1844 Murder of Allen Carr, Sr. by Two of his Slaves & Execution of Slaves, Union Parish Louisiana
Submitted by:       T. D. Hudson
Date of Submission: 01/09/2009

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1844 Murder of Allen Carr, Sr. by Two of his Slaves & Execution of Slaves, Union Parish Louisiana

From "The Daily Picayune", a newspaper published in New Orleans, issue of 24 April 1844
Article reprinted in these papers:
        "The Sun", newspaper published in Baltimore, Maryland, issue of 2 May 1844
        "The Liberator", newspaper published in Boston, issue of 10 May 1844
        "Vermont Gazette", newspaper published in 
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MURDERS EXECUTED. -- The two negroes who murdered Albert Carr, Esq., on the Ouachita, 
near Farmersville, Louisiana, a few days since, were executed on Friday last. They 
shot him while he was playing with his little daughter, and the murder appears to have 
been meditated for some time. A white man named Mullen is now in custody charged with 
instigating the negroes, and money appears to have been the object. The perpetrators 
were owned by Mr. C. and had always been well treated. 

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NOTE:
Allen Carr, Sr. (c1796 - 15 April 1844) lived in Florida in the 1820s, but by 1830 
he had settled in Wilcox County Alabama. He moved to what is now Union Parish 
Louisiana in the 1830s and became quite active in the early affairs of the 
new Parish of Union. His younger brother, Dr. William Cleaton Carr, came to 
north Louisiana about the same time as Allen. 

Although the article gave his name as "Albert" Carr, given Allen Carr's date of death 
and details from his succession in Union Parish Louisiana leave no doubt but that the 
above article deals with the murder of ALLEN Carr, Sr. When his estate was settled by 
his adminstrator, the court allowed the estate charges of a $150 reward to F. Brazzel 
for catching Mullins as well as payment of $150 in lawyers' fees for prosecuting 
Mullins, the man mentioned in the article above as the instigator of the murders. 

The slaves were hung in Farmerville, on Friday, 19 April 1844, just five days after 
they murdered Carr. On 22 July 1844, the Union Parish Police Jury paid Sheriff James H. 
Seale $5 "...for erecting a gallows for executing to [sic] criminals..." Undoubtedly, 
the two criminals were the two slaves who murdered Allen Carr.



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