Tag: John Graham

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

Nailing Down the Identity of the Samuel Kerr Who Married Mary, Daughter of Ezekiel Calhoun and Jane/Jean Ewing

September 6, 2026

Or, Subtitled: “All my right of dower to the land I got by Samuel Kerr” My initial posting in this new series following my Kerr family line back from Samuel Kerr who married Mary, daughter of Ezekiel Calhoun and Jane/Jean Ewing, about 1764 in the Long Cane settlement in Granville (later Abbeville) County, South Carolina, … More Nailing Down the Identity of the Samuel Kerr Who Married Mary, Daughter of Ezekiel Calhoun and Jane/Jean Ewing

Children of Mary Brooks (1745/1750 – aft. 15 May 1815) and Jacob Hollingsworth (1742 – 1822) — Samuel Hollingsworth (1768/1770 – 1802) and Wife Mary Garner

July 15, 2021

Or, Subtitled: A Family with Quaker Roots in the Middle Colonies Continues Heading West As I’ve noted previously, Samuel Hollingsworth appears to have been born about 1768-1770, probably in Guilford County, North Carolina, and he died before 8 August 1802 in Franklin County, Georgia. He was, I think, either the second or third child of … More Children of Mary Brooks (1745/1750 – aft. 15 May 1815) and Jacob Hollingsworth (1742 – 1822) — Samuel Hollingsworth (1768/1770 – 1802) and Wife Mary Garner