Carter Braxton
BIRTH
Sep 10, 1736
King and Queen County, Virginia
DEATH
October 10, 1797
Richmond, Virginia
Delegate to the Continental Congress (VA)
FAMILY
FATHER:
George Braxton II
(?-1761)
MOTHER:
Mary Carter
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Braxton, Carter
(1736-1797)
Carter Braxton was a Virginia planter, merchant, and delegate to the Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence. He also served in Virginia's revolutionary conventions and legislature, helping organize the commonwealth's wartime government.
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WIFE
Judith Robinson Braxton
(1736-1757)
WIFE
Elizabeth Corbin Braxton
(1747-1814)
Judith Robinson White (Braxton)
Betsy Braxton Griffin
Mary Page
Places | Image | Address | GPS | Site |
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Independence National Historical Park | 520 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19106 | MUSEUM | ||
Colonial Williamsburg | 101 Visitor Center Dr, Williamsburg, VA 23185 | MUSEUM | ||
Charlton's Coffeehouse | 429 E Duke of Gloucester St, Williamsburg, VA 23185 | MUSEUM |
DIED:
Richmond, Virginia
Oct 10, 1797
Carter Braxton was born on Sep 10, 1736 in King and Queen County, Virginia. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
The available biographical record identifies Carter Braxton with work or public activity as a statesman. Those roles provide the clearest documented basis for including this person in the database and should be read in the political, military, professional, or household context of the period. Carter Braxton died on Oct 10, 1797 in Richmond, Virginia. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.