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Note: Gideon Carr (#895) born in Virginia in 1752. He lived in Albermarle county, nine miles west of Charlottsville, and carried on a large plantation with 17 negroes, raising tobacco for the Richmond market. He emigrated to Tennessee, and died in Dickson county in 1847, in the 96th year of his age. (This book also lists Gideon's father as Thomas Carr born in 1709. Book does not list his mother) (from The Carr Family Records: Embracing the Record of the First Families - pg 113)
* Last Will and Testament * June 1,1820 Albemarle County, Virginia I, Gideon Carr of Albemarle County, Virginia being perfect mind, infirm state of health, make my will. 1st pay just debts. 2nd. To Wife Ann (Sandridge) Carr, during her life or widowhood the house and tract of land where I now reside withhousehold and kitchen furniture she may deem necessary with two work horses, 3 milk cows, 10 sheep, and as many hogs and corn she thinks sufficient for support of herself and family 1 yr after my death ... balance to be sold and equally divided among my 9 children or there heirs, with deduction of any account Imay have against them. Should a misunderstanding arise the executors should choose a third party to make the decision and it shall be binding if they fail to comply they forfeit. I appoint my son John B Carr my executor. Gideon Carr (Seal) 1 Jun 1820 Wit. Jas Old.
* Revolutionary War Information * Virginia - Series: M805 Roll: 164 Image: 89 File: S3119 Page: 6 of 7 A letter to Mrs. Bailey Davis, of Cadiz, Kentucky, dated November 2, 1937 Dear Madam, Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Gideon Carr of Albermarle County, Virginia. The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 3119, based upon the military service of Gideon Carr in the War of the Revolution. Gideon Carr was born November 5, 1752 in Albermarle County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not given. While residing in said Albemarle County, Gideon Carr served, shortly after the capture of Burgoyne, four months in Colonel Taylor's Virginia regiment, guarding prisoners at Albemarle Barracks. He enlisted in the spring of 1781, and served in Captain Leak's company, Colonel Lindsley's Virginia regiment, marched below Richmond, and was there placed under Captain Hamner and marched up the James River to guard public stores, length of this service two months. He moved about ten years after the close of the Revolution from Albemarle County, to Dickson County, Tennessee. He was allowed pension on his application executed October 8, 1833, then a resident of Dickson County, Tennessee. The papers on file in this claim contain no reference to the wife or children of the soldier, Gideon Carr. His brother, Meekins Carr, was living in 1833 in Albemarle County, Virginia. In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and furnish the following data: -Gideon Carr -Certificate #25097 -Issued November 23, 1833 -Rate $21.00 per annum -Commenced March 4, 1831 -Act of June 7, 1832 -West Tennessee Agency. Very Truly yours, A.D. Hiller Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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