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Jimmy Carter was born and grew up in the tiny, southwest Georgia town of Plains. Jimmy Carter’s roots in Georgia were strong and deep. His family had originated in Virginia with the arrival in 1637 of Thomas Carter. Like other colonists, the Carter family spread out, some settling in eastern North Carolina, and others going farther south. Two hundred years ago, Jimmy Carter’s ancestor Kindred Carter arrived in Georgia. There he stayed, having found what he had been looking for-good, rich soil and lush forests that could be easily cleared, planted, and tilled. When Kindred Carter died in 1800, he left his family three hundred acres suitable for growing cotton and wheat and for raising horses, cattle, mules, and pigs.

Farming was the work of the Carter family for generations. As the Carter sons grew to manhood, they branched into other Georgia counties where they bought more land and raised families of their own. Although the civil war temporarily interrupte...