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Surnames: CARR/HAFNERS
Classification: Query
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I am related through Phobe's brother Reuben, Martin Luther Carr and Elizabeth Davis
son, born 7-1-1800 HARDY CO. VA. He married Mary(Polly ) Creamer 9-30-1830 in
Jeffersonville FAYETTE OH.
He lived there until ca 1850, when he moved to Crooked Creek township, JASPER IL. They
died there and are buried ATENS.
Martin left FAYETTE after Elizabeth died and went to Prairie township KOSCIUSCO IN. He
married sometime along the way to a Martha/Mary ?. She is mentioned in his will, but it
is illegible. He died there in 1844, buried ?. Joel Eli & Elizabeth Carr Woods,
along with ? & Phobe Carr Lawyer lived there also. It was Eli Woods that had Martin
L. Jr. farmed out after his fathers death. I believe another brother, Jacob ,was there
for awhile, as was John Davis Carr, possibly Jessee also, unless he remained in OH. Jacob
married again in IN, maybe twice. He was in JASPER IL BY 1850 CENSUS, with Pressley.
There was also an Eli CARR in Kosc at the same time the rest where. Don't know how he
fits in.
Martin Luther Carr's father was Henry Carr, born Germany. Henry's mother was
Dorthes Hafner, who married Johan Jacob KARR as his 2nd wife. They both died in PA.
Henry came to what was then AUGUSTA CO VA ca 1750, where he married Sarah Beidert
Peterson. Petersburg was named after her father, Johann Jacob Peterson, b. Switzerland.
I don't know anything about the Hafner family except I see them on either the 1731, or
the 1733 PENNSYLVANIA MERCHANT. They probably were in BERKS PA before they moved to VA.
Would love any info you have on them.
AUGUSTA CO. VA changed name to HAMPSHIRE CO 1753, and also changed borders. In 1785,
name changed to HARDY, and borders changed again. I believe AUGUSTA is now in VA proper,
while Petersburg is now in GRANT CO WV. You have to know the date of their residence
there to know where they really lived. I would think they all left PA together.
Again, I would love anything you have on Phobe Lawyers descedants, and on Dorthea's
parents and siblings. I may have parents names on my old computer, but no info on
siblings.
How are you related?
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