Margaret Kerr was the daughter of Robert Kerr (died 2 or 22 Jan 1808) and Elizabeth Bailey (died 5 Dec 1810 OR 18 Aug 1828). According to the Dunlap bible, she was believed to be born in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Margaret Kerr married Robert Dunlap on 1st Nov 1792 in Augusta County, VA. They applied for their marriage license in Augusta Co., VA on 29 Oct 1792, the "daughter of Robert Kerr," bonded by Daniel Kerr, no minister is listed, married on 1 Nov 1792. Augusta County Marriages, 1748-1850, by John Vogt & T. Wm Kethley, Jr., Athens, GA, 1986, p 323. Also in Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745 to 1800, Vol. 3, p 294, plus Groom Robert Dunlap and bride Margaret Kerr, daughter of Robert Kerr, 10/10/1792, bonded: Robert Dunlap and Daniel Kerr. Per Augusta Co., Virginia Marriages, 1785 - 1816, (Bell, Annie Walker Burns) 1935, 4 vol. bd. in one, p. 15, Film # 007644626 on Familysearch, 926/1123.
They had ten known DUNLAP children, born in Virginia:
Elizabeth Betey, 12 Aug 1793 - 27 Oct 1850, below
(married Levi Lamb Stevenson,* 6 Apr 1815)
Isabella, 20 Oct 1794 - Mar 1866, below
(married Robert Douglas Sterrett 8 Dec 1818)
John A., 16 Apr 1796 - 15 Sep 1859-1860,
(married Isabella Abney North 24 Nov 1819, born 19 Apr 1796 in Staunton - 18 Oct 1834 in Greenbrier Co., VA and to Hanna M Blain, died before 1850), some family at English Grove Cemetery in MO.**)
Nancy, 23 Feb 1798 - 24 Jun 1832, below
(married James Geo Wilson Youel 22 Apr 1819)
Bailey Dunlap, 1 Jan 1800 - 28 Jun 1871, below
(married Sarah Sallie Baylor 10 Nov 1825)
Jane, 14 Nov 1802 - 8 Oct 1847, below
(married David Kerr 29 Mar 1824)
Margaret Peg, 25 Aug 1803 - 5 Sep 1803
Robert Kerr, 3 Nov 1804 - 29 Oct 1827, unmarried
MADISON, 29 Sep 1808 - 29 May 1883, below
(married Martha Hanna MCKEE 18 Jan 1834)
William Robert, 30 Mar 1811 - 13 Jul 1890, below
(married Mary Jane Crawford 15 Jan 1834 and married Amanda Mary McChesney 21 Jul 1868)
The burial place of Margaret's parents is unknown and undocumented. It could be here at Shemariah but there are no documents to support it. An old 1964 D.A.R. application has data on Margaret and her parents but it is not documented or sourced therein. It gives 2 death dates (5 Dec 1810 and 18 Aug 1828) on the same DAR app for Elizabeth Bailey Kerr.
There are several Kerrs buried at Shemariah in the next row, #11 beside Margaret Kerr Dunlap's in #12.
In 1880, son Madison Dunlap states his father was born in Scotland and mother in Pennsylvania on the Kerrs Creek, Rockbridge Co., VA census.
* "William Stevenson, who lived near Frederick, Md., was the father of Levi Lamb Stevenson of Augusta County, who married Elizabeth Dunlap, daughter of Robert Dunlap (whose FATHER emigrated from Scotland and settled at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, just before the Revolutionary War)." Some Virginia Families by Hugh Milton McIlhany Jr., Staunton, Virginia, 1903, page 32, article on Stevenson family.
** Several of son John Dunlap's (with wives, Isabella A North or Hanna M Blain's) children are buried in Missouri, including, James M. Dunlap buried at English Grove Cemetery in Fairfax, MO. Other sibings are connected to James' site bio.
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Margaret Kerr married Robert Dunlap on 1st Nov 1792 in Augusta County, VA. They applied for their marriage license in Augusta Co., VA on 29 Oct 1792, the "daughter of Robert Kerr," bonded by Daniel Kerr, no minister is listed, married on 1 Nov 1792. Augusta County Marriages, 1748-1850, by John Vogt & T. Wm Kethley, Jr., Athens, GA, 1986, p 323. Also in Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745 to 1800, Vol. 3, p 294, plus Groom Robert Dunlap and bride Margaret Kerr, daughter of Robert Kerr, 10/10/1792, bonded: Robert Dunlap and Daniel Kerr. Per Augusta Co., Virginia Marriages, 1785 - 1816, (Bell, Annie Walker Burns) 1935, 4 vol. bd. in one, p. 15, Film # 007644626 on Familysearch, 926/1123.
