Mary Ann (Watkins) Kirkland (1842 - 1930)

Born 9 Aug 1842 in North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Kirkland — married 5 Sep 1878 in Charleston Township, Swain, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Sep 1930 at age 88 in Washington, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Mary Ann "Polly" Watkins was born in August of 1842 to Andrew David"Watkins and Sarah Ann (Presley) Watkins. She is listed with her parents on both the 1860 Census in Jackson, North Carolina and the 1870 Census in the Qualla area of Jackson, North Carolina (she was the oldest out of thirteen children born to David and Sarah Watkins). On September 5, 1878 she married John Kirkland in Charleston Township, Swain, North Carolina. They are listed together in the following US censuses:

• 1880 census
• 1900 census (in Charleston Township (part south of river), Swain, North Carolina with eight children listed)
• 1910 Census (with one son listed in their household in Cane Hill Township, Washington, Arkansas)
• 1920 Census (in Washington, Arkansas with one son listed in their household)

Based on the data provided in the census reports; it is believed that they had nine children before she passed away in 1930 at the age of 88 in Washington County, Arkansas. She is buried in Tharp Cemetery in Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD66-V7S : 4 October 2017), D Watkins, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW8N-HL9 : 12 April 2016), David Wadkins, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 5, family 28, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,643.

• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZQ-DGN5 : 22 July 2021), John Kirkland and Mary Ann Wadkins, 05 Sep 1878; citing Charleston Township, Swain, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 2,447,777.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCXR-K6D : 14 January 2022), Polly Ann Kirklin in household of John Kirklin, Charleston Township, Swain, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS1H-NMC : 9 March 2022), Pollie A Kirkland in entry for John Kirkland, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKKW-Z2V : accessed 4 January 2023), Pollyan Kirklin in household of John Kirklin, Cane Hill, Washington, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 129, sheet 1B, family 19, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 67; FHL microfilm 1,374,080.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDFG-1F2 : 31 January 2021), Ann Kirkland in entry for John Kirkland, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMGL-FS5 : accessed 4 January 2023), Polly A Kirkland in household of Wade H Kirkland, Cane Hill, Washington, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 7A, line 14, family 150, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 97; FHL microfilm 2,339,832.

• "Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJT9-5KC : 27 November 2014), Pollie A Kirkland, 07 Sep 1930; derived from "Arkansas, Death Index, 1914-1950," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); a multigenerational derivative citing Division of Vital Records, Arkansas Department of Health, Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950 (Arkansas: Arkansas Genealogical Society).

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