196. Documentation for John Kerr
(1745 to 02 Oct 1807)
father of Samuel Kerr
(1788 to before 08 Oct 1823)
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John Kerr was born in 1745 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania or in Ireland. He died October 2, 1807, in Guilford Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. There is no certainty as to his parents. He married Mary Daugherty (Doherty, Dougherty) on 16 September 1765, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Mary Daugherty was born in 1747 in Peters Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and died in 1819 in Franklin County, Ohio. Mary Dougherty Kerr, was a daughter of John and Lilly Dougherty of Peter's Township, now Franklin, County, Pennsylvania.
"John and Mary settled near Conococheague Creek in Cumberland Co., in a part which in 1784 became Franklin Co., PA, building a fine stone mansion still standing in about 1980. He laid out part of borough long known as Kerrstown. He lived, worked and died on the farm for 60 years."
The children of John Kerr and Mary Daugherty were:
Joseph Kerr, born 1765 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and died August 22, 1837, in Lake Providence, Louisiana. He married Nancy Daugherty. She died July 10, 1833, in Louisiana. Their son, Joseph Kerr, died March 6, 1836, at the Alamo. Another son, Nathaniel Massie Kerr, died suddenly in Texas a couple of weeks before the Alamo.
Jean Kerr was born in 1767. Jean Kerr McKinley was the elder daughter of patriot Lt. John Kerr (founded Kerrstown, now part of Chambersburg / was in the 8th. Pa. Batt.) and Mary Dougherty Kerr, daughter of John and Lilly Dougherty of Peter's Twp. (now Franklin, Co., Pa.). Possibly married a William McKinley.
John M. Kerr was born October 15, 1772, in Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pennsylvania. He died October 2, 1858, in Green Township, Gallia County, Ohio. Note: He was the first Kerr of this line to settle in Gallia Co. (History of Gallia, Co.,OH) John left his father's farm in the fall of 1792 with the intent of joining his oldest brother in southwestern OH. On the way, while stopping for supplied in Gallipolis where he met Pierre Romaine Bureau who sold him on the virtues of the area and caused him to settle in Gallia County.
Lived in Gallia, OH. Saved his money and purchased 640 acres in Green Twp. Assisted in formation of Gallia County Academy, was a Colonel in Ohio State Militia in War of 1812., county magistrate, prosecuting attorney and associate judge 10 years, member of Gallia County Commissioners for several terms between 1816 and 1853. During the 6-8 years he served as Sheriff of Gallia, Co., he became well known both for his abilities and his peculiarities. He always used a sheepskin for a saddle blanket and a rope for a halter. Once, when dealing with an unruly Buck Ridge inhabitant who was resisting arrest, he subdued him by hitting him in the head with a spade. Thereafter, he was referred to "Spadehead Kerr", as a possible warning to would-be troublemakers. He was also known as "Fighting Jack Kerr".
He died at his home called "Mt. Hope Farm" in Green Twp. His farm was secured in 1800 near the junction of the present Rodney and Buck Ridge roads in Green TWP,Gallia,OH. His first house was a log cabin, built in 1804 and still standing in 1989, when it was torn down. Only one of the three Kerr homes in this area remains and is still occupied. It is located on the west side of Route 160 just south of the Kerr post office.
On tax list in 1806 for land in Green TWP, at R15 T5 S12
(See Gallia County OH Residents by Dennis R. JOnes)
On tax list in 1808 for land in Green TWP at R15 T 5 S12 (RD11)
On 1810 & 1811 lists, same property RD11
NOTE: From a list of inscriptions dated 1961 for stones/markers of burials in Mt. Zion Cem. there was information on a Christina Kerr who died July 10, 1833, age 24...part of this family??
