Thomas W. Carter was born in Abbeville District, South Carolina, the son of Edward R. Carter, Sr. and brother of Matthew M. Carter. He attended medical school in Augusta, Georgia, and afterward married Lucinda A. Tompkins in 1849. They had one daughter, Hannah, who married James McNeil. Carter married Mary C. Dozier circa 1875.
Thomas W. Carter wrote or arranged 13 songs that appeared in The Sacred Harp by White & King in 1844: Augusta, 35; The Old Ship of Zion, 79; Little Children, 86; Church Triumphant, 91; Oak Bowery, 94; Ecstasy, 106; Night Watchman, 108; Concord, 111; Sandtown, 112; Florence, 121; Irwinton, 124; Exhilaration, 170; Banquet of Mercy, 177.
Thomas W. Carter was born in Abbeville District, South Carolina, the son of Edward R. Carter, Sr. and brother of Matthew M. Carter. He attended medical school in Augusta, Georgia, and afterward married Lucinda A. Tompkins in 1849. They had one daughter, Hannah, who married James McNeil. Carter married Mary C. Dozier circa 1875.
Thomas W. Carter wrote or arranged 13 songs that appeared in The Sacred Harp by White & King in 1844: Augusta, 35; The Old Ship of Zion, 79; Little Children, 86; Church Triumphant, 91; Oak Bowery, 94; Ecstasy, 106; Night Watchman, 108; Concord, 111; Sandtown, 112; Florence, 121; Irwinton, 124; Exhilaration, 170; Banquet of Mercy, 177.
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