Edward Carter Sr. (1734 - bef. 1792)

Born 1734 in Shirley, Charles City County, Colony of Virginia

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Descendants

Died before 6 Jun 1792 before age 58 in Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Edward Carter, son of John "Secretary" Carter and Elizabeth Hill and a Grandson of Robert "King" Carter, was born at Shirley, in 1733 and died in 1792 a the home of a daughter Elizabeth (Carter) Stanard, wife of William Stanard, which was a planation called Roxbury in Spotsylvania county, Virginia. He is said to be buried at Roxbury and his Will is probated in Spotsylvania County.

Edward's father had a Patent for 9,350 acres of land in Albemarle county, Virginia. The patent was issued in 1730 and died not "belong" to John, but was put in trust for him so that he would find families to pioneer and settle that part of Virginia. John never lived in Albemarle, but the Carter name is commemorated in that county in the name "Carter Mountain," given to a range of mountains which lay within the boundary of the patent. ^[1]

Edward Represented Albemarle County in the House of Burgesses 1767, 1768 and 1769 and the House of Delegates from Albemarle 1785 and 1788. Edward married Sarah Champe, born 1733 a daughter of Colonel John Champe and his wife, Jane. Edward and Sarah resided at "Blenheim," in Albemarle county, Virginia. All of the children of Edward and Sarah were born at Blenheim:

• Captain John Champe Carter, born July 25, 1758, died April 5, 1826, married Apphia Fauntleroy, served as an officer during the American Revolutionary War ^[2]

• Elizabeth Hill Carter, born January 20, 1760, died after 1779, in Thomas Parish, Orange county, Virginia, married William Stanard ^[3]

• Charles Carter, born August 27, 1762, died 1829 at "Audley" in Clarke county, Virginia, married Elizabeth Lewis

• Jane Whittaker Carter, born September 20, 1764, died after 1843, in Culpeper county, Virginia, married Samuel Killet Bradford

• Sarah Carter, born May 1, 1767, died 1814, in Alexandria, Virginia, married 1) George Carter and 2) Dr. John Brown Cutting

• Edward Hill Carter, born April 16, 1769

• William Champe Carter, born April 18, 1772

• Lucy Carter, born April 28, 1774

• George Carter, Born September 17, 1776

• Robert Carter, born April 17, 1778, married Mary Coles

• Mary Champe Carter, born July 15, 1779, married Francis Taliaferro Brooke

• Hill Carter, (twin) born September 22, 1781, died in Fauquier county, VA, married Mary Braxton Randolph

• Whitaker Carter, (twin) born September 22, 1781

• Anne Williams Carter, born January 23, 1785, died 1828, in Valdosta Planation, Dublin, Laurens county, Georgia, married George Michael Troupe

Probate

The will is also included in a Virginia Chancery Court Case in Albemarle County involving the division of land and property to the seven youngest sons of Edward Carter.^[4]

Will of Edward Carter^[5]
Written: 21 February 1792
Recorded: 6 June 1792
Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Legatees:
Wife Sally Carter (house and lands knows as Blenheim in Albemarle)
son Charles - land in Amherst near son John
son Edward Carter - land in Amherst near son John
son John and his wife Apphire
son Charles and his wife the daughter of Col Fielding Lewis
son George - land in Amherst
son Whitacre - land in Amherst
son Hill - land in Amherst
son William Champe Carter - plantation in Albemarle
son Robert Carter - plantation in Albemarle
daughter Mary Champe
daughter Ann Williams
daughter Elizabeth Stanard
- three slaves; one male, two females (unnamed; between ages of 12-25 years) daughter Jane Bradford wife of Maj Samuel K. Bradford and their children
daughter Sally Carter wife of George Carter
Executors: son Charles Carter, son Edward Carter & William Champe

Sources

1. ↑ The Carters of Blenheim; a genealogy of Edward and Sarah Champe Carter of "Blenheim," Albemarle County, Virginia. by Wallace, George Selden, 1871, page 1
2. ↑ https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A019982
3. ↑ The Genealogy of the Stanard Family Author: Eaton Stanard. The William and Mary Quarterly Vol. 22, No. 4 (Apr., 1914), pp. 268-270.
4. ↑ Albemarle County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1768-1969. Charles Carter ver Edward Carter ETC, 1796-003. Local Government Records Collection, Albemarle Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
5. ↑ Will of Edward Carter: Film number: 007644670 > image 299 of 549
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L9PC-QQM6 (accessed 11 July 2022)

• The Carters of Blenheim; a genealogy of Edward and Sarah Champe Author: George Seldon Wallace. Publisher: Richmond, Va., Garrett & Massie 1955.
• The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy Alexander Brown January 1, 1895 Houghton, Mifflin & Company: Wife, Child, Ancestors page 293, 294

See also:

• Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #231137060 (accessed 7 May 2023)
  Memorial page for Edward Carter (1733-21 Feb 1792); Maintained by Emma Winegarner (contributor 49361337). Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Thought to have died at Roxbury, home of his daughter Elizabeth Carter Stanard in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.