John Carter^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1728 - Abt 1781  (~ 53 years)

• Name	John Carter
  Birth	Abt 1728	Corotoman, , Lancaster County, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1781	Washington District (Carter County), , North Carolina,
  Notes	Note from John James Henry : John Carter was one of the first permanent white settlers in Tennessee in 1766. He opened a store at Carter's Station in Carter's valley (just west of Kingsport, TN). He and other settlers thought they were in Virginia but learned later that they were a little too far south and in land claimed by North Carolina. After Indians burned his store in 1768, he moved east to a safer region along the Watauga River. The area near his settlement later became Elizabethton, TN. He was a merchant, farmer, land agent (entry taker) and land speculator, who before his death in 1781 became the richest man in North Carolina, though his home is now in Tennessee. A gentleman educated in England, John greatly loved wandering in the wilderness and often went on long hunting trips into uncharted territory, taking along his overseer as guide and companion. It was on these trips that he saw much of the land and was able to acquire the choice property (cheap) for resale to later settlers at significant profit. John was principal Author of the Articles of the Watauga Association (the first Constitution of a self governing body in America) and served on the committee which drafted North Carolina's first State Constitution, He served as a Colonel in the NC Militia during the American Revolution and Commanded the defense of the Watauga Settlements against a British incited raid by the Cherokees in 1778. He trained the troops used by Col. John Sevier in the battles he won against British Gen. Howe in North and South Carolina.
  Person ID	I21145	DeLoach Ancestry
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2000

  
  

  Father	John Carter,   b. Abt 1689, Corotoman, , Lancaster County, Va. Am. Col d. 1742, Shirley, , Virginia, Am. Col. (Age ~ 53 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Hill,   b. Bef 1708, Shirley, , Virginia, Am. Col. d. 1771, Shirley, , Virginia, Am. Col. (Age > 63 years)
  Marriage	1723	Christ Church, , Lancaster County, Virginia
  Family ID	F8082	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary (Carter),   b. Bef 1735, Lancaster County, , , Virginia d. 1758, Lancaster County, , , Virginia (Age > 23 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1755	Lancaster County, , , Virginia
  Children	1. Landon C. Carter,   b. Abt 1756, Lancaster County, , , Virginia d. 1801, Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee (Age ~ 45 years)
  Family ID	F8081	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Taylor,   b. 1743, Rockbridge County, , , Virginia d. Aft 1776, Washington District (Carter County), , North Carolina, (Age > 34 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1761	Rockbridge County, , , Virginia
  Children	1. John Carter,   b. Abt 1762, Rockbridge County, , , Virginia d. Aft 1812, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age ~ 51 years)   2. Emanuel Carter,   b. Abt 1764, Rockbridge County, , , Virginia d. Aft 1796, Greene County, , , Tennessee (Age ~ 33 years)   3. Susan Carter,   b. Abt 1765, Rockbridge County, , , Virginia d. Aft 1781, , Giles County, Tennessee, (Age ~ 17 years)
  Family ID	F8080	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S80] Carter Family GEDCOM. [S224] The Carter Fanily, The Watauga Spinnerette, vol 26 no 1.