Solomon Kerr (1796 - aft. 1828)

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John KERR Will 1810

Caswell County, NC Wills

N.C. Archives

Box CR.020.801 (Loose Papers)

John KERR written 13 May 1810

wife: Mary KERR to have 1/2 of land and personal property for her life then to go to children.

son: Solomon to have wife's land at her death and money for schooling.

daughters: Nancy LEA and Mary LEA;

daughters: Ibby and Elizabeth KERR

sons: John, Barzillai and his heirs, Alexander, and James KERR

grandson Zephaniah KERR

son: Alexander to have land on Stony Creek which came from his father

Exe: sons: John, James, Alexander

Test: Jere LEA, James KERR

At the July 1816 session of Caswell County Court, the will of John KERR was contested. The court ruled the paper was not last will of John KERR. James KERR and John KERR were named adm. of the estate of John KERR deceased.

Sources

• The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, 1985, Caswell County Historical Association, Jeannine D. Whitlow, editor. Article on John Kerr, Sr., written by Katharine Kerr Kendall, p. 336. Lists the children of John Kerr and Mary Graves.

• Tyler, Lyon G. "Tyler's Quarterly Historical Genealogical Magazine" Genealogy, July 1922, pp 39-41. Amy Barlow has a copy of it and will scan the pages on request.