67:654  1/31/1873  John Shackleford to Hugh Carr 58 acres for $748.40 “is near the Hydraulic Mills and is adjacent of the land of the Hydraulic Mills tract now owned by Worlege [sic] and Sammons, also the lands of Geo. Sinclair and others being what remains of piece or parcel of land known as the Martin tract which contains 93 acres more or less, over and above a piece of land recently sold off of the said Martin tract by the said John Shackleford to Berkeley Bullock, containing 35 acres of land of the southern part of the said Martin tract as laid off by a recent survey of Nathan Barnett and to which survey reference is hereby made that it may be read as part of this dead. …Martin tract …same conveyed to John Shackleford by George Moore on 10/16/1866.”

Note: Shackleford sold 35 acres to Berkeley Bullock, also African American, on 12/6/1871. See DB 83:323. George Moore sold the original 93 acres to Shackleford for $500 in 1866. It was noted as being “near Hydraulic Mills adjoining the lands of N. Burnley’s estate and others and is same piece or parcel of land conveyed to said Moore by John Barksdale and John Bowcock administrators of N. Barksdale, dec’d.”

70:274  10/30/1873 Contract made 10/30/1873 between George A. Sinclair and Hugh Carr  “…Sinclair sells to the said Carr the balance of his tract not sold to John P. Carter containing 26.5 acres …This land is a portion of the land bought by the said George Sinclair of Thomas Wood and James F. Burnley (commissioners) of Nathaniel Burnley estate and also a small portion bought by George Sinclair of James Mooney for the sum of $530.” 

Note: The property owned by Sinclair was originally purchased from the court after the division of the Burnley estate. It was subsequently resurveyed by Sinclair as 25 ¾ acres and was formally conveyed to Hugh Carr by commissioners of the Court on May 3, 1882. See Deed Book 82:90.

68:515  3/17/1874 Thomas Wood (commissioner of the court) to Hugh Carr (colored) 19.5 acres “…together with all the buildings and other improvements thereon …being bounded on the north by the Rivanna River, on the west by Carter’s Spring branch, on the south by the public road leading from Charlottesville to Rio, and on the east by a ravine …it being portion of the land formerly belonging to Nathaniel Burnley, dec’d.”

Note: The late 19th c. County Land Books refer to this 19.5 acres as in a locale called ‘Cartersburg,’ possibly a late 19th c. African American community.

92:144  9/4/1889 Memorandum of terms of sale made this 4th day of Sept. 1889 between Richard J. Shackleford …and Hugh Carr …has this day sold to said Hugh Carr …a certain tract or parcel of land lying an situate in Albemarle County Virginia on south side of Ivy Creek adjoining the lands of Hugh Carr ‘Old Wertenbaker’ place and lying on old Barracks Road, the land of J. R. Wingfield lying on north side of said creek opposite the land sold by this contract and supposed to contain 130 acres. …for $6 acre …bonds of said Hugh Carr to be given so soon as said land is surveyed. Said bonds to contain a waiver of the homestead so soon as said land should be surveyed. …the land sold by this contract is same tract on which said Richard Shackleford now lives and on which the father of said Shackleford was living at date of death, said father being John Shackleford. …Possession given so soon as terms of sale are complied with except that said party of first part shall be entitled to occupation of dwelling on land sold and right of ingress and egress from said land as far as necessary for purpose of gathering the crops now on place, until November 15, 1889 when complete possession shall be given to said Carr. …the present grave yard on said tract of land shall be and is hereby reserved to the descendents of said John Shackleford, dec’d., with right to such descendents to have ingress and egress from said graveyard for burial purposes.”

92:371  12/18/1889 Confirming sale agreed to under former contract. Richard J. Shackleford to Hugh Carr for $883.50 “on the waters of Ivy Creek on its south side adjoining the lands of Hugh Carr, Jesse Sammons, D. R. Goodman, J. R. Wingfield and others containing 147 ¼ acres. …the family burying ground as it now exists in said tract or parcel of land not exceeding ¼ of an acre is hereby reserved for the use and benefit of the descendents of the late John Shackleford father of said Richard J. Shackleford and said descendents of said John Shackleford shall have and enjoy the right of ingress and egress to and from said burying ground for burying purpose …the land hereby conveyed is the same in all respects as was sold by said Shackleford to said Carr by contract dated 9/4/1889.” 

95:323  1/1/1890 Hugh Carr sells to J. R. Wingfield for $589 124 acres “on the southern side of Ivy Creek adjoining the lands of D. R. Goodman, Jesse Sammons, said Wingfield and others and is a part of the tract of land which was conveyed unto the said Carr by Richard J. Shackleford on December 18, 1890.”