Facts about this person:
Fact 1 Mt. Zion Cem, Green Twp, Gallia, OH
Source: Cemeteries of Green Twp,Gallia,OH Author: Gallia Historical Society
Sarah Kerr was born in 1775 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Married a DeCamp. Lived 16 miles above Wheeling, WV. No hint so far as to spouse or whether she married. A faint possiblity is: A Sarah Kerr married a Samuel Wilson in Pickaway CO,OH on 15 Nov 1817. The "John Kerr Family" suggests her husband might have been Jacob DeCamp - the 1810 Cencus of Brooke Co., VA listed as 26/45 with female 26/45, and 1 male and 1 female under 10. In the 1840 cencus VA Brooke Wellsburg he is Jacob Decamp 60/70 with female 60/70 and 2 males 20/30. The 1850 census of VA (now WV) Brooke Co. Wellsburg, lists Sarah Decamp 79 b.PA, with Mary A. Buck 42 VA and John D. Buck 8 VA. (See "John Kerr Family").
James Kerr was born January 31, 1777, in Chambersburg, Franklin, PA;
Samuel Kerr was born in 1778 and died before October 8, 1823, in
He and wife Mary moved to Ohio with his brothers John and Joseph. Samuel and Nancy settled on the Big Darby about 1818. (Their arrival date in the area may have been earlier as a Samuel Kerr was the Justice of the Peace in Franklin, OH in 1807 (See History of Franklin CO, OH by William T. Martin) The Martin work also has a Samuel Kerr as an early settler in Georgesville on Darby and builder of the first frame house which was later owned by Elijah Chenoweth Jr. Samuel Kerr also built the first grist mill in 1805. He was also justice of the Peace in 1807. In the summer of 1811, one Thomas Miller taught a term of school in the little log cabin standing on the
farm owned by Samuel Kerr. This was a small school, and was composed of the children of the Chenowith, Kerr and Foster Families. This is believed to have been the first school in this portion of the township. School was taught in this cabin for several years. While he was a thriving farmer, he also became Brother Joseph's agent, sending corn-fed hogs, fine cattle, wheat and corn to Chillicothe. He and wife died on the Big Darby, 10 miles west of Columbus,OH.
ORSON KERR, a prosperous and highly respected farmer of Tippecanoe County, is a Pennsylvanian by birth, born April 19, 1805, a son of SAMUEL KERR, deceased. He was reared a farmer, which occupation he has followed principally through life, and his education was obtained in the pioneer schools of Franklin County, Ohio, to which county his parents removed when he was a boy.
Mary Kerr was born 1788 in Chambersburg, Franklin, County, Pennsylvania, and died in 1842 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. She married Andrew Patterson. He died at Cincinnati, Ohio.
List of taxables in areas (of Cumberland) that are now part of Franklin County, page 458-460.
Lurgan Township, 1751 *
John Kerr
Robert Kerr
William Kerr
1790 Cenus - Franklin? PA
John Kerr
Jno Kerr
Michael Kerr
Robt Kerr
Information on General Joseph Kerr, a son of John Kerr and Mary Daugherty, confirms the ancestry of John Kerr and Mary Daugherty. "General Joseph Kerr was born of Scotch ancestry in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in 1765, and was married in that city, to Nancy Daugherty, a young lady of Irish descent, in 1788." It also confirms that Joseph Kerr, "very soon after April 1st, 1796, settled on an highly improved and large tract of bottom land, one mile below Chillicothe on the Scioto river".
John and Christina Nisewanger Kerr
The will of John Kerr Sr., probated October 21, 1807, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, (Franklin Co. Will Bk "B", p.331, #918) bequethed the following:
Son Joseph: 400 pounds.
Daughter Sarah: 400 pounds
Daughter Jean: 400 pounds
Son James: 1 Spanish minted dollar.
Son John: 400 pounds
Son Samuel: Interest only from 400 pounds
Daughter Mary: 500 pounds for rest of her life.
Tombstone marking includes: Lt. John Kerr, PA militia, Rev.War. The DAR Patriot Index - Centennial Edition, part 2, lists John as "2Lt PA".
