Joseph Carr married Priscilla Mary Shook (1753-1815) on May 23, 1776 in Virginia.
Children:
• Clarissa Mary (1776-1842)
• Jacob (1779-1856)
• Hannah (1781-1815) •
• Conrad (1783-1855)
• Abner (1784-1859)
• Henry C. (1788-1868)
• Phoeby (1790-1850)
He was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War serving in the 5th Division, Weedon's Brigade, 10th Virginia Volunteer Regiment, Minute Men of Culpepper County, Virginia, commanded by Colonel John Green. He was assigned to Captain Richard Stevens' Company. He served at Valley Forge from December 1777 through June 1778. In September 1778, he was promoted to Corporal and assigned to the 6th Virginia Regiment. In May 1779, he was transferred to Lieutenant Hawes Company. Believed to have been promoted to Sergeant.
He came to St. Clair County in 1798. His estate was administered in December 1823 in St. Clair County and is recorded there.
Joseph Carr does not have a visible headstone at the Carr Cemetary. His headstone is not in this picture.My 5-Great Grand Father – Joseph Carr 1752-1817 American Patriot - Corporal Joseph Carr 10th VA Reg., Revolutionary War 10th Virginia Volunteers, Minute Men of Culpepper County, Virginia Am. Patriot - Corporal Joseph Carr 10th VA Reg., Revolutionary War (1752 - 1817) is My 5th great grandfather Your 5th great grandfather Mary Clarissa Carr (1786 - 1842) daughter of Am. Patriot - Corporal Joseph Carr 10th VA Reg., Revolutionary War Clarissa Garretson (1806 - 1895) daughter of Mary Clarissa Carr Dilyon Scott 2GGM (1825 - 1911) daughter of Clarissa Garretson Nellie Dilyon Moore GGM (1868 - 1920) daughter of Dilyon Scott 2GGM Madge Hanna GM (1896 - 1949) daughter of Nellie Dilyon Moore GGM Betty Harding (1921 - 1994) daughter of Madge Hanna GM Thomas Marshall Schwarztrauber, Sr., RPh You are the son of Betty Harding CARR Family: Joseph Carr (Heinrich Henry-4, Hans Jacob-3, Hans Jacob-2, Hans-1) was born March 21, 1752 in Petersburg, Hardy County, West Virginia, and died March 6, 1817 in Turkey Hill, St. Clair County, Illinois. He married Priscilla Mary Shook 1775 in Virginia. Children of Joseph Carr and Priscilla Shook are: +45 i. Theresa Carr + 46 ii. Jacob Carr, born July 27, 1779 in Hampshire County, Virginia (West Virginia); died December 20, 1859 in St. Clair County, IL. +47 iii. Hannah Carr, born 1781 in Virginia; died 1816. She married Jacob Short May 23, 1799 in St. Clair, IL (Marriage records St Clair Co, IL book B, pg 206-207 Oct 4, 1802, again on pg 222 April 25, 1803 + 48 iv. Abner Carr, born November 6, 1784 in Virginia; died February 25, 1859 in St. Clair Co, IL + 49 v. Conrad Carr, born April 22, 1785 in Hampshire County, Virginia (West Virginia) ; died February 7, 1855 in St. Clair Co., IL * 50 vi. Clarissa Mary Carr, born 1786 in Hardy Co, West VA; died St. Clair Co, IL = My 4-Great Grand Mother + 51 vii. Henry Carr, Sr., born June 2, 1788 in Hardy Co, W. VA; died March 28, 1868 in St. Clair Co., IL. + 52 viii. Phoebe Carr, born 1790 in Petersburgat Hardy County, West Virginia; died May 31, 1850 in St. Clair Co., IL +53 ix. (male) Carr, born abt 1794 in St. Clair Co, IL More about Joseph Carr: Notes from "History of St. Clair County, Illinois, pg 46: "The first settlements were made in the north-eastern part on the prairies overlooked by and contiguous to Turkey Hill. The sound of the woodman's axe first sent forth its cheer, felling timber preparatory to the erection of a cabin in 1802. The axe man was Joseph Carr, who with his family came from Virginia to find homes in the west. They came by raft down the Ohio to Fort Massac, where they forsook their "broad wagons" as such means of transportation were called, and made their way via Kaskaskia, following an old trail on horseback and on foot, to Section 13, which Carr selected as an abiding place. With him were his sons Conrad, Abner, Jacob, and Henry, strong armed, stalwart pioneers, ready to meet and defeat hardship in whatever guise it came. Joseph Carr made yet merrier music in the ears of the other pioneers than that of a hastily swung axe, by the changes he rung upon his anvil. He thought a blacksmith's kit of tools a good thing for a backwoods country, and brought a set with him. An aged pioneer, whose fourscore years have been numbered, says that Carr was as good a man as ever lived, although he had a disregard for religious services, as illustrated by his taking a hunt along the Okaw on Saturday