Matthew KIRK

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MEMOIRS

W. R. Kirk Journal, 1866.

He emigrated to America in 1773 when he was thirteen years old: He was the youngest of the four sons of James Kirk. He came through the port of Charles Town, SC as it was known in those days. Most likely were members of the Rev. William Martin's group of Seceders. These brothers arrived with the group of protestant settlers brought over by the Rev. William Martin, probably on the Lord Dunluce. They landed in Charles' Town (Charleston), the winter of 1772-3. There is no passenger list but there is a record of persons receiving land grants from the Colonial Council. John was the only one old enough to receive land in his own name.

According to the book, "Scotch-Irish Migration to South Carolina, 1772 (Rev. William Martin and his five Shiploads of Settlers)" John Kirk's [probably Matthew's older brother] 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 accounts. 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.

It is possible the family was originally from the Dumfriesshire or Ayrshire areas of lowland Scotland.

CENSUS RECORDS

1790 United States Federal Census
Name: Math Kirk
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Lancaster, South Carolina

1800 United States Federal Census
Name: Matthew Kirk
Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Lancaster District, South Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 3
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 7
Number of Household Members Over 25: 3
Number of Household Members: 10

1820 United States Federal Census
Name: Mathew Kirk
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Lancaster, South Carolina
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 3
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Slaves - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Slaves - Females - Under 14: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 4
Free White Persons - Under 16: 3
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total Slaves: 2
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 11

1830 United States Federal Census
Name: Matthew Kirk
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Lancaster, Lancaster, South Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1
Slaves - Males - Under 10: 1
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 1
Slaves - Females - Under 10: 1
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 1
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total Slaves: 4
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 7

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=46914457

Matthew married Grace JOHNSON 1787. Grace was born 1769, Lancaster Co, SC; died 1858, Lancaster Co, SC; was buried , Shiloh Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster Co. SC. [Group Sheet]

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Moved to GA, family lost track of them.

Had seven children, Martha, Matthew, Andrew B., Cynthia G., Rebecca Jane, Mary Elizabeth, and Agnes Ellen.

Mary married John COUNTRYMAN. John was born 10 Oct 1785, Lancaster Co, SC; died 23 Sep 1856, Sumter Co. GA. [Group Sheet]

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moved to Pickens County Ala. where he died.

William married Elizabeth MCILLWAIN. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert McIllwain) was born 12 Sept 1790, Lancaster Co. SC; died Aft 1850, Pickens Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

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Had 6 children, Nancy, Margaret Jane, Mary Matilda, Grace B., Rebecca Allen, and James Alexander Coffey.

Rebecca married Henry COFFEE. Henry was born 1787, Lancaster Co, SC. [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

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]

James married Margaret Drury 5 Nov 1837, Wilcox Co. AL. Margaret was born ca 1805, North Carolina; died aft. 1880, Wilcox Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

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moved to Pickens County Ala. He raised several children. His oldest Daughter Mary, Married Dr. R. N. Kirk, her cousin. Dr. Kirk most likely was the son of William Kirk, and his wife who as a Kitchen.

CENSUS RECORDS

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Robert Kirk
Age: 52
Birth Year: abt 1798
Birthplace: South Carolina
Home in 1850: Southern District, Pickens, Alabama
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Robert Kirk 52
Joanah Kirk 50
Charlotte Kirk 20
Luree Ann Kirk 15 [Tirzeah]
Robert Kirk 12
Isabella Kirk 10
John Kirk 8
Zenith Kirk 6 [Asenath]

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Robert Kirk
Age in 1860: 62
Birth Year: abt 1798
Birthplace: South Carolina
Home in 1860: Southern Division, Pickens, Alabama
Gender: Male
Post Office: Carrollton
Household Members:
Robert Kirk 62
Joanna Kirk 60
John Kirk 18
Cenith Kirk 16 [Asenath]

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=kirk&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=3&GScnty=79&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=21757659&df=all&

Robert married Johanna MCILLWAIN Abt 1826, South Carolina. Johanna (daughter of Robert McIllwain) was born 10 Aug 1800, Laurens Co. SC; died 01 Apr 1870, Pickens Co. AL; was buried , Mount Olive Cemetery, Gordo, Pickens Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

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Family lost track of her after she married.

Agnes married John HARPER. [Group Sheet]

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were living in SC when W. R. Kirk wrote his journal in 1866.

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Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=shaver&GSiman=1&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=43&GScnty=2341&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=88073646&df=all&

Grace married James M. SHAVER. [Group Sheet]

Grace married John M. Shaver. John was born 05 May 1810; died 15 May 1890, Lancaster Co. SC; was buried , Shaver Family Cemetery Elgin, Lancaster Co. SC. [Group Sheet]

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married, lived, and died in S.C. near the town of Elgin

He and his parents are buried in Shiloh Cemetery near Lancaster, and his wife Mary (Polly Harper) is buried in Elgin Cemetery near Lancaster.

