Andrew WALKER

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CENSUS RECORDS

1800 Census
Name: Andrew Walker
Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Lancaster District, South Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 1
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 4

1810 Census
Name: Andr Walker
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Lancaster, South Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 : 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 5
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Number of All Other Free Persons: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 6
Number of Household Members Over 25: 3
Number of Household Members: 10

1830 Census
Name: Andrew Walker
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Clarke, Alabama
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1
Slaves - Males - Under 10: 1
Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54: 1
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 1
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 7
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 11
Total Slaves: 4
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 15

MEMOIRS

W. R. Kirk Journal, 1866

He was of Irish descent. lived for several years on Pigeon Creek, Clarke County, Alabama but afterward bought land in Bear Creek Wilcox Co and moved to it where they spent the remainder of their days.

Andrew married Elizabeth MOORE 8 Oct 1800. [Group Sheet]

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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


MEMOIRS

W. R. Kirk Journal, 1866

She was born South Carolina I think.

My mother! Thoughts of her always make me sad. She died when I was but thirteen months old. From what father and my brothers and sisters have told me, I realize she had every qualification of a mother save an education. I have often thought that she must have been in some respects superior to all other women, Is it wrong for me to say this? She had a large family of children, some of whom were self-willed and head strong - and yet I have heard that she was never known to manifest the least impatience towards us, and I have nay heard my dear father with tears in his eyes, for he used to tell me "of mother, that she never spoke and unkind word to him in her life." I said in some respects I have thought that she must have been superior to all other women. I have been mixing and mingling among all classes of men for eleven years, and have not found the man that could say as much for his wife or the wife that could say as much for the husband.

I never new my father to utter a falshood (sic) nor even the semblance of falshood (sic). Therefore I believe he literally spoke the truth when he told me that Mother never spoke an unkind word to him. His tears verified it.

But little did he think that. That short sentence made an indellible (sic) impression on my mind, and that I would record it in the future in honor of her precious memory to transcribe to generations unborn. I would not have that sentence blotted from my memory for all this world.

Jane married James Johnston KIRK, Sr. 1823. James (son of Matthew KIRK and Grace JOHNSON) was born 10 May 1794, Lancaster Co, SC; died 21 Jun 1857, Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox Co. AL; was buried , Liberty Methodist Church Cemetery, Hestle, Wilcox Co. AL . [Group Sheet]

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Eleanor married Absalom ROGERS. [Group Sheet]

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was much afflicted with Rheumatism. He never married.

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Elizabeth married John WALKER. [Group Sheet]

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Mary married Wesley PHILEN. [Group Sheet]

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Rhoda married William WALKER. [Group Sheet]

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Unsure of first name.

Edna married James WALKER. [Group Sheet]

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Sarah married Levi MCCURDY. [Group Sheet]

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Gruer married TANNER. [Group Sheet]

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John married Susannah (Susan) PHILEN. [Group Sheet]

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CENSUS RECORDS

1840 Census
Name: Andrew Walker
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Wilcox, Alabama
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 4
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 4

1850 Census
Name: Audy Walker [Andy Walker]
Age: 35
Birth Year: abt 1815
Birthplace: South Carolina
Home in 1850: Clarke, Alabama
Gender: Male
Family Number: 488
Household Members:
Name Age
Audy Walker 35
Betsy Walker 31
Catharine Walker 11
Mandy Walker 9
Ann Walker 7
Arthur Walker 4

LAND RECORDS

United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Automated Records Project; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, 2007.

Name: Andrew Walker
Issue Date: 20 Oct 1835
Place: Clarke, Alabama, USA
Land Office: St. Stephens
Meridian: St Stephens
Township: 8-N
Range: 4-E
Section: 27
Accession Number: AL0080__.288
Document Number: 4838

Name: Andrew J Walker
Issue Date: 1 Mar 1859
Place: Clarke, Alabama
Land Office: St. Stephens
Meridian: St Stephens
Township: 10-N
Range: 3-E
Section: 36
Accession Number: AL1530__.229
Document Number: 13839A

Andrew married Catherine Amanda Elizabeth (Betsy) PHILEN 15 Dec 1836, Wilcox Co. AL. Catherine was born ca 1819, North Carolina; died Aft 1880, Clarke Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

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He lived in Nishaba County MS.

