Vedie Carter

Notes:

She appears to have died young, as she is not listed in the 1890 biography of her father as one of his "still living" children.

Notes:

AMERICUS V. CARTER, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by: Gaytha Carver Thompson
Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville, 1890

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AMERICUS V. CARTER

Americus V. Carter, a prominent and honored citizen of Natchitoches Parish,
who resides two miles northeast of Robeline, is a native of Amite County,
Miss., born November 2, 1839. He was the son of Isaac F. and Margaret
(Holden) Carter, both natives also of the Bayou State, the former born in Pike
county and the latter in Amite County. The paternal grandparents of our
subject, William and Jemima (cole) Carter, were natives of South Carolina dn
the great grandfather, Isaac Carter, was a native of the Old Dominion. The
maternal grandparents, Thomas and Elizabeth (Flannigan) Holden, were born in
South Carolina. The parents of our subject were married in 1838, and reared a
family of four children, three sons and a daughter, whom we will now name in
the order of their birth: Americus V., William O., Elizabeth A. and Thadeus A.
Elizabeth A. died in July, 1889, leaving a husband and five children. The
father of Mr. Carter died in February, 1853, and his mother in 1878.

When Americus V. was about one year and half old, his parents removed to
Louisiana and located in Natchitoches Parish, on a plantation ten miles west
of the city of Natchitoches and four miles east of his present home. He
attended the parish schools, prepared himself for college at Bellewood, Sabine
Parish, and when eighteen years of age he entered Mount Lebannon College, of
Bienville Parish, which he attended during the years 1857 and 1858. He was
married September 20, of the last named year to Miss Martha Ponder, daughter
of Silas and Lucitta (Darden) Ponder, and sister of the late Hon. William A.
Ponder, of this parish. After his marriage Mr. Carter engaged in farming for
himself, and this has been his principal occupation all his life.

In 1862 he entered the service of the Confederate army, in Company E, Second
Louisiana Cavalry, as a second lieutenant, and served until the cessation of
hostilities, being promoted to first lieutenant during that time. He was in
the battle of Franklin, and was in numerous skirmishes. At the time of Bank's
raid, and while engaged in at tempting to drive him back, Mr. Carter was
captured at Henderson's Hill, Rapides, and was held a prisoner for about four
months, being exchanged in July, 1864. He had previously been captured in
1862, at Burwick City, but was paroled a day later. From the war he returned
home and resumed farming, his home then being on Spanish Lake.

In 1870 he removed to his present property, where he has resided ever since,
and where he has a beautiful and comfortable home. Besides farming he has
given some attention to merchandising and journalism. During the year 1885,
and also the year 1887, he owned and conducted a general store in Robeline.
In 1884 he bought the Robeline Reporter, of which his son, I. F. Carter, was
editor and he proprietor until January, 1886, when he sold it to Dr. J. H.
Cunningham. Mr. Carter was the editor of the Reporter in 1887, when it
belonged to a stock company. In September, 1889, he and his son, Ponder S.
Carter, purchased it, and under the name of Carter & Son, they conducted the
paper until 1890, when they sold it to S. C. Presley. Mr. Carter helped to
survey Robeline, and he built the first house in that city. He has since
erected several other residences, and is the owner of considerable property in
town. By reason of the above facts he is called "the father of Robeline."

Mr. and Mrs. Carter have seven children living as follows: Bessie, Isaac F.,
William E., Ponder S., Lillian Lee, Thadeus A. and A. Everly. Mr. and Mrs.
Carter are members of the Baptist Church, and in politics Mr. Carter is
strictly Democratic. He served as a member of the parish police jury from
1877 until 1880, and four years later he was reappointed to that position,
serving in that capacity ever since. During the entire time he has been a
member of that body he has been chairman of its finance committee, which is
evidence of the complete confidence reposed to him by the people of the
parish.

He was made a member of the Democratic Central Committee of the parish in 1872
and has served constantly ever since. He has also held the position of
returning officer of the parish since 1884. Mr. Carter is one of the
representative and leading citizens of Natchitoches Parish, and on one is more
favorably or extensively know. He is an active and prominent worker in the
Farmers' Alliance.

