Papers of the Carr and Terrell Families 1735-1894

Location of collection:

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

University of Virginia

P.O. Box 400110

170 McCormick Rd

Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110

Contact for questions and access:

POC: Special Collections Public Services & Reference Staff

Email: scpubserv@virginia.edu

Phone: (434) 243-1776

Fax: (434) 924-4968

Web: library.virginia.edu/special-collections

Web: library.virginia.edu/special-collections/services/reference-request

Summary

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

Materials predominantly relate to the Carr and Terrell families of Virginia and Kentucky. Includes the family correspondence of Thomas Jefferson's sister, Martha Jefferson Carr of Albemarle County, Virginia, and related Davis, Minor, and Terrell families; will (1735/38) of Thomas Carr of "Topping Castle," Caroline County, Virginia; and genealogical notes of the Carr,Davis, Minor, Overton, and Waters families.

Also included are nine inscriptions from tombstones at Christ Church, Middlesex Co., Virginia; Peter Carr's Notes on law; and rolls (ca. 1839) for University of Virginia classes in anatomy and surgery, chemistry, law, modern languages, and moral philosophy.

Acquisition information:

This collection was given as a gift on March 19, 1957, January 1961 and May 17, 1973.