Isaac Coles Carrington was the youngest son of Paul Jr. and Mildred H. Coles Carrington. He was described as fair of complexion with blue eyes and auburn hair. He did not inherit lands from his bachelor uncle, Isaac "H" Coles, after his uncle's death in 1814 when all of his older brothers were vested with estates. It was intended that if he came of age and after his mother died he would inherit the home plantation, "Sylvan Hill". In 1830 Isaac graduated from Hampden-Sydney College. He married Sara E. Read at "Greenfield" on 5/7/1834 & lived with her at "Sylvan Hill" where they reared 10 children. Those not linked below are: Robert, Dr. Edward Lightfoot (died Marion, KY), Frederick Nash, Sarah Pauline, Arthur Howell & Mary Louisa. During his tenure at Sylvan Hill he served as a Member of the VA House of Delegates and as a trustee of Hampden-Sydney from 1844-66. By the summer of 1860 Isaac's real & personal estate was valued at around $140,000.00 according to the federal census. His net worth included the ownership of approximately 90 slaves as shown on the slave census.
In the summer of 1864 Isaac, his family and "Sylvan Hill" were to experience the terror and some of the destruction that were soon to befall middle Georgia. The Wilson-Kautz cavalry raid of June shattered the former calm of south central Virginia. As part of the Federal unit's foraging operation, "Sylvan Hill" was invaded by the Union troups when they swept down the Richmond-Danville RR. In a 8/9/1864 letter of Margaret Watkins of "Do Well" to her brother she wrote that "Sylvan Hill" was stripped of its horses, mules, corn, meat, groceries, clothing and 17 male slaves. Fortunately for the family the home and its mill were spared destruction & later 14 slaves returned to the farm after the federal retreat from the Battle for the Staunton River Bridge. By war's end life as Isaac had known it was terminated. In 11/11/1866 he was admitted to the Western State Hospital in Staunton, VA. where he is later found in the 1870 federal census. His 2,500 acre home farm was mired in debt following the war and was sold out of the family in 1873. Isaac's death is recorded in the Western State Hospital Collection, Series VI, Box 79, folder 10, volume 247, cause: typhoid fever.
(Bio by Jim Hutcheson)
In the summer of 1864 Isaac, his family and "Sylvan Hill" were to experience the terror and some of the destruction that were soon to befall middle Georgia. The Wilson-Kautz cavalry raid of June shattered the former calm of south central Virginia. As part of the Federal unit's foraging operation, "Sylvan Hill" was invaded by the Union troups when they swept down the Richmond-Danville RR. In a 8/9/1864 letter of Margaret Watkins of "Do Well" to her brother she wrote that "Sylvan Hill" was stripped of its horses, mules, corn, meat, groceries, clothing and 17 male slaves. Fortunately for the family the home and its mill were spared destruction & later 14 slaves returned to the farm after the federal retreat from the Battle for the Staunton River Bridge. By war's end life as Isaac had known it was terminated. In 11/11/1866 he was admitted to the Western State Hospital in Staunton, VA. where he is later found in the 1870 federal census. His 2,500 acre home farm was mired in debt following the war and was sold out of the family in 1873. Isaac's death is recorded in the Western State Hospital Collection, Series VI, Box 79, folder 10, volume 247, cause: typhoid fever.
(Bio by Jim Hutcheson)
Isaac Coles Carrington was the youngest son of Paul Jr. and Mildred H. Coles Carrington. He was described as fair of complexion with blue eyes and auburn hair. He did not inherit lands from his bachelor uncle, Isaac "H" Coles, after his uncle's death in 1814 when all of his older brothers were vested with estates. It was intended that if he came of age and after his mother died he would inherit the home plantation, "Sylvan Hill". In 1830 Isaac graduated from Hampden-Sydney College. He married Sara E. Read at "Greenfield" on 5/7/1834 & lived with her at "Sylvan Hill" where they reared 10 children. Those not linked below are: Robert, Dr. Edward Lightfoot (died Marion, KY), Frederick Nash, Sarah Pauline, Arthur Howell & Mary Louisa. During his tenure at Sylvan Hill he served as a Member of the VA House of Delegates and as a trustee of Hampden-Sydney from 1844-66. By the summer of 1860 Isaac's real & personal estate was valued at around $140,000.00 according to the federal census. His net worth included the ownership of approximately 90 slaves as shown on the slave census.
In the summer of 1864 Isaac, his family and "Sylvan Hill" were to experience the terror and some of the destruction that were soon to befall middle Georgia. The Wilson-Kautz cavalry raid of June shattered the former calm of south central Virginia. As part of the Federal unit's foraging operation, "Sylvan Hill" was invaded by the Union troups when they swept down the Richmond-Danville RR. In a 8/9/1864 letter of Margaret Watkins of "Do Well" to her brother she wrote that "Sylvan Hill" was stripped of its horses, mules, corn, meat, groceries, clothing and 17 male slaves. Fortunately for the family the home and its mill were spared destruction & later 14 slaves returned to the farm after the federal retreat from the Battle for the Staunton River Bridge. By war's end life as Isaac had known it was terminated. In 11/11/1866 he was admitted to the Western State Hospital in Staunton, VA. where he is later found in the 1870 federal census. His 2,500 acre home farm was mired in debt following the war and was sold out of the family in 1873. Isaac's death is recorded in the Western State Hospital Collection, Series VI, Box 79, folder 10, volume 247, cause: typhoid fever.
(Bio by Jim Hutcheson)
In the summer of 1864 Isaac, his family and "Sylvan Hill" were to experience the terror and some of the destruction that were soon to befall middle Georgia. The Wilson-Kautz cavalry raid of June shattered the former calm of south central Virginia. As part of the Federal unit's foraging operation, "Sylvan Hill" was invaded by the Union troups when they swept down the Richmond-Danville RR. In a 8/9/1864 letter of Margaret Watkins of "Do Well" to her brother she wrote that "Sylvan Hill" was stripped of its horses, mules, corn, meat, groceries, clothing and 17 male slaves. Fortunately for the family the home and its mill were spared destruction & later 14 slaves returned to the farm after the federal retreat from the Battle for the Staunton River Bridge. By war's end life as Isaac had known it was terminated. In 11/11/1866 he was admitted to the Western State Hospital in Staunton, VA. where he is later found in the 1870 federal census. His 2,500 acre home farm was mired in debt following the war and was sold out of the family in 1873. Isaac's death is recorded in the Western State Hospital Collection, Series VI, Box 79, folder 10, volume 247, cause: typhoid fever.
(Bio by Jim Hutcheson)
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