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General Lee visited Pampatike shortly after the war. I remember seeing him ride down the cedar lane and taking him for Dr. Ellerson of Laurel Springs’, my mother’s uncle—in—law, who was the only grey bearded man I had ever seen. My father had many long talks with General Lee on the subject of the war and got much advice from him as to what course he should pursue as to the future. Among other things, he advised him to send the negroes to Richmond, where they could be furnished with rations, as he could not feed them. The General told my father that the confederacy had failed for lack of support by the far south. That these southern states got tired of the war and would not furnish supplies and men in proportion to those furnished by Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. General Lee was my grandfather’s first cousin , his mother being the daughter of Charles Carter of “Shirley” and a sister of Robert Carter of Pampatike.
He was an excellent horseman and delighted in telling me of my grandfather’s race horses Primero, Andrewetta, Rattler, etc. which were kept and trained in barns and on a race track in what is now Pampatike field on Pampatike farm. I described these in “How Primero won the race”, published in a New Orleans magazine called Art & Letters. We rode horseback, wandered through the woods cutting our names on beech trees, mostly with hearts around them, played baseball and were applauded by the girls, fished, and at night danced to my father’s music made on his old flute, which had to have water poured through it every night before using to swell up the cracks, but we danced the Virginia Reel, the coquette, and all the square dances to our hearts content.
Married in 1856 and lived happily at Pampatike until the time of the war. In 1857 they had a son, William Roy, who lived about a year, and in 1858, June 15th, I (Thomas N. Carter) was born; Juliet in 18?? (1860) and Anne in 18?? (1863) there was another boy baby who only lived 8 days, and then came Spencer in 1873.
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General Lee visited Pampatike shortly after the war. I remember seeing him ride down the cedar lane and taking him for Dr. Ellerson of Laurel Springs’, my mother’s uncle—in—law, who was the only grey bearded man I had ever seen. My father had many long talks with General Lee on the subject of the war and got much advice from him as to what course he should pursue as to the future. Among other things, he advised him to send the negroes to Richmond, where they could be furnished with rations, as he could not feed them. The General told my father that the confederacy had failed for lack of support by the far south. That these southern states got tired of the war and would not furnish supplies and men in proportion to those furnished by Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. General Lee was my grandfather’s first cousin , his mother being the daughter of Charles Carter of “Shirley” and a sister of Robert Carter of Pampatike.
He was an excellent horseman and delighted in telling me of my grandfather’s race horses Primero, Andrewetta, Rattler, etc. which were kept and trained in barns and on a race track in what is now Pampatike field on Pampatike farm. I described these in “How Primero won the race”, published in a New Orleans magazine called Art & Letters. We rode horseback, wandered through the woods cutting our names on beech trees, mostly with hearts around them, played baseball and were applauded by the girls, fished, and at night danced to my father’s music made on his old flute, which had to have water poured through it every night before using to swell up the cracks, but we danced the Virginia Reel, the coquette, and all the square dances to our hearts content.
Married in 1856 and lived happily at Pampatike until the time of the war. In 1857 they had a son, William Roy, who lived about a year, and in 1858, June 15th, I (Thomas N. Carter) was born; Juliet in 18?? (1860) and Anne in 18?? (1863) there was another boy baby who only lived 8 days, and then came Spencer in 1873.
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General Lee visited Pampatike shortly after the war. I remember seeing him ride down the cedar lane and taking him for Dr. Ellerson of Laurel Springs’, my mother’s uncle—in—law, who was the only grey bearded man I had ever seen. My father had many long talks with General Lee on the subject of the war and got much advice from him as to what course he should pursue as to the future. Among other things, he advised him to send the negroes to Richmond, where they could be furnished with rations, as he could not feed them. The General told my father that the confederacy had failed for lack of support by the far south. That these southern states got tired of the war and would not furnish supplies and men in proportion to those furnished by Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. General Lee was my grandfather’s first cousin , his mother being the daughter of Charles Carter of “Shirley” and a sister of Robert Carter of Pampatike.
He was an excellent horseman and delighted in telling me of my grandfather’s race horses Primero, Andrewetta, Rattler, etc. which were kept and trained in barns and on a race track in what is now Pampatike field on Pampatike farm. I described these in “How Primero won the race”, published in a New Orleans magazine called Art & Letters. We rode horseback, wandered through the woods cutting our names on beech trees, mostly with hearts around them, played baseball and were applauded by the girls, fished, and at night danced to my father’s music made on his old flute, which had to have water poured through it every night before using to swell up the cracks, but we danced the Virginia Reel, the coquette, and all the square dances to our hearts content.
Married in 1856 and lived happily at Pampatike until the time of the war. In 1857 they had a son, William Roy, who lived about a year, and in 1858, June 15th, I (Thomas N. Carter) was born; Juliet in 18?? (1860) and Anne in 18?? (1863) there was another boy baby who only lived 8 days, and then came Spencer in 1873.
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General Lee visited Pampatike shortly after the war. I remember seeing him ride down the cedar lane and taking him for Dr. Ellerson of Laurel Springs’, my mother’s uncle—in—law, who was the only grey bearded man I had ever seen. My father had many long talks with General Lee on the subject of the war and got much advice from him as to what course he should pursue as to the future. Among other things, he advised him to send the negroes to Richmond, where they could be furnished with rations, as he could not feed them. The General told my father that the confederacy had failed for lack of support by the far south. That these southern states got tired of the war and would not furnish supplies and men in proportion to those furnished by Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. General Lee was my grandfather’s first cousin , his mother being the daughter of Charles Carter of “Shirley” and a sister of Robert Carter of Pampatike.
He was an excellent horseman and delighted in telling me of my grandfather’s race horses Primero, Andrewetta, Rattler, etc. which were kept and trained in barns and on a race track in what is now Pampatike field on Pampatike farm. I described these in “How Primero won the race”, published in a New Orleans magazine called Art & Letters. We rode horseback, wandered through the woods cutting our names on beech trees, mostly with hearts around them, played baseball and were applauded by the girls, fished, and at night danced to my father’s music made on his old flute, which had to have water poured through it every night before using to swell up the cracks, but we danced the Virginia Reel, the coquette, and all the square dances to our hearts content.
Married in 1856 and lived happily at Pampatike until the time of the war. In 1857 they had a son, William Roy, who lived about a year, and in 1858, June 15th, I (Thomas N. Carter) was born; Juliet in 18?? (1860) and Anne in 18?? (1863) there was another boy baby who only lived 8 days, and then came Spencer in 1873.
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