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Note: Emigrated to Newton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania with his brothers Charles and Samuel after the death of their father in 1731.
The three Kilgore brothers: James, Charles and Samuel were living in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in 1734. They were, most likely, born in Ireland of Scottish parents and came to this country between 1710 and 1730.
From "History of Cumberland and Adams counties, Pennsylvania," "Hopewell Township, 1762: ... James Jack, James Kilgore...."
"On the Letort, near Middlesex, James Davison lived in 1736, a little south of the fording place where the road from Harris' ferry crossed the run. The land in this vicinity is said to have been thickly settled before Carlisle was laid out. Patrick and William Davison, William Gillingham, James Gillgore (or Kilgore), Joseph Clark, Peter Wilkie and John McClure owned land near the proposed site of Carlisle...."
James married Elizabeth Jack. Some old traditions said James and Elizabeth were parents of eighteen sons and one daughter. James' will names only thirteen children. Elizabeth's will names twelve children but it is known that one child, Ezekiel, died after James' death and before she wrote her will. Sources that say James had eighteen or more children usually say that James was married twice and that Elizabeth Jack was his second wife. That has NOT been proven. In fact, the person who wrote about the possibility of another wife later said it was not true. James died September 1771 in Newton Township. James signed his will James Kilgoar. It has never been proven that his middle name was William, even though it has been used in various histories for many years. Elizabeth's will was proved February 14, 1792 in Carlisle, Newton Township.
The KIilgores were members of Big Spring Presbyterian Church in Newville, Pennsylvania and are believed to be buried there but there are no gravestones for them in the church cemetery. There are, however, many old markers that are no longer legible.
The only certain birth dates for children of James Kilgore and Elizabeth Jack Kilgore are those of David Kilgore, Jesse Kilgore and William Kilgore. The birthdates for the other children are approximate dates that are not proven.
THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JAMES KILGORE Will Book B p.l 00 Cumberland Co. PA I, JAMES KILGOAR of the township of Newton in the County of Cumberland, Farmer. Calling to mind the uncertainty I this transatory life do make and ordain this instrument to contain my last Will and Testament in form and manner following that is to say I will and alow unto my true and loving wife Elizabeth Kilgoar the whole use of all my Plantation goods and Chattles, implyments of husbandry and household furnatur while she remains my widow, for the payment of debts and educating the six youngest sons during their minority. But if she marries I allow her to live on the plantation and giye up all the above named Good~ and Chattles only one horse and saddle and bridle worth twenty one pounds and her little and bIg wheel and reel. One featherbed with the clothing and I will and alow that at the time of her marriage or decease that my Executors herafter to be named shall sell ~my estate real and personal that I am possessed of now or shall be possessed of at the time of my decease only the particulars abov bequeathed and divided in the form and manner following. That is to say I will and bequeth unto my sons Hugh, Benjamin, Josep: Patrick and David and to my daughter Mary -? Shilling Sterling apiece. I likewise give and bequeth unto my son Oliver five Poun Pennsylvania currency and all the rest I alow and it is my will to be equally divided between my youngest sons Ezekiel, John, Jonathan, William, Jesse and Robert but if any of the above named younger sons should turn prodigal and not incline to work but 1 waste the Estate it is my will and I alow him or them to lose their part and it be given to the rest as above but I alow none of the above named leagacis to be payed until sail be made of the above named premises or Chattels - ?--I do nominate constitute and appoint my true and loving brother Charles Kilgoar and my dear and loving wife whole Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and disannuling all former wills and testaments by me maid and also this to be m last - I set my seal 23 August 1771. Signed James Kilgoar in the presence of James JACK, Samuel KILGORE, and Alexander Laughlin. Letters Testamentary issued 10 September 1771 - witness John Armstrong.
Immigration:
1736
Residence Original settlers. 1750 Adams, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Grand Juror Selection. OCT 1755. Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. United States.
"The land beyond the Susquehanna River was ceded to the Proprietaries of Pennsylvania by the Indians of the Six Nations of New York, on the 11th of October 1736 - "releasing all said River Susquehanna: and lands lying on both sides to extend eastward as far as the heads of the branches or springs which run into said Susquehanna, and all lands lying west of the said River to the setting of the sun, and to extend from the mouth of the said River northward up the same hills or mountains called by the Six Nations the Tyun-nun-ta-sacta or endless hil (sic) and by the Delaware's Kep-pack-ta-nan-in-Hill" (Kittochtinny or later Kittatinny).
Samuel Blunton as Magistrate duly recorded the Licenses begun January 1733.... Within rather recent times they (the books) have become the property of Pennsylvania and the Blunston license Books are now in the Department of Internal Affairs.
The usual acreage was from 200 to 500 acres.
In 1734, the Garrisons... Thompson... Dunlap Wakely (Weakley). .. Kilgore, etc."
Name: James Kilgore Warrant Date: 15 Apr 1752 Warrant Place: Hopewell, Cumberland Source Information Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Warrant Applications, 1733-1952. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania State Archives. Land Warrants. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, PA.
Year: 1790; Census Place: Hopewell, Newton, Tyborn, and Westpensboro, Cumberland, Pennsylvania; Series: M637; Roll: 8; Page: 17; Image: 536; Family History Library Film: 0568148
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1790 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Entry says:
Name: James Kilgore
Probate Date: 10 Sep 1771
Probate Place: Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
Inferred Death Year: Abt 1771
Inferred Death Place: Pennsylvania, USA
Item Description: Index, K-S, 1750-1937
Source Citation
Wills, 1750-1908; Admin Books, 1750-1906; Author: Cumberland County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills; Probate Place: Cumberland, Pennsylvania
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Original data: Pennsylvania County, District and Probate Courts.
James was born in 1701 in Ireland.
He was married to Elizabeth Jack in 1734 (2).
He passed away in 1771 (2) in Newville, Pennsylvania, and is buried in the Big Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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1url http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=7836&h=636870&indiv=try
Title Notes and queries : historical, biographical and genealogical, chiefly relating to interior Pennsylvania, [1st-2d ser., v. 1-2, Author Ancestry.com
2 url Find a Grave https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1P-12LS
Copies of Wills, 1750-1803, of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Taken From Volumes A-F; Author: Cumberland County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills; Probate Place: Cumberland, Pennsylvania Edit source Source information Title Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993 Author Ancestry.com
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