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(Research):

Census Listings:

1870 Census
Louisiana, Natchitoches, Ward 5, PO Couchatta Chute
Enumerated 22 July 1870
Pages 12 and 13 Stamped 414
100-98
Carter, Americus 31 M W Farmer 1100 500 Miss
Carter, Martha 33 F W Keeping House Ga
Carter, Martha 9 F W La
Carter, Isaac 7 M W La
Carter, William 5 M W La
Carter, Ponder 2 M W La
Carter, Infant 7/12 F W La
Burjay, John M 18 M W Farm Laborer Ga

1880 Census
Lousiana, Natchitoches, Ward Six
Enumerated 20 Jun 1880
SD 2 ED 34
Carter, Americus W m 40 Farmer Miss
Carter, Martha W F 42 Wf Keeping House Ga
Carter, Bessie W F 18 Dt La
Carter, Isaack W M 16 S Works in Farm La
Carter, William M W 14 S Works in Farm La
Carter, Ponder W M 12 S Works in Farm La
Carter, Lillian W F 10 Dtr Works in Farm La
Carter, Vedie W F 8 Dtr La
Carter, Thada W M 5 Son La
Carter, Everly W M 4 Son La
Gore, Scott W M 29 Boarder Works on Farm

Americus married Martha Ponder. Martha was born about 1837 in Georgia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In a biography of her husband Americus Carter, she was named as "Miss Martha Ponder daughter of Silas and Lucitta (Darden) Ponder, and sister of the late Hon. William A. Ponder, of this parish."

Martha's brother, William Amos Ponder, was also stepfather to Americus. According to John and Meg Anderson's notes on FindaGrave, Margaret Holden married William Amos Ponder after her first husband, Isaac Carter, died.

Notes:

Said, in an 1890 biography of his son Americus, to be a son of William Carter and Jemima Cole, natives of South Carolina. FindAGrave instead shows his place of birth as in Covington County, Mississippi.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1850 Census
Lousiana, Natchitoches Parish
Enumerated 13 Nov 1850
510-510
Isaac Carter 37 M Farmer 5000 Miss
Margt Carter 28 F Miss
Americus Carter 12 M Miss
Thomas Carter 8 M Miss
William Carter 4 M La
Betty Carter 1 F La
511-511
Chas Holden 21 M Farmer 1300 Miss
Mahala Holden 17 F Miss
Ruth Holden 43 F SC
Canada Holden 20 F Miss

Isaac married Margaret Ursula Holden about 1838. Margaret (daughter of Thomas Holden, Jr. and Elizabeth Flannigan) was born on 21 May 1822 in Amite County, Mississippi; died on 17 Dec 1878 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Fort Jesup Cemetery, Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John and Meg Anderson, on the the FindaGrave website shows that after Isaac died, she married William Amos Ponder, son of Silas Lito Ponder and Lucitta Darden, on 22 Jan 1854. He adopted her youngest three children, and William and Amos went on to have three children of their own. The also "took in" the children of Margaret's sister, Julia, namely Charles Nettie Carter, Joseph Coleman Carter, and Jensey Elizabeth Carter.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64829744

Notes:

Married:
The listing on FindAGrave shows their date of marriage as 20 Nov 1836, in Amite County, Mississippi. This should be verified, however, as she would have been only 14, and the date of birth Americus, her eldest son, was some three years later.

Notes:

The "Family of William Carterr" website instead shows he was born in Orangeburg District, South Carolina. Said to be a son of Isaac Carter of Cumberland County, North Carolina.

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genworld/wmcarter.html.

The "Youngblood Family Genealogy" website also lists Orageburg District, SC as his place of birth, and also showing his father of Isaac Carter, and his mother as Anne Elizabeth Nancy Young.

William married Hannah Jemimah Cole on 22 Oct 1812 in Amite County, Mississippi. Hannah was born between 1782 and 1792 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The "Youngblood Family Genealogy" website shows Hannah as born ca 1782 in Coles Creek Settlement, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, and shows her as a daughter of Mark COLE and Hannah SPELL.

Thomas married Elizabeth Flannigan. Elizabeth was born before 1808 in South Carolina; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]