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Robert Carter Ill was born in 1728 to one of the richest Colonial families of the time. His grandfather, Robert "King" Carter, owned 295,000 acres of land and hundreds of enslaved people. Young Carter inherited much of that wealth in 1732 when his father and grandfather died within months of each other. Most of Centreville and Manassas were part of Carter's Leo Plantation.
In August 1791, Carter sat down in the library of his plantation and wrote a historic document. It was a scheme to manumit fifteen of his slaves every January 1, according to the slaves’ ages. Most importantly, he made their manumission an ironclad and explicit freedom that no descendant of his could rescind or deny.
Robert Carter was old enough to require William Mullins to purchase a share of the Pilgrims’ joint-stock company (i.e. over age 16), but he was too young to have signed the Mayflower Compact (i.e. under age 21). This would put his birth somewhere between 1600-1604. William Mullins, in his will of 21 February 1620/1, requests that John Carver ...
Robert Carter III (February 28, 1728 – March 10, 1804) was an American planter and politician from the Northern Neck of Virginia. During the colonial period , he sat on the Virginia Governor's Council for roughly two decades.
Corotoman. / 37.65472°N 76.44389°W / 37.65472; -76.44389. Corotoman was a 17th and 18th century plantation on the Rappahannock River in Lancaster County, Virginia, United States. Corotoman was the residence of Robert Carter I (1662/63 – 4 August 1732), a colonial Governor of Virginia and one of the wealthiest men in the British ...
Oct 29, 2020 · Robert Carter III — Wikimedia Commons Finding Public Service. Being a member of the Governor’s Council was a crucial step for Carter’s career because it connected him with many of the ...
Sep 5, 2021 · Washington himself was a neighbor, and Robert E. Lee’s mother was the great granddaughter of his grandfather, Robert “King” Carter. In 1750, Robert Carter III planted poplars along the drive ...
