Landon C. Carter^[1]

Abt 1756 - 1801  (~ 45 years)

• Name	Landon C. Carter
  Birth	Abt 1756	Lancaster County, , , Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Death	1801	Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee
  Burial	1801	Elizabethton, , , Tennessee
  Notes	Note from John James Henry : Landon CARTER, along with his Father, John CARTER, and William BEAN were the first permanent English settlers in Tennessee in 1766. On his grave, near the Carter Mansion, the DAR has placed a marker listing his birth as 1760. However, tradition has it that he was ten years old when his father founded Carter's Station in 1766 so I list his birth as 1756. THe earlier birth date is also supported by the fact that Landon signed the petition asking North Carolina to approve The Washington District in 1773, and by NC law (which his father was well aware of) you had to be at least 16 to sign a petition. The petition was approved by the Whig Legislature in 1776. The Carters first settled in Carters Valley (just west of Kingsport, TN) and later moved near Watauga Old Fields (a deserted Indian Town) on the Watauga River, near present day Elizabethton. Prime movers in the establishment of the Watauga Association (which had the first written constitution in America), John and Landon were influential in the Constitutions and founding of the Washington District of North Carolina in 1776, the State of Franklin (1786) and the State of Tennessee in 1796. Carter County is named for John and Elizabethton is named for Landon's wife, Elizabeth (MACLIN) CARTER. Landon was a Major in the North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution, serving under Colonel John Sevier, who later as Governor of Tennessee (1796) made him General in charge of the Tennessee Militia. The 1830 Census for Carter Co., TN lists Alfred M. Carter, George Carter and William B. carter as heads of households. These are undoubtedly Three of Landon's sons. No mention is made of John Maclin Carter, but the following are listed William Carter age 40-49 (5), William Carter age 30-39 (10), and Thomas Carter age 30-39 (4), all of which had households (number of members in the parenthesis). These are possibly descendants of Landon's half brothers, John and Emanuel. The 1840 Census Shows Landon's sons A. M. Carter and William B. Carter as well as the older William (4) listed in 1830 and two of Alfred Moore Carter's sons but not George, nor the Thomas or younger William above.
  Person ID	I25933	DeLoach Ancestry
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2011

  
  

  Father	John Carter,   b. Abt 1728, Corotoman, , Lancaster County, Virginia d. Abt 1781, Washington District (Carter County), , North Carolina, (Age ~ 53 years)
  Mother	Mary (Carter),   b. Bef 1735, Lancaster County, , , Virginia d. 1758, Lancaster County, , , Virginia (Age > 23 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1755	Lancaster County, , , Virginia
  Family ID	F8081	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Maclin,   b. 9 Jul 1765, , Brunswick County, Virginia Colony, d. 27 Feb 1842, Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	3 Feb 1784	, Brunswick County, Virginia Colony,
  Children	1. Alfred Moore Carter,   b. 13 Dec 1784, Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee d. 5 May 1850, Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee (Age 65 years)   2. John Mclin Carter,   b. 5 Dec 1786   d. Bef 1800 (Age < 13 years)   3. Sarah Stuart Carter,   b. 9 Mar 1789, Washington District (Carter County), , North Carolina, d. 5 Apr 1879, Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee (Age 90 years)   4. George Washington Carter,   b. 22 Oct 1792, Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee d. 17 Apr 1848, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 55 years)   5. William Blount Carter,   b. 22 Oct 1792, Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee d. 17 Apr 1848, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 55 years)   6. Elizabeth Massengill "Eliza" Carter,   b. 3 Apr 1797, Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee d. Aft 1860, Jefferson County, , , Tennessee (Age > 64 years)   7. Mary Cocke Polly Carter,   b. 5 May 1799, Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee d. 19 Dec 1853, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F8028	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S80] Carter Family GEDCOM.