Carter family of Tennessee explained

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
        • Tennessee governor Alf Taylor
        • Tennessee governor and U.S. Senator Robert Love Taylor
    • Alfred Moore Carter
      • Union Army officer Samuel Perry Carter
      • Rev. William Blount Carter
      • Secretary of Arizona Territory James Patton Taylor Carter

Notes and References

1. News: 1910-06-04 . Historic Sword Presented . 5 . The Journal and Tribune . 2023-07-17.
2. Web site: The Carter Mansion . 2023-07-17 . Carter County Area History . en.
3. Web site: Rust . Randal . Carter, Landon . 2023-07-17 . Tennessee Encyclopedia . en-US.
4. Web site: The Mansion . 2023-07-17 . Carter County Area History . en.
5. Web site: Carter Family . 2023-07-17 . www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com.
6. Book: Moore . John Trotwood . Tennessee, the Volunteer State, 1769-1923 . Foster . Austin Powers . 1923 . S. J. Clarke Publishing Company . 570 . en.