When James Thomas Carter was born on October 17, 1763, his father, Isaac, was 29 and his mother, Bertha, was 28. He had seven sons and one daughter with Sarah Carter. He died in 1821 in Robeson, North Carolina, at the age of 58.
Sources
Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina from the Colonial Period to About 1820, Fifth Edition, Paul Heinegg, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 2005,
James Carter in the 1790 United States Federal Census
Name: James Carter
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Edgecombe, Halifax, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females: 5
Number of Slaves : 1
Number of Household Members: 8
Year: 1790; Census Place: Edgecombe, Halifax, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 449; Image: 263; Family History Library Film: 0568147; Ancestry.com. 1790 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
James Carter Sr in the 1800 United States Federal Census
Name: James Carter Sr
[James Carter Senior]
Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Fayetteville, Robeson, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 2
Year: 1800; Census Place: Fayetteville, Robeson, North Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 32; Page: 372; Image: 379; Family History Library Film: 337908; Ancestry.com. 1800 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by ; FamilySearch. Original data: Second Census of the United States, 1800. NARA microfilm publication M32 (52 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Second Census of the United States, 1800: Population Schedules, Washington County, Territory Northwest of the River Ohio; and Population Census, 1803: Washington County, Ohio. NARA microfilm publication M1804 (1 roll).
Jas Carter in the 1810 United States Federal Census
Name: Jas Carter
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Robeson, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 5
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 8
Year: 1810; Census Place: Robeson, North Carolina; Roll: 38; Page: 233; Image: 00438; Family History Library Film: 0337911;Ancestry.com. 1810 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Jas Caster in the 1820 United States Federal Census
Name: Jas Caster
[Jas Carter]
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Robeson, North Carolina
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 18: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 2
Free White Persons - Under 16: 7
Free White Persons - Over 25: 3
Total Free White Persons: 11
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 11
1820 U S Census; Census Place: Robeson, North Carolina; Page: 307; NARA Roll: M33_84; Image: 288; Ancestry.com. 1820 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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