HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY KENTUCKY, by Robert Peter, ed. by William H. Perrin, O. L. Baskin Co., Chicago, 1882. Reprinted by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC, 1979. Page 775 DAVID TODD CARR, Farmer, P. O. Chilesburg, is a grandson of Walter Carr, a Virginian, who after fighting for the independence of the American Colonies, removed to Kentucky and took an active part in the development of the new country before its separation from Virginia. One of his four sons, named after him, Walter, represented Fayette County in the Kentucky Legislature in 1796, and again in 1798-1801, and was one of the delegates at the convention which met at Frankfort August 17, 1799, and framed the second constitution of the State of Kentucky. Another son, Charles, the youngest, born 1763 in Virginia, came to Kentucky when a boy of ten years, became the first Justice of the county court in Fayette, and Sheriff by succession; was a private under Wayne in the great Indian campaign of 1794; served as Captain and Paymaster of in the war of 1812-15, in which he was taken prisoner, and subsequently, in 1831, represented Fayette County in the Legislature. He was married in 1801 to Elizabeth, daughter of Gen. Levi Todd, which officer was a Captain under Col,. Bowman in the unfortunate expedition against the Indians on the Little Miami in 1779, in which year he founded Todd's Station, in what is now Jessamine County, but soon, for greater safety, removed to Lexington, where he was on of the first lot-holders; was one of the survivors of the Blue Licks disaster, in which his brother, Col. John Todd, was among the slain; was the first Clerk of Fayette County, which office he held for twenty-five years; attended two of the Danville conventions in 1785, and one in 1786, as delegate, and was on of the original subscribers to the Kentucky Society for Promoting Useful Knowledge. Charles Carr, by his union with Elizabeth Todd, had a family of eight sons and four daughters. Our subject, one of the sons, was born at Walnut Hill, Fayette county, March 4, 1804, and brought up on his father's farm, from whom also he received 186 acres of land on his marriage, July 30, 1827m to Ann Chiles, who parents Richard and Sarah (Johnson) Chiles, came from Virginia in 1810, and settled at Chilesburg, to which they gave its name. Mr. Carr soon bought and moved upon the farm which had belonged to his grandfather, here he lived for many years, during which time his first wife died, in May, 1851, and he married her sister Lucy in October, 1853. While here he also lost his father, who died at an extreme old age. War and emancipation broke up is establishment and he removed to where he now resides, on the old Chiles place, inherited by his wife. Here he had 400 acres, but about one-half has gone to his children, so that he now has 188 acres. On this he raises a good grade of cattle, Cotswold sheep and superior Poland-China hogs. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church at David's Fork, of which he is Deacon, as he was formerly at East Hickman. Of the eight children born to him by his first wife there are living two sons--Charles Richard and Dabney--and four daughters--Sarah, Lucy (Mrs. Ambrose D. Young), Jennie (Mrs. William Pettit), and Mary E. (Mrs. Clifton F. Estill). His youngest son and eldest daughter remain with him. Carr Wayne Todd Bowman Chiles Johnson Young Pettit Estill = VA Jessamine-KY http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/fayette/carr.dt.txt