and Sunday, whenever his son-in-law, James Garrison [sic=Garretson], a preacher from Monroe County, held services at his house, which he often did." History of St. Clair County, IL pg 210: Joseph Carr emigrated from VA to IL about the year 1797. He had been a soldier in the Revolutionary Was. First came to Kaskaskia, then settled at New Design in the present county of Monroe (he lost 2 children at New Design). About the year 1802 he settled at Turkey Hill. St. Clair Co. History, Vol II, pg 150: "The Carrs, Teters, Millers, Strouds, Eymans, and Badgleys emigrated down the Ohio River in flatboats from Brownsville, Virginia to Shawneeown, IL then overland to Kaskaskia, then to the metropolis of the west. References for Revolutionary Was Service: DAR# 290995, 205726, 123614, and 286427. "Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Illinois", published 1975 by the Illinois State Genealogical Society: Carr (Karr), Joseph, b. March 21, 1752 in Virginia d. March 6, 1817 buried: Turkey Hill Cemetery, on his farm, Freeburg Twp, St. Clair Co, IL Spouse: Priscilla Mary Residence: He came to IL in 1793, settled in Freeburg, St. Clair Co. IL Service: Corporal: VA sources: DAR, PI (DAR patriot index), "Revolutionary soldiers buried in IL", by Harriet J. Walker, pub 1917 Virginia Library Reports, Vol 9, page 6; Vol 8, page 85; reference for service. Some info from CD 15, Automated Archives Corporal 10th VA Reg., Revolutionary War BURIAL – Turkey Hill Cemetery on his farm, Freeburg Twp, St. Clair Co, IL The exact location of this cemetery has been lost for many, many decades, as a farmer removed the Grave Stones (supposedly threw them in a ravine near the adjoining railroad tracks) and plowed over the graves. I learned on 15 May 2011 of the approximate location of the Turkey Hill Cemetery from my 5th Cousin Carolyn Davis Berning as she wrote me: The story goes that my mother (Lucille Wilderman Davis) as a young child could see Joseph's tombstone from her kitchen window. So Joseph Carr's Grave Stone was visible from Old Freeburg Road just west of the railroad tracks looking North toward the Wilderman Cemetery alongside Route 15 along the visible ridge of that field that lies West of Route 15. REDISCOVERY of Turkey Hill Cemetery Location: I have learned how to Grave Dowse – Grave Witching, etc. So armed with a very vague idea of where the Turkey Hill Cemetery was located, I began walking the field of Arden Weiss (he lives in Maryland) After about a half hour, walking along the ridge of the field that I believed the cemetery graves should be located and praying that I would locate my 5th Great Grand Father's grave– MY RODS CROSSED !! = A Grave I placed the rods in the ground and took off my sweatshirt and placed it over my rods and took the first picture of the location of the Grave Site 9AM April 28, 2015 Joseph Carr's grave: Turkey Hill Cemetery – Location and Graves Rediscovered at 9 A.M. April 28th, 2015 at 9AM by Thomas Marshall Schwarztrauber, Sr., RPh. I then used my I-Phone Compass which also gives the GPS Coordinates Turkey Hill Cemetery GPS Coordinates: 38 degrees 27 minutes 8 seconds N 89 degrees 55 minutes 24 seconds W Website to get a map: http://www.gps-coordinates.net/ After the Discovery of the first grave, I walked all around and discovered a second grave. I could not remember how many graves were supposed to be there at that time. I discovered Two Graves – One Male and One Female – was correct Male= American Patriot - Corporal Joseph Carr 10th VA Reg., Revolutionary War 10th Virginia Volunteers, Minute Men of Culpepper County, Virginia (1752-1817) My 5-Great Grand Father Female= Sarah Susan Mitchell Moore (1821-1873)– the wife of My 2nd cousin Risdon Bausman Moore (1813-1858) 5x removed Funeral Notice: Mrs. Sarah S. Moore DIED at 2:30 A.M. on Saturday, August 9, 1873 Mrs. Sarah S. Moore Aged 51 years 7 months 17 days. The funeral will take place from family residence on Carlyle Road to the Turkey Hill Cemetery at 4 o'clock P.M. today Saturday. Friends of the family are invited to attend. I then Placed Red Flags and American Flags over their graves:
the Descendants of JOSEPH CARR are presently in the process of placing A MEMORIAL CENOTAPH for JOSEPH CARR IN the nearby RIDER CEMETERY, which is still located in TURKEY HILL Area for Joseph Carr SINCE we cannot place it in THE tURKEY hILL CEMETERY as this is a 41 acre active agricultural plot of ground.
