Carters, formerly known as Carter's Quarter,
is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Murray County,
Georgia
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, United States. Nearby
Carters Lake, impounded by
Carters Dam
Carters Dam is an earthen embankment dam located south of Chatsworth, Georgia, Chatsworth in Murray County, Georgia, Murray County and west of Ellijay, Georgia, Ellijay in northwestern Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States, that creates ...
, takes its name from the community.
History
The community was named after Farish Carter, who in 1833 had bought 15,000 acres of land, with the largest unit located in Murray County.
In his youth, Carter had run away from home, made himself a substantial fortune, and was engaged in managing his numerous enterprises involving farms, steamboats, banks, ferries, factories, mills, and marble quarries, spread across the Southeastern United States and into the Midwest. He owned property in Murray County that he used as a summer home, in what was then known as Carter's Quarter. His farm grew wheat, rye, oats, corn, tobacco, peas, beans, potatoes, rice, and cotton, with the labor of his hundreds of slaves. On the
1850 census
The 1850 United States census was the seventh decennial United States Census
Conducted by the Census Office, it determined the resident population of the United States to be 23,191,876—an increase of 35.9 percent over the 17,069,453 persons ...
, Carter reported that he owned 403 slaves. Later that year he turned the family plantation over to his son James Carter, who was the first of the Carter family to live in Murray County all-year-round. The plantation continued to sustain the family, and the
1860 census indicates that 355 slaves remained on the property.
The Carters post office was discontinued in 1976.
See also
References
Unincorporated communities in Murray County, Georgia
Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)
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