Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1802

Notes:

According to jpkirkpatrick.com:

5. Thomas Newton Kirkpatrick was born on 9 Nov 1766 in South Carolina. He died on 16 Dec 1821 in Bond Co., Illinois. He was buried in Moody Cemetery, Greenville, Bond Co., Illinois. (29) Thomas Newton Kirkpatrick's birthdate is given as 9 Nov 1766 in South Carolina. He is generally considered the eldest son of James the son of the Immigrant, although the exact order of birth is not certain. His mother was Susannah Gillham. Thomas married abt. 1797 Mary 'Polly' Lane who was born 18 Dec 1777.

Mary Lane was the twin sister of Sarah Lane who married Thomas Newton Kirkpatrick's brother John. The two sisters were daughters of Jesse and Winifred (Aycock) Lane. Jesse was born in Halifax, NC on 3 July 1733. He served as a Revolutionary War officer in the 3rd North Carolina Contenentals and is reputed to have been at the battle of Kings Mountain. The family moved to Georgia in 1784, first to Elbert and Oglethorpe counties, and finally to Jackson County.* We do not have a marriage date or place for Thomas and Mary, although it probably took place in Jackson County, Georgia, abt. 1797.

Thomas Kirkpatrick was named among Jackson County, GA's first Justices of the Peace on 4 Aug 1797 (The Early History of Jackson County, Georgia by G.J.N.Wilson, 1914, p. 296). Jesse Springer in her book Cranehook on Delaware (a genealogy published in Illinois), states that the Georgia Department of Archives & History, in correspondence dated 17 May 1961, informed her that Thomas Kirkpatrick served as Justice of the Peace of Jackson County, commissioned 3 Jun 1799. Again, the book Gone To Georgia: Jackson & Gwinnett Counties and Their Neighbors in the Western Migration (Compiled by William C. Stewart, National Genealogical Society Publication #30, 1965) gives Kirkpatrick's appointment as Justice of the Peace in Jackson County in 1799.

David Kirkpatrick in his genealogy, An American Kirkpatrick Family, reproduces newspaper clipping facing page 34. The clipping was found in the effects of James G. Kirkpatrick, descendant of Thomas Newton Kirkpatrick, presumably from an Illinois newspaper. It refers in the last two paragraphs to a document 130 years old in the possession of George Kirkpatrick, James G. Kirkpatrick's brother. It is an order of Governor Jared Irwin of Georgia, appointing Thomas Kirkpatrick a Justice of the Peace, signed as follows: "...given under my hand and seal at the State House in Louisville, this 13th day of June, Anno Dom. 1797 in the 21st year of American Independence." **

A number of land transactions show up connecting Kirkpatrick to Georgia and Jackson County. A 1788 grant gives Thomas Kirkpatrick 300 acres in Franklin County, GA. *** (Jackson County was erected from Franklin County). The land is described as bordered on the northwest by Scott's lands but vacant on all other sides. **** Franklin was one of Georgia's original counties. In 1807 another grant of 200 acres is given to Thomas Kirkpatrick on his own headright, this time in Jackson County. It is bordered on the Northeast by Kirkpatrick's (which one?) land, on the southeast by Jarrett, on the southwest by surveyed land and on the northwest by Deprest's land. This grant is signed by the Governor Jared Irwin. *****

A transaction between Thomas Kirkpatrick and Francis Kirkpatrick both of Jackson County, Georgia, concerns a transfer of land, 120 acres on Curries Creek, for 100 dollars "unto him in hand paid," from Thomas to Francis, 26 May 1798. On the 9th of October 1805, James Kirkpatrick for the sum of $500 agrees to buy land on Curries Creek in Jackson County from Thomas Kirkpatrick. Another record dated 17 Nov 1815 records the transfer by Thomas Kirkpatrick of Madison County, Illinois Territory, of 200 acres of land in Jackson County, Georgia, for the sum of $500 to John Boyle of Jackson County. The land is described as a tract on the waters of Currey Creek and reference is made to "grant for the same in my name signed by his excellency the Governor, the 25th day of November 1807." All of these records are on file in the Jackson County courthouse as Book AB-110, Book D-265, and Book F-442 respectively. The last described transaction is obviously a sale by Thomas Kirkpatrick of land described in the previous paragraph as being granted to him on his own headright. Kirkpatrick had departed from Georgia and was living in Madison County in the Illinois Territory and was selling off his land back east.

