Elizabeth STRONG ³

  Research Notes:

The listing of Elizabeth as a child by John's unknown first wife is somewhat arbitrary, since we do not know how long after 1820 John's first wife died nor how long before 1830 John married Sarah. Since there is a natural spacing between Catherine, born 1821-1823, and Elizabeth, born 1827, I considered assigning all children born before Elizabeth to John's unknown first wife. However, Elizabeth stated in the 1880 census that her mother was born in North Carolina, suggesting, since Sarah was born in Tennessee, that John's unknown first wife was her mother. Accordingly, Elizabeth and all children born before her have been assigned to John's unknown first wife, while all children born after Elizabeth have been assigned to Sarah.

Might Elizabeth have been named after her mother, who may have died giving birth to her?

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census: 1850, Lincoln County, Tennessee. ⁵

Household of Willis A. Carter: Elizabeth Carter, age 23, female, born in Tenn, cannot read or write.

2. Census: 1860, Lincoln County, Tennessee. ⁹

Household of Willis A. Carter: Elizabeth Carter, age 33, female, spinning, born in Tenn.

3. Census: 1870, Lincoln County, Tennessee. ¹⁰

Household of W. A. Carter: Carter, Elizabeth, age 43, female, white, keeping house, born in Tenn.

4. Estate Administration: 1875, Lincoln County, Tennessee. ¹¹

The wife of W. A. Carter was listed as an heir of Mary Strong, Dec'd.

5. Census: 1880, Lincoln County, Tennessee. ¹²

Household of Willis Carter:
Carter, Elizabeth, white, female, age 53, wife, keeping house, born in Tenn, father and mother born in NC.

Elizabeth married Willis A. CARTER on 27 Dec 1849 in Lincoln County, Tennessee.^{1 6} (Willis A. CARTER was born on 27 Sep 1828 in Lincoln County, Tennessee ^{5 6} and died on 21 May 1902 in Lincoln County, Tennessee ^{6 13}.)