CARTER - PROMINENT PERSONS - Virginia CARTER, JOHN C., born in Virginia in 1805. He was appointed to the naval service from Kentucky, March 1, 1825, served on the sloop Lexington in 1827, and on the frigate Delaware, of the Mediterranean squadron, in 1829-30; was promoted passed midshipman, June 4, 1831, and commissioned as Lieutenant, February 9, 1837. he served on the United States Steamer Mississippi, of the home squadron, during the Mexican war. On September 14,1855, he was made commander. In 1862 he commanded the steamer Michigan, on the lakes. After the war he was placed in command of the receiving ship Vermont, and of the naval rendezvous at San Francisco. He was commissioned commodore and placed on the retired list on April 4, 1867. He died November 24, 1870 at Brooklyn, New York. CARTER, THOMAS, eldest son of Peter and Judith Norris Carter, was born in Fauquier county, April 24, 1731. He removed to Rye Cove, Clinch river, in what is now Scott county, Virginia, in 1773, with his first cousins, Dale and John Carter, sons of Charles Carter, of Amherst. On March 26, 1774, they all had surveys of land, Thomas for one hundred and ninety-seven acres in Rye Cove, and on March 31, 1783, he had another survey for fourteen hundred and twenty acres, to include his improvements. From 1774 to 1784 he was a road overseer in Washington county; and when his home fell into the new county of Russell, he was a justice of the first court of that county, May 9, 1786, and a lieutentant of militia. He represented Russell county in the constitutional convention of 1788, and is said to have served in the legislature several times. His will was probated in Russell county, October 25, 1803. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY, Volumes 2 & 3 Prominent Persons