Born in Tennessee
Brother of James Orr and John Whitfield Green
Major Green Kerr came alone to Texas in 1858 and bought 590 acres of land in the Vineland Community, northwest of McKinney. He then went back to Tennessee and returned with his family and slaves. He and his wife, Mariah Henderson Kerr, were the parents of nine children, Jerome B, Elizabeth, Lawson, Malinda Jane, Ruth, John Steele, A.W., A.D., and Will M. Jerome died in the Battle of Shiloh.
Born in Tennessee
Brother of James Orr and John Whitfield Green
Major Green Kerr came alone to Texas in 1858 and bought 590 acres of land in the Vineland Community, northwest of McKinney. He then went back to Tennessee and returned with his family and slaves. He and his wife, Mariah Henderson Kerr, were the parents of nine children, Jerome B, Elizabeth, Lawson, Malinda Jane, Ruth, John Steele, A.W., A.D., and Will M. Jerome died in the Battle of Shiloh.
Family Members
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Pvt Jerome Brown Kerr
1836–1862
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Maria Elizabeth "Lizzie" Kerr Hockaday
1838–1881
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Malinda Jane Kerr Sneed
1840–1919
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Ruth Kerr Dowell
1842–1869
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James Lawson Kerr
1844–1929
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John Steele Kerr
1847–1925
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Americus Washington Kerr
1848–1933
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Eliza Dix Kerr
1850–1855
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Houston B Green Kerr
1852–1855
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Adolphus Doak Kerr
1854–1937
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William Maury Kerr
1858–1946
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Infant daughter Kerr
unknown–1856
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