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Hoxit Raxter,
whose research has helped fill in the gaps.
Descendants of Maclin Kerr
Generation
No. 1
1. MACLIN1 KERR (JESSE "OLD JESSE"A, --B) was born May 08, 1810 in Tennessee1,
and died Aft. 1884 in Jackson County, North Carolina (see note). He married LUCINDA DAVIS March 06, 1832
in Blount County, Tennessee2. She was born July 18, 1817 in South Carolina3,
and died February 20, 1891 in Jackson County, North Carolina4.
Notes for MACLIN KERR:
Research of Linda Hoxit
Raxter:
July 26, 1884, Jackson
County, NC
McLin Kerr sold 400 acres,
including his residence, to dtrs Mary
E. Everett & Julian Patterson of Swain & Jackson Counties. The property was on Conley's Creek off the
Tuckaseigee River.
On Maclin's gravestone the
death date is readable only as far as "August 18th".
More About MACLIN KERR:
Burial: Kerr Cemetery,
Jackson County, North Carolina
Occupation: Farmer
More About LUCINDA DAVIS:
Burial: Kerr Cemetery,
Jackson County, North Carolina
Children of MACLIN KERR and LUCINDA DAVIS are:
i. JESSE2 KERR, b. Abt. 1833,
Blount County, Tennessee5.
ii. MARY C. KERR, b. Abt. 1837, Blount County, Tennessee5;
m. --
EVERETT.
iii. WILL W. KERR, b. Abt. 1838, Blount County, Tennessee5.
iv. JOHN R. KERR, b. Abt. 1840, Blount County, Tennessee5.
v. VINY KERR, b. Abt. 1843, Blount County, Tennessee5.
vi. CLABURN KERR, b. Abt. 1846, Blount County, Tennessee5.
vii. EVELINE KERR, b. Abt. 1848, Blount County, Tennessee5.
2. viii. JULIA ANN "JULIE" KERR, b. May 08, 1851, Blount County, Tennessee; d. May 12,
1936, Macon County, North Carolina.
Generation
No. 2
2. JULIA ANN "JULIE"2 KERR (MACLIN1, JESSE "OLD JESSE"A, --B) was born May 08, 1851 in Blount County, Tennessee6,
and died May 12, 1936 in Macon County, North Carolina6,7. She married JEREMIAH MONROE "JERRY" PATTERSON October 29,
1869 in Jackson County, North Carolina8, son of -- PATTERSON and ELIZABETH FINLEY. He was born January 19, 18369,
and died May 18, 1902 in Macon County, North Carolina9.
Notes for JULIA ANN "JULIE" KERR:
Julia's death certificate
(Macon County, North Carolina) lists her birth as March 8, 1851.
1900 Macon County, North
Carolina, census, Cowee Township, Dwelling 178, w/husband Jerry, 11 children, 9
living.
1910 Macon County, North
Carolina, census, Cowee Township, Dwelling 36, Shepherd Creek Road, head of
household, 11 children, 9 living.
More About JULIA ANN "JULIE" KERR:
Burial: May 13, 1936, Snow
Hill Methodist Church Cemetery, Macon County
Cause of Death: Mitral
repurgitation, chronic nephritis
Notes for JEREMIAH MONROE "JERRY" PATTERSON:
Witnessed a deed, John and
Catherine Gibbs to Mclin Kerr (Jerry's father-in-law), January 24, 1876,
Jackson County Deed Book 6, p. 292.
1880 Jackson County, North
Carolina census, p. 251, District 102, Dwelling 12, head of household
The original relationship between McLin Kerr and Jerry was
erased and was "son" written in.
In 1895, Jerry moved with
his wife and children through Leatherman Gap into the Cowee Valley, Macon
County, North Carolina.
1900 Macon County, North
Carolina census, Cowee Township, Dewlling 178, head of household
Linda Hoxit Raxter: "This census record differs from
others. Lists place of birth of Julia [Jerry's wife] and Jerry as North
Carolina and Julia as literate. Since this information is not correct
concerning Julia, this should be considered as the least reliable census."
More About JEREMIAH MONROE "JERRY" PATTERSON:
Burial: Snow Hill Methodist
Church Cemetery, Macon County, N. C.
Children of JULIA KERR and JEREMIAH PATTERSON are:
i. MACLIN CLABURN "CLAYBE"3 PATTERSON, b.
