Thomas Reade Carrington [Sr.]

(1835-1896)

At a Glance

Thomas Carrington’s sister Elizabeth Morton Carrington  was a Burwell School student the same age as neighbors Elizabeth Ann Watkins  and Lucy Baskerville Watkins . Their parents were Dr. William W. Carrington and Jane W. Carrington, cousins. The family first lived in Port Royal, VA, then in Halifax County, VA. Thomas was their second son.

Story

Thomas Carrington enlisted in the Confederate Army in Granville County, NC at age 24, on July 17. 1861. By this time he was married and the father of a daughter, Jane. His rank upon enlistment was 3rd Lieutenant in Company 1, NC 23rd Infantry Regiment. He left the service a Brevet 2nd Lt..

Thomas Carrington acquired a great deal of land in Granville County near Grassy Creek Community, just south of the Virginia border. He purchased one of the finest new houses in the county, the Lewis Wimbish House, in 1860.

Thomas Carrington enlisted in the Confederate Army in Granville County, NC at age 24, on July 17. 1861. By this time he was married and the father of a daughter, Jane. His rank upon enlistment was 3rd Lieutenant in Company 1, NC 23rd Infantry Regiment. He left the service a Brevet 2nd Lt..

Little is known of Thomas after the Civil War except that he is listed on US Census forms as “farming.”

His middle name is sometimes spelled Read.

Resources:

US Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles about Thomas R. Carrington, accessed through Ancestry.com 12 – 6- 2010, NC Troops 1861 – 1865, “A” roster.

US Civil War Soldiers, 1861 – 1865, about Thomas R. Carrington, accessed through Ancestry.com, Source, National Park Service, film kept at Provo, Utah, #m230 roll 6.

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Thomas Reade Carrington [Sr.] was born on May 26, 1835, in Virginia. He died on February 15, 1896, and was buried in Granville County, NC.

Occupations

• Soilder, CSA.

Relatives

• Parents: William W. Carrington (1808-1880) and Jane W. Carrington (b. 1810).
• Spouse: Elizabeth Ann Watkins  (1840-1912), married on December 21, 1859. Married in Halifax Co, VA
  Children:
  
  • four sons, Clement Venable Carrington (d. 1900), Thomas Reade Carrington [Jr.] (d. 1902), William Washington Carrington (b. 1874) and Richard Venable Carrington (1889-1889).
  • seven daughters, Jane Watkins Carrington (1861-1955), Mary Baskerville Carrington (1869-1904), Alice Baskerville Carrington (1876-1948), Elizabeth Woodson Carrington (b. 1877), Susie Morton Carrington (b. 1879), Nancy Elise Carrington (b. 1883) and Margaret Goodridge Carrington (b. 1884).
• Siblings:
  • two brothers, William Henry Carrington (b. 1851) and Clement Carrington.
  • six sisters, Elizabeth Morton Carrington (1841-1898) , Anna R. Carrington (1849-1874), Mary Carrington (b. 1846), Susan H. Carrington (b. 1845), Sarah Emily Carrington (1840-1843) and Virginia Carrington.
• Others: Lucy Baskerville Watkins  (sister-in-law, 1842-1913), Mary Elizabeth Baskerville (mother-in-law, 1819-1873), Charles Baskerville Watkins (brother-in-law, b. 1838), William M. Watkins (brother-in-law, b. 9-40), John Sims Watkins (brother-in-law, b. 3-44), Richard Venable Watkins [Jr.] (brother-in-law, b. 4-45), Thomas Algernon Watkins (brother-in-law, b. 7-48), Clement Watkins (brother-in-law), Margaret Watkins (sister-in-law, b. 4-45), Virginia Douglas Watkins (sister-in-law, b. 1849), Mary Baskerville Watkins (sister-in-law), Henrietta Maria Watkins (sister-in-law), Isabella Watkins (sister-in-law), Sara Alice Watkins (sister-in-law), Nellie Watkins (sister-in-law, 1858-1930), Clara Carrington Watkins (sister-in-law), Julia Watkins (sister-in-law, d. 1900), James Dinwiddie (brother-in-law, 1837-1907) and Clement Carrington (grandfather, 1837-1867).