We find papers dated March and April in 1802 that Kirkpatrick signed in his capacity as Justice of the Peace of Jackson County. It would appear from this that he did not move to Illinois until sometime in 1802--a year when other Kirkpatrick's, Gillham's, and related families, moved in some numbers to the western territory. According to John Fletcher Kirkpatrick, the motivating factor in the move to Illinois was the reluctance of Thomas and his brother John to raise their children in slave territory.

Thomas and Polly's son, Thomas Milligan states that Thomas had been raised in the Presbyterian Church, but that he and Polly were 'converted' (to Methodism) in the Cane Ridge Revival which took place in central Kentucky in 1801, and was the single most notable event in the major religious movement usually call the "Second Great Awakening." It is possible, but not very likely, that they were present at cane ridge. It is more likely that Thomas and Polly became Methodists under the influence of the religious revival of which the Cane Ridge Revival was a part. In any event, it is clear that they, along with Thomas's brother John and his family, became Methodists at approximately the time they moved to Illinois. This conversion was to have profound effects on the families of both brothers.

The family settled in a spot in Illinois about 20 miles northeast of St Louis, Missouri. The land Thomas settled on was bought as the militia claim of Pierre LeJoy (#991), 8 Jun 1804, and a second militia claim (#1719) of Louis LeBrun, Jr., affirmed to Thomas Kirkpatrick 16 Nov 1806. These claims are recorded in the American State Papers, 2nd Volume, Public Lands. The two Frenchmen had served in the militia on the early Mississippi frontier and grants of land were awarded for this service. These lands were located on what was known as Cohos (or Cohokia) Creek in Madison County. Kirkpatrick built a cabin there about 1805.

Madison County, IL was organized as a county 4 Sep 1812. The home of Thomas Kirkpatrick was designated as the County Seat of Government by the Territorial Governor, Ninian Edwards:

"September 14th, by Ninian Edwards, Governor of the Illinois Territory, a Proclamation: By Virtue of the powers vested in the Governor of the Territory, I do hereby lay off a County or district to be called the County of Madison to be included within the following bounds viz to begin on the Mississippi to run the second township line above Cahokia East until it strikes the dividing line of Upper Canada, thence with said line to the Mississippi and thence down the Mississippi to the beginning--I do appoint the house of Thomas Kirkpatrick to be the seat of Justice of said County...done at Kaskaskia the 14th day of September 1812 and of the Independence of the United States the 37th, Ninian Edwards..." ******

On 23 June 1813 the Governor appointed Thomas Kirkpatrick as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Madison County, again as a County Judge on 25 Dec 1814 and 10 Jan 1816. (These records are also found in the Territorial Papers of Illinois, Vols. 16 and 17.)

Thomas Kirkpatrick is recorded on a tax list dated 1814 as having one slave and six horses with a total tax of $4.00. *******

Kirkpatrick's land claim covered the Northwest part of the present town of Edwardsville, IL. In the Indian troubles that preceeded the War of 1812, Kirkpatrick built a block house on the land, which was meant as a protection for several families living in the adjacent area. Kirkpatrick served briefly as a Lieutenant in the militia during this period. The muster rolls of Lieut. Daniel G. Moore's company of volunteer infantry called into service from 9 May 1813 to 9 Jun 1813, lists Thomas Kirkpatrick and his oldest son James Harrison Kirkpatrick as privates. Harrison Kirkpatrick would have been about 15 years of age at this time. A John Kirkpatrick, probably Thomas' brother, is also listed. (Illinois in the War of 1812-1814, Stevens, 1904.)

Brink's History of Madison County, Illinois, reproduces this document giving Kirkpatrick Lieutenancy:

"Edwardsville, September 24, 1814, Sir--This day there was an election held at this place for a Captain and First and Second Lieutenants, by the volunteers that have of late been raised in consequence of your request to Isam Gillham and J.G. Lofton, Esq. The company detained the election until about the 4 of the O'Clock in the afternoon in hopes we would have been joined by Mr. Stout and a party from that neighborhood. On being disappointed, we proceeded to elect John G. Lofton, Captain, Thomas Kirkpatrick, 1st Lieutenant, and Samuel G. Morse, 2nd Lieutenant, and intend when orders are received, to elect the balance of the officers, so as to dispose of the officers in each settlement which may join. We assure your Excellency that the old men have volunteered with a spirit that reflects an honor on the old veterans of '76. The notice of the election was so short in this settlement that the people had not general notice, but there remains no doubt but the company will be complete before this reaches you.-- there are 70 on the list now. The above officers were elected by a unanimous vote. Very respectfully yours,
Thos. Kirkpatrick
C. Cadwell, Judges of the Election"

Samuel G. Morse, mentioned in the above paragraph as being elected 2nd Lieutenant, married three times and two of his wives were Kirkpatrick women. He seems to have been closely associated with Thomas Kirkpatrick, at least for a time, and served in both Madison and Bond counties as Sheriff.