He was the next oldest. His complexion was every way like Bro. Andrew's. Was about six feet high - large frame - heavy set square shouldered - a little stooped - weighed about two hundred pounds and when dressed up was fine looking. He was always disposed to be wild during his youth. Was easily led off. Never had the moral courage and firmness of my oldest brother. He was passionately fond of fun and was exceedingly mischievous. Would take pleasure in teasing his younger brothers and sisters. Was not meddlesome nor quarrelsome, nor overbearing but would fight anything and anybody when imposed upon. He left father when about twenty one years old and started west, but on arriving at Vicksburg, Miss. changed his mind and concluded to return home. On his return home he stopped in Nishaba County, Miss. where he settled and is still living [in 1864]

It was six years after he first left father before he visited us again. He embraced religion when about thirty years old, joined the Missionary Baptist Church, and finally accepted a license to preach from his church. Don't think he ever preached much. He was poorly educated but had a good mind, was a close observer, and a man of sound judgement and understood human nature well - passionately fond of vocal music - had a musical voice, would have made a fine orator, was gifted in prayer.

Matthew married Huldah JONES. Huldah was born 1835, Alabama. [Group Sheet]

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Lived in Clarke Co. AL in 1830, later moved to Wilcox Co. AL.

Served as a private in Co. B 38th AL Infantry. Each man in Company B enlisted for three years or the war. They enlisted at Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox County, Alabama on March 29, 1862 and were paid a $50 bonus for signing.

James took part in the Battle of Chicamauga. Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate Army attacked Gen. William Rosencrans' Union Army forcing a Union retreat to Chattanooga, Tennessee. There were 34,000 total causalties. The 18,000 Confederate losses included 37 men from the 38th Alabama. In addition, 151 soldiers of the 38th were wounded and five were missing.

Missionary Ridge was the site of a major battle in the drive back to Chattanooga. Many members of the 38th Alabama were taken prisoner and sent to Rock Island.
James was captured on Nov. 25, 1863 at Missionary Ridge, TN according to his Civil War military records. On 11 December, 1863 he was received at the military prison in Louisville, KY, and was discharged to Rock Isle IL on 12 Dec. 1863.

James died a prisoner of war at Rock Island, IL, on 21 December 1863 of pneumonia and diarrhea. His buried in grave number 44 south of the prison barracks.

Rock Island Prison, built in 1863, was located on a government-owned island in the Mississippi River between Davenport, Iowa and Moline, Illinois. Over 12,000 Confederates were imprisoned there during the war. These included many 38th Infantry soldiers captured at Missionary Ridge.

The island facilities were converted and built in 1863; they were not yet completed in December of that year, when the first Confederate prisoners were incarcerated. The construction was makeshift. The first prisoners were 468 Confederates captured in battles at Chattanooga, Tennessee. That month more than 5,000 total would swell the population of Rock Island Prison.

Rock Island was not without its problems?ignominious punishments, inadequate facilities, malnutrition, and lack of basic supplies. At one time it was called the "Andersonville of the North." Most died from disease or exposure, as sanitation was primitive as in all army encampments. The prison camp operated from December 1863 until July 1865, when the last prisoners were freed.

CIVIL WAR INFORMATION

Source:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wb4kdi/Military%20Service/Confederates/index.html

Private, Co. B, 38th Alabama Infantry Joined Winter 1862;
Captured at Missionary Ridge, November 25, 1863; POW at Rock Island IL, died December 21, 1863.

http://www.38thalabama.com/


From W. R. Kirk's Journal, James was

"was of fair complexion, red hair, blue eyes, about six feet high - had a strong constitution, a little stooped, of an ardent temperament - he had a taste for farming. Was from his boyhood religiously inclined. Left father after he was twenty one years old and commenced business for himself. His first effort was to work on a farm as a hireling at 50 cts per day. Was never stingy, but when he commenced doing business for himself, practiced rigid economy and in a few years had lands and other property to the value of some fifteen or twenty thousand dollars. He married Louisa Yow. He joined the Confederate Army in winter of 1862. Made a good soldier. Was captured at the battle of Missionary Ridge, carried to Rock Island Ill. where he died soon after. He left four children. His widow married J. D. Clark in 1866."



CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: James J Kirk
Age in 1860: 36
Birth Year: abt 1824
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Male
Post Office: Prairie Bluff
Household Members:
James J Kirk 36
Louisa Kirk 34
Nancy J Kirk 4
James B Kirk 1
Robert Kirk 18
Henry Luker 18
Gilman Clark 8

1860 Slave Schedule
James J. Kirk owned 7 slaves, 2 males ages 30, 8; 5 females ages 22, 16, 13, 9, 2



Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
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Inscription:
KIRK, J.J. PVT
Co. B 38 ALA Reg
CSA
Plot: Grave # 44

Died:
Information from his Civil War Records.

James married Louisa YOW. Louisa (daughter of Bradley YOW and Nancy HARRIS) was born 15 Mar 1825, Randolph Co. NC; died 25 Aug 1893, Clarke Co. AL; was buried , Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Thomasville, Clarke Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

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He was the next oldest was complected every way like James. Was not so tall- well made, rather heavy built - and was always steady and possessed more firmness than any of us. Was slow to form his plans, but when they were once formed no small matter could forbid their execution. He embraced religion when young and always tried to walk worthy of the vocation wherewith he was called. He carried his religion with him every where, into his business and in his family. He was for several years a class leader.

He joined the C.S.A. Was under Gen. Joe (Joseph) E. Johnson, was wounded in one of the battles between Dalton and Atlanta. He went with Gen. Hood on his unfortunate campaign into Tenn. and was captured near Nashville and taken to Camp Chase, Ohio, where he died about the time of surrender. He made a faithful soldier and maintained his Christian integrity to the last. In all his life he was timid and reserved, but firm. He endeavored to train his children for the Lord - I think perhaps that he was rather too rigid in his discipline over his children. They are left orphans in this cold and heartless world.

Note: John served with Co. B, 38th Alabama Regiment as a private. According to his Civil War records he was captured 16 Dec 1864. He was sent to Louisville KY and arrived at Camp Chase, OH 6 Jan. 1865. He died of pneumonia 27 March, 1865. His brother James J. Kirk also died as a prisoner of war in Rock Island, IL


CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: John M Kirk
Age in 1860: 35
Birth Year: abt 1825
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Male
Post Office: Prairie Bluff
Household Members:
John M Kirk 35
Mary A M Kirk 29
James M Kirk 9
Martha V Kirk 8
Mary E Kirk 6
Margaret Kirk 3
John S Kirk 11 months

CIVIL WAR RECORDS

Source:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wb4kdi/Military%20Service/Confederates/index.html

Private, Co. B, 38th Alabama Infantry; Wounded, captured near Nashville, December 15, 1864; POW Camp Chase, Ohio,
died March 27, 1865.

CAMP CHASE INFORMATION

Camp Chase, named for Sec. of the Treasury and former Ohio governor Salmon P. Chase, began as a training camp for Union volunteers, housing a few political and military prisoners from Kentucky and western Virginia. The camp received its first large influx of captured Confederates from western campaigns, including enlisted men, officers, and a few of the latter's black servants. On oath of honor, Confederate officers were permitted to wander through Columbus, register in hotels, and receive gifts of money and food. The public paid for camp tours, and Chase became a tourist attraction. Complaints over such lax discipline and the camp's state administration provoked investigation, and the situation changed.

As the war wore on, conditions became worse. Shoddy barracks, low muddy ground, open latrines, above ground open cisterns, and a brief smallpox outbreak excited U.S. Sanitary Commission agents who were already demanding reform. Original facilities for 3,500-4,000 men were jammed with close to 7,000. Since parole strictures prohibited service against the Confederacy, many Federals had surrendered believing they would be paroled and sent home. Some parolees, assigned to guard duty at Federal prison camps, were bitter, and rumors increased of maltreatment of prisoners at Camp Chase and elsewhere.

