Jesse
"Old Jesse"
Kerr
Sr
Born in Greene, Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Kerr Jr.
[uncertain]
and Amy (George) Kerr
[uncertain]
Brother of
Martha (Kerr) Clack, William Kerr, David Kerr, Robert Kerr, Margaret (Kerr) Clack and Thomas Jefferson Kerr
Husband of
Sarah (Miller) Kerr
— married
1808 (to 6 Nov 1857) in Tennessee
Husband of
Phebe Jane (Hayse) Kerr
— married
10 Feb 1859 in Blount County, Tennessee
Descendants 
Father of
Jesse Kerr Jr, Maclin Kerr, David Kerr, William Miller Kerr, John Kerr and General Coley Claiburn Kerr
Died
at age 81
in Blount, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Apr 2018
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Biography
Jesse Kerr Sr was born in Appalachia, in Tennessee.
Jesse Kerr Sr served in the War of 1812
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Jesse was born December 25, 1790 in Greene County, Tennessee.
He married Sarah Miller in 1808 Together they had 6 children:
Jesse served as a private in Chiles' Battalion, Mounted Gunmen, East Tennessee Volunteers during the War of 1812.[1]
Jesse procured a license to marry Phoebe A. Hayes on 7 February 1859 in Blount County, Tennessee. The marriage was solemnized on 15 February 1859 by James M. Tullock, Jr., Justice of the Peace of Blount County.[2]
Jesse passed away October 28, 1872 in Blount County, Tennessee. He was buried in October,1872 at the Kerr Family Cemetery in Greenback, Loudon County, Tennessee.[3]
Research Notes
On some Ancestry trees, Jesse's parents are given as Robert Kerr of Mecklenburg County, Virginia, and Martha Hayes. While this is not yet confirmed, it should be noted that Jesse's second wife was a Hays.
U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
- Name: Jesse Kerr; Service Info.: PVT US ARMY WAR OF 1812, Company: CHILES' BATTALION, MOUNTED GUNMEN, EAST TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS; Birth Date: 25 Dec 1789; Death Date: 28 Oct 1872; Cemetery: Kerr Family Cemetery; Cemetery Address: Greenback, TN 37742
Sources
- ↑ National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 Original data: National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator.
- ↑ Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm. Image at: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1169/VRMUSATN1780_026558-00338?pid=317979
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121093538/jesse-c-kerr: accessed 25 September 2018), memorial page for Jesse C Kerr (25 Dec 1789–28 Oct 1872), Find A Grave: Memorial #121093538, citing Kerr Family Cemetery, Greenback, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Mike Key (contributor 47111411) . NB: This site incorrectly adds a middle initial for Jesse.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jesse by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jesse:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jesse by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jesse:
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~1.56%
Pip Sheppard
:
23andMe, GEDmatch A888563 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A888563 [compare], Ancestry member tsheppard1960
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~1.56%
T. J. Shepherd :
23andMe, GEDmatch NW5923227 [compare]
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~1.56%
Lindsey (Shepherd) Rowland :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KY2988136 [compare], Ancestry member lsrowland69
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Douglas Green :
23andMe, GEDmatch M735651 [compare]
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Pam Logan :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Jason Smith :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jjs2411
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Would you please click on the FAG in Sources to compare Jesse's children. Comparing the 5 children born with Sarah, only one agrees with who is listed in this Profile and he had no children with Phebe.
Please let me know what your thoughts are in this matter.
Eric