William Kirksey
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William Kirksey (1794 - aft. 1880)

William Kirksey
Born in Abbeville, South Carolinamap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 10 Jan 1827 in Butts County, Georgiamap
Descendants descendants
Died after after age 86 in Craighead, Arkansasmap
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Biography

He was born 1791 according to Info from Reba Cooper from Goodspeed History of Northeast Arkansas, Craighead, however, most other records have 1794 as his birth date.

William Kirksey appears for the first time in 1827 where he applied for a marriage license in Butts Co., GA. He married Martha White 10 Jan 1827. In 1830, the census of Butts Co. (1/2/0 (M/F/S) shows William, Martha and Delila b. 1829 (based on later census)

He resided in Jasper Co. in 1824 and was a land lottery registrant.

He appears on the 1830 and 1840 Butts Co. Ga, censuses

In 1850 and 1860 he resided in Campbell Co. on the census (Campbelton)

In 1870 he and his family are in Burnt Hickory District in Paulding Co., Ga.

Shortly after this census, he moved to Arkansas.

He is the father of the following children:

  • Delila, b. 1829 and married Cornelius McCull on 14 Jan 1858 in Henry Co., Ga
  • Elisha H., b 14 Nov 1830 and married Mary Waldrop on 2 June 1857 in Fayette Co., Ga
  • William D., b. 2 Feb 1832 and married May Bishop 18 Nov 1857 in Campbell Co., Ga
  • Elizabeth (probably a twin of William, listed as idiot on 1850 census)
  • Martha, b. 1835 and married James Moody on 5 May 1858 in Henry Co., Ga
  • Pleasant W. b. 1837 and married Martha Bishop on 28 Sep 1856 in Campbell Co., Ga.
  • Mary Ann,
  • Sarah, born 1841 and married Acey M. Willis 20 Nov. 1858 in Campbell Co., Ga.
  • Franklin (Doctor), b. 1845 and married Nola A. Hornsby date unknown. He was a farmer by trade (1870 & 1880 censuses) but called Doctor or Dock.
  • Nancy C.


Sources


Marriage 10 Jan 1827 Butts Co., Ga

1830; Census Place: Butts, Georgia; Series: M19; Roll: 16; Page: 177; Family History Library Film: 0007036

Year: 1840; Census Place: District 614, Butts, Georgia; Roll: 37; Page: 180; Family History Library Film: 0007042

Year: 1850; Census Place: District 10, Campbell, Georgia; Roll: M432_62; Page: 431A; Image: 429

Year: 1870; Census Place: Burnt Hickory and Eutah, Paulding, Georgia; Roll: M593_168; Page: 342A; Image: 193816; Family History Library Film: 545667 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCSF-G6C : 12 April 2016





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