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James Earl (Jimmy) Carter

James Earl, known as Jimmy, was born in October 1924. Jimmy's father was James Earl Carter and his mother was Bessie Lillian Gordy. His maternal grandparents were James Jackson Gordy and Mary Ida Nicholson. He had a brother named Billy. He is the older of the two children.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- James Earl Carter
  - b.12 Sep 1894 in Calhoun County, Georgia d.22 Jul 1953 in Plains, Georgia
  
  James Earl (Jimmy) Carter
  - b.Oct 1924
  
  James Jackson Gordy
  - b.25 Oct 1853 in Chattahoochee County, Georgia d.16 Jan 1948 in Americus, Georgia
  
  Bessie Lillian Gordy
  - b.15 Aug 1898 in Richland, Georgia d.30 Oct 1983 in Americus, Georgia
  
  Joseph Nicholson ^*
  - b.  1739 in Philadelphia, PA d.  1826 in Greene Co., GA
  
  John Candor Nicholson
  - b.  1773 in Mecklenburg Co, NC d.  1843 in Wilkinson Co, GA
  
  Lillis McAdoo Jack ^*
  - b.  1754 in Cumberland, PA d.  1820 in Greene Co., GA
  
  Nathaniel Nunn Nicholson
  - b.  1815 in Wilkinson Co, GA d.02 Jul 1891
  
  John Nunn RS ^*
  - b.  1755 in Craven Co, NC d.22 Apr 1836 in Wilkinson Co Ga
  
  Frances Nunn
  - b.  1774 in Chester Co, SC d. in Possibly Muscogee Co GA?
  
  Eliza Pratt
  - b.  1750
  
  Mary Ida Nicholson
  - b.10 Feb 1871 in Chattahoochee Co GA d.16 May 1951 in Chattanooga, Tennessee
  
  Mary Elizabeth Dawson
  - b.10 Sep 1836 in Jones, Georgia d.09 Dec 1909 in , Chattahoochee, Georgia, U.s.
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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