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Peter Kerr (September 12, 1795–November 18, 1861), also known as Peter Carr, was one of the founders of Burnet, Texas and a member of the Old Three Hundred, the original settlers in Stephen F. Austin's colony. ==Early Life== Peter Kerr or Carr was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on September 12, 1795. Kerr and his partner, William Kerr, received title to a league of land now in Washington County, Texas on August 10, 1824. At some point in 1824, he landed at Matagorda Bay and proceeded overland to Victoria, where he established a mercantile business. He was listed in the census of 1826 at a merchant with three servants. Soon thereafter his plans to marry a Spanish girl were thwarted when he was robbed on a trading expedition among the Indians further down the Texas coast. Her father broke the contract because the robbery left Kerr penniless.〔 Kerr obtained a charter ship, which was soon wrecked in a storm. Kerr received insurance money for his ship and bought a hack and a pair of horses, which were in turn wrecked the first time he put them into use. After a trip to Pennsylvania he returned to New Orleans, purchased a still, and put it on a ship to Texas. The ship sailed without him.〔 In 1835, Kerr and José María Jesús Carbajal drove a herd of horses to New Orleans and sold them in exchange for merchandise for the Texas trade and for arms and munitions for the Texas army. The provisions were loaded onto the ship the ''Hannah Elizabeth'', which was captured by the Mexican ''Bravo''. The ''William Robbins'' (later the ''Liberty''), a Texas privateer, recaptured the ''Hannah Elizabeth'' and Kerr was able to redeem his property by paying half its worth.〔 On March 24, 1836, General Sam Houston ordered Kerr's arrest on charges of spreading false news and of having befriended the Mexicans. The charges resulted from Kerr's delivery of the news of James W. Fannin's defeat in the battle of Coleto. Although Kerr spoke the truth, Houston could take no chances of a panic among his men.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Kerr (Texas settler)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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