Landon "Cleve" Carter

Landon Carter (1751-1811) was a Virginia planter who also served one term in the Virginia House of Delegates representing King George County, Virginia, one of three men of the same name who served in the Virginia General Assembly during the late 18th century. Early and family life The son of Charles Carter (of Cleve) (who represented King George County part-time in the House of Burgesses for three decades) and his second wife, Anne Byrd (daughter of burgess William Byrd II), this Landon Carter was born in 1751 to the First Families of Virginia. He had not yet reached legal age to inherit property when his father died in 1762, leaving him and his slightly older brother John Hill Carter orphaned. His surviving uncle, Landon Carter, who had represented Richmond County for decades in the House of Burgesses, was appointed their guardian. [Complicating matters, that Landon Carter also had a son named Landon and a grandson by his firstborn son Robert Wormeley Carter also named Landon]. Career