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Christ Church Lancaster, a singular example of colonial church architecture, was completed circa 1735. This is Robert "King" Carter's legacy to the community. Its simplicity stands as a witness to the importance of the Christian faith to the early…
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John Carter had the first church built on this site; it was completed in 1670 after his death. In 1730, his son Robert "King" Carter, colonial Virginia's most powerful planter, proposed to build a brick church here at his own expense, which the ve…
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This place was three miles south. Little remains of the house. John Carter obtained patents for a large grant here before 1654, but the place is better known as the home of his son, Robert ("King") Carter. In April 1814, the British, raiding in th…