Of Kerrsville (Chambersburg), PA. Served in Revolutionary War - (a) In Capt. Wm. Findlay's Co, Eighth Battalion, under Col. Smith, as a Pvt. in 1777, (b) as 2nd Lt. in 1778 in the 7th Co., Eighth Battalion, Capt. James Young's Co. under Col Abraham Smith, (c) as 2nd Lt. in the 5th Co. in 1779. A government marker was placed on his grave by the Franklin Co. DAR. Tombstone inscription says: "Lt. John Kerr: PA Militia, Rev. War."
Pennsylvania Marriages to 1810 lists a marriage on September 10, 1777, between George Dougherty and Margaret Kerr. These two must have been related to John Kerr and Mary Daugherty.
(Note: Ms Kahn debunks the myth about the father of John Kerr Sr, as being David, one of a trio of brothers who emigrated to America via Ireland, Londonderry, to the port of Philadelphia in 1708. She cites work done by Virginia Shannon Fendrick for the Franklin County Chapter of the DAR, p143, which points to this conclusion. In that document he is reputed to have been born in Ireland in 1745.)
According to the work "John and Christiana Nisewanger Kerr Jr., Their Ancestry and Descendents", the following supports his birth in Ireland and most likely:
"During the 1600s there was general unrest in Scotland because of almost continual clan wars, religious differences and crop failures. During this time there was a migration of Scotts to Northern Ireland where they built the towns of Londonderry and Coleraine. Many of those who migrated because of religious reasons were caught up in the strife between Protestant William of Orange and Catholic James II, which had repercussions in northern Ireland, including the Siege of Londonderry. Londonderry was besieged in 1689 for a period of one hundred and five days by the forces of James II. His forces withdrew when they sighted several ships sailing up the Foyle estuary, each loaded with reinforcements dispatched by William of Orange. In subsequent years, there was an emigration of these Scotts to the American Colonies where they had a chance to acquire land, find religious freedom, and escape from war."
NOTE: There is a difference of opinion amongst genealogists as to whether David is the father of John Sr. NOTE; Ancestral File ver 4.18 has birthplace as PA.
Jr., author Edythe T. Kahn, 1991, Ohio Genealogical Library.
The will of John Kerr Sr., probated 21 Oct 1807 in Franklin Co, PA - (Franklin Co. Will Bk "B", p.331, #918) bequethed the following: Son Joseph: 400 pounds. Daughter Sarah: 400 pounds; Daughter Jean: 400 pounds; Son James: 1 Spanish minted dollar; Son John: 400 pounds; Son Samuel: Interest only from 400 pounds; Daughter Mary: 500 pounds for rest of her life.
See also John and Christina Nisewanger Kerr, Jr. by Edythe T. Kahn, 1991, Ohio Genealogical Society Library. DAR Patriot Index, Part 2, Centennial Edition
Franklin County PA
Early Tax Lists as given in "The History and Topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams and Perry Counties" by I. Daniel Rupp, Gilbert Hills and Pub, Lancaster, 1846.
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Name: Samuel KERR
Birth: 1778 in Chambersburg, Franklin, PA 1
Death: 1825 in Columbus, OH 1
Samuel Carr family of Madison County, Ohio, 1820 census is most likely father of Nancy Carr and Orson Carr. Samuel and his wife were both listed as age 26 to 45 in census. Two daughters were age to 10 years. One son was listed to age 10 - must have been Orson Kerr.
Don't know where Moses Kerr came from. John Kerr about same age listed below in same 1820 census. Must have become part of Franklin County, Ohio - Madison County.
(This biography is from "Memorial and biographical record; an illustrated compendium of biography, containing a compendium of local biography, including biographical sketches of prominent old settlers and representative citizens of South Dakota..." Published by G. A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, 1898. Page 254.)
ROBERT FLOYD KERR, A. M., is one of the most influential citizens of Brooking, who has always shown an unselfish interest in furthering the intellectual and material progress of its people. He was born in Sugar Grove, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, April 12, 1850, and a son of Andrew J. and Nancy (Sayers) Kerr. Andrew J. Kerr was born in Franklin county, Ohio. His father, Samuel Kerr, came from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and was of Scotch-Irish lineage, his ancestors having immigrated prior to 1 740 and located at Chambersburg. John Kerr, one of the immigrants, was a sergeant of the Pennsylvania militia during the Revolutionary war. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Long Island, but exchanged after some time.
