Isaac Carter

Isaac Carter may be the father of Evaline Carter Blevins. Her mother may be Sarah Hurt. Thus far, there is not enough information to confirm the identity of Evaline's parents.

A North Carolina marriage bond for Isaack Carter and Sarah Hurt, was filed August 28, 1829 in Surry County, North Carolina.

Twenty-one years later, at the time of the 1850 census in Surry County, a household  headed by Isaac Carter, age 43, included Sally Carter, 44; "Elvoline" Carter, 17; Joshua, age 15 [his name is difficult to read, it could be something else]; Mary Carter, 14; Robert Carter, 13; Rebecca Carter, 11; and Joel James Carter, 5. All family members were born in North Carolina.


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In 1860, it appears that the same family was living in Ashe County in the area served by the Chestnut Hill post office.  The family included  Isaac, 58; Sarah Carter, 58; Eveline Carter, 28; Mary Carter, 25; Columbus Carter, 23; Matilda Carter, 21; and Joel Carter, 16.  All family members were born in North Carolina.

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Is this the same family?  Sally was a common nickname for Sarah. Ages for Isaac and Sarah/Sally changed by 15 years in the decade between these two censuses, which is not too unusual. Evaline, Mary and Joel's ages are consistent (all aging 11 years in a decade.)  Joshua, if that is his correct name, had left the household by 1860.  Columbus and Matilda are ten years older than Robert and Rebecca. They could be the same two people, using either a first name or a middle name.

If they are different families, the composition of the families are similar.

Ages for Evaline Carter are consistent between the 1850 and 1860 censuses, and between the 1870 and 1880 censuses following her marriage (ages 17, 28, 38, and 48). The other Evaline Carter Blevins was about 15 years younger (age 33 in 1880) and listed a birthplace of Virginia for herself and her parents.

The 1880 Federal Mortality Schedule listed persons who died during the year ending May 31, 1880, in Jefferson Township, Ashe County, North Carolina. This schedule included an elderly man named Isaac Carter, age 70, listed as married, rather than widowed. He was born in North Carolina, as were his parents. He was a farmer, but died in the Ashe County Poor House in April 1880 of Bright's Disease of the Kidney. Furthermore, a box at the bottom of the page indicated where the families of the deceased lived if they were not living in Ashe County on June 1, 1880. Isaac Carter's family was living in Wilkes County, NC, on that date.



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There are a large number of Carters in Wilkes County in 1880, particularly in Edwards township. This could be Isaac Carter, Evaline's father, or another individual named Isaac Carter.

Or Evaline Carter may not have been the daughter of Isaac Carter, after all.