Carr Family Record - Cebell Mathews

Person Chart

Additional Names

Additional Names	Name
Other Name	Cebell Mathews Carr

Parents

Father	Date of Birth	Mother	Date of Birth
Issac Mathews	1730	Anna	1736

Partners

Partner	Date of Birth	Children
Thomas Pace	1745	William Pace Elizabeth Pace Mary Pace Martha Pace Nancy Pace Hardy Pace James Pace
Benjamin Carr	21 NOV 1769	John Pace Carr

Person Events

Event Type	Date	Place	Description
Birth	29 JUN 1759	North Carolina, USA
Birth	11 MAR 1760	North Carolina, USA
Birth	1760	South Carolina, USA
Marriage	AFT 1795	Halifax, North Carolina, USA
Place of Residence	1850	Subdivision 65, Newton, Georgia, USA	Age: 91
Death	21 MAY 1860	Covington, Newton, Georgia, USA

Notes


Per Dona (Carr) Morring on Find-A-Grave Memorial #61466560, Cebelle married first a Thomas Page and then Benjamin Carr. — It is almost certain that Cebell Mathews was the oldest child of Isaac Jr. Her date of birth, as well as that of her younger sister Elizabeth, are known and estimates are available for most of the rest of her siblings. An argument could possibly be made for Moses being the oldest, but various bits of circumstantial evidence point to his birth being about 1761. Cebell's birth date of 11 Mar 1760 is calculated from her date of death as given in the family bible of her son John Pace Carr (her age is given in years, months and days so birth was calculated backwards).448 She would have been born in Halifax County, North Carolina since her family was well established in North Carolina by this time. Cebell was first married to Thomas Pace,449 a wealthy Halifax County, North Carolina slave owner, sometime prior to Feb 1779.450 Halifax County tax lists from the 1780s show Thomas living in District 15 very near to Cebell's father. The 1782 tax list in particular illustrates his wealth where we see he was taxed for over 600 acres of land, 30 slaves, 8 horses and 33 cattle.451 Thomas died in 1795 leaving a will naming his wife Cebell and his 7 children.452 Cebell would next marry Benjamin Carr,453 a witness to the will of Thomas Pace and wealthy Halifax County tavern owner and slave holder. The date of Cebell's marriage to Carr is unknown, but must have occurred no more than about a year after the death of Thomas Pace as the only child of Cebell and Benjamin Carr, Thomas Pace Carr, was born in May 1797.454 Benjamin Carr is not found in the 1810 census of Halifax County. The family moved to Georgia at some point, presumably before 1810, and in 1820 they are found in the census records of Warren County, Georgia.455 When Benjamin and Cebell moved to Georgia several, if not all, of Cebell's children from her first marriage moved with them for we find several mentions of both Carrs and Paces in Georgia records in the area of Warren County. By 1840 census records show Benjamin and Cebell456 as well as the family of their son John Pace Carr457 living in Newton County where they would remain until their deaths. Cebell and Benjamin lived to be quite old and died within a month of each other, May and April respectively, in 1860.458 Source: http://southernmatthews.com/1700s-1850s_desc_isaacsr.html — Cebell Mathews {M331}208 (Isaac Jr. 3, Isaac Sr. 2, James Sr. 1) was born on 11 Mar 1760 in North Carolina and died on 21 May 1860 in Georgia at age 100. General Notes: Living in Georgia at the time that land distribution of her father was called into question. Cebell and her family probably left Halifax County shortly after 23 Nov 1805. On that date she, husband Benjamin Carr and Hardy Pace sold 57 acres in the area that the Mathews family traditionally lived in and it is the last place they appear in the deed books that I own for Halifax County. Thomas died before Cebell married Thomas Pace {M331S} May 1795 in Halifax County, North Carolina.

Per Dona (Carr) Morring on Find-A-Grave Memorial #61466560, Cebelle married first a Thomas Page and then Benjamin Carr.

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It is almost certain that Cebell Mathews was the oldest child of Isaac Jr. Her date of birth, as well as that of her younger sister Elizabeth, are known and estimates are available for most of the rest of her siblings. An argument could possibly be made for Moses being the oldest, but various bits of circumstantial evidence point to his birth being about 1761. Cebell's birth date of 11 Mar 1760 is calculated from her date of death as given in the family bible of her son John Pace Carr (her age is given in years, months and days so birth was calculated backwards).448 She would have been born in Halifax County, North Carolina since her family was well established in North Carolina by this time.

Cebell was first married to Thomas Pace,449 a wealthy Halifax County, North Carolina slave owner, sometime prior to Feb 1779.450 Halifax County tax lists from the 1780s show Thomas living in District 15 very near to Cebell's father. The 1782 tax list in particular illustrates his wealth where we see he was taxed for over 600 acres of land, 30 slaves, 8 horses and 33 cattle.451 Thomas died in 1795 leaving a will naming his wife Cebell and his 7 children.452

Cebell would next marry Benjamin Carr,453 a witness to the will of Thomas Pace and wealthy Halifax County tavern owner and slave holder. The date of Cebell's marriage to Carr is unknown, but must have occurred no more than about a year after the death of Thomas Pace as the only child of Cebell and Benjamin Carr, Thomas Pace Carr, was born in May 1797.454 Benjamin Carr is not found in the 1810 census of Halifax County. The family moved to Georgia at some point, presumably before 1810, and in 1820 they are found in the census records of Warren County, Georgia.455 When Benjamin and Cebell moved to Georgia several, if not all, of Cebell's children from her first marriage moved with them for we find several mentions of both Carrs and Paces in Georgia records in the area of Warren County. By 1840 census records show Benjamin and Cebell456 as well as the family of their son John Pace Carr457 living in Newton County where they would remain until their deaths. Cebell and Benjamin lived to be quite old and died within a month of each other, May and April respectively, in 1860.458

Source: http://southernmatthews.com/1700s-1850s_desc_isaacsr.html

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Cebell Mathews {M331}208 (Isaac Jr. 3, Isaac Sr. 2, James Sr. 1) was born on 11 Mar 1760 in North Carolina and died on 21 May 1860 in Georgia at age 100.
General Notes: Living in Georgia at the time that land distribution of her father was called into question.
Cebell and her family probably left Halifax County shortly after 23 Nov 1805. On that date she, husband Benjamin Carr and Hardy Pace sold 57 acres in the area that the Mathews family traditionally lived in and it is the last place they appear in the deed books that I own for Halifax County.
Thomas died before
Cebell married Thomas Pace {M331S}
May 1795 in Halifax County, North Carolina.

Sources

Description	Page	Quality	Information	Evidence
1850 United States Federal Census	Year: 1850; Census Place: Subdivision 65, Newton, Georgia; Roll: M432_79; Page: 450A; Image: 312	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current		Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Online Resource	Cebell Mathews Carr (1759 - 1860) - Find A Grave Memorial. www.findagrave.com	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900	Source number: 28.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: DE1	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current		Don't know	Don't know	Don't know

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