| Birth: | 20 May 1783 in Randolph Co., NC |
| Death: | 2 Oct 1842 in Jackson, Hinds Co., MS |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | William Ausin Carr b. 20 May 1763 in NC |
| Mother: | Susannah b. 8 May 1767 |
| Residence: CAME TO WATER VALLEY IN 1840 FROM GEORGIA |
| Comment 2: WILL AT COUNTY COURTHOUSE, RAYMOND, MS. |
| Burial: JACKSON, MS. (HINDS CO.) |
| Spouses & Children |
| Mary Downs (Wife) b. 26 Oct 1784 in Yalobusha Co, MS | |
| Marriage: | 1799 in ? EARLY CO. GEORGIA |
| Children: | |
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| Notes |
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 birthdate may be wrong - the date is exactly twenty years to
the day after his father, whose grave is in Randolph Co., NC.