Children:
• Clarissa Mary (1776-1842)
• Jacob (1779-1856)
• Hannah (1781-1815) •
• Conrad (1783-1855)
• Abner (1784-1859)
• Henry C. (1788-1868)
• Phoeby (1790-1850)
He was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War serving in the 5th Division, Weedon's Brigade, 10th Virginia Volunteer Regiment, Minute Men of Culpepper County, Virginia, commanded by Colonel John Green. He was assigned to Captain Richard Stevens' Company. He served at Valley Forge from December 1777 through June 1778. In September 1778, he was promoted to Corporal and assigned to the 6th Virginia Regiment. In May 1779, he was transferred to Lieutenant Hawes Company. Believed to have been promoted to Sergeant.
He came to St. Clair County in 1798. His estate was administered in December 1823 in St. Clair County and is recorded there.
Joseph Carr does not have a visible headstone at the Carr Cemetary. His headstone is not in this picture.My 5-Great Grand Father – Joseph Carr 1752-1817 American Patriot - Corporal Joseph Carr 10th VA Reg., Revolutionary War 10th Virginia Volunteers, Minute Men of Culpepper County, Virginia Am. Patriot - Corporal Joseph Carr 10th VA Reg., Revolutionary War (1752 - 1817) is My 5th great grandfather Your 5th great grandfather Mary Clarissa Carr (1786 - 1842) daughter of Am. Patriot - Corporal Joseph Carr 10th VA Reg., Revolutionary War Clarissa Garretson (1806 - 1895) daughter of Mary Clarissa Carr Dilyon Scott 2GGM (1825 - 1911) daughter of Clarissa Garretson Nellie Dilyon Moore GGM (1868 - 1920) daughter of Dilyon Scott 2GGM Madge Hanna GM (1896 - 1949) daughter of Nellie Dilyon Moore GGM Betty Harding (1921 - 1994) daughter of Madge Hanna GM Thomas Marshall Schwarztrauber, Sr., RPh You are the son of Betty Harding CARR Family: Joseph Carr (Heinrich Henry-4, Hans Jacob-3, Hans Jacob-2, Hans-1) was born March 21, 1752 in Petersburg, Hardy County, West Virginia, and died March 6, 1817 in Turkey Hill, St. Clair County, Illinois. He married Priscilla Mary Shook 1775 in Virginia. Children of Joseph Carr and Priscilla Shook are: +45 i. Theresa Carr + 46 ii. Jacob Carr, born July 27, 1779 in Hampshire County, Virginia (West Virginia); died December 20, 1859 in St. Clair County, IL. +47 iii. Hannah Carr, born 1781 in Virginia; died 1816. She married Jacob Short May 23, 1799 in St. Clair, IL (Marriage records St Clair Co, IL book B, pg 206-207 Oct 4, 1802, again on pg 222 April 25, 1803 + 48 iv. Abner Carr, born November 6, 1784 in Virginia; died February 25, 1859 in St. Clair Co, IL + 49 v. Conrad Carr, born April 22, 1785 in Hampshire County, Virginia (West Virginia) ; died February 7, 1855 in St. Clair Co., IL * 50 vi. Clarissa Mary Carr, born 1786 in Hardy Co, West VA; died St. Clair Co, IL = My 4-Great Grand Mother + 51 vii. Henry Carr, Sr., born June 2, 1788 in Hardy Co, W. VA; died March 28, 1868 in St. Clair Co., IL. + 52 viii. Phoebe Carr, born 1790 in Petersburgat Hardy County, West Virginia; died May 31, 1850 in St. Clair Co., IL +53 ix. (male) Carr, born abt 1794 in St. Clair Co, IL More about Joseph Carr: Notes from "History of St. Clair County, Illinois, pg 46: "The first settlements were made in the north-eastern part on the prairies overlooked by and contiguous to Turkey Hill. The sound of the woodman's axe first sent forth its cheer, felling timber preparatory to the erection of a cabin in 1802. The axe man was Joseph Carr, who with his family came from Virginia to find homes in the west. They came by raft down the Ohio to Fort Massac, where they forsook their "broad wagons" as such means of transportation were called, and made their way via Kaskaskia, following an old trail on horseback and on foot, to Section 13, which Carr selected as an abiding place. With him were his sons Conrad, Abner, Jacob, and Henry, strong armed, stalwart pioneers, ready to meet and defeat hardship in whatever guise it came. Joseph Carr made yet merrier music in the ears of the other pioneers than that of a hastily swung axe, by the changes he rung upon his anvil. He thought a blacksmith's kit of tools a good thing for a backwoods country, and brought a set with him. An aged pioneer, whose fourscore years have been numbered, says that Carr was as good a man as ever lived, although he had a disregard for religious services, as illustrated by his taking a hunt along the Okaw on Saturday and Sunday, whenever his son-in-law, James