Marty and Karla Grant

The Genealogy of Marty Grant and wife Karla Mangus Grant.

1805 - 1881 (76 years) Has 6 ancestors and 93 descendants in this family tree.

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Name	William Carpenter
Birth	1804/1805	Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
Gender	Male
_UID	16B9888DD2DAD4118AC4444553540000F3CC
Death	15 Nov 1881	Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
Person ID	I965	Marty and Karla Grant
Last Modified	22 May 2025

Father	Jacob Carpenter, b. 1778/1779, Surry Co, NC (now Yadkin Co, NC) d. 18 Jul 1856, Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age 77 years)
Mother	Margaret, b. 1787/1788, Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 5 Jun 1875, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age 87 years)
Marriage	1800/1805	Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
_UID	A77F0B6E17B8E147B65A011C20F0CCC867BE
Family ID	F767	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Elizabeth Wilson, b. 1802/1803, Burke Co, NC d. 21 Jul 1886, Mitchell Co, NC (Age 83 years)

Marriage 15 Nov 1831 Burke Co, NC

_UID 33D2A5E473A2A74289EC34F0B373869263B1

Children

	1. Jacob Carpenter, b. 4 Jan 1833, Yancey Co, NC d. 10 Mar 1920, Avery Co, NC (Age 87 years)
	2. Alexander L Carpenter, b. 5 Nov 1834, Yancey Co, NC d. 5 Dec 1906, Mitchell Co, NC (Age 72 years)
	3. William N Carpenter, b. 1835/1836, Yancey Co, NC
	4. Levi Turner Carpenter, b. 1839/1840, Yancey Co, NC d. 5 Nov 1861, Civil War (Age 21 years)
	5. Sophia Lucinda Carpenter, b. 19 Feb 1843, Yancey Co, NC d. 10 Aug 1917, Avery Co, NC (Age 74 years)
	6. Joseph L Carpenter, b. 1845/1846, Yancey Co, NC d. 18 Aug 1862, Ashland, Hanover Co, VA, Civil War (Age 16 years)
	7. Lydia E Carpenter, b. 25 Feb 1848, Yancey Co, NC d. 27 Jan 1940 (Age 91 years)
	8. Nancy Matilda Carpenter, b. 29 Oct 1851, Yancey Co, NC d. 4 May 1924 (Age 72 years)
	9. Elizabeth Carpenter, b. 29 Oct 1851, Yancey Co, NC

Family ID F773 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Aug 2026

Notes

!NOTES:Marty Grant's 4th Great Grand Uncle.;

!CENSUS:1810 Burke Co, NC pg 320 w/Jacob CARPENTER age 0-9 (1800/10);

!CENSUS:1820 Burke Co, NC pg 61 w/Jacob CARPENTER age 10-15 (1804/10);

!COURT:Jan 1824 Burke Co., NC Court Minutes
Ordered that Thomas Burlison oversee the road in room of Aden Carver leading toward the Yellow Mountain from David Tates plantation to Gilbert Whites with the hands to work thereon (towit):
John Ollis
Bedford Wiseman
William Carpenter
Jacob Davis
Thomas Davis
John Davis
John Vance
Thomas Vance
James Moody
David Carpenter
Lewis Vance
William Vaughan
Alexander Wiseman
Thomas Burlsion
Josiah Wiseman
William Roberts
... (no more names);

!CENSUS:1830 Burke Co, NC pg 196 w/Jacob CARPENTER age 20-29 (1800/10);

!CENSUS:1840 Yancey Co, NC pg 269 William CARPENTER age 30-39 (1800/10) "310001-000001";

!TAXLIST:1840 Yancey Co, NC Captain Vance's Company - William CARPENTER, 250a, $125, 1 white poll, $2.12 1/2 tax due;

!TAXLIST:1841 Yancey Co, NC Captain Swan's Company - William CARPENTER, 250a, $150, 1 white poll;

!COURT:Spring 1848 Yancey Co, NC- Revaluation of Property value - North Toe River District - William CARPENTER from $300 to 200

!NAMED: 8 Sep 1849 Yancey Co, NC Wills 1-111 Jacob CARPENTER. Naming wife Margaret, grandson Thomas D. CARPENTER, children: William CARPENTER, David CARPENTER, Sophia ENGLISH, Samuel CARPENTER, Nancy FRANKLIN, Elizabeth WISEMAN, Levi CARPENTER, Mary CUTHBERTSON, and Frances M. PYATTE. Executor Leander PYATTE, witnessed by William DAVIS, and George W. DAVIS;

!CENSUS:1850 Yancey Co, NC # 519 William CARPENTER, 45 (1804/05) born NC;

!CENSUS:1860 Yancey Co, NC # 1205 William CARPENTER age 55 (1804/05) b NC;

!CENSUS:1870 Mitchell Co, NC Toe River Twp # 54 William CARPENTER age 65 (1804/05) b NC;

!CENSUS:1880 Mitchell Co, NC Toe River Twp # 180 W. CARPENTER age 74 (1805/06) born NC, father born NC, mother born NC;

!DEATH:15 Nov 1881 Mitchell Co, NC from ANTHOLOGY OF DEATH;

!OBITUARY:"Uncle Jake Carpenter's Anthology of Death" - (some punctuation added) "William Carpenter age 76 dide nov 15 1881. Wars fine honter, cil bare and wolves by 100 der by 100.";

Marty and Karla Grant

The Genealogy of Marty Grant and wife Karla Mangus Grant.

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