[1] The son of Charles Carter (of Cleve) (who represented King George County part-time in the House of Burgesses for three decades) and his second wife, Anne Byrd (daughter of burgess William Byrd II), this Landon Carter was born in 1751 to the First Families of Virginia.
He had not yet reached legal age to inherit property when his father died in 1762, leaving him and his slightly older brother John Hill Carter orphaned.
His surviving uncle, Landon Carter, who had represented Richmond County for decades in the House of Burgesses, was appointed their guardian.
Before she died in 1778, she had given birth to three daughters, of whom Mary Champe Carter died as an infant, Mildred Ann Byrd Carter (1774-1837) would marry first Robert Mercer (1764-1800, who represented Stafford County in the House of Delegates), then John Lewis (1747-1824, son of Col.
Although the mansion which was gutted by fire in his lifetime was pulled down a century later after further deterioration, some of the family's papers are held by the University of Virginia library.