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From: Norwood Cooper <>
Subject: Re: [KIRKHAM-L] Elizabeth Kirkham - Abraham Ayres info
Date: Sun, 05 Jul 1998 17:18:49 -0500


At 02:18 PM 7/5/98 -0700, you wrote:
>I received this info this morning, and thought I'd pass it along to y'all.
>I found it very interesting!
>>From Norwood Cooper, who is researching the Ayres line:

>I was given the following, and cannot vouch for its accuracy:
>Elizabeth (Kirkham) first married Abraham Ayres, a widower with
>three children at the close of the Revolution. Abraham Ayres was
>shot by a Tory soon after their marriage. They had no children. The
>tradition is that the Tory was shooting at Shadrach Mims who was with
>Ayres as they rode up to the Mims house and surprised the looters
>ransacking the house. Once before the Mims house had been looted and
>all but his old hat was taken. Abraham Ayres died of his wounds.
>Elizabeth married Shadrach Mims about 1784. She died in either
>Lincoln or Twiggs Co., GA on 22 Oct. 1814. "

Becky Rittenhouse,

The quote above, " I was given the following, and cannot vouch for its
accuracy:
Elizabeth (Kirkham) first married Abraham Ayres, a widower with three
children at the close of the Revolution. Abraham Ayres was
________________," was provided to me by Steve Kirkham as well as the will
of Abraham Ayres.

Steve Kirkham is a very knowledgeable and helpful Kirkham researcher who
has been very helpful to me with my Abraham Ayres research. The thanks
should go to Steve.

Regards,
Norwood Cooper in Texas


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