Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameDale CARTER 
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26Birth Date9 Aug 1744
Birth PlaceLancaster County, Virginia
Death Date6 Oct 1774 Age: 30
Death PlaceFort Blackmore, Scott County, Virginia
Burial PlaceFort Blackmore, Scott County, Virginia, Fort Blackmore Cemetery
Spouses
Birth Date3 Feb 1746
Birth PlacePetersburg, Prince George County, Virginia
Death Date12 Jun 1820 Age: 74
Death PlaceRussell County, Virginia
FatherJohn James BICKLEY Sr. (1713-1793)
MotherMary HURT (~1713-~1762)
Family ID3373
Marr Date1769
Marr PlaceWashington, Rappahannock County, Virginia
Notes for Dale CARTER
!1. Bickley Family Bible
!2. AF information submitted by Eileen S. McMorrough, 303 Hillcrest Dr.
Aberdeen, MS 39730
27 Mar 1999: WAYNEMONT@aol.com
b & d dates
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Son of Charles Carter and Lucy Morgan.
Married Mary Ann Bickley, daughter of John Bickley of Red Hill, Amherst County, VA.
The Carter brothers, John, Thomas, and Dale, had settled on the north side of Clinch river, near Blackmore's Fort about 1772. Their land grants were surveyed for them and entered in the Fincastle Survey Book on March 26, 1774.
On the same day that Colonel Shelby's Negro girl was captured, Logan, who must have split his raiding party, sending one part against Ft. Blackmore which secretly approached the fort and got within 75 yards before being discovered. Most of the men were sitting upon some logs which lay a short distance from the gate. Evidently seeing this the Indians decided to make a bold push and enter the fort before the men could recover from their surprise. Creeping along the river bank, hidden by the bank and a fringe of brush and trees, they were just ready to push into the fort when they were discovered by Dale Carter, who was about fifty-five steps from the fort and who cried, "Murder! Murder!"
Upon hearing Carter's alarm, the men ran towards the fort and succeeded in reaching the gate before the Indians. Frustrated in their designs of entering the fort they turned upon Dale Carter. One Indian shot at him, but missed him; another shot him through the thigh, inflicting a wound which rendered him too lame to escape into the fort. Another Indian ran up to Carter, tomahawked and scalped him within 55 steps of the Fort.
ANY HABITANTS OF THE BLACKMORE FORT WHO WAS KILLED WAS A GREAT TASK FOR BURIAL, AS THE FORT WAS FREQUENTLY UNDER THE SIEGE OF INDIANS, AND RARELY WENT OUTSIDE THE FORT. THEIR RESTING PLACE WAS TO THE EAST OF THE FORT.
The Dale Carter killed by the Indians at Blackmore's Fort in 1774 has also been misidentified as another son of Charles Sr. and Lucy Carter. The administrator of Dale Carter's estate was identified as his brother Thomas Carter. Thomas Carter was a son of Peter and Judith Carter [Wash. Co., WBK 1 p 25], who has also previously been identified as a brother of the John Carter who died in 1803.
At a court held for Washington County, on March 18, 1778, Thomas Carter, brother of Dale, was appointed Administrator of his estate, with Richard Stanton and William Houston as his securities. The estate was appraised by Archibald Scott, Joseph Butcher, John Carter (another brother) and Richard Stanton.
The heirs at law of the John Carter who died in Smith Co, Tn in 1803 but whose Will is filed in Russell Co. VA are all proven descendants of Peter and Judith Norris Carter out of Fauquier Co, VA. At least one of the children of Dale Carter who was killed at Blakemore's Fort in 1774, also appears to have claimed a portion of John Carter's estate. [Russell Co DBK 7 p. 131 ] showing a probability that this Dale was the son of Peter and Judith Norris Carter and not the son of Charles Sr. and Lucy Carter as has been claimed.
MEMORIAL ORIGINALLY CREATED IN 2016, was merged to a memorial with an incorrect death and burial location. Dale Carter was killed in 1774 outside of Fort Blackmore and buried close to the Fort. Others who died at Fort Blackmore were buried in close proximity to the east of the Fort. There are no remaining burial markers.
Gravesite Details
no remnant grave marker
On Find A Grave.
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!2. AF information submitted by Eileen S. McMorrough, 303 Hillcrest Dr.
Aberdeen, MS 39730
27 Mar 1999: WAYNEMONT@aol.com
b & d dates
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Son of Charles Carter and Lucy Morgan.
Married Mary Ann Bickley, daughter of John Bickley of Red Hill, Amherst County, VA.