Garrison [sic=Garretson], a preacher from Monroe County, held services at his house, which he often did." History of St. Clair County, IL pg 210: Joseph Carr emigrated from VA to IL about the year 1797. He had been a soldier in the Revolutionary Was. First came to Kaskaskia, then settled at New Design in the present county of Monroe (he lost 2 children at New Design). About the year 1802 he settled at Turkey Hill. St. Clair Co. History, Vol II, pg 150: "The Carrs, Teters, Millers, Strouds, Eymans, and Badgleys emigrated down the Ohio River in flatboats from Brownsville, Virginia to Shawneeown, IL then overland to Kaskaskia, then to the metropolis of the west. References for Revolutionary Was Service: DAR# 290995, 205726, 123614, and 286427. "Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Illinois", published 1975 by the Illinois State Genealogical Society: Carr (Karr), Joseph, b. March 21, 1752 in Virginia d. March 6, 1817 buried: Turkey Hill Cemetery, on his farm, Freeburg Twp, St. Clair Co, IL Spouse: Priscilla Mary Residence: He came to IL in 1793, settled in Freeburg, St. Clair Co. IL Service: Corporal: VA sources: DAR, PI (DAR patriot index), "Revolutionary soldiers buried in IL", by Harriet J. Walker, pub 1917 Virginia Library Reports, Vol 9, page 6; Vol 8, page 85; reference for service. Some info from CD 15, Automated Archives Corporal 10th VA Reg., Revolutionary War BURIAL – Turkey Hill Cemetery on his farm, Freeburg Twp, St. Clair Co, IL The exact location of this cemetery has been lost for many, many decades, as a farmer removed the Grave Stones (supposedly threw them in a ravine near the adjoining railroad tracks) and plowed over the graves. I learned on 15 May 2011 of the approximate location of the Turkey Hill Cemetery from my 5th Cousin Carolyn Davis Berning as she wrote me: The story goes that my mother (Lucille Wilderman Davis) as a young child could see Joseph's tombstone from her kitchen window. So Joseph Carr's Grave Stone was visible from Old Freeburg Road just west of the railroad tracks looking North toward the Wilderman Cemetery alongside Route 15 along the visible ridge of that field that lies West of Route 15. REDISCOVERY of Turkey Hill Cemetery Location: I have learned how to Grave Dowse – Grave Witching, etc. So armed with a very vague idea of where the Turkey Hill Cemetery was located, I began walking the field of Arden Weiss (he lives in Maryland) After about a half hour, walking along the ridge of the field that I believed the cemetery graves should be located and praying that I would locate my 5th Great Grand Father's grave– MY RODS CROSSED !! = A Grave I placed the rods in the ground and took off my sweatshirt and placed it over my rods and took the first picture of the location of the Grave Site 9AM April 28, 2015 Joseph Carr's grave: Turkey Hill Cemetery – Location and Graves Rediscovered at 9 A.M. April 28th, 2015 at 9AM by Thomas Marshall Schwarztrauber, Sr., RPh. I then used my I-Phone Compass which also gives the GPS Coordinates Turkey Hill Cemetery GPS Coordinates: 38 degrees 27 minutes 8 seconds N 89 degrees 55 minutes 24 seconds W Website to get a map: http://www.gps-coordinates.net/ After the Discovery of the first grave, I walked all around and discovered a second grave. I could not remember how many graves were supposed to be there at that time. I discovered Two Graves – One Male and One Female – was correct Male= American Patriot - Corporal Joseph Carr 10th VA Reg., Revolutionary War 10th Virginia Volunteers, Minute Men of Culpepper County, Virginia (1752-1817) My 5-Great Grand Father Female= Sarah Susan Mitchell Moore (1821-1873)– the wife of My 2nd cousin Risdon Bausman Moore (1813-1858) 5x removed Funeral Notice: Mrs. Sarah S. Moore DIED at 2:30 A.M. on Saturday, August 9, 1873 Mrs. Sarah S. Moore Aged 51 years 7 months 17 days. The funeral will take place from family residence on Carlyle Road to the Turkey Hill Cemetery at 4 o'clock P.M. today Saturday. Friends of the family are invited to attend. I then Placed Red Flags and American Flags over their graves:
the Descendants of JOSEPH CARR are presently in the process of placing A MEMORIAL CENOTAPH for JOSEPH CARR IN the nearby RIDER CEMETERY, which is still located in TURKEY HILL Area for Joseph Carr SINCE we cannot place it in THE tURKEY hILL CEMETERY as this is a 41 acre active agricultural plot of ground.
