Jane Agnes Carter

Jane Agnes Carter (maiden name: Mack) married Jackson Carter (post-war name: Lilburn Jackson) in slavery in 1862. Her owner was William "Blockhead Billy" Goodwin (Goodman), who lived in Pike County, Missouri. Her husband belonged to John Coles Carter, who brought him from Virginia to Missouri in 1852. Together, Jane and Jackson Carter had 13 children, including: Fannie, born around 1868; Maggie, born around 1870; Fred, born around 1874; John, born around 1876; Mary, born around 1879; Lilburn, born around 1880; Henry, born around 1882; Fay, born around 1889; and Moses, born November 11, 1891. During the war, she joined her husband in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where they legally married on December 1865 under "the new Constitution," as she reported in her pension testimony. After the war, her family moved to Quincy, Illinois, where her husband worked as a laborer. Her husband died on February 1, 1907, and she secured a $12 monthly pension later that year. One of her children also received $2 per month. Jane's pension increased to $20 per month by 1916. A woman named Amanda Hill also claimed she was the widow of Jackson Carter, but the pension agency ultimately ruled in Jane's favor.

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Name:Carter, Jane Agnes
Alternative names:
  • Jackson, Jane Agnes (alternative name)
  • Mack, Jane Agnes (alternative name)
Roles:
  • Spouse
Gender:F
Race:Black
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Person 1Person 2NumberRelation Type
Carter, JacksonCarter, Jane Agnes864645application-widow
Carter, JacksonCarter, Jane Agnes653116certificate-widow
Birth date:1847-09
Birth date certainty:About
Birth place:Missouri
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Person 1Relation TypePerson 2
Carter, Jane Agnesparent ofJackson, Fannie
Carter, Jane Agnesparent ofJackson, Maggie
Carter, Jane Agnesparent ofJackson, Fred
Carter, Jane Agnesparent ofJackson, John
Carter, Jane Agnesparent ofJackson, Mary
Carter, Jane Agnesparent ofJackson, Lilburn
Carter, Jane Agnesparent ofJackson, Henry
Carter, Jane Agnesparent ofJackson, Fay
Carter, Jane Agnesparent ofJackson, Moses
Carter, Jane Agneswife ofCarter, Jackson
SOURCES

Pension Records for Jackson Carter, RG15, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; B. Noland Carter II, A Goodly Heritage: A History of the Carter Family in Virginia, vol. I (2003).