Timeline and Lifesketch for Clark Carter and Sarah Dawson Carter
Clark was born in 1791 in Georgia and
Sarah was born in Richmond, Georgia in 1803
CLARK CARTER: Born 3 Dec 1791 in GA- Died 5 Dec 1850 in Kemper Co, MS who married
SARAH Born.30 Jan 1803 in Richmond, Georgia; Died 5 Dec 1848 in Kemper Co, MS
And had the following children:
WILLIAM D. (1821-1848),
CATHERINE ELIZABETH (1829-1836),
SUSAN (b. 1834),
MARY LOUISA (1835-1922) (Our G-G…Grandma)
NANCY (b. 1836),
JOHN (b. 1838).
DAVEY (b. 1840),
RICHARD H. (1841-1849),
SARAH (b. 1842),
JUDITH (b. 1844),
JOSIAH or JONAH (b. 1846)
Timeline of Known Facts
- 1812 Census Hancock Co. Georgia (Clark lived with his father’s family)
- 1816 Census Mississippi Territory, Alabama (Tax list)
- 1815-1817 Census Monroe Co., Mississippi (lived with his family Sarah Dawson’s father on the Census most likely they met around this time)
- 1820 Census- Conecuh Co. Alabama Total White-3, Total Slaves 2. (Father Isaac Carter listed on the Census. They lived in Conecuh County together until he moves away in 1833 and his father Isaac stays in Alabama)
- 1821 Land Grant Conecuh Co., Monroe, Alabama Territory
- 1830 Census – Conecuh Co. Alabama. Total Free White-11, Total Slaves 7
- 1840 Census- Kemper Co. Mississippi Total Free White-11, Total Slaves 36
- 1850 Census-Kemper Co. Mississippi Total Free White-9, Total Slaves 75
- 1848 Sarah Dawson Dies
- 1849 Clark’s mother Mary dies
- 1850 October 1st Married P.J. Turner
- 1851 Sept. 5 Clark Dies
After SARAH died, CLARK remarried JANE TURNER and had 1 child, CLARKIE REBECCA.
CLARK CARTER moved to Kemper Co, MS in 1833 and was a representative from the Choctaw Baptist Association to the Bethlehem Baptist Association twice.
