Agnes (Nancy) Elder was born Mar 17, 1763 in a fort at Shippensburg Station, Spring Run, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and died Apr 15, 1859 near Pisgah Church, Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio at the age of 96.
She married Robert Kerr in Jun, 1784, at the Upper Path Valley Presbyterian Church, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Alexander J. Kerr. He was born about 1759 and died on Jun 13, 1817 about the age of 58.
The following notes taken from an Aug 1930 master's thesis by Harriet Wylie Stewart gives some insight into the living conditions at the time. The thesis is on file in the Shippensburg Pennsylvania College Library, and is entitled, The History of Shippensburg PA and included as its biography the History of Shippensburg by John McCurdy, and files from newspapers, including the Shippensburg News, 1880, the Shippensburg News-Chronicle, and the Carlisle Sentinel:
"No title to ground given until Oct 1736; deed at Phila. to John, Thos. and Wm. Penn by 23 chiefs of Iroquios or 6 Nations. However a settlement made where Shippensburg stands as early as 1730 (list of early settlers).
"1733 - 18 cabins, unhewed logs, mostly, 1 story with clapboard roofs, fastened by ridge poles, floors of logs hewed on 1 side, doors hewed on both, latchstring: fireplace - lower part stone, upper part split wood plastered on inside with tempered clay.
"Indian marauding parties. Shippensburg erected. 2 forts Ft. Franklin (1740). Ft. Morris: Gen. Thomassent garrison of 22 men. Dug a well within outward enclosure (on Broad St.); named in 1755 to distinguish from Ft. Morris then under construction. In 1755 50 men stationed at Ft. Morris, later enlarged.
"After Indian troubles of 1763, the various sections were occupied by private families; torn down, ca. 1790. Ft. Morris built at western end of the town on rocky hill; walls 2' thick of stones from quarry there, plus mortar openings in walls for light or loophole, several feet from ground; on the main st. ca. 20' higher than the grade, one of the best places of defence in valley. First -- stockade around 20 acres, cabins built on the hill near the fort. At one time during French and Indian War 1400 people took refuge in Shippensburg; forts so congested people used cellars and cabins. Named after Gov. Morris. All gone by 1821. State placed bronze tablet on the rocks."
In 1784, Agnes Elder united with the church, under the pastoral care of Reverend Mr. Dougle.
In 1826 she moved with some of her children to Pisgah, Ross County, Ohio, about five miles north of Greenfield in neighboring Highland County, Ohio.
The 1830 Census for Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio, recorded on roll 139, page 317, reflects Nancy Kerr as the head of household containing one male in his 20's and one male in his 50's. The Robert Simason household (her son-in-law) was listed on the census page immediately before her household. An Alexander Kerr family (perhaps her son) was also listed on the same census page.
The 1850 Census for Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio, recorded on roll 725, typed page 192, pencilled page 385, reflects Nancy E. Kerr, age 87, born in Pennsylvania, with real estate valued at $1300, living with the Daniel Heughs family, including Martha, age 46. Martha, Nancy's daughter, was born in 1806 according to Bible records, and would have been 44.
She died at the home of her son-in-law, Daniel Hughes, which was located between Pisgah and Leyndon Road. She was buried behind the old Presbyterian Church in Greenfield, Madison Township, Highland County, Ohio, in what is now known as the old burying ground. Her tombstone reads "Agnes E. wife of Robt Kerr died Apr 15, 1859 aged 96 years, 28 days." The tombstone is located in the center of the graveyard, adjacent to the Greenfield Historical Society building.
The Reverend A. R. Naylor wrote her obituary:
"DIED April 15th 1859 near Pisgah, Ross County, at the residence of her son-in-law Daniel Hughes, Mrs. Agnes Elder Kerr, in the 97th year of her age. The deceased was born March 17th, 1763, in what was then called Shipinsbury Station, Franklin County, Pa. In 1784 she was married, and united with the Upper Path Valley Presbyterian church, then under the pastorial care of Rev. Mr. Dougle. So she was connected with the church militant nearly 75 years. But few disciples have so long a pilgrimage through this world of sorrow. Her parents both lived to be over one hundred years of age. Her husband died in 1817 leaving her a widow with twelve children, six of whom, together with 58 grandchildren and 112 great-grand-children, still survive.
"She and some of her children came to Ohio in 1826, and settled in Ross County where she spent the remnant of her days in connection with the Pisgah church, in the faithful discharge of those domestic, social, and religious duties which belonged to her station. And her faithful precepts and example of devoted and consistent piety are worthy to be remembered and regarded by her numerous descendants and surviving friends. .
