James KIRK

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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.

James married . [Group Sheet]

1. Matthew KIRK was born 1760, Antrim Co. Ballymoney Ireland; died 2 Jun 1839, Lancaster Co, SC; was buried , Shiloh Cemetery, Lancaster, South Carolina.
2. James KIRK was born , Ballymoney, Antrim Co. Ulster Ireland; died , Antrim Co. Ulster Ireland.
3. John KIRK was born 1751, Ballymoney, Antrim Co. Ulster Ireland; died 15 Oct 1822, Murfeesboro, Rutherford Co. TN.
4. Robert KIRK was born 1756, Ballymoney, Antrim Co. Ulster Ireland; died Bef 22 Mar 1843, Lancaster Co. SC.