Before the end of hostilities, Union parolee guards were transferred to service in the Indian Wars, some sewage modifications were made, and prisoners were put to work improving barracks and facilities. Prisoner laborers also built larger, stronger fences for their own confinement, a questionable assignment under international law governing prisoners of war. Barracks rebuilt for 7,000 soon overflowed, and crowding and health conditions were never resolved. As many as 10,000 prisoners were reputedly confined there by the time of the Confederate surrender.
(Source: "Historical Times Encyclopedia of the Civil War)

Buried:
Grave location:

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Plot: Row 36, No. 57 Grave No. 1763

Tombstone photo:
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John married Mary DRURY. Mary was born ca 1831, North Carolina; died 1861, Wilcox Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

John married Nancy CLARK. Nancy was born ca 1843, Alabama. [Group Sheet]

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These three half brothers were delivered up to my charge by father on his death bed, hence I have more than a brotherly feeling for them. Owing to the very poor educational facilities in the community where we lived and the extreme hard times I have been unable to educate them. All my brothers and sisters received but little training mental, but their moral training was very good, better than most of others etc.

I was the youngest of my mothers children, born in Wilcox County, Ala. six miles from Lower Peach Tree, was as I have already stated, left without a mother at the age of thirteen months. I had a hard time all through my childhood and youth. Perhaps God was disciplining me for the hardship and privations of an itinerant life. Father learned me to be a farmer an a small scale, but never sent me to school much. Educational facilities were thus and are still sparse in our old neighborhood. We never had a school nearer than 2 1/2 or 3 miles of us, and then I could get to go to school only a few months or weeks at a time, then quit and work awhile, then go to school a little while, then work a little while. And what was worse than all teachers were constantly changed, and they kept on going over the same book and the same thing again and again, without advancing me any at all. So I found a distaste to study the effects of which I feel to this day. Besides this, our teachers were generally ignorant and unskillful and needed being taught themselves. But they proposed to teach Christ, and with many in that country that was the prime qualification of a first rate school teacher.

To look on the farm however was my lot until grown. I embraced religion and joined the M.E. Church South when about twelve years of age. Religion and the ministers of the gospel had much to do with my desire for knowledge. I being little the ministers paid no attention to me, never talked to me, never advised me but still I loved them and always thought it an honor to get to feed the preachers horse when he came to fathers. But I thought then that they were all learned and wise and I wanted to be on (one) too. I worked on without ever receiving any encouragement to acquire an education. But any purpose was fixed sometimes however. In my twenty sixth year I resolved to go to school two years longer and accordingly made my arrangements and in October 1859 went to Summerfield and entered school there which was under the control a Rev. D. C. Bloomsly. I studied hard took but little exercise and consequently my health failed - but I continued the session out studying Latin and mathematics. While there on the 24th of March 1860 I applied for and obtained a license to preach the gospel. An ignorant preacher I was. I tried to preach only three or four times during the session. My first text was "leave thou and all thy house into the ark." I have never tried to preach from it since. During the vacation I went with Bro. G. Garrett on the Camden District. In the fall of sixty I went back to Summerfield and spent another session in studying Latin, Greek, and mathematics. Preached but little during the session. When the school was out went home and taught a small school some four miles from home and boarded with my old and tried friend Jno H. Pate Esqr. I also filled 9 appointments for Bro. Ewing on the Peach Tree Circuit every month for three months. Meanwhile intending to go to Greensboro in Oct., and take a regular collegiate course. But Secession had taken place, war was upon us. Money was not to be had, and I had to succumb. The people for whom I had been preaching during the fall would not pay me neither would the people for whom I had been teaching. So I gathered some pios (pious) and I would become discouraged and try to arrange some other place in my mind to make money or something else. And again I would fall back on my old purpose to go to school and try to make something of myself.

I the meantime father had given me a colt - and when in my twenty-first year having never looked into our English grammar to study it - did not know a noun from an article. Knew but little of arithmetic or geography, did not know the different pauses in reading - my pronunciation not good, and my handwriting hardly legible or intelligible. I sold my colt and went of some twelve miles to a boarding school at Choctaw Corners, in Clark County, Ala. There I stayed six months and got a smattering of Grammar, Arithmetic Geography and composition. I might have learned and improved more but I had no habits of study and I was lazy. After this, I taught a small school at old Bear Creek Church and then at a school house near where Bro. John lived. In my teaching I gained notoriety only in a degree perfecting what I had gone over education wise imperfectly at school. There was no money in the schools that I taught.

I then felt it my duty to go home and stay with my father on the farm and take care of him until his death to which I did and on his deathbed he requested me to settle up his estate and I did so the best I could.

