Key Facts

Snapshot:	owned slaves
Parents:	212Robert Carr His mother's identity is unknown.
Born:	circa 1795 North or South Carolina
Died:	probably circa 1863; definitely dead by 23 January 1872 presumably Hancock County, Georgia
Buried:	unknown

106Jesse Carr was born circa 1795 in either North or South Carolina.1,2 His father is 212Robert Carr,3 but his mother is unknown. I know no other details of 106Jesse's early life, including his move to Georgia.

Excerpt from the deed that proves 106Jesse's father is 212Robert Carr. Full page.3

106Jesse married 107Lucinda Butts on 25 June 1822 in Hancock County, Georgia.4

106Jesse's and 107Lucinda Butts' marriage record. Full page.4

106Jesse seems have to remained in Hancock County for the rest of his life. The censuses show his family—and the number of slaves he owned—grow over the years.

1830: 106Jesse's family in Hancock County, Georgia. Full page.5

1830: 106Jesse's slaves. Full page.5

1840: 106Jesse's family still in Hancock County. Full page.6

1840: 106Jesse's slaves. Full page.6

1850: 106Jesse's family in militia district 116 (map), Hancock County, Georgia. Full page.1

1850: 106Jesse's slaves. Full page.7

As noted above, the 1850 census shows that 106Jesse lived in militia district 116 (map), Hancock County,1 which is consistent with the following newspaper announcement, published in August 1858.8

1858: 106Jesse is said to live in Hancock County, 12 miles from Milledgeville. This is consistent with his living in militia district 116. Full page.8

1860: 106Jesse's family in Hancock County, Georgia. Full page.2

1860: 106Jesse's slaves. Full page.9

Hancock County tax digests show that 106Jesse was still alive in 186210 but insinuate that he was probably dead by 1863.11

Somewhat surprisingly, I have found only one brief estate record: an inventory and appraisement done on 23 January 1872.12

An inventory of 106Jesse's estate. Full page.12

Sources Cited:

1: 1850 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Hancock County, Georgia. Page 39B, dwelling 585, family 602, Jesse Carr household. NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 72. Internet Archive, <https://archive.org/details/7thcensus0058unit/page/n730/mode/1up>.

2: 1860 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Hancock County, Georgia. Page 287, dwelling 573, family 638, Jessee Carr household. NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 126. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBT-SSZ?cc=1473181&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMZM6-2SB>.

3: Hancock County, Georgia. Deeds & Mortgages Book N (1823-1831), page 254. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C95Y-G9SJ-F?i=136&cat=215305>, accessed 26 September 2020.

4: Hancock County, Georgia. Marriage book 1808-1879, page 37, marriage of Jesse Carr and Lucy Butts, dated 25 June 1822. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-LBZ6-L9W?i=53&cc=1927197&cat=214866>, accessed 26 September 2020.

5: 1830 U.S. Federal Census. Hancock County, Georgia. Page 149, Jesse Carr household. NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 18. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YTL-7VC?i=4&wc=31SJ-FQ7%3A1588665920%2C1588666164%2C1588668598&cc=1786457> and <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YTL-7FL?i=5&wc=31SJ-FQ7%3A1588665920%2C1588666164%2C1588668598&cc=1786457>.

6: 1840 U.S. Federal Census. Hancock County, Georgia. Page 227, Jesse Carr household. NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 43. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YTL-7VC?i=4&wc=31SJ-FQ7%3A1588665920%2C1588666164%2C1588668598&cc=1786457> and <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YTL-7FL?i=5&wc=31SJ-FQ7%3A1588665920%2C1588666164%2C1588668598&cc=1786457>.

7: 1850 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Militia district 116, Hancock County, Georgia. Page 221, slaves of Jesse Carr. NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 91. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D8QS-3G2?i=81&cc=1420440> et seq., accessed 26 September 2020.

8: "Strayed—$5 Reward," Southern Recorder (Milledgeville, Georgia), 24 August 1858, page 4, column 5, near the bottom. Georgia Historic Newspapers, <https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82016415/1858-08-24/ed-1/seq-4/>.

9: 1860 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Hancock County, Georgia. Page 74, slaves of Jesse Carr. NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 146. Internet Archive, <https://archive.org/details/acpl_slavecensus_05_reel05rs/page/n323/mode/1up>, accessed 26 September 2020.

10: Hancock County, Georgia. Tax digest book for 1862, section for militia district 116, page 75, entry for Jesse Carr. For comparison, you can see his 1861 entry <here.

11: Hancock County, Georgia. Tax digest book for 1863, section for militia district 116, entry for Newton Carr as Agt Jesse Carr. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSR1-S94K-D?i=181&cc=4130006&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A683F-ZJN9. As you can see, 106Jesse's taxes were now being handled by a representative rather than by 106Jesse himself. This was not a fluke, since we see much the same in 1867: tax digest book for 1867, section for militia district 116, page 37, entry for William Carr as Agt Jesse Carr; FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSR1-S94N-5?i=238&cc=4130006&cat=231747>.

12: Hancock County, Georgia. Wills book Z (1863-1880), page 331. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G935-V4F2?i=173&cc=1999178&cat=214887>, accessed 26 September 2020.