John Addison Carr (1801–37), naval officer, was the eldest son of TJ’s nephew Samuel Carr. Born in Maryland, he soon moved with his family to Albemarle County. Carr received a United States Navy midshipman’s warrant dated 1 Jan. 1818, and he was promoted to lieutenant in 1826. He served as proctor of the University of Virginia, 1831–32, but remained in the navy. At the time of his death in Albemarle County, Carr owned personal property valued in excess of $10,000, including twenty-one slaves (PTJ description begins Julian P. Boyd, Charles T. Cullen, John Catanzariti, Barbara B. Oberg, and others, eds., The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, 1950– , 41 vols. description ends , 34:4–5; ViU: CC; ASP, Naval Affairs, 1:595; Callahan, U.S. Navy description begins Edward W. Callahan, List of Officers of the Navy of the United States and of the Marine Corps from 1775 to 1900, 1901, repr. 1969 description ends , 101; A Sketch of the History of the University of Virginia [1859], 13; Chapman Johnson to James Madison, 23 July 1831 [DLC: Madison Papers, Rives Collection]; Washington Daily National Intelligencer, 12 May 1837; Albemarle Co. Will Book, 13:45–8; Richmond Enquirer, 12 Oct. 1838).