A History of Tippecanoe County, Indiana indicates the following under a Biographical Sketch of Orson Kerr: the father of Orson Kerr was named Samuel Kerr; Orson was born April 19, 1805, in Pennsylvania; he was educated in Franklin County, Ohio, where his parents had moved while Orson was a boy; he came to Indiana and settled in Fountain County, in 1827; he married Cynthia Clawson on December 25, 1828, in Fountain County, Indiana; Orson Kerr became a resident of Tippecanoe County, Indiana in 1835 when he settled on his present farm on section 22 in Jackson Township; his wife died in 1875; he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church in Tippecanoe County for 50 years.(6T)
The Biographical Sketch of Orson Kerr leaves no doubt that he was the Orson Kerr listed in the October 8, 1823, Franklin County, Ohio estate papers of Samuel Kerr. It appears Orson probably had a brother named Moses Carr, also listed in the 1830 Fountain County, Indiana, census.(5Y) However, this son is not mentioned in the Samuel Kerr estate papers.(8U) A Mosses Carr married a Married in Madison County, Ohio, on March 14, 1824 and it is highly probably that this Mosses Carr was a brother of Orson Kerr.(77Y)(Madison County, Ohio: CARR, Mosses and Rebeckah GRAYHAM, March 14, 1824)
Also listed in the Samuel Kerr estate papers is a Jackson Kerr, age 4, who must have been born in 1819.(66TT) The Biography of Robert Floyd Kerr, 1904 edited by Maurice Krueger, Publisher History of South Dakota by Doane Robinson, Vol. II, 1904 states that Andrew Jackson Kerr was born April 2, 1819, in Franklin County, Ohio, and died August 26, 1903 in Montgomery County, Indiana. His spouse was Ann Marie Ocheltree and his parents were Samuel Kerr and Nancy Gwyn. Obituary in Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, August 28, 1903, date of death in Montgomery County, Indiana. Wheeler's Grove Cemetery.
Abstracted wills, 1805-1831, from Franklin County, Ohio court records, with genealogical notes / compiled by Blanche Tipton Rings and Mrs. Francis Herbert Obetz ; edited by Margaret Hiles Scott.
Pioneers of Franklin County, Ohio
CHENOWETH Elijah
CHENOWETH Joseph
CHENOWETH Thomas
CHENOWETH Nancy
CHENOWETH John
FOSTER Benjamin
FOSTER John
FOSTER Laurence
FOSTER Rachel
FOSTER William
KERR John
KERR John A.
KERR Mary F.
KERR Samuel
See also John and Christina Nisewanger Kerr, Jr. by Edythe T. Kahn, 1991, Ohio Genealogical Society Library. DAR Patriot Index, Part 2, Centennial Edition.
Samuel Carr of 1820 Ohio census for Madison County, Union Township.
John Kerr, brother?, on same census
John E. Gwynne on previous page
Benjamin Foster in Jefferson Township, Madison County, Ohio in 1820
John Foster, Darcus Foster, and Lewis Foster also in Jefferson, Madison, OH in 1820
census
A George Dougherty married a Margaret Kerr on September 10, 1777, in Pennsylvania Marriages to 1810.
The will of John Kerr Sr., probated 21 Oct 1807 in Franklin Co, PA - (Franklin Co. Will Bk "B", p.331, #918) bequethed the following: Son Joseph: 400 pounds. Daughter Sarah: 400 pounds; Daughter Jean: 400 pounds; Son James: 1 Spanish minted dollar; Son John: 400 pounds; Son Samuel: Interest only from 400 pounds; Daughter Mary: 500 pounds for rest of her life.
Mary Kerr, 1788, Chambersburg, Franklin, PA, died 1842 Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH, married Andrew Patterson. He died at Cincinnati.
