Mary was born on 17 May 1780 in Augusta County, Virginia. She is the daughter of Windle GroveAnna Bright.
Bond written on 20 Dec 1796 for marriage to William G Kerr that occurred on 22 Dec 1796. It was a Presbyterian wedding performed by Minister Archibald Scott at Bethel Presbyterian Church.
She passed away on 27 Mar 1867 and is buried at the Shemariah Church Cemetery Summerdean, Augusta County, Virginia, Plot ? row 12.
Children:
Elizabeth b. 1798 - d. abt. 1879, m. Moses Wallace, 2 known children
Bailey b. 1800 VA - d. 1823 PA, age 23 in a hospital in PA
David b. 1803 - d. 1882, m. Jane Dunlap, 10 children
Robert Grove b. 1804 - d. 1893, m. Cassandra Clairmore McCutchan, 4 known children
Margaret b. 1807 - d. 1869, m. Elijah Hogshead, 4 known children
Sarah b. 1810 - d. abt. 1872, m. Peter Charles Hoge, 13 known children
Samuel Xerxes b. 1814 - d. 1886, m1/wid. Eliza Jane Wallace, 9 children, m2/wid. Mary Elizabeth Plumer Drewry, 3 children, m3. Nannie Williamson, no children
William Jr. b. 1816 - d. 1867, m1/wid. Lucretia Clarke, no children, m2. Elizabeth Mildred Swoope, 2 known children.
Mary Jane b. 1818 - d. 1899, m. William Neeley Anderson, 1 child
I, profile manager, had the opportunity to visit the Shemariah Church Cemetery in Oct 2023. The church still stands but is being converted to a private home. The cemetery is well kept. Her stone (see images) is still clearly legible. Then, when going to the cemetery where her husband is buried (about 10 minutes away), his stone is no longer there.
Sources
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 July 2019), memorial page for Mary Ann Grove Kerr (17 May 1780–27 Mar 1867), Find A Grave: Memorial #22782548, citing Shemariah Church Cemetery, Middlebrook, Augusta County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by LSP (contributor 46860931) .
1830; Census Place: Southern District, Augusta, Virginia; Series: M19; Roll: 189; Page: 88; Family History Library Film: 0029668
Year: 1850; Census Place: District 2, Augusta, Virginia; Roll: M432_934; Page: 288B; Image: 164
Year: 1860; Census Place: District 1, Augusta, Virginia; Roll: M653_1333; Page: 689; Image: 163; Family History Library Film: 805333
Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850. "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
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