Also see What about Benedict Arnold
He is thought to be the son of John Carter who was secretary of the colony of Virginia
grandson of Robert "King" Carter
Carter Mansion and the Carter Family Cemetery Elizabethton, Tennessee 37644 Located: On broad street, continue on Broad Street after the street intersects Hwy 19E. The Carter Mansion and family cemetery are on the left just a few hundred feet after the light
John Carter moved from Virginia into the wilderness in sometime in the 1760's and opened a trading post on the Holston River with a man named William Parker. The area they settled in is called Carter's Valley.
The Cherokee Indians preferred that these men travel to their villages with their trading goods. When Carter and Parker refused, the Indians raided their outpost and burned the store.
John Carter moved into the Watauga River Valley by 1772. This area was the western frontier, Indian territory, and by King George III's Proclamation of 1763, off limits to settlers.
John Carter joined earlier settlers in forming the Watauga Association, the first democratic association of free American-born men of the Appalachians. Serving as chairman of the court, Carter quickly became a prominent leader.
Carter purchased 640 acres of land in the "Watauga Old Fields," an area cleared for agriculture by the Indians long before the settlers had arrived.
Between 1775 and 1781 (when John Carter died of smallpox) the Mansion was built near the bank of the Watauga River. After John died, his son, Landon assumed his leading role in the community. Both John and Landon served as representatives from the Washington District to the North Carolina General Assembly. Landon served as Secretary of State for the short-lived State of Franklin (1784-1789), the first entity ever to be named for America's great statesman and inventor, Benjamin Franklin. Carter County, is named for Landon Carter, and Elizabethton for his wife, Elizabeth MacLin Carter.
Chairman of Watagua Association and of the five commissioners who established that first written compact for Civil Government by American-Born Freeman. Chairman of committee of safety in Revolution Colonel of Militia and in command Watauga Fort, 1776 Entry-Taker. One of the first Delegates from Washington District to North Carolina assembly member two constitutional conventions in North Carolina
Fort Watauga
Fort Watauga
The Washington District (named for George Washington) Committee of Safety, created in 1775, consisted of John Carter, Zachariah Isbell, Jacob Brown, John Sevier, James Smith, James and Charles Robertson, William Bean, John Jones, George Russell, and Robert Lucas. The Committee acquired arms and oversaw the construction of Fort Watauga (initially named Fort Caswell and located at present day Elizabethton, Tennessee), where they thwarted one wing of the Cherokee invasion of July 1776. Wataugans took part in William Christian's punitive expedition against the Overhill towns in the latter half of 1776
Aug. 27, 1781.
Landon Carter, Esq. to have leave of administration on the Estate of Col. John
Carter, deceased, and for that purpose have entered Valentine Sevier, Thomas
Houghton and Charles Robertson, Esq. his sureties in the sim of Five Hndred
thousand Pounds for his faithful administration, etc. Page 85 American
Historical Magazine, Vol. 6.
Col John Carter
1776 Petition of the Inhabitants of Washington District
He is thought to be the son of John Carter who was secretary of the colony of Virginia
grandson of Robert "King" Carter
Carter Mansion and the Carter Family Cemetery Elizabethton, Tennessee 37644 Located: On broad street, continue on Broad Street after the street intersects Hwy 19E. The Carter Mansion and family cemetery are on the left just a few hundred feet after the light
John Carter moved from Virginia into the wilderness in sometime in the 1760's and opened a trading post on the Holston River with a man named William Parker. The area they settled in is called Carter's Valley.
The Cherokee Indians preferred that these men travel to their villages with their trading goods. When Carter and Parker refused, the Indians raided their outpost and burned the store.
John Carter moved into the Watauga River Valley by 1772. This area was the western frontier, Indian territory, and by King George III's Proclamation of 1763, off limits to settlers.
John Carter joined earlier settlers in forming the Watauga Association, the first democratic association of free American-born men of the Appalachians. Serving as chairman of the court, Carter quickly became a prominent leader.
