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Colonel John Carr of "Bear Castle" Louisa County, Virginia *Colonel John Carr b.1706 d.1778. *Mary Garland Carr b.1720 d.1736. Their Children. *Thomas Carr b.1735 d.18087 (He was the ancestor of the Carr's of Albemarle County, Virginia, and lived at Carrsbrook Plantation, on the^tfivaft^ ifive^? in Albemarle County, Virginia) Colonel John Carr b.1706 d.1778. Barbara Overton Carr b.1720 d.------- Their Children. Dabney Carr b.1742 d.1773. (He married Martha Jefferson, sister of Thomas Jefferson, and is buried at the Monticello Graveyard) Samual Carr b.1745 d.------- Elizabeth Carr b.1747 d.------- (She married Nathanial Anderson) Overton Carr b.1752 d.------ (He married Ann Addison) Garland Carr b.1754 d.1837. (He married Mary Winston) Mary Carr b.1756 d.1792. (She married John Minor) Colonel John Carr lived at "Bear Castle", Louisa County, Virginia, on the old Cartersville road and Elk Creek. Mary Garland Carr Because of her death shortly after birth of her son, Thomas Carr, it was the second wife of Colonel John Carr, Barbara Overton Carr, who raised Thomas Carr, along with a large family of her own. Much credit must be given to this fine lady as the second mother of the Carr family. Will of Colonel John Carr who died April 20, 1778, was probated August 10, 1778, at County Courthouse, Louisa County, Virginia.
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