Carrie Winder McGavock

Caroline "Carrie" Winder McGavock ( Winder; September 9, 1829 – February 22, 1905) was an American and the caretaker of the McGavock Confederate Cemetery at Carnton, a historic plantation complex in Franklin, Tennessee. she married Col. John McGavock, son of Randal McGavock, of Franklin, Tennessee, and came to his home, Carnton, where she spent the remainder of her life, nearly sixty years. and a daughter, "Hattie", who married George Cowan.

Mariah Reddick was held as a slave by Carrie's parents, Colonel Van Perkins Winder and Martha Grundy Winder of Ducros Plantation in Schriever, Louisiana. In December 1848, Reddick was given to Carrie as a wedding present, working for her as a personal house slave at Carnton and at St. Bridget, the McGavock's sugar plantation in Louisiana. Reddick worked for four generations of the McGavock family at Carnton as a nurse, maid, midwife, and head of the household staff. She led the efforts, supervising the logistics, and ordering her enslaved African-Americans to assist. She donated food, clothing, and supplies to care for the wounded and dying. Carrie's two surviving children, Hattie (age nine) and Winder (age seven), served as medical aides throughout the evening as well. On the morning after the battle, five Confederate generals lay dead on the wide gallery of the house. For weeks, the McGavocks nursed the wounded, cared for the dying, and buried the dead.

Personal life She was an active member of Franklin's Presbyterian Church for 59 years.

Selected works Cemetery Record Book