The Carter brothers, John, Thomas, and Dale, had settled on the north side of Clinch river, near Blackmore's Fort about 1772. Their land grants were surveyed for them and entered in the Fincastle Survey Book on March 26, 1774.
On the same day that Colonel Shelby's Negro girl was captured, Logan, who must have split his raiding party, sending one part against Ft. Blackmore which secretly approached the fort and got within 75 yards before being discovered. Most of the men were sitting upon some logs which lay a short distance from the gate. Evidently seeing this the Indians decided to make a bold push and enter the fort before the men could recover from their surprise. Creeping along the river bank, hidden by the bank and a fringe of brush and trees, they were just ready to push into the fort when they were discovered by Dale Carter, who was about fifty-five steps from the fort and who cried, "Murder! Murder!"
Upon hearing Carter's alarm, the men ran towards the fort and succeeded in reaching the gate before the Indians. Frustrated in their designs of entering the fort they turned upon Dale Carter. One Indian shot at him, but missed him; another shot him through the thigh, inflicting a wound which rendered him too lame to escape into the fort. Another Indian ran up to Carter, tomahawked and scalped him within 55 steps of the Fort.
ANY HABITANTS OF THE BLACKMORE FORT WHO WAS KILLED WAS A GREAT TASK FOR BURIAL, AS THE FORT WAS FREQUENTLY UNDER THE SIEGE OF INDIANS, AND RARELY WENT OUTSIDE THE FORT. THEIR RESTING PLACE WAS TO THE EAST OF THE FORT.
The Dale Carter killed by the Indians at Blackmore's Fort in 1774 has also been misidentified as another son of Charles Sr. and Lucy Carter. The administrator of Dale Carter's estate was identified as his brother Thomas Carter. Thomas Carter was a son of Peter and Judith Carter [Wash. Co., WBK 1 p 25], who has also previously been identified as a brother of the John Carter who died in 1803.
At a court held for Washington County, on March 18, 1778, Thomas Carter, brother of Dale, was appointed Administrator of his estate, with Richard Stanton and William Houston as his securities. The estate was appraised by Archibald Scott, Joseph Butcher, John Carter (another brother) and Richard Stanton.
The heirs at law of the John Carter who died in Smith Co, Tn in 1803 but whose Will is filed in Russell Co. VA are all proven descendants of Peter and Judith Norris Carter out of Fauquier Co, VA. At least one of the children of Dale Carter who was killed at Blakemore's Fort in 1774, also appears to have claimed a portion of John Carter's estate. [Russell Co DBK 7 p. 131 ] showing a probability that this Dale was the son of Peter and Judith Norris Carter and not the son of Charles Sr. and Lucy Carter as has been claimed.
MEMORIAL ORIGINALLY CREATED IN 2016, was merged to a memorial with an incorrect death and burial location. Dale Carter was killed in 1774 outside of Fort Blackmore and buried close to the Fort. Others who died at Fort Blackmore were buried in close proximity to the east of the Fort. There are no remaining burial markers.
Gravesite Details
no remnant grave marker
On Find A Grave.
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Notes for Mary Ann (Spouse 1)
!1. Bickley Family Bible
!2. AF information submitted by Eileen S. McMorrough, 303 Hillcrest Dr.
Aberdeen, MS 39730
!information also from Thomasine Elefant (1997). Middle name given as Ann.
b. place listed as Louisa County, Virginia and d. place listed as Amherst
County, Virginia after 1786.
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MARY
was the daughter of John & Mary(Hurt)Bickley. Mary Ann Bickley married Dale Carter 1769.
added by Sherri Sontag contributor number 46846344; Sept 6, 2024:
She had another Husband as in Solomon's Will she moved on to another man named John Childers. and had a son with him (Amherst Nov Court, 1774)
On Find A Grave.
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!2. AF information submitted by Eileen S. McMorrough, 303 Hillcrest Dr.
Aberdeen, MS 39730
!information also from Thomasine Elefant (1997). Middle name given as Ann.
b. place listed as Louisa County, Virginia and d. place listed as Amherst
County, Virginia after 1786.
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MARY
was the daughter of John & Mary(Hurt)Bickley. Mary Ann Bickley married Dale Carter 1769.
added by Sherri Sontag contributor number 46846344; Sept 6, 2024:
She had another Husband as in Solomon's Will she moved on to another man named John Childers. and had a son with him (Amherst Nov Court, 1774)
On Find A Grave.
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Notes for Dale & Mary Ann (Family)
Original wedding date was listed as ? 1764, which is probably wrong she wouldn’t be 12.