Someone will want to reconsider the phrase from the second paragraph of the
blog entry marked below with inserted asterisks :

In 1863 this hand-drawn family tree was entered into the case to note the
lineage on [Mary Walker] Cabell’s father’s side.  Cabell was the paternal
granddaughter of Charles Hill Carter (1733-1802) of Shirley Plantation.
Charles Hill Carter was the grandson of Robert “King” Carter (1663-1732),
*a former governor of the Commonwealth*  and one of the richest men in 17th
century colonial America.  His parents, John Carter and Elizabeth Hill,
built Shirley Plantation in 1723.  The home, a private residence in Charles
City County, remains in the family today.

After the death of lt-gov Drysdale in July 1726, Robert "King" Carter _was_
president of the Council until the arrival of lt-gov Gooch in September 1727
and de facto acting governor of the colony - but never "of the
Commonwealth," which was created with independence in 1776

Jon Kukla
www.JonKukla.com

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Dale Dulaney <
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> Trees grow in the strangest places! Take a look at the latest entry on
> the "Out of the Box" blog from the LVA's archival staff. It is about the
> discovery of a hand-drawn family tree from the 1860s in a chancery court
> case in Nelson County that charts the branches of the powerful Carter
> family.
> Though this example is of a prominent family, most chancery suits concerned
> ordinary Virginians and some even document the lineage of the enslaved.
>
> http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/
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