They had ten known DUNLAP children, born in Virginia:
Elizabeth Betey, 12 Aug 1793 - 27 Oct 1850, below
(married Levi Lamb Stevenson,* 6 Apr 1815)
Isabella, 20 Oct 1794 - Mar 1866, below
(married Robert Douglas Sterrett 8 Dec 1818)
John A., 16 Apr 1796 - 15 Sep 1859-1860,
(married Isabella Abney North 24 Nov 1819, born 19 Apr 1796 in Staunton - 18 Oct 1834 in Greenbrier Co., VA and to Hanna M Blain, died before 1850), some family at English Grove Cemetery in MO.**)
Nancy, 23 Feb 1798 - 24 Jun 1832, below
(married James Geo Wilson Youel 22 Apr 1819)
Bailey Dunlap, 1 Jan 1800 - 28 Jun 1871, below
(married Sarah Sallie Baylor 10 Nov 1825)
Jane, 14 Nov 1802 - 8 Oct 1847, below
(married David Kerr 29 Mar 1824)
Margaret Peg, 25 Aug 1803 - 5 Sep 1803
Robert Kerr, 3 Nov 1804 - 29 Oct 1827, unmarried
MADISON, 29 Sep 1808 - 29 May 1883, below
(married Martha Hanna MCKEE 18 Jan 1834)
William Robert, 30 Mar 1811 - 13 Jul 1890, below
(married Mary Jane Crawford 15 Jan 1834 and married Amanda Mary McChesney 21 Jul 1868)
The burial place of Margaret's parents is unknown and undocumented. It could be here at Shemariah but there are no documents to support it. An old 1964 D.A.R. application has data on Margaret and her parents but it is not documented or sourced therein. It gives 2 death dates (5 Dec 1810 and 18 Aug 1828) on the same DAR app for Elizabeth Bailey Kerr.
There are several Kerrs buried at Shemariah in the next row, #11 beside Margaret Kerr Dunlap's in #12.
In 1880, son Madison Dunlap states his father was born in Scotland and mother in Pennsylvania on the Kerrs Creek, Rockbridge Co., VA census.
* "William Stevenson, who lived near Frederick, Md., was the father of Levi Lamb Stevenson of Augusta County, who married Elizabeth Dunlap, daughter of Robert Dunlap (whose FATHER emigrated from Scotland and settled at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, just before the Revolutionary War)." Some Virginia Families by Hugh Milton McIlhany Jr., Staunton, Virginia, 1903, page 32, article on Stevenson family.
** Several of son John Dunlap's (with wives, Isabella A North or Hanna M Blain's) children are buried in Missouri, including, James M. Dunlap buried at English Grove Cemetery in Fairfax, MO. Other sibings are connected to James' site bio.
Bio researched and written by LSP, all rights reserved, do NOT REPRODUCE without written permission.
Margaret Kerr was the daughter of Robert Kerr (died 2 or 22 Jan 1808) and Elizabeth Bailey (died 5 Dec 1810 OR 18 Aug 1828). According to the Dunlap bible, she was believed to be born in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Margaret Kerr married Robert Dunlap on 1st Nov 1792 in Augusta County, VA. They applied for their marriage license in Augusta Co., VA on 29 Oct 1792, the "daughter of Robert Kerr," bonded by Daniel Kerr, no minister is listed, married on 1 Nov 1792. Augusta County Marriages, 1748-1850, by John Vogt & T. Wm Kethley, Jr., Athens, GA, 1986, p 323. Also in Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745 to 1800, Vol. 3, p 294, plus Groom Robert Dunlap and bride Margaret Kerr, daughter of Robert Kerr, 10/10/1792, bonded: Robert Dunlap and Daniel Kerr. Per Augusta Co., Virginia Marriages, 1785 - 1816, (Bell, Annie Walker Burns) 1935, 4 vol. bd. in one, p. 15, Film # 007644626 on Familysearch, 926/1123.
They had ten known DUNLAP children, born in Virginia:
Elizabeth Betey, 12 Aug 1793 - 27 Oct 1850, below
(married Levi Lamb Stevenson,* 6 Apr 1815)
Isabella, 20 Oct 1794 - Mar 1866, below
(married Robert Douglas Sterrett 8 Dec 1818)
John A., 16 Apr 1796 - 15 Sep 1859-1860,
(married Isabella Abney North 24 Nov 1819, born 19 Apr 1796 in Staunton - 18 Oct 1834 in Greenbrier Co., VA and to Hanna M Blain, died before 1850), some family at English Grove Cemetery in MO.**)
Nancy, 23 Feb 1798 - 24 Jun 1832, below
(married James Geo Wilson Youel 22 Apr 1819)
Bailey Dunlap, 1 Jan 1800 - 28 Jun 1871, below
(married Sarah Sallie Baylor 10 Nov 1825)
Jane, 14 Nov 1802 - 8 Oct 1847, below
(married David Kerr 29 Mar 1824)
Margaret Peg, 25 Aug 1803 - 5 Sep 1803
Robert Kerr, 3 Nov 1804 - 29 Oct 1827, unmarried
MADISON, 29 Sep 1808 - 29 May 1883, below
(married Martha Hanna MCKEE 18 Jan 1834)
William Robert, 30 Mar 1811 - 13 Jul 1890, below
(married Mary Jane Crawford 15 Jan 1834 and married Amanda Mary McChesney 21 Jul 1868)
The burial place of Margaret's parents is unknown and undocumented. It could be here at Shemariah but there are no documents to support it. An old 1964 D.A.R. application has data on Margaret and her parents but it is not documented or sourced therein. It gives 2 death dates (5 Dec 1810 and 18 Aug 1828) on the same DAR app for Elizabeth Bailey Kerr.
