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From: Nancy Parr <>
Subject: [GACOFFEE] William Kirkland, Fairfield Co., SC
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 00:21:59 -0400

"Historic Camden: Nineteenth Century, Part II"
by Kirkland & Kennedy 1926

pages 401-403:

WILLIAM KIRKLAND (C1), served as Captain in the Revolution. He and Joseph
Kirkland, who was probably his brother, settled on Cedar Creek in Fairfield
County, near Richland County line, at least as early as 1753.
He and Joseph are mentioned in Mills Statistics as brave fighters in the
cause of the colonists. Both are members of the State Assembly of 1782 at
Jacksonboro, which confiscated the property of many Tories, among them
Moses Kirkland. As appears from the will of Benjamin McKinnie, dated
August 24, 1759, found in Probate Court at Charleston, William had at that
date married Elizabeth, daughter of said Benjamin and Joseph had married
Lemender, another daughter. This Benjamin McKinnie was settled some eight
miles south of Camden as early as 1746, the date of a conveyance of land to
him by Charles Ratcliff. In his will he mentions his following children:

Achelaus McKinnieFannie McKinnie
Penelope McKinnieChristian McKinnie
Elizabeth KirklandSamuel McKinnie
Sarah MackeyMichael McKinnie
John McKinniePriscilla McKinnie
Mary McKinnieLemender Kirkland

The will of this William Kirkland (C1) is of record in Probate Office at
Winnsboro, dated December 1806, probated December 27th, 1806. It names his
son Joseph as Executor and disposes of his property to his children, Sarah
Taylor, Frances Alston (wife of James Alston), Archy Kirkland, Mary Honor,
John Debell and Martha Maria Kirkland. The three last named were almost
certainly the children of a second marriage. A daughter, Elizabeth Sorsby,
had probably predeceased her father.

JOSEPH KIRKLAND (C2), son of William (C1), was born in 1773, educated as a
physician, and in 1795 married Marianne Guerard, the young widow of
Governor Benj. Guerard. After his marriage he resided in Charleston, where
he served through the yellow fever epidemic of 1817. On November 12, 1817
he died and was buried in the family cemetery on Cedar Creek in Fairfield
County. His gravestone contains the following inscription:

"Rest here the noblest work of God---a truly good man.
Weep not my wife nor son most dear
I am not dead but sleeping here.
My debts are paid and I am free,
Prepare to die and follow me."

Marianne, the wife of Joseph, was the daughter of Henry Kennan and
Susannah Godin, who were married in 1751. Henry was among those
imprisioned by the British on ships in Charleston harbor, suffering great
hardships. His wife, Susannah, was the daughter of Benjamin Godin and
Marianne Mazyck, both of the Huguenot Colony which came to Charleston about
the year 1700.

WILLIAM LENNOX KIRKLAND (C3), son of Joseph (C2), was born in 1797. He
married Mary Anna Faber, widow of a Mr. Faber. She was a daughter of Dr.
Thomas E Lynah, who was a son of Dr. James Lynah. Dr. James Lynah served
as a surgeon in the Revolution and was originally from the Isle of Man.
William died June 21, 1828, at the early age of 31, on a visit to the
family home in Fairfield County, and lies in the family cemetery there near
Cedar Creek.

WILLIAM LENNOX KIRKLAND JR (C4), son of William L Kirkland (C3), was born
in 1828. Prior to the Civil War he resided in Charleston and on his rice
plantation on the Combahee River. In 1859 he married Mary Miller Withers,
daughter of Judge T J Withers. During the Civil War his family was forced
to reside in Camden, owing to military operations on the Coast. He was a
member of the Charleston Light Dragoons and died in Richmond, June 1864,
from a severe wound received in battle at Hawe's Shop, near Cold
Harbor. He left three children, Thomas J Kirkland who married Frederika
Alexander; Mary Ann Kirkland and Elizabeth T Kirkland (deceased), who
married Thomas M Trotter.

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