Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-29

I ,,ho,nas Js,dwel.. and others before him:
I This position involved the collecting OF
ouit-rcnts disposing OF lanos, mahins
/ snrvevE &c throughout the vast terri
! tow living between the Rappahannock
/ and Potomac rivers, and extending Deyohd
! 20 the Allegheny mountains IN consul
Grafton OF his services In TINS onctous OF
fee and by dint OF his own 1uolci9us,
mana cement. he acquired titles TO landed
estates OF great magnitude. embracing
mora than 100000 acres. IN the most Ter
lille portions OF the colony. on 'nes ,
plantations In the course OF uihe ne ,,, 90 -,
lied 100 slaves. and In the opening UP oi
broad roads. I'm lieu OF the old piiule
paths. the Introductory OF wneeleu va
hlclcs the Improvement OF nolSes and
cattle. proved himself progressive &c ,,s
belDful pleOter The amplitude OF ihs
possessions and the opulence IN whlcn .o, ne
was able 10 live gained Tor MN ali,v5,
mis- coiemporarlcs the sobriquet OF hAls,
HE claim 10 which, IL would seem suU
ceedipg generations have seemed con'o''
~ Pober, Carter died on August D. lfSs,
end in his VIII disposition was mace Q.
his property IN q document contH i IN,
sxtv-three closely-written peses' - liz
body OF land disposed o. and lylng III VA
,hrec counties Of Frederick, Warren at az,
Cierle contained 50.2i2 acres. ltls oous
vcas laid TO rest beside those or MS w.
At Christ church. where tthe iorHle, ou.a a,
ing having been destroyed by hIel ne tho
erecting az the time OF MS uvaN"' -,
str,,cfnre which now marks the sp9'.
rtis cJifce which happily thanks 10 tne
society Tor the Preservation OF Nlisi, lnH
AntiU,ities) has recently undergone re
noi. became. as MIR. Carriers baln epi-
taph tesiifies. "a signal monument OF n'S
piefy toward God. o.. ,,orsonaI
The inventory Of Mr.. Carer pelS',, -
estate recorded in Lancaster. aiter his
6ecease Including. as II does. MS nor So
corriaees furniture, farming and house
hold utensils. books, piatc. o. ,a.,,
dainty attests the comfortable snu 49, 49,
arrangement and equipment OF 'he OOi0
Ef The ffteen children OF Mr.. Carter
ton grew 10 manhood and Wotha llh"1 -,
amidst the nuriUring ana PFC, e.,
fuenccs Of this early nome. anu IL .c're
&C 20 eex were equally DIVIDED i nt N..' go
~ 20 ',,iNorotiv trained az william ano
Nv College or IN England anu
[ewotte had every advantage tne go
cotionaI facilities OF the colony diiio enc
AZ those children went FORM ouo - been
e., tbie old mansion coUld II nave pe III
iI aI,m rtth human feelings II mlght N VI
,,. al eenso Of pride IN tue ny
i,ee,f,,ons Of cultured manhood ana W
..sa,tocd n was sending out from ~ e.;
iais to grace and hep o'he' 'o'''''
ties CAREER OF THE CHILDREN.
III olAer son. John. became seciSlaiS
81 the colony. an Office when ne ~. .ca,no
-. tbot The name secretary
rIorr1roenentlv attached 70 MN, l1e re, !" on
r'ed Miss Elizabeth HILL OF ~ t,artor
James river and 80 ass, assco, eat '''
Ldlunto tsE vas married TO MAJOR "a
,.-te. pnrweE. of Fairfield III 49, 49,
Cester. and subsequently 10 o. carter
Nicholas. She was mother W ~ 49, the era
Nicholas Nirginias treas G.