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
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Matthew married Mary (Polly) HARPER. Mary was born 18 Aug 1813, Lancaster Co. SC; died 23 Oct 1894, Lancaster Co. SC; was buried , Saint Luke UMC Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster Co. SC. [Group Sheet]

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Physician in Pickens Co AL in 1864.
Robert Kirk was a graduate of the University of Louisville Medical School
(1854) and practiced at Pleasant Grove, Pickens County, Alabama, near the
home of his father-in-law, the "Old Capt.", Robert Kirk.

Buried:
Grave location:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20312181

Robert married Mary Jane KIRK. Mary (daughter of Robert Nathaniel (Robin) KIRK and Johanna MCILLWAIN) was born 27 Feb 1826, Lancaster Co. SC; died 17 Nov 1902, Pickens Co. AL; was buried , Mount Olive Cemetery, Gordo, Pickens Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

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Grace married Dickerson Hurst. Dickerson was born 9 Apri. 1827, Russellville, Franklin Co. AL; died 09 Feb 1909, Clarendon, Monroe Co. AR. [Group Sheet]

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Elizabeth married Raymond Dial Redden. Raymond was born 01 Oct 1821, Lancaster Co. SC; died 13 Jan 1898, De Leon, Comanche Co. TX. [Group Sheet]

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Physician in Fayette Co AL in 1864.

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Physician in Noxuber Mississippi in 1864.

CIVIL WAR SERVICE
Served with the 19th Mississippi Infantry, Co. K. They were the Jake Thompson Guards raised in Itawamba and Tishomingo Counties. Dr. Kirk was on the list of those that surrendered at Appomattox.

TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION:
Farewell my wife and children all, from you a father Christ doth call. Mourn not for me it is vain to call me to your sight again.

Note: top is broken off

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=kirk&GSiman=1&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=27&GScnty=1540&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=60707287&df=all&

James married Virginia Ann Tynes. Virginia was born 03 Jun 1839, Pickens Co. AL; died 12 Feb 1909, Itawamba Co. MS; was buried , Kirkville Cemetery, Kirkville, Itawamba Co. MS. [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:
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]

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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:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=kirk&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1865&GSdyrel=in&GSst=37&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=10056771&df=all&

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

Tombstone photo:
http://genealogybug.net/Franklin_Cemeteries/chase/1763.jpg

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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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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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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He was the oldest half brother. Younger than myself has complexion like John and James, Grace and Jane such that his eyes are dark and his hair unusually red. He is about five feet 11 inches high, very stout considerably rounded about the shoulders - rather fickle very lively - talks a great deal - works hard - energetic, but wants economy - rather fractious at times.

Oliver went through the war without being hurt - was captured once and kept in prison at Camp Chase Ohio for 7 months.,


CIVIL WAR INFORMATION

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

Sergeant, Co. B, 38th Alabama Infantry, Captured near Atlanta, July 22, 1864; held as POW at Camp Chase Ohio for 7 months.

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)

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He was the next oldest half brother. He had a fair complexion, dark eyes black hair, well formed and like Oliver weighed about one hundred and eighty pounds. He was firm and unshaken in his purposes. He would meddle no one and would suffer no one to meddle with or impose on him. He and Oliver joined the C.S.A. in the fall of '61, I think. Calvin was killed in the battle of Chickamauga, was buried on the battle field in the same grave with twenty seven others of his comrades. A brave and noble boy. I loved him while he lived. I wept over him when he fell. I'll cherish his memory while I have breath. "Calvin rest, thy warfare's o're Sleep the sleep that knows no waking." The cause for which you died is lost but it was no fault of thine. Thou didst thy part well well. May angels guard my brave boy's grave.

[Note; Official Confederate Service Records show that Calvin Cellars Kirk was captured and held as a POW until released at Selma, June 1865.]


CENSUS RECORDS
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Calvin C Kirk
Age in 1860: 15
Birth Year: abt 1845
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Male [in household of his mother Margaret Kirk]
Post Office: Prairie Bluff

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is much like Calvin every way. One description will do for both. He has a good mind but lacks energy. Has a strong attachment for whatever is his.


CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph M Kirk
Age in 1860: 13
Birth Year: abt 1847
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Male [in household of his mother, Margaret Kirk]
Post Office: Prairie Bluff

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph M Kirk
Age in 1870: 21
Birth Year: abt 1849
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male [in household of his mother, Margaret Kirk]
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: J. M. Kirk
Age: 32
Birth Year: abt 1848
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1880: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Martha Kirk
Father's Birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's name: Margaret Kirk
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: Farmer
Household Members:
J. M. Kirk 32
Martha Kirk 26
Maud Kirk 1
Adella Kirk 8 months
Margaret Kirk 67 [his mother]

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph M Kirk
Age: 52
Birth Date: May 1848
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox Co., Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Martha A Kirk
Marriage Year: 1878
Years Married: 22
Father's Birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Household Members:
Joseph M Kirk 52
Martha A Kirk 47
Maud Kirk 21
Adel Kirk 19
Richardson C Kirk 19