John Kerr married Mary Daugherty on September 16, 1765, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Jean Kerr was born about 1765-1792; Joseph Kerr was born 1765 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; John M. Kerr was born October 15, 1772 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; Sarah Kerr was born in 1775 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; James Kerr was born January 31, 1777, in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; Samuel Kerr was born 1778 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; Mary Kerr was born in 1788 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.[John and Christina Nisewanger Kerr, Jr., author Edythe T. Kahn, 1991, Ohio Genealogical Library.
Joseph Kerr, brother of Samuel, married Nancy Daugherty. She died July 10, 1833, IN Louisiana. Their son, Joseph Kerr, died March 6, 1836, at the Alamo. Another son, Nathaniel Massie Kerr, died suddenly a couple of weeks before the Alamo.
[Joseph Kerr, brother of Samuel Kerr] His life is well told in a book entitled "General Joseph Kerr of Chillicothe, Ohio. Ohio's Lost Senator". There is also a biography of him in the Ohio Archaelogy and Historical Socity Publication XII,p 16 4. Two of his sons, Nathaniel and Joseph Kerr, were in Col. James Bowie's group of 100 men who gave up their lives March 6, 1836, at the Alamo.
Joseph KERR, b. 1814, LA; d. Mar., 6, 1836
residence: Lake Providence LA
son of Gen. Kerr of Lake Providence, LA
brother of Nathaniel Kerr (d. Feb. 19, 1836)
uncle of James D. Kerr and Harriett Kerr Davison
Franklin County PA
Early Tax Lists as given in "The History and Topography of Dauphin,
Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams and Perry Counties" by I. Daniel Rupp,
Gilbert Hills and Pub, Lancaster, 1846.
List of taxables in areas (of Cumberland) that are now part of Franklin County, page 458-460.
Lurgan Township, 1751 *
John Kerr
Robert Kerr
William Kerr
1790 Cenus - Franklin? PA
John Kerr
Jno Kerr
Michael Kerr
Robt Kerr
Samuel Kerr US General Land Office Record for April 2, 1829, 2nd PM, Fountain County, Indiana, Township 22-N, Range 6-W, Section 32
Mentions: Mary, John, Samuel, Joseph, Eliza, James R. Ruth, Elizabeth and Robert H. Kerr of Fountain County, Indiana, as owners.
The will of John Kerr Sr., probated 21 Oct 1807 in Franklin Co,PA
(Franklin Co. Will Bk "B", p.331, #918) bequethed the following:
Son Joseph: 400 pounds. Daughter Sarah: 400 pounds
Daughter Jean: 400 pounds Son James: 1 Spanish minted dollar.
Son John: 400 pounds Son Samuel: Interest only from 400 pounds
Daughter Mary: 500 pounds for rest of his life.
Nancy Kerr married first Thomas Gouty on October 14, 1830, in Vermillion County, Indiana.(7) They were married by Thos. Chenoweth, J. P. Thomas Chenoweth probably was the brother of Elizabeth Chenoweth, Nancy's mother. He was born May 22, 1786, in Mason County, Ohio(Kentucky?), and died on September 16, 1849, in Vermilion County, Illinois.
Rachel Kerr was born October 26, 1782 and died September 30, 1837 in Indiana. She married James Cochran on August 30, 1804 in Ross County, Ohio. James Cochran was born April 19, 1778 and died September 5, 1836.
Children of James and Rachel Cochran include:
Pioneers of Franklin County, Ohio
CHENOWETH Elijah
CHENOWETH Joseph
CHENOWETH Thomas
CHENOWETH Nancy
CHENOWETH John
FOSTER Benjamin
FOSTER John
FOSTER Laurence
FOSTER Rachel
FOSTER William
KERR John
KERR John A.
KERR Mary F.
KERR Samuel
Kerr, Joseph (1765-1837) — of Ohio. Born in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pa., 1765. Democrat. State court judge in Ohio, 1797; member of Ohio state senate, 1804; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1808; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1814-15. Died August 22, 1837. Interment in private or family graveyard.
See also: congressional biography.
