Dabney Carr

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Dabney Carr was an American lawyer, patriot, and close friend and brother-in-law of Thomas Jefferson who played a key role in early Revolutionary-era politics in Virginia.

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instanceOf American lawyer
patriot
person
birthDate 1743-10-26
brotherInLaw Thomas Jefferson
burialPlace Monticello cemetery
buriedNextTo Thomas Jefferson
causeOfDeath illness
closeFriend Thomas Jefferson
countryOfCitizenship Colony of Virginia
United States of America
deathDate 1773-05-16
educatedAt College of William & Mary
era American Revolutionary era
ethnicGroup English Americans
linked to: English American
familyName Carr
givenName Dabney
hasRelative Jane Dabney Carr
Peter Carr
Samuel Carr
knownFor early Revolutionary-era politics in Virginia
proposing the Virginia Committee of Correspondence
languageSpoken English
notableEvent speech in the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1773 advocating intercolonial committees of correspondence
occupation lawyer
politician
parent Barbara Overton Carr
John Carr
partOf Virginia gentry
placeOfBirth Louisa County, Virginia
placeOfDeath Charlottesville, Virginia
politicalAlignment patriot cause in the American colonies
positionHeld member of the Virginia House of Burgesses
religion Anglicanism
residence Charlottesville, Virginia
Louisa County, Virginia
sibling Thomas Jefferson
spouse Martha Jefferson Carr
studiedUnder Thomas Jefferson
workLocation Virginia

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