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From: lallie(a)bellsouth.net
To: ncital(a)cs.com
Cc: Wansley, Willi(Dunn)
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 10:06 AM
Subject: Carr query
To: ncital(a)cs.com
From: Lallie Benkoski, 1603 Gary Avenue, Albany, GA Phone 229-432-2614,
lallie(a)bellsouth.net
Re: Your e-mail message to the CARR-L@roots, dated 25 August 2004
This was a Message Board Post that was gatewayed to this mailing list.
Delores' Carr and King page:
http://www.angelfire.com/de/idonotknow
Pardon my delay in answering your e-mail which is repeated below.
"Have been tying to connect the GA Carrs (Aaron, Stanmore, Mariah & poss. Wm
& Samuel)
to the Carrs that came to NC (the Titus Carr line) and to SC
back to the VA Carrs.
Of the children of Thomas Carr of VA (ca 1655)
his son Wm (b 1680) who had
Capt Wm. Carr (b 1707), this seems to be the most logical line.
Capt Wm Carr had Col. Thomas Dabney Carr (b Oct 4, 1758) Spotsylvania Co., VA
he is the only one I have found who went to GA, where he died in 1820 Columbia/McDuffie
Co, GA.
Two counties away in Wilkinson Co is where AARON CARR and STANMORE were.
Their parents were said to be Wm. BALUS CARR & ANNA MANN.
Wm Balus Carr was born abt 1780 and died 1832.
How does he fit in with all the others?
In 1790, the old Richmond Co GA was where the later Richmond, Columbia, McDuffie counties
came into being. They are right on the SC & GA line.
In 1790, what later became Wilkinson Co., GA was in INDIAN TERRITORY.
By 1810, Old Richmond Co has split into Columbia and Richmond Counties & Wilkinson Co
was in existence.
Columbia/Richard counties were next to Edgefield/McCormick counties in SC. None of these
CARRS were very far apart in GA.
Any impressions or information on what I have posted?"
Reply
Thank you for this time line. As soon as possible I plan to make an appointment with
Chief Marian McCormack, Tama Town, Whigham, Georgia. and research the CARR line. This is
about 50 miles from my home. I have visited the tribe on several occasions. It is my
understanding that she is the first female Indian chief ever elected. With a federal grant
she traveled to the courthouses and recorded the marriages of whites and Indians. Many
married just before the Trail of Tears when the Indians went to Oklahoma. If an Indian was
married to a white, he/she did not have to leave.
Chief McCormack, called Vonnie, has a genealogy room at Tama Town. The historian, at the
Indian village, has told me that they have extensive records on the CARR line.
cc: William Wansley, owner Thomas Carr home, McDuffie County, GA