Dabney Carr

1743 - 1773  (29 years)

• Name	Dabney Carr
  Born	26 Oct 1743  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 May 1773  [1]
  Person ID	I575	Dabneys of Virginia
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2016

  
  

  Father	John Carr,   b. 25 Dec 1706, Caroline County, Virginia ,   d. 17 Jan/Jun 1778  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Barbara Overton,   b. 20 Apr 1720,   d. Dec 1794  (Age 74 years)
  Married	27 Dec 1737  [1, 2]
  Family ID	F368	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Martha Jefferson,   b. 29 May 1746, Albemarle County, Virginia ,   d. 3 Sep 1811  (Age 65 years)
  Married	20 Jul 1765  [3]
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2016
  Family ID	F398	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Dabney Carr was born to John and Barbara (Overton) Carr October 26, 1743, at Bear Castle, a thousand acre farm in Louisa County, Virginia. He studied law with Thomas Jefferson at William and Mary College and became a practicing lawyer. He married Martha Jefferson, a sister of Thomas Jefferson, July 20, 1765. They had six children: Jane Barbara, born 1766; Lucy, born March 7, 1768; Mary (Polly), born March 7, 1768; Peter, born 1770; Samuel, born October 8, 1771; and Dabney, born April 27, 1773. In 1771 and in 1772, he was elected to the House of Burgesses. In 1773, when a small group that included Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, and others decided to propose the formation of committees of correspondence with the other colonies, he was selected to move the resolutions in the House, and did so in a speech described as " remarkable for its force and eloquence." The proposal was approved, and he was appointed to the first committee. Thirty-five days later, he died on May 16, 1773, aged 29, only 19 days after the birth of his youngest son. He was buried in the Jefferson family graveyard at Monticello. [4, 5]

  
  

• Sources

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