John Carter (1696 - 1742)

Born 25 Dec 1696 in Corotoman, Lancaster, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Cooke (Hill) Carter — married 3 Oct 1723 in Shirley, Charles City Co, Va

Descendants

Died 31 Jul 1742 at age 45 in Lancaster, Virginia

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John Carter was a Virginia colonist.

John Carter is Notable.

Biography

Of the four sons of Robert Carter, John, of Corotoman Estate the eldest, will be the only one mentioned in this sketch since it is through him the Tennessee family traces its line of descent from the Virginia Carters.

John of Corotoman inherited his grandfather's plantation on the Rappahannock, but through his marriage with Elizabeth Hill he came into possession of what was then the most renowned plantation in Virginia, that of Shirley, which Sir Edward Hill had purchased for his bride, a Welsh heiress and court beauty.

John Carter "the second," studied law in London at the Inner Temple. In 1722 he was appointed secretary of Virginia and is known in Carter genealogy as "Secretary Carter". As secretary he seems to have resided mostly at Williamsburg and at Shirley. Corotoman was a tobacco mart, and records show that at one time he upheld one Joseph Carter as inspector despite the accusations against him and the protestations of Corbin, Receiver of Customs, and other officials.

Death came to Secretary Carter July 31, 1742. After the prescribed period of mourning expired, Elizabeth Carter married a certain Browler Cocke of whom little is known except that he held Shirley until the year 1771, at which date Charles Carter of Corotoman came into the estate of Shirley.^[1]

Researchers Notes

Occupation: Attorney

Shirley plantation: https://historicshirley.com/

See also: Shirley Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia

Sources

1. ↑ Armstrong & French, pp. 59-63

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carter_(Virginia_colonial_secretary)
• https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/carter-john-1695-or-1696-1742/
• Shirley Plantation
• Zella Armstrong & Janie Preston Collup French, Notable Southern Families
• [1] The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy Alexander Brown January 1, 1895 Houghton, Mifflin & Company:Wife, Child, Parents page 293, 294

See also:

• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/54585233/family
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43207288/john-carter

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