Carter family of Tennessee

Members of the Carter family were "among the earliest settlers of Tennessee" and their descendants became "one of the most illustrious families in the state."^[1]

John Carter of Watauga Association^[2]
- Landon C. Carter, Revolutionary War soldier, namesake of Carter County, Tennessee^[3] while Elizabethton is named for his wife Elizabeth Maclin^[4]
  - U.S. Representative William Blount Carter^[5]
  - Mary Carter^[6]
    - U.S. Representative Nathaniel Green Taylor^[6]
      - Tennessee governor Alf Taylor^[6]
      - Tennessee governor and U.S. Senator Robert Love Taylor^[5]
  - Alfred Moore Carter
    - Union Army officer Samuel Perry Carter
    - Rev. William Blount Carter
    - Secretary of Arizona Territory James Patton Taylor Carter^[1]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Historic Sword Presented". The Journal and Tribune. 1910-06-04. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
^ "The Carter Mansion". Carter County Area History. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
^ Rust, Randal. "Carter, Landon". Tennessee Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
^ "The Mansion". Carter County Area History. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Carter Family". www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
^ ^a ^b ^c Moore, John Trotwood; Foster, Austin Powers (1923). Tennessee, the Volunteer State, 1769-1923. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 570.