DR. WILLIAM J. CARTER
From the pen of a personal friend we copy the following: "On the 27th of June, 1878, one of Tennessee's best and noblest citizens, Dr. William J. Carter, passed away. "He was born in Halifax Co., N. C., on the 22d of May, 1808, and moved to Tennessee in the fall of 1816. At the age of forty-two, May 9, 1850, he married Miss Nannie Demoss, a daughter of Mr. Abram Demoss. "He read medicine under the tuition of his brother, Dr. Bellfield Carter, attended the lectures at Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., practiced his profession the year 1830 at Charlotte, Dickson Co., and moved in 1831 to Harpeth River, at Dog Creek, in Cheatham County, where by close attention to business he made a large fortune. Ninety-two Negroes were liberated for him by the late war, and at his death he owned two fine farms, besides valuable personal property.
"Dr. Carter was a devoted husband, kind father, and true friend. Many widowed mothers and orphaned children have received the benefits of his known skill, and have been fed by his bountiful charity with no other compensation than the gratification of having fed the hungry and relieved the sick. "We can scarcely comprehend the vastness of his energy, unless we remember the sparsely-settled districts in the immediate vicinity of Nashville, and that our city itself was but a small place at that time. "He practiced over a territory forty miles square, and through a country almost wholly destitute of public thoroughfares. When he moved to Harpeth his brother gave him a horse, and he bought of Dr. W. W. Berry fifty dollars' worth of medicines on credit. Dr. Berry told him his face was a sufficient guarantee of its payment. "He has told us from the lips that are now forever silent that during his travels by day he was forced to carry a hatchet., to blaze a path through the forest, and to cut the impeding limbs from his path, so that when riding at night he would not be struck from his horse. Rain, hail, snow, frozen rivers, full creeks,—nothing kept him from his patients when called; it mattered not whether they were rich or poor. Often was he called to visit the sick across Big Harpeth when it was out of its banks, its waters rushing in very madness along its channel; nothing daunted, he plunged into the stream, and frequently landed many yards below on the other bank.
“Almost invariably was he correct in his diagnosis, and being skillful in his treatment met with unusual success. The profession has lost one of its most useful members, his family a kind husband and devoted father, and the community one of its most useful citizens." He leaves a wife and three children,—Carrie F. , Ann L. , and Belfield F. . Mrs. Carter is the youngest daughter of Abram Demoss, and was born in District Fourteen, Davidson Co., Oct. 19, 1828.
Abram Demoss was the son of Lewis Demoss, and was born in North Carolina, and came to Davidson County with his parents at a very early day, and settled on the Big Harpeth. He married Elizabeth Newsome, daughter of Francis Newsome, an early settler in Davidson County. To them were born twelve children, nine of whom lived to be men and women grown. He was a very large farmer, owning some two thousand five hundred acres of good land. He was a man respected by those who knew him. He left a good name as the precious legacy to his children.
Pioneers Of Davidson County, Tennessee
by Whitley
Contributor: Linda Kasyan (47047133) • [email protected]
From the pen of a personal friend we copy the following: "On the 27th of June, 1878, one of Tennessee's best and noblest citizens, Dr. William J. Carter, passed away. "He was born in Halifax Co., N. C., on the 22d of May, 1808, and moved to Tennessee in the fall of 1816. At the age of forty-two, May 9, 1850, he married Miss Nannie Demoss, a daughter of Mr. Abram Demoss. "He read medicine under the tuition of his brother, Dr. Bellfield Carter, attended the lectures at Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., practiced his profession the year 1830 at Charlotte, Dickson Co., and moved in 1831 to Harpeth River, at Dog Creek, in Cheatham County, where by close attention to business he made a large fortune. Ninety-two Negroes were liberated for him by the late war, and at his death he owned two fine farms, besides valuable personal property.
