I found this on the New River web page. This area is where NC, VA, and
TN join. As you can see they spelled the same name two ways in the same
paragraph. I think the William Carr/Kerr listed below is mind can not
prove it.
http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nrv.htm
Page 50 - James Taylor, assignee of Archibald Mahon, assignee of John
Walker...200
ac...Commissioners Certificate...on both sides of Mockison Creek, north
branch of the north fork of
Holston River...Beginning in the head of a hollow corner to James King
Carrs land he now lives
on...in a gap of a ridge...on the bank of the Mill Pond...April 30, 1782
- John Walker...200 ac...on
Mockison adjoining James King Kerr above by a line crossing at the ford
and Christopher Huston
below, to include the place whereon he now lives, actual settlement made
in 1773...August 18, 1781
- Assigned to Archibald Mahon by purchase on April 1, 1782. Signed: John
Walker. - Assigned to
James Taylor by purchase on April 20, 1782. Signed: Archibald Mahon.
Witness: Robert Preston
Page 81 - James King Carr...185 ac...Commissioners Certificate...on both
sides of Mockeson
Creek, north branch of the north fork of Holstein River...Beginning on
the bank of the creek on
Alexander Barnetts lower line...April 29, 1782 - James King Carr, heir
of James Kerr, assignee of
John Walker...200 ac...on Mockinson joining John Walkers below by a line
crossing at the ford of
the Creek and Alexander Barnett above, includes improvements, 98 ac
surveyed on December 11,
1774 for John Walker...August 20, 1781
Page 222 - William Anderson...400 ac...Commissioners Certificate...on
both sides of the Glade
Spring branch, waters of Powells River...Beginning on the east side of a
branch...on William Carrs
corner...November 14, 1783
Page 359 - William Kerr - 400 ac - in Powells Valley on the north side
of the Glade Spring creek,
the waters of Powells River and on the east side of the Rockhouse -
Commissioners Certificate - line
of his adjacent survey - November 13, 1783...William Kerr - 400 ac - in
Powells Valley known by
the name of the Sinking Spring about 12 miles from Martin's Station,
includes improvements, actual
settlement made in 1769 - August 20, 1781
Page 359 - William Kerr - 500 ac - treasury warrant dated March 21, 1783
#15153 - on the
waters of the Rock house Creek, a north branch of Powells River - corner
to a survey of Robert
Preston - corner of Kerr's settlement right - November 13, 1783
Page 38 - James Duff...400 ac...Commissioners Certificate...on the
middle fork of Holstein
River...Beginning on the west bank of the river...to the northeast...to
the southwest...corner to Adam
Kerr...corner to William Duff...by Berrys Gap...January 14, 1782 -
Francis McCurry, assignee of
James McFerrin, assignee of Andrew McFerrin...400 ac...on the middle
fork of Holstein River the
place whereon he now lives, includes improvements, actual settlement
made in 1773... August 17, 1781
Page 230 - James Gillilan...200 ac...Commissioners Certificate...on the
waters of the Middle &
South Fork of Holstein River...Beginning corner between Adam Kerr and
Gillilans land...at the
Middle Fork...on the bank of the South Fork...June 1, 1782 - James
Gillilan, assignee of Adam
Carr, assignee of John Patterson...200 ac...on the north side of Holston
River adjoining the forks of
the river the place where he now lives...includes improvements, actual
settlement made in
1770...August 16, 1781
Page 328 - James Hignite - 400 ac - Commissioners Certificate - on the
waters of Spring Creek, a
branch of Holstein River - corner to the land George Berry lived on - by
a path - corner to James
MONTGOMERY - by a branch at the foot of the knobs - May 5, 1786...David
Carr, assignee of
Samuel McChesney, assignee of John Johnson, assignee of Elija Smith,
assignee of John Fain - 400
ac -on the waters of Spring Creek, includes improvements, actual
settlement made in 1776 - August
25, 1781
Page 374 - James Montgomery - 400 ac - Commissioners Certificate - on
the west side of Woolf
Creek, the waters of Holstein River - beginning at the foot of the Great
knobs corner to Samuel
Duff's land - by shelving rocks on the bank of Woolf creek - corner of
the tract by preemption right
- near the foot of the said knobs - August 27, 1785...James Montgomery -
400 ac - on the south
side of the Great knobs on Hunt's and Woolf Creek, joining John Berry,
James Phillips, James
Doren, Nicholas Fain, David Carr, George Berry and James McFarran,
includes his settlement -
actual settlement made in 1782 - August 14, 1781