Joseph Carr married Priscilla Mary Shook (1753-1815) on May 23, 1776 in Virginia.
Children:
• Clarissa Mary (1776-1842)
• Jacob (1779-1856)
• Hannah (1781-1815) •
• Conrad (1783-1855)
• Abner (1784-1859)
• Henry C. (1788-1868)
• Phoeby (1790-1850)
He was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War serving in the 5th Division, Weedon's Brigade, 10th Virginia Volunteer Regiment, Minute Men of Culpepper County, Virginia, commanded by Colonel John Green. He was assigned to Captain Richard Stevens' Company. He served at Valley Forge from December 1777 through June 1778. In September 1778, he was promoted to Corporal and assigned to the 6th Virginia Regiment. In May 1779, he was transferred to Lieutenant Hawes Company. Believed to have been promoted to Sergeant.
He came to St. Clair County in 1798. His estate was administered in December 1823 in St. Clair County and is recorded there.
Joseph Carr does not have a visible headstone at the Carr Cemetary. His headstone is not in this picture.My 5-Great Grand Father – Joseph Carr 1752-1817 American Patriot - Corporal Joseph Carr 10th VA Reg., Revolutionary War 10th Virginia Volunteers, Minute Men of Culpepper County, Virginia Am. Patriot - Corporal Joseph Carr 10th VA Reg., Revolutionary War (1752 - 1817) is My 5th great grandfather Your 5th great grandfather Mary Clarissa Carr (1786 - 1842) daughter of Am. Patriot - Corporal Joseph Carr 10th VA Reg., Revolutionary War Clarissa Garretson (1806 - 1895) daughter of Mary Clarissa Carr Dilyon Scott 2GGM (1825 - 1911) daughter of Clarissa Garretson Nellie Dilyon Moore GGM (1868 - 1920) daughter of Dilyon Scott 2GGM Madge Hanna GM (1896 - 1949) daughter of Nellie Dilyon Moore GGM Betty Harding (1921 - 1994) daughter of Madge Hanna GM Thomas Marshall Schwarztrauber, Sr., RPh You are the son of Betty Harding CARR Family: Joseph Carr (Heinrich Henry-4, Hans Jacob-3, Hans Jacob-2, Hans-1) was born March 21, 1752 in Petersburg, Hardy County, West Virginia, and died March 6, 1817 in Turkey Hill, St. Clair County, Illinois. He married Priscilla Mary Shook 1775 in Virginia. Children of Joseph Carr and Priscilla Shook are: +45 i. Theresa Carr + 46 ii. Jacob Carr, born July 27, 1779 in Hampshire County, Virginia (West Virginia); died December 20, 1859 in St. Clair County, IL. +47 iii. Hannah Carr, born 1781 in Virginia; died 1816. She married Jacob Short May 23, 1799 in St. Clair, IL (Marriage records St Clair Co, IL book B, pg 206-207 Oct 4, 1802, again on pg 222 April 25, 1803 + 48 iv. Abner Carr, born November 6, 1784 in Virginia; died February 25, 1859 in St. Clair Co, IL + 49 v. Conrad Carr, born April 22, 1785 in Hampshire County, Virginia (West Virginia) ; died February 7, 1855 in St. Clair Co., IL * 50 vi. Clarissa Mary Carr, born 1786 in Hardy Co, West VA; died St. Clair Co, IL = My 4-Great Grand Mother + 51 vii. Henry Carr, Sr., born June 2, 1788 in Hardy Co, W. VA; died March 28, 1868 in St. Clair Co., IL. + 52 viii. Phoebe Carr, born 1790 in Petersburgat Hardy County, West Virginia; died May 31, 1850 in St. Clair Co., IL +53 ix. (male) Carr, born abt 1794 in St. Clair Co, IL More about Joseph Carr: Notes from "History of St. Clair County, Illinois, pg 46: "The first settlements were made in the north-eastern part on the prairies overlooked by and contiguous to Turkey Hill. The sound of the woodman's axe first sent forth its cheer, felling timber preparatory to the erection of a cabin in 1802. The axe man was Joseph Carr, who with his family came from Virginia to find homes in the west. They came by raft down the Ohio to Fort Massac, where they forsook their "broad wagons" as such means of transportation were called, and made their way via Kaskaskia, following an old trail on horseback and on foot, to Section 13, which Carr selected as an abiding place. With him were his sons Conrad, Abner, Jacob, and Henry, strong armed, stalwart pioneers, ready to meet and defeat hardship in whatever guise it came. Joseph Carr made yet merrier music in the ears of the other pioneers than that of a hastily swung axe, by the changes he rung upon his anvil. He thought a blacksmith's kit of tools a good thing for a backwoods country, and brought a set with him. An aged pioneer, whose fourscore years have been numbered, says that Carr was as good a man as ever lived, although he had a disregard for religious services, as illustrated by his taking a hunt along the Okaw on Saturday