Not far from the grave of William Red ford (about half a mile) upon a little knoll is another Covenanter's grave,—the grave of another "forefather of the hamlet." Here "Old Mortality" would have lingered lovingly, for Walter Ker had been a prisoner in the Whig's Vault of Dunottar Castle, near Stonehaven, on the North Sea, south of Aberdeen. Throughout the long defense of the Covenant the name of Ker had been constantly conspicuous in the low countries among its defenders. Sir Walter Scott...

The second document deals with Walter Ker of Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey and traces his emigration from Scotland. This document was prepared by William C. Armstrong and published by the Shawyer Publishing Company, Morrison, Illinois, 1931. _____________________________________________________ "The Kerrs constituted a clan in Scotland. They were Highlanders; their domain was in the west and bordered on the Atlantic. When the clan system of local government was broken up by the...