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Dabney Carr (October 26, 1743 – May 16, 1773) was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses and was married to Martha Jefferson, the sister of Thomas Jefferson. He introduced the Committee of correspondence in Virginia which was a leading factor in the formation of the Continental Congress in 1774.
Dabney Carr (April 27, 1773 – January 8, 1837) was a Virginia lawyer, writer and a justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
Dabney Carr (October 26, 1743 – May 16, 1773) was one of Thomas Jefferson's closest friends. Carr was born at Bear Castle, a thousand-acre farm in Louisa County, Virginia, though other details of his childhood are largely unknown.
Dabney Carr (1743-1773) was a close friend of Thomas Jefferson, and married Jefferson's sister Martha on July 20, 1765. After Dabney's early death in 1773, Jefferson oversaw much of his sons' education, and Martha and her six children spent a great deal of time at Monticello.
11 gen 2024 · Dabney Carr was born on October 26, 1743 at a thousand-acre Louisa County, Virginia farm named Bear Castle. He was the son of John Carr, grandson of Major Thomas Carr, and great-grandson of "Thomas Carr, Gentlemen," who held extensive land patents in Virginia from about 1701. Dabney attended the academy of Reverend James Maury.
- Virginia
- Louisa County, Virginia
- Martha Carr
- October 26, 1743
Dabney Carr (April 27, 1773 – January 8, 1837) was the son of Thomas Jefferson's sister Martha (1746-1811) and his close friend Dabney Carr (1743-1773). [1] Following his father's death in 1773, young Dabney spent much of his early life at Monticello under Thomas Jefferson's care.
Dabney Carr received forty-five of George Wythe's titles when Jefferson dispersed the collection after Wythe's death. Carr served as commonwealth's attorney for Albemarle County from 1801 to 1811, and chancellor of Winchester and Clarksburg from 1812 to 1824. [1]
