Person:John Karr (8)

John Karr was a private in the Revolutionary war with a New Jersey line of troops.

He served as Captain in the War of 1812 in the Ohio Militia.

From Soldiers of the Revolution and the War of 1812 buried in McLean County, Illinois (1912):

KARR, John C. b. Tinicum, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 175

Captain, John C. Karr s Company, 2nd Battalion, Somerset County, Ne Jersey Militia, War of the Revolution. Settled in McLean County, Illinois 1839, d. near Leroy, 111. Dec. 16, 1840. Buried in Heyworth Cemetery Heyworth, 111. (See Duis' "Good Old Times" 1874, Page 814, Heitman Historical Register, U. S. Pension List, 1840, D. A. R. Lineage Book, Vo XXI, Page 180, and Box 4, Case 159, Estate Files, McLean County, 111 [Name spelled "Kerr" in many instances.]

Wife, Mercy (Lee) Karr, ch. Walter Karr, Eleanor (Karr) Crivliin Joseph Karr, John Karr, Jr. Dr. Thomas Karr, (1812.) Nancy (Kan- Noble , Rebecca ( Karr ) Noble , Mercy ( Karr ) Buck , Jacob Karr .

KARR, (Continued,) Extracts From The Will Of Capt. John C. Karr; ( Dated April 7, 1840. Eox 4, Case 159, Estate Files, McLean County, 111.) [Directs the erection of] ' 'a gravestone corresponding with my wifes [with inscription] in manner and form following, 'Sacred to the Memory of John Karr, a Soldier of the Revolution in 1776." x x x [also] x x x "My said executors will bury me with the honors of War, and invite Capt. Moses Baldwin with 7 Men for the first Salute & Capt. George Martin with 6 men for the second Salute, it being in honor of my defence of the 13 States".

From the Illinois DAR Report, 1965, by Margaret Watson Cooke

Capt. John Karr although born in Pa., spent most of his life in N.J. except for a short time after his marriage when he lived in Bucks Co., Pa., where at least one of his children was born. He returned to Sussex. Co.. N.J. where several of his children were born but had moved to Hamilton Co., O. before 1820 as he is found in census of that year. In May 1839 he went to McLean Co., Ill. to live with his son Jacob. He was an early member of the Masons; a Capt. in the War of 1812; received a pension in 1831 and requested in his will to be buried with full military honors. (a record of his military service is to be found with his pension record.

                 Capt/ John Karr is buried in Heyworth, Ill. Cem.

1.   E Duis. The Good Old TImes in McLean County, Ill.. (1874, Bloomington).
2.   Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. (Vol. 6 No. 1 1913)
   http://books.google.com/books?id=GgQMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA449&lpg=PA449&dq=Karr+Bucks+County+Pennsylvania&source=bl&ots=AQ6hffcuGC&sig=HO5Mq-5o37SMJsCFmE08H6EK1eY&hl=en&ei=4VdXSsfcGMj6tgfXkJ3dCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4.
3.   From Soldiers of the Revolution and the War of 1812 buried in McLean County, Illinois. (Custer, 1912, Bloomington).
4.   Daughters of the American Revolution. (http://216.36.105.133/DAR_Research/Search/)
   see also Genealogical records compiled by the Illinois Society, D.A.R., 1965.
5.   Compiled by Milo Custer. Karr Family Records. (Bloomington, Ill., 1922).
6.   Www.findagrave.com
   http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=51390409.