Garland Carr

1754 - 1838  (84 years)

• Name	Garland Carr
  Born	10 Jul 1754	Bear Castle, Louisa County, Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Oct 1838	Gale Hill, Albemarle County, Virginia   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I581	Dabneys of Virginia
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2019

  
  

  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, 3]
  Family ID	F368	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Mary (Winston) Phillips,   b. 1763,   d. 1796  (Age 33 years)
  Married	1783  [3]
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2019
  Family ID	F403	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Garland Carr was born to John and Barbara (Overton) Carr July 10, 1754, at Bear Castle, a large farm in Louisa County, Virginia. He married Mary (Winston) Phillips in 1783. She was probably a daughter of William Winston of Essex County, Virginia. They had six children: Dr. Frank, born February 4, 1784, at Bear Castle; Daniel Ferrill, born December 10, 1786, in Albemarle County, treasurer of the Rivanna Navigation Co., died after January 9, 1844, when he was listed in the Richmond Whig as a delegate to the Whig convention; Barbara Ann, born February 14, 1789 in Albemarle, married Jonathan B. Carr May 31, 1809, died before August, 1836; Elizabeth, born August 21, 1791 in Albemarle; Col. James O., born October 6, 1793; and Mary Winston, born April 28, 1796 at Bentivar farm, Albemarle, married Achilles Broadhead. Garland inherited 1,874 acres from his father, John Carr, in 1778. He lived in Louisa County, where he was recorded in the personal property tax list through 1784. In that year, he moved to Albemarle County, where he owned lands inherited from his father. As he prospered, he built a house that he named Bentivar about 1790. It still exists and has a central hall with two rooms on each side and a basement story with dining, lodging, and store rooms. It burned to the ground in 1830 and Garland had it rebuilt to the designs of a distinguished architect, Thomas R. Blackburn. He gave it to his son, Daniel Ferrill Carr in 1812 for a token payment of one dollar as stated in the deed, but in exchange received a promissory note for an unstated amount. The likely reason for this gift is the progressive deterioration of his vision between 1812 and 1814. Garland’s tax history is rather unusual. From 1785 through 1814, Garland was charged with a relatively large personal property estate with 11-27 slaves and 3-16 horses. From 1814 to 1815, his property assessment dropped to 0 slaves and one horse and remained there until 1838. At the same time, the taxable property of his children increased from 0-1 slave and 0-2 horses to 5-15 slaves and 4-7 horses. The reason for Garland’s transference of his personal property to his children is clarified by two references in his will to his account records drawn up in the handwriting of his son-in-law, Achilles Broadhead. He evidently lost his vision to the point that he could no longer write or oversee the management of his property. In exchange for the gifts, the children gave him promissory notes. He lived for 23 more years, which indicates that his general health was probably good at the time of his visual loss. Garland died October 22, 1838. His will was dated August 8, 1836 and proved December 3, 1838. In the will, he forgave all of the notes from his children, except for the remaining balance of Daniel’s note, which he left to his sons-in-law, Achilles Broadhead and Jonathan B. Carr. [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]

  
  

• Sources

  [S169] p. 143.. [S1767] [S209] [S265] p. 653.. [S1834] [S1362] [S265] [S1765] [S1796] [S1835]