Carter family of Tennessee
Members of the Carter family were "among the earliest settlers of Tennessee" and their descendants became "one of the most illustrious families in the state."
- John Carter of Watauga Association
- Landon C. Carter, Revolutionary War soldier, namesake of Carter County, Tennessee while Elizabethton is named for his wife Elizabeth Maclin
- U.S. Representative William Blount Carter
- Mary Carter
- U.S. Representative Nathaniel Green Taylor
- Tennessee governor Alf Taylor
- Tennessee governor and U.S. Senator Robert Love Taylor
- U.S. Representative Nathaniel Green Taylor
- Alfred Moore Carter
- Union Army officer Samuel Perry Carter
- Rev. William Blount Carter
- Secretary of Arizona Territory James Patton Taylor Carter
- Landon C. Carter, Revolutionary War soldier, namesake of Carter County, Tennessee while Elizabethton is named for his wife Elizabeth Maclin