Maclin Kerr (1810 - aft. 1884)

Born 8 May 1810 in Blount County, Tennessee

Ancestors

Husband of Lucinda (Davis) Kerr — married 6 Mar 1832 in Blount County, Tennessee

Descendants

Died after 1884 after age 73 in Jackson County, North Carolina

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Biography

Maclin Kerr lived in Appalachia, in North Carolina.

Maclin Kerr was born 8 May 1810 in Blount County, Tennessee, the son of and one of eight childern born to Jesse Kerr and Sarah Miller.

Maclin married Lucinda Davis on 6 March 1832 in Blount County.^[1]

Maclin appeared in a 1839 Tax Roll for Blount County, Tennessee.^[2]

Maclin appeared in the 1850 census at the age of 41. He and his wife, Lucinda, had seven children in the household on a farm in Blount County.^[3] According to the Slave Schedule for that year, Maclin owned two slaves, one of whom was a mulatto, age 23. The other slave had no race or age on the schedule.^[4] (Maclin's brother, living next door, was the owner of three slaves.)

In 1860, the family was enumerated in the 17th Civil District of Monroe County, Tennessee, by Assistant Marshal J. C. Vaughn. Six children were living in the home. Maclin's farm was valued at $10,000 and his personal estate at $3,000.^[5]

Sometime between 1860 and 1870, Maclin moved to Jackson County, North Carolina. It may be that the devastation of the recent Civil War forced the move.

Maclin and Lucy were living in the 65th subdivision of Jackson County (Qualla Township) on a farm in 1870. This farm was valued at $2300. There was another person living with them, a Mary Cuthberson, age 26. She may have been a granddaughter or someone hired to help in the home ("works in the house," as the census enumerator put it).^[6]

In 1880, Maclin and Lucy, now 70 and 65 respectively, were living in District 102 in Jackson County. Maclin was still farming, and Lucy had some help in the house, 19 year old Nancy A, Davis. On either side of the farm were two of their children, Julia Patterson and her husband Jerry, and Jesse and his wife Mary.^[7]

Maclin died after 1884. This is based on the last record in which his name shows. (July 26, 1884, Jackson County, NC. McLin Kerr sold 400 acres, including his residence, to dtrs Mary E. Everett & Julian Patterson of Swain & Jackson Counties. The property was on Conley's Creek off the Tuckaseigee River.) The only date that shows on Maclin's gravestone indicating death is 18 August.^[8]

Maclin is said to have fathered a child out of wedlock before he moved to North Carolina.

Research Notes

Story of the illegitimate child: from an email received about 2001, now lost. Further research needed.

Needed: The record of this deed transaction: July 26, 1884, Jackson County, NC. Maclin selling 400 acres, including his residence, to dtrs Mary E. Everett & Julian Patterson of Swain & Jackson Counties

Sources

1. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-TBSH-T?cc=1619127&wc=Q63S-B8S%3A1589264608%2C1589373902 : 16 December 2015), Blount > Marriage certificates, 1790-1950, Kellar, Homer-Lloyd, W.E.W. > image 415 of 3059; citing Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties.
2. ↑ Tennessee, Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Early Tax Lists of Tennessee. Microfilm, 12 rolls. The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee. Image at: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2883/33119_290481-00806?pid=58456
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDW-6X2 : 4 April 2020), Maclin Kerr, Blount county, Blount, Tennessee, United States; citing family 1789, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVH4-ZW2 : 4 August 2017), Maclin Kerr, Blount county, Blount, Tennessee, United States; citing line number 42, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 444,858.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YM-MXB : 18 March 2020), Mc Liner Carr, 1860.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW8N-BFW : 19 March 2020), Melin Kerr, 1870.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCX3-24W : 11 September 2017), Mclin Keer, Qualla, Jackson, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 102, sheet 251B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,969.
8. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 25 September 2018), memorial page for McLin Kerr (8 May 1810–1884), Find A Grave: Memorial #43089373, citing Sequoyah National Golf Course, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Buddy Franks (contributor 47095068). There is no photo, but the gravestones are extant for both Maclin and his wife, Lucy.