I have documented my Surry Carters back to Richard (1766-1851) and Sarah Little Carter. Richards' parents were Richard (circa 1720) and Mourning ?. This branch of the tree very probaby descends from the immigrant William Carter (1600-1655) and wife Avis Purtley. Related Surry County families are Bell, Carstarphan, Crafford, (Crump on my mother's side), Drewry, Grizzard, Gwaltney, Little and Riggan. Other neighbors from the Blackwater Swamp community on the Surry/Isle of Wight borderland are: Batts, Brown, Holt, Savidge, Wall and Warren. Richard Carter's son George Lewis Carter (1802-1843) and wife, Nancy W. Gwaltney trekked westward, settling in Nicholas County, KY in the mid-1830s. Some of the other Surry surnames also found in Nicholas County are; Bishop, Ellis and Sosby/Soesby/Sorsby. Chuck Carter Middletown, VA