Larry's 2nd great grandmother - Elizabeth A. Carr-Smith.For several years now I have built a circumstantial case on the identity of the father of my 2nd great grandmother, Elizabeth A. Carr-Smith. She came out of Wilkinson County, Georgia, a burnt county, and it has been tough to do any research on this line. It has been painstaking to put this line together as some of the clues could have led me off on the wrong Carr generation, but the best evidence pointed to the following.
Elizabeth A. Carr
b. 1 Oct 1825, Georgia
m. (#1) Samuel Meredith Jr. 28 February 1847, Wilkinson Co, GA
m. (#2) John B. Smith, 12 March 1865, Caldwell County, TX
d. 28 April 1925, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Father: Aaron Carr, b. ca 1800 in either Georgia or North Carolina (This relationship was proven through circumstantial evidence, and yesterday via a primary record source - her Texas Death Certificate)
Mother: Elizabeth Faulk, b. 1807, Wilkinson County, GA (this is Aaron's first wife)
Aaron Carr's father was William Carr. Some list indicate William Balus Carr, but I have seen no proof that it was his full name. I supposedly came out of North Carolina, but no solid proof that is the case or where in the Tar Heel state they came from. Evidence also indicates that his wife's name was Charity (unknown surname) and not Ann Mann as I have seen listed online.
Elizabeth Faulk was the daughter of James Faulk (b.1735/Colonial NC-d.1852/Wilkinson Co, GA)and Sarah (unknown surname). According to a bio I located on USGenWeb and written by Dot Goodman Sims ( Jsimsfam@aol.com) in 2004:
"Our Faulk line came into central Georgia from Johnston County, North Carolina about 1795 with James and Sarah Faulk, a young couple who first settled on land they purchased on Rocky Comfort Creek and Greissen Branch in Warren County, Georgia, southwest of Augusta. They sold part of that land and moved on to Wilkinson County around 1799 where many of our Faulks lived in or near for the next 100 years. During that century, counties were created out of other counties, and it may be that the county names changed . . . and the Faulks remained. For instance, we found them in surrounding Twiggs and Pulaski Counties, both cut out of former county Wilkinson.
"James was the son of Thomas Faulk, a Revolutionary Soldier, and Mary Hinnant of North Carolina. We find James and Sarah in Wilkinson County, Georgia in 1800 - and they remained there until they died - James in 1852. James and Sarah had at least six children: Susan, John Needham 'Buck,' Bethany, Porter, Rebecca and Elizabeth 'Betsy.' Their son Porter Faulk is the father of our Robert James Faulk.
"In 1820, James and Sarah is found in the Wilkinson County Census, won land in the lottery and appeared on the Georgia Tax List. He was again shown on the Georgia Tax List in 1824. Then, he had two draws in the land lottery of 1832 (limited to Revolutionary Soldiers). He also appears in Wilkinson County in the 1840 Census as a Farmer and then, in his eldest years, in the 1850 Census, living in the household of his son-in-law Aaron Carr (husband of daughter Elizabeth 'Betsy' Faulk)."
You can find that complete bio online at http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/tift/bios/rjfaulk.txt. I sincerely appreciate Dot sharing that information with the rest of us online.
In addition to 1. Elizabeth A. Carr, who was the oldest child of Aaron Carr and Elizabeth Faulk, she had the following siblings (all my second great grand uncles and aunt).
2. Charity Amanda Carr m. James E. Butler
3. Private Joseph A.J. Carr m. Elizabeth Stuckey
4. Private Balus Carr m. Elizabeth Sawyer
5. Private Thomas A. Carr m. Elizabeth ?
One source indicated that Joseph AJ Carr was with the 14th Georgia Infantry, Company B. That is not the case. I have now confirmed that all three of my 2nd great grand uncles served with Company I (Carswell Guards, orignally Wilkinson Invincibles), 3rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry of the Army of Northern Virginia under General Robert E. Lee, commanding.
Excerpted from Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861 - 1865 Compiled by Lillian Henderson, ca 1900
This company left Irwinton, Wilkinson County, Ga. August 27, 1861 and proceeded by railroad to Portsmouth, Va. Arrived there August 30, 1861, and on the evening of that day went into "Camp Gwynn". Mustered into the service of the Confederate States August 31, 1861. It was assigned to this regiment August 30, 1861, taking the place of Blodgett's company, which was transferred to artillery August 5, 1861.
Carr, Balus - Private May 5, 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, VA April 9, 1865. (Died in Laurens County, GA in 1914.)
Carr, Joseph A. J. - Private May 5, 1862. Died, Strasburg, Shenandoah County, VA on October 21, 1862.
Carr, Thomas A. - Private August 21, 1861. Lost leg, Spotsylvania, VA May 14, 1864. On wounded furlough through the close of the war.
History of the unit from NPS CWSS website:
3rd Infantry Regiment was assembled at Augusta, Georgia, in April, 1861. Its companies were recruited in the counties of Clarke, Burke, Dawson, Dade, Madison, Baldwin, and Oconee. This regiment served in the Departments of Norfolk, North Carolina, and Middle and Eastern Florida before being assigned to the Army of Northern Virginia. Here it was under the command of General A.R. Wright and after November, 1864, General Sorrell. It participated in the difficult campaigns of the army from Seven Pines to Cold Harbor, then was involved in the Petersburg siege north and south of the James River and various conflicts around Appomattox. The unit reported 25 killed, 110 wounded, and 22 missing at Malvern Hill and had 10 killed and 129 wounded at Chancellorsville. It lost more than forty-five percent of the 441 engaged at Gettysburg, and there were 75 casualties at Manassas Gap. The 3rd surrendered in April, 1865, with 12 officers and 236 men. Its commanders were Colonels Edward J. Walker and Ambrose R. Wright; Lieutenant Colonels A.B. Montgomery, R.B. Nisbet, James S. Reid, and Claiborne Snead; and Majors George E. Hayes, John F. Jones, Augustus H. Lee, and John R. Sturges.
So is anyone researching my Wilkinson County, GA/North Carolina Carr family lines above? Would like to share some information. I hope that this line ties in to the Colonial Virginia Carr families.
