Sent by Richard Ratcliff.
Moved to Warren Co., OH, Miami MM, 5 OCT 1805.
Sent by Richard Ratcliff of Spiceland, Ind. May 1990.
This William Kersey blazed on trees around about 300 acres for each of his 5 boys, there then being no government land marks to go by. He then employed, at his own expense, a surveyor to estimate the number of acres and paid the British government 12 1/2 cents per acre for it.
William Kersey was in the act of building a strick and clay chimney to his
cabin when a distant neighbor came along and proposed that he go with him to
kill a deer, after which he would come back and help build the chimney.
William consented and was walking in front of this man whose name was Beals,
carring a gun, when they saw a deer just in front of them. William squatted
down as Beals supposed to let him shoot the deer with a good rifle he carried.
Just as Beals fired, William raised up, the ball going through his head,
killing him instantly. This left the widowed mother and her 5 boys along on
the homestead, which they all occupied until about 1825. This was the
grandfather of the William Kersey who married Rachel Hiatt. The accidental
death took place in 1764.TYPE Moved to
DATE 28 OCT 1758
PLAC Guilford County, North Carolina, New Garden MM.
Sent by Richard Ratcliff of Spiceland, Ind. May 1990.
This William Kersey blazed on trees around about 300 acres for each of his 5 boys, there then being no government land marks to go by. He then employed, at his own expense, a surveyor to estimate the number of acres and paid the British government 12 1/2 cents per acre for it.
William Kersey was in the act of building a strick and clay chimney to his
cabin when a distant neighbor came along and proposed that he go with him to
kill a deer, after which he would come back and help build the chimney.
William consented and was walking in front of this man whose name was Beals,
carring a gun, when they saw a deer just in front of them. William squatted
down as Beals supposed to let him shoot the deer with a good rifle he carried.
Just as Beals fired, William raised up, the ball going through his head,
killing him instantly. This left the widowed mother and her 5 boys along on
the homestead, which they all occupied until about 1825. This was the
grandfather of the William Kersey who married Rachel Hiatt. The accidental
death took place in 1764.TYPE Moved to
DATE 28 OCT 1758
PLAC Guilford County, North Carolina, New Garden MM.
Line in Record @I46364@ (RIN 46357) from GEDCOM file not recognized:
EVEN
TYPE Moved to
DATE 31 MAY 1766
PLAC York County, Pennsylvania, Warrington MM.