Andrew Jackon Keerr
2 April 1819 - Franklin, Ohio
26 August 1903 - Montgomery, Indiana
Parents: Samuel Kerr and Nancy Gwyn
Spouse - Ann Marie Ocheltree
Biography of Robert Floyd Kerr (1904)
edited by Maurice Krueger
History of South Dakota by Doane Robinson, Vol. II, 1904
This biography appears on pages 1620-1622 in "History of South
Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, OCRed and
edited by Maurice Krueger, mkrueger@iw.net.
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Agnes Elder, Daughter of James and Elizabeth Elder was born March 17, 1763, Dry Run, Cumberland Co. (now Franklin Co.) Pennsylvania d. April 15, 1859 m. 1784 Robert Kerr. Robert Kerr was from Londonderry County, Ireland.
Agnes Nancy Bone Kerr is listed with eleven other children, the issue of Robert Kerr who married 1784 Agnes Elder and resided in Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Samuel Carr of 1820 Ohio census for Madison County, Union Township.
John Kerr, brother?, on same census
John E. Gwynne on previous page
Benjamin Foster in Jefferson Township, Madison County, Ohio in 1820
John Foster, Darcus Foster, and Lewis Foster also in Jefferson, Madison, OH in 1820
census
1809 to 1810 Madison and Pickaway counties were formed from Franklin and Ross Counties.
Married in Madison County, Ohio:
CARR, Mosses and Rebeckah GRAYHAM, March 14, 1824
Josiah Kerr, died January 2, 1869, aged 77 years, 1 month, 17 days, Newtown Cemetery, Fountain County, Indiana
Ohio County Formation Maps -
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Samuel Kerr and Nancy Guin, married 1799 in Pennsylvania
Samuel born Chambersburg, Franklin, PA, 1778, died 1825, Columbus, Ohio
Nancy Guin died 1825(1822) in Franklin County, Ohio (Nancy Gwyn age 34)
Call Number: Kerr 1991
John Kerr
19 Sep 1806
Ohio
100
OH2110_.397
No
Ohio
No, No, No
Section 1, Township 7-N, Range 19-W, Meridian = US Military Survey
Marion County
John Kerr
21 Sep 1812
Ohio
100
OH2120_.145
No
Ohio
No, No, No
Section 2, Township 7-N, Range 19-W, Meridian = US Military Survey
Marion County
John Kerr
25 Jan 1813
Ohio
50
OH2120_.206
No
Ohio
No, No, No
Section 1, Township 7-N, Range 17-W, Meridian = US Military Survey
Morrow County
June 1, 1796: United Brethren Warrant Act (1 Stat.480)
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Kerr Connection -
John Foster Kerr was born October 10, 1785 in Hampshire County, Virginia and died December 30, 1848 in Iowa.
Elizabeth Chenoweth was born June 22, 1789 in Mason County, Kentucky and died February 12, 1875 in Dover Center, Fayette County, Iowa. She was the daughter of Elijah Chenoweth and Rachel Foster. Marriage date of December 6, 1804, Ross County, Ohio
Source Citation: Birth year: 1789; Birth city: Mason CO; Birth state: KY.
Source Information:
Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.
Rebecca Kerr - Born March 25, 1825, married William A. Boxson on July 11, 1847?
Died in Walla Wall, Washington, December 1, 1905.
Harvey Kerr, born about 1810 in Ohio, died in 1856, married Sabra Miller?
Hanford Kerr, born 1820 in Ohio.
Rachel Kerr, born about 1785, married John Chenowith in Ross County, Ohio, on December 14, 1809, died June 5, 1848, Perrysville, Vermillion County, Indiana.
John Samuel Kerr was born about 1785 in Hampshire County, Virginia. He married Elizabeth Chenoweth at Ross County, Ohio, on December 6, 1804. Married by Arthur Chenoweth, Justice of the Peace.
A John Kerr married a Mary Ann Scranton on July 12, 1813 in Ross County, Ohio.
Pickaway County, Oho Connection??
