Probably brother of Isaac and Joshua Carter; Served in same regiment with Asa Spelman/Spelmore/
1790NC ("Other Free"), R1749, HEI‐2, Craven Co.
From: [Paul Heinegg. "Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, and Delaware: The history of the free African American community as told through the family history of most African Americans who were free in the Southeast during the colonial period." Online at: www.freeafricanamericans.com ]
John Carter enlisted in Captain Quinn's Tenth Regiment. He was engaged in skirmishes near West Point and Kings Ferry. He made a declaration in September Term 1820 Craven County court to obtain a pension. He was a cooper, living with his sister Margaret Fenner when he made his declaration in 1820. Asa Spelman testified on his behalf. He died before 30 July 1821 [M805-166, frame 497]. He was head of an "other free" Carteret County household in 1790 [NC:128, 129].
From: Bobby B. Moss and Michael Scoggins. African‐American Patriots in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution. Blacksburg, S. C.: Scotia‐Hibernia Press, 2004.
Carter, John. [NC] He was born in 1754 in Craven County, North Carolina and was a "free Negro." Carter enlisted as a private in Capt. Michael Quinn's company of the 8th North Carolina Regiment under Col. James Armstrong, and was engaged in skirmishes near West Point and Kings Ferry. On 13 September 1820, while residing in Craven County, he applied for a Federal pension. He stated at that time that he was 66 years old and that his occupation was a cooper. (FPA R1749; N.A. M804; N.A. M805; MMS-NC, 16; Heinegg, A-A, NC/VA/SC, I.202; White, Abstracts, I:559; White, Index, I:438-439).
1790NC ("Other Free"), R1749, HEI‐2, Craven Co.
From: [Paul Heinegg. "Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, and Delaware: The history of the free African American community as told through the family history of most African Americans who were free in the Southeast during the colonial period." Online at: www.freeafricanamericans.com ]
John Carter enlisted in Captain Quinn's Tenth Regiment. He was engaged in skirmishes near West Point and Kings Ferry. He made a declaration in September Term 1820 Craven County court to obtain a pension. He was a cooper, living with his sister Margaret Fenner when he made his declaration in 1820. Asa Spelman testified on his behalf. He died before 30 July 1821 [M805-166, frame 497]. He was head of an "other free" Carteret County household in 1790 [NC:128, 129].
From: Bobby B. Moss and Michael Scoggins. African‐American Patriots in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution. Blacksburg, S. C.: Scotia‐Hibernia Press, 2004.
Carter, John. [NC] He was born in 1754 in Craven County, North Carolina and was a "free Negro." Carter enlisted as a private in Capt. Michael Quinn's company of the 8th North Carolina Regiment under Col. James Armstrong, and was engaged in skirmishes near West Point and Kings Ferry. On 13 September 1820, while residing in Craven County, he applied for a Federal pension. He stated at that time that he was 66 years old and that his occupation was a cooper. (FPA R1749; N.A. M804; N.A. M805; MMS-NC, 16; Heinegg, A-A, NC/VA/SC, I.202; White, Abstracts, I:559; White, Index, I:438-439).
Probably brother of Isaac and Joshua Carter; Served in same regiment with Asa Spelman/Spelmore/
1790NC ("Other Free"), R1749, HEI‐2, Craven Co.
From: [Paul Heinegg. "Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, and Delaware: The history of the free African American community as told through the family history of most African Americans who were free in the Southeast during the colonial period." Online at: www.freeafricanamericans.com ]
John Carter enlisted in Captain Quinn's Tenth Regiment. He was engaged in skirmishes near West Point and Kings Ferry. He made a declaration in September Term 1820 Craven County court to obtain a pension. He was a cooper, living with his sister Margaret Fenner when he made his declaration in 1820. Asa Spelman testified on his behalf. He died before 30 July 1821 [M805-166, frame 497]. He was head of an "other free" Carteret County household in 1790 [NC:128, 129].
From: Bobby B. Moss and Michael Scoggins. African‐American Patriots in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution. Blacksburg, S. C.: Scotia‐Hibernia Press, 2004.
Carter, John. [NC] He was born in 1754 in Craven County, North Carolina and was a "free Negro." Carter enlisted as a private in Capt. Michael Quinn's company of the 8th North Carolina Regiment under Col. James Armstrong, and was engaged in skirmishes near West Point and Kings Ferry. On 13 September 1820, while residing in Craven County, he applied for a Federal pension. He stated at that time that he was 66 years old and that his occupation was a cooper. (FPA R1749; N.A. M804; N.A. M805; MMS-NC, 16; Heinegg, A-A, NC/VA/SC, I.202; White, Abstracts, I:559; White, Index, I:438-439).
1790NC ("Other Free"), R1749, HEI‐2, Craven Co.
From: [Paul Heinegg. "Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, and Delaware: The history of the free African American community as told through the family history of most African Americans who were free in the Southeast during the colonial period." Online at: www.freeafricanamericans.com ]
John Carter enlisted in Captain Quinn's Tenth Regiment. He was engaged in skirmishes near West Point and Kings Ferry. He made a declaration in September Term 1820 Craven County court to obtain a pension. He was a cooper, living with his sister Margaret Fenner when he made his declaration in 1820. Asa Spelman testified on his behalf. He died before 30 July 1821 [M805-166, frame 497]. He was head of an "other free" Carteret County household in 1790 [NC:128, 129].
From: Bobby B. Moss and Michael Scoggins. African‐American Patriots in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution. Blacksburg, S. C.: Scotia‐Hibernia Press, 2004.
Carter, John. [NC] He was born in 1754 in Craven County, North Carolina and was a "free Negro." Carter enlisted as a private in Capt. Michael Quinn's company of the 8th North Carolina Regiment under Col. James Armstrong, and was engaged in skirmishes near West Point and Kings Ferry. On 13 September 1820, while residing in Craven County, he applied for a Federal pension. He stated at that time that he was 66 years old and that his occupation was a cooper. (FPA R1749; N.A. M804; N.A. M805; MMS-NC, 16; Heinegg, A-A, NC/VA/SC, I.202; White, Abstracts, I:559; White, Index, I:438-439).
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