Daughter of Benjamin Grayson, III (9 July 1763-17 Apr 1835) and Anne "Nancy" Bronaugh (24 December 1763-23 October 1838).
Siblings:
1. Dr. William Grayson (1784-1818). Died New York. Married Aggie Peyton.
2. Robert Osborne Grayson (1789-11 August 1841 at Winchester, Va). Married Susanna Margaret Peyton. He married Sarah Mason Cooke at at Stafford Co., Va., on 15 March 1825.
3. Richard Osborne Grayson was born at Spotsylvania, Va., on 4 April 1804. He married Maria Margaretta Fitzhugh at Boscobel Plantation, Va., on 25 November 1828. Richard died on 10 January 1842 at Oatlands, Va., at age 37.
4. Josephine Grayson. She married a Stevenson/Stephenson.
Wife of (1) Joseph Lewis, who had served as a Representative in Congress for the Loudoun, Fairfax, and Prince William counties district. (2) George Carter, m. Nov 10 1825, Loudoun, Virginia.
Children:
George Carter II (1838-1926, Middleburg, Loudoun, VA) m. Catherine W. Powell (CSA)
Benjamin Grayson Carter, University of Virginia (CSA)
Benjamin and George, served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. In July 1860, Carter began keeping a diary. She first mentions the Civil War on 14 April 1861. In her diary entries from the early phases of the Civil War, Carter often records the passage of troops, battles fought nearby, and the encampment of Confederate troops at Oatlands. She also records details of entertaining southern military leaders in her home and her response to the Confederacy’s need to requisition horses from Oatlands and borrow equipment like wagons to transport troops and supplies. Just prior to the Civil War, Oatlands housed the largest slave population in Loudoun County, numbering 128 people. Carter recorded births, marriages, illnesses, deaths, and daily activities for many of the slaves.
She was before the late war wealthy and had two fine estates. "Oatlands and "Bellefield"
Elizabeth Osborne Lewis Carter died at Bellefield, her residence in western Loudoun County. She rests, together with her second husband George, in the family vault at Oatlands.
Siblings:
1. Dr. William Grayson (1784-1818). Died New York. Married Aggie Peyton.
2. Robert Osborne Grayson (1789-11 August 1841 at Winchester, Va). Married Susanna Margaret Peyton. He married Sarah Mason Cooke at at Stafford Co., Va., on 15 March 1825.
3. Richard Osborne Grayson was born at Spotsylvania, Va., on 4 April 1804. He married Maria Margaretta Fitzhugh at Boscobel Plantation, Va., on 25 November 1828. Richard died on 10 January 1842 at Oatlands, Va., at age 37.
4. Josephine Grayson. She married a Stevenson/Stephenson.
Wife of (1) Joseph Lewis, who had served as a Representative in Congress for the Loudoun, Fairfax, and Prince William counties district. (2) George Carter, m. Nov 10 1825, Loudoun, Virginia.
Children:
George Carter II (1838-1926, Middleburg, Loudoun, VA) m. Catherine W. Powell (CSA)
Benjamin Grayson Carter, University of Virginia (CSA)
Benjamin and George, served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. In July 1860, Carter began keeping a diary. She first mentions the Civil War on 14 April 1861. In her diary entries from the early phases of the Civil War, Carter often records the passage of troops, battles fought nearby, and the encampment of Confederate troops at Oatlands. She also records details of entertaining southern military leaders in her home and her response to the Confederacy’s need to requisition horses from Oatlands and borrow equipment like wagons to transport troops and supplies. Just prior to the Civil War, Oatlands housed the largest slave population in Loudoun County, numbering 128 people. Carter recorded births, marriages, illnesses, deaths, and daily activities for many of the slaves.
She was before the late war wealthy and had two fine estates. "Oatlands and "Bellefield"
Elizabeth Osborne Lewis Carter died at Bellefield, her residence in western Loudoun County. She rests, together with her second husband George, in the family vault at Oatlands.
