Person:Landon Carter (2)

Information on Landon C. Carter

From "The Carter's of Northeastern Tennessee":

John Carter was one of the pioneer settlers of Northeastern Tennessee. In 1770, he established a trading post on the western side of the Holston River, near present day Rogersville. Here, he traded with the Cherokees and other indian tribes for furs, and sold goods to early settlers migrating down the Holston River to the Tennessee. When the trading post was destroyed during an indian raid, he moved to the Watauga Settlement. He was instrumental in establishing the Watauga Association in 1772, the first non-British, democratic body in the United States. At the time of his death in 1781, he is thought to have been the wealthiest man in North Carolina, which then included Tennessee. His son, Landon C. Carter, was the Secretary of State for the State of Franklin, which existed from 1784 to 1788. Carter County, Tennessee, was named after Landon Carter, and the county seat, Elizabethton, was named for his wife, Elizabeth McLin Carter. Landon's sons operated several iron forges, as well as other businesses. His grandson, Samuel Powhattan Carter, is the only military officer in the United States to have held the rank of an Army General and a Navy Admiral. Landon's daughter, Mary Cocke Carter, married General James Patton Taylor, the son of General Nathaniel Taylor, a War of 1812 hero. Two of their grandsons served as govenors of Tennessee.

Source: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~javan/carter/records/johncarter.htm