Margaret
1788 - 1875 (87 years)-
Name Margaret Birth 1787/1788 Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) 
Gender Female Reference Number 169 _UID 0EB9888DD2DAD4118AC4444553540000EB4C Death 5 Jun 1875 Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) Person ID I961 Marty and Karla Grant Last Modified 13 Jul 2025
Family Jacob Carpenter, b. 1778/1779, Surry Co, NC (now Yadkin Co, NC) d. 18 Jul 1856, Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age 77 years) Marriage 1800/1805 Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) Children 1. William Carpenter, b. 1804/1805, Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 15 Nov 1881, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age 76 years)2. David Carpenter, b. 1805/1806, Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 1870/1880, Graham Co, NC (Age 74 years)3. Sophia Carpenter, b. 25 Dec 1808, Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 19 Jul 1884, McDowell Co, NC (Age 75 years)4. Samuel Carpenter, b. 3 Jan 1814, Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 15 Oct 1862, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age 48 years)5. Levi Carpenter, b. 1816/1817, Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. Dec 1864, Chicago, IL, Civil War (Age 47 years)6. Elizabeth Carpenter, b. 1820/1821, Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 1870/1876, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age 55 years)7. Nancy E Carpenter, b. 1821/1822, Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 1850/1854, Watauga Co, NC (Age 32 years)8. Mary Carpenter, b. 15 Feb 1826, Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 4 Jun 1900, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age 74 years)9. Frances Matilda Carpenter, b. 9 Dec 1828, Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 28 Jun 1903, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age 74 years)Family ID F767 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Oct 2025
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1860 Census Entry
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Notes - !NOTES:Marty Grant's 5th Great Grand Mother;
!NOTES:No evidence for her maiden name.
(1) One highly speculative theory is that she is a Houston. I base this *only* on her naming a son "Levi" (perhaps after a Levi Houston born about 7 years before her son Levi), and that I'm DNA matches with many members of the Andrew Davis family. His wife was Elizabeth Houston. Warning: Highly speculative. Not one shred of proof that Margaret Carpenter is a Houston, so use at your own peril. Marty 11/4/19.
(2) another highly speculative theory is that she's a Chandler, also because of son Levi Carpenter. There was a Levi Chandler who witnessed two deeds of hers in 1840, both involving her "life estate" with Jacob Carpenter with son Levi Carpenter. Who was Levi Chandler to her?
(3) Another theory is that she is a Wilson. No proof here either, but one of her grandsons was named "Wilson Carpenter" for no obvious reason. However, that person's mother is unidentied (Wife of David Carpenter) so it's possible *she* was the Wilson in question. None of Margaret's other children named a son Wilson or used that as a middle name as far as is known;
!CENSUS:1790;
!CENSUS:1800;
!CENSUS:1810 Burke Co, NC pg 320 w/Jacob CARPENTER age 26-44 (1765/84);
!CENSUS:1820 Burke Co, NC pg 61 w/Jacob CARPENTER age 26-44 (1775/94);
!CENSUS:1830 Burke Co, NC pg 196 w/Jacob CARPENTER age 30-39 (1790/1800);
!CENSUS:1840 Yancey Co, NC pg 269 w/Jacob CARPENTER age 50-59 (1780/90);
!NAMED: 8 Sep 1849 Yancey Co, NC Wills 1-111 Jacob CARPENTER. Naming wife Margaret, grandson Thomas D. CARPENTER, children: William CARPENTER, David CARPENTER, Sophia ENGLISH, Samuel CARPENTER, Nancy FRANKLIN, Elizabeth WISEMAN, Levi CARPENTER, Mary CUTHBERTSON, and Frances M. PYATTE. Executor Leander PYATTE, witnessed by William DAVIS, and George W. DAVIS;
!CENSUS:1850 Yancey Co., NC # 516/542
Jacob Carpenter 71 Cooper $- NC
Margaret 62
Thomas 11;
!CENSUS:1860 Yancey Co, NC pg 459B # 1203 Margaret CARPENTER, age 71 (1788/89);
!CENSUS:1870;
!OBITUARY:"Uncle Jake Carpenter's Anthology of Death" - (some punctuation added) "Margit Carpenter age 87 dide Jun 5 1875. Wars good womin. Good for pore, she did not have no bed to slep on when she was marid. She slip on der skin til mard but that lok lik hard times. No womin had to li on derskins when was mared.";
- !NOTES:Marty Grant's 5th Great Grand Mother;