Daughter of Benjamin Grayson, III (9 July 1763-17 Apr 1835) and Anne "Nancy" Bronaugh (24 December 1763-23 October 1838).
Siblings:
1. Dr. William Grayson (1784-1818). Died New York. Married Aggie Peyton.
2. Robert Osborne Grayson (1789-11 August 1841 at Winchester, Va). Married Susanna Margaret Peyton. He married Sarah Mason Cooke at at Stafford Co., Va., on 15 March 1825.
3. Richard Osborne Grayson was born at Spotsylvania, Va., on 4 April 1804. He married Maria Margaretta Fitzhugh at Boscobel Plantation, Va., on 25 November 1828. Richard died on 10 January 1842 at Oatlands, Va., at age 37.
4. Josephine Grayson. She married a Stevenson/Stephenson.
Wife of (1) Joseph Lewis, who had served as a Representative in Congress for the Loudoun, Fairfax, and Prince William counties district. (2) George Carter, m. Nov 10 1825, Loudoun, Virginia.
Children:
George Carter II (1838-1926, Middleburg, Loudoun, VA) m. Catherine W. Powell (CSA)
Benjamin Grayson Carter, University of Virginia (CSA)
Benjamin and George, served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. In July 1860, Carter began keeping a diary. She first mentions the Civil War on 14 April 1861. In her diary entries from the early phases of the Civil War, Carter often records the passage of troops, battles fought nearby, and the encampment of Confederate troops at Oatlands. She also records details of entertaining southern military leaders in her home and her response to the Confederacy’s need to requisition horses from Oatlands and borrow equipment like wagons to transport troops and supplies. Just prior to the Civil War, Oatlands housed the largest slave population in Loudoun County, numbering 128 people. Carter recorded births, marriages, illnesses, deaths, and daily activities for many of the slaves.
She was before the late war wealthy and had two fine estates. "Oatlands and "Bellefield"
Elizabeth Osborne Lewis Carter died at Bellefield, her residence in western Loudoun County. She rests, together with her second husband George, in the family vault at Oatlands.
Siblings:
1. Dr. William Grayson (1784-1818). Died New York. Married Aggie Peyton.
2. Robert Osborne Grayson (1789-11 August 1841 at Winchester, Va). Married Susanna Margaret Peyton. He married Sarah Mason Cooke at at Stafford Co., Va., on 15 March 1825.
3. Richard Osborne Grayson was born at Spotsylvania, Va., on 4 April 1804. He married Maria Margaretta Fitzhugh at Boscobel Plantation, Va., on 25 November 1828. Richard died on 10 January 1842 at Oatlands, Va., at age 37.
4. Josephine Grayson. She married a Stevenson/Stephenson.
Wife of (1) Joseph Lewis, who had served as a Representative in Congress for the Loudoun, Fairfax, and Prince William counties district. (2) George Carter, m. Nov 10 1825, Loudoun, Virginia.
Children:
George Carter II (1838-1926, Middleburg, Loudoun, VA) m. Catherine W. Powell (CSA)
Benjamin Grayson Carter, University of Virginia (CSA)
Benjamin and George, served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. In July 1860, Carter began keeping a diary. She first mentions the Civil War on 14 April 1861. In her diary entries from the early phases of the Civil War, Carter often records the passage of troops, battles fought nearby, and the encampment of Confederate troops at Oatlands. She also records details of entertaining southern military leaders in her home and her response to the Confederacy’s need to requisition horses from Oatlands and borrow equipment like wagons to transport troops and supplies. Just prior to the Civil War, Oatlands housed the largest slave population in Loudoun County, numbering 128 people. Carter recorded births, marriages, illnesses, deaths, and daily activities for many of the slaves.
She was before the late war wealthy and had two fine estates. "Oatlands and "Bellefield"
Elizabeth Osborne Lewis Carter died at Bellefield, her residence in western Loudoun County. She rests, together with her second husband George, in the family vault at Oatlands.
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