Accepted 18 bushels of potatoes from bro. John and brother in law Brasell. Sent them to Mobile, got about ten dollars for my fees and potatoes and started for Greensboro not to enter college but to join the Ala. Conference which I did and was appointed to Grove Hill circuit. I continued on my circuit until about the last of March 1862 and then joined a company of Militia for which Gov. Shorter had called for coast defense, and went to Mobile. From there we were ordered to Halls Mills, where we stayed about five weeks. While there I received the appointment of Chaplain to the regiment. We were then ordered back to Mobile where we stayed until our three months expired. I then returned to my circuit where I was willing to stay the balance of the year.

At the close of the conference year I attended conference at Auburn Ala. and was appointed to Choctaw Corners Circuit for 1863. At the end of the year I attended conference at Columbus, Miss. where I was ordained a Deacon by Bishop Andrew. I was reappointed to same circuit. The next conference was held at Tuskeegee Ala. and I was appointed to the Snow Hill Circuit. The next conference was held at Lowndsboro where I was elected to Elders Orders and I was stationed at Jacksonville Ala. for the year 1866.

From Lownsboro I went home and spent the month of December with my relatives and first friends. I left home a few days before Christmas to make my way to my new field of labor in the mountainous regions. I passed through Camden and called to bid bro. Ramsey and family farewell at Oak Hill. They know exactly how to entertain a Methodist preacher. I shall never forget them. I then went on to Snow Hill and found my host and hostess with whom I had been staying during 1865, well and preparing for the Christmas festivities. I left them on the 26th and stopping one day and night in Selma with Bro. J. A. Clement arrived at Jacksonville on the 29th Dec. 1865 at about 10 P.M.

I put up at the Hotel and Saturday evening late I was introduced to Bro. M. J. Turnley, with whom I spent the month of January very pleasantly indeed. I soon became acquainted with the members of my charge and was kindly received by all. I soon became attached to the good people of Jacksonville. At the close of my first month I was put at Bro. Grants to stay during the month of Feb. I remained there about six weeks and while there fell in Love with Nora, but concealed it from her as best I could.

Being thus satisfied at boarding round, I was put back at Bro. Turnleys to stay during the year. So I spent two months and twenty days more with. During the latter part of March and the first part of April we had a most gracious revival of religion about 50 souls professed religion and about twenty backsliders professed to be reclaimed. I still found my love for man increasing.


He (William R. Kirk) volunteered in Militia. Was chaplain of his regiment.

He was at the time of his death in charge of First Methodist Church in Avondale.

Dearly beloved throughout the conference where he was so well known - A man of the highest type. A statesman said of him most truly, "A more gentle spirit never lived, a more generous hand never gave, a more honest hear never lived."


CIVIL WAR INFORMATION

Source:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wb4kdi/Military%20Service/Confederates/index.html

Chaplain, Clarke Co. Guards
90 day Volunteers

Joined March 1862
Stationed at Halls Mills and Mobile.

William married Margaret Lenora GRANT Jacksonville, AL. [Group Sheet]

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He was the eldest, never married. He was afflicted with Rheumatism. Notwithstanding he had a good mind, which he cultivated, had a great deal of firmness, and unyielding will and untiring energy, persevering in all his undertakings - a right disciplinarian loved to command but was not overbearing. He was always cheerful and delighted with the society of refined women. He was well formed, had black hair, fair skin and blue eyes. He was handsome, intelligent, prudent, cheerful, and strictly moral, and was a general favorite among all, especially the women. He never engaged in anything but that he succeeded.

My oldest brother departed from the propisten faicto of the country, that "ignorance is bliss," and obtained a totally fair English education. In this respect he was my only exemplar and although I was a mere child I observed the wisdom of his course and resolved then that I too would have an education.,

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Notes:

She has the same complexion of John and James. When she was young she was pretty, although I say it myself, was well made, a nice form for a lady - a sweet disposition, a kind sweet and affectionate sister.

Grace married Eli BRASELL. [Group Sheet]

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was composed like Grace, was not pretty. She too possessed a good disposition, was quick in all her movements and always cheerful, never despondent. She and her husband commenced life poor, did well and lived happily together. She now has six children. When she was married her husband was addicted to dissipation slightly but by her gentleness, kindness, and affection, influenced him to become sober - he is now a consistent member of the Methodist Church. She had trained her children to pray.

