Temple Carpenter

1769 - 1839  (70 years)

• Name	Temple Carpenter
  Birth	1769
  Gender	Male
  Tax List	1800	Banks County, GA
  Census	1820	Lawrence County, MS
  Census	1830	Copiah County, MS
  Death	12 Sep 1839	Copiah County, MS   [1]
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Owen Carpenter,   b. Bef 1741   d. 1780/1784, Moore County, NC  (Age ~ 43 years)  (Father)  Catherine  (Mother)
  Notes	1785, Apr 13 -- Land Grant #360, Montgomery County, NC Temple Carpenter received 100 acres located on Cabin Creek adjoining his own line. Jonathan Carpenter and William Gibson were chain carriers. 1800 -- Tax List, Franklin County, GA Temple Carpenter listed [no acreage or location given in] 1804 -- Colonel William Wofford Survey on Georgia Frontier Settlers, Records of the Cherokee Indian Agency 1801-1835, Correspondence, 1804, Pages 311-313. Updated Report made to Colonel Return Jonathan Meigs, agent to the Cherokee Indians, southwest Point, regarding the number and condition of the Settlers living in and near the "Wofford Settlement", on the Frontier of Georgia and the Cherokee Nation of Indians - lying between the Currahee Mountain and the headwaters of the Oconee River. Original 1798 Settlers in the Nathan Smith settlement who were left outside of Colonel Hawkins line: Nathan Smith, James Minyard, Michael Oliver [removed by 1804] Stephen Smith [removed by 1804] Nicholas Smith [removed by 1804], Owen Carpenter, Jack Parker [removed by 1804], Thomas Warren, Joseph Halcom [removed by 1804], Charles Warren [removed by 1804], William Thornton [removed by 1804], Johnson McKinney [removed by 1804] and Lewis Dickenson. New Settlers by 1804 in Nathan Smith Settlement: Isham Smith, John Smith, Adam Sheffield, James Keys, Joseph Shelton, Samuel Spencer, William Spencer, Richard Jacks, John Huitt, Jacob Hollingsworth, Moses Alred, James Brown, Temple Carpenter, John Warren, James Hamilton, Nimrod House, James Alred, Thomas Bullen, William Newton, Snow, Asa Walker, Morgan Guest, William Smith, Averitt Smith, George Morgan and Reuben Warren. Editor's Note: Numerous Moore County families joined Nathan Smith and family in migrating to GA. Many continued to MS from there.] 1820 -- Census, Lawrence County, MS Page 62 Temple Carpenter (45+) 2M (26-45) 1M 1F (16-18) 1M (10-16) 1M (0-10) 2F 1827, Aug 20 -- BLM General Land Office Document #2838, Copiah County, MS Temple Carpenter (of Copiah County) received 79.94 acres from Jackson Land Office located in east half of southeast Quarter of Section 25, Township 10, Range 8. 1830 -- Census, Copiah County, MS Page 124-B Temple Carpenter (50-60) 1M (40-50) 1F (20-30) 1M (15-20) 1F (10-15) 1F 1839, May 15 -- Will Book B Page 116-118, Copiah County, MS Will of Temple Carpenter Dec'd. Heirs: wife Hannah Newton and their 11 children [Solomon Carpenter, John Carpenter, William Carpenter, Martin Carpenter, Mary Carpenter (wife of Everett Smith), Owen Carpenter, Elizabeth Carpenter (wife of Tyre O'Neal), Margaret Carpenter (wife of Thomas Pate), Matthew Carpenter and Amanda Carpenter (wife of Bartly James). Four children have died (Solomon Carpenter, Owen Carpenter, Elizabeth O'Neal and Amanda James). Carpenter died in possession of 320 acres located in Copiah County, MS and 3 slaves (Rhoda age 38, Cate age 30 and Milly age 12. Executor: wife Hannah Carpenter. Witnesses: Ransom M. Graves, Robert Weeks and Felix L. Ryan. Proven 22 Oct 1839.
  Person ID	I20864	Moore County Wallaces
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Owen Carpenter,   b. Bef 1741   d. 1780/1784, Moore County, NC (Age ~ 43 years)
  Mother	Catherine
  Family ID	F6519	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Newton,   b. Abt 1772   d. 21 Feb 1864, Copiah County, MS (Age ~ 92 years)  [2]
  Children	+   1. Solomon Carpenter,   b. 1794   d. 1839 (Age 45 years) ▻ Mary Smith  (Age 26 years);    ▻ Nancy Hundall  m. 9 Jan 1823;    ▻ Mary Ann Elizabeth Howell  m. 6 Dec 1835     2. John Calvin Carpenter,   b. 1795   d. 1853 (Age 58 years)     3. William G. Carpenter,   b. 1797   d. 1867 (Age 70 years)     4. Martin Carpenter,   b. 17 Oct 1798   d. 21 Oct 1874 (Age 76 years)     5. Mary Carpenter,   b. 1800   d. 1855 (Age 55 years) ▻ Everett Smith  m. 26 Jul 1821     6. Owen Carpenter,   b. 1802     7. Elizabeth Carpenter,   b. 1804   d. 1839 (Age 35 years) ▻ Tyre O'Neal     8. Margaret Carpenter,   b. 1806   d. 1839 (Age 33 years) ▻ Thomas Pate +   9. Matthew Carpenter,   b. 7 Jan 1810, GA d. 8 Jan 1890 (Age 80 years) ▻ Jane  (Age 65 years)   10. Amanda Carpenter,   b. 1812   d. 1834 (Age 22 years) ▻ Barlett B. James  (Age 74 years) + 11. Sarah Jane Carpenter,   b. 1817   d. 1880 (Age 63 years) ▻ Barlett B. James  (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F6327	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2013

