John CARTER

                   Find a Grave - John Carter - Birth: May 19, 1782 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine
Died 13, August 1852 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA

John C. CARTER was born on 19 May 1782 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine. He was christened on 20 May 1782 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine. He died on 13 Aug 1852 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. He was buried in Aug 1852 in Lima-Rocky Run, Hancock, IL, Fletcher Cem. He married Hannah KNIGHT LIBBY on 2 Mar 1805 in Scarborough, Cumberland, ME. John was a sailor in his youth, and lived successively at Scarborough and Newry Maine, and in Hancock County, Illinois. John CARTER and Hannah Knight LIBBY, both natives of Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine, had a family of eleven children. Two died in infancy; all the others grew to maturity and reared families. John and Hannah lived at Scarborough until about 1810 when they moved to nearby Newry in Oxford County, Maine, where two of their children died and were buried 1815 and 1827. During the 1830 decade they joined the westward migration as did their progeny. Hancock County, Illinois records have a land deed dated 1842 from Jacob DOOLEY to John and Hannah K. L. CARTER. In 1846 some four years later John CARTER Sr. sold this tract to William CARTER. John CARTER Sr. did not leave Illinois as many of his family did when the Latter-day Saints vacated Nauvoo before the mobs assault. John CARTER never joined the LDS Church. Alhough he took Hannah to Illinois, he refused to go to Utah. Hannah left him and traveled west to the Great Salt Lake valley with the Mormons. John remained in Nauvoo until his death on 13 August 1852. His will was dated 9 August 1852 (just four days before death at age 70). His will dated 9 August 1852... mentions Almira, Phillip and Mary Jane also a grandson John DOOLEY. But no rememberance is made of Dominicus, William Furlsbury, John "H", Eliza Ann, Hannah, Richard's children, or his widow. Hannah Knight Libby CARTER was living in Utah Territory at that time. John CARTER's will was filed by the executrix Mary J. CARTER DOOLEY in Adams County, Illinois 19 August 1852. John CARTER was buried in the Fletcher Cemetery at Lima in Rocky Run Township, Hancock County, Illinois.

Children:  Dominicus Carter (1806 - 1884) & Hannah Carter York (1809 - 1894) & William Furlsbury Carter (1811 - 1888) & John H Carter (1816 - 1896) & Eliza Ann Carter Snow (1818 - 1897) & Richard Carter (1820 - 1846) & Mary Jane Carter Dooley (1822 - 1911)

Spouse:  Hannah Knight Libby Carter (1786 - 1867)

Burial:  Fletcher Cemetery, Lima, Hancock, Illinois, USA

«b»Carter Pioneers of Provo Utah by Arthur D. Coleman«/b» - Pg. 84-85 - John Carter 1782-1852was the son of Richard Carter and Jane McKenney married on 2 March 1805 at Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine.  Hannah Knight Libby born 9 October 1786 at Newry, Maine, died October 1867 at Provo, Utah, daughter of Zebulon Libby and Lydia Andrews.  They were the parents of the eleven children honored in the chapters of this compilatioln; most of whom pioneered in Utah during the early decades of its history.  John and Hannah lived at Scarborough until about 1810 when they moved to nearby Newry in Oxford County, Maine where two of their children died and were buried 1815 and 1827.  During the 1830 decade they joined the westward migration as did their progeny.  Hancock County, Illinois records have a land deed dated 1842 from Jacob Dooley to John and Hannah K.L. Carter.  Adjoining property is described as belonging to John Carter Jr.  In 1846 some four years later John Carter Sr. sold this tract to William Carter.  John Carter, Sr. did not leave Illinois as many of his family did when the Latter-Day Saints vacated Nauvoo before the mobs assault.  He remained there until his death on 13 August 1852.

His will dated 9 August 1852 (just four days before death at age 70) mentions Almira, Phillip and Mary Jane, also a grandson John
Dooley.  But no remembrance is made of Dominicusk, William Furlsbury, John "H", Eliza Ann, Hannah, Richard's childre, or his widow.,  Hannah Knight Libby Carter was living in Utah territory at that time.  John Carter's will was filed by the executrix Mary J. Carter Dooley in Adams Co., Illiinois 19 August 1852.  John Carter was buried in the Fletcher Cemetery at Lima in Rocky Run Township, Hancock Colunty, Illinois.

Hannah Knight Libby Carter crossed the plains to Utah where she liuved to reach the age of 81 years.  Her grave in the Provo City Cemetery has a marker bearing the likeness of a covered wagon and the inscription,m "Faithful in the Day of Trial."