John Wesley Carr

Life and Orange County connections

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1. 1843 John Wesley Carr buys his mother-in-law's Franklin Street house Carr married Elizabeth, daughter of Martha Bullock, in 1839; the couple moved in with her in 1841, and in 1843 he bought Martha Bullock's house.Search the index · Bernard Lee Bryant Jr., Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (1998; Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1999), scan p. 75
2. 1846 University sells the Franklin and Columbia street oak grove to John W. Carr The trustees conveyed to the merchant John W. Carr, for $300, the oak grove at the northwest corner of Franklin and Columbia streets where villagers gathered to hear candidates speak. It was one of several sales of university land to villagers in the middle 1840s. People: John Wesley CarrSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 611
3. February 1852 John W. Carr sits as a justice of the county court Carr was one of five justices holding the February 1852 term of the Orange County court, which elected a Board of Superintendents of Common Schools and set the county tax. People: John U. Kirkland, William NelsonSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 181
4. after 1855 Chapel Hill merchants, John W. Carr among them, agree not to sell to minor students on credit After the state's new laws on student contracts were sent to them, most of the village merchants pledged not to sell on credit to students under age without written leave from a parent or guardian, for eighteen months and subject to the faculty's approval. John W. Carr was one of nine signers. People: Andrew MickleSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 647
5. January 1862 Fire destroys Robert Loder's clothing store Robert Loder's store near Franklin and Columbia burned, and the fire crossed Columbia Street to John Wesley Carr's store before it was put out. People: John Wesley CarrBernard Lee Bryant Jr., Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (1998; Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1999), scan p. 107
6. August 5, 1869 Orange County holds its first township elections Voters in each township chose magistrates, a clerk, a constable and school committeemen for the first time. In Chapel Hill Township 540 of 565 registered voters cast ballots. People: William Kirkland, Jones Watson, Andrew Mickle, John Wesley CarrSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 196
7. 1875 John W. Carr gives $100 toward reopening the university John W. Carr of Chapel Hill paid $100 to the subscription of nearly $20,000 raised to revive the university in 1875, alongside $500 from his son Julian S. Carr of Durham. People: Julian S. CarrSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 795