She married Robert Kerr in Jun, 1784, at the Upper Path Valley Presbyterian Church, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Alexander J. Kerr. He was born about 1759 and died on Jun 13, 1817 about the age of 58.
The following notes taken from an Aug 1930 master's thesis by Harriet Wylie Stewart gives some insight into the living conditions at the time. The thesis is on file in the Shippensburg Pennsylvania College Library, and is entitled, The History of Shippensburg PA and included as its biography the History of Shippensburg by John McCurdy, and files from newspapers, including the Shippensburg News, 1880, the Shippensburg News-Chronicle, and the Carlisle Sentinel:
"No title to ground given until Oct 1736; deed at Phila. to John, Thos. and Wm. Penn by 23 chiefs of Iroquios or 6 Nations. However a settlement made where Shippensburg stands as early as 1730 (list of early settlers).
"1733 - 18 cabins, unhewed logs, mostly, 1 story with clapboard roofs, fastened by ridge poles, floors of logs hewed on 1 side, doors hewed on both, latchstring: fireplace - lower part stone, upper part split wood plastered on inside with tempered clay.
"Indian marauding parties. Shippensburg erected. 2 forts Ft. Franklin (1740). Ft. Morris: Gen. Thomassent garrison of 22 men. Dug a well within outward enclosure (on Broad St.); named in 1755 to distinguish from Ft. Morris then under construction. In 1755 50 men stationed at Ft. Morris, later enlarged.
"After Indian troubles of 1763, the various sections were occupied by private families; torn down, ca. 1790. Ft. Morris built at western end of the town on rocky hill; walls 2' thick of stones from quarry there, plus mortar openings in walls for light or loophole, several feet from ground; on the main st. ca. 20' higher than the grade, one of the best places of defence in valley. First -- stockade around 20 acres, cabins built on the hill near the fort. At one time during French and Indian War 1400 people took refuge in Shippensburg; forts so congested people used cellars and cabins. Named after Gov. Morris. All gone by 1821. State placed bronze tablet on the rocks."
In 1784, Agnes Elder united with the church, under the pastoral care of Reverend Mr. Dougle.
In 1826 she moved with some of her children to Pisgah, Ross County, Ohio, about five miles north of Greenfield in neighboring Highland County, Ohio.
The 1830 Census for Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio, recorded on roll 139, page 317, reflects Nancy Kerr as the head of household containing one male in his 20's and one male in his 50's. The Robert Simason household (her son-in-law) was listed on the census page immediately before her household. An Alexander Kerr family (perhaps her son) was also listed on the same census page.
The 1850 Census for Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio, recorded on roll 725, typed page 192, pencilled page 385, reflects Nancy E. Kerr, age 87, born in Pennsylvania, with real estate valued at $1300, living with the Daniel Heughs family, including Martha, age 46. Martha, Nancy's daughter, was born in 1806 according to Bible records, and would have been 44.
She died at the home of her son-in-law, Daniel Hughes, which was located between Pisgah and Leyndon Road. She was buried behind the old Presbyterian Church in Greenfield, Madison Township, Highland County, Ohio, in what is now known as the old burying ground. Her tombstone reads "Agnes E. wife of Robt Kerr died Apr 15, 1859 aged 96 years, 28 days." The tombstone is located in the center of the graveyard, adjacent to the Greenfield Historical Society building.
The Reverend A. R. Naylor wrote her obituary:
"DIED April 15th 1859 near Pisgah, Ross County, at the residence of her son-in-law Daniel Hughes, Mrs. Agnes Elder Kerr, in the 97th year of her age. The deceased was born March 17th, 1763, in what was then called Shipinsbury Station, Franklin County, Pa. In 1784 she was married, and united with the Upper Path Valley Presbyterian church, then under the pastorial care of Rev. Mr. Dougle. So she was connected with the church militant nearly 75 years. But few disciples have so long a pilgrimage through this world of sorrow. Her parents both lived to be over one hundred years of age. Her husband died in 1817 leaving her a widow with twelve children, six of whom, together with 58 grandchildren and 112 great-grand-children, still survive.
"She and some of her children came to Ohio in 1826, and settled in Ross County where she spent the remnant of her days in connection with the Pisgah church, in the faithful discharge of those domestic, social, and religious duties which belonged to her station. And her faithful precepts and example of devoted and consistent piety are worthy to be remembered and regarded by her numerous descendants and surviving friends. .
