Died at the residence of Mr David Gray, in this county, on the 17th December,1830 of pleusisy, Mr William C. Kerr, Esq. age 46 years. Mr. K had left his own residence a week previous to his decease, for Market, and only arrived at the house of Mr. Gray, when attacked by the disease, which proved fatal to his life. - North Carolina Spectator And Western Advertiser (1830-1835) Rutherford Co., NC Abstracts by Helen M. Lu & Gwen Neumann, page 12