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Notes for Henry Alexander Carr:
Henry is a child of the William A. Carr family of Randolph Co., NC. Several of William's children migrated to Georgia, to Jones County, early in the 1800's. Fort Hawkins was built in 1806 in Baldwin County, and was in Jones County until Bibb County was created some years later. Today, the Fort is at a point near the county line and adjacent to the Ocmulgee National Monument.
He was a private and rose to Lieutenant Col. in a Georgia regiment and served to the end of the war. He was Quartermaster General under General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans. (I have not found the source for this information, but he was mentioned as Capt. Henry Carr in the estate sale of Benjamin Hawkins in 1816). Was a Captain in a Georgia Co. and served in the Creek War, having been promoted to Captain by Gen. Andrew Jackson for gallant conduct on the battlefield between the Regular Army and the Indians near Macon, GA.
A group of soldiers were organized in October, 1814 at Fort Hawkins and joined with Andrew Jackson in Mobile.
Jones Co., Georgia was formed by an act of the Legislature December 10, 1807 from Baldwin County which was formed May 11, 1803. Jones County was laid out in 1807; part added from Putnam in 1810; a five mile slice given to Bibb in 1822, and since then her boundaries have remained stationary.
Henry Carr's will was dated 15 Mar, 1847 and probated 12 Feb. 1848, and mentions wife Mary Carr (who lives separate and apart from me), oldest child Perry C. Carr, daughter Epsy Gilliland, second son Benjamin H. Carr, son Geo. W. Carr. Franklin E. Plummer was appointed counselor and was a witness. Other witnesses were George W. Robinson and William F. Chance.
Henry Carr was buried in the same plot as his son and daughter-in-law William A. Carr II and Virginia Hawkins, in Water Valley, Yalobusha, MS.
It is interesting that his son is named William Austin Carr Jr., but the only record I have found that links Henry Carr directly to his father, William Austin Carr of Randolph Co., NC is a single deed to which Henry was a witness, related to his grandfather, Joseph Carr.
The recorded birth date may be wrong - the date is exactly twenty years to the day after his father, whose grave is in Randolph Co., NC.
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