Anna Carr was born about 1750, in Leesburg, Loudoun, Virginia, British Colonial America as the daughter of John Carr. She married John Barnard in 1770, in Pittsylvania, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She died in 1788, in Roane, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Rogersville, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States.
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Name changed from George Town (est. 1757) to Leesburg in 1758.
Leesburg was established in 1758 by act of the state legislature.
"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Ó Carra ‘descendant of Carra’, a personal name from the adjective corr ‘pointed’, explained as meaning ‘spear’. As an Ulster surname, Carr was often confused with Scottish Kerr .
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Chathair, a Donegal name meaning ‘son of Giolla Cathair’ or ‘the servant (i.e. devotee) of Saint Cathar’. Cathar was a priest and bishop, otherwise unknown.
Irish: in Galway, a shortened Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Chéire, see Keary .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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