Or, Subtitled: “Captains McCall, Kerr, Baskin & Carruthers, Col Pickens, Anderson, Williamson,
McDowell, Shelby, Cleveland, Clarke and Greene”
I ended my previous posting stating that the next posting would take a look at the rather thorny question of exactly when and where Samuel Kerr (1741-1781), husband of Mary Calhoun, died during the Revolution, a question elicited by conflicting evidence in several documents. We have solid documentation telling us that Samuel Kerr was a captain of his local militia during the Revolution. But the circumstances and date of his death are not stated very clearly in such documentation as we have of his Revolutionary service, though it’s clear that he did die giving Revolutionary service and that his widow Mary received an annuity for because of his death in service. (To read the continuation of this posting, please click the numeral 2 below.)
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