Col. [county militia] Miles CARY^[1]

1789 - 1827  (38 years)

• Name	Miles CARY
  Title	Col. [county militia]
  Prefix	Col. [county militia]
  Birth	22 Jun 1789	Virginia   [2]
  	Miles was likely born at Richneck in Warwick County, one of the numerous Cary estates, but the one where his parents appear to have resided most of their married life.
  Gender	Male
  Education	1803	Williamsburg, VA   [3]
  	He attended William & Mary College during the 1803 academic year.
  OFFH	1816 - 1817	Richmond, VA   [4]
  	Miles represented Fluvanna County in the House of Delegates of the Virginia General Assembly during the 11 November 1816 - 22 February 1817 session.
  Will	22 Mar 1827	Fluvanna Co, VA   [5]
  	Miles appointed Morris Langhorne of Cumberland County, and Gen. John H. Cocke, John Timberlake, Jr and Walker Timberlake of Fluvanna County as his Executors. His signature was witnessed by J. M. Mills, Wilson Miles Cary and Joseph Spencer
  Death	8 Nov 1827	Tuscumbia, Colbert Co, AL   [6, 7]
  	Miles' obituary noted that he died while away from his Fluvanna County, Virginia home on business. It, also, noted that he was formerly "of Williamsburg, Virginia". He was 38 years old at the time of his death.
  Will Recorded	23 Jun 1828	Fluvanna Co, VA   [5]
  OFFH	Fluvanna Co, VA   [3]
  	For many years he served as a Justice of the Peace for Fluvanna County, VA.
  Person ID	I1163	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Wilson CARY,   b. 1760
  Mother	Jane Barbara CARR
  Notes	see Cary hard file for "If The Legends Are True"
  Family ID	F3326	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Scarsbrooke Wilson CURLE,   b. After 25 May 1771   d. c. 1831 (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	1810  [7, 8]
  	Elizabeth and Miles were 4th cousins, their common ancestors being their 3Great-Grandparents Col. William Wilson and his wife Jane.
  Notes	This entire branch of the Cary family moved West, to Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi. However, following the 1845 death of Lucius Cary, his widow and their children returned to Virginia.
  Children	1. Virginia Randolph CARY,   b. 1812   d. 1841 (Age 29 years)   2. Miles CARY,   b. 1814   d. 1843, Mississippi (Age 29 years)   3. Lucius Falkland CARY,   b. 14 Dec 1815, Fluvanna Co, VA d. 1845, DeSoto Co, MS (Age 29 years)   4. William Wallace CARY,   b. 1818   d. 1839, Arkansas (Age 21 years)   5. Elizabeth Curle CARY,   b. 1819   d. 1842 (Age 23 years)   6. Sally Newsum CARY,   b. 2 Aug 1821, Virginia d. 1 Aug 1909, Memphis, Shelby Co, TN (Age 87 years)   7. Mary Jane CARY,   b. c. 1823/1824, Virginia d. After 7 Jun 1880 (Age 56 years)   8. Octavia Wilson CARY,   b. c. 1825/1826   9. Octavius CARY,   b. 1827   d. 1849 (Age 22 years)   10. Wilson Jefferson CARY,   b. 1828
  Family ID	F84	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S2924] Clayton Torrence, editor, The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers, ((1927, Rpt. Baltimore: GPC, 1979) Four Volumes). p. 295. Will of Elizabeth S.W.(Curle) Cary name him husband [S1174] Fairfax Harrison, Harrison, The Virginia Cary's: An Essay in Genealogy, ((New York: privately printed, DeVinne Press, 1919)), p. 111 & 121. [S1174] Fairfax Harrison, Harrison, The Virginia Cary's: An Essay in Genealogy, ((New York: privately printed, DeVinne Press, 1919)), p. 122. [S323] Cynthia Miller Leonard, compiler, Leonard, The General Assembly of Virginia, July 30 1619 - January 11, 1978., ((Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1978)), p. 285., ISBN 0-88490-008-8. [S2924] Clayton Torrence, editor, The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers, ((1927, Rpt. Baltimore: GPC, 1979) Four Volumes), Vol. 1, p. 294. Miles Cary will. [S4968] Bernard J. Henley, compiler, Henley Marriage & Obituary Database. Col. Miles Cary obituary downloaded 19 Oct 2006. [S953] Wilson Miles Cary, compiler, Cary, "Ancestral Lineage of Hunsdon Cary of Richmond, VA", Accession No. 27382. [S2924] Clayton Torrence, editor, The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers, ((1927, Rpt. Baltimore: GPC, 1979) Four Volumes), Vol. 1, pp. 294-295. Miles Cary will & Elizabeth S. W. Cary will.