"Dr. Carter was a devoted husband, kind father, and true friend. Many widowed mothers and orphaned children have received the benefits of his known skill, and have been fed by his bountiful charity with no other compensation than the gratification of having fed the hungry and relieved the sick. "We can scarcely comprehend the vastness of his energy, unless we remember the sparsely-settled districts in the immediate vicinity of Nashville, and that our city itself was but a small place at that time. "He practiced over a territory forty miles square, and through a country almost wholly destitute of public thoroughfares. When he moved to Harpeth his brother gave him a horse, and he bought of Dr. W. W. Berry fifty dollars' worth of medicines on credit. Dr. Berry told him his face was a sufficient guarantee of its payment. "He has told us from the lips that are now forever silent that during his travels by day he was forced to carry a hatchet., to blaze a path through the forest, and to cut the impeding limbs from his path, so that when riding at night he would not be struck from his horse. Rain, hail, snow, frozen rivers, full creeks,—nothing kept him from his patients when called; it mattered not whether they were rich or poor. Often was he called to visit the sick across Big Harpeth when it was out of its banks, its waters rushing in very madness along its channel; nothing daunted, he plunged into the stream, and frequently landed many yards below on the other bank.
“Almost invariably was he correct in his diagnosis, and being skillful in his treatment met with unusual success. The profession has lost one of its most useful members, his family a kind husband and devoted father, and the community one of its most useful citizens." He leaves a wife and three children,—Carrie F. , Ann L. , and Belfield F. . Mrs. Carter is the youngest daughter of Abram Demoss, and was born in District Fourteen, Davidson Co., Oct. 19, 1828.
Abram Demoss was the son of Lewis Demoss, and was born in North Carolina, and came to Davidson County with his parents at a very early day, and settled on the Big Harpeth. He married Elizabeth Newsome, daughter of Francis Newsome, an early settler in Davidson County. To them were born twelve children, nine of whom lived to be men and women grown. He was a very large farmer, owning some two thousand five hundred acres of good land. He was a man respected by those who knew him. He left a good name as the precious legacy to his children.
Pioneers Of Davidson County, Tennessee
by Whitley
Contributor: Linda Kasyan (47047133) • [email protected]
DR. WILLIAM J. CARTER
From the pen of a personal friend we copy the following: "On the 27th of June, 1878, one of Tennessee's best and noblest citizens, Dr. William J. Carter, passed away. "He was born in Halifax Co., N. C., on the 22d of May, 1808, and moved to Tennessee in the fall of 1816. At the age of forty-two, May 9, 1850, he married Miss Nannie Demoss, a daughter of Mr. Abram Demoss. "He read medicine under the tuition of his brother, Dr. Bellfield Carter, attended the lectures at Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., practiced his profession the year 1830 at Charlotte, Dickson Co., and moved in 1831 to Harpeth River, at Dog Creek, in Cheatham County, where by close attention to business he made a large fortune. Ninety-two Negroes were liberated for him by the late war, and at his death he owned two fine farms, besides valuable personal property.
"Dr. Carter was a devoted husband, kind father, and true friend. Many widowed mothers and orphaned children have received the benefits of his known skill, and have been fed by his bountiful charity with no other compensation than the gratification of having fed the hungry and relieved the sick. "We can scarcely comprehend the vastness of his energy, unless we remember the sparsely-settled districts in the immediate vicinity of Nashville, and that our city itself was but a small place at that time. "He practiced over a territory forty miles square, and through a country almost wholly destitute of public thoroughfares. When he moved to Harpeth his brother gave him a horse, and he bought of Dr. W. W. Berry fifty dollars' worth of medicines on credit. Dr. Berry told him his face was a sufficient guarantee of its payment. "He has told us from the lips that are now forever silent that during his travels by day he was forced to carry a hatchet., to blaze a path through the forest, and to cut the impeding limbs from his path, so that when riding at night he would not be struck from his horse. Rain, hail, snow, frozen rivers, full creeks,—nothing kept him from his patients when called; it mattered not whether they were rich or poor. Often was he called to visit the sick across Big Harpeth when it was out of its banks, its waters rushing in very madness along its channel; nothing daunted, he plunged into the stream, and frequently landed many yards below on the other bank.
