He married Rebecca Jobe. Rebecca was the daughter of David Jobe.
Their children included:
Sarah Carr (1808),
Hannah Carr (1809),
John G. Carr (1811),
King Harrison Carr (1814)
David Jobe Carr (1814, married Elizabeth Fain Anderson),
James Washington Carr (1816, married Emiline Hartsell),
Louisa Caroline Carr (1818 married and David J. Humphreys and Pleasant A. C. People),
Alfred Carrell Carr (1820, married Elizabeth King),
Rebecca Emeline Carr (1822), and
Abraham Lafayette Carr (1830).
Tennessee was admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796. It was initially part of North Carolina.