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Carter Family Genealogy


(Courtesy of Peter J. Gossett)

The Carter Family came from Maces Spring and Copper Creek in Wise and Scott Counties in Virginia.


Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter (A.P.): B: Tuesday, December 15, 1891 – D: Monday, November 7, 1960
Sara Elizabeth Dougherty Carter Bayes: B: Thursday, July 21, 1898 – D: Monday, January 8, 1979
Maybelle Addington Carter: B: Monday, May 10, 1909 – D: Monday, October 23, 1978
Marriage of Sara and A.P. Carter: Friday, June 18, 1915
Marriage of Maybelle and Ezra J. "Eck" Carter: Saturday, March 13, 1926
Famous First Recordings: Monday, August 1, 1927


A.P. & Sara's Children:
Gladys Carter (B: 1919)
Janette Carter Kelly (B: Monday, July 2, 1923)
Joe Carter (B: 1927)


Maybelle & Eck's Children:
Helen Carter (B: Monday, September 12, 1927 D: Tuesday, June 2, 1998)
Valerie June Carter Cash (B: Sunday, June 23, 1929)
Anita Carter (B: Friday, March 31, 1933 D: Thursday, July 29, 1999)


Sara’s Parents: William Sevier Dougherty (B: Sunday, October 20, 1861) & Nancy Elizabeth Kilgore
William Sevier Dougherty's Parents: Nathan T. Dougherty and Sarah Lawson
Maybelle’s Parents: Hugh Jackson Addington (B: 1867?) & Margaret S. Kilgore (Marriage: Tuesday, February 8, 1898)
Hugh Jackson Addington's Parents: William J. Addington and Martha Porter
A.P.'s Parents: Robert C. Carter (B: Tuesday, March 20, 1866 - D: Saturday, October 4, 1941) & Mollie Arvelle Bays (Marriage: Thursday, March 20, 1890)
Robert C. Carter's Mother: Nancy Carter (B: January 1835 - D: July 1906)
Nancy Carter's Parents: Dulaney Carter (B: 1811 - D: 1877) and Rebecca Smith (B: 1806 - D: 1894 Father: John "Dutch" Smith)
Dulaney Carter's Parents: Williamson Carter (B: C. 1780 - D: Wednesday, December 21, 1853) and Martha EnglandWilliamson

Carter's Parents: Norris Carter (B: Friday, November 8, 1748 - D: July 1816) and Agnes AllenNorris Carter's Parents: Peter Carter (B: Sunday, May 23, 1706 D: Wednesday, May 15, 1765) & Judith Morris
Peter Carter's Parents: Captain Thomas Carter, Jr. (B: Saturday, June 4, 1672 D: Wednesday, September 30, 1733) & Arabella Williamson
Captain Thomas Carter, Jr.'s Parents: Captain Thomas Carter, Sr. (B: ABT 1630/1631 D: Friday, October 22, 1700) & Katherine Dale
Captain Thomas Carter, Sr.'s Parents: William Carter III (B: Monday, October 28, 1591 D: 1634) & Katherine Dale
William Carter III's Parents: William Carter, Jr. (B: ABT 1549 D: Thursday, September 1, 1605) & Mary Anscell
William Carter, Jr.'s Parents: William Carter, Sr. (B: ABT 1510 D: 1569) & Elizabeth Cranfield


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