The first in his family to take up residence in the Bull Run Tract, though probably his brother, Landon Carter did so (building Pittsylvania) shortly afterwards. John Carter built Sudley House about 1760.
Not the prudent businessman his father was or that his son Landon was to become. His father's diary leaves it unmistakeable that the master of Sudley house was a constant source of displeasure to his father and embarassment to the family. His father noted not only his son's inattention to business, but also his preoccupation with drinking, gambling, and horse racing. John's character was of particular concern to his father because Sudley Plantation was one of the most important economic outposts of the Carter lands in the Virginia Colony. (taken from "History in a Horseshoe Curve." by Johnson, Conner, and Ferguson3 |