Jesse Carter was an American state legislator, mail contractor, and state militia officer in Tampa, Florida, as well as a school co-founder. He was a Democrat.[1]
Carter was a commanding officer dealing with "Indian disturbances".[2] As a state official, he was involved with provisioning Tampa during the Seminole Wars.[3] He represented the 11th Senatorial District.[4]
Carter's home was where the University of Tampa is now located.[5] He built a schoolhouse for his daughter.[6][7][8]
References
edit- ^ Picking Up the Pieces: Tampa 1848-1853 - USF Scholar Commons by C Brown Jr · 1999
- ^ "United States Congressional Serial Set". U.S. Government Printing Office. July 6, 1887 – via Google Books.
- ^ Florida. Legislature. House (1881). Journal ... p. 296.
- ^ Florida. Legislature. Senate (1845). Journal of the Proceedings of the Senate of the General Assembly of the State of Florida at the ... Session ... The State. p. 3.
- ^ "J". www.tampapix.com.
- ^ "Sape A. Zylstra Collection of Tampa Architectural Slides". University of South Florida Libraries Digital Collections. Archived from the original on 2021-01-23. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Old Schoolhouse Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.
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