m. 1736 - Carter Braxton1736 - 1797
Facts and Events
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Carter Braxton (September 10, 1736October 10, 1797) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, a merchant, planter, a Founding Father of the United States and a Virginia politician. A grandson of Robert "King" Carter, one of the wealthiest and most powerful landowners and slaveholders in the Old Dominion, Braxton was active in Virginia's legislature for more than 25 years, generally allied with Landon Carter, Benjamin Harrison V, Edmund Pendleton and other conservative planters.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Carter Braxton, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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