and Sunday, whenever his son-in-law, James Garrison [sic=Garretson], a preacher from Monroe County, held services at his house, which he often did." History of St. Clair County, IL pg 210: Joseph Carr emigrated from VA to IL about the year 1797. He had been a soldier in the Revolutionary Was. First came to Kaskaskia, then settled at New Design in the present county of Monroe (he lost 2 children at New Design). About the year 1802 he settled at Turkey Hill. St. Clair Co. History, Vol II, pg 150: "The Carrs, Teters, Millers, Strouds, Eymans, and Badgleys emigrated down the Ohio River in flatboats from Brownsville, Virginia to Shawneeown, IL then overland to Kaskaskia, then to the metropolis of the west. References for Revolutionary Was Service: DAR# 290995, 205726, 123614, and 286427. "Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Illinois", published 1975 by the Illinois State Genealogical Society: Carr (Karr), Joseph, b. March 21, 1752 in Virginia d. March 6, 1817 buried: Turkey Hill Cemetery, on his farm, Freeburg Twp, St. Clair Co, IL Spouse: Priscilla Mary Residence: He came to IL in 1793, settled in Freeburg, St. Clair Co. IL Service: Corporal: VA sources: DAR, PI (DAR patriot index), "Revolutionary soldiers buried in IL", by Harriet J. Walker, pub 1917 Virginia Library Reports, Vol 9, page 6; Vol 8, page 85; reference for service. Some info from CD 15, Automated Archives Corporal 10th VA Reg., Revolutionary War BURIAL – Turkey Hill Cemetery on his farm, Freeburg Twp, St. Clair Co, IL The exact location of this cemetery has been lost for many, many decades, as a farmer removed the Grave Stones (supposedly threw them in a ravine near the adjoining railroad tracks) and plowed over the graves. I learned on 15 May 2011 of the approximate location of the Turkey Hill Cemetery from my 5th Cousin Carolyn Davis Berning as she wrote me: The story goes that my mother (Lucille Wilderman Davis) as a young child could see Joseph's tombstone from her kitchen window. So Joseph Carr's Grave Stone was visible from Old Freeburg Road just west of the railroad tracks looking North toward the Wilderman Cemetery alongside Route 15 along the visible ridge of that field that lies West of Route 15. REDISCOVERY of Turkey Hill Cemetery Location: I have learned how to Grave Dowse – Grave Witching, etc. So armed with a very vague idea of where the Turkey Hill Cemetery was located, I began walking the field of Arden Weiss (he lives in Maryland) After about a half hour, walking along the ridge of the field that I believed the cemetery graves should be located and praying that I would locate my 5th Great Grand Father's grave– MY RODS CROSSED !! = A Grave I placed the rods in the ground and took off my sweatshirt and placed it over my rods and took the first picture of the location of the Grave Site 9AM April 28, 2015 Joseph Carr's grave: Turkey Hill Cemetery – Location and Graves Rediscovered at 9 A.M. April 28th, 2015 at 9AM by Thomas Marshall Schwarztrauber, Sr., RPh. I then used my I-Phone Compass which also gives the GPS Coordinates Turkey Hill Cemetery GPS Coordinates: 38 degrees 27 minutes 8 seconds N 89 degrees 55 minutes 24 seconds W Website to get a map: http://www.gps-coordinates.net/ After the Discovery of the first grave, I walked all around and discovered a second grave. I could not remember how many graves were supposed to be there at that time. I discovered Two Graves – One Male and One Female – was correct Male= American Patriot - Corporal Joseph Carr 10th VA Reg., Revolutionary War 10th Virginia Volunteers, Minute Men of Culpepper County, Virginia (1752-1817) My 5-Great Grand Father Female= Sarah Susan Mitchell Moore (1821-1873)– the wife of My 2nd cousin Risdon Bausman Moore (1813-1858) 5x removed Funeral Notice: Mrs. Sarah S. Moore DIED at 2:30 A.M. on Saturday, August 9, 1873 Mrs. Sarah S. Moore Aged 51 years 7 months 17 days. The funeral will take place from family residence on Carlyle Road to the Turkey Hill Cemetery at 4 o'clock P.M. today Saturday. Friends of the family are invited to attend. I then Placed Red Flags and American Flags over their graves:
the Descendants of JOSEPH CARR are presently in the process of placing A MEMORIAL CENOTAPH for JOSEPH CARR IN the nearby RIDER CEMETERY, which is still located in TURKEY HILL Area for Joseph Carr SINCE we cannot place it in THE tURKEY hILL CEMETERY as this is a 41 acre active agricultural plot of ground.
