John was the son of John Kirkland and Lavinia Cato
He married Mina Elizabeth "Eliza" Sanders.
John was a Confederate Soldier during the Civil War; Event date: 1862; age at enlistment; 22, Military Unit; Sixth Cavalry 1-Mc. [1]
1850 Census; Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina[1] John Kirkland Male 41 South Carolina; Lavina Kirkland Female 39 South Carolina; Stanmore Kirkland Male 18 South Carolina; Lucinda E Kirkland Female 16 South Carolina; Benjn Kirkland Male 15 South Carolina; Massen Kirkland Male 14 South Carolina; Abner Kirkland Male 12 South Carolina; John F Kirkland Male 11 South Carolina; Bendet Kirkland Male 9 South Carolina; Louisa Kirkland Female 6 South Carolina; Laura Ann Kirkland Female 4 South Carolina; Minfield Kirkland Male 1 South Carolina.
1860 Census Edgefield District, Edgefield, South Carolina; 42/41[2] John Kirkland Male 50 South Carolina; Lavina Kirkland Female 49 South Carolina; Lucinda Kirkland Female 24 South Carolina; John F Kirkland Male 19 South Carolina; Louisa Kirkland Female 17 South Carolina; Laura A Kirkland Female 14 South Carolina; Winfield Kirkland Male 10 South Carolina; Laura Kirkland Female 8 South Carolina; James M Kirkland Male 6 South Carolina; Andrew Kirkland Male 4 South Carolina; Henry L Kirkland Male 2 South Carolina.
John was buried at Red Bank Baptist Church Cemetery in Saluda, Saluda, South Carolina.[3]
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