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Capt. John Carter m. 1737? ?Caroline Co. VA b. Nov 5, 1715 North Farham Parish, VA d. by Dec 18, 1783 ?Spotsylvania Co. VA |
Frances b. 1738? Spotsylvania Co. VA d. Aug 27 1779? St. George's Parish, Spotsylvania Co. VA |
William b. 1740? ?Lancaster Co. VA d. after May 1778 ?Spotsylvania Co. VA |
Bailey b. 1743? Spotsylvania Co. VA d. Feb 1811 or Oct 3, 1803 Montgomery Co. VA |
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Anne or Margaret b. 1748? Spotsylvania Co. VA d. 1829? ?VA |
John b. 1758? ?Spotsylvania Co. VA d. Feb 18, 1841 or Apr 11, 1837 ?Brandywine, King & Queen Co. VA |
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Lancaster Co. VA
(see present day map
for location) was formed from York Co. (See
present day map)
and Northumberland Co. in 1651. |
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Caroline County Virginia was formed
in 1728 from parts of Essex, King and Queen, and King William counties
(see present day map
for location). Culpeper County Virginia was formed in 1749 from Orange Co. as one of the larger counties in VA, lying between the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west and Rappahannock River to the south and east (see present day map for location). |
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John may have been the son of John Carter born 1674 in Lancaster Co. VA, died in
Caroline Co. VA in 1750 He married Margeret Todd (1690?-1724?) on Jan 4, 1714.
She being born in Lancaster Co. VA. John may have moved to Spotsylvania Co. with
his brother George. |
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Mary Elizabeth "Betsy" Armistead was a daughter of
Francis Armistead (1690-1719) and Sarah Smith (1698-1772), who was a
daughter of Peter Smith (1660 Va. - Dec 31, 1704) [geneanet.com, website].
a possible sister of Sarah Smith, Mary Smith may have married
William Holloway (1730-1792?). |
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“Almost everybody by the name of Carter aspires to be descended from that
lordly old John of Corotoman, whose son Robert is the only Virginian who
rejoiced in the name of ‘King.’ He made the high-water mark of Virginia Carters.
So prominent were these Corotoman Carters that one is apt to conclude that
really no other Carters are worth a moment’s notice.” [Miller, The
Descendants of Capt. Thomas Carter ...]. |
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A drawing of the
The Corotoman
Plantation House [Collins, R.E.].
Robert "King" Carter
started building it in 1720 and lived there until it burned in 1729. The site
was being excavated in 1978 by a state government agency [DVR]. |
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The wife of William Holloway (1630-1792?)
had a wife possibly named Mary Carter who may have been a close descendant of
son Robert "King" Carter, who owned land in
Caroline Co. VA, and was before the county was created, a council president
and acting Governor of Virginia in 1726 and 1727 when Gov. Hugh Drysdale went
to England. Robert died in 1732, when his heirs were listed as the absentee
owners (planters) in Caroline Co. with John Adams as the "overseer".
Robert's heirs continued to own land there in 1743 with Henry Bell overseeing
[Campbell, pp. 380-381]. |
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In 1710, a John Holloway "leased [from the Crown] for a term of 500 years a
tract of 2,660 acres in the section which became Drysdale Parish across the
Rappahannock-Mattapony watershed from the headwaters of Peumandsend" [Creek].
Then Holloway sold the lease to Robert "King" Carter
"of Lancaster for seven pounds sterling and six Negroes". Carter never lived on
the property but "he and his heirs maintained a plantation there for many years
with an overseer in charge" [Campbell, p. 318]. |
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As late as 1757, the heirs of ?uncle
Robert "King" Carter owned land in Caroline Co.
but still had "never resided on their Caroline plantation". That year the
sole schoolhouse in St. Mary's Parish was mentioned as being on the Carter
land "on Peumendsend [creek] between Port Royal and the Bowling Green" and
was apparently "a free school for the children of the overseer and other
freeholders nearby" [Campbell, pp. 318, 442]. Son George probably would have
just started his schooling by this date. |
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Map of Caroline Co.
drawn in 1751 shows what were previously St. Mary, Drysdale and St. Margaret
parishes and the location of Spotsylvania Co. (established in 1721) on its western
border [Louisa Co. VA Genealogy, website].
The only church in St. Mary by 1760 was the Mount Church on the Rappahannock
north of Port Royal [Campbell, p. 430]. |
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From old letters retained by descendants, Captain Carter's home was near the
Spotsylvania-Caroline line about sixteen miles west of Bowling Green. It is said
to have been a large brick house, and that he lived there in considerable style
[genealogy.com, forum post]. |
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Husband John Carter's will was written May 9, 1778, and executors were bonded on
Dec 18, 1783.
Executors were sons William and John. [wikitree, ref. Spotsylvania Co.
Will Book, website]. |
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Daughter Margaret married William Marshall (1747-1786) on Feb 14, 1770 in
Caroline Co.
[ACREE/SACHSE/HOOVER/OGDEN/SKIPWORTH/NELSON/TENEYCK/WILLIAMSON
& ASSOCIATED FAMILIES, family history website]. A William Marshall was a Lt.
in the Caroline Co. militia in 1752, and in 1777 a William Marshall was
a Capt. in the 5th Company but was replaced in 1778 [Campbell, pp. 369-71]. |
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Daughter Frances married Rice Curtis III (1734-1779) He was a Col. in the
Caroline Co. militia in 1756. His father was Rice Curtis Jr. (1704-1774)
For a short time, he had been a County Lieutenant that year. A Henry Armistead
had held the position until he died in 1738 [Campbell, pp. 368-369]. |
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Sources: Burke, Henry Robert, Robert Carter III (1728-1804), Emancipator of the Burke Family", henryburke1010.tripod.com, website. Campbell, T.E., Colonial Caroline, A History of Caroline County, Virginia, The Dietz Press, Richmond VA, 3rd ed., 1989, pp. 53-54, 305, 318, 369-71, 380-1, 430, 442, 473. Caroline Co. Deed Book, Part II, p.135. Collins, R. E., drawing, "Robert Carter I", wikitree.com, website. Find-a-grave, memorial of Edward M. Holloway [grandson], #57472710, identifying immigrant ancestors, unknown contributors. Holloway, Dr. Robert, Rochester NY, emails Jan 2026, re: shared DNA ancestor. Louisa Co. VA Genealogy, "Caroline Co. Creeks and Rivers", map drawn 1751 by Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson, website. Miller, Joseph Lyon, eds., The Descendants of Capt. Thomas Carter of “Barford,” Lancaster County, Virginia, 1652-1912, with genealogical notes of many of the allied families, self pub. with W. Thomas, Va., 1912. Moss, Bobby Gilmer, The Patriots at the Cowpens, Greenville SC, A Press, p.117. Olson, Marie K., compiler, "William Holloway", Charleston SC, Apr 9, 1988; ref to Prince George Co., Virginia Deeds 1713-28, page 292. Virginia Landmarks Register (VLR), "Corotoman", # 051-0034, upd. Jun 30, 2025. "Virginia Troops in French and Indian Wars", Virginia Hist. Mag., v.1, 1894, p. 389. Will of John Carter, Spotsylvania Co. VA, May 9, 1778, Will Book E, p. 40. William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, "North Farnham Parish Register", v. 13, p. 139. |
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