Tag: Frances Calhoun

James Kerr (1682-7 – 1770): Augusta County, Virginia, Years, 1730-1770

October 23, 2026

Or, Subtitled: “Tradition and history show that he [William Beverley] spent two nights with Justice James Kerr in the new log house (then only four years old), presumably the nights of Aug. 11 and 12, 1736” This posting continues a previous one that discusses the pre-Virginia life of James Kerr, insofar as anything is known … More James Kerr (1682-7 – 1770): Augusta County, Virginia, Years, 1730-1770

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