Fun Fact of the Day

Six of the seven Virginia Signers of the Declaration of Independence were related to each other either through Robert "King" Carter*, one of the wealthiest men in Virginia, or one of the other Founding Families of Virginia.

Carter Braxton and Benjamin Harrison were first cousins.

Richard Henry Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee were brothers and 2nd cousins to Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Nelson, Jr was a cousin to Braxton, Harrison, the Lee Brothers, and Thomas Jefferson

George Wythe's relation to the above-mentioned men was through the legal profession or mentorship only.

*Robert 'King" Carter owned 42 different plantations at one time. At his death, Robert Carter owned 300,000 acres of land and 1000 slaves.