Pickaway County came into existence March 1, 1810, the General Assembly of Ohio, in session at Chillicothe, having on the 12th day of January, 1810, passed an act establishing the county, the full text of which is as follows :
An act for erecting a part of the counties of Ross, Franklin and Fairfield, into a separate county, by the name of Pickaway.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted, etc., That all that part of the counties of Ross, Franklin and Fairfield, within the following boundaries, be, and the same is hereby erected into a separate county, to be known by the name of Pickaway: Beginning on the east side of the Scioto river, at the intersection of a line between township two and three, of range twenty-two, Worthington's survey; thence east with the township lines, to the southeast corner of township number eleven, and range twenty; thence north with the range line, to the northeast corner of section number one, of township eleven, in range twenty; thence west with the township line, to the northwest corner of said township; thence with the range line, to the northeast corner of section number thirteen, in township ten, of range twenty-one, Matthew's survey; thence west to the Scioto river, thence west from the Scioto river, twelve miles; thence south twenty miles; thence east to the Scioto river; thence down said river to the place of beginning.
Children (Kerr) of John Kerr and Nancy Guin:
i. Joseph, born 1765, Chambersburg, Franklin, or Cumberland, PA
married Nancy Daugherty 1788, died 1837 Lake Providence, LA
Gallia County, Ohio, Pioneer Families: The Kerr Family; John Kerr Family
ii. Jean, born about 1768; married William McKinley;
Gallia County, Ohio, Pioneer Families: The Kerr Family; John Kerr Family
iii. John M., born 15 Oct 1772, Chambersburg, Franklin, PA
died 02 Oct 1858, Green Township, Gallia, OH
married Christiana or Christine Nisewonger, 08 Mar 1804 in Middleport, Meigs, OH; numerous children
iv. Sarah, born 1775, Chambersburg, Franklin, PA
v. James, born 31 Jan 1777, Chambersburg, Franklin, PA; died 1861, PA; burial Falling Springs Cemetery, Chambersburg, PA; source John Kerr Family
vi. Samuel, born 1778, died 1825, 1799 married Nancy Guin
vii. Mary, born 1788, died 1842,
REFERENCES
1. Kahn, Edythe T., John and Christiana Nisewanger Kerr, Jr., published 1991. John Kerr was born in 1745 in Ireland. He married Mary Doherty (Dougherty) 16 Sep 1765 in Cuberland, Pennsylvania. He died 02 Oct 1807 at Guilford Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He was buried at the Falling Springs Churchyard, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
2. DAR Patriot Index, Part 2, Centennial Edition.
Nancy Kerr was a sister of Orson Kerr who owned land very near to Thomas Gouty. See the First Land Owners of Highland Township Map circa 1830.
Real Estate: See Book 20, pages 260 through 263 for court case: Rebecca Gouty versus Elias Gouty et al. Vermillion County Court In Partition. This court case identifies Elias Gouty as the son of Thomas Gouty and his wife Catherine Gouty. (Rebecca Gouty may have been the wife of Henry Gouty. She was 50 in 1850 Indiana Census.)
Name: Lilly BLAIR 1
Sex: F
Birth: 1777 in PA 2
Death: WFT Est. 1795-1871
Father: Andrew BLAIR b: WFT Est. 1726-1755
Mother: Elizabeth b: WFT Est. 1735-1758
Marriage 1 John DAUGHERTY b: WFT Est. 1700-1736
On same 1840 Indiana census pages with Gouty families is Thomas C. Chenoweth. He was born May 22, 1786, in Allegany County, Maryland, and died September 16, 1849, in Vermillion County, Indiana. He married Rachel Morgan on September 9, 1811 in Feyette, Ohio. His parents were Elijah Chenoweth 1762-1828, and Rachel Foster, 1768-1825. Elizabeth Chenoweth, June 22, 1789 in Mason County, Kentucky, - February 12, 1875, Dover Center, Fayette, Iowa, a sister of Thomas C. Chenoweth, married John Foster Kerr. John Foster Kerr was born October 10, 1785, in Hampshire County, Virginia, and died December 30, 1848, in Iowa.