1,tdith married Hon. Mann ~, 10
.,; 9,,uIO,,.,,'e,i" in Gloucester, and NenL
ItosS I o,er the costliest Virginia nome
Of It's ito cay married Priscilla Churchill and
hoD goi oN"minv Hall" in Nestmore'"'"
no1,nfv where he died carry. 70 where
c2uutsi settled in King Geoi 20, wiz 80,
ifgecundod "Cleve," fine resioeN'e
tho Rappahannock piob,oond county.
LanuJI "a founded the well ana "iue''
,MN.min,,n home called sabine han IN the
KNOW 1,..ca oeettled IN London, Fms, AZ nho,,t
D,iTdle Temple. where ne soon uie"'
the year ilA. ..,,o ~ BENJAMIN Har-
AllH0 80 .srIarkolv" and was ah0o0''O
Ii IL H. nresidents Of that paine. prax.on.
OF IN vas married TO George ID co,1n-
saTsvington." in King anu w 20 Carter
OF "a became the mother Vl .cia.
ty ana ueC"liff' the signeIs Of the ezra
bl idA Of Independence, ana WIZ o,,oher OF
Id1 .i,od,,tlv for eight years iiei''"
the state Council. chic remarkable
Tbe Youngest or tils docbed ma
household of children VINO orr rS i'm 1870.
lorlty TsS99bTeb Of Eagles Nest -. a.
IienIS c,dorae After his death, on i, - ,,oar-
-, 2 1872 her hand was sousi &c ..Rran-
r 20 a. bv Nathaniel Harrison , U mar
don" on James riVS eth the The understand
rled; Du'' 10 Should remain in her h olne
lls Nc Nc hanks of the Potomac, WAS Na,,ds
Oh Inc remains of her two nu Pettie
W.. own repose. Her dausnteI' ,nther
Iandon. whom she named io cr nS1 and
80 married to Benjamin pls "XVilliam
w. rrandmother 10 Blshop ~, Us
WIS WIS whose tomb is among the IN, ma
Give and interesting memorials u
wood. ,.,,,, tho above narrative
II W. ~ "I[ingi' Carriers home, IN Ian
caster two of his children WenI W me
o,,nS Two of the famous MONIES VI, ,be
lanes. two went TO occupy W. on the
York. two went 10 occupy y,,nv Two
15onnabannock. and two TO occupy Wv
1."y t,a potomac. whilst the ninth iouhu
~. home not far from Mattapohl. 49,,
The eldest son of king carter ny "
ing previously died, his grandson' O Tli1e9
Carter, whose molher Shtno man
beth Hill entered. on reaScning; o, na,' :,
hood into possession OF "Corotoimnatnl,, .
where he continued to reside uhtii VIC
onening of hostilities in lue, Wneh nc Nc
moved with his family 10 SIiIIeS, a. On
INKS of James river. He married III
eSrIv manhood his cousin, Mary Sarteii
20 ,.'Cieve" near Fredericksburg, ahe
,,-itb her he here passed twenty years Oh
hanniness. during which eight chllureh
I ,,% horn to him, who added another in
teresting chapter to the annals OF 'hls
home. s, 49,, Ia tho
like the men who preceded nm IN tns
rronrietorship Of Corotoman Mr.. carter
tros destined TO be left c0mpanioniess py
he death of his wife. Her decease occur
red ON January 80 ITO. and her grave
was made under the shadow OF the olu
church. where the remains OF so many
of her kindred had been laid 10 rest. her
tomb bears tribute to her auecuOnate
dieposition and christian forttude"
Mr.. Carter did not long remain WI
dover. His second wife was Miss Anne
Moore. a daughter Of Bernard Moore,
$50. and about five years after his mar
riage with her occurred his removal 10
Shirley. Meanwhile, however. there had
been born to him two or more children.
one of whOm-Anne Hill-came I'm 1913.
She III was who twenty years later was
married to General Henry Lee, Of Revo-
lutionary fame. Thus II came 10 pass
that Lancaster county, which had era
died the mother of Washington I'm her
infancy, did the same also for the mother
of Robert Z. Lee. G.. w. Il.
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