DAVIS CARTER, a prominent early settler of Greene county, was born in North Carolina, about 1784, and was a son of Michael Carter. His parents died when he was young, and Davis then removed with his brother-in-law Mr. Powell, and sister, to Tennessee. In 1811 he came to Illinois, locating near the fort in Wood river settlement, Madison county. There he lived until 1820, amid the scenes then attending the early settlement of that part of the territory. While there he was married to Catherine Reagan, a native of Alabama. It was the wife and two children of her brother Reason, who among others, were killed at the Wood river massacre. In the spring of 1820, Mr. Carter moved his family up to Greene county and located on Sec. 25, T. 11, R. 13, now in Walkerville township. There they remained until the spring of 1821, when the removed across the creek on to Sec. 35, T. 11, R. 13, now Bluffdale township. In 1824, they returned to Walkerville township, locating on section 16, where they resided seven years, and then at two other locations in that township, respectively one and two years. After that they removed to Sec. 4, T. 12, R. 13, and there resided until Nov., 1847, when Mr. Carter died, having survived his wife since 1844. Both are buried at the Hunnicutt cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Davis Carter were the parents of 6 children � Eleanor, deceased wife of William Little; Lorenzo E., subject of the following sketch; John, married Ann Spencer, died in this county, Joseph, enlisted in Co. D, 2d Ill. Inf., for the entire Mexican war, but fell a victim to the yellow fever, at Vera Cruz; Ruth, deceased wife of John Buck; Elizabeth, deceased wife of Wesley Clevenger, of Macoupin county. Davis Carter was in the Black Hawk war, and was a ranger in the war of 1812, with headquarters at the Wood river fort. He assisted in burning the fort at Peoria. As early as 1827 he drove cattle from this county to Green Bay, Wis., for the soldiers. It may therefore be said that several years of his life were spent in the loyal defense of his country.