Colonel Clement Carrington^[1]

1762 - 1847  (85 years)

• Name	Clement Carrington
  Title	Colonel
  Born	22 Nov 1762
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Nov 1847
  Person ID	I15494	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2016

  
  

  Father	Paul Carrington,   b. 16 Mar 1733, Cumberland County, Virginia ,   d. 23 Jun 1818, Halifax Co., Virginia  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Margaret 'Peggy' Reade,   b. 12 Oct 1734, Lunenburg County, Virginia ,   d. 1 May 1766, Charlotte Co., Virginia  (Age 31 years)
  Married	Abt 1755	Lunenburg Co., Virginia
  Family ID	F5434	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Headstone Colonel Clement Carrington hs15494Colonel ClementCarrington.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=108036946. Colonel Clement Carrington Birth: Nov. 22, 1762, Mulberry Hill Death: Nov. 28, 1847, Charlotte Co., Virginia Parents: Paul Carrington (1733 - 1818) Margaret Reade Carrington (1734 - 1766) Spouse: Jane Watkins Carrington (1775 - 1839) Children: Jane Watkins Carrington Carrington (1810 - 1892) Anne Cabell Carrington McPhail (1811 - 1880) Mary Venable Carrington Grigsby (1813 - 1894) Siblings: George Carrington (1756 - 1809) Mary Scott Carrington Venable (1758 - 1837) Ann Carrington Cabell (1760 - 1838) Clement Carrington (1762 - 1847) Paul Carrington (1764 - 1816) Henry Carrington (1793 - 1867) Lettice Priscilla Carrington Coles (1798-1875) Robert Carrington (1802 - 1845) Burial: Edgehill Plantations Cemetery Charlotte Court House, Charlotte Co., Virginia Col. Carrington was born at "Mulberry Hill" and schooled at the Hampden-Sydney College. He served and was wounded as a teenager during the Revolution. His residence in Charlotte County was named "Edgehill" where he and Jane Watkins had four children, three of whom lived into adulthood. Their son, Thomas Read Carrington, died as a child. In addition to serving as a Magistrate, Col. Carrington served on the Board of Trustees for the Hampden-Sydney College. He named his son-in-law, John McPhail, as his executor. Inscription: He was a soldier of the Revolution, Commenced his military services at the age of 15. At 19, while attached to Col. Lee's Legion as a cadet receiving neither pay or clothes, he fought bravely at the battle of Eutaw where he was wounded. For more than 50 years he discharged the duties of Magistrate with a firmness, fidelity & ability never surpassed. He was economical upon principle yet munificent in his liberality towards any enterprise. Promotive of the honor or welfare of his native state: For he was a Virginian in all his feelings. He was honest and punctual in all his dealings. As parent he was ever fond: As a friend ever true: He met death with firmness not without the hope of a joyful resurrection.