DEATH RECORD

Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974
Name: Joseph Marshall Kirk
Birth Date: abt 1848
Birth Place: Lower Peach Tree
Death Date: 27 Jul 1931
Death Place: Peach Tree, Wilcox County, Alabama
Burial Date: 28 Jul 1931
Burial Place: Lowder Peach Tree
Death Age: 83
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Father Name: James Kirk
Father Birth Place: Lancaster Deatria, South Carolina
Mother Name: Margaret Drury
Mother Birth Place: North Carolina
Spouse Name: Martha Jeffrey

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Alabama Deaths, 1908-59
Name: Joseph M. Kirk
Death Date: Jul 1931
Death County: Wilcox
Volume: 35
Roll: 3
Page #: 17082

Joseph married Martha Ann Jeffrey 23 Dec 1878, Alabama. Martha was born 27 Dec 1852, Alabama; died 14 Jan 1935, Wilcox Co. AL; was buried , Lower Peach Tree Cemetery, Wilcox Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

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She married her first cousin.

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Mary married Dr. Robert Nathaniel KIRK. Robert (son of William KIRK and Elizabeth MCILLWAIN) was born 6 Feb 1820, Lancaster Co. SC; died 09 Nov 1882, Benevola, Pickens Co. SC; was buried , Mount Olive Cemetery, Gordo, Pickens Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

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John married Eugenia Crimm ca 1865, Alabama. [Group Sheet]

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Tirzeah married William Thomas Mustin 05 Aug 1858, Pickens Co. AL. William was born 06 Dec 1836, Alabama; died 16 Jan 1879, Pickens Co. AL; was buried , Mount Olive Cemetery, Gordo, Pickens Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

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Robert married Mary Jane Falls 18 Nov 1858, Pickens Co. AL. Mary was born 05 Feb 1841, Pickens Co. AL; died 05 Feb 1841, Pickens Co. AL; was buried , Mount Olive Cemetery, Gordo, Pickens Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

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Haseltine married Robert Battle Curry. Robert was born 07 Feb 1850, Pickens Co. AL; died 06 May 1922, Pickens Co. AL; was buried , Mitchell Cemetery Pickens Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

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On January 02,1890, ROBERT KIRK, son of Doctor Robert N. KIRK and Mary Jane KIRK married MARY "MOLLIE" ELLEN CARVER, daughter of Green CARVER and Martha L. STAPP in Pickens County, Alabama.

Robert Early Kirk was a school teacher and Mollie was one of his pupils in the little country school in the Liberty community. They were married Jan. 2, 1890. She never referred to him by any other name than the one she called him by "Mister Early".

They lived briefly at Vienna on the Tombigbee River, in Northport, Alabama, where Nancy Mary was born, and finally in Gordo where the other two children were born. Mister Early operated (owned?) commissaries in these towns. In 1898 in Gordo his commissary burned and in fighting the fire on a cold night he contracted pneumonia and died. Mollie later married John Daniel and had one son, Hurdis Leon Daniel.

Infant son born 17 Jul 1895 died at birth, child of Robert Early Kirk and Mollie Carver.

OBITUARY

1899, 10 December;
"The West Alabamian", 1899; Mr. R. Early Kirk died Dec 10 and was interred at the family burial ground, about eight miles south. He was one of the best businessmen of Gordo and a leading member of the firm of Carver & Kirk.



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Robert married Alice L. Nabors. Alice was born May 1858, Mississippi; died 1940, Itawamba Co. MS; was buried , Kirkville Cemetery, Kirkville, Itawamba Co. MS. [Group Sheet]

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Ida married Dr. George L. Willis. George was born Aug 1849, Mississippi; died 1917, Itawamba Co. MS; was buried , Oak Grove Cemetery Ratliff, Itawamba Co. MS. [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

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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]

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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

Notes:

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=kirk&GSiman=1&GScid=24100&GRid=25392277&

Notes:

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=kirk&GSiman=1&GScid=24100&GRid=25392278&

Notes:

According to his World War One Draft Card, he was a dentist, practicing in Mobile, AL.

Birth:
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Richardson Calvin Kirk
County: Mobile
State: Alabama
Birth Date: 1 Nov 1880
Race: White
FHL Roll Number: 1509443

Died:
Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974
Name: Richardson Calvin Kirk
Birth Date: abt 1881
Death Date: 13 Apr 1948
Death Place: Mobile, Mobile, Alabama
Death Age: 67
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Father Name: Joseph N Kirk
Mother Name: Martha Jeffery
Spouse Name: Mittie Hicks
FHL Film Number: 1908828

Notes:

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=kirk&GSiman=1&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=3&GScnty=79&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=21758200&df=all&

Notes:

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=kirk&GSiman=1&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=3&GScnty=79&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=89368209&df=all&