Job Carter (abt. 1753)

Born about 1753 in Lancaster County, Colony of Virginia

Husband of Judith (Unknown) Carter — married 27 Jul 1778 in Lancaster, Virginia, United States

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Biography

This is not the same Job Carter who died in Amherst County in 1782, as this man was on a deed in 1803 living in Lancaster County. That myth has been perpetuated by unsubstantiated family histories. There were a fair number of men named Job Carter.

Job was born about 1760.

Property

Deed^[1]
1 December 1801
Recorded: Amherst County, Virginia
Proved: Lancaster County on 22 February 1803
Job Carter & wife Judith (of Lancaster County) to Nicholas Vanstavern (of Amherst County).
220 acres north side and adjoining Fluvanna: both sides of Cawshaw Creek
Lines: Rockrow Creek

Research Notes

"Judith Carter, wife of Job Carter, of Fayette county, late of Lancaster county, Va. She died Friday, Dec. 2, 1803, and was buried the day following at Mr. Edward Payne's, senr. KG 12/20"^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Davis, Bailey Fulton. 1900. The deeds of Amherst County, Virginia, 1761-1807, and Albemarle County, Virginia, 1748-1763. Easley SC: Southern Historical Press.
2. ↑ Clift, G. Glenn. KENTUCKY MARRIAGES AND OBITUARIES: Volume Two: OBITUARIES (Continued). Register of Kentucky State Historical Society 39, no. 126 (1941): 58–80.