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PREFACE
Information for this book is derived from many sources, old county history books, old family bible records, old Courthouse records, and lifetime memories of my first eighty years of life on the planet earth. I wish to thank the following for their help in obtaining information for this book.
The City-County Library of Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, for their great help in obtaining books and other data that I needed, and especially Mrs. Alice Prindiville for her great help.
Mrs. Aline Stevens of Charlottesville, Va., she furnished me xerox copies of the bibles of Thomas Carr - 1735-1806; Dabney Carr - 1777-1862; Samuel Dabney Carr - 1822-1915; also Albemarle County Courthouse records from 1769 to 1894.
Mrs. Hattie Turner of Nellys Ford, Va., and her son James Turner of Orange Park, Florida, for information on the James Turner family from 1841 to 1976.
Miss Francis Belbin and her sister, Mrs. Vivian Thompson of Bethesda, Maryland, for information on the Belbin Family.
Miss Alice Wilcox of Woodstock, Illinois, for information on the Wilcox Family.
Mrs. Sara (Carr) Poore of Nanticoke, Maryland for information about her two sons, William Dabney Carr and Custis Lee Carr.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Brown of Charlottesville, Virginia, it was through them that I obtained the name of Mrs. Aline Stevens who was the greatest help in obtaining information I needed.
Also, my daughter, Mrs. Mary H. Wilcox of Clermont Harbor, Mississippi, for her great help in making this book possible.
An Apology
Having had only a high school education, being very poor in literature, I wish to apologize for the poor composition, spelling, etc., contained in this work. Please treat me for what I am, just a mountain man from the Ragged Mountains of Albemarle County, Virginia, thanks.