There are several Kerrs buried at Shemariah in the next row, #11 beside Margaret Kerr Dunlap's in #12.
In 1880, son Madison Dunlap states his father was born in Scotland and mother in Pennsylvania on the Kerrs Creek, Rockbridge Co., VA census.
* "William Stevenson, who lived near Frederick, Md., was the father of Levi Lamb Stevenson of Augusta County, who married Elizabeth Dunlap, daughter of Robert Dunlap (whose FATHER emigrated from Scotland and settled at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, just before the Revolutionary War)." Some Virginia Families by Hugh Milton McIlhany Jr., Staunton, Virginia, 1903, page 32, article on Stevenson family.
** Several of son John Dunlap's (with wives, Isabella A North or Hanna M Blain's) children are buried in Missouri, including, James M. Dunlap buried at English Grove Cemetery in Fairfax, MO. Other sibings are connected to James' site bio.
Bio researched and written by LSP, all rights reserved, do NOT REPRODUCE without written permission.
Margaret Kerr married Robert Dunlap on 1st Nov 1792 in Augusta County, VA. They applied for their marriage license in Augusta Co., VA on 29 Oct 1792, the "daughter of Robert Kerr," bonded by Daniel Kerr, no minister is listed, married on 1 Nov 1792. Augusta County Marriages, 1748-1850, by John Vogt & T. Wm Kethley, Jr., Athens, GA, 1986, p 323. Also in Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745 to 1800, Vol. 3, p 294, plus Groom Robert Dunlap and bride Margaret Kerr, daughter of Robert Kerr, 10/10/1792, bonded: Robert Dunlap and Daniel Kerr. Per Augusta Co., Virginia Marriages, 1785 - 1816, (Bell, Annie Walker Burns) 1935, 4 vol. bd. in one, p. 15, Film # 007644626 on Familysearch, 926/1123.
They had ten known DUNLAP children, born in Virginia:
Elizabeth Betey, 12 Aug 1793 - 27 Oct 1850, below
(married Levi Lamb Stevenson,* 6 Apr 1815)
Isabella, 20 Oct 1794 - Mar 1866, below
(married Robert Douglas Sterrett 8 Dec 1818)
John A., 16 Apr 1796 - 15 Sep 1859-1860,
(married Isabella Abney North 24 Nov 1819, born 19 Apr 1796 in Staunton - 18 Oct 1834 in Greenbrier Co., VA and to Hanna M Blain, died before 1850), some family at English Grove Cemetery in MO.**)
Nancy, 23 Feb 1798 - 24 Jun 1832, below
(married James Geo Wilson Youel 22 Apr 1819)
Bailey Dunlap, 1 Jan 1800 - 28 Jun 1871, below
(married Sarah Sallie Baylor 10 Nov 1825)
Jane, 14 Nov 1802 - 8 Oct 1847, below
(married David Kerr 29 Mar 1824)
Margaret Peg, 25 Aug 1803 - 5 Sep 1803
Robert Kerr, 3 Nov 1804 - 29 Oct 1827, unmarried
MADISON, 29 Sep 1808 - 29 May 1883, below
(married Martha Hanna MCKEE 18 Jan 1834)
William Robert, 30 Mar 1811 - 13 Jul 1890, below
(married Mary Jane Crawford 15 Jan 1834 and married Amanda Mary McChesney 21 Jul 1868)
The burial place of Margaret's parents is unknown and undocumented. It could be here at Shemariah but there are no documents to support it. An old 1964 D.A.R. application has data on Margaret and her parents but it is not documented or sourced therein. It gives 2 death dates (5 Dec 1810 and 18 Aug 1828) on the same DAR app for Elizabeth Bailey Kerr.
There are several Kerrs buried at Shemariah in the next row, #11 beside Margaret Kerr Dunlap's in #12.
In 1880, son Madison Dunlap states his father was born in Scotland and mother in Pennsylvania on the Kerrs Creek, Rockbridge Co., VA census.
* "William Stevenson, who lived near Frederick, Md., was the father of Levi Lamb Stevenson of Augusta County, who married Elizabeth Dunlap, daughter of Robert Dunlap (whose FATHER emigrated from Scotland and settled at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, just before the Revolutionary War)." Some Virginia Families by Hugh Milton McIlhany Jr., Staunton, Virginia, 1903, page 32, article on Stevenson family.
** Several of son John Dunlap's (with wives, Isabella A North or Hanna M Blain's) children are buried in Missouri, including, James M. Dunlap buried at English Grove Cemetery in Fairfax, MO. Other sibings are connected to James' site bio.
Bio researched and written by LSP, all rights reserved, do NOT REPRODUCE without written permission.
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The
Grave
of
MARGARET
wife of
ROBERT DUNLAP
who departed this life
January 19th,
1848
Aged 82 Years and 5 Days.
Safe in Jesus dwell
Weary Spirit rest
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