George Washington Kirkland (1818 - 1906)

Born 1818 in South Carolina, United States

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Died 3 Dec 1906 at about age 88 in Aiken, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Kirkland Name Study.

He was born in 1818 and died 3 December 1906 according to the report by his son Bolivar Lemuel Kirkland. Family information reports he was buried at Hall Cemetery in Aiken County. He married 1) Elizabeth Williams, 2) Louise Hall, and 3) Martha ___, based on family records shared by Davis Shull. The second marriage appears to have ended in divorce. He had issue from the first two marriages.

George Washington Kirkland remained in South Carolina after his parents departed for Alabama. Family information indicates he made his home site between the Forks of the Edisto River. The area, after several boundary changes, became Aiken County.

Spouses and Children.^[1]

He was first married to Elizabeth Williams. The children of the first marriage were^[2]:

• Malinda - born ca. 1835;
• Leah - born ca. 1837;
• William - born ca. 1840, died in Harrison, Georgia, married Savannah Kirkland, a daughter of Tillman Kirkland;
• Sarah Elizabeth born 1844^[3] She doesn't appear on the 1860 census with her parents, as she is already married & appears as age 16 with her husband. Her death certificate lists her father as George Kirkland and her mother as a Williams.
• Lucy - born ca. 1848;
• Tinker - born ca. 1854;
• Mary - born ca. 1857;
• John - born ca. 1860;
• Harriett - born 12 June 1864

His second marriage was to Louise Hall. The children of the second marriage were^[4]:

• George Perry - born 6 February 1868, died 27 January 1948, buried in Hall Cemetery, married Carrie Reynolds
• Georgia Ann - born 29 Nov 1869, married John Willis
• Bolivar Lemuel, Senior - born 17 August 1872, died 27 November 1954, married Sally Hall
• Benjamin Franklin - born 31 August 1875, died 17 June 1942, married Gelena Hall

Sources

1. ↑ Kirkland Family Roots, by Dr. J. R. Peacock, publ. 2002, p. 335
2. ↑ 1860 US federal census; Census Place: Vicinity of Sawyers Mills, Lexington, South Carolina; Roll: M653_1222; Page: 461; Family History Library Film: 805222
3. ↑ South Carolina Department of Archives and History; Columbia, South Carolina; South Carolina Death Records; Year Range: 1900-1924; Death County or Certificate Range: Lexington
4. ↑ 1880 US federal census; Census Place: Chinquapin, Lexington, South Carolina; Roll: 1234; Page: 373B; Enumeration District: 128

See also:

• 1880 agricultural schedule; Census Place: Chinquapin, Lexington, South Carolina; Archive Collection Number: AD273; Roll: 12; Page: 2; Line: 1; Schedule Type: Agriculture
• South Carolina death certificates of children George P, Bolivar L, and Georgia Ann.