Hiram Johnson Dortch

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1900 Federal Records
Name: Hiram J Dortch
Age: 10
Birth Date: May 1890
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Pleasant Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Hiram P Dortch
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Anna Dortch
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
Hiram P Dortch 39
Anna Dortch 36
Nora Dortch 14
Kirksey Dortch 13
Hiram J Dortch 10

1910 Federal Census
Name: Johnson H Dortch
Age in 1910: 19
Birth Year: abt 1891
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Thomasville, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Brother
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
Kecksey Dortch 23 [Kirksey]
Johnson H Dortch 19

1940 Federal Census
Name: Hiram J Dortch
Age: 48
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1892
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Alabama
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Brother-in-law
Home in 1940: Mobile, Mobile, Alabama
Street: Fulton Street
House Number: 256
Inferred Residence in 1935: Mobile, Mobile, Alabama
Residence in 1935: Same House
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Sheet Number: 3B
Occupation: Mail Clerk
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 40
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in Government work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: $2400
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members:
Robert D Hallett 55
Nora D Hallett 54 [sister]
Robert B Hallett 29
Anna Nora Hallett 27
Laurence J Hallett 22
Mary Jane Hallett 20
Irma Erline Hallett 15
Hiram J Dortch 48

Died:
Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974
Name: Hiram Johnson Dortch
Birth Date: abt 1891
Death Date: 27 Oct 1956
Death Place: Mobile, Mobile, Alabama
Death Age: 65
Gender: Male
Father Name: Hiram Payne Dortch
Mother Name: Anna Kirk
FHL Film Number: 1908913

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1870 Federal Census
Name: Hiram P Dortch
Age in 1870: 9
Birth Year: abt 1861
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree
Household Members:
William Dortch 47
Sarah Dortch 33
Napolean B Dortch 15
Ellen A Dortch 14
Mary M Dortch 12
Hiram P Dortch 9
Wm David M Dortch 7
Catherine A Dortch 5
James W Dortch 1

1880 Federal Census
Name: Hiram Dortch
Age: 19
Birth Year: abt 1861
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1880: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Assists In Farm
Household Members:
William Dortch 54
Sallie Dortch 44
Mary Dortch 20
Hiram Dortch 19
Mayfield Dortch 17
Della Dortch 14
Walter Dortch 11
OBannon Dortch 10
Lizzie Dortch 7
Samson Dortch 1

1900 Federal Census
Name: Hiram P Dortch
Age: 39
Birth Date: Nov 1860
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: Anna Dortch
Marriage Year: 1885
Years Married: 15
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Household Members:
Hiram P Dortch 39
Anna Dortch 36
Nora Dortch 14
Kirksey Dortch 13
Hiram J Dortch 10

1910 Federal Census
Name: Huaman P Dortch [Hiram P Dartch]
Age in 1910: 50
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Thomasville, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mollie A Dortch
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
Hiram P Dortch 50
Mollie A Dortch 39
Howard P Dortch 4 months

1920 Federal Census
Name: Hiram P Dartch [Hiram P Dortch]
Age: 59
Birth Year: abt 1861
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1920: Cone Creek, Clarke, Alabama
House Number: Farm
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mallie A Dortch
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: general Farm
Employment Field: Own Account
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Free
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Hiram P Dortch 59
Mollie A Dortch 40
Howard Dortch 10


Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Dortch&GSiman=1&GScid=2285822&GRid=53966938&

Hiram married Anna J. KIRK 07 Jan 1885, Wilcox Co. AL. Anna (daughter of James J. KIRK and Louisa YOW) was born Nov 1863, Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox Co. AL; died 05 Sep 1906, Clarke Co. AL; was buried , Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Thomasville, Clarke Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

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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

Notes:

Married:
Alabama, Select Marriages, 1816-1957
Name: Anna J. Kirk
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 7 Jan 1885
Marriage Place: Wilcox, Alabama
Spouse: H. P. Dortch
FHL Film Number: 1290216

Other Events:

• _UID: 29889AD2E4914D13BB4E9E17ACDF28C225B6

Notes:

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:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=kirk&GSiman=1&GScid=1977216&GRid=9111816&

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]

Other Events:

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Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Louisa Yow
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1827
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Female
Family Number: 426
Household Members:
Bradley Yow 44
Nancy Yow 52
Louisa Yow 23
Spencer Yow 18
Winny Yow 18
Eli Yow 16

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Louisa Kirk
Age in 1860: 34
Birth Year: abt 1826
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Female [in household of her husband James J. Kirk]
Post Office: Prairie Bluff

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Louisa Clark
Age in 1870: 44
Birth Year: abt 1826
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
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: Louisa Clark
Age: 54
Birth Year: abt 1826
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1880: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: J. D. Clark
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
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


Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=clark&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=3&GScnty=38&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=32129548&df=all&

Other Events:

• _UID: DBBA6D20E8AC421BBF3C98AE5A52578AE11F

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.

Buried:
Grave location:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188025915

James married Jane WALKER 1823. Jane (daughter of Andrew WALKER and Elizabeth MOORE) was born 1796, South Carolina; died Sep 1835, Wilcox Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

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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


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.

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• _UID: A8164D0F003043FFAF07FD8AB7CB9AD7BCF9

Notes:

Burial: Yow Plantation, Pine Hall, AL
Info is from Carol Lawrence Vidales larrance421@yahoo.com

CENSUS RECORDS

1840 Wilcox,AL Bradley Yow
males: 3 <5 1 5-10 1 20-30
females: 1 10-15 1 30-40
slaves: 1 10-24
total of 8 in household, 3 employed in agriculture

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Bradley Yow
Age: 44
Birth Year: abt 1806
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Male
Family Number: 426
Value of real estate: $1500
Household Members:
Bradley Yow 44
Nancy Yow 52
Louisa Yow 23
Spencer 18
Winney 18
Eli 16

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Bradley Gow [Yow]
Age in 1860: 52
Birth Year: abt 1808
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Male
Post Office: Prairie Bluff
Value of real estate: $3000
Household Members:
Bradley Yow 52
Nancy Yow 63
Winsie Yow 27

LAND RECORDS

U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907

Name: Bradley Yow
Issue Date: 12 Jun 1834
Acres: 80.45
Meridian: St Stephens
State: Alabama
County: Wilcox
Township: 12-N
Range: 5-E
Section: 27
Accession Number: AL0370__.113
Metes and Bounds: No
Land Office: Cahaba

Name: Bradley Yow
Issue Date: 22 Sep 1835
Acres: 40.1
Meridian: St Stephens
State: Alabama
County: Wilcox
Township: 12-N
Range: 5-E
Section: 34
Accession Number: AL0980__.133
Metes and Bounds: No
Land Office: Demopolis

Name: Bradley Yow
Issue Date: 1 Jan 1852
Acres: 40.1
Meridian: St Stephens
State: Alabama
County: Wilcox
Township: 12-N
Range: 5-E
Section: 34
Accession Number: AL3500__.230
Metes and Bounds: No
Land Office: Demopolis

Name: Bradley Yow
Issue Date: 2 Feb 1852
Acres: 80
Meridian: St Stephens
State: Alabama
County: Wilcox
Township: 11-N
Range: 10-E
Section: 4
Accession Number: AL1910__.304

Bradley married Nancy HARRIS 20 Feb 1830, Randolph, NC. Nancy (daughter of Capt. John Harris, Jr. and Martha Ann (Patsy) Hunter) was born ca 1797, Mecklenburg Co. NC; died Aft 1860, Wilcox Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 16DBEED2E04D460D8C6DDAD3625E3D5529EA

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Nancy Yow
Age: 52
Birth Year: abt 1798
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Female
Family Number: 426
Household Members:
Bradley Yow 44
Nancy Yow 52
Louisa Yow 23
Spencer Yow 18
Winny Yow 18
Eli Yow 16

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Nancy Gow [Yow]
Age in 1860: 63
Birth Year: abt 1797
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Female
Post Office: Prairie Bluff
Household Members:
Bradley Yow 52
Nancy Yow 63
Winsie Yow 27

Notes:

Married:
North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004
Name: Bradly Yow
Spouse: Nancy Harriss
Marriage Date: 20 Feb 1830
Marriage County: Randolph
Marriage State: North Carolina
Source: County Court Records at Asheboro, NC & Family Hist

Name: Bradey Yow
Gender: Male
Spouse: Nancy Harriss
Spouse Gender: Female
Bond Date: 20 Feb 1830
Bond #: 000115396
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 003433
County: Randolph
Record #: 01 312
Bondsman: Dudley Willett