Lieut Shadrack Levi Carter Sr. (1840-1924)

Lieut Shadrack Levi Carter Sr. Veteran

Birth

6 Sep 1840

Nelson County, Virginia, USA

Death

7 Feb 1924 (aged 83)

Massies Mill, Nelson County, Virginia, USA

Burial

Jonesboro Cemetery

Jonesboro, Nelson County, Virginia, USA Show Map

Plot

Section 6 Block 1 Lot 4 Grave 9

Memorial ID

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Lt., Co. F, 49th VA Infantry, CSA

Son of Thomas James Carter & Eliza Moore Carter (death certificate)
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Lt. Shadrack Levi Carter (1840-1924), son of Thomas (1792-1868) and Eliza Moore Carter (1820-1895), married, 23 December 1864) Eugenia Landon Shields of Kentucky (1841 1905), daughter of Egbert O. (1818-1883) and Sarah Ellen Brent Shields (1822-1844). They had nine children. 1. Robert Lee (1865-1932) married Ella Johnson (1885-1968) 2.Cleveland Shields (1867-1945). 3. Judson Thornhill (1868 1938) married Nannie Lee Higginbotham (1869 1951). 4. Thomas James (1870-1963) married Lucy Maria Ballard (1882-1946). 5. Addie Brent Bryant (1871-1955) married Nelson Bryant (1840 1926). 6. Shadrack Leslie (1873-1947) married Minnie Brent (1873-1959). 7. John Francis (1875 1912) married Aurelia Ida Harvey (1879-1967).8. Eugenia Landen Anderson (1877-1956) married Frank T. Anderson. 9. Mary Christine Higginbotham (1879-1942) married Willie Cabell Higginbotham (1883-1948).

Shadrack was born on a farm on the James River near Tye River. He was a farmer and merchant and lived on a farm on Hat Creek near Bryant. He died at his daughter-in-laws home near Rose Mills.
On September 1, 1861, he enlisted for one year in Company K, 49th Regiment, Virginia Infantry at Camp Mitchell. This company subsequently became Company F. He was promoted to 1st Sergeant from the 4th Sergeant on April 15, 1862, 2nd Lieut. April 30, 1862, 1st. Lieut. May 31, 1862. He was wounded near Harpers Ferry on September 14, 1863 and placed on Register of Invalid Corps. Register General Hospital Charlottesville (September 1864) showed a right thigh fracture to his femur from a gun shot. Before resigning from the Registered Invalid Corps, effective Jan. 16, 1865, he probably spent some time at "Greenway" in Nelson County near Gladstone, Va.

Published in Nelson County Heritage 1807-2000 by: Robin Cannon. Written by: Robert Brent. Sources: Family records and National Archive records.

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