James Kerr

James Kerr (HM23O1)

Location: Kerrville, TX 78028 Kerr County
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Country: United States of America
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N 30° 2.836', W 99° 8.377'

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(1790-1850)

Kentucky native James Kerr, the son of a Baptist minister, was reared in Missouri.
Kerr fought in the War of 1812 and was later sheriff of St. Charles County, Missouri.
He married Angeline Caldwell in 1818 and served in the Missouri Senate and House of Representatives. Kerr was appointed Surveyor General of the Texas colony of Green DeWitt in 1825. With his wife, three children and several slaves, he joined Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" colony in Brazoria. In August 1825 he set out to select a site for the DeWitt colony. Kerr named the community Gonzales in honor of the governor of Coahuila, Mexico. By this time, Angeline Kerr and two of the children had passed away.

Kerr was active in area politics and law enforcement during the formative years of the Republic of Texas. He acted as attorney and surveyor for Benjamin Rush Milam in 1827.
He negotiated for peace before the Fredonian Rebellion, signed a treaty with the Karankawa Indians and fought other tribes. He was the Lavaca delegate at the Convention at San Felipe de Austin in 1832 and served as a member of the Second and Third Conventions. Two years later, he married Sarah Fulton. He became a major in the Texas Rangers in 1835 and in the Republic of Texas army in 1836. He was elected to the Third Texas Congress in 1838.

Kerr's later years were



spent practicing medicine in Jackson County. In 1856, pioneer Joshua Brown gave the land around this site in order that Kerr County be named for his longtime friend, Texas frontiersman and patriot James Kerr.
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HM NumberHM23O1
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Year Placed2000
Placed ByTexas Historical Commission
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Date Added Monday, December 11th, 2017 at 1:04pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)14R E 486540 N 3324031
Decimal Degrees30.04726667, -99.13961667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 30° 2.836', W 99° 8.377'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds30° 2' 50.16" N, 99° 8' 22.62" W
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Area Code(s)830
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 740-778 TX-27, Kerrville TX 78028, US
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