“Almost invariably was he correct in his diagnosis, and being skillful in his treatment met with unusual success. The profession has lost one of its most useful members, his family a kind husband and devoted father, and the community one of its most useful citizens." He leaves a wife and three children,—Carrie F. , Ann L. , and Belfield F. . Mrs. Carter is the youngest daughter of Abram Demoss, and was born in District Fourteen, Davidson Co., Oct. 19, 1828.
Abram Demoss was the son of Lewis Demoss, and was born in North Carolina, and came to Davidson County with his parents at a very early day, and settled on the Big Harpeth. He married Elizabeth Newsome, daughter of Francis Newsome, an early settler in Davidson County. To them were born twelve children, nine of whom lived to be men and women grown. He was a very large farmer, owning some two thousand five hundred acres of good land. He was a man respected by those who knew him. He left a good name as the precious legacy to his children.
Pioneers Of Davidson County, Tennessee
by Whitley
Contributor: Linda Kasyan (47047133) • [email protected]
From the pen of a personal friend we copy the following: "On the 27th of June, 1878, one of Tennessee's best and noblest citizens, Dr. William J. Carter, passed away. "He was born in Halifax Co., N. C., on the 22d of May, 1808, and moved to Tennessee in the fall of 1816. At the age of forty-two, May 9, 1850, he married Miss Nannie Demoss, a daughter of Mr. Abram Demoss. "He read medicine under the tuition of his brother, Dr. Bellfield Carter, attended the lectures at Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., practiced his profession the year 1830 at Charlotte, Dickson Co., and moved in 1831 to Harpeth River, at Dog Creek, in Cheatham County, where by close attention to business he made a large fortune. Ninety-two Negroes were liberated for him by the late war, and at his death he owned two fine farms, besides valuable personal property.
"Dr. Carter was a devoted husband, kind father, and true friend. Many widowed mothers and orphaned children have received the benefits of his known skill, and have been fed by his bountiful charity with no other compensation than the gratification of having fed the hungry and relieved the sick. "We can scarcely comprehend the vastness of his energy, unless we remember the sparsely-settled districts in the immediate vicinity of Nashville, and that our city itself was but a small place at that time. "He practiced over a territory forty miles square, and through a country almost wholly destitute of public thoroughfares. When he moved to Harpeth his brother gave him a horse, and he bought of Dr. W. W. Berry fifty dollars' worth of medicines on credit. Dr. Berry told him his face was a sufficient guarantee of its payment. "He has told us from the lips that are now forever silent that during his travels by day he was forced to carry a hatchet., to blaze a path through the forest, and to cut the impeding limbs from his path, so that when riding at night he would not be struck from his horse. Rain, hail, snow, frozen rivers, full creeks,—nothing kept him from his patients when called; it mattered not whether they were rich or poor. Often was he called to visit the sick across Big Harpeth when it was out of its banks, its waters rushing in very madness along its channel; nothing daunted, he plunged into the stream, and frequently landed many yards below on the other bank.
“Almost invariably was he correct in his diagnosis, and being skillful in his treatment met with unusual success. The profession has lost one of its most useful members, his family a kind husband and devoted father, and the community one of its most useful citizens." He leaves a wife and three children,—Carrie F. , Ann L. , and Belfield F. . Mrs. Carter is the youngest daughter of Abram Demoss, and was born in District Fourteen, Davidson Co., Oct. 19, 1828.
Abram Demoss was the son of Lewis Demoss, and was born in North Carolina, and came to Davidson County with his parents at a very early day, and settled on the Big Harpeth. He married Elizabeth Newsome, daughter of Francis Newsome, an early settler in Davidson County. To them were born twelve children, nine of whom lived to be men and women grown. He was a very large farmer, owning some two thousand five hundred acres of good land. He was a man respected by those who knew him. He left a good name as the precious legacy to his children.
Pioneers Of Davidson County, Tennessee
by Whitley
Contributor: Linda Kasyan (47047133) • [email protected]
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