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- https://colonialvirginiaportraits.org/portrait/john-carter-1696-1742/
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https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Carter_John_1695_or_1696-1742
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1726-1729 King George County, Virginia Deed Book 1, Part 2; [Antient Press]; Page 567-568
Indenture 1st October 1728 between ROBERT CARTER, WILLIAM THORNTON,
JOHN FITZHUGH & CHARLES CARTER Directors & Trustees of the Town of Falmouth County of King George of one part and JOHN CARTER Esqr. of Cha: City County of other part .. for sum of Eight pounds current money of Virginia .. sold Two Lotts or half acres Numbered 20 & 21 according to Platt .. To have and to hold (See folió 553 to Mann Page) ..
Presence Catesby Cocke, Robert Carter
Robt. Jones, John Warner, Wm. Thornton
Benja. Rush John Fitzhugh Charles Carter
Memo October 1st 1728 .. Livery & Seizin .. WM. THORNTON Gent. presented into Court this Deed for two Lotts No. 20 & 21 behalf of said JOHN CARTER ..
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=== Research notes from Edward White
http://carter.lib.virginia.edu/ click at bottom of page
http://carter.lib.virginia.edu/indexltrs.html
Edmund Berkeley, Jr., The Diary, Correspondence and Papers of Robert "King" Carter of Virginia,
1701-1732,http://carter.lib.virginia.edu/, accessed May 10, 2017.
http://carter.lib.virginia.edu/html/C23i30c.html
Letter from Robert Carter to Micajah Perry, September 30, 1723
Robert Carter writes to London merchant Micajah Perry, September 30, 1723, to notify the merchant of six bills of exchange he is sending. He continues with a discussion of land that he has wished to buy for many years from Robert Cary of London. He reminds Perry that this Hull property had formerly belonged to his deceased niece, and that the dispute over the ownership had been appealed to the Virginia Council where Carter lost. He had then negotiated with Cary through his son John (when John was studying law in London) but Cary wanted £2,000 which Carter thought too much. He understands from John that Cary might be willing to sell for £1,000. If so, he instructs Perry to buy the property if Cary can give him a clear title.
If you will please to give yourself the trouble to overhall some of my late Lettrs. you will find for Some Years I have been In treaty with Mr. Cary for the Land he recovered under the Title of Hull the Great Uncle of my Brothers Daughter Eliza: Loyd who last died Seas'd from these Lands in the Tryal a great dispute arose wether Robt. Hull under whom Mr. Cary claims was Brother to the whole Blood to Jno. Hull the Grandfather of my Niece the point was so nice the Court was equally divided till it came to Colln:Spotswood who gave his judgment in favour of Mr. Cary, there are some that are in possession of some of this Land yet hold out tis now said Mr. Cary hath got fuller proofs for his title under ROBT HULL, I Imployed my Son in this Affair to whom Mr. Cary promised the refusall of this Land but after his Demands were nothing less then Two Thousand pounds whereupon I declined all further thoughts about the Matter, My Son Acquaints me by the last discourse he had with Mr. Cary he believes he would part wth: them for one Thousand Pounds My request to you is you woud will renew this Treaty again and to let me know how he stands Incli ned if he can make out a clear Title I beleive I may adventure at the purchase at a Thousand pounds If you think it proper to give yourself the Trouble of this Affair you will oblige
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Rappa [hannock, LancasterCounty, Virginia]
Novr. 8th.1720
Dear Son John
This is to lett You know Mr. Carys Cause is not Yett decided but is put over toapril Court
Youinform me he presses very much to have an offer from me. I havealready offerd the Gent
Concernd here to pay him Interestfor his money from thetime of his purchase to pay him all the
Charges he has bin at in the Sale and to give him besides a hundred Pound for his bargain which
one would think is temptation enough Especially considering I am so near related to the Cause.
Ishall Say this further to You that I believe I may adventure a Thousand pound at It or
thereabouts &truly more I cant think It worth, Tis a large quantity of Landtis true & Contigious to
A fine tract of mine but tis all back forest Land & in a part ofthe Country where lands are not
very valuable I cant think anyone else will offer more for It, You say You have his word &Honr.
that I Should have the refusal I believe his Interest will be his Cheif Guide If You can rivett [sic]
the bargain at either of these offersI Should not Scruple to come into It & If I had his Title Iwould
forthwith conclude the Lawsuit & not Carry on so riggorous [sic] a Tryal by such such [sic ]
unequall Strength to Evict several poorfamilys out of what I think in my Conscience is their right
& who have & theirposteritys Enjoyd their plans. Ever since old Collo. [John] Hulls Days I Shall
conclude atpresent with my bl.ssing to You & remain --
[1] Robert Cary (1685-1751) was a London merchant, second of the name, a partner in a firm
that was involved in theVirginia tobacco trade for over 100 years. Carter mentions in hiswillthat
he had purchased lands in Richmond, Westmoreland, and KingGeorge counties from Cary. These
lands had belonged to his niece, Elizabeth (Carter) Lloyd, who had inherited them from John
Hull, her grandfather. For other information about Carter's pursuit of these lands, see
Carter's letters to John Carter July 13, 1720, and to the Perrys July 14, 1720. (RC's will,
and Price. "WhoWas John Norton? A Note on . . . Some Eighteenth-Century London Virginia
Firms." )
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March 25th 1723
Mr. Micajah Perry
Extract –
As to Loyd's affair, I am sorry it proves so troublesome to you, but you are strong enough to
stand their utmost shocks. I wish you had thought of saying something about that tract of
Land belonging to that Estate that I told you I was sued for by Cary. There are a great many
things I have said to you in relation to that concern that are yet unanswered
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Letter from Robert Carter to John Carter, July 13, 1720 Mr. Cary's Lawsuit is not Yett
determin'd altho I take the Difficultyst part of Itto be over It is come to the Issue The last Jury
made two Surveys & have submitted It to the Judgement of the Court w[hi] ch. of the two
Surveys is the right such a proceeding in a Jury I never Saw before but it lyes upon this Issue for
Tryal to the next Court. lett the Determination be as much in the Disfavour of Mr. Cary as It can .
https://christchurch1735.org/robert-king-carter-papers/
Unlike his younger brother, John Carter II was not obsessed with the acquisition of land. Checks
of the land office records do not show that he took out any patents. Apparently running his farms
successfully, raising his brother, and being active in county affairs were sufficient for him. He
married first Elizabeth Hull prior to 1675 when he is named in the will of his father-in-law. This
marriage produced one daughter, Elizabeth, who was to marry John Lloyd in 1693. Elizabeth
Hull Carter was dead by 1684 when Lancaster records mention a marriage between John Carter
and Elizabeth Travers who outlived him to marry Christopher Wormeley, dying herself in 1693.
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1724-1726 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 12; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 40
HONBLE. JOHN CARTER, ESQR., 1740 acs. (0. & N. L.), King Wm. Co; beg. at Mr. David Anderson; on the River Bagg (?) ; 6 July 1726, Page 417. 3000 acs. granted Robert Whitehair. Charles Edmonds & John Bowler,
25 Apr. 1667; 1740 acs. being surplus -within sd. bounds. 8 Lbs., 15 Shill.
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Magazine of Virginia Genealogy Vol 25 1987, No. 3; Page 66
Virginia Land Patent Book 18
John Carter, Esq. of Corotomon in Lancaster County, 400 acres in Goochland County, North side of Fluvanna River and both sides of Hardware River, by Capt. Charles Hudson and Thomas Sowell. 22 September 1739
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