Hannibal C. Carter

Hannibal Caesar Carter (February 1835–June 1, 1904) He also served two non-consecutive terms representing Warren County in the Mississippi House of Representatives, the first from 1872 to 1873 the second from 1876 to 1877, both times as a Republican. Carter was born in New Albany, Indiana, in February 1835, to a free Black family, then moving to Toronto, Canada for his early childhood. He and his brother, Edward E. Carter, served in the Native Guards of Louisiana and then both became Captains in the United States Coloured Troops. His father was George Washington Carter, free Black businessman, Freemason, and active member of the Underground Railroad.

He helped establish the Freedmen's Oklahoma Immigration Association in Chicago in 1881.

He spent his later life in Chicago, Illinois, where he then died at home June 1, 1904 at the age of 69.