Children:
• Clarissa Mary (1776-1842)
• Jacob (1779-1856)
• Hannah (1781-1815) •
• Conrad (1783-1855)
• Abner (1784-1859)
• Henry C. (1788-1868)
• Phoeby (1790-1850)
He was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War serving in the 5th Division, Weedon's Brigade, 10th Virginia Volunteer Regiment, Minute Men of Culpepper County, Virginia, commanded by Colonel John Green. He was assigned to Captain Richard Stevens' Company. He served at Valley Forge from December 1777 through June 1778. In September 1778, he was promoted to Corporal and assigned to the 6th Virginia Regiment. In May 1779, he was transferred to Lieutenant Hawes Company. Believed to have been promoted to Sergeant.
He came to St. Clair County in 1798. His estate was administered in December 1823 in St. Clair County and is recorded there.
Joseph Carr does not have a visible headstone at the Carr Cemetary. His headstone is not in this picture.My 5-Great Grand Father – Joseph Carr 1752-1817 American Patriot - Corporal Joseph Carr 10th VA Reg., Revolutionary War 10th Virginia Volunteers, Minute Men of Culpepper County, Virginia Am. Patriot - Corporal Joseph Carr 10th VA Reg., Revolutionary War (1752 - 1817) is My 5th great grandfather Your 5th great grandfather Mary Clarissa Carr (1786 - 1842) daughter of Am. Patriot - Corporal Joseph Carr 10th VA Reg., Revolutionary War Clarissa Garretson (1806 - 1895) daughter of Mary Clarissa Carr Dilyon Scott 2GGM (1825 - 1911) daughter of Clarissa Garretson Nellie Dilyon Moore GGM (1868 - 1920) daughter of Dilyon Scott 2GGM Madge Hanna GM (1896 - 1949) daughter of Nellie Dilyon Moore GGM Betty Harding (1921 - 1994) daughter of Madge Hanna GM Thomas Marshall Schwarztrauber, Sr., RPh You are the son of Betty Harding CARR Family: Joseph Carr (Heinrich Henry-4, Hans Jacob-3, Hans Jacob-2, Hans-1) was born March 21, 1752 in Petersburg, Hardy County, West Virginia, and died March 6, 1817 in Turkey Hill, St. Clair County, Illinois. He married Priscilla Mary Shook 1775 in Virginia. Children of Joseph Carr and Priscilla Shook are: +45 i. Theresa Carr + 46 ii. Jacob Carr, born July 27, 1779 in Hampshire County, Virginia (West Virginia); died December 20, 1859 in St. Clair County, IL. +47 iii. Hannah Carr, born 1781 in Virginia; died 1816. She married Jacob Short May 23, 1799 in St. Clair, IL (Marriage records St Clair Co, IL book B, pg 206-207 Oct 4, 1802, again on pg 222 April 25, 1803 + 48 iv. Abner Carr, born November 6, 1784 in Virginia; died February 25, 1859 in St. Clair Co, IL + 49 v. Conrad Carr, born April 22, 1785 in Hampshire County, Virginia (West Virginia) ; died February 7, 1855 in St. Clair Co., IL * 50 vi. Clarissa Mary Carr, born 1786 in Hardy Co, West VA; died St. Clair Co, IL = My 4-Great Grand Mother + 51 vii. Henry Carr, Sr., born June 2, 1788 in Hardy Co, W. VA; died March 28, 1868 in St. Clair Co., IL. + 52 viii. Phoebe Carr, born 1790 in Petersburgat Hardy County, West Virginia; died May 31, 1850 in St. Clair Co., IL +53 ix. (male) Carr, born abt 1794 in St. Clair Co, IL More about Joseph Carr: Notes from "History of St. Clair County, Illinois, pg 46: "The first settlements were made in the north-eastern part on the prairies overlooked by and contiguous to Turkey Hill. The sound of the woodman's axe first sent forth its cheer, felling timber preparatory to the erection of a cabin in 1802. The axe man was Joseph Carr, who with his family came from Virginia to find homes in the west. They came by raft down the Ohio to Fort Massac, where they forsook their "broad wagons" as such means of transportation were called, and made their way via Kaskaskia, following an old trail on horseback and on foot, to Section 13, which Carr selected as an abiding place. With him were his sons Conrad, Abner, Jacob, and Henry, strong armed, stalwart pioneers, ready to meet and defeat hardship in whatever guise it came. Joseph Carr made yet merrier music in the ears of the other pioneers than that of a hastily swung axe, by the changes he rung upon his anvil. He thought a blacksmith's kit of tools a good thing for a backwoods country, and brought a set with him. An aged pioneer, whose fourscore years have been numbered, says that Carr was as good a man as ever lived, although he had a disregard for religious services, as illustrated by his taking a hunt along the Okaw on Saturday and Sunday, whenever his son-in-law, James Garrison [sic=Garretson], a