September 01, 1870, Qualla Township, Jackson County, North Carolina9;
d. December 18, 1913, Texas9; m. MAGGIE JOHNSON; b.
Tennessee.
ii. INFANT PATTERSON, b. October 31, 1872, Jackson County, North Carolina9;
d. October 31, 18729.
3. iii. HORACE LON PATTERSON, b. November 20, 1873, Qualla Township, Jackson
County, North Carolina; d. January 15, 1952.
iv. WILLIAM E. PATTERSON, b. December 03, 1875, Qualla Township, Jackson
County, North Carolina9; d. December 15, 18999.
4. v. MARY E. PATTERSON, b. February 10, 1878, Qualla Township, Jackson
County, North Carolina; d. December 26, 1964, C. J. Harris Community Hospital,
Sylva, Jackson County, North Carolina.
vi. JERRY MONROE PATTERSON, JR., b. March 23, 1880, Qualla Township, Swain County,
North Carolina9; d. November 02, 1966, Macon County, North
Carolina.
Notes for JERRY MONROE PATTERSON, JR.:
Never married. No death
certificate has bee located in Macon or Jackson Counties, North Carolina.
1910 Macon County, North
Carolina, census, Cowee Township, Dwelling 36, living with his mother, Julia A.
Patterson.
More About JERRY MONROE PATTERSON, JR.:
Burial: Snow Hill Methodist
Church Cemetery, Cowe Valley, Macon County
vii. JESSE CLEVELAND "JESS" PATTERSON, b. February 01, 1882, Qualla Township, Jackson
County, North Carolina9; d. October 01, 1963, Dillsboro,
Jackson County, North Carolina10; m. LELA GRANT, July 23,
1905, Macon County, North Carolina11; b. June 19, 1885, Macon
County, North Carolina12; d. December 1941, Swain County,
North Carolina13.
Notes for JESSE CLEVELAND "JESS" PATTERSON:
1900 Macon County, North
Carolina, census, Cowee Township, Dwelling 178, living with his father Jerry
Patterson.
More About JESSE CLEVELAND "JESS" PATTERSON:
Burial: October 03, 1963,
Parris Cemetery, Jackson County, North Carolina
Cause of Death: Duodonal
ulcer with hemorrhage, encephalopathy, generalized arteriosclerosis
Notes for LELA GRANT:
Lela's surname on her
husband's death certificate was listed as Gates, but the informant is unknown
at this time.
More About LELA GRANT:
Burial: Parris Cemetery,
Jackson County, North Carolina
viii. LUCINDA EVELYN "EVA" PATTERSON, b. April 14, 1884, Qualla Township, Jackson County,
North Carolina14; d. September 22, 1972, Franklin, Macon
County, North Carolina15; m. JAMES L. GIBSON, Macon
County, North Carolina; b. January 28, 1876, Macon County, North Carolina; d.
April 26, 1959, Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina16.
More About LUCINDA EVELYN "EVA" PATTERSON:
Burial: Liberty Baptist
Church Cemetery, Macon County, North Carolina
More About JAMES L. GIBSON:
Burial: Liberty Baptist
Church Cemetery, Macon County, North Carolina
ix. MELVINA J. A. "VINA" PATTERSON, b. February 18, 1887, Qualla Township, Jackson
County, North Carolina17; d. March 20, 1971, Grandview Manor
Rest Home, Franklin, Macon County, North Carolina.
Notes for MELVINA J. A. "VINA" PATTERSON:
Vina's death certificate
(Macon County, North Carolina) lists her birth date as February 15, 1887.
1900 Macon County, North
Carolina, census, Cowee Township, Dwelling 178, living with her father, Jerry
Patterson. In this census, her birth was listed as April 1888.
1910 Macon County, North
Carolina, census, Cowee Township, Dwelling 36, living with her mother, Julia A.
Patterson.
More About MELVINA J. A. "VINA" PATTERSON:
Burial: March 22, 1971, Snow
Hill Methodist Church Cemetery, Cowee Township, Macon County, North Carolina
Cause of Death:
Arteriosclerotic heart disease
x. JOHN H. "JOHNNY" PATTERSON, b. March 29, 1889, Macon County, North Carolina17;
d. July 03, 194817; m. BETTY W. GUFFEY, December 14, 1908, Macon County, North Carolina; b.
189018.
