Dabney Carr (Virginia assemblyman)
Dabney Carr | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Burgesses from Louisa County, Virginia | |
| In office 1772 – May 16, 1773 Serving with Richard Anderson | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Johnson |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Johnson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 26, 1743 |
| Died | May 16, 1773 (aged 29) |
| Resting place | Monticello, Virginia |
| Spouse |
Martha Jefferson (m. 1765) |
| Children | Jane Barbara Cary (daughter) Lucy Terrell (daughter) Mary (Polly) Carr (daughter) Peter Carr (son) Samuel Carr (son) Dabney Carr (son) |
| Relatives | Thomas Jefferson (brother-in-law) |
| Occupation | Planter, politician, lawyer |
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Dabney Carr (October 26, 1743 – May 16, 1773) was a Virginia lawyer and militiaman who served a partial term in the House of Burgesses shortly before the American Revolutionary War. He is known for his friendship since boyhood with Thomas Jefferson and as the husband of Martha Jefferson, Thomas' younger sister. Carr introduced the Committee of correspondence in Virginia, which after his early death became a leading factor in formation of the Continental Congress. Pursuant to a boyhood pact, Jefferson buried Carr on Jefferson's Monticello estate in a newly created graveyard under a particular tree, and also helped oversee the upbringing of Carr's children, including politicians Peter and Samuel Carr and Judge Dabney Carr.