From the research of Dallas Matthews:

Date: 5 Apr 1813
Place:
County: Cumberland, NC
RECORD TYPE
Actual Marriage Date
GROOM BRIDE
Name: Cox Carter Name: Candis Matthews
Residence: Residence:
Age: 23 Age: 21
Race: White Race: White
Father: Abraham Carter Father:
Mother: Mary Cox Mother:
Residence:

This information is from the North Carolina BMD Marriages and posted from a Marriage Notice posted by kathy spainhour.


He devised his will on May 20, 1841 mentioning wife Candis who received the home plantation on Buies Creek along with daughtewrs Peneese, Lucresa, Luyza, Vienna and Candis, and sons Eli and Eldridge.

Per Mark Valsame:

Members of the Carter family later left Harnett County and settled near Apex in Wake County, NC. Eli Carter is buried in Apex City Cemetery. His grave states that he was born January 17, 1825, and died May 17, 1893. His wife Edith A. was born October 12, 1830, and died January 10, 1915. Also buried in the same plot is Eli's sister Candice. Her grave says "Candace Carter, w/o John Spence, b. May 25, 1828, d. January 19, 1899."

• Note:

  North Carolina Marriage Bonds
  Ancestry.com
  
  Groom: Cox Carter
  Bride: Candis Matthews
  Bond Date: 05 Apr 1813
  Bond #: 000031680
  Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
  ImageNum: 005149
  County: Cumberland
  Record #: 01 054
  Bondsman: Benj Baird
  Witness: Robinson Mumfor

• Married: 5 APR 1813 in Cumberland County, North Carolina ^{1 2}

1. Penesa CARTER b: ABT 1814
2. Eli CARTER b: 17 JAN 1825
3. Vienna CARTER
4. Candace CARTER b: 25 MAY 1828
5. Clem Eldridge CARTER b: ABT 1831

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