Elizabeth Kerr

Notes:

Elizabeth was the daughter of James and Susannah (Rodes) Kerr of Charlottsville, Virginia. The Alger reference says Elizabeth was the daughter of James and Sarah (Rice) Kerr.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Redden, Virginia R. - "William and Mary College
Quarterly" - Jun 1997 - p. 194

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Elizabeth married Joseph Jones Monroe on 19 Mar 1791 in , Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA. Joseph (son of Col. Spence Monroe and Elizabeth Jones) was born in 1764 in Monroe's Creek, Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA; died on 5 Aug 1824 in , Franklin Co., Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
"Much distressing to [President james] Monroe was the discovery that his younger brother Joseph had married the daughter of James Kerr of Charlottsville without consulting him; marriage to a social inferior and while Joseph was still a minor."

1. Harriett Forbes Monroe was born on 15 Apr 1794 in , , Virginia, USA; died on 22 Mar 1857 in Keytesville, Chariton Co., Missouri, USA; was buried in Keytesville, Chariton Co., Missouri, USA.
2. Lucy Jane Monroe was born on 26 Jul 1800 in Charlotte, Essex Co., Virginia, USA; died on 13 Feb 1873 in Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas, USA.