Mayo Carrington, Revolutionary War veteran

Mayo Carrington BIRTH 1 Apr 1753 Cumberland County, Virginia, USA DEATH 28 Nov 1803 (aged 50) BURIAL Boston Hill Plantation Cartersville, Cumberland County, Virginia,

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Mayo served as an ensign in a Cumberland county minuteman company, a Capt. during the Revolutionary War and was captured at Charleston in 1780. He was a J.P., sheriff, member of the House of Delegates-1786-88 & Lt Col. commandant of the 17th Va Militia Reg. He inherited Boston Hill & married Ann Adams 9/30/1789. In 1809 she sold Boston Hill, now 595.5 acres to a nephew, Benjamiin Carrington.

Children Photo Eliza Griffin Carrington Carrington 1790–1877

Photo George Mayo Carrington 1792–1857

Photo Richard Adams Carrington 1793–1855