R. Carter Wellford

Robert Carter Wellford was an American politician who served in the Virginia House of Delegates, representing Lancaster and Richmond counties. Wellford was president of the Northern Neck Telephone and Telegraph Company and vice-president of the Northern Neck State Bank.
Robert Carter Wellford was the son of Elizabeth Landon Carter and the oldest grandson of Robert Wormley Carter. A descendant of Robert Carter I, he lived at historic Sabine Hall until his death, now a National Historic Landmark.
Robert Carter Wellford married Elizabeth Harrison Wellford. Their oldest son was Armistead Nelson Wellford, who married Catherine Burdette Davis. Robert and Elizabeth's daughter, Caroline Randolph Wellford, married Frank Barksdale Guest on November 6, 1907. Another daughter, Elizabeth Landon Wellford, married Thomas Norman Jones, Jr., on October 18, 1911. A son, John Harrison Wellford, married Marion Henrickson in October 1915. Robert Carter Wellford died on April 21, 1919.