WILLIAM H. CARTER, AN OLD-TIMER, Smith County, TX *********************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Submitted by Bobby Williams - bgwill@cox-internet.com 19 May 2001 ********************************************************************** WILLIAM H. CARTER, AN OLD-TIMER "Some Biographies of Old Settlers." Historical, Personal and Reminiscent. Volume I By Sid S. Johnson, 1900: Sid S. Johnson, Publisher, Tyler, Texas Chapter LVI - Pages 238 - 239 Wm. H. Carter came to Smith county in 1849, and settled in Tyler. He came to Texas from Alabama, but was a South Carolinian by birth. He had no family in Texas. He was a lawyer by profession and practiced at the Tyler bar. However, he divided a good part of his time to trading, and had some farming interest. He was an honest man of much intelligence, but somewhat eccentric in manner and address. Wm. H. Carter was a friend to Tyler and Smith county and looked after her interest along the lines of advancement. Wm. H. Carter died in Smith county in 1873, to the regret of all who knew him. We have no specific data as to his age, but the recollection of the writer is that he was of middle age over forty years ago. Col. Wm. H. Carter has several relatives in Smith county-W. S. Carter, who lives near Winona; Mrs. H. C. Gibner; Spence Adkins and G. F. Adkins, of Lindale; T. H. Adkins and Mrs. W. S. Curtis, of Garden Valley. The relations mentioned, of Col. Carter, are among the best citizens of the county, and quite a number of the younger generation have been raised and educated in their respective communities.