Georgiana Carr

Georgiana (George Ann) Carr (maiden name: Thompson) claimed to have married Eli Carr in slavery as his first wife on April 20, 1859, at Muddy Creek, Saline County, Missouri. William Piper, who lived in Saline County and owned three slaves, claimed both of them as his slaves. According to a family friend named Harrison White, Piper sold Georgiana to another man, separating her from her husband. Later, she married a man named Patterson and filed a bounty and arrears claim following Eli Carr's death in 1875 in Pettis County. She claimed she and Carr had a daughter named Mildrith together but incorrectly stated that Eli had died in 1868. Despite producing evidence of their marriage and separation before the war, her claim was ultimately unsuccessful. It is unclear when or where she died.

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Name:Carr, Georgiana
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  • Carr, George Ann (alternative name)
  • Patterson, Georgiana (alternative name)
  • Thompson, Georgiana (alternative name)
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Race:Black
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Person 1Relation TypePerson 2
Carr, Georgianaalleged wife ofCarr, Eli
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Pension Records for Eli Carr, RG15, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.