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Robert Carter I is born either in 1662, 1663 or even 1664 at Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster County, Virginia. |
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Corotoman |
Irvington |
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| 1696/00/00 |
Robert Carter is Speaker of the House of Burgesses from 1696 to 1698. |
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| 1699/00/00 |
Robert Carter works as treasurer of the colony from 1699 to 1705. |
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| 1700/00/00 |
Robert Carter works as a member of the governor's Council from 1700 to 1732. |
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| 1702/00/00 |
Thomas Lord Fairfax appoints Robert Carter as the proprietary resident land agent to administer the Northern Neck lands and collect the rents. Carter will work until 1711. |
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Northern Neck Proprietary |
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| 1703/05/20 |
Member of the governor's Council James Blair, Robert Carter, Benjamin Harrison II, John Lightfoot, Philip Ludwell and Matthew Page write a letter to Queen Anne urging her to remove Governor Francis Nicholson. |
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| 1721/00/00 |
Robert Carter is the administrator of Nathaniel Burwell's estate. He is listed as owner of Fairfield from 1721 to 1734. |
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Fairfield Site |
White Marsh |
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| 1722/00/00 |
Robert Carter works as Proprietor agent for another Lord Fairfax administering the Northern Neck lands. Mr Carter will maintain this position until 1732. |
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Northern Neck Proprietary |
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| 1724/00/00 |
Thomas Randolph sells The Fork and Clifton to Robert "King" Carter. |
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Ampthill Plantation |
Cartersville |
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| 1724/00/00 |
Thomas Randolph sells The Fork and Clifton to Robert "King" Carter. |
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Clifton |
Hamilton |
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| 1724/00/00 |
Thomas, Sixth Lord Fairfax grants Robert Carter 90,000 acres of the Northern Neck Proprietary extended west from the Forks of Bull Run to "a small mountain". The area now includes parts of Prince William, Fairfax, Loudoun and Fauquier counties. |
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Bull Run Land Track |
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| 1725/00/00 |
A large Georgian mansion is built at Corotoman for Robert Carter, 1720-1725. It was completely destroyed by fire in 1729. |
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Corotoman |
Irvington |
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| 1729/00/00 |
Nomini Hall original land grant is awarded Robert Carter. |
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Nomini Hall, Warsaw, VA |
Hague, VA |
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| 1732/00/00 |
Robert Carter, John's son and the leading Virginia entrepreneur of his generation, builds the present Christ Church at his own expense. The church retains its original high-backed pews and three-tiered pulpit. |
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Christ Church |
Irvington |
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| 1732/08/04 |
Robert "King" Carter dies in Lancaster County and left some of his 300,000 acres and 1,000 slaves to his namesake grandson, Carter Burwell. He is buried in the churchyard, in an elaborate marble tomb beside his two wives. |
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Christ Church |
Irvington |
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