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1794 - 1857 (63 years)
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Name |
James Johnston KIRK |
Suffix |
Sr. |
Born |
10 May 1794 |
Lancaster Co, SC |
Gender |
Male |
_UID |
DBBA6D20E8AC421BBF3C98AE5A52578AE11F |
Died |
21 Jun 1857 |
Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox Co. AL |
Buried |
Liberty Methodist Church Cemetery, Hestle, Wilcox Co. AL |
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Notes |
- CENSUS RECORDS
1830 Census
Name: James Kirk
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Clarke, Alabama
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 8
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored: 8
1840 Census
Name: James Kirk
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Wilcox, Alabama
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 3
Free White Persons - Under 20: 9
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 11
Total Slaves: 1
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 12
LAND RECORDS
Name: James J Kirk
Issue Date: 10 Apr 1848
Place: Wilcox, Alabama, USA
Land Office: St. Stephens
Meridian: St Stephens
Township: 11-N
Range: 4-E
Section: 36
Accession Number: AL1480__.083
Document Number: 9294
https://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=AL1480__.083&docClass=STA&sid=1hw2vqp5.r2j
MEMOIRS
From W. R. Kirk Journal, 1866
He came to Ala. in 1818, when he was 24 years old. lived several years on Pigeon Creek in Clark County Ala. Father moved to Wilcox County in ___ and bought land on Bear Creek, engaged in farming until his decease.
My father was a man of very limited education. He had a good mind. Nature did much for him in this respect - had a strong memory. He studied no book but the Bible, much of which he had committed to memory. He delighted in the Psalms of David and Proverbs of Solomon. I have met very few ministers who could quote from the Bible so appropriately and readily as he could.
His father and mother were old Seceders "after the strictest sect." It was from them he learned to memorize Scripture. All through his childhood and youth his Sabbaths were employed in the catechetical exercises and he venerated the Sabbath to his last day.
He was always thoughtful, never spoke at random - would rarely speak harshly of anyone before his children. Was kind and obliging to all, and devoted to the interest of his children. There never was a more self-denying, self-sacrificing father for the sake of his children in everything save education. He always seemed to think that to read and write - and a knowledge of the primary rules of arithmetic was sufficient. I have always been astonished at his views on this subject when I think of his good and sound judgment in every thing else. He was decidedly in favor of an educated minister. He was always peaceable, rarely had any difficulties. I never new (sic) him to have a violent personal enemy. He had but little to do with the world outside his own private matters. He never saw the courthouse of his county save as a juror.
He was proverbially honest, frugal and industrious and always had friends. He lived in the Methodist Church the last eighteen years of his life but always favored Calvinism. This was owing to early training by his parents, who as I have already said were rigid Seceders. A more industrious and energetic hard working man never lived. No man was tried harder to moddle (sic) his children after himself than he did. [1]
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Person ID |
I7442 |
Master File |
Last Modified |
26 Apr 2019 |
Father |
Matthew KIRK, b. 1760, Antrim Co. Ballymoney Ireland , d. 2 Jun 1839, Lancaster Co, SC (Age 79 years) |
Mother |
Grace JOHNSON, b. 1769, Lancaster Co, SC , d. 1858, Lancaster Co, SC (Age 89 years) |
Married |
1787 |
Family ID |
F5091 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
Jane WALKER, b. 1796, South Carolina , d. Sep 1835, Wilcox Co. AL (Age 39 years) |
Married |
1823 [1] |
Children |
| 1. Matthew KIRK, b. Abt 1823, Clarke Co. AL |
| 2. James J. KIRK, b. ca 1824, Clarke Co. AL , d. 21 Dec 1863, Rock Island, IL Prisoner of War Camp (Age ~ 39 years) |
+ | 3. John M. KIRK, b. ca 1825, Clarke Co. AL , d. 27 Mar 1865, Camp Chase, Franklin Co. OH (Age ~ 40 years) |
| 4. William R. KIRK, b. ca 1829, Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox Co. AL , d. 1893 (Age ~ 64 years) |
| 5. Andrew KIRK, d. 3 Nov 1848 |
| 6. Grace KIRK |
| 7. Jane KIRK |
| 8. Mary KIRK |
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Last Modified |
4 Jul 2012 |
Family ID |
F5090 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 2 |
Margaret Drury, b. ca 1805, North Carolina , d. aft. 1880, Wilcox Co. AL (Age ~ 76 years) |
Married |
5 Nov 1837 |
Wilcox Co. AL |
- Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
Name: James Kirk
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 5 Oct 1837
Marriage Place: Wilcox, Alabama
Spouse: Margaret Southall
FHL Film Number: 1290214
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Children |
| 1. Oliver Hazard Perry KIRK, b. 18 Feb 1842, Wilcox Co. AL , d. 20 Nov 1882, Wilcox Co. AL (Age 40 years) |
| 2. Calvin Cellars KIRK, b. ca 1845, Wilcox Co. AL |
+ | 3. Joseph Marshall KIRK, b. 05 May 1848, Wilcox Co. AL , d. 27 Jul 1931, Wilcox Co. AL (Age 83 years) |
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Last Modified |
26 Apr 2019 |
Family ID |
F5118 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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