At the first meeting of the Court of Common Pleas in Kirkpatrick's home, Kirkpatrick applied for and received a license to keep a public house. He paid $6.50 for the license and had prices stipulated by the Court: a meal for 25 cents, corn or oats 1 bit per gallon, hay for the night 12 1/2 cents, rum or wine 37 1/2 cents per half-pint.

In 1816 a town surveyed by Kirkpatrick was set out. It was called Edwardsville in honor of Ninian Edwards, then territorial governor of Illinois.

The Court of Common Pleas was superseded 19 December 1814 by a territorial law which created county courts, concerned with the administrative affairs of the counties. Governor Edwards commissioned Kirkpatrick as one of the three judges of the first such Madison County Court. It met for the first time 6 March 1816. Sometime in 1816 he donated $100 to the building of a Madison County courthouse.

The Kirkpatrick name pretty well disappears after about 1816 from county histories of Madison County, IL. This corresponds with the appearance of Thomas Kirkpatrick and others in Bond County, a little to the east. An epidemic of 'milk sickness' is sometimes credited as the reason for this settler exodus. On 1 July 1815, Thomas sold to Dr. George Cadwell two lots in Edwardsville, including the lot containing his dwelling. This probably marks the date of the removal of Thomas and his family to the vicinity of Greenville, which at that time was still a part of Madison County. He remained a Madison County judge and continued to show up in Madison County records until Bond County was set up in 1817 from Madison County territory.

On 17 Sep 1817, Thomas Kirkpatrick and Polly his wife deeded two acres of land in Bond County to John Kirkpatrick, Robert Galispie, Andrew Moody, Robert Diamond, John Spellers, Francis Kirkpatrick and Isaac Price, in trust to be used as a meeting house for the Methodist Episcopal Church.

In Bond County, Thomas was a defendant in several civil suits brought by Samuel Whiteside and others. In some of the suits he was co-defendant with his brother Francis and his son James Harrison. What was the cause of the suits is unknown.

On 12 Feb. 1817, Kirkpatrick was appointed a Judge in Bond County, and also at the same time he was named a Justice of the Peace. Finally, he was named as a Judge of Probate. he was still active in the affairs of the county when he served as a foreman of a grand jury in Bond County on 15 May 1820.

Thomas died in Bond County, IL 16 Dec 1821. In an obituary, the Edwardsville Spectator said, in part:

"Society has seldom felt a regret more prevalent, or more sincere, than has been called forth by the death of the Hon. Thomas Kirkpatrick on Sunday the 16th last, late Judge of Probate for the county of Bond...in early life, the attachment of his father to the cause of our indepence, brought upon him the vengeful malignity of the Tories, and he was killed by them, at his own house, desolving the care of a large family upon the subject of our present notice. In a war, in which the frontier inhabitants of Georgia (where he then resided)******** were called to defend their hard earned possessions, against the lawless aggressions of a savage and barbarous foe, he early shared it's perils, and performed the duties of a commissary until peace succeeded...For the term of fifteen years, from 1803 to 1818 he discharged with the responsible duties of a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, with the ability always satisfactory and with adherance to justice...He was at that time elected a member of the Convention which formed the Constitution of our State, and though born and educated under the influence of different sentiments, was one of those who firmly maintained the political truth that 'all men are born free and equal'... He had a fondness for books, and had acquired a fund of useful information on various subjects, especially religious...For more than twenty years he was a professor of the Christian religion..."

Thomas made a will dated 15 Dec 1821 in Bond County, IL, naming his wife Polly and his sons James H. and John L. Kirkpatrick as executors. The will is not too informative.

Mary 'Polly' Kirkpatrick, Thomas' wife, died 1 February 1839 in Morgan County, IL. Her will dated 30 Jan 1839 in Morgan County, IL, is a little more interesting. She gives $250 to Charles Alford and Jonathan Hart Kirkpatrick, her two youngest sons. She gives to daughters Emily and Sarah Louisa (Loiza) $20 each; $50 to Pope Curtis Kirkpatrick, son of her son Richard H. Kirkpatrick, deceased; and the rest to share equally in monies raised by the sale of her property, that is, says the will, one-twelfth part to James H., John L., Joseph L., William P., Emily, Sarah, Jesse W., Thomas M., Francis A., Charles 'Alphred' (Alford), and Jonathan Hart, "each of them being my sons and daughters", also one-twelfth part to the children of my daughter Winifred, "now deceased". John L. Kirkpatrick and Daniel Troy were named executors. Witnesses were John Fox and John H. Barton. Filed with the papers is an inventory made March 1839 giving details of notes held against the estate and other details. Among those listed are John L. Kirkpatrick, Francis Kirkpatrick and Asa C. New.

