Cassius Carter

Cassius Carter M Y Photo: One we don’t have is in Helm, Defend, 62. His source: Scott Carter. Caption says “Cassius W. Carter”. Did he have a middle name? Dink has individual photo of him.[886] The picture of Cassius Carter with his grandchildren (one of whom being Interviewee’s father) is in a frame. Interviewee doesn’t know where original lies. Interviewee will look for photo. He thinks he already gave a copy of it to Lynn.[887] We don’t have this picture in any of the three usual places. Perhaps in the “new” batch of files that Lynn just sent to editor in early December? Born: 16 October 1835,[888] “in Prince William County.”[889] Married: “[H]is wife … passed to the life eternal October 10, 1893.”[890] Fanny (Green) Carter is buried beside her husband in Warrenton Cemetery. “In Loving Memory of / Fanny Scott Green,/ Beloved Wife of/ Cassius Carter,/ Born May 16, 1839;/ Died Oct. 15, 1893./ [inscription]”[891] Cassius Carter married Fanny Green.[892] Her maiden name was Green.[893] Died: 25 December 1914.[894] Buried Warrenton Cemetery.[895] Obituary: “…He was the senior representative of the older or Shirley on the James river branch of the Carters, and… like his numerous kinsmen,… was opposed to secession… but… when his state acted… rode knee to knee through the following years… with those great horsemen… [who made] Virginia’s reputation both in peace and war.”[896] See Obituary Chapter. Children: His son was John Hill Carter.[897] John Hill Carter of “Faulkand, 1867–1954.[898] A descendent corrects “Faulkand” here to Leesburg, Virginia.[899] A son named J. Green Carter was unmarried in 1929, resided in the county of his birth, and then “…still [permitted] his name to appear on the roster of eligible bachelors in his native county, where his circle of friends [was] limited only by that of his acquaintances.”[900] John Hill, Francis Scott, Susan, J. Green, and Jane L.[901] His children were John, Susan, Scott, Green and Jane.[902] Parents and Siblings: The above unsourced statement, the one from Baird’s transcription of the cemetery markers and my own transcription of same, are inconclusive. I have no proof that it was Cassius’s father or son who were named John Hill Carter. If they were, then Shirley and Cassius were brothers; Shirley’s father is given as John Hill Carter in Klitch’s book. Cassius’s father was John Hill Carter of [Faulkland[903]] Prince William.[904] Cassius’s brother was Shirley Carter [BH].[905] “His father was John Hill Carter of Falkland. He [John Hill Carter] is buried at “Cloverland”, his father’s plantation in Thoroughfare, P. W. Couny, VA.”[906] Other Family: Library of Virginia has Family bible of Cassius Carter (1835–1914). 15 Jan 1997 Carter Searching for Edward Carter born Fauquier County 1843 died 1928. Was in the V.M.I. Class of 1864, served as Capt 8th Va Infantry. Son of Richard Henry Carter and Mary Welby DeButts. Who were their children? Richard Welby Carter born 1837 died 1888 married Sophia Debutts Carter. A Carter Male was executed at Front Royal in 1864. Cassius Carter born 16 Oct 1835 and died 25 Dec 1914 Pvt 7th Va Calvary. My grandfather Vanderbilt Cornelius Oscar Carter who was born in the 1880’s and died in 1953. He was a resident of the Marshall - Warrenton Area. Any help on the Carter family in Fauquier County would be appreciated. Live in England. Marion C. Watts Hythe, England. Marirob@aol.com [907] These are the tombstone transciptions of Cassius and Frances’s possible children, and their spouses and children. “John Hill Carter/ son of Cassius/ Grandson of/ John Hill Carter/ of Faukland/ 1867–1954”. This double stone also bears the inscription, “Louise Nalle Carter/ Wife of/ John Hill Carter/ 1886–1967”. “Francis Scott/ Carter/ Died/ Dec. 25, 1921/ Aged 52 yrs./ The bravest are the tenderest.” Beside his stone is one carved, “Mary Randolph Hicks/ Carter/ 1869–1930/ To live in hearts we leave/ behind is not to die.” Their children were “Randolph Hicks Carter/ December 6, 1903/ January 16, 1974” and “Ritter/ Frances Scott Carter/ Daughter of Francis S. Carter and Mary Randolph Hicks/ sister of R. H. Carter/ Born June 14, 1907/ Died March 13, 1996”.[908] “Susan Carter/ Hayes/ Oct. 10, 1871/ Dec. 23, 1954”. Beside her is “Ernest O. Hayes/ Sept. 8, 1865/ Dec. 21, 1947”. “J. Green Carter/ Feb. 13, 1876/ Nov. 16, 1948”. “Jane L. Carter/ Wife of/ Richard U. Strong/ April 11, 1879/ Nov. 25. 1947”.[909] Mary Randolph Hicks was niece of Robert Randolph [BH] (daughter of his sister Nancy and Dr. Hicks). Mary wed Francis Scott Carter, son of Cassius Carter [BH] and Fanny Scott Green. Mary was born 4 October 1867 at “Ravenswood”, Oxford, North Carolina; married October 1903; died 12 November 1930. Francis was born 4 March 1869 at “Falkland”; died 25 December 1921 Warrenton.[910] Stories, Letters & Biographies: “When the Civil war was precipitated on a divided nation his service… was with a fine black-horse company of cavalry that was recruited at Warrenton.”[911] See Biographies Chapter. CSR: 5’9”, fair complexion, brown hair, blue eyes; student; enl. 9 September 1861 Manassas; detached as Courier September 1861 to February 1862; Charlottesville Hospital 15 June 1863; paroled 28 May 1865 Winchester. Additional Information: Private.[912] Shown on a company muster role for Sept. and Oct. 1861 as enl. September 9, 1861 in Manassas by Capt. Payne. for 12 months. On picket at Accotink Run, Oct. 4, 1861. On muster roles for Nov. 1861–Feb. 1862. Notes that he is on detail as courier to Genl. Taylor. June 15, 1863 Charlottesville Hospital. Paroled April 28, 1865 Winchester. His parole identifies him as being a member of Co. H., 4th Va. Cav. His parole describes him as age 29, 5’ 9 1/2’’ tall, fair complexion, brown hair, blue eyes.[913] Martin roll notes that he did not serve with company. His Compiled Service Record quoted above seems to contradict this. Mr. Carter says he will look at packet that I sent him & get back with us. He did notice some discrepencies.[914] Photocopy of parole in possession of author says 28 April 1865, Prince William County. [NOTE:fn]