Daniel D. Carter was born in 1809 in Virginia. His family moved to Montgomery County, Tennessee when he was about ten years old. As a young man he moved to Nashville, where he stayed for over forty years. He built his home on High Street, which is now Sixth Avenue, around 1833. He was partner in a stage coach firm affiliated with the United States Post Office. He then became President of the Bank of the Union, where he worked until the Civil War broke out. Upon Federal occupation, Carter refused to take the loyalty oath and was imprisoned, and Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant (1822-85), a later United States president, used the home for his headquarters. The home was demolished in 1913.
Carter House
36.16332, -86.78185
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Daniel D. Carter was born in 1809 in Virginia. His family moved to Montgomery County, Tennessee when he was about ten years old. As a young man he moved to Nashville, where he stayed for over forty years. He built his home on High Street, which is now Sixth Avenue, around 1833. He was partner in a stage coach firm affiliated with the United States Post Office. He then became President of the Bank of the Union, where he worked until the Civil War broke out. Upon Federal occupation, Carter refused to take the loyalty oath and was imprisoned, and Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant (1822-85), a later United States president, used the home for his headquarters. The home was demolished in 1913.