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* For more on this family, see Joseph Habersham Historical Collections, Vol. 2, 1902, Atlanta, p. 619, "General History of the Lanes of North Carolina and Georgia".

**Louisville: "In 1786, the assembly directed that a new town, to be called Louisville, be located within twenty miles of Galphin's Old Town on the Ogeechee as capital. Augusta was to be the capital until Louisville was ready for occupancy which was not until 1795." History of Georgia, K. Coleman, ed., Univ. of Georgia Press, Athens, GA., 1977.

*** Georgia Department of Archives & History, Atlanta, Grant Book PPP, p. 294.

**** "Scott's lands" were probably the lands of Thomas' step-father Joseph Scott.

***** Grant Book G-5, p. 191.

******Territorial Records of Illinois, edited by Edmund James, Illinois State Historical Library, No. 11, 1901.

******* This list is given in the Madison County section of the County Archives in Illinois, by Pease, Illinois State Historical Library, 1915, page 410.

******** This is incorrect. The Kirkpatrick's lived in South Carolina during the Revolution.

He was married to Mary Ann "Polly" Lane (daughter of Jesse Lane and Winifred Aycock) in 1797 in Jackson Co., Georgia.(30) Mary Ann "Polly" Lane was born on 18 Dec 1777 in Wake Co., North Carolina.(31) She died on 1 Feb 1839 in Morgan Co., Illinois. Thomas Newton Kirkpatrick and Mary Ann "Polly" Lane had the following children:

child+217 i. James Harrison Kirkpatrick.
child+218 ii. John Lane Kirkpatrick.
child219 iii. Isaac Gillham Kirkpatrick was born on 22 Feb 1801 in Georgia. He died on 17 Mar 1810 in Madison Co., Illinois.(32)
Isaac Gillham Kirkpatrick died at the age of 9 from drowning in a river in Illinois.
child+220 iv. Joseph Lane Kirkpatrick Rev..
child+221 v. Richard Henry Kirkpatrick.
child+222 vi. William P. Kirkpatrick.
child+223 vii. Susan Emily Kirkpatrick.
child+224 viii. Winnifred P. Kirkpatrick.
child+225 ix. Jesse Walker Kirkpatrick.
child+226 x. Sarah Louisa Kirkpatrick.
child+227 xi. Thomas Milligan Kirkpatrick.
child+228 xii. Francis Asbury Kirkpatrick.
child229 xiii. Polly D. Kirkpatrick was born on 20 Mar 1817 in Madison Co., Illinois. She died on 17 Apr 1819 in Madison Co., Illinois.
child+230 xiv. Charles Alford Kirkpatrick.
child231 xv. Jonathan Hart Kirkpatrick was born on 15 Jan 1822 in Bond Co., Illinois.
Jonathan Hart went west to California during the Gold Rush. Nothing further is known of him.

Lyllis Brown states: Went to California, was a bachelor.
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Residence:
According to Samuel D. Kirkpatrick, in one of his letters, Thomas and his family could not tolerate slavery, so decided to leave Georgia. "So in the fall of 1802 they gathered together their families, loaded their belongings and struck out, crossed over the mountains of Georgia, passed through what afterward became the state of Tennessee and Kentucky into Illinois. They located on the hills east of the Mississippi River about 20 miles northeast of St. Louis. At that time there were only two counties in Illinois, St. Clair and Randolph."

Thomas married Mary Ann "Polly" LANE in 1797 in Jackson Co., Georgia. Mary (daughter of Jesse LANE and Winifred AYCOCK) was born on 18 Dec 1777 in Wake Co., North Carolina, U.S.A.; died on 1 Feb 1839 in Morgan Co., Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1802; Came with his family to Illinois

Notes:

According to jpkirkpatrick.com:

James Harrison Kirkpatrick was born in Jackson Co., GA on 15 May 1798. He came West with his family to Illinois in 1802 and lived a good part of his life in that territory. He married in Bond Co., IL on 30 Sep 1820 to Nancy Hufner. James H. served with his father in the War of 1812. He is listed (age 16 or 17) with Captain James B. Moor's Company of Mounted Illinois militia in 1815. His father served in the same company for the same span of time.

