Edward Carter (of Blenheim)

Edward Carter
Member of the House of Delegates for Albemarle County
In office
October 15, 1787 – June 22, 1788
Serving with George Nicholas
Preceded byJohn Nicholas
Succeeded byFrancis Walker
In office
May 5, 1783 – October 16, 1785
Preceded byThomas Walker
Succeeded byJoshua Fry
Member of the House of Burgesses for Albemarle County
In office
1766–1768
Serving with Thomas Walker
Preceded byHenry Fry
Succeeded byThomas Jefferson
Personal details
Born1733 (1733)
Shirley Plantation, Charles City County, Colony of Virginia
DiedJune 28, 1806(1806-06-28) (aged 73–74)
Roxbury Plantation, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
NationalityAmerican
SpouseSarah Champe
ChildrenElizabeth Stanard
Parent(s)John Carter, Elizabeth Hill
Relatives"King" Carter (grandfather), Edward Hill (great grandfather), Landon Carter (uncle), Robert Carter III (uncle), Charles Hill Carter (brother)
Residence(s)Blenheim plantation, Albemarle County, Virginia
Occupationplanter, politician

Edward Hill Carter (1733–1793) (nicknamed "Ned") was a Virginia planter, military officer and politician, who served terms in the Virginia House of Burgesses and the Virginia House of Delegates, representing Albemarle County. He was a neighbor and correspondent of Thomas Jefferson, and spent winters in Fredericksburg, which his wife preferred. Col. Edward Carter fought in what became known as the French and Indian War, and afterward operated several plantations in Albemarle as well as neighboring Amherst and Nelson Counties using enslaved labor. He was one of the wealthiest men in all three counties following the American Revolutionary War.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Tyler, Lyon Gardiner (1915). Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Vol. 1. p. 204.
  2. ^ George Selden Wallace, The Carters of Blenheim; a genealogy of Edward and Sarah Champe , available at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062882915&view=1up&seq=22
  3. ^ B. Noland Carter II, A Goodley Heritage: A History of the Carter Family in Virginia (Virginia Genealogical Society 2004), vol. 1 pp. 237–311

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