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Ancestry of President Carter
Jimmy Carter is a Georgian with deep roots in his native state, being the seventh generation Carter to live in Georgia. The information detailed here is taken from an article in Georgia Life (Winter, , pp. 40 ff.) by Kenneth H. Thomas.
Kindred Carter
Kindred Carter (c. ) came to Georgia from the Bertie-Edgecombe-Hertford area of northeastern North Carolina where his family had lived for several generations. He was of the 5th generation in descent from Thomas Carter, Sr. who came in from England to Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Thomas Carter&#;s only known child was Thomas, Jr., who married Magdalene Moore and left a will in In that will, Thomas, Jr. did not name all of his children, but Moore Carter (c. ) who married Jane and moved to Bertie County, North Carolina, is believed to have been his son. Moore left a will naming a son Isaac who married Ruth and died after Isaac and Ruth were the parents of Kindred and James, among others. Kindred and Ja
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The Carter Family: A History of the First Family of Country Music
Country music would sound way different, if it existed at all, without the original Carter Family trio. Numerous books, academic articles and documentary films explain how powerhouse vocalist Sara, her song-collecting husband A.P. and multi-instrumentalist cousin Maybelle pioneered not just country music but also folk, bluegrass and other genres that sound at home in the mountains of Virginia.
Inspiration and interpretation continued beyond that first generation of folk artists-turned-commercial radio and recording stars, however: Children of Carters began their careers in their parents' bands before embarking on their own creative paths and, though marriage, branching the family tree further into various popular interpretations of roots music.
The following list mostly follows how June Carter's marriage to Johnny Cash weaved future Americana and throwback country tastemakers into the family circle as spo
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Carter Family
Traditional American folk music group
This article is about the människor music group. For the second-generation grupp, see The Carter Sisters. For Beyoncé and Jay Z, see The Carters. For other people with the surname, see Carter (surname).
The Carter Family was a traditional American människor music group that recorded between and Their music had a profound influence on bluegrass, country, Southern Gospel, pop and rock music, as well as on the U.S. människor revival of the s.
They were the first vocal group to become country music stars, and were among the first groups to record commercially produced country music. Their first recordings were made in Bristol, Tennessee, for the Victor Talking Machine Company beneath producer Ralph Peer on August 1, This was the day before country singer Jimmie Rodgers made his första recordings for Victor beneath Peer.
The success of the Carter Family's recordings of songs such as "Wabash Cannonball", "Can the Circle Be Unbroken", "Wildwood F