JUDGE GABRIEL KERR – 1816 then Appointed Associate Judge 1817
Ironton Register, Thursday, March 30, 1905
Gabriel Kerr married Jane, daughter of William Crawford, in Washington county, Pennsylvania, about 1809, and in 1812, he and his brother, Thos. Kerr moved down the river in a flat boat loaded with apples, flour, and cider and landed at the mouth of the Big Sandy on December 24, 1812. In the Spring of 1813, they moved over and settled on the farm now owned by Abrams and Campbell.
Ironton Register, Thursday, December 6, 1860 – Death of wife.
Died at Harvey’s, Green Co., Pa., October 31, 1860, Mrs. Jane Gray, in her 73d year – a relict of Judge Gabriel Kerr, of Burlington, who was one of the first Associate Judges of Lawrence County, appointed at its organization in 1817. She was the mother of Capt. Wash Kerr of Ironton.
Deed book 6 page 440-441 dated 27 Apr 1835
Jane Kerr & Joseph Davidson Guardians of Washington Kerr et al. (note– we now know that Jane Kerr was nee’ Crawford, d/o William Crawford ) to Thomas Kerr – Deed
Petitions for sale of land wherein Jane Kerr and Joseph Davidson are guardians of Washington Kerr, Andrew P. Kerr, Malinda Kerr, and Eliza Jane Kerr, all infant heirs of Gabriel Kerr, late of Lawrence Co., Ohio
Were ordered to sell at public auction certain Real Estate of said defendant hereafter described and said guardian having advertised said real estate, did on 8 Nov. 1834 sell the same at public auction to Thomas Kerr of said county for $250, which sale was afterward at November Term of said court 1834.
Was confirmed of said Guardians ordered to execute and deliver a deed in fee simple to Thomas Kerr for premises sold…
Therefore, we, Jane Kerr and Joseph Davidson, Guardians of Washington Kerr, Malinda Kerr, Andrew P. Kerr, and Elisa Jane Kerr….171 81/100 acres in the SW quarter of Section 24, Township 2, Range 17 to be sold in the Chillicothe District to Thomas Kerr and his Heirs…27 April 1835.
27 April 1835, before Solomon Beckley, JP, personally appeared Jane Kerr and Joseph Davidson and acknowledged the foregoing deed to be their free and voluntary act and deed as Guardian of Washington, Malinda, Andrew P., and Elisa Jane Kerr.
Witness signed Solomon Beckley, JP
2 May 1835
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