Notes for JOHN H. "JOHNNY" PATTERSON:
1900 Macon County, North
Carolina, census, Cowee Township, Dwelling 176, living with his father, Jerry
Patterson.
xi. LANDON S. PATTERSON, b. November 29, 1891, Qualla Township, Swain County,
North Carolina19; d. January 11, 1963, Macon County, North
Carolina19.
Notes for LANDON S. PATTERSON:
Never married.
1900 Macon County, North
Carolina, census, Cowee Township, Dwelling 176, living with his father, Jerry
Patterson.
1910 Macon County, North
Carolina, census, Cowee Township, Dwelling 36, Shepherd Creek Road, living with
his mother, Julia A. Patterson.
Vina Patterson was listed as
the informant on Landon's death certificate (Macon County, North Carolina) with
the same address. It appears that they, both unmarried, were living in the old
homepace (now torn down).
More About LANDON S. PATTERSON:
Burial: January 13, 1963,
Snow Hill Methodist Church Cemetery, Cowee Township, Macon County, North
Carolina
Cause of Death: Hypertensive
cardio vascular disease
Military service: World War I
Generation
No. 3
3. HORACE LON3 PATTERSON (JULIA ANN "JULIE"2 KERR, MACLIN1, JESSE "OLD JESSE"A, --B) was born
November 20, 1873 in Qualla Township, Jackson County, North Carolina19,
and died January 15, 195220.
He married SALLY JONES November 26, 1893 in Barker Creek, Jackson County,
North Carolina21, daughter of RICHARD JONES and SARAH NATIONS. She was born November 12, 1869 in Wilmot,
Jackson County, North Carolina22, and died March 31, 1950 in
Barker's Creek, Jackson County, North Carolina22.
More About HORACE LON PATTERSON:
Burial: Nations Creek
Cemetery, Wilmot Community, Jackson County, North Carolina
More About SALLY JONES:
Burial: Nations Creek
Cemetery, Wilmot Community, Jackson County, North Carolina
Marriage Notes for HORACE PATTERSON and SALLY JONES:
Bondsman: Wiley E. Conner
Witnesses: J. L. Nations, S.
A. Bradley
Children of HORACE PATTERSON and SALLY JONES are:
i. ELLIS4 PATTERSON, m. MARY DAVIS.
ii. MYRTLE PATTERSON, b. October 15, 1894, Wilmot, Jackson County, North
Carolina22; d. February 15, 1899, Wilmot, Jackson County,
North Carolina22.
iii. RICHARD C. PATTERSON, b. January 14, 1897, Wilmot, Jackson County, North
Carolina23; d. November 1946, Port Angeles, Washington23;
m. LEONA GUNTER; b. June 15, 1900, Jackson County, North Carolina23;
d. February 15, 1927, Barker's Creek, Jackson County, North Carolina23.
iv. BEULAH LILLIE PATTERSON, b. March 29, 1899, Wilmot, Jackson County, North
Carolina23; d. January 12, 1941, Barker's Creek, Jackson
County, North Carolina23; m. BEDFORD BRADLEY, June 21,
1919, Wilmot, Jackson County, North Carolina23; b. October
28, 1895, Jackson County, North Carolina24; d. August 30,
1966, Richwood, Nicholas County, West Virginia25.
More About BEULAH LILLIE PATTERSON:
Burial: on a ridge above the
Hensley Cemetery, Jackson County, North Carolina
v. ETTA PATTERSON, b. August 27, 1902, Wilmot, Jackson County, North
Carolina26; d. August 05, 1903, Wilmot, Jackson County, North
Carolina26.
More About ETTA PATTERSON:
Burial: Nations Creek
Cemetery, Wilmot Community, Jackson County, North Carolina
vi. HARRY W. PATTERSON, b. May 20, 1909, Barker's Creek, Jackson County,
North Carolina27,28; d. April 03, 1995, Sylva, Jackson
County, North Carolina29,30; m. IDA MAE NATIONS; b.
December 13, 191930; d. January 14, 1941, Jackson County,
North Carolina31,32.
vii. ANNIE PATTERSON, b. May 10, 1911, Wilmot, Jackson County, North
Carolina32; d. October 06, 1919, Wilmot, Jackson County,
North Carolina32.
More About ANNIE PATTERSON:
Burial: Nations Creek Cemetery, Wilmot Community,
Jackson County, North Carolina
4. MARY E.3 PATTERSON (JULIA ANN "JULIE"2 KERR, MACLIN1, JESSE "OLD JESSE"A, --B) was born
February 10, 1878 in Qualla Township, Jackson County, North Carolina33,
and died December 26, 1964 in C. J. Harris Community Hospital, Sylva, Jackson
County, North Carolina34.
