Tag: Big Meadow Run Augusta Co. Virginia

Samuel Kerr (1715-1725 — aft. 1762): Augusta County, Virginia, Records and My Case for His Wife Margaret as a Daughter of William Pickens

October 1, 2026

Or, Subtitled: “John Pickins made an oath that he imported himself Margaret Eleanor Margaret ye younger Gabriel Pickins Wm Baskins from Ireland into Philadelphia & from thence unto this Colony” In my postings about a branch of the Kerr family of Augusta County, Virginia, that moved to the Long Cane settlement in what would become … More Samuel Kerr (1715-1725 — aft. 1762): Augusta County, Virginia, Records and My Case for His Wife Margaret as a Daughter of William Pickens

When One William Is Not the Other: Problems Identifying Samuel Kerr, Husband of Mary Calhoun, Created by Confusion of Two Different William Kerrs

September 10, 2026

Or, Subtitled: “I have lived in Abbeville District on the same farm where I now live ever since the year 1762” I ended my previous posting stating, In my next posting, I’ll discuss the problem of determining what became of Samuel Kerr elder and wife Margaret Pickens after they acquired land on the northwest fork … More When One William Is Not the Other: Problems Identifying Samuel Kerr, Husband of Mary Calhoun, Created by Confusion of Two Different William Kerrs

A Kerr Family of Ulster, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and South Carolina: Launching a Study of a New Family Line

September 2, 2026

Or, Subtitled: “Samuel Kerr a Chd. Bapd. named Samuel” With this posting, I’m launching a new series in which I’ll be climbing up my ancestral lines on a line I haven’t yet explored in detail. When I inaugurated this blog back in 2018, my primary goal was to take my over forty years of genealogical … More A Kerr Family of Ulster, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and South Carolina: Launching a Study of a New Family Line