Landon Carter | |
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| Member of the House of Burgesses for Richmond County, Colony of Virginia | |
| In office 1752–1768 Serving with John Woodbridge | |
| Preceded by | William Fauntleroy |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Glasscock |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 18, 1710 Coromaton plantation, Colony of Virginia |
| Died | December 22, 1778 Virginia |
| Children | Robert Wormeley Carter and several daughters |
| Parent(s) | Robert Carter I, Elizabeth Landon Willis |
| Relatives | Charles, Robert Carter II of Nomini, George Carter (brothers); John Carter (half-brother) |
| Residence | Sabine Hall |
| Education | in England |
| Occupation | planter, politician |
Col. Landon Carter, I (August 18, 1710 – December 22, 1778) was an American planter and burgess for Richmond County, Virginia.[1] Although one of the most popular patriotic writers and pamphleters of pre-Revolutionary and Revolutionary-era Virginia, he may today be perhaps best known for his journal, which described colonial life leading up the American War of Independence, The Diary of Colonel Landon Carter.
- ^ Jack P. Greene, " Carter, Landon (ca.1710-1778)" in Dictionary of Virginia Biography vol. 3, p. 56, also available at https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Carter_Landon_1710-1778 Landon Carter] at Encyclopedia Virginia