Landon Carter (1751 - 1811)

Born 11 Jul 1751 in Cleve's, King George County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mildred (Willis) Carter — married 15 Feb 1772 in Virginia

Descendants

Died 10 Dec 1811 at age 60 in Cleve's, King George County, Virginia

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Biography

Landon Carter was born in Virginia.

Landon Carter^[1] of Cleve, ^[2] was born on July 11, 1751, in Virginia, the child of Charles Carter and Anne Byrd. He married first, Mildred Willis on Feb. 15th 1772. He then married Elizabeth (Carter) Thornton, daughter of Robert W. Carter, of "Sabine Hall" and widow of Presley Thornton of Northumberland House, on March 14, 1782. He died on December 22, 1811.^[3]

Landon's will was written on 12 Jul 1811.^[4]

Slaves

In his will he leaves the following slaves to his wife, Elizabeth, though some were from her dowery from a previous marriage.

General and his wife, Beck

Cook Harry and his wife, Betty

Indy and her 5 children: Jack, Nelly, Absolom, Christian, Alfred

Denis and Sam, sons to her dec'd maid Clara.

Miney

To his daughter Mildred, together with their issue:

a mulatto woman named Betty Lambert

a woman named, Charlotte (formerly the maid of his dec'd daughter Sarah.

a woman named Kesiah

To his daughter Lucy Landon:

a woman named Clarissa, a maid given to her upon her marriage.

To his daughter Eliza:

"the girl Celia (should she be sold meantime a girl to her choice from among my slaves shall be to her the same) and the boy, James.

To daughters Fanny and Irma, each a negro girl to be chosen from among my slaves together with their issue.

Notes

• Landon Carter was a grandson of Robert “King” Carter, a Virginia colonist, whom was one of the wealthiest men in the colonies^[5].
• Landon Carter's father, Charles Carter of Cleve, was considered one of the leading political figures in Virginia at the time of his death^[6].

Sources

1. ↑ Landon Carter (1751–1811) of Cleve in King George County served in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1780–81 (Lucien Beverley Howry, “Some Carters of ’Cleve,’ King George County, and Their Descendants,” VMHB, 44 [1936]: 343; Swem and Williams, Register, p. 357).
2. ↑ pg. 293. Some colonial mansions and those who lived in them, with genealogies of the various families mentioned; by Glenn, Thomas Allen, 1864- Publication date 1898 Publisher Philadelphia, H. T. Coates & company Collection library_of_congress; americana https://archive.org/stream/somecolonialmans00gle#page/292/mode/2up
3. ↑ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Carter_(of_Cleve) Charles Carter (of Cleve), Wikipedia
4. ↑ Probate: "Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900"
   Will Books, 1721-1901 ; General Index to Wills, 1752-1948; Author: Virginia. County Court (King George County); Probate Place: King George, Virginia
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62347 #1532825 (accessed 31 October 2022)
   Landon Carter's probate passed on 2 Jan 1812.
5. ↑ Berkeley, E., Jr., & the Dictionary of Virginia Biography. Robert Carter (ca. 1664–1732). (2014, November 4). In Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved from http://www.EncyclopediaVirginia.org/Carter_Robert_ca_1664-1732.
6. ↑ “To George Washington from Landon Carter, 12 March 1797,” Founders Online, National Archives, last modified February 1, 2018, http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/06-01-02-0022. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Retirement Series, vol. 1, 4 March 1797 – 30 December 1797, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1998, pp. 31–32.] https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/06-01-02-0022

• Find a Grave, database and images (: accessed 23 September 2022), memorial page for Landon Carter (11 Jul 1751–10 Dec 1811), Find A Grave: Memorial #232196638, citing Cleve Plantation Cemetery, King George County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by CMWJR (contributor 50059520) .