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Charles Carter

BIRTH

1732

Shirley Plantation, Charles City County, Colony of Virginia

DEATH

June 28, 1806

Shirley Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia

FAMILY

FATHER:

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Robert "King" Carter I

(1664-1732)

MOTHER:

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Elizabeth Landon

(1683-1719)

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Carter, Charles

(1732-1806)

Charles Carter was a Virginia planter and public figure from the powerful Carter family. His life and estates formed part of the Tidewater political and social world from which many Revolutionary leaders emerged, and his family connections extended across Virginia’s leading households.

1

SISTER

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Mary Carter

SISTER

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Elizabeth Carter

(1717-1806)

SISTER

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Anne Carter

(1839-?)

BROTHER

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John Carter, of Corotoman

SISTER

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Judith Carter Page

(1783-1845)

BROTHER

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Landon Carter

(1710-1778)

SISTER

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Lucy Carter

(1798-1881)

Places
Image
Address
GPS
Site
Shirley Plantation
501 Shirley Plantation Road, Charles City, VA
MUSEUM

DIED:

Shirley Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia

Jun 28, 1806

The exact date and place of Charles Carter’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. 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 Charles Carter with work or public activity as a planter. 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. Charles Carter died on Jun 28, 1806 in Shirley Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.

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