Patrick Carr^[1]

- 1802

• Name	Patrick Carr
  Birth	County Derry, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aug 1802	Jefferson County, Georgia
  Person ID	I170	Georgia Revolutionary War Graves
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2011

  
  

• Headstones

  Carr, Patrick GPS: N 32° 59.96' W 082° 24.78'

  
  

• Notes

  J Patrick Carr, a native of County Derry, Ireland, served as a Major during the war. He was celebrated as a terror to the loyalists and is said to have killed one hundred Tories by his own hand. Maj. Carr died August 1802, Jefferson County, Georgia. According to tradition, he was murdered by Tory sympathizers. The Patrick Carr Rangers Chapter in Waynesboro, Georgia, is named for him..

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Georgia's Roster of the Revolution.