Sarah (Fogelsong) Kerr (1813 - 1858)

Born 28 Jul 1813 in Virginia, United States

Wife of George K Kerr — married 30 Sep 1830 in Pocahontas, Virginia, United States

Died 1 Jan 1858 at age 44 in Pocahontas, Virginia, United States

Biography

Sarah was born in 1813. She was the daughter of Christopher and Mary Foglesong. She married George K Kerr. They had 9 known children. Living in Pocahontas, VA (previously West VA), it is here she died on 1 Jan 1958, age 44. She is buried at the family cemetery at Saulsberry Run.

The Kerr-Nottingham Cemetery that is just off the Greenbank Road on Saulsbury Run (sometimes called Salisbury Run) at Boyer, WV. Going north at Boyer, WV, on Rt. 28/92, turn right onto Howard Heavner Road, then right onto Greenbank Road (I believe it is also called CR4), go about 1/4 mile, turn left onto an unmarked dirt road, proceed 100 yards. You can see it from Saulsbury Run Road, but there is no entrance there. Greenbank Quadrangle. Condition: Fenced, well maintained. Repairs have been made on some stones, and additional ground-level brass markers have been placed on some stones that are becoming unreadable. Notes: Generations of the original landowners of this valley, Kerrs and Nottinghams, and others, are buried here. It is on property formerly owned by James Nottingham, cemetery currently owned by Jim Nottingham of Marlinton.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DK-FS3 : 12 April 2016), Sarah Kerr in household of Geo K Kerr, Pocahontas county, part of, Pocahontas, Virginia, United States; citing family 337, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• West Virginia, U.S., Deaths Index, 1853-1973: "West Virginia Deaths, 1853–1970." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah. From originals housed in county courthouses throughout West Virginia. "Death Records.". FHL Film Number: 34490.