She married JAMES THOMAS "TOM" SHEPHERD December 20, 1898 in Macon County, North Carolina35,
son of JOHN SHEPHERD and LOUISA DALTON. He was born
January 23, 1879 in Macon County, North Carolina, and died September 20, 1966
in Macon County, North Carolina.
Notes for MARY E. PATTERSON:
1910 Macon County, North
Carolina, census, Cowee Township, Dwelling 36, Shepherd Creek Road, living with
husband, Thomas Shepherd, Jr.
More About MARY E. PATTERSON:
Burial: December 27, 1964,
Shepherd Memorial Cemetery, Macon County, North Carolina
Cause of Death: Carcinoma of
the right ovary
More About JAMES THOMAS "TOM" SHEPHERD:
Burial: Shepherd Memorial
Cemetery, Macon County, North Carolina
Children of MARY PATTERSON and JAMES SHEPHERD are:
i. INFANT SON4 SHEPHERD, b.
November 16, 1899; d. November 16, 1899.
ii. WILLIAM DON SHEPHERD, b. March 31, 1901, Macon County, North Carolina; d.
October 24, 1974, York County, South Carolina; m. (1) ELSIE PENETTA GALLOWAY, December
24, 1920; b. December 01, 1900, Transylvania County, North Carolina36;
d. November 29, 1923; m. (2) BEATRICE HUFFSTETLER, Abt. 1925; b. October 24, 1900, Gaston County, North
Carolina; d. September 30, 1998, Gaston County, North Carolina.
More About WILLIAM DON SHEPHERD:
Burial: Hollywood Cemetery,
Gaston County, North Carolina
Cause of Death: Cancer
More About ELSIE PENETTA GALLOWAY:
Burial: Hollywood Cemetery,
Gaston County, North Carolina
More About BEATRICE HUFFSTETLER:
Burial: Hollywood Cemetery,
Gaston County, North Carolina
Cause of Death: Old age
iii. PAUL SHEPHERD, b. November 08, 1902, Macon County, North Carolina;
d. June 1987, North Carolina37; m. AZALEA HARRIS.
iv. PEARL SHEPHERD, b. November 08, 1902, Macon County, North Carolina;
d. December 05, 2000, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; m. CHRISTY LEE "DOC" ELMORE, May 18,
192138; b. June 20, 190038; d. September 15,
196038.
More About PEARL SHEPHERD:
Burial: Gaston Memorial
Park, Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina
Notes for CHRISTY LEE "DOC" ELMORE:
Christy was nicknamed
"Doc" because he was always a sickly child.
v. T. A. "BILL" SHEPHERD, b. October 16, 1904, Macon County, North Carolina; d.
October 1983, Gaston County, North Carolina; m. BERTIE ELLA GALLOWAY, February
24, 1923, York County, South Carolina; b. February 01, 1903, Transylvania
County, North Carolina39; d. December 05, 1986, Gaston
County, North Carolina.
Notes for T. A. "BILL" SHEPHERD:
Died at 9:30 AM at Gaston
Memorial Hospital, Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina. His son, Thomas
Arlen Sheppard, was present.
More About T. A. "BILL" SHEPHERD:
Burial: Hollywood Cemetery,
Gaston County, North Carolina
Cause of Death: Cancer
Occupation: Laborer, Farmer
Notes for BERTIE ELLA GALLOWAY:
My grandmother, Bertie Ella
Galloway, was born February 01, 1903, in Transylvania County, N. C. She lived
in the area of the Davidson River in what is now Pisgah National Forest. (I
have yet to discover exactly where the site of the Galloway home was.) Grandma
was the seventh child of 11 born to Rufus McKellan Galloway and Susan Clerendy
Butler Galloway.
About 1920, the family moved
to Gastonia, N. C., for jobs in the cotton mills. Shortly thereafter, Grandma
met my grandfather, T. A. "Bill" Shepherd (1904-1983). According to
Louise Rigdon Myers, Bertie became pregnant and left Gastonia for Olive
Galloway's in Rosman, Transylvania County. Senia and Roxie Galloway wrote the
letter telling Bertie's father about the pregnancy. My Grandpa got a good
talking to by his mill's walking boss (Mr. Queen). Grandpa went to get Grandma
and on the way back to Gastonia, they married on February 24, 1923, in York
County, S. C.