preacher from Monroe County, held services at his house, which he often did." History of St. Clair County, IL pg 210: Joseph Carr emigrated from VA to IL about the year 1797. He had been a soldier in the Revolutionary Was. First came to Kaskaskia, then settled at New Design in the present county of Monroe (he lost 2 children at New Design). About the year 1802 he settled at Turkey Hill. St. Clair Co. History, Vol II, pg 150: "The Carrs, Teters, Millers, Strouds, Eymans, and Badgleys emigrated down the Ohio River in flatboats from Brownsville, Virginia to Shawneeown, IL then overland to Kaskaskia, then to the metropolis of the west. References for Revolutionary Was Service: DAR# 290995, 205726, 123614, and 286427. "Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Illinois", published 1975 by the Illinois State Genealogical Society: Carr (Karr), Joseph, b. March 21, 1752 in Virginia d. March 6, 1817 buried: Turkey Hill Cemetery, on his farm, Freeburg Twp, St. Clair Co, IL Spouse: Priscilla Mary Residence: He came to IL in 1793, settled in Freeburg, St. Clair Co. IL Service: Corporal: VA sources: DAR, PI (DAR patriot index), "Revolutionary soldiers buried in IL", by Harriet J. Walker, pub 1917 Virginia Library Reports, Vol 9, page 6; Vol 8, page 85; reference for service. Some info from CD 15, Automated Archives Corporal 10th VA Reg., Revolutionary War BURIAL – Turkey Hill Cemetery on his farm, Freeburg Twp, St. Clair Co, IL The exact location of this cemetery has been lost for many, many decades, as a farmer removed the Grave Stones (supposedly threw them in a ravine near the adjoining railroad tracks) and plowed over the graves. I learned on 15 May 2011 of the approximate location of the Turkey Hill Cemetery from my 5th Cousin Carolyn Davis Berning as she wrote me: The story goes that my mother (Lucille Wilderman Davis) as a young child could see Joseph's tombstone from her kitchen window. So Joseph Carr's Grave Stone was visible from Old Freeburg Road just west of the railroad tracks looking North toward the Wilderman Cemetery alongside Route 15 along the visible ridge of that field that lies West of Route 15. REDISCOVERY of Turkey Hill Cemetery Location: I have learned how to Grave Dowse – Grave Witching, etc. So armed with a very vague idea of where the Turkey Hill Cemetery was located, I began walking the field of Arden Weiss (he lives in Maryland) After about a half hour, walking along the ridge of the field that I believed the cemetery graves should be located and praying that I would locate my 5th Great Grand Father's grave– MY RODS CROSSED !! = A Grave I placed the rods in the ground and took off my sweatshirt and placed it over my rods and took the first picture of the location of the Grave Site 9AM April 28, 2015 Joseph Carr's grave: Turkey Hill Cemetery – Location and Graves Rediscovered at 9 A.M. April 28th, 2015 at 9AM by Thomas Marshall Schwarztrauber, Sr., RPh. I then used my I-Phone Compass which also gives the GPS Coordinates Turkey Hill Cemetery GPS Coordinates: 38 degrees 27 minutes 8 seconds N 89 degrees 55 minutes 24 seconds W Website to get a map: http://www.gps-coordinates.net/ After the Discovery of the first grave, I walked all around and discovered a second grave. I could not remember how many graves were supposed to be there at that time. I discovered Two Graves – One Male and One Female – was correct Male= American Patriot - Corporal Joseph Carr 10th VA Reg., Revolutionary War 10th Virginia Volunteers, Minute Men of Culpepper County, Virginia (1752-1817) My 5-Great Grand Father Female= Sarah Susan Mitchell Moore (1821-1873)– the wife of My 2nd cousin Risdon Bausman Moore (1813-1858) 5x removed Funeral Notice: Mrs. Sarah S. Moore DIED at 2:30 A.M. on Saturday, August 9, 1873 Mrs. Sarah S. Moore Aged 51 years 7 months 17 days. The funeral will take place from family residence on Carlyle Road to the Turkey Hill Cemetery at 4 o'clock P.M. today Saturday. Friends of the family are invited to attend. I then Placed Red Flags and American Flags over their graves:
the Descendants of JOSEPH CARR are presently in the process of placing A MEMORIAL CENOTAPH for JOSEPH CARR IN the nearby RIDER CEMETERY, which is still located in TURKEY HILL Area for Joseph Carr SINCE we cannot place it in THE tURKEY hILL CEMETERY as this is a 41 acre active agricultural plot of ground.
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