Thomas
Riley
Kirk
Born about in Montgomery, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Kirk
and Rebecca (Rose) Kirk
Brother of
Elijah Kirk, Rebecca (Kirk) Wilson, John Kirk, Sarah (Kirk) Nosler and Nancy (Kirk) Williams
Husband of
Artie (Johnson) Kirk
— married
about 1811 in Anderson, Tennessee
Husband of
Martha (Gwynne) Kirk
— married
about 1825 in Anderson, Tennessee
Descendants 
Father of
William Riley Kirk, Hazel Ann (Kirk) Brassfield, Lucinda (Kirk) Ridenour, Wiley Clark Kirk, Hugh Preston Kirk, Francis Marion Kirk, Nancy (Kirk) Ridenour, Thomas Riley Kirk Jr., Robert McCamey Kirk and Samuel L. Kirk
Died
at about age 97
in Grundy, Missouri, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Feb 2018
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Biography
Timeline of Thomas Riley Kirk contributed by Becky Walker (from Melvin O. Ridenour research?) on her World Connect page
- 1790 Born 1790 in Montgomery Co., VA (could be earlier, between 1780-1790)
- 1801 Anderson Co. TN created from Knox & Grainger
- 1807 John Kirk Sr. purchased 400 acres in Anderson Co. TN & witnessed by Elijah Kirk
- 1807 John Kirk Sr to John Kirk Jr. 100 acres in Anderson Co. TN
- 1808 John Kirk of Anderson Co. TN to Isaiah Givens (in Giles Co. VA records)
- 1810 No census available for Anderson Co. TN
- 1811 Approximate year of marriage to Artie Johnson Millican
- 1812 Joined the Militia during the War of 1812 in Anderson Co. TN (age 22)
- 1817 Land records mentions T. Kirk's line in Anderson Co. TN
- 1820 No census available for Anderson Co. TN
- 1825 Approximate year of marriage to Martha Gwin
- 1830 On Clinton, Anderson Co. TN census next to John Jr, with John Sr & Elijah on census too
- 1832 On Clinton, Anderson Co. TN tax list with John & Elijah
- 1840 On Anderson co. TN census with Calvin, Hiram, Katharine & James
- 1850 Son, Clark married in Platte Co. MO to Lucinda Kissinger on Jan 1st (before coming to Mercer Co. MO?)
- 1850 On Mercer Co. MO census with VC Kirk & the Henry Ridenour extended families
- 1860 On Liberty, Grundy Co. MO census
- 1870 On Somesett, Mercer Co. MO census
- 1880 On Washington, Mercer Co. MO census, father b. VA, mother b. ME
- 1882 Died in Mill Grove, Mercer Co. MO & buried in Kirk Cemetery in Washington twp
Sources
- 1840 Census, Anderson Co., TN p. 11
1850 Census, Mercer Co., MO p. 64, 9 Oct, line 29, dwelling 406, family 6
1860 Census, Liberty Twp., Grundy Co. MO p. 423
"Southern Kirk and Carrell Families"
Anderson Co., TN Deed Book H-1 p. 149: Thomas KIRK to Chesley Boatright. Charles McClung to Thomas Kirk book D-1 p. 342 (film #979,338; index does not give dates).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas 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 Thomas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas 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 Thomas:
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~3.12%
Becky (Mason) Walker
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M782619 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ljwbmw
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #1101180
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MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
Dawn Clearwater :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dstubbs98
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~1.56%
Michael Barton :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #19739
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~0.78%
Ruth (Long) Gill :
23andMe, GEDmatch M093416 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A738926 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T160944 [compare], FTDNA kit #179624
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~0.78%
Jerry Quillen :
AncestryDNA
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