  
  

• Event Map		Tax List - 1800 - Banks County, GA Census - 1820 - Lawrence County, MS Census - 1830 - Copiah County, MS Death - 12 Sep 1839 - Copiah County, MS  = Link to Google Earth
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• Histories

  1798 List of Settlers in Nathan Smith Settlement in state of GA 1798, Feb 1 -- Colonel William Wofford Survey on Georgia Frontier Settlers, Records of the Cherokee Indian Agency 1801-1835, Correspondence, 1804, Pages 311-313. Report made to Colonel Return Jonathan Meigs, agent to the Cherokee Indians, Southwest Point, regarding the number and condition of the Settlers living in and near the "Wofford Settlement", on the Frontier of Georgia and the Cherokee Nation of Indians - lying between the Currahee Mountain and the headwaters of the Oconee River. Original Settlers in the Nathan Smith settlement who were left outside of Colonel Hawkins line: Nathan Smith, James Minyard, Michael Oliver, Stephen Smith, Nicholas Smith, Owen Carpenter, Jack Parker, Thomas Warren, Joseph Halcom, Charles Warren, William Thornton, Johnson McKinney and Lewis Dickenson. 1804 -- Colonel William Wofford Survey on Georgia Frontier Settlers, Records of the Cherokee Indian Agency 1801-1835, Correspondence, 1804, Pages 311-313. Updated Report made to Colonel Return Jonathan Meigs, agent to the Cherokee Indians, southwest Point, regarding the number and condition of the Settlers living in and near the "Wofford Settlement", on the Frontier of Georgia and the Cherokee Nation of Indians - lying between the Currahee Mountain and the headwaters of the Oconee River. Original 1798 Settlers in the Nathan Smith settlement who were left outside of Colonel Hawkins line: Nathan Smith, James Minyard, Michael Oliver [removed by 1804] Stephen Smith [removed by 1804] Nicholas Smith [removed by 1804], Owen Carpenter, Jack Parker [removed by 1804], Thomas Warren, Joseph Halcom [removed by 1804], Charles Warren [removed by 1804], William Thornton [removed by 1804], Johnson McKinney [removed by 1804] and Lewis Dickenson. New Settlers by 1804 in Nathan Smith Settlement: Isham Smith, John Smith, Adam Sheffield, James Keys, Joseph Shelton, Samuel Spencer, William Spencer, Richard Jacks, John Huitt, Jacob Hollingsworth, Moses Alred, James Brown, Temple Carpenter, John Warren, James Hamilton, Nimrod House, James Alred, Thomas Bullen, William Newton, Snow, Asa Walker, Morgan Guest, William Smith, Averitt Smith, George Morgan and Reuben Warren. [Editor's Note: Numerous Moore County families joined Nathan Smith and family in migrating to GA. Many continued to MS from there.]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1111] James Vann Comer, Moore County Bible Project, Volume II, (1989, Moore County Genealogical Society, PO Box 1183, Pinehurst NC 28370). Bible in possesion of Ruth Evans Owen of Clinton, MS. [S1134] Jerry A. Smith, Ja7smith@optusnet.com.au, Genealogy of Nathan Smith [http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ja7smith/Genealogy_of_Nathan_Smith_2.html] .