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Learn about the lives and fates of over 1,200 enslaved people who lived and worked at Corotoman, the Virginia estate of the Carter family and the site of Christ Church. Explore the database of original documents and the analysis by a volunteer researcher.
Learn about the indentured servants who worked on Corotoman, the Virginia estate of the Carter family and the site of Christ Church. Explore the online database of historic records and the stories of their lives.
In this study we provide four additional pieces of evidence that support the Corotoman re-use hypothesis for the stone floor of Christ Church: 1) presence and chemistry of melted lead on the stone pavers from Corotoman as well as on the stone pavers in Christ Church, 2) matching color of fire-damaged stone pavers from Corotoman and Christ ...
Corotoman was first inhabited by the Cuttatwomen Native American tribe several hundred years before the arrival of English colonists to Lancaster County, Virginia. John Carter I. John Carter I, the patriarch of the Carter family of Virginia, purchased and settled Corotoman between 1652 and 1653.
sailed past the mouth of the Corotoman toward the falls of the Rappahannock headed for the glittering mirage of a Northwestern Passage, and the bitter reality of starvation and massacre.
Aug 26, 2024 · Carter was the son of Robert Carter and Priscilla Churchhill Carter and was born on February 9, 1728, probably at Corotoman, the Lancaster County plantation of his paternal grandfather. Both of his grandfathers, the land baron Robert “King” Carter and William Churchhill, of Middlesex County, served on the governor’s Council. He has often ...
Dec 22, 2021 · In 1642 he began acquiring the extensive property on the north bank of the Rappahannock River that became the family seat known as Corotoman. Carter married five times and founded one of the greatest of the colonial Virginia families .
