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George Carr (1800-1886) was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, on November 16, 1800, the son of Micajah Carr (1752-1812) and Elizabeth Wood Carr. He was educated in the local schools, and in 1822 he was licensed to practice law in Virginia.
In 1838, Carr was hired by Uriah Levy, who had purchased Monticello several years earlier, to manage the estate during Levy's absences. He continued to do so, with a few interruptions owing to the Civil War, until Levy's nephew Jefferson Monroe Levy acquired Monticello in 1879. Carr died in 1886.
- Jefferson Library Staff, 2008; revised 2025
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