Jane married W. C. CLARK. [Group Sheet]

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Notes:

Her complexion was like that of my other sisters, save that she has sandy slight hair. When young was inclined to be flashy - was fine looking - had an unusual sweetness of spirit and disposition. At the age of 17 she married S. G. Davis (Sam), a widower with two children. They lived happily together until the summer of 1860 when he died, and left her with five children, four girls and one little boy. She always lacked self confidence . Gentle, mild, affectionate, unassuming, rather retiring in her manner.

Mary married Sam G. DAVIS. [Group Sheet]

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CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Nancy J Kirk
Age in 1860: 4
Birth Year: abt 1856
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Female
Post Office: Prairie Bluff
Household Members:
James J Kirk 36
Louisa Kirk 34
Nancy J Kirk 4
James B Kirk 1
Robert Okirk 18
Henry Lukem 18
Gilman Clark 8

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Nancy J Kirk
Age in 1870: 13
Birth Year: abt 1857
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree
Name: William Clark
Age in 1870: 2
Birth Year: abt 1868
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree
Household Members:
James D Clark 50 [step-father]
Louisa Clark 44
Nancy J Kirk 13
James B Kirk 11
Lavinia Kirk 9
Anna J Kirk 6
William Clark 2 [half-brother]

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Nannie Duke
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1857
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1880: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: William Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina

Note: Lived next to her mother, Louisa and step-father, J. D. Clark plus her siblings James B. Kirk, Lavinia Kirk, and Anna Kirk.

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Nancy J Duke
Age: 43
Birth Date: Mar 1857
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Pleasant Hill, Clarke Co. Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Charles W Duke
Marriage Year: 1877
Years Married: 23
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother: number of living children: 4
Mother: How many children: 4

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Nancy J Duke
Age in 1910: 52
Birth Year: 1858
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Grove Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: C William Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Nancy J Duke
Age: 62
Birth Year: abt 1858
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1920: Grove Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: William Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Nancy Jane Duke
Birth Year: abt 1857
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Alabama
Marital status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Head
Homemaker?: Yes
Home in 1930: Grove Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Street address: Suggsville Road
House Number: April 30
Dwelling Number: 556
Family Number: 556
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Home Value: 3,000
Radio Set: No
Lives on Farm: No
Age at first Marriage: 19
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Able to Speak English: Yes
Employment: No
Household Members:
Name Age
Nancy Jane Duke 73
Beulah Murphy 65

She died at her son Warren's home in Camden, Wilcox Co. AL.

Cemetery transcription of Pleasant Hill Cemetery Clarke Co. AL by Linda Rabon (lcraybon@pinebelt.net) has the following information

DOB 9 Mar 1857
DOD 1 Feb 1910

This is a partial listing of the graves, the cemetery has suffered at the hands of loggers in the county and the original cemetery has been destroyed. No sign of it remains today. This cemetery is beside an old wooden church south of Thomasville, Al. in Clarke County

Buried:
Grave location with photo of tombstone.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Duke&GSiman=1&GScid=2285822&GRid=53967521&

Died:
died at son, Warren's home

Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974
Name: Nancy Jane Duke
Death Date: 01 Feb 1940
Death Place: Camden, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Female
Age at Death: 83
Estimated Birth Date: 1857
Spouse's Name: Chas. Wm Duke
Father's Name: James Bradley Kirk
Mother's Name: Louisa Yow
Film Number: 1908586
Reference Number: cn 5671

Nancy married Charles William DUKE 21 Dec 1876, Clarke Co. AL. Charles (son of James Henry DUKE and Ann Elizabeth CLARKE) was born 16 May 1854, Clarke Co. AL; died 21 Apr 1928, Grove Hill, Clarke Co. AL; was buried , Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Clarke Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: BAED3FE45E78408FBE0C494614D1F07F1C1A

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: James B Kirk
Age in 1860: 1
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Male
Post Office: Prairie Bluff
Household Members:
James J Kirk 36
Louisa Kirk 34
Nancy J Kirk 4
James B Kirk 1
Robert Okirk 18
Henry Lukem 18
Gilman Clark 8

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: James B Kirk
Age in 1870: 11
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree
Household Members:
James D Clark 50
Louisa Clark 44
Nancy J Kirk 13
James B Kirk 11
Lavinia Kirk 9
Anna J Kirk 6
William Clark 2

