Kerr and Crawford’s notes were taken from several different sources: Sharon M. Kouns and Martha J. Martin. The late Martha Hennagin submitted the deeds.
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
…Foregoing is a true copy of the original received for the record. 27 April 1835
Ironton Register, Thursday, March 30, 1905 – do not have a copy
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.
Lawrence county deed book
Grantee-Elizabeth McCorkle
Grantor-Jane Kerr
Vol 8 Pg 277
S-24 T-2 R-17
NE Pt. SW
15 acres
$62.00
1 Feb 1840
More of Kerr – Crawford Notes From Martha and Sharon’s abstracted obituaries:
IR = Ironton Register Newspaper
ID = Ironton Democrat Newspaper
Kerr, IR 25 May 1882 D. of paralysis; father of W.M. Kerr
Kerr, IR 6 Dec 1860/1 31 Oct 1860 D. at Harvey’s, Green Co., PA; wd. of Judge Gabriel Kerr, Burlington, Oh; mother of Capt. Wash. Kerr of Ironton and Mrs. Jane Gray
Kerr, Aurelia Jane IR 11 Dec 1851 15y 2 Dec 1851 Miss; d. of consumption in Burlington, Oh; d/o of Wm. and Naomi Kerr.
Kerr, Caroline IR 8 Nov 1900 App. 70y D. at home at Kerr Station, Gallia Co., Oh; w/o the late John Kerr.
Kerr, Edward Emmit – IR Oct. 28, 1852 – Died. – On the 22nd inst., Edward Emmit, son of Capt. Washington H. and Ruth Kerr, aged two years and four months.
Kerr, Frank ID 4 Oct 1877 D. app. 15 years ago, the body was taken from Kelly’s Cemetery to Woodland Cemetery; s/o Col. Kerr of the Granite State.
Kerr, Franklin Clark IR 21/28 May 1863 23y 21 May 1863 D. at father’s residence; s/o Capt. Wash. and Ruth Kerr of Ironton; member of M.E.H.
Kerr, J.M. IR 8 Mar 1900 65y D. of stomach hemorrhage at Gallipolis, Oh.
Kerr, John IR 7 Jan. 1892 Of Union Tp., s/o late Wm. Kerr committed suicide last Saturday.
Kerr, Mary IR 13 Nov 1884 7y 12 Nov 1884 D. of nervous disease at Battle Creek, Michigan; bu. at Cheshire; d/o W.M. Kerr.
Keer, Oscar, and Fred Mitchell kill Indian in Spokane, Washington 1909
Kerr, Viola R. IR 9 May 1889 43y 1 May 1889 Funeral at Presby. Church; bu. Woodland Cemetery; w/o W.M. Kerr.
Kerr, W.M. IR 11 May 1899 58y The remains of Mr. Kerr arrived in this city Tuesday afternoon, accompanied by Mrs. Kerr and his son William, who was met at Chicago by his son Howard; they were taken to his home on Fifth street, where his daughter Mrs. Ranson now resides; died at his abode in San Diego; there are from abroad Mother Kerr, of Kerr Station, Gallia county, his brothers, James M., Samuel J., and Chas. W. Kerr, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Vanden, Mr. and Mrs. A. Henking, Miss Ella Kerr, Mr. Bert Fuller, Mr. Wellington Hawkins, Mr. Kerr’s old school teacher, all of Gallia county; Mr. and Mrs. D.B. Mauck, of Proctorville; Judge and Mrs. Huston and Mrs. Gartell of Ashland, and others whose names we failed to get; interment in Woodland.
Kerr, Wm. IR 24 Dec 1891 81y 16 Dec 1891 d. 16 Dec 1891, one of Union Twp’s oldest citizens from heart disease; 81 yrs old; raised a family of honored sons and daughters.
Kerr, Wm. R. Jr. IR 28 Nov 1850 16y 5 Nov 1850 d. on the 5th inst., at the Harrison Hotel, in Burlington; William R. Kerr, Jr., son of William R. Kerr, Esq., formerly of Cincinnati; young Kerr had not yet attained seventeen years of age; was placed at St. Timothy’s college, near Baltimore, Md.; so great was his avidity for knowledge that in a short space of a few years he soon learned to read, Latin, Greek, and French with accuracy and ease; leaves a father and two sisters to mourn his loss.
Kerr – Crawford Notes from Excerpt of Folklore & Legends by Kouns & Wells
In December 1794, Finley wrote to his friends in Western Pennsylvania, and a day was agreed on for all interested in meeting at the Manchester settlement. In March 1795, sixty men met, according to the appointment.
It was even yet not secure for this expedition, and the party met again in 1796 and consisted of the following named persons: Joseph McCoy, Benjamin, and Wm. Rodgers, David Shelby, Jas. Harrod, Henry Bazil, Reuben Abrams, Wm. Jamison, Jas. Crawford, Samuel Anthony, Robt. Smith, Thos. Dick, Wm. and Jas. Kerr, Geo. and Jas. Kilgour, John Brown, Samuel and Robert Templeton, Ferguson Moore, Wm. Nicholson, and the worthy, afterward, the well-known Methodist missionary and itinerant, Jas. B. Finley.
In 1797, Thos. Worthington, of Jefferson county, Va., had emancipated his slaves and visited this infant settlement. He returned, appointed by Gen. Rufus Putnam, Assistant Surveyor, and built the first frame house in Chillicothe. This was in February 1798.—Edward Tiffin, of Berkeley county, his brother-in-law, with his emancipated slaves; Joseph Tiffin, Joseph Yates, a millwright; George Haynes, a blacksmith.
The Pioneer Presbyterian was the Rev. Wm. Speer of Pennsylvania, who wore a cocked hat and had a small congregation to worship in a log house. Dr. Tiffin was a local Methodist preacher. Joseph, his brother, had a store, was Postmaster, and his tavern had a sign a full length of General Anthony Wayne.
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