Carter family.

The Carter family was an African-American slave family from Virginia that survived the Civil War and went on to build a life in and around Richmond. Polly Carter (d.1872) originally lived on "Master Warner 's" plantation in Gloucester County, Virginia, with her husband and two children, Albert and Alexander . Another son, Hamilton Carter , resided in nearby Richmond and was either a bondsman or a free man. During the Civil War, Hamilton was employed as dining room servant to Henry C. Beuce , the proprietor of Irving Mills . In October of 1866, Hamilton was hired by Dr. George Ross, a prominent Richmond physician.

In 1871 Hamilton married an African-American woman, Martha Glenn , who was originally also from Richmond. They had 6 children: Cassie , Alize , Pierce , Hamilton, Jr. , Mattie , and one child who died in 1881. The family lived for many years in a home they owned on the corner of 9th and Abigail Streets in the Madison Ward section of Richmond.

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