Landon Carter

Landon Carter
Member of the House of Burgesses for Richmond County, Colony of Virginia
In office
1752–1768
Serving with John Woodbridge
Preceded byWilliam Fauntleroy
Succeeded byThomas Glasscock
Personal details
BornAugust 18, 1710
Coromaton plantation, Colony of Virginia
DiedDecember 22, 1778
Virginia
ChildrenRobert Wormeley Carter and several daughters
Parent(s)Robert Carter I, Elizabeth Landon Willis
RelativesCharles, Robert Carter II of Nomini, George Carter (brothers); John Carter (half-brother)
ResidenceSabine Hall
Educationin England
Occupationplanter, politician

Col. Landon Carter, I (August 18, 1710 – December 22, 1778) was an American planter and burgess for Richmond County, Virginia.[1] Although one of the most popular patriotic writers and pamphleters of pre-Revolutionary and Revolutionary-era Virginia, he may today be perhaps best known for his journal, which described colonial life leading up the American War of Independence, The Diary of Colonel Landon Carter.

  1. ^ Jack P. Greene, " Carter, Landon (ca.1710-1778)" in Dictionary of Virginia Biography vol. 3, p. 56, also available at https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Carter_Landon_1710-1778 Landon Carter] at Encyclopedia Virginia