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Box CR.020.801 (Loose Papers) NC Archives. Will written 13 May 1810. Wife, Mary Kerr, to have 1/2 of land and personal property for life, then to go to children. Sons Solomon [wife's land at her death & money for schooling], John, Barzilla (dec'd), Alexander [land on Stoney Creek which came from my father], James. Daughters "Ibby" Isabella, Elizabeth, and Nancy Lea and Mary Lea. Grandson Zephaniah Kerr.
Exec: Sons John, James, Alexander. Wit: Jere. Lea, James Kerr
This will ruled it was not the last Will of John Kerr at the July 1816 session of County Court. James & John Kerr were named administrators.

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18 Nov 1816 Division of lands of John Kerr dec'd to legatees. Survey by Daniel S. Farley. Tract with mansion house and Stoney Crk tract valued at $5 per acre.
Mansion house tract: allotted to Mary Kerr [widow], James Kerr, Solomon Kerr, John Kerr,
Christopher Brooks [in right of his wife Isabella Kerr], Benjamin Lea [wife Nancy Kerr], Jere Lea [wife Polly Kerr] Barzillai Kerr, Joseph Penix [wife Betsy Kerr]Stoney Crk plat: allotted to Zephaniah Kerr [grandson, son of William dec'd], Alex Kerr, dec'd
County Line plat: allotted to each of above. Comrs: Joseph Benton, Hugh Walker, Thomas Loyd
Rec. Jan Court 1817

Caswell WB G, p.357
Jan Court 1817. Sale of estate of John Kerr, Senr. 14 Nov 1816. Buyers included Christopher Brooks. James Kerr & John Kerr, Adm.
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Division of estate. List of property given to following during his lifetime:
James Kerr for Alexander, dec'd [James was admin. of his brother]
Benjamin Lea for William Kerr, dec'd.
Jeremiah Lea [married to Polly Kerr], Benjamin Lea [married to Nancy Kerr], Christopher Brooks [married to Isabella Kerr], John Kerr Junr, Joseph Pennix [married to Betsy Kerr], Barzillai Kerr, James Kerr, Solomon Kerr.
Allotment of widow.
Commrs: Q. Anderson, Hugh Walker & Thomas Lloyd

Birth	29 Jan 1754	Hanover County, Virginia
Marriage	1773	Orange County, North Carolina - Mary Graves
Death	22 Feb 1816	Caswell County, North Carolina

Spouse	Mary Graves (1756 - 1831)
Child	Nancy Kerr (1774 - 1854)
Child	William Kerr (1776 - 1803)
Child	Mary "Polly" Kerr (1779 - )
Child	Rev. John Kerr Jr. (1782 - 1842)
Child	Barzillai Kerr (1784 - 1828)
Child	Alexander Kerr (1786 - 1816)
Child	Maj. James Kerr (1788 - 1848)
Child	Isabella Kerr (1790 - 1851)
Child	Elizabeth "Betsy" Kerr (1793 - )
Child	Solomon Kerr (1796 - )

Father	Alexander Kerr (1726 - 1813)
Mother	Mary Rice (1731 - 1765)
Sibling	Elizabeth "Betsy" Kerr (1752 - 1810)
Sibling	Sarah "Sally" Kerr (1755 - 1831)
Sibling	Susannah Kerr (1757 - )
Sibling	Ann "Nancy" Kerr (1759 - )
Sibling	Mary "Molly" Kerr (1761 - 1810)
Sibling	Martha "Patsy" Kerr (1763 - 1850)
Sibling	Frances Kerr (1765 - 1840)