Married 14 APR 1836 Jefferson County, Indiana
"Because of the secretive nature of U.G.R.R work, few memoirs or original sources were available. John Carr, head of the U.G.R.R at Madison, Indiana, from 1846-62, refused to say anything until after his death because he lived too near the Ohio River and feared retaliation by Kentuckians on his property and person. A bounty of one thousand dollars had never been revoked. (...) John Carr had participated actively in the U.G.R.R. since 1839 and his farm on Rykers Ridge to the northeast of Madison was listed as Station No. 1 of the Madison - East route. Carr's 1889 obituary cited his close working relationship with Free Blacks Elijah Anderson and Chapman Harris and listed several men active in the Rykers Ridge U.G.R.R. " - http://npshistory.com/publications/ugrr/se-in.pdf
"Because of the secretive nature of U.G.R.R work, few memoirs or original sources were available. John Carr, head of the U.G.R.R at Madison, Indiana, from 1846-62, refused to say anything until after his death because he lived too near the Ohio River and feared retaliation by Kentuckians on his property and person. A bounty of one thousand dollars had never been revoked. (...) John Carr had participated actively in the U.G.R.R. since 1839 and his farm on Rykers Ridge to the northeast of Madison was listed as Station No. 1 of the Madison - East route. Carr's 1889 obituary cited his close working relationship with Free Blacks Elijah Anderson and Chapman Harris and listed several men active in the Rykers Ridge U.G.R.R. " - http://npshistory.com/publications/ugrr/se-in.pdf
Married 14 APR 1836 Jefferson County, Indiana
"Because of the secretive nature of U.G.R.R work, few memoirs or original sources were available. John Carr, head of the U.G.R.R at Madison, Indiana, from 1846-62, refused to say anything until after his death because he lived too near the Ohio River and feared retaliation by Kentuckians on his property and person. A bounty of one thousand dollars had never been revoked. (...) John Carr had participated actively in the U.G.R.R. since 1839 and his farm on Rykers Ridge to the northeast of Madison was listed as Station No. 1 of the Madison - East route. Carr's 1889 obituary cited his close working relationship with Free Blacks Elijah Anderson and Chapman Harris and listed several men active in the Rykers Ridge U.G.R.R. " - http://npshistory.com/publications/ugrr/se-in.pdf
"Because of the secretive nature of U.G.R.R work, few memoirs or original sources were available. John Carr, head of the U.G.R.R at Madison, Indiana, from 1846-62, refused to say anything until after his death because he lived too near the Ohio River and feared retaliation by Kentuckians on his property and person. A bounty of one thousand dollars had never been revoked. (...) John Carr had participated actively in the U.G.R.R. since 1839 and his farm on Rykers Ridge to the northeast of Madison was listed as Station No. 1 of the Madison - East route. Carr's 1889 obituary cited his close working relationship with Free Blacks Elijah Anderson and Chapman Harris and listed several men active in the Rykers Ridge U.G.R.R. " - http://npshistory.com/publications/ugrr/se-in.pdf
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