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Carr served as a Sergeant with Colonel William Edmeston in the French and Indian War and was later employed as an agent for Edmeston and his brother Robert in establishing claims on tracts of land on the eastern bank of the Unadilla River just west of George Croghan's Otsego patent near what is now the hamlet of South Edmeston in the Town of Edmeston.

Carr was then made caretaker for these tracts, which became known as Mount Edmeston ( also known as Edmeston Plantation, Edmeston Manor, Carr's Garden, and commonly the Carr farm ).

The Edmeston brothers returned to England, but sent a number of settlers, likely including some Irish indentured servants, back to their estate.

In 1773, William returned to Mount Edmeston to personally supervise its development, and by 1775, its population was nearing 100.