Tag: John Kerr

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

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

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

Thomas Leonard (1752-1832), Son of Robert Leonard and Honor Pritchard: South Carolina Years (1786-1808)

April 24, 2026

Or, Subtitled: “The family came in a cart whose wheels were sections of a big tree sawn out thicker in the center than on the edge” This posting continues a thread discussing records that document the life of Thomas Leonard (1752-1832), son of Robert Leonard and Honor Pritchard. The previous posting in the thread documents … More Thomas Leonard (1752-1832), Son of Robert Leonard and Honor Pritchard: South Carolina Years (1786-1808)

John Kerr, Son of Samuel Kerr and Mary Calhoun: New Information Added to Previous Posting

May 11, 2024

As my last posting notes, on my recent research trip to Clemson University Library’s Special Collections and Archives, I found in the archives’ “John C. Calhoun Papers” a little survey book kept by John’s father Patrick Calhoun in the period 1784-1792. This survey book is full of information about families with roots in Ninety-Six District … More John Kerr, Son of Samuel Kerr and Mary Calhoun: New Information Added to Previous Posting

Children of Mary Calhoun (abt. 1743-1805) and Samuel Kerr of Abbeville County, South Carolina — Catherine Kerr (Married Hugh Macklin) and Ruth Kerr (Married William Oliver)

February 4, 2024

Or, Subtitled: “While engaged in pastoral work he was stricken with fever and died, and his grave is with us until this day” As my previous posting about Mary Calhoun (abt. 1743-1805), daughter of Ezekiel Calhoun and Jane/Jean Ewing, notes, Mary and husband Samuel Kerr had the following children, whom Mary names in her 21 … More Children of Mary Calhoun (abt. 1743-1805) and Samuel Kerr of Abbeville County, South Carolina — Catherine Kerr (Married Hugh Macklin) and Ruth Kerr (Married William Oliver)

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

January 31, 2024

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

Mary Calhoun (abt. 1743-1805), Wife of Samuel Kerr of Abbeville County, South Carolina

January 23, 2024

Or, Subtitled: “We are at best but Strangers and pilgrames as all our fathers have been” Now that I have completed a series of postings tracking family lines descending from John Green (1768-1837) of Abbeville and Pendleton District, South Carolina, and Bibb County, Alabama, a series that began with this posting, I’m going to begin … More Mary Calhoun (abt. 1743-1805), Wife of Samuel Kerr of Abbeville County, South Carolina

John Green (1768-1837): Pendleton District, South Carolina Records, 1800-1818

September 8, 2023

Or, Subtitled: “He left Pendleton for the Alabama a week before John E. got up and expects to return in about two months” 1800-1810 As my last posting tells you as it examines Pendleton District, South Carolina, records for John Green from the 1790 federal census, which suggests that he and wife Jane were living … More John Green (1768-1837): Pendleton District, South Carolina Records, 1800-1818

Children of Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – 1830) and Wife Hannah Phillips: Daughter Who Married William Hannah

January 8, 2023

Or, Subtitled: Migrated from Surry County, North Carolina, to Sumner County, Tennessee, “and cast their lot in a land of strangers“ I’m now resuming my chronicle of the life and family of Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – 1830) of Virginia and Kentucky, which I interrupted in the past several weeks to report on new information … More Children of Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – 1830) and Wife Hannah Phillips: Daughter Who Married William Hannah