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: James B. Kirk
Age: 21
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1880: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: J. D. Clark [step father]
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Louisa Clark
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: Assists In Farm
Household Members:
J. D. Clark 62
Louisa Clark 54
James B. Kirk 21
Lavinia Kirk 18
Anna Kirk 16
Willie Clark 12

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: James B Kirk [James Bradley Kirk]
Age: 41
Birth Date: Apr 1859
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Pleasant Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Estelle Kirk
Marriage Year: 1894
Years Married: 6
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Household Members:
James B Kirk 41
Estelle Kirk 26
Cecil B Kirk 4
James F Kirk 1

1910 Federal Census
Name: James B Kerk [Kirk]
Age in 1910: 51
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mary E Kirk
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Household Members:
James B Kirk 51
Mary E Kirk 36
Cecil B Kirk 15
James F Kirk 12
Jessey Kirk 9
Alban M Kirk 6
Nannie E Kirk 6 months


Buried:
Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Kirk&GSiman=1&GScid=22114&GRid=62563616&

Died:
Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974
Name: Judye Bradley Kirk [James Bradley Kirk]
Birth Date: abt 1860
Death Date: 21 Nov 1910
Death Place: Wilcox, Alabama
Death Age: 50
Gender: Male
FHL Film Number: 1894079

James married Mary Estelle Moseley. Mary was born 09 Jan 1874, Alabama; died 25 Nov 1961, Birmingham, Jefferson Co. AL; was buried , Choctaw Corner Cemetery, Thomasville, Clarke Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 83EF89B2E3714A4D8FF946CC8A48DFE5C85B

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Lavinia Kirk
Age in 1870: 9
Birth Year: abt 1861
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree
Household Members:
James D Clark 50 [step father]
Louisa Clark 44
Nancy J Kirk 13
James B Kirk 11
Lavinia Kirk 9
Anna J Kirk 6
William Clark 2 [half-brother]

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Lavinia Kirk
Age: 18
Birth Year: abt 1862
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1880: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter [step daughter]
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: J. D. Clark [step father]
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Louisa Clark
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: Assists with farm.
Household Members:
J. D. Clark 62
Louisa Clark 54
James B. Kirk 21
Lavinia Kirk 18
Anna Kirk 16
Willie Clark 12

1900 Federal Census
Name: Lewvern Mccurdy [Lavinia McCurdy]
Age: 39
Birth Date: Jan 1861
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Choctaw Corner, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Andrew Mcclurdy [McCurdy]
Marriage Year: 1892
Years Married: 8
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother: number of living children: 1
Mother: How many children: 1
Household Members:
Andrew McCurdy 53
Lavinia McCurdy 39
Andrew Y McCurdy 8

1910 Federal Census
Name: Lavinia Mccurdy [McCurdy]
Age in 1910: 49
Birth Year: abt 1861
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Beat 3, Lauderdale, Mississippi
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Andrew J Mccurdy
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: South Carolina [North Carolina]
Household Members:
Andrew J Mccurdy 62
Lavinia Mccurdy 49
Andrew Y Mccurdy 16

1920 Federal Census
Name: Lavinia McCurdy
Age: 58
Birth Year: abt 1862
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1920: Precinct 2, Choctaw, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Andra J McCurdy [Andrew]
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Andrew J McCurdy 73
Lavinia McCurdy 58

1930 Federal Census
Name: L Mccurty [McCurdy]
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1861
Birthplace: Alabama
Race: White
Home in 1930: Grove Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Guest
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
W J Donald 26
Irma L Donald 28
William Donald 2
Jane Donald 1
L McCurdy 69



Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Kirk&GSiman=1&GScty=9145&GRid=53968239&

Died:
Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974
Name: Lavenia McCurdy [Lavenia Kirk]
Birth Date: abt 1857
Death Date: 27 Dec 1931
Death Place: Camden, Wilcox, Alabama
Burial Date: 28 Dec 1931
Burial Place: Pleasant Hill
Cemetery Name: Pleasant Hill
Death Age: 74
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Female
Father Name: James Kirk
Mother Name: Louisa Yow
Spouse Name: A J Mccurdy
FHL Film Number: 1908495

Lavinia married Andrew J. MCCURDY. Andrew was born 25 Oct 1846, Alabama; died 25 Nov 1921, Clarke Co. AL; was buried , Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Thomasville, Clarke Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: CB418E5F613643E6A7034BBA53801887DADC

