Biography[]
Caroline Amelia Rollins Kerr was born 1 May 1820 in Lima, Livingston County, New York, United States to John Porter Rollins (1789-1822) and Keziah Keturah van Benthuysen (1795-1877) and died 15 April 1856 Farmington, Van Buren County, Iowa, United States of unspecified causes. She married Nathaniel John Kerr (1820-1862) April 1837 in Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri.
Zion Settlement[]

LDS Pioneer home in 1831 (1881 engraving, artist unknown)
Zion Settlement was a small, short-lived village of early members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located near Independence, Missouri in Jackson County, Missouri. The church believes that this spot will be the central spot for building of the kingdom of God ("Zion" or "New Jerusalem") in the latter-days per revelation given to the prophet, Joseph Smith (1805-1844). The settlement collapsed in 1833 when angry anti-Mormon mobs drove the settlers out of the county.
At Zion, the widow Rollins and her three young children lived with their uncle - Algernon Sidney Gilbert (1789-1834), who ran the village store.
Caroline and her older sister Mary Elizabeth grabbed the large sheets of the first printing of the book of commandments and hid in a nearby corn field. They heard the men that were destroying the printing press come very close, but they did not see them. They had laid the sheets on the ground and then laid down on top of them and waited until they couldn't hear the men anymore.
Marriage and Family[]
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Mary Jane Kerr (1838-1918) | |||
Frances Julia Kerr (1840-1860) | |||
Orlando M Kerr (1842-1876) | |||
William Todd Kerr (1847-1920) | |||
Virginia Iowa Kerr (1848-1848) | |||
John Kerr (1850-) |
Siblings[]
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
James Henry Rollins (1816-1899) | 27 May 1816 Lima, Livingston County, New York, United States | 7 February 1899 Lyman, Uinta County, Wyoming, United States | Eveline Crissy Walker (1823-1912) Hannah Alice Hulme (1834-1896) |
Mary Elizabeth Rollins (1818-1913) | 9 April 1818 Lima, Livingston County, New York, United States | 17 December 1913 Minersville, Beaver County, Utah, United States | Adam Lightner (1810-1885) Joseph Smith (1805-1844) Brigham Young (1801-1877) |
Caroline Amelia Rollins (1820-1856) | 1 May 1820 Lima, Livingston County, New York, United States | 15 April 1856 Farmington, Van Buren County, Iowa, United States | Nathaniel John Kerr (1820-1862) |
External Links[]
- Saints Ch 16 - History of the LDS Church - 1833 Rescue of the Book of Commandments papers during the Mob Terror in Jackson County, Missouri.