• General Notes

  From Jim Veregge's notes:
  This entry from Orange County, Virginia establishes the importation of John Kerr and his family into Orange (Later Augusta) County, Virginia:
  
  County Court Records of Orange Co. Va. Order Book #2 1739 to 1741. Importations pg. 138
  "John Carr made oath that he imported himself, Lucy his wife, his
  children Jane, William, Barbara, Lucy & Martha Carr & Margaret Gilasby &
  Mathew Gilasby at his own charge into the colony, & that this is the first
  time of proving their rights in order to obtain land." March 27th. 1740.
  Found at the Va. Historical Society in Richmond, Va. on 6 / 7/ 2000.
  
  In 1740, John Kerr was listed as a member of John McDowell's Militia Co. (see Kegley's Virginia Frontier, pg. 140.) The company also included Ephraim McDowell and John Allison. Note that this McDowell family married into the family of Michael Woods of Albemarle County, VA, whose son Archibald with his family settled in the Long Cane settlement by the Kerr's in the 1760's.
  
  
  From Bill Lindsey's notes:
  Per a 17 Nov. 1755 vestry order, lands of Cap. Wm. Christian's company in Augusta Co. and parish were processioned, with Wm. Karr on the list (Vestry Bk. 139; Chalkley 2, 440). John and Andrew Carr were processioned at the same time, evidently in the same company (ibid., 147; Chalkley 2, 440). The procession list suggests the latter lived side by side. Note that another procession list in 1755, by Samuel Given, shows AK living beside James and John.
  
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  Jim Veregge -
  
  8 AUGUST 1759 John Kerr of Rowan Co NC to James Hamilton, on Middle River at mouth ofChristian’s Creek between Long Meadow Run and Christian’s Creek. James Kerr, wit and 17 MARCH 1764 George Skillern and Elisabeth to James Kerr, £1.10, 1 acre, 3 roods, 10 perches, in fork of Christian's Creek and Middle River of Shanandore, part of 180 acres patented to John Kerr, 5th September, 1749, and by John to James Hamilton, and conveyed to George, on Christian's Creek. Teste: Jno. Anderson, Robert Wilson, William Kerr. Delivered: James Kerr, 10th June, 1771.
  
  CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800
  
  Page 638.--17th March, 1764. George Skillern and Elisabeth to James Kerr , £1.10, 1 acre, 3 roods, 10 perches, in fork of Christian's Creek and Middle River of Shanandore, part of 180 acres patented to John Kerr, 5th September, 1749, and by John to James Hamilton, and conveyed to George, on Christian's Creek. Teste: Jno. Anderson, Robert Wilson, William Kerr. Delivered: James Kerr, 10th June, 1771.
  
  Page 267.--19th May, 1761. John Ker and Lucie ( ) to Hugh Botkin, £13.10, 174 acres on a draft of North River of Shanando; cor. Robert McMahan. Teste: John Botkin, William Kerr, William ( ) Mathers, John Reburn. Delivered: John Botkin, 5th June, 1762.
  
  Page 270.--19th May, 1761. Same to Willam Mathers, £10, 112 acres, part of a survey of 275 acres surveyed for John Kerr in Beverley Manor on a branch of Middle River; Manor line. Teste: William and Jes. Kerr, John Hind. Delivered: Henry King per order of Wm. Mathers, 29th December, 1774.
  
  Page 353.--20th May, 1761. John Kerr and Lucie ( ) to John Allison, £2, 10 acres on east side Shanandoe betwixt land of said Ker and Allison, part of 400 acres; Andrew Ker's line. Teste: Andrew Russell, Edward Rutledge, William Ker. Delivered: John Allison, February, 1768.
  
  He sold 459 acres in 1762. Did he still have the 451 acres remaining? See next note. MAM]
  
  NOVEMBER 16, 1763.
  (342) 451 acres of John Kerr's land added to tithables. [Is the a different John Kerr? MAM]
  190 acres of Wm. Kerr's land added to tithables.
  375 acres of Saml. Hind's land added to tithables.
  112 acres of Wm. Mather's land added to tithables.
  
  Page 331.--18th May, 1768. John Kerr and Lucy ( ) and William Kerr and Martha ( ) to James Laird, £50, 124 acres on Middle River of Shanando, 100 of which is part of 400 joining Beverley Manor and patented to said John 30th July, 1742, the other 24 acres patented to said William 2d June, 1760, joining the former tract; corner John Allison. Teste: Edward
  Rutledge, Alexander Walker, Wm. ( ) Mathers. Delivered: James Laird, February, 1770.
  
  16 AUGUST 1768
  John Carr and Lucy to William McClure, 150 Acres in Beverly Manor on branch of Middle Creek.
  
  page 400 William Kerr vs. John Dixon.--Trespass on land involving title. John Allison appeared as agent for William Kerr and was William's nephew. William Rankin is about to remove to Kentucky, 16th September, 1789. William and James Kerr were sons of John Kerr. Jury finds special verdict; patent to Wm. Kerr 2d June, 1760. William Kerr and Martha, his
  wife, 17th May, 1768. Deposition of Elizabeth McClure, 5th August, 1789. She was the daughter of John Kerr. William Allison, son of John Allison, Sr. See some papers of above suit in the papers Samuel Hunter vs. Torbett and Mitchell.
  
  AUGUST, 1793 (D to M). William Kerr vs. John Dixon.--Trespass on land involving title. John Allison appeared as agent for William Kerr and was William's nephew. (note: John Allison m. Lucy2 Kerr (John1))William Rankin is about to remove to Kentucky, 16th September, 1789.
  
  William and James Kerr were sons of John Kerr. Jury finds special verdict; patent to Wm. Kerr 2d June, 1760. William Kerr and Martha, his wife, 17th May, 1768. Deposition of Elizabeth McClure, 5th August, 1789. She was the daughter of John Kerr. William Allison, son of John Allison, Sr. See some papers of above suit in the papers Samuel Hunter vs. Torbett and
  Mitchell.
  
  SC Archives:
  Date: 8/10/1756
  Description: CARR, JOHN, PLAT FOR 150 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
  Names indexed: CARMICHAEL, JOHN; CARR, JOHN; DE BRAHM, WILLIAM
  Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY; LYNCHES CREEK
  Document type: PLAT
  
  Immigration: 27 MAR 1740 Augusta Co, VA
  Note:
  
  http://www.carr-genealogy.com/tree/tree13.html
  County Court Records of Orange Co. Va. Order Book #2 1739 to 1741. Importations pg. 138
  "John Carr made oath that he imported himself, Lucy his wife, his
  children Jane, William, Barbara, Lucy & Martha Carr & Margaret Gilasby &
  Mathew Gilasby at his own charge into the colony, & that this is the first
  time of proving their rights in order to obtain land." March 27th. 1740.
  Found at the Va. Historical Society in Richmond, Va. on 6 / 7/ 2000.
  
  Event: John Kerr was listed as a member of John McDowell's Militia Co. (see Kegley's Virginia Frontier, pg. 140.) Military 1740 1
  
  http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=marciamcclure&id=I20150

Details of John's family with Lucy Pickens