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From: Nancy Parr <>
Subject: [GACOFFEE] Kirklands in Kershaw & Fairfield Co., SC
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 23:36:20 -0400

Good Evening,
Please excuse the cross-sending but I thought this might be of interest to
all four lists. I went to the SC Archives & History Dept. this afternoon
and found the following information. The information ties into the
information I submitted earlier (to Coffee and Kirkland lists) on Kershaw
Co, SC Kirklands.
Please take a look and if you are researching these families, or have
additional information, please contact me. If you want copies of the
pages, let me know and I'll be happy to send them to you via snail mail.
Regards,
Nancy E Parr
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"Historic Camden: Nineteenth Century" Part II by Kirkland & Kennedy
printed 1926
Thomas J Kirkland
Robert M Kennedy

pages 399-400:

Kirkland
The first mention of the Kirkland name in South Carolina is found in an
entry in the Register of St. Phillips Church at Charleston, SC, which
records the burial there of John Kirkland, Sept. 18, 1728.
The next recorded mention is found in the old plats of land originally
granted by the State to the first settlers, from which it would appear that
a veritable colony of Kirklands arrived in the state during the twenty
years prior to 1776. A list of their names is here given in the order of
the dates of their respective land plats:

1-Edward Kirkland, 1753
2-Richard Kirkland, 1753
3-Moses Kirkland, 1753
4-Robert Kirkland, 1753
5-Joseph Kirkland, 1755
6-William Kirkland, 1755
7-Joshua Kirkland, 1762
8-James Kirkland, 1763
9-Snowden Kirkland, 1763
10-John Kirkland, 1764
11-Francis Kirkland, 1772
12-Thomas Kirkland, 1773
13-Benjamin Kirkland, 1774

What if any relationship existed between these individuals we have not
been able to ascertain but it is well nigh certain that Joseph and William
were brothers.

JOHN KIRKLAND (No 10 above) settled neat White Oak Creek in the northern
part of this county. His son Moses in 1792 conveys a part of his father's
land to Lewis Collins. The will of this John, probated 1772, of record in
Charleston, leaves his land to his wife Jean for life and at her death to
his sons Moses and William. This William was known as "William of the
Wateree" and not the William (No 6 above) who settled on Cedar Creek in
Fairfield County and was a captain in the Revolutionary War. Moses was
certainly not the noted Tory of that name whose will was recorded in London
in 1789 (see South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. XII, p. 218).
A deed from Anthony Wright, conveying to Edward Kirkland lands near
Lugoff, in Kershaw County, dated April 2nd, 1753, is witnessed by Robert
Kirkland, Moses Kirkland and William Harrison and probated by James McGirt,
Lands in this county were conveyed to Richard Kirkland by Sam'l Bacot in
1754, witnesses Josiah Cantey and William Cantey. Lands about seven miles
south of Camden were granted to Joseph Kirkland in 1769, designated in the
grant as "Woodyard" , by which name it is still known.
The following items are gleaned from the Revolutionary Records in the
State House:
"William Kirkland (of Cedar Creek), 261 pounds 16s 8d Currency, 37 pounds
8--1 sterling for 68 days as Captain of Horse in Gen. Williamson's Brigade
at Augusta in 1779. Sworn to before John Winn, J.P., certified correct by
Lieut-Col. Joseph Kirkland."
"William Kirkland (of the Wateree), for 191 days service as private and as
Lieut, in 1781 and 1782 in Gen. Sumter's Brigade."
"Zachariah Kirkland, for 100 days service as horseman in Gen Williamson's
Brigade, certified by Lieut-Col. Joseph Kirkland."
"Samuel Kirkland, for service in militia at Charleston."
"Reuben Kirkland, for 72 days militia service under Lieut. Jacob Buxton."
"Richard Kirkland, for 72 days service under Col. Jacob Buxton, also 153
days as Captain in 1781 and 1782 in Col. Hardin's Regt."
"Joseph Kirkland (Lieut-Col), account for high blooded stallion valued at
225 pounds."
"John Kirkland, for 7 days militia service under Lieut. Jacob Buxton."
"Francis Kirkland in 1791 requests his indents for service as
Revolutionary soldier--witness Richard Winn."

Two distinct families of the Kirkland name have figured in Kershaw County,
the one tracing from Daniel; the other from William Kirkland (No 6 above)

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I will send (next) the 'family history' provided in this book on Daniel
Kirkland and William Kirkland.

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