CARTER - BURGESSES AND OTHER PROMINENT PERSONS - Virginia CARTER, CHARLES, of "Corotoman" and "Shirley," born 1732, the son of John and Elizabeth Hill Carter; was burges from Lancaster county in 1758-1761, 1761-1765, October, 1765, 1766-1768, May, 1769, 1769-1771, 1772-1774, 1775-1776; member of the conventions of 1775, and of the first state council, 1776. He married (first) Mary W., daughter of Colonel Charles Carter, of "Cleve," (second) Ann Butler, daughter of Bernard Moore, of "Chelsea," King William county. He died in 1806. CARTER, CHARLES, of "Ludlow," son of Colonel Charles Carter, of "Cleve," and his first wife, Mary Walker, daughter of Joseph Walker, Esq., of York county, married Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel John Chiswell. He was burgess from King George county in the assemblies of 1756-1758, 1758-1761, 1761-1765, October 1765, 1766-1768 and 1769-1771. CARTER, EDWARD, of "Blenheim," Albemarle county, son of John Carter, of "Corotoman" and "Shirley", was born about 1726, and was a burgess from 1765 to 1769. He married Sarah Champe, daughter of John and Anne (Carter) Champe, of King George county. CARTER, ROBERT WORMELEY, son of Colonel Landon Carter, of "Sabine Hall," was burgess for Richmond county in the last assembly, 1775-1776, and member of the conventions of 1774 and 1775. He married Winifred Travers Beale, daughter of Captain William Beale, of Richmond county. CARTER, THOMAS, ancestor of a numerous family of the name in Virginia and the south. He setteled first in Nansemond county, and afterwards removed to Lancaster. He was a justice, captain of the militia, etc., and married Katherine Dale, eldest daughter of Major Edward Dale and Diana Skipwith, his wife. He died October 22, 1700, aged about seventy years. He was probably a near kinsman of Colonel John Carter, of Corotoman. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY, Vol 1 Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons