John KIRK, Jr.

John married Sarah Cousar. Sarah died 1812, Rutherforld Co. TN. [Group Sheet]

1. Elizabeth Cousar KIRK was born 20 Oct 1810, Lancaster Co. SC; died 02 Sep 1846, Lancaster Co. SC; was buried , Wrenn-Cousar Cemetery, Lancaster Co. SC.
2. John Cousar KIRK was born ca 1812, Lancaster Co. SC; died 1887, Rosedale, Bolivar Co. MS.
3. Nancy Cousar KIRK was born 1813, Lancaster Co. SC; died Aft 1850, Bolivar Co. MS.
4. Richard Cousar KIRK was born Bef 1815, Rutherford Co. TN; died 1851, Mississippi.
5. Stephen KIRK was born , Rutherford Co. TN.

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Kirk went to Tennessee with a large family and lived and died near Murfreesboro.

According to the book, "Scotch-Irish Migration to South Carolina, 1772 (Rev. William Martin and his five Shiploads of Settlers)" John Kirk's land grant of 100 acres is recorded in Platt Folder 1040; 11 Dec. 1772; in Colleton Co., on the northwest fork of Long Cane Creek; bordering John Tynes, Andrew McAlaster, John Hunt, as vacant land; surveyed 25 March 1773, probably in Abbeville County, S.C. The warrants for the land were prepared on Dec. 11, but not issued, and were held until the arrival of Rev. Martin. John Kirk declared himself a "poor Protestant" unable to pay the 5 pounds filing fee for the land. The land was thus, given free.

Since the land was assigned to John on 11 Dec. 1772, he probably arrived on the ship, 'James and Mary' on October 22, 1772. Because of smallpox on board the ship, they had to lay in quarantine off Sullivan's Island for 6 weeks. This would put him ashore in the first week of December. His land warrant was assigned on 11 Dec. The December 1, 1772 issue of the Council Journal (Charleston) notes the arrival of immigrants from Ireland, and although no ship was mentioned, it was the James and Mary by all acounts. All other Irish immigrants having been accounted for at that time. The other ships arrived after Dec. 11: The Pennsylvania Farmer on Dec. 19 - Belfast; the Lord Dunluce (with Rev. Martin) on Dec. 20 - Larne; the Hopewell on Dec. 22 - Belfast; and the Free Mason on Dec. 22 - Newry. The James and Mary sailed from Larne on Aug. 25, 1772.

John Kirk served in the American Revolution under General Thomas Sumter and was wounded. He and his wife, Eleanor Montgomery Kirk, moved from South Carolina to Rutherford County, Tennessee, around 1804, when he received a land grant for his military service. Some of Eleanaor's brothers, the Montgomerys, came with the Kirks.

Source: Manuscript, Catherine Cameron Wilkenson Bryan, West Point, Miss in 1959; Mrs. John H. Bryan, 524 Catherine St. West Point MS 39773

Hugh Montgomery came to Lancaster District S.C. as early as 1757. Later by last will and testament, dated October 22, 1785, Hugh Montgomery bequeathed land to the following: JOHN, HUGH, JAMES, ROBERT, WILLIAM, ALEXANDER, SAMUEL, JOSEPH MONTGOMERY and son-in-law JOHN KIRK. In 1793 in Lancaster Co., S.C., James, Robert, Hugh and John Montgomery and John Kirk sold a tract of 200 acres of land to Jonathan Mackey, land they had inherited from their father, Hugh Montgomery.

DEED BOOK B. page 251 same co. July 18, 1793, James, Robert, John, Hugh Montgomery, planters, and their wives and John Kirk to Jonathan Mackey, saddler ---200 acres--- granted to Thomas Campbell Oct. 2, 1767, and transferred to Hugh Montgomery and bequeathed to his sons: James, Robert, John and Hugh and John Kirk.
Signed by above named.
Wit. Wm. Barkley, David Crenshaw, James Taylor.

DEED BOOK G. page 327 -- Isaac Barr, Rutherford Co., Tenn --
Special Attorney for John Kirk, Rutherford Co., Tenn -- appointed by virtue of power of Attorney from Alexander Montgomery, Adams co., Miss. -- sold 100 acres on both sides of Camp Creek -- part of land of Hugh Montgomery, dec'd -- old tract bequeathed to his son, Alexander Montgomery and sold to John Montgomery, son dec'd.

CENSUS RECORDS

1800 United States Federal Census
Name: John Kirk
Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Lancaster District, SC
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 3
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 7
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 11

1820 United States Federal Census
Name: John Kirk Senior
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Rutherford, Rutherford, Tennessee
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Slaves - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 2
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total Slaves: 2
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 5

John married Eleanor Montgomery ca 1771, South Carolina. Eleanor (daughter of Hugh Montgomery and Agnes Jane Cunningham) was born ca 1751, Lancaster Co. SC; died 1827, Rutherforld Co. TN. [Group Sheet]

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of Scotch descent was born and raised in Antrim Co. near Ballemoney, Ireland.

This James Kirk is NOT the one from Augusta County Virginia whose wife was Mary Edmiston. According to his will, this James Kirk did not have a son named Matthew.

Merrill Hill Mosher was a certified genealogist and the great-grand daughter of W. R. Kirk, whose journal is the primary source of information on this branch. Her article,
"Origin of the John, Mathew & Robert Kirk Families," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. XXIII Spring 1995, No. 2, 76 sets the record straight, refuting many earlier errors in Kirk family history.

Hugh married Agnes Jane Cunningham. Agnes was born 1712, Pennsylvania; died 1769, Pickens Chapel, Pickens Co. SC. [Group Sheet]