Americus Vespucis Carter

1839 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Americus Vespucis Carter  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	2 Nov 1839	Amite County, Mississippi   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  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 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm 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. http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/natchitoches/bios/carterav.txt (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
  Person ID	I38911	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	Isaac F. Carter,   b. Abt 1813, Pike County, Mississippi d. 18 Feb 1853, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana (Age 40 years)
  Mother	Margaret Ursula Holden,   b. 21 May 1822, Amite County, Mississippi d. 17 Dec 1878, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1838  [5]
  	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.
  Family ID	F6748	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Ponder,   b. Abt 1837, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Y  [2]
  Children	1. Martha "Bessie" Carter,   b. Abt 1871, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana d. Yes, date unknown   2. Isaac F. Carter,   b. Abt 1863, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana d. Yes, date unknown   3. William E. Carter,   b. Abt 1865, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana d. Yes, date unknown   4. Ponder S. Carter,   b. Abt 1867, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana d. Yes, date unknown   5. Lillian Lee Carter,   b. Abt 1870, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana d. Yes, date unknown   6. Vedie Carter,   b. Abt 1872, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana d. Yes, date unknown   7. Thaddeus A. Carter,   b. Abt 1874, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana d. Yes, date unknown   8. A. Everly Carter,   b. Abt 1876, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F11867	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2012

  
  

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  [S144] 1850 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1850 United States Federal Census, the Seventh Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1850 Federal Census.), Lousiana, Natchitoches Parish Enumerated 13 Nov 1850 510-510 (Reliability: 3). [S1178] Website "US Genweb" Natchitoches, LA Biographies, (http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/natchitoches/bios/carterav.txt). [S207] 1870 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003., (United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota. Minnesota Census Schedules for 1870. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T132, RG29, 13 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1870 United States Federal Census, the Ninth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age at last birthday, sex, color; birthplace, occupation, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1870 Federal Census.), Louisiana, Natchitoches, Ward 5, PO Couchatta Chute Enumerated 22 July 1870 Pages 12 and 13 Stamped 414 100-98 (Reliability: 3). [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), Listing for Margaret Ursula Holden Ponder, Fort Jesup Cemetery, Sabine Parish, Lousiana (Reliability: 3). [S1178] Website "US Genweb" Natchitoches, LA Biographies, (http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/natchitoches/bios/carterav.txt), 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 (Reliability: 3).