Elizabeth (Pearson) Kirkland (1837 - 1919)

Born 2 Jun 1837 in Telfair, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Kirkland — married [date unknown] in Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 20 Oct 1919 at age 82 in Atkinson, Georgia, United States

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Biography

When Elizabeth Pearson was born on 2 June 1837, in Telfair, Georgia, United States, her father, Benajah Pearson, was 25 and her mother, Mary Ann Lott, was 17. She married Benajah Joseph Kirkland Sr in 1853, in Douglas, Coffee, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Coffee, Georgia, United States in 1880 and District 1130, Coffee, Georgia, United States in 1900. She died on 20 October 1919, in Atkinson, Georgia, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Kirkland, Atkinson, Georgia, United States.

Elizabeth “Betty” Pearson Kirkland BIRTH 2 Jun 1837 Georgia, USA DEATH 20 Oct 1919 (aged 82) Atkinson County, Georgia, USA BURIAL Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery Kirkland, Atkinson County, Georgia, USA

Parents Benajah Pearson 1811–1885 / Mary Ann Lott Pearson 1820–1881

Spouse Joseph Kirkland 1824–1890

Children

1. Benjamin Kirkland 1852–1903
2. Mary Jane Kirkland Summerlin 1855–1917
3. Kuyler Kirkland 1859–1933
4. Jefferson Kirkland 1861–1926
5. William Lock Kirkland 1862–1936
6. Sarah Laura Elizabeth Kirkland Julian 1864–1934
7. Minerva Kirkland Sirmans 1865–1891
8. Benajah Kirkland 1865–1925
9. Dora Ann Kirkland 1867–1889
10. Joseph Judson Kirkland 1871–1911
11. Samuel Tilden Kirkland 1873–1927
12. Lucy Anna Kirkland Dickson 1878–1903
13. Elma Elena Kirkland Corbett 1882–1930

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZY6-VQ5 : Wed Oct 04 08:58:58 UTC 2023), Entry for Benajah Pearson and Mary Pearson, 1850.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZM2-CX7 : Thu Oct 05 02:01:39 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph Kirkland and Elizabeth Kirkland, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCS5-KMJ : Wed Oct 04 05:35:19 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph Kirkland and Elizabeth Kirkland, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8LK-61T : Mon Oct 02 23:35:25 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph Kirkland and Elizabeth Kirkland, 1880.

• "United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPT7-QWDX : 1 July 2021), Elizabeth Pearson in entry for Dora Kirkland, 1889.

• "United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPT3-55PJ : 1 July 2021), Elizabeth Betty Pearson in entry for Joseph Kirkland, 1890.

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3N4-339 : Fri Oct 06 12:02:09 UTC 2023), Entry for Bettie Kirkland and Tildon Kirkland, 1900.

• "United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPTW-49MF : 1 July 2021), Elizabeth or Betty Pearson, 1919.

• "Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDND-NXW : 23 February 2021), Elizabeth Pearson in entry for B. Kirkland, 1925.

• "Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QM-VK4N?cc=1999178&wc=9SBN-VZC%3A267650201%2C267934101 : 20 May 2014), Coffee > Wills 1874-1931 vol A and 2 > image 14 of 240; citing various county, district, and probate courts. Will of Benajah Pearson

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71188479/elizabeth-kirkland : accessed 04 January 2022), memorial page for Elizabeth “Betty” Pearson Kirkland (2 Jun 1837–20 Oct 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 71188479, citing Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Kirkland, Atkinson County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Barbara L. Kirkland (contributor 47115559)

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/about/LWYV-NXQ