Susan Kerr, born in Georgia, April 1792, was nicknamed Sukey. She grew up there and married widower William Faver on 18 May 1817, in Wilkes Co., GA. (The surname is variously spelled "Faver," "Favor," or "Favors.") William's father John had fought in the War of Independence, and probably so had Sukey's father. If I am correct, her parents were David and Alley Kerr, and he had received a pension as a veteran of the American Revolution.
Her husband William was older and had been married before. He and his first wife Susan Appling Faver had ten children. His first child in his second family was a son William Nail Faver, born 3 August 1818, in Wilkes County, Georgia. Soon the family moved westward. On the 1820 Census in St. Clair Co., AL, their household included William, Sukey, nine children from his first family, toddler William Nail and two slaves. William and Sukey continued to live there and had four more children, all girls: Alice Frances, Caroline, Martha D, and Canzada.
William Nail grew up and married Elizabeth Willis, and they had five children. His father died 20 August 1841. While the estate was in probate court, William Nail went to Texas, evidently to find a place to move. In 1850 still in St. Clair Co., the widow Susan and her three unmarried daughters were in the household next to son William Nail's family. By 1854 he had moved his own family along with his mother and unmarried sisters to Guadalupe Co., TX. His wife and perhaps his sister Caroline died about that time either before, during or soon after the move. Many of his half siblings from his father's first family also moved to various parts of Texas, joining the flow of settlers across the South leaving messages painted on barns or cabins, "GTT," or "Gone to Texas."
Sukey's daughter Canzada Faver married the Irishman John Campbell on 15 March 1855, in Guadalupe Co. Sukey lived with their family. A cabin built by John Campbell has been moved from its location eight miles southwest of Seguin into town as a museum of pioneer life. It was the home of Peter Campbell's family. It's unclear whether John's family, including his mother-in-law, lived in it first. But if Susan didn't live in that cabin, she lived in another also built by John; and she almost certainly would have visited the family of her daughter's Campbell relatives. Susan was on the 1860 and 1870 Censuses living with Canzada and family. Susan Kerr Faver died 20 November 1872, in Guadalupe Co., TX, and was buried in Dugger's Cemetery near Seguin. [Information about her broken gravestone came from "Guadalupe County Trails," V2, #1, p. 25: "Susan Faver _ _ Apr 18_ _ - 20 Nov 1872" However, other sources establish her birth before a date in the 1800's.]

Susan Kerr, born in Georgia, April 1792, was nicknamed Sukey. She grew up there and married widower William Faver on 18 May 1817, in Wilkes Co., GA. (The surname is variously spelled "Faver," "Favor," or "Favors.") William's father John had fought in the War of Independence, and probably so had Sukey's father. If I am correct, her parents were David and Alley Kerr, and he had received a pension as a veteran of the American Revolution.
Her husband William was older and had been married before. He and his first wife Susan Appling Faver had ten children. His first child in his second family was a son William Nail Faver, born 3 August 1818, in Wilkes County, Georgia. Soon the family moved westward. On the 1820 Census in St. Clair Co., AL, their household included William, Sukey, nine children from his first family, toddler William Nail and two slaves. William and Sukey continued to live there and had four more children, all girls: Alice Frances, Caroline, Martha D, and Canzada.
William Nail grew up and married Elizabeth Willis, and they had five children. His father died 20 August 1841. While the estate was in probate court, William Nail went to Texas, evidently to find a place to move. In 1850 still in St. Clair Co., the widow Susan and her three unmarried daughters were in the household next to son William Nail's family. By 1854 he had moved his own family along with his mother and unmarried sisters to Guadalupe Co., TX. His wife and perhaps his sister Caroline died about that time either before, during or soon after the move. Many of his half siblings from his father's first family also moved to various parts of Texas, joining the flow of settlers across the South leaving messages painted on barns or cabins, "GTT," or "Gone to Texas."
Sukey's daughter Canzada Faver married the Irishman John Campbell on 15 March 1855, in Guadalupe Co. Sukey lived with their family. A cabin built by John Campbell has been moved from its location eight miles southwest of Seguin into town as a museum of pioneer life. It was the home of Peter Campbell's family. It's unclear whether John's family, including his mother-in-law, lived in it first. But if Susan didn't live in that cabin, she lived in another also built by John; and she almost certainly would have visited the family of her daughter's Campbell relatives. Susan was on the 1860 and 1870 Censuses living with Canzada and family. Susan Kerr Faver died 20 November 1872, in Guadalupe Co., TX, and was buried in Dugger's Cemetery near Seguin. [Information about her broken gravestone came from "Guadalupe County Trails," V2, #1, p. 25: "Susan Faver _ _ Apr 18_ _ - 20 Nov 1872" However, other sources establish her birth before a date in the 1800's.]