Seven more children were to
follow (in all, six of the eight survived infancy), born in various places.
Grandma worked on and off in the mills until she retired.
My father worked in Gastonia
during his later years, and many days, at lunchtime, he would drive from his
work to Grandma's house for a couple of tomato sandwiches that Grandma always
had ready for him.
After the death of Grandpa,
Grandma lived with my Aunt Marie in Gastonia and Uncle Buddy in Forest City
until her death on December 05, 1986. She was buried beside her husband of 60
years in Hollywood Cemetery in Gastonia, N. C.
Grandma's life had been very
hard on her. I rarely saw her smile. She was a small woman, bent over from a
life time of hard work in the home and the mill. Her small home was a two
bedroom affair with a den and a kitchen. I did not see her often due to a rift
between my father and Grandpa, but the times I did spend with her were special
to me. It was through her occasional stories that I began a journey of falling
in love with the county of her birth.
More About BERTIE ELLA GALLOWAY:
Burial: Hollywood Cemetery,
Gaston County, North Carolina
Cause of Death: Cancer
Denomination: Baptist
vi. JOHN WILEY SHEPHERD, b. July 15, 1909; d. March 1986, Macon County, North
Carolina40; m. (1) DAISY DENTON; m. (2) NANCY AIKEN, Bef. 1958; b. January 25, 1915.
More About NANCY AIKEN:
Burial: Shepherd Memorial
Cemetery, Macon County, North Carolina
vii. ANNE SHEPHERD, b. December 30, 1909, Macon County, North Carolina;
d. Aft. December 2000; m. JOHN S. DONAHUE.
viii. EULA LEE SHEPHERD, b. November 11, 1911, Macon County, North Carolina;
d. March 31, 1984; m. WILLIAM HALL.
More About EULA LEE SHEPHERD:
Burial: Shepherd Memorial Cemetery, Macon County, North
Carolina
Endnotes
1. Jerry Monroe Patterson Family Bible.
2. Blount County, Tennessee, Marriage 1795-1865, Will E. Parham,
Southern Historical Press, 1982.
3. Jerry Monroe Patterson Family Bible.
4. Cemeteries of Jackson County, p. 209.
5. 1850 Federal Census of Blount County, Tennessee.
6. Jerry Monroe Patterson Family Bible.
7. Macon County, North Carolina, death certificate.
8. Marriage Bonds of Haywood and Jackson Counties, North
Carolina, by J. E. and Vivian Woolley, Southern Historical Press, 1978.
9. Jerry Monroe Patterson Family Bible.
10. Jackson County, North Carolina, death
certificate.
11. Macon County, North Carolina Marriages,
1829-1939, by James E. Wooley, Southern Historical Press, 1984.
12. Records of Libby Nations.
13. Records of Marvin A. Grant, Jr..
14. Jerry Monroe Patterson Family Bible.
15. Macon County, North Carolina Death Index,
Book 41, p. 484.
16. Macon County, North Carolina Death Index,
Book 37, p. 166.
17. Jerry Monroe Patterson Family Bible.
18. Macon County, North Carolina Marriages,
1829-1939, by James E. Wooley, Southern Historical Press, 1984.
19. Jerry Monroe Patterson Family Bible.
20. Cemeteries of Jackson County, p. 245.
21. Marriage Bonds of Haywood and Jackson
Counties, North Carolina, by J. E. and Vivian Woolley, Southern Historical
Press, 1978.
22. Cemeteries of Jackson County, p. 245.
23. Records of Libby Nations.
24. Jackson County, North Carolina, Delayed
Birth Index.
25. Records of Libby Nations.
26. Cemeteries of Jackson County, p. 245.
27. Records of Libby Nations.
28. Cemeteries of Jackson County, p. 245.
29. Records of Libby Nations.
30. Cemeteries of Jackson County, p. 245.
31. Records of Libby Nations.
32. Cemeteries of Jackson County, p. 245.
33. Jerry Monroe Patterson Family Bible.
34. Jackson County, North Carolina, death
certificate.
35. Macon County, North Carolina Marriages,
1829-1939, by James E. Wooley, Southern Historical Press, 1984.
36. Records of Bertie Galloway Shepherd.
37. Social Security Death Index.
38. Records of Andrea Guice Englehardt.
39. Records of Bertie Galloway Shepherd.
40. Social Security Death Index.
