Carter, Elizabeth Osborne Grayson Lewis, 1796?-1885
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Elizabeth Osborne Carter ran Oatlands Plantation during and after the turbulent years of the Civil War. She first married Joseph Lewis (d. 1834), who had served as a Representative in Congress for the Loudoun, Fairfax, and Prince William counties district. After his death, she married George Carter, great-grandson of wealthy Virginia planter Robert "King" Carter and founder of Oatlands. When George Carter, Sr. (1777-1846) passed away, she continued to live on the plantation with her two sons during the 1850s and 1860s.
From the description of Elizabeth Osborne Carter diary, 1860-1872. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233823586
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- Ball's Bluff, Battle of, Va., 1861
- Fair Oaks, Battle of, Va., 1862
- Plantation life
- Women
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- Virginia--Loudoun County (as recorded)
- Leesburg (Va.) (as recorded)
- Loudoun County (Va.) (as recorded)
- Virginia (as recorded)
- Upperville (Va.) (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