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Anna J Kirk
Age in 1870: 6
Birth Year: abt 1864
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree
Household Members:
James D Clark 50 [step-father]
Louisa Clark 44
Nancy J Kirk 13
James B Kirk 11
Lavinia Kirk 9
Anna J Kirk 6
William Clark 2 [half-brother]

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Anna Kirk
Age: 16
Birth Year: abt 1864
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1880: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter [step daughter]
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: J. D. Clark [step father]
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Louisa Clark
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: Assists with farm
Household Members:
J. D. Clark 62
Louisa Clark 54
James B. Kirk 21
Lavinia Kirk 18
Anna Kirk 16
Willie Clark 12

1900 Federal Census
Name: Anna Dortch
Age: 36
Birth Date: Nov 1863
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Pleasant Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Hiram P Dortch
Marriage Year: 1885
Years Married: 15
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother: number of living children: 3
Mother: How many children: 3
Household Members:
Hiram P Dortch 39
Anna Dortch 36
Nora Dortch 14
Kirksey Dortch 13
Hiram J Dortch 10

Name:
One source has her name as Estelle.

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53967059&ref=acom

Anna married Hiram P. Dortch 07 Jan 1885, Wilcox Co. AL. Hiram was born 20 Nov 1860, Wilcox Co. AL; died 23 Jul 1926, Clarke Co. AL; was buried , Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Thomasville, Clarke Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: James M Kirk
Age in 1860: 9
Birth Year: abt 1851
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Male [in household of John Kirk]
Post Office: Prairie Bluff

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: T Monroe Kirk [James Monroe Kirk]
Age in 1870: 19
Birth Year: abt 1851
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male [in household of his stepmother Nancy Kirk]
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Martha V Kirk
Age in 1860: 8
Birth Year: abt 1852
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Female [in household of father John Kirk]
Post Office: Prairie Bluf

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Martha V Kirk
Age in 1870: 17
Birth Year: abt 1853
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female [in household of stepmother Nancy Kirk]
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary E Kirk
Age in 1860: 6
Birth Year: abt 1854
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Female [in household of father John Kirk]
Post Office: Prairie Bluff

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary E Kirk
Age in 1870: 15
Birth Year: abt 1855
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female [in household of stepmother Nancy Kirk]
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Margaret Kirk
Age in 1860: 3
Birth Year: abt 1857
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Female [in household of father John Kirk]
Post Office: Prairie Bluff

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Margaret O Kirk
Age in 1870: 12
Birth Year: abt 1858
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female [in household of stepmother Nancy Kirk]
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Jno S Kirk
Age in 1870: 10
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male [in household of stepmother Nancy Kirk]
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree

1900 United States Federal Census
about John S Kirk
Name: John S Kirk
Age: 40
Birth Date: Oct 1859
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Justice Precinct 1, Hill, Texas
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Nettie Kirk
Marriage Year: 1893
Years Married: 7
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
John S Kirk 40
Nettie Kirk 31
Estha Kirk 5
Jeola Kirk 4
Verda Kirk 2
Johnie Kirk 7/12

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: John S Kirk
Age in 1910: 50
Birth Year: 1860
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Hillsbro Ward 1, Hill, Texas
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Nettie Kirk
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
John S Kirk 50
Nettie Kirk 41
Estha Kirk 15
Zeola Kirk 1

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: John Kirk
Age: 61
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1920: Hillsboro Ward 1, Hill, Texas
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Nettie Kirk
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Home Owned: Rent
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
John Kirk 61
Nettie Kirk 60 [50]
Verda Kirk 22
Johnnie Kirk 20 [21]
Evelyn Kirk 17
Lorene Kirk 14
Herman Moore 31
Zeola Moore 23
Herman V Moore 1

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: John S Kirk
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: Alabama
Race: White
Home in 1930: Hillsboro, Hill, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Father-in-law [in household of daughter Esther Kirk Wooten]
Spouse's Name: Nettie Kirk
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
Melvin H Wooten 37
Esther Wooten 35
Thelma Wooten 17
John R Wooten 10
Maurice R Wooten 5
Nettie Kirk 61
John S Kirk 70
Johnnie Kirk 30
Evelyn Kirk 28