Overview
Location
near Old Sparta, Edgecombe Co., NC
Date Constructed/ Founded
not determined
Associated Surnames
Carr
Historical notes
none
Associated Slave Workplaces
Swain Plantation (Edgecombe Co., NC)
Associated Free Persons
- Jonas Johnston Carr - owner
- Elizabeth Jane Hilliard Carr - wife of Jonas J. Carr
- Elias Carr (b.1839-d.1900) - owner; son of Jonas J. and Elizabteh J.H. Carr; Democratic governor of North Carolina (1893-1897)
- Eleanor Kearney Carr - wife of Elias Carr (m.1859)
- William Kearny Carr - son of Elias and Eleanor K. Carr
- John Buxton Carr - son of Elias and Eleanor K. Carr
- Mary Elizabeth Carr - daughter of Elias and Eleanor K. Carr
- Elias Carr - son of Elias and Eleanor K. Carr
- Eleanor Kearny Carr - daughter of Elias and Eleanor K. Carr
- Annie Bruce Carr - daughter of Elias and Eleanor K. Carr
Associated Enslaved Persons
Research Leads and Plantation Records
Miscellaneous Information
- Bracebridge Hall is on the National Register of Historic Places
- Bracebridge Hall is also known as the Carr Farm
- The Elias Carr and his sons helped manage the Swain Plantation during the Reconstruction era
References
- Fleming, Monika S. Edgecombe County: Along the Tar River. Arcadia Publishing. 2003.
- Guide to the Elias Carr Papers (#160). Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/0160/
Users Researching This Workplace
- Karmella Haynes - I have ancestors who lived near Old Sparta in 1870 - 1880. According to the Guide to the Elias Carr Papers, the papers contain the names of "hands" working for Carr during Reconstruction. I am interested in researching these papers.
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