Carter purchased 640 acres of land in the "Watauga Old Fields," an area cleared for agriculture by the Indians long before the settlers had arrived.
Between 1775 and 1781 (when John Carter died of smallpox) the Mansion was built near the bank of the Watauga River. After John died, his son, Landon assumed his leading role in the community. Both John and Landon served as representatives from the Washington District to the North Carolina General Assembly. Landon served as Secretary of State for the short-lived State of Franklin (1784-1789), the first entity ever to be named for America's great statesman and inventor, Benjamin Franklin. Carter County, is named for Landon Carter, and Elizabethton for his wife, Elizabeth MacLin Carter.
Chairman of Watagua Association and of the five commissioners who established that first written compact for Civil Government by American-Born Freeman. Chairman of committee of safety in Revolution Colonel of Militia and in command Watauga Fort, 1776 Entry-Taker. One of the first Delegates from Washington District to North Carolina assembly member two constitutional conventions in North Carolina
Fort Watauga
Fort Watauga
The Washington District (named for George Washington) Committee of Safety, created in 1775, consisted of John Carter, Zachariah Isbell, Jacob Brown, John Sevier, James Smith, James and Charles Robertson, William Bean, John Jones, George Russell, and Robert Lucas. The Committee acquired arms and oversaw the construction of Fort Watauga (initially named Fort Caswell and located at present day Elizabethton, Tennessee), where they thwarted one wing of the Cherokee invasion of July 1776. Wataugans took part in William Christian's punitive expedition against the Overhill towns in the latter half of 1776
Aug. 27, 1781.
Landon Carter, Esq. to have leave of administration on the Estate of Col. John
Carter, deceased, and for that purpose have entered Valentine Sevier, Thomas
Houghton and Charles Robertson, Esq. his sureties in the sim of Five Hndred
thousand Pounds for his faithful administration, etc. Page 85 American
Historical Magazine, Vol. 6.
Col John Carter
1776 Petition of the Inhabitants of Washington District
Also see What about Benedict Arnold
He is thought to be the son of John Carter who was secretary of the colony of Virginia
grandson of Robert "King" Carter
Carter Mansion and the Carter Family Cemetery Elizabethton, Tennessee 37644 Located: On broad street, continue on Broad Street after the street intersects Hwy 19E. The Carter Mansion and family cemetery are on the left just a few hundred feet after the light
John Carter moved from Virginia into the wilderness in sometime in the 1760's and opened a trading post on the Holston River with a man named William Parker. The area they settled in is called Carter's Valley.
The Cherokee Indians preferred that these men travel to their villages with their trading goods. When Carter and Parker refused, the Indians raided their outpost and burned the store.
John Carter moved into the Watauga River Valley by 1772. This area was the western frontier, Indian territory, and by King George III's Proclamation of 1763, off limits to settlers.
John Carter joined earlier settlers in forming the Watauga Association, the first democratic association of free American-born men of the Appalachians. Serving as chairman of the court, Carter quickly became a prominent leader.
Carter purchased 640 acres of land in the "Watauga Old Fields," an area cleared for agriculture by the Indians long before the settlers had arrived.
Between 1775 and 1781 (when John Carter died of smallpox) the Mansion was built near the bank of the Watauga River. After John died, his son, Landon assumed his leading role in the community. Both John and Landon served as representatives from the Washington District to the North Carolina General Assembly. Landon served as Secretary of State for the short-lived State of Franklin (1784-1789), the first entity ever to be named for America's great statesman and inventor, Benjamin Franklin. Carter County, is named for Landon Carter, and Elizabethton for his wife, Elizabeth MacLin Carter.
