Individual Details
Mary Graves
(3 Apr 1756 - 22 Feb 1831)
Caswell WB L, p.626
Will dated 20 July 1828. Daughters Polly Lea, Isbell Brooks, Betsy Penick, and Nancy Lea to have use of her Gig and bay mare Poll. 1/8 part for use of Nancy Lea to be divided among her children at her death, Calvin, Alvis, James & Cornelia - other children have property advanced by their father. 1/8 to Mary Lea on loan for lifetime to be divided among her children at her death; Mary, John Franklin, Jeremiah, Martha & Alexander - other children have property advanced by their father. 1/8 to children of deceased son Barzilla: Mary, Nancy, Isbell, Barzilla, Alexander. The other 5/8 to sons John, James & Solomon and Isbell Brooks & Betsy Renick. Will names son James as executor. Witnesses B. Yancy, Stephen Sawyer. Signed: Mary (herXmark) Kerr. Recorded April Court 1831.
James Kerr qualified.
Events
Birth | 3 Apr 1756 | Orange County, North Carolina | |||
Marriage | 1773 | Orange County, North Carolina - John Kerr | |||
Death | 22 Feb 1831 | Caswell County, North Carolina |
Families
Spouse | John Kerr (1754 - 1816) |
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 | John Graves (1714 - 1792) |
Mother | Isabell Lea ( - 1796) |
Sibling | John Herndon Graves (1749 - 1829) |
Sibling | Thomas Graves (1750 - 1799) |
Sibling | Ann "Nancy" Graves (1754 - 1818) |
Sibling | Rev. Barzilla Graves (1759 - 1827) |
Sibling | Isabella Graves (1761 - ) |
Sibling | Solomon Graves (1766 - 1830) |
Sibling | Gen. Azariah Graves (1768 - 1850) |
Sibling | James Graves (1772 - 1790) |
Endnotes
1. Debra L. Howard, Family history of Debra L. Howard
2. WorldConnect database at Rootsweb.
3. Rootsweb or USGenWeb Online Sources
4. WorldConnect database at Rootsweb.
5. Katherine Kerr Kendall, Caswell County North Carolina Will Books 1814-1843, (Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1983) , Will Book L 1831, p.626. "Mary Kerr".
6. WorldConnect database at Rootsweb.