Key Facts

Snapshot:	owned slaves; died young
Parents:	652Joshua Everett 653Jane Carter
Born:	1 September 1801 Bulloch County, Georgia
Died:	30 November 1835 Bulloch County, Georgia
Buried:	unknown

Note: Some of the research presented here is based on: Alvaretta Kenan Register and David M. Foley (ed.), Everett/Everitt Family: A Genealogical History (the Estate of Alvaretta Kenan Register, Statesboro, Georgia, 1987), pages 17-18 (“112. John Carter Everett [...]”).

326John C. Everitt was born 1 September 1801 in Bulloch County, Georgia1 to parents 652Joshua Everitt2 and 653Jane Carter.*

326John married 327Eliza Ellis in Bulloch County on 22 February 1824.3

1824: 326John's and 327Eliza's marriage certificate. Full page.3

They remained in Bulloch County and by 1830 had several children. 326John owned three slaves.4

1830: 326John's family in Bulloch County, Georgia. Full page.4

1830: 326John's three slaves. Full page.4

326John died young—at just 34 years old—in Bulloch County on 30 November 18351 from an unknown cause. His estate inventory lists slaves, many farm animals, tools, and other typical farm/plantation items, plus a trumpet and a coffee mill.5 I also found an estate return,6 although it's not especially interesting.

326John's family stepped in after his death: His brother Josiah J. Everitt served as one of the administrators of the estate.7 About a year after 326John died, his father 652Joshua gifted a substantial amount of land to "my two little grand sons Josiah E Everitt and John C Everitt sons of John C Everitt deceased." The deed also passingly mentions their sisters (i.e., 326John's daughters) but doesn't name them.2

1836: 326John's father 652Joshua provides for 326John's two surviving sons. Full page.2

Another, later record describes how the slaves belonging to 326John's estate were distributed to his heirs by drawing lots. The record also names the heirs in question, including his son-in-law 162James Tillman.8 Another record appointed men to divide the estate.9

1846: The slaves still belonging to 326John's estate, just before they were distributed to new owners. Full page.8

Footnote:

*	Since 652Joshua married 653Jane Carter in 1797,10 since 326John was born in 1801,1 and since 652Joshua and 653Jane were still married at that time (and far beyond), one can deduce that 326John's mother was 653Jane Carter.

Sources Cited:

1: Bible of John Carter Everett, described in 1987 as being in possession of John P. Rabun, Jr., 301-B Lakemoore Drive NE, Atlanta, Georgia, although current disposition is unknown. Cited in: Alvaretta Kenan Register and David M. Foley (ed.), Everett/Everitt Family: A Genealogical History (the Estate of Alvaretta Kenan Register, Statesboro, Georgia, 1987), page 18.

2: Bulloch County, Georgia. Deeds book 5, page 213. Deed from Joshua Everitt to "my two little grand sons Josiah E Everitt and John C Everitt sons of John C Everitt deceased," dated 13 October 1836. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3Q5-W9YY-J?i=116&cat=155333.

3: Bulloch County, Georgia. Marriage book 2A, page 67, marriage of John Everitt and Eliza Ellis. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93G-F97M-1?i=180&cc=1999178&cat=335052>, accessed 2 September 2019.

4: 1830 U.S. Federal Census. Bulloch County, Georgia. Page 97, John C. Everitt household. NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 16. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYY-9W2?i=11&cc=1803958> and <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YYY-9V9?i=12&cc=1803958>, accessed 2 September 2019.

5: Bulloch County, Georgia. Court of Ordinary. Wills & Misc. Estate Records, volume 3A (1836-1845), pages 9-11. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893G-63D4?i=196&cc=1999178&cat=155415> et seq., accessed 5 September 2019. This is an inventory and appraisement of 326John's estate.

6: Bulloch County, Georgia. Returns Volume 6A (1846-1855), page 23. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-P3G5-S?i=177&cat=152440>, accessed 27 August 2019. This is an estate return.

7: Bulloch County, Georgia. Ordinary court minutes, volume X (1815-1843), page 151. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-2W9Z-X?i=82&cat=152418>, accessed 3 September 2019.

8: Bulloch County, Georgia. Court of Ordinary. Wills & Misc. Estate Records, volume 5A (1845-1854), pages 18-19. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93G-6SL3?i=323&cc=1999178&cat=155415> et seq., accessed 5 September 2019. This a record of the division of 326John's slaves.

9: Bulloch County, Georgia. Book 4A, pages 42 and 43. I obtained these two photocopies at the Stateboro-Bulloch County Library from an "Everett" family file containing a large number of loose, unorganized papers.

10: Bulloch County, Georgia. [Marriages] "Book A" (1795-1807), page 1, marriage of Joshua Everi[tt] and Jane Carter. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L93G-F97J-Z?i=20&cc=1999178&cat=335052>, accessed 11 September 2019.