They had 12 known Kerr children:
James, 2 Aug 1793 (Nancy Thornton)
Joseph, 18 Dec 1794, below
Thomas Gordon, 1 Nov 1796 (Margaret Johnston Calbreath), below
Amaziah/Amzi, 2 Jun 1798 (Jane Rutledge), below
John, 23 May 1800 (marker says "baby died")
Nathaniel, 7 Oct 1801 (Jane Patterson Revercomb), below
John, 4 Mar 1803 (Eliza Jackson), below
Sara G, 26 Jan 1805 (Charles Armentrout), no kids
Alexander, 29 Jan 1807, below
Hiram, 8 Aug 1808 (Mary Ann Robertson)no kids, below
Jane, "1810" - 1833, below
Betsy Bettie, 24 Jan/Mar 1813, below
John and Elizabeth (Hogsett/Hogshead) Kerr share a grave stone and it lists many family members. It includes the names of their 12 children, with death years for 3 of them (burials unknown).
The following marker gives family data, but are not all buried here.
ERECTED 11 NOV 1930 BY V.B. KERR AND NEPHEWS
South side says:
GRAND
FATHER
AND
MOTHER
JOHN KERR,
DIED JULY 8, 1830,
HIS WIFE
ELIZABETH HOGSETT KERR
DIED 1842 IN VA.
12 CHILDREN
JOSEPH DIED 1831
ALEXANDER DIED 1833
JANE DIED 1833
JAMES AND THOMAS G. DIED IN MISSOURI,
AMAZIAH DIED IN ILLINOIS
NATHANIEL, JOHN, SARAH, HIRAM
BETSY AND BABY DIED IN VA.
SCOTCH-IRISH
KERRS
1730 TO 1930 IN VA.
West side says (not sure IF they are buried here)
GREAT GRAND
PARENTS
JAMES KEAR
1725-1812
JANE KEAR
1739-1824
GRAND PARENTS
JOHN KERR
1767 - 1830
ELIZABETH HOGSHEAD
--- 1842
OUR PARENTS
COL NATHANIEL KERR
JANE P. REVERCOMB
18__ - 18__
K E R R
SCOTCH
(note the following are NOT buried here)
FIRST KERRS
JAMES KERR DIED 1770
JOHN KERR DIED 1772
JOHN KERR DIED 1794
SCOTCH-IRISH, KERRS
AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA
On the north side is Jane P. Revercomb, Mrs. Nathaniel Kerr, died 1866 and lists her 12 children. On the east side grandparents Jacob & Mary F. Revercomb and names of their children.
V.B. Kerr (on marker above) is Vincent Brown Kerr, son of Nathaniel Kerr and grandson of John Kerr and Elizabeth Hogsett. He wrote the 36 page booklet, titled Brief History of Kerrs and Kin, 1730 - 1930, Staunton, VA, 1930. Children above are listed in this source, p 13.
I also found the above transcription at http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/augusta/cemeteries/augstoneold.txt that Glenda Lambert-Gibson contributed to US Genweb Archives on 8 Sep 2009, from the Augusta County Historical Society records.
Another marker here begins great grand parents James Kear..... (1725-1812, #101832256 and 59221015) here says ELIZABETH HOGSHEAD ---1842, and gives some slightly different dates/data for some of the same family members. This James' will also says Kear.
Bio by LSP
They had 12 known Kerr children:
James, 2 Aug 1793 (Nancy Thornton)
Joseph, 18 Dec 1794, below
Thomas Gordon, 1 Nov 1796 (Margaret Johnston Calbreath), below
Amaziah/Amzi, 2 Jun 1798 (Jane Rutledge), below
John, 23 May 1800 (marker says "baby died")
Nathaniel, 7 Oct 1801 (Jane Patterson Revercomb), below
John, 4 Mar 1803 (Eliza Jackson), below
Sara G, 26 Jan 1805 (Charles Armentrout), no kids
Alexander, 29 Jan 1807, below
Hiram, 8 Aug 1808 (Mary Ann Robertson)no kids, below
Jane, "1810" - 1833, below
Betsy Bettie, 24 Jan/Mar 1813, below
John and Elizabeth (Hogsett/Hogshead) Kerr share a grave stone and it lists many family members. It includes the names of their 12 children, with death years for 3 of them (burials unknown).
The following marker gives family data, but are not all buried here.
ERECTED 11 NOV 1930 BY V.B. KERR AND NEPHEWS
South side says:
GRAND
FATHER
AND
MOTHER
JOHN KERR,
DIED JULY 8, 1830,
HIS WIFE
ELIZABETH HOGSETT KERR
DIED 1842 IN VA.
12 CHILDREN
JOSEPH DIED 1831
ALEXANDER DIED 1833
JANE DIED 1833
JAMES AND THOMAS G. DIED IN MISSOURI,
AMAZIAH DIED IN ILLINOIS
NATHANIEL, JOHN, SARAH, HIRAM
BETSY AND BABY DIED IN VA.
SCOTCH-IRISH
KERRS
1730 TO 1930 IN VA.
West side says (not sure IF they are buried here)
GREAT GRAND
PARENTS
JAMES KEAR
1725-1812
JANE KEAR
1739-1824
GRAND PARENTS
JOHN KERR
1767 - 1830
ELIZABETH HOGSHEAD
--- 1842
OUR PARENTS
COL NATHANIEL KERR
JANE P. REVERCOMB
18__ - 18__
K E R R
SCOTCH
(note the following are NOT buried here)
FIRST KERRS
JAMES KERR DIED 1770
JOHN KERR DIED 1772
JOHN KERR DIED 1794
SCOTCH-IRISH, KERRS
AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA
On the north side is Jane P. Revercomb, Mrs. Nathaniel Kerr, died 1866 and lists her 12 children. On the east side grandparents Jacob & Mary F. Revercomb and names of their children.
V.B. Kerr (on marker above) is Vincent Brown Kerr, son of Nathaniel Kerr and grandson of John Kerr and Elizabeth Hogsett. He wrote the 36 page booklet, titled Brief History of Kerrs and Kin, 1730 - 1930, Staunton, VA, 1930. Children above are listed in this source, p 13.
I also found the above transcription at http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/augusta/cemeteries/augstoneold.txt that Glenda Lambert-Gibson contributed to US Genweb Archives on 8 Sep 2009, from the Augusta County Historical Society records.
Another marker here begins great grand parents James Kear..... (1725-1812, #101832256 and 59221015) here says ELIZABETH HOGSHEAD ---1842, and gives some slightly different dates/data for some of the same family members. This James' will also says Kear.
Bio by LSP
Inscription
GRAND
FATHER
AND
MOTHER
JOHN KERR,
DIED JULY 8, 1830,
HIS WIFE
ELIZABETH HOGSETT KERR
DIED 1842 IN VA.
12 CHILDREN
JOSEPH DIED 1831
ALEXANDER DIED 1833
JANE DIED 1833
JAMES AND THOMAS G. DIED IN MISSOURI,
AMAZIAH DIED IN ILLINOIS
NATHANIEL, JOHN, SARAH, HIRAM
BETSY AND BABY DIED IN VA.
SCOTCH-IRISH
KERRS
1730 TO 1930 IN VA.
Family Members
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