Agnes (Nancy) Elder was born Mar 17, 1763 in a fort at Shippensburg Station, Spring Run, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and died Apr 15, 1859 near Pisgah Church, Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio at the age of 96.
She married Robert Kerr in Jun, 1784, at the Upper Path Valley Presbyterian Church, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Alexander J. Kerr. He was born about 1759 and died on Jun 13, 1817 about the age of 58.
The following notes taken from an Aug 1930 master's thesis by Harriet Wylie Stewart gives some insight into the living conditions at the time. The thesis is on file in the Shippensburg Pennsylvania College Library, and is entitled, The History of Shippensburg PA and included as its biography the History of Shippensburg by John McCurdy, and files from newspapers, including the Shippensburg News, 1880, the Shippensburg News-Chronicle, and the Carlisle Sentinel:
"No title to ground given until Oct 1736; deed at Phila. to John, Thos. and Wm. Penn by 23 chiefs of Iroquios or 6 Nations. However a settlement made where Shippensburg stands as early as 1730 (list of early settlers).
"1733 - 18 cabins, unhewed logs, mostly, 1 story with clapboard roofs, fastened by ridge poles, floors of logs hewed on 1 side, doors hewed on both, latchstring: fireplace - lower part stone, upper part split wood plastered on inside with tempered clay.
"Indian marauding parties. Shippensburg erected. 2 forts Ft. Franklin (1740). Ft. Morris: Gen. Thomassent garrison of 22 men. Dug a well within outward enclosure (on Broad St.); named in 1755 to distinguish from Ft. Morris then under construction. In 1755 50 men stationed at Ft. Morris, later enlarged.
"After Indian troubles of 1763, the various sections were occupied by private families; torn down, ca. 1790. Ft. Morris built at western end of the town on rocky hill; walls 2' thick of stones from quarry there, plus mortar openings in walls for light or loophole, several feet from ground; on the main st. ca. 20' higher than the grade, one of the best places of defence in valley. First -- stockade around 20 acres, cabins built on the hill near the fort. At one time during French and Indian War 1400 people took refuge in Shippensburg; forts so congested people used cellars and cabins. Named after Gov. Morris. All gone by 1821. State placed bronze tablet on the rocks."
In 1784, Agnes Elder united with the church, under the pastoral care of Reverend Mr. Dougle.
In 1826 she moved with some of her children to Pisgah, Ross County, Ohio, about five miles north of Greenfield in neighboring Highland County, Ohio.
The 1830 Census for Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio, recorded on roll 139, page 317, reflects Nancy Kerr as the head of household containing one male in his 20's and one male in his 50's. The Robert Simason household (her son-in-law) was listed on the census page immediately before her household. An Alexander Kerr family (perhaps her son) was also listed on the same census page.
The 1850 Census for Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio, recorded on roll 725, typed page 192, pencilled page 385, reflects Nancy E. Kerr, age 87, born in Pennsylvania, with real estate valued at $1300, living with the Daniel Heughs family, including Martha, age 46. Martha, Nancy's daughter, was born in 1806 according to Bible records, and would have been 44.
She died at the home of her son-in-law, Daniel Hughes, which was located between Pisgah and Leyndon Road. She was buried behind the old Presbyterian Church in Greenfield, Madison Township, Highland County, Ohio, in what is now known as the old burying ground. Her tombstone reads "Agnes E. wife of Robt Kerr died Apr 15, 1859 aged 96 years, 28 days." The tombstone is located in the center of the graveyard, adjacent to the Greenfield Historical Society building.
The Reverend A. R. Naylor wrote her obituary:
"DIED April 15th 1859 near Pisgah, Ross County, at the residence of her son-in-law Daniel Hughes, Mrs. Agnes Elder Kerr, in the 97th year of her age. The deceased was born March 17th, 1763, in what was then called Shipinsbury Station, Franklin County, Pa. In 1784 she was married, and united with the Upper Path Valley Presbyterian church, then under the pastorial care of Rev. Mr. Dougle. So she was connected with the church militant nearly 75 years. But few disciples have so long a pilgrimage through this world of sorrow. Her parents both lived to be over one hundred years of age. Her husband died in 1817 leaving her a widow with twelve children, six of whom, together with 58 grandchildren and 112 great-grand-children, still survive.
"She and some of her children came to Ohio in 1826, and settled in Ross County where she spent the remnant of her days in connection with the Pisgah church, in the faithful discharge of those domestic, social, and religious duties which belonged to her station. And her faithful precepts and example of devoted and consistent piety are worthy to be remembered and regarded by her numerous descendants and surviving friends. .
