ASHLAND COUNTY OHIO - CARTER Cemetery in Montgomery Township *************************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. *************************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by John Bush john_bush@hotmail.com March 6, 1999 ************************************************************************ CARTER CEMETERY IN MONTGOMERY TWP. Once at nw 1/4 sect 28; which was moved to Ashland City Cemetery near the Thornburg tall Monument when I-71 was constructed. CARTER - Dr. Charles B. died Dec. 31, 1855 at Holy Hills, Michigan 25 years CARTER - David 1815 - 1896 CARTER - Elizabeth w/o David 1813 ----- CARTER - Ruth w/o Daniel July 18, 1794 - June 8, 1862 MCCREADY - Robert 1816 - 1855 David Carter, son of Daniel Carter, Sr. was born in Montgomery township, on the old homestead in section twenty- eight, March 18,1815. He was the first white child born in the township. It has been heretofore stated, on what should have been good authority, that the first white child born in Montgomery township was Lorin Andrews, but this is a mistake, as he was not born until 1819, four years later than David Carter. Sarah Carter was born in 1816, and William Sheets in the early part of 1819, so that Lorin Andrews was the forth instead of the first child born in the township. Daniel Carter Sr. was born in Baltimore county, Maryland, Dec. 25, 1776 and was married in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, to Ann Snyder. They came to Ohio in 1806, and she died in the block-house at Jeromeville in 1813, leaving eight children: John, William, Daniel, Rachel, Elizabeth, James, George, and Anna. Mr. Carter subsequently married Ruth Warner, March 9,1814. She came with her parents to Mohican township in 1810 or 1811. Seven more children were the result of this marriage - David, Sarah, Mary, Samuel, Miranda, Milton, and Charles. David Carter attended the subscription schools of the time, a few terms at the district schools, and one term at the Norwalk seminary, after which he became a teacher for one term. On Dec.26,1837 he was married to Elizabeth Griffth, of Fayette county, Pennsylvania, by whom he has had three children, all of whom died in infancy. Mr. Carter was first lieutenant in a volunteer infantry company in 1841, and held that office some seven years. He was afterwards sergeant-major 0f the regiment, and finally became quartermaster. He was for some three years aide-de-camp to Gen. Meredith, who commanded the First brigade of the Eleventh division of Ohio militia, of Richland county, in which capacity he served until the brigade was divided. In 1861 he volunteered as a private soldier in company I, of the Sixty-fourth Ohio volunteer infantry, in which he served until March, 1862, when he was ordered home on a discharge furlough, and was never ordered back to his regiment, nor was he discharged. Mr. Carter and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics he abides by the doctrines of ndrew Jackson. He now lives on the old homestead, within a few rods of the place where stood the old log cabin in which he was born. He has never known any home other than this.