Carter Daniel was mentioned in the 3 March 1799 will of his father John Daniel. Carter was to receive one hundred acres of land with improvements. [Middlesex County, Virginia, Will Book 2, pages 23-24.]

On 27 January 1812 in Middlesex County, Virginia, Carter Daniel married Elizabeth Kidd, with Burgess Kidd listed as the father of the bride. [Middlesex County, Virginia, Marriage Register.]

On 20 March 1835, a warrant, No. 8122, was issued for 100 acres by the Land Office at Richmond, Virginia, to Carter Daniel, Mickelborough Daniel, Elizabeth Howerton, Ea[illegible] Croxton, Francis Clarke, Elizabeth Dunn, Ann McIntyre, Larkin McIntyre, and Alfred McIntyre as the only heirs of John Daniel, a private for three years in the Virginia Continental line. [National Archives, Revolutionary War Pension Records of John Daniel.]