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Descendants of Thomas Carr

Generation No. 1

1. THOMAS² CARR (THOMAS¹) was born May 17, 1804 in Grayson Co., VA, and died Jun 21, 1876 in Grayson Co., VA. He married ELIZABETH PORTER Sep 25, 1828 in Grayson Co., VA, daughter of WILLIAM PORTER and SUSANNAH. She was born Abt. 1805 in VA, and died Aft. 1880 in Alleghany Co., NC?.

Notes for THOMAS CARR:
References for Thomas Carr and descendants:

(1) information compiled by Edna Ruth Carr Edmondson of Norman, OK
(2) email from Anne Buckner, Feb 7, 1999
(3) Marriage records from an unpublished manuscript by David May, Morgan Co. KYGENWEB
(4) 1870 and 1880 Morgan Co. Census

From the Mountain Primitive Baptist Association Minutes of 1876, The Obituary of Elder Thomas Carr written by William Lundy; Source - Alleghany County Heritage 1983 by Hunter Publishing Co:
He was born... of poor, yet very honest and pious parents, Thomas and Elizabeth Carr. He was a very ordinary boy, but fortunately for him, he got a tolerable education. Brother Carr joined the Methodists in the first place... Becoming dissatisfied in that condition, he joined the Primitive Baptist at old Fox Creek Church, Grayson Co., Virginia... He became a member of the Cross Roads Church of Grayson Co., Va., many years ago and was pastor of the same up until the time of his death. We have often heard him preaching that he would not be anything but a Predestinarian Baptist. Some months before his death Brother Carr was taken with dropsy and lingered for some time under some medical treatment.

From "Biographical History of Primitive Old School Baptist Ministers of the United States," published by R.H. Pitman, 1909:
He was a faithful pastor, often rode through rain, hail and snow until his clothes were frozen on him. Notwithstanding, he was a poor man, money could not hire him to preach nor could money hire him to quit preaching, for the cause of Christ was so near and dear to him, that he counted all material things but dress, that he might obtain that inheritance that is incorruptible and undefiled and faileth not away. He died June 21, 1876 to the full trumpets of faith.

Carr, Thomas VA GRAYSON CO. pg. 250, 1830 census index
Carr, Thomas VA GRAYSON CO. WESTERN DISTRICT pg 326, 1840 census index

1850 census index lists Thomas Carr and Polly Carr in Grayson County but the actual census is virtually unreadable. Thomas and Elizabeth Carr are buried in Cross Roads Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Baywood, Grayson Co., VA. The two tombstones still exist.

Children of THOMAS CARR and ELIZABETH PORTER are:

	i.	GIRL³ CARR, b. 1830; d. young.
2.	ii.	FIELDEN CARR, b. Aug 21, 1832, New River, Grayson Co., VA; d. Jan 26, 1898, Independence, VA.
3.	iii.	JAMES JEFFERSON CARR, b. Oct 1, 1834, Grayson Co., VA; d. Oct 2, 1878, Ezel, Morgan Co., KY.
4.	iv.	LUCINDA CARR, b. 1837, Grayson Co., VA; d. Jan 26, 1903, Alleghany Co., NC.
5.	v.	WILLIAM WILBORN CARR, b. Nov 1, 1839, Grayson Co., VA; d. Apr 13, 1919, Ennice, Alleghany Co., NC.
6.	vi.	CHARLES LEWIS CARR, b. Jun 1, 1842, Grayson Co., VA.
	vii.	CENTER CARR, b. 1844, Grayson Co., VA; d. Civil War.

Notes for CENTER CARR:
Served as private in Grayson Co. Company C, 8th Regiment, VA Cavalry, CSA

viii.

THOMAS F. CARR, b. 1847, Grayson Co., VA.

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