There is considerable information on the Shirley of the Civil War. Does anyone have a source for the activities of this family in the pre-revolutionary and early American period? Richard Dixon On 7/15/2010 9:41 AM, Jon Kukla wrote: > 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< > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >> 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/ >> >> ______________________________________ >> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at >> http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html >> >> > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html