband Daniel Carter and 4 children. Daughter Edith "Eady", lived a few households away as well, with her husband Samuel Simmons (#602-584).