Chairman of Watagua Association and of the five commissioners who established that first written compact for Civil Government by American-Born Freeman. Chairman of committee of safety in Revolution Colonel of Militia and in command Watauga Fort, 1776 Entry-Taker. One of the first Delegates from Washington District to North Carolina assembly member two constitutional conventions in North Carolina
Fort Watauga
Fort Watauga
The Washington District (named for George Washington) Committee of Safety, created in 1775, consisted of John Carter, Zachariah Isbell, Jacob Brown, John Sevier, James Smith, James and Charles Robertson, William Bean, John Jones, George Russell, and Robert Lucas. The Committee acquired arms and oversaw the construction of Fort Watauga (initially named Fort Caswell and located at present day Elizabethton, Tennessee), where they thwarted one wing of the Cherokee invasion of July 1776. Wataugans took part in William Christian's punitive expedition against the Overhill towns in the latter half of 1776
Aug. 27, 1781.
Landon Carter, Esq. to have leave of administration on the Estate of Col. John
Carter, deceased, and for that purpose have entered Valentine Sevier, Thomas
Houghton and Charles Robertson, Esq. his sureties in the sim of Five Hndred
thousand Pounds for his faithful administration, etc. Page 85 American
Historical Magazine, Vol. 6.
Col John Carter
1776 Petition of the Inhabitants of Washington District
He is thought to be the son of John Carter who was secretary of the colony of Virginia
grandson of Robert "King" Carter
Carter Mansion and the Carter Family Cemetery Elizabethton, Tennessee 37644 Located: On broad street, continue on Broad Street after the street intersects Hwy 19E. The Carter Mansion and family cemetery are on the left just a few hundred feet after the light
John Carter moved from Virginia into the wilderness in sometime in the 1760's and opened a trading post on the Holston River with a man named William Parker. The area they settled in is called Carter's Valley.
The Cherokee Indians preferred that these men travel to their villages with their trading goods. When Carter and Parker refused, the Indians raided their outpost and burned the store.
John Carter moved into the Watauga River Valley by 1772. This area was the western frontier, Indian territory, and by King George III's Proclamation of 1763, off limits to settlers.
John Carter joined earlier settlers in forming the Watauga Association, the first democratic association of free American-born men of the Appalachians. Serving as chairman of the court, Carter quickly became a prominent leader.
Carter purchased 640 acres of land in the "Watauga Old Fields," an area cleared for agriculture by the Indians long before the settlers had arrived.
Between 1775 and 1781 (when John Carter died of smallpox) the Mansion was built near the bank of the Watauga River. After John died, his son, Landon assumed his leading role in the community. Both John and Landon served as representatives from the Washington District to the North Carolina General Assembly. Landon served as Secretary of State for the short-lived State of Franklin (1784-1789), the first entity ever to be named for America's great statesman and inventor, Benjamin Franklin. Carter County, is named for Landon Carter, and Elizabethton for his wife, Elizabeth MacLin Carter.
Chairman of Watagua Association and of the five commissioners who established that first written compact for Civil Government by American-Born Freeman. Chairman of committee of safety in Revolution Colonel of Militia and in command Watauga Fort, 1776 Entry-Taker. One of the first Delegates from Washington District to North Carolina assembly member two constitutional conventions in North Carolina
Fort Watauga
Fort Watauga
The Washington District (named for George Washington) Committee of Safety, created in 1775, consisted of John Carter, Zachariah Isbell, Jacob Brown, John Sevier, James Smith, James and Charles Robertson, William Bean, John Jones, George Russell, and Robert Lucas. The Committee acquired arms and oversaw the construction of Fort Watauga (initially named Fort Caswell and located at present day Elizabethton, Tennessee), where they thwarted one wing of the Cherokee invasion of July 1776. Wataugans took part in William Christian's punitive expedition against the Overhill towns in the latter half of 1776
Aug. 27, 1781.
Landon Carter, Esq. to have leave of administration on the Estate of Col. John
Carter, deceased, and for that purpose have entered Valentine Sevier, Thomas
Houghton and Charles Robertson, Esq. his sureties in the sim of Five Hndred
thousand Pounds for his faithful administration, etc. Page 85 American
Historical Magazine, Vol. 6.
Col John Carter
1776 Petition of the Inhabitants of Washington District
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