Carter County TN Archives Military Records.....Carter, Landon 
Revwar - Pension 
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LANDON CARTER



    Landon Carter's widow, Elizabeth Carter, applied for revolutionary pension

while residing in Carter County, Dec. 8, 1838. She was born July 9, 1765 Landon

Carter was a Captain in the Revolution. He served under Col. John Sevier and

Col. Arthur Campbell in 1780 and 1781. He married Feb. 26, 1784 and died June 5,

1800. Jeremiah Campbell testifies that Landon Carter served as stated and chat

he, Jeremiah Campbell, was in Capt. Carter's company and was in the South

Carolina Campaign. Isaac Taylor also testifies that he was in Capt. Carter's

Company. They were in the battle of Boyd's Creek and in an expedition against

the Cherokee Indians.



    Note:-Capt. Landon Carter was the son of Col. John Carter and Elizabeth

Taylor Carter and was born in Virginia Jan. 29, 1760. He was educated at Liberty

Hall, now Davidson College, N. C. He signed the Watauga Petition to have the

settlement annexed to North Carolina and he was an active leader in all affairs

of the upper East Tennessee country. Carter County. Tenn., was named for him and

its County seat, ELzabethton, was named for his wife. He was a strong supporter

of the State of Franklin and was Secretary of the first Franklin Convention. He

married Elizabeth McLin. Their children were: Alfred Moore, born 1784, died

1850; John McLin. born 1786, died young; Sarah Stuart, born 1789, died 1879;

William Blount, born 1792: George Washington, born 1794; Eliza M., born 1797;

and Mary (Polly) C, born 1799.



Additional Comments:
From:



SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. I



by Zella Armstrong



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