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Facts and Events
Will of William Kerr
- Will of William KERR of Maury County Tennessee, January 6, 1853:
- I William Kerr of the county of Maury and State of Tennessee, being of sound mind and memory and being advanced in life and knowing the certainty of death do make and ordain this as my last will and Testament in manner and form following viz.
- First, I give and bequeath to my youngest son Joseph B. Kerr the tract of land on which I now reside, together with all my stock of every description, farming utensils, household and kitchen furniture of which I may die possessed with this provision, that my wife Mary Kerr shall have the same and her home during her natural life or widowhood for the maintainence of her and my two youngest children Pameila and Joseph B. Kerr until they arrive at the age of twenty one years, and at the death or marriage of my wife Mary Kerr the whole of it to go to my son Joseph B. Kerr, my daughter Pamelia Kerr having her support out of it till she arrives at twenty one years of age.
- Second, I give and bequeath to my youngest daughter Pamelia Kerr two hundred Dollars to be paid to her at my death.
- Third, having already given to my son Andrew R. Kerr about one hundred dollars, also the same amount viz one hundred dollars to each of the following named children. Eliza Webb, Alice Warden, William N. Kerr, James Kerr, Thomas B. Kerr, Susan Patterson and John Kerr and to my children Samuel T(L) Kerr, Nancy Simpson, Louise Hobbs and Sarah Lynn I have given two hundred dollars.
- It is therefore my will and desire, that at my death if there should be enough money either in my possion (sic.) or owing to me to make up to all of my children above named who have received one hundred dollars the sum of one hundred dollars more in order to make them equal with those who have received two hundred, and should there not be enough that it be equally divided among those who have received one hundred dollars, first paying over to my wife Mary KERR twenty dollars, and after giving off the above sums should any be left it is my will that it be equally divided among all my children then living or should any be dead, among their children, the children of each drawing the share that their parent would have drawn if living viz. Andrew R. Kerr, Nancy Simpson, Eliza Webb's children, Alice Warden, William N. Kerr's daughter, James H. Kerr, Thomas B. Kerr, Sarah Lynn, Susan Patterson, John Kerr's son, Louisa Hobbs, Pamelia Kerr and Joseph B. Kerr.
- Fourth, I hereby appoint my son Andrew R. Kerr, Executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former Wills by me made.
- In testamony where of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal the 6th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
- Signed, sealed and acknowledged
- (signed) William Kerr
- in the presence of
- Johathan L. Hunt and
- Nathaniel H. Craig
- [Recorded in Willl Book A Vol 1, Pages 32 & 33, Maury County, Tennessee].
Notes
- From Family Tree Maker home of Paul N. Evans:
- 68. William Kerr, born 1781 in Orange Co., NC; died Dec 02, 1853 in Maury Co., TN. He married 69. Kate Ross.
- 69. Kate Ross, born Unknown; died 1826 in Maury Co., TN.
- Notes for William Kerr:
- Reared Eleven Children by his first wife; Kate Ross and reared seven children by his second wife; Mary Crafton. He was a Democrat and a member of the Presbyterian Church.
- Child of William Kerr and Kate Ross is:
- 34 i. Andrew R. Kerr, born Sep 29, 1807; died Sep 30, 1875; married Elizabeth E. Norris Oct 31, 1832 in Maury Co., TN.
- Children of William Kerr and Mary Crafton are:
- i. Permelia A. Kerr, born Sep 10, 1836.
- ii. Joseph B. Kerr, born Oct 19, 1838; died May 10, 1905 in Maury Co., TN; married Sarah E. Barker May 17, 1870.
- More information on William Kerr:
- KathinWA@@aol.com
- Date: 02/06/2000
- Subject: Re: William Henry Hobbs & TN KERRs
- From: KathinWA@@aol.com
- To: CARR-L@@rootsweb.com
- Date: Friday, February 04, 2000 1:58 AM
- In response to this latest CARR-L posting, here is a note I posted over a year ago.
- Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 03:56:27 EST
- From: PatNoble@@aol.com
- To: CARR-L@@rootsweb.com
- Message-ID: <9e.98e0e3.25c94b3b@@aol.com>
- Subject: [CARR-L] Re: William Henry Hobbs
- Descendants of James Kerr
- 3 William Kerr b: 1782 North Carolina d: Dec 2, 1853
- +Caty Ross b: Abt. 1785 North Carolina (Orange Co) m: Nov 10, 1804 in North Carolina (Orange Co) d: 1826 in Tennessee (Williams Co)
- 2nd Wife of William Kerr:
- +Mary Crofton b: WFT Est. 1783-1814 m: Nov 15, 1827 in Tennessee (Maury Co) d: WFT Est. 1840-1902
- 3 John Kerr b: Jul 22, 1783 North Carolina (Orange Co) d: Aug 14, 1865 in Fountain Creek, TN (Maury Co)
- +Mary Orr b: Feb 1795 Tennessee (Maury Co) m: Aug 14, 1810 in Tennessee (Maury Co) d: June 9, 1881 in Celina, TX (Collin Co)
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William KERR (husband of Martha "Patsy" DRAPER) was the brother of my ancestor Patience KERR (wife of Isaac KEELE). William and Patience and their brother James (the "famous one" who was part of the DeWitt Colony in T were children of James KERR (b 8 Oct 1749 PA) and Patience WELLS. I have yet to find any connection between the two James KERRs other than their descendents crossing paths in MO. Martha "Patsy" DRAPER and Lucy DRAP (wife of the author of the following letter -- Phillip ORR) were daughters of Daniel DRAPER & Susanna Phillippa GIBBS. I do not have any other information on the families of either William or John KERR of the latest post. Forgive the length of this message, but here it is... Kathy Hanford Merz
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wayneal1@@aol.com.
- ↑ McDaniel, Frank Kerr - Compiler. Kerr Family History Project 1993, including 1994/5 Updates. (16457 Oak Highland Drive, Santa Clarita, CA 91321 (805) 252-1493).
- ↑ Nolan, Melanie - e-mail: ryan2580@@gte.net
Genforum posting of 4/30/1998.
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