Record Group 45: Naval Records Collection of the Office of Naval Records and Library, 1691 - 1945 Series: Letters Received from Commissioned Officers Below the Rank of Commander and from Warrant Officers, 1802 - 1886 File Unit: Volume 314-315, November 1-December 31, 1844 Item: Letter(s) received fr

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Record Group 45: Naval Records Collection of the Office of Naval Records and Library, 1691 - 1945 Series: Letters Received from Commissioned Officers Below the Rank of Commander and from Warrant Officers, 1802 - 1886 File Unit: Volume 314-315, November 1-December 31, 1844 Item: Letter(s) received from Carter, Samuel

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Carter, Samuel Perry "Powhatan", 1819-1891

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Carter was born in Elizabethton, Tennessee, the eldest son of Alfred Moore Carter, a direct descendant of the early settlers for whom Carter County is named. His mother was Evalina Belmont Perry. Although later known as Samuel Powhatan Carter, Samuel's middle name was Perry. He had two brothers, William Blount Carter and James Patton Taylor Carter. Samuel Carter attended the Duffield Academy in Elizabethton, Washington College in Limestone, and Princeton University before enlisting in the U.S. N...