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Children of Mary Calhoun (abt. 1743-1805) and Samuel Kerr of Abbeville County, South Carolina — John Kerr (abt. 1766 – aft. 1819)

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14 Tradd Street, Charleston, South Carolina, photo by ProfReader at Wikimedia Commons (2014)

Or, Subtitled: “A relatively prosperous merchant, variously listed as a hatter, general merchant, and even grain inspector”

As the previous posting discussing Mary Calhoun (abt. 1743-1805), daughter of Ezekiel Calhoun and Jane/Jean Ewing and wife of Samuel Kerr, states, the will that Mary made in Abbeville County, South Carolina, on 21 January 1805 names the following children: John Kerr, Jane Kerr Green, Catherine Kerr McLain, and Ruth Kerr.[1] I am naming these children in what I think was their order of birth, not the order in which their mother Mary names them in her will.  

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Samuel Kerr Green (1790-1860): The Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, Years and Death in Grimes County, Texas (1848-1860)

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Tombstone of Samuel Kerr Green, Green family cemetery, Hegar, Waller County, Texas, my photo

Or, Subtitled: This father’s attempt to bastardize his son “came with a bad grace” since “it is sometimes impossible for a child to know with certainty whether he be legitimately begotten or not”

In the previous two postings (here and here), I discussed the life of Samuel Kerr Green during his years in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, from 1835 to 1848. As the second posting I’ve just linked states, in or shortly after 1848, Samuel moved with his wife Elvira Birdwell Green (the widow Grammer when he married her), his son Ezekiel Samuel Green, and his and Elvira’s children Albert B. and Cornelia Jane Green to Pointe Coupee Parish, where they settled on a plantation of 650 acres on the Atchafalaya River. How Samuel and Elvira acquired this land, I have been unable to find. Following Elvira’s death before 13 December 1855, the land was sold as part of her succession, and this has caused me to conclude that it came to Samuel when he married Elvira Birdwell Grammer.[1]

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Ezekiel Samuel Green (1824/5 – 1900/1910) (1)

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Opening Page of Complaint of Ezekiel S. Green in Ezekiel S. Green vs. Samuel K. Green, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, 9th District Court, file #1525

Or, Subtitled: “The motion came with ill grace from the one presumed to be the father”

In a number of previous postings, I’ve sketched some parts of the life of Ezekiel Samuel Green (1824/5 – after 1900), father of Mary Ann Green Lindsey (1861-1942) and son of Samuel Kerr Green (1790-1860) and Eliza Jane Smith (1790/1800 – 1843). In this posting, I’ll begin creating a more systematic account of Ezekiel’s life than I’ve previously provided, and will point to previous discussions of portions of his life that I’ve already discussed in detail.

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