"Of the Three sons of Landon of Sabine Hall, they (sons John and Landon) were the last hope as to carrying on the dignity and integrity of the family, the eldest son, Robert Wormely Carter, having already disgraced himself and his father through drinking, gambling, and carousing. But Robert had remained amid the luxury of the Tidewater plantations" (from "History in a Horseshoe Curve" by Johnson)3
As the eldest son and heir, Robert inherited the lions share of the estate. 1/2 his father's slaves, all the lands in York, Charles City, King and Queen, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland, King George & Stafford Co.s and all the lands on the Chenadoah (sic) River as well as those in Frederick as on the Blue Ridge or Virginia side of the Chenandoah except for teh tract called Summer Duck.3 |