11. | Landon C. Carter (7.John3, 2.John2, 1.Judith1) was born about 1756 in Lancaster County, , , Virginia; died in 1801 in Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee; was buried in 1801 in 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.
Landon married Elizabeth Maclin on 3 Feb 1784 in , Brunswick County, Virginia Colony, . Elizabeth (daughter of Judge William Maclin, II and Sarah Slack) was born on 9 Jul 1765 in , Brunswick County, Virginia Colony, ; died on 27 Feb 1842 in Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 15. Alfred Moore Carter was born on 13 Dec 1784 in Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee; died on 5 May 1850 in Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee.
- 16. John Mclin Carter was born on 5 Dec 1786; died before 1800.
- 17. Sarah Stuart Carter was born on 9 Mar 1789 in Washington District (Carter County), , North Carolina, ; died on 5 Apr 1879 in Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee.
- 18. George Washington Carter was born on 22 Oct 1792 in Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee; died on 17 Apr 1848 in Carter County, , , Tennessee.
- 19. William Blount Carter was born on 22 Oct 1792 in Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee; died on 17 Apr 1848 in Carter County, , , Tennessee.
- 20. Elizabeth Massengill "Eliza" Carter was born on 3 Apr 1797 in Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee; died after 1860 in Jefferson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Bethesda Cemetery, , Hamblen County, Tennessee.
- 21. Mary Cocke Polly Carter was born on 5 May 1799 in Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee; died on 19 Dec 1853 in Carter County, , , Tennessee.
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