Carter Braxton

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Carter Braxton was a Virginia planter, merchant, and Founding Father who signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a delegate to the Continental Congress.

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Carter Braxton canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Founding Father of the United States ⓘ
human ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
planter ⓘ
burialPlace Chericoke, King William County, Virginia ⓘ
citizenship Colony of Virginia ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth Colony of Virginia ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1736-09-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1797-10-10 ⓘ
economicActivity Atlantic commerce ⓘ
tobacco trade ⓘ
ethnicGroup English American ⓘ
familyName Braxton ⓘ
father George Braxton Jr. ⓘ
fullName Carter Braxton ⓘ
givenName Carter ⓘ
grandfather George Braxton Sr. ⓘ
linked to: George Braxton Jr.
historicalPeriod American Revolutionary era ⓘ
Colonial America ⓘ
knownFor signing the United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ
memberOf Continental Congress ⓘ
Virginia House of Burgesses ⓘ
linked to: House of Burgesses

Virginia House of Delegates ⓘ
mother Mary Carter ⓘ
notableWork support for American independence as a delegate ⓘ
numberOfChildren 18 ⓘ
occupation legislator ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
planter ⓘ
politician ⓘ
owned plantations in Virginia ⓘ
participatedIn American Revolutionary War (political side) ⓘ
placeOfBirth Newington Plantation, King and Queen County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
placeOfDeath Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
politicalAlignment Patriot cause in the American Revolution ⓘ
positionHeld delegate to the Continental Congress ⓘ
member of the Virginia House of Burgesses ⓘ
member of the Virginia House of Delegates ⓘ
regionOfActivity Virginia ⓘ
religion Anglican ⓘ
represented Virginia ⓘ
residence Newington Plantation, King and Queen County, Virginia ⓘ
Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
signed United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Corbin ⓘ
Judith Robinson ⓘ

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