In 1896 his wife Matilda is mentioned as a widow of Felix H Kirkland,
North Carolina, United States, as Felix had been a veteran of the Mexican war.
[1] Military Company given as "Faggs" and regiment as "1 NC Vols", [2]
Research Notes
Sources
1846: United States Mexican War Index and Service Records, 1846-1848 [3]
Hampton Kirkland Or Kirklin: United States Mexican War Index and Service Records, 1846-1848
Name: J H Or Hampton Kirkland Or Kirklin
Event Type: Military Service
Event Date: 1846 - 1848
Military Status: Pvt
Military Regiment: 1 N C Vols
Military Unit: A
Military Rank: Pvt
1851:Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002 [4]
↑ "United States Old War Pension Index, 1815-1926," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZPT-JMG : 13 March 2018), Felix H Kirkland, 1896; citing Pension, North Carolina, NARA microfilm publication T316 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 821,606.
↑ "United States Mexican War Index and Service Records, 1846-1848", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLX7-8QL6 : 13 March 2018), J H Or Hampton Kirkland Or Kirklin, 1846-1848.
↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN6D-MZQ : 4 December 2014), Hampton Kirkland and Matilda Kirkland, 07 Jul 1851; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 136, Monroe, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCXR-6SG : 19 February 2021), F H Kirklin, Charleston, Swain, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 180, sheet 170B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,983.
↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F34K-NG2 : 20 February 2021), Hamp Kirkland in entry for Caroline Kirkland, 09 Jan 1927; citing Charleston, Swain, North Carolina, reference fn 1089 cn 158, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,907,301.
↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F34L-3FF : 20 February 2021), Hampton Kirkland in entry for Clarissa Price, 19 Jan 1929; citing High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, reference fn 1259 cn 417, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,907,464.
↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3F6-3KS : 20 February 2021), Hamp Kirklin in entry for Jim S. Kirkland, 16 Feb 1929; citing Bryson City, Charleston, Swain, North Carolina, reference v6 cn11, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,943,026.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Felix by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Felix: