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James Carter

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Northampton, North Carolina
Death: July 19, 1858 (84-85)
Schley, Georgia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Kindred Carter and Mourning Carter
Husband of Eleanor Carter
Father of Wiley Carter, I; Eleanor "Nellie" Spurlin; George W. Carter; Felix M. Carter; Epsey D Ansley and 7 others
Brother of Henry Carter; Martha Rozar; Jesse Carter and Charity Carter

Occupation: Cotton planter
Managed by: Jacqueli Charlene Finley
Last Updated:

About James Carter



James Carter is Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States third great grandfather.


James Carter married Eleanor "Nellie" Duckworth in 1798 in Columbia County, Georgia. She was a daughter of Jeremiah and Christianna Ramsey Duckworth of Warren and Columbia Counties. The Carters moved permanently to Warren County c. 1815, where they lived along White's Creek on a 500 acre plantation, approximately four miles NW of Thomson, Georgia. Around 1835 James moved to Talbot County to join his brother Jesse and lived in the SW part of the county near Upatoi Creek. It was here that he owned land at the time of his death in Schley County at the plantation of his son Wiley. James had been a cotton planter and a Baptist.


  • Residence: Appling, Georgia, United States - 1840
  • Residence: Talbot, Georgia, United States - 1850
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James Carter's Timeline

1773
1773
Northampton, North Carolina
1798
1798
Schley County, Georgia, United States
1799
1799
1801
April 18, 1801
Robeson County, North Carolina, United States
1801
Warren County, Georgia, United States
1803
January 8, 1803
Georgia, United States
1804
1804
Putnam County, Georgia, United States
1805
1805
Warren County, Georgia, United States
1807
May 7, 1807
Warren County, Georgia, United States