Parr of Carroll and Clarke Counties

Benjamin Parr was born 1 September 1761 in Jersey. He served in the American Revolution (1777) Capt. Speirs and Major Sears; also under General Holt in the Second Regiment of the New Jersey Militia. After the war, about 1787, he removed to North Carolina; thence to Wilkes County, Georgia in 1789. He later removed to Franklin County, then Clarke County. He married Patsey McKinney in Wilkes County, North Carolina on 25 July 1790. He died 22 December 1842 in Carroll County. Issue:

Mary Curwin Parr, born 25 May 1791, died young.
William Lenoir Parr, born 25 June 1792. He married (1) Ann Weir and (2) Jane Bell Weir, listed on 1850 Carroll County, Georgia Census. He was included in the application for pension by his mother. Issue:
1. Isabel Parr, born 1832, Carroll County.
2. Francis Parr, born 1834, Carroll County.
3. Belinda Parr, born 1836, Carroll County.
4. Mary Parr, born 1838, Carroll County.
5. Isaac Parr, born 1839, Carroll County.
6. Nancy Parr, born 1841, Carroll County.
7. Susan Parr, born 1843, Carroll County
8. Robert Parr, born 1845, Carroll County.
Martha Dinkley Parr, born 26 October 1795. She married Edwin Akin on 22 December 1812 in Clarke County.
John Curwin Parr, born 25 March 1797, died 19 September 1823. He married 27 August 1816, Margaret Bolton. Issue:
Leonard Parr, born 1810/1820 Clarke County.
Rebecca Carlton Parr, born 11 October 1799.
Charles Dougherty Parr, born 9 June 1803/5, died 30 September 1857. His LWT, Charles D. Parr, of Fulton Co., dated 1857, Fulton County Wills, named wife, Sarah D. Children: Lewis J., Benjamin W., Mary A. Wits: Aaron I. Knight, James G. McLin,James Caldwell. He married (1) Sarah Daniel Dupree on 6 March 1828. Lived in Clarke County in 1830, and DeKalb County in 1840. Issue:
1. Lewis Jarrell Parr, born 19 May 1829, died 1907. He married on 19 December 1848, Lucy Pope Dickens of Athens. Issue:
  Willie Parr.
  Stuart Parr.
  Sadie Parr, died 1951. She married L. B McKenzie.
  Edd Parr, died 1933.
  Lena Parr, died in Tampa, Florida. She married J. M. Fisher.
  Kate Parr married Horace P. Eagleton.
  Mae Parr died 1916.
  Emma Parr married W. Z. Overbay. They lived in Bartow, Florida.
  Mary Ann Parr.
2. Benjamin Wilson Parr, born 1831, died 8 May 1899. He married Nancy Dickens (died 3 September 1854). His second wife was Mary Malinda Corley (born 9 October 1838, died 3 September 1855) on 8 May 1899. He was a member of the Atlanta City Council. Issue:
  i. Emma Tallulah Parr, born 30 May 1859, died 19 December 1939. She married Pedrez Cleveland Lumpkin (1856-1943).
  ii. Sarah Amanda Parr, born 30 January 1862, died September 1941. She married Reid Hairston.
  iii. Charles Parr, born 11 July 1866 married (1) Irene Landrem (2) Nora Moore.
  iv. Samuel Parr, born 13 February 1869, died young.
  v. William Benjamin Parr, born 25 April 1871, died 4 May 1964. He married Bessie Watts.
  vi. Lilly Parr.
3. Lewisana Parr, born 5 August 1833, died young.
4. Sarah Elizabeth Parr, born 1 June 1834.
5. Mary Martha Parr, born 1 June 1836. She married (1) Mr. Craven (2) M. A. Glenn.
6. Sarah C. A. Parr, born 11 January 1838.
7. Mary Ann Parr, born 27 August 1841, died 7 October 1890.
Elizabeth Beasley Parr, born 7 June 1806. She married Rodman Sisson (1802-1829) on 4 November 1824.
Daniel Wilson McKinney Parr, born 7 May 1807.
Benjamin James Parr, born 8 August 1812. He married (1) Maria Wilson on 15 January 1835, Jackson County and (2) Catherine Sisson. Issue by first marriage:

Martha Parr.
James Samuel Parr.
Bowles Parr.
Calvin Parr.
Sisson Parr.
Issue by second marriage:

Josiah Parr.
Henry Parr.
Adolphus Parr.
Sarah Parr.
Daniel Parr.
Mary Parr.
McFee Parr.
Benjamin Parr.
Alonzo Newton Parr, born 9 August 1867 Clarke County. He married Lilly Z. England in 1888 (born 28 March 1872 in Clarke County, died 1935). Issue:

i. Ada Parr.
ii. Harry Parr.
iii. Maude Parr.
iv. Walter Parr.
v. Alonzo Parr.
vi. Jack Parr.
Samuel Jackson Parr, born 7 December 1814.