Carter County, Tennessee was named for him and its county seat, Elizabethton, was named for his wife. [13] The organization on November 27, 2018, placed the center with 87-acres on the market for $12,000,000 [14]. Eldest son of John Thomas Carter and Sarah Frazier. The main house at Carter's Grove is furnished as it was in 1928, and does not fit into the time period of Colonial Williamsburg. And if youre a fan of country music, youll be delighted to hear that theres a small, scenic county in Virginia that was once home to none other than June Carter Cash. Archibald McCrea, a Pittsburgh industrialist, bought the dilapidated mansion in 1928. Together they had seventeen children. As originally built Carter's Grove had a low hip roof similar to Wilton, the McCreas had the roof raised and added dormer windows for additional rooms on the upper floor which gave the house a roofline similar to the mansion at Westover Plantation. Enjoy exciting benefits and explore new exhibitions year-round. One of June's most famous songs, "Ring of Fire," is one that would eventually become a hit for her husband. Heres more on this delightful day trip destination. In 1660, he married Sarah Ludlow, and had two more children, Sarah, who died young, and Robert Carter. For the next two years historians presumed this trip to England was to complete his education following in the footsteps of his grandfather, father and uncles, although it was also a time to explore the arts and other diversions of the day. [2] Both lines used similar given names, and it is not surprising that it is sometimes difficult to tell which descendant belongs with which ancestor. He had set up and equipped so many plantations and farms that he resorted to naming twelve of them after the signs of the zodiac. Miller also makes mention of John Carter, a son of "King" Carter, who appears in the records of Southwest Virginia, along with his sons, John and Landon Carter. COVID-19 Testing: How to register for a COVID 19 test online or you can call (580) 223-9705 and the Health Department staff will set up an appointment for you. 20 vi. Did you know that Scott County was once the home of June Carter Cash? Miller's principle interest lies with the descendants of Thomas Carter of Barford who settled in Lancaster County, Va shortly after the deposition of Charles I of England. The plantation was built for Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Carter, and was completed in 1755. He does not provide any substantive examination of the John Carter family line, and mentions it mostly in passing. He developed the land with the Burwell-Morgan Mill and normally spent summers nearby (the Blue Ridge Mountains' foothills being cooler and less subject to malaria than the Hampton Roads area). This was to be accomplished on a gradual basis over a period of twenty years since to have set all free at once would have resulted in great distress for the slaves and chaos for the community. Thomas Carter, Jr. was born in 1705 in Henrico county, Virginia. [19], In February 2012 Dominion Virginia Power gave notice that the company planned to construct a 7+ mile, 500 kV Extra-High Voltage transmission line from their Surry Nuclear Power Plant in Surry, Virginia, across the James River to a planned switching station, just east of Carter's Grove. 1930 Robert Carter and family are still living in Fulkerson, Scott County, Virginia. It was quoted of one colonial father to have said, that his children had better be never born than illbred. He bought some of the land that had been Wolstenholme Towne, when his daughter, Elizabeth Carter (16881721) married. John III (1689), Elizabeth (1692), Judith (1693), who died in infancy, Sarah (1694), who died at eight years of age, and another Judith (1695), named after the first daughter who died. Elizabeth Carter of Corotoman, Lancaster County, Virginia (1688-1721) was married to Nathaniel Burwell (1680-1721), in 1709. After February 1, 2023, the penalty will increase to 21%. MAIL: PO Box 7311, Richmond, Virginia 23221. In 1791, there were 509 slaves, with an estimated worth of well over a hundred thousand dollars, belonging to Robert III, a number that was large enough to generate efficient cultivation of his many plantations. He rehabilitated the property with the assistance of New York architect William W. Tyree, removing one of the Booth era porches, adding window screens, indoor toilets, central heat and a modern kitchen in a flanking dependency joined to the mansion by an enclosed gallery. At one point, he sent 50 bayonets to Captain Burgess Ball and also furnished him with other supplies. His eldest daughter Lucy married Dr. Hugh Smith Cummings, who served as the fifth U.S. Managing seventy thousand acres demanded foresight and planning. New Findings about the Virginia Slave Trade, Runaway Slaves and Servants in Colonial Virginia, Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record, Voyages Transatlantic Slave Trade Database. "Henrico Co. VA was a massive "shire" when established in 1634, but the area where the Michauxes and Carters resided was south of the James River, near the current Goochland, Cumberland, and Powhatan county lines. According to some researchers Charles Carter initially settled in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia, but later moved to the portion of Albemarle County, which became Amherst County in 1761. The estate includes a grand plantation house, a great lawn, and terraced gardens, and has panoramic views in all directions. Betty Landon (1765-1842), Mary (1767) who died at age four, Harriet Lucy (1768- ), Amelia Churchill (1769) who died in her first year, Rebecca Dulany (1770) who also died in her first year. He inherited Carter's Grove and after the turn of the century bought the George Wythe house in Williamsburg, where he died. Son George was then living with his father in Fauquier County, son Peter in Amherst County, and the rest of the surviving boys were stated as living in Southwest Virginia. The dining room is the only room to retain significant portions of its original fittings. 1760 SEE Willis, Francis, 1717?-1780Willson, JeremiahWillson, John, d. 1788Wilmer, James Jones, 1749-1814Wineymyer, CasparWolf Run (Fairfax County, Va.) SEE Simpson, RichardWood, WilliamWool industry and trade SEE Lemmon, RobertWoosoncroft, James, b. In the 1970s, archaeological discoveries uncovered the remains of the circa 1620 Wolstenholme Towne fortified settlement on the property (which was substantially wiped out by the Indian Massacre of 1622, and soon thereafter abandoned). He also saw to it that his other sons, Robert II, Charles, Landon and George would have ample estates. Carter Burwell [ edit] Agendas. A "New South" advocate and tireless supporter of railroads and new industry, Booth painted the interior red, white and blue and planted a grove of locust trees on the approach from the land. Wheat, corn, hemp, flax, cotton, oats and barley were cultivated extensively by Robert III, while tobacco became less important in his scheme of operations. Carter's in the Corotowan line settled south of the modern VA/TN border in the Wautauga Settlement. Located just outside of Leesville, Virginia awaits a historic landmark that tells the tale of days long gone. 1759Hutt, JohnHutt, Thomas, 1768-1805 SEE ALSO Carter, Robert BladenHyndman (John) & Co. (London, England)Hyndman & Lancaster (London, England)Hyndman, JohnHyndman, Lancaster & Co. (London, England) SEE ALSO Hyndman, John, Jack (Slave) SEE Jack, JohnJack, JohnJackson, JohnJacques, DentonJames, Dick & Stewart (Annapolis, Md. Halsey Minor made no changes to Carter's Grove, and he stopped making mortgage payments in 2010, announcing he owed $12 million in debts. "Today's Regional Mystery: Whaddayaknow? [15], On December 19, 2007, it was publicly announced that Carter's Grove, its Georgian style mansion and 476 acres (1.93km2) had been acquired for $15.3 million by CNET founder Halsey Minor, a Virginia native and entrepreneur. [CDATA[// >