Thomas Jefferson in Louisa Fee Book

Thomas Jefferson in Louisa Fee Book

Dabney Carr
Standards of Learning USI.6c VS.5b

This is the original record from the fee book of Thomas Jefferson settling the estate of Dabney Carr. Dabney Carr was not only a close friend of Carr, but his brother-in-law. Carr and Jefferson attended Reverend James Maury Classical School on the Albemarle Louisa border. As children, they made a pact that whoever was first to die would be buried at Monticello. Thomas Jefferson fulfilled their pact, settling his estate and making Dabney Carr the first person to be buried at Monticello.

Clerk of Louisa Court

Louisa County Historical Society Archives

Louisa County Historical Society

1773

Fee Book

Document

054_2011_06_90

No