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George Carter (1777–1846)

Role

George Carter and Bushrod Washington exchanged several letters regarding a debt owed to the former by one of the latter's nephews.

Description

George Carter, a son of Robert Carter and great-grandson of Robert "King" Carter, was born on 31 January 1777 at Nomini Hall, the family mansion in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Following study at present-day Brown University, Carter drew on his father’s Loudon County land holdings to establish a plantation he would call "Oatlands." At Oatlands Carter worked as many as eighty-five slaves to grow wheat, raise sheep, and cultivate a vineyard. The plantation is now a National Trust Historic Site.

Citations

"The Carter Era, 17981897," Oatlands Historic House and Gardens: A National Trust Historic Site.

A Guide to the Elizabeth Osborne Carter Diary, 18601872, Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Virginia (Archival Resources of the Virginias).

Susan Guynn, "Oatlands Ushers in the Yuletide Season in Splendid Tradition," The Frederick News-Post, 13 December 1999.

George Carter in Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 17401850 (Ancestry.com).

George Carter at Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties.

George Carter at Find a Grave.

George Carter at FamilySearch.