The history and geography of Texas as told in county names . bruary, 1866, and died while amember of that body in March, 1866. KERR. James Kerr was born near Danville, Ky., September 21, was the son of a Baptist minister, and removed with hisfathers family to St. Charles County, Mo., in 1808, and in 1812 volunteered in the UnitedStates Army and was promotedto the rank of Lieutenant. Hestudied law but never was married in 1819 to thedaughter of General JamesCaldwell, Speaker of the Houseof Representatives, at St. Gen-evieve, Mo. He served severalterms as Sheriff of St. Char
The history and geography of Texas as told in county names . bruary, 1866, and died while amember of that body in March, 1866. KERR. James Kerr was born near Danville, Ky., September 21, was the son of a Baptist minister, and removed with hisfathers family to St. Charles County, Mo., in 1808, and in 1812 volunteered in the UnitedStates Army and was promotedto the rank of Lieutenant. Hestudied law but never was married in 1819 to thedaughter of General JamesCaldwell, Speaker of the Houseof Representatives, at St. Gen-evieve, Mo. He served severalterms as Sheriff of St. CharlesCounty, and then removed toSt. Genevieve and was twiceelected a member of the Legis-lature from that county, and in1824 was elected to the StateSenate, which position he re-signed in 1825 to become gen-eral manager of DeWitts Col-ony. In the same year he ar-rived in Texas with his family. Leaving his family on the Brazos, he proceeded to DeWittsColony on the Guadalupe. In company with Erastus (Deaf)Smith, he reached the Guadalupe in June and began As Told in County Names 81 Soon after his departure from the Brazos his wife and twochildren died, leaving to his care an infant daughter. He wentvigorously to work and before July, 1826, had laid out thetown of Gonzales, when settlers began to arrive. On July 3, during his absence, the Indians attacked the set-tlement, killing three of his men, and Kerr for a time aban-doned the place and moved over on the lower Lavaca River,making his permanent home there, but managing the affairsof the colony. He was a member of the convention of 1832 and1833 and in 1835 participated in the engagement at Fort Li-pantitian on the west bank of the Nueces River. He was alsoa member of the Consultation in 1835 and of the Constitu-tional convention of 1836, which declared independence, andwas a member of the Third Congress of the Republic of Tex-as. He died at his home on the Navidad River in Jackson Coun-ty, December 23, 1850. KINNEY. H. L. K
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