She married Robert Kerr in Jun, 1784, at the Upper Path Valley Presbyterian Church, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Alexander J. Kerr. He was born about 1759 and died on Jun 13, 1817 about the age of 58.
The following notes taken from an Aug 1930 master's thesis by Harriet Wylie Stewart gives some insight into the living conditions at the time. The thesis is on file in the Shippensburg Pennsylvania College Library, and is entitled, The History of Shippensburg PA and included as its biography the History of Shippensburg by John McCurdy, and files from newspapers, including the Shippensburg News, 1880, the Shippensburg News-Chronicle, and the Carlisle Sentinel:
"No title to ground given until Oct 1736; deed at Phila. to John, Thos. and Wm. Penn by 23 chiefs of Iroquios or 6 Nations. However a settlement made where Shippensburg stands as early as 1730 (list of early settlers).
"1733 - 18 cabins, unhewed logs, mostly, 1 story with clapboard roofs, fastened by ridge poles, floors of logs hewed on 1 side, doors hewed on both, latchstring: fireplace - lower part stone, upper part split wood plastered on inside with tempered clay.
"Indian marauding parties. Shippensburg erected. 2 forts Ft. Franklin (1740). Ft. Morris: Gen. Thomassent garrison of 22 men. Dug a well within outward enclosure (on Broad St.); named in 1755 to distinguish from Ft. Morris then under construction. In 1755 50 men stationed at Ft. Morris, later enlarged.
"After Indian troubles of 1763, the various sections were occupied by private families; torn down, ca. 1790. Ft. Morris built at western end of the town on rocky hill; walls 2' thick of stones from quarry there, plus mortar openings in walls for light or loophole, several feet from ground; on the main st. ca. 20' higher than the grade, one of the best places of defence in valley. First -- stockade around 20 acres, cabins built on the hill near the fort. At one time during French and Indian War 1400 people took refuge in Shippensburg; forts so congested people used cellars and cabins. Named after Gov. Morris. All gone by 1821. State placed bronze tablet on the rocks."
In 1784, Agnes Elder united with the church, under the pastoral care of Reverend Mr. Dougle.
In 1826 she moved with some of her children to Pisgah, Ross County, Ohio, about five miles north of Greenfield in neighboring Highland County, Ohio.
The 1830 Census for Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio, recorded on roll 139, page 317, reflects Nancy Kerr as the head of household containing one male in his 20's and one male in his 50's. The Robert Simason household (her son-in-law) was listed on the census page immediately before her household. An Alexander Kerr family (perhaps her son) was also listed on the same census page.
The 1850 Census for Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio, recorded on roll 725, typed page 192, pencilled page 385, reflects Nancy E. Kerr, age 87, born in Pennsylvania, with real estate valued at $1300, living with the Daniel Heughs family, including Martha, age 46. Martha, Nancy's daughter, was born in 1806 according to Bible records, and would have been 44.
She died at the home of her son-in-law, Daniel Hughes, which was located between Pisgah and Leyndon Road. She was buried behind the old Presbyterian Church in Greenfield, Madison Township, Highland County, Ohio, in what is now known as the old burying ground. Her tombstone reads "Agnes E. wife of Robt Kerr died Apr 15, 1859 aged 96 years, 28 days." The tombstone is located in the center of the graveyard, adjacent to the Greenfield Historical Society building.
The Reverend A. R. Naylor wrote her obituary:
"DIED April 15th 1859 near Pisgah, Ross County, at the residence of her son-in-law Daniel Hughes, Mrs. Agnes Elder Kerr, in the 97th year of her age. The deceased was born March 17th, 1763, in what was then called Shipinsbury Station, Franklin County, Pa. In 1784 she was married, and united with the Upper Path Valley Presbyterian church, then under the pastorial care of Rev. Mr. Dougle. So she was connected with the church militant nearly 75 years. But few disciples have so long a pilgrimage through this world of sorrow. Her parents both lived to be over one hundred years of age. Her husband died in 1817 leaving her a widow with twelve children, six of whom, together with 58 grandchildren and 112 great-grand-children, still survive.
"She and some of her children came to Ohio in 1826, and settled in Ross County where she spent the remnant of her days in connection with the Pisgah church, in the faithful discharge of those domestic, social, and religious duties which belonged to her station. And her faithful precepts and example of devoted and consistent piety are worthy to be remembered and regarded by her numerous descendants and surviving friends. .
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Agnes E.
Wife of Robt. Kerr
Died Apr 15, 1859
Aged 96 yrs, 28 ds
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