Elizabeth Taylor

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The exact date of the marriage of John Carter and Elizabeth Taylor in Rockbridge Co. VA is not known but was certainly before November 1761. Elizabeth is presumed to have remained in Rockbridge Co., VA with her three young children while John and Landon operated a trading post in Carter;s Valley, NW of present day Kingsport, TN about 1766-1767. John's Store was burnt out by hostile Indians about 1769 and he removed his operations then to the Watauga River area, near Watauga Old Fields (a deserted former Indian village). Elizabeth and her children joined John and Landon at the Watauga River area when her brothers settled on Buffalo Creek in the area that later became Carter Co., TN about 1771 or 1772. She was still alive in 1776 but is presumed to have died before her husband made his will in 1780 as he made no mention of her in his will, probated in 1781 and daughter Susan is named as his executrix.

Elizabeth married John Carter about 1761 in Rockbridge County, , , Virginia. John (son of John Carter and Elizabeth Hill) was born about 1728 in Corotoman, , Lancaster County, Virginia; died about 1781 in Washington District (Carter County), , North Carolina, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In 1812, John swore that he had assisted his father as entry taker and verified the accuracy of a number of North Carolina land grants which were being registered to establish land ownership in the State of Tennessee. To have legally assisted his father he would have to have been at least 16, and the earliest land grant he testified to was in 1778, which would put his birth date at 1762 or earlier.

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Susan Carter was named as executrix in John Carter's Will. She was only 16 years old and not married yet but records show that she served as his executrix. There are no further records of her, so we don't know when she died or who she married.