James H. Kirkpatrick, who usually went by the name of Harrison, moved north in Illinois to the Galena area and stayed in this general geographic region until his death. He is found on a list of names in a poll book dated at Fever River, an early name for the Galena area, 7 August 1826. The document is in the Peoria County Archives, Peoria, Illinois, but the mining area it deals with was the Fever River precinct which included Galena. In 1826 Peoria County included evereything North to the State Line. He is found in the 1830 census of Iowa County, Michigan Territory (later to be Wisconsin Territory).

It is probable that Harrison was married twice. Nancy was the mother of the three oldest children, but she had probably died by 1830, since no wife appears in the 1830 census. The 1840 census shows a wife aged between 20 and 30, who was too young to have been the older children's mother, but who was probably the mother of the five younger children. By the time of the 1850 census, this second wife had also probably died. At least she does not appear in the record. We do not know the name of this second wife.

In 1836, in the first census of the original counties of "Dubuque and Demoine" in Wisconsis Territory (later Iowa Territory), we find James H. Kirkpatrick with a family of eight. Again in 1840 in an Iowa census this time, he is found in Dubuque County (Second District). This is an area across the Mississippi River from the Galena/Iowa County Region.

In 1847 he is listed as living "at the head of the Platte" in Grant Co., Wisconsin. This census gives a family of eight. In the 1850 U.S. Census for what is termed the Eastern District of Grant County, Wisconsin, James is again listed but with no wife and children numbering six -- some born in Wisconsin, some born in Iowa, and some in Illinois. Among those not listed are two children attributed to him by the writings of others. They are Samuel D. and Thomas Kirkpatrick. Samuel D. Kirkpatrick lived most of his life in Illinois, first in Alton and then, after 1868 in Montgomery Co., Illinois. Thomas went to California in 1850 and eventually moved, first to Washington State, and then in 1859 to British Columbia, Canada.
[In 1860 Census with son in law Lewis Williams and daughter Mary and their children in Lafayette Co. Wisconsin]
In the 1870 U.S. Census Harrison Kirkpatrick is found living in Washburn, Grant Co., WI (now the town of Arthur), with his daughter and her husband Louis Howell and their family. Harrison's age is given as 79, birthplace as GA, Occupation as miner. Harrison Kirkpatrick along with many of his relatives, was in this tri-state region of Iowa/Wisconsin/Illinois because of the lead mining activity in the area.

On 19 Jun 1875, in Platteville, Grant Co., WI, Harrison Kirkpatrick made his will. After payment of his expenses and debts he bequeathed any surplus of his estate to Mary L. Williams, wife of Lewis Williams, of Clifton, WI, and to Eliza C. Kirkpatrick of Platteville, WI, his daughters. He named John Fletcher Kirkpatrick, a cousin, as administrator. One of the witnesses to the will was Rebecca Loofbourow, who was the remarried widow of James Harrison Kirkpatrick's brother, Richard H. Kirkpatrick. Richard had been an early settler and miner in this same territory.

James Harrison Kirkpatrick died 8 July 1876 in Platteville, Grant Co., WI and is buried in Hillside Cemetery, in that city. His marker given his age as 78 years, 1 month and 23 days.

He was married to Nancy Hufner on 30 Sep 1820 in Bond Co., Illinois.(147) Nancy Hufner was born about 1800. She died about 1830. James Harrison Kirkpatrick and Nancy Hufner had the following children:

Samuel D. Kirkpatrick.
Thomas Gillham Kirkpatrick.
Mary L. Kirkpatrick.

He was married to 2nd Wife UnknownJHK about 1830. 2nd Wife UnknownJHK was born about 1815. She died about 1850. James Harrison Kirkpatrick and 2nd Wife UnknownJHK had the following children:

John D. Kirkpatrick was born about 1833 in Grant Co., Wisconsin.
James H. , Jr. Kirkpatrick.
Elizabeth C. Kirkpatrick was born about 1837 in Iowa. Living unmarried in 1875 in Platteville, Grant Co., WI.
Sarah S. Kirkpatrick was born about 1840 in Iowa.
child+678 v. Eliza C. Kirkpatrick.

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Obituary found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigrant/obits.htm

PLATTEVILLE WITNESS-(date unknown)
Obituary of James H. Kirkpatrick-

Kirkpatrick - Died in Platteville, Wis., July 8, 1876, James H. Kirkpatrick in the 79th year of his age.

He was born in Georgia, moved to the Northwest when quite young, was married early in life and raised a family - several of whom preceded him to the better land. He has been a widower over 30 years. Converted when about 13 years old, he has been a constant member of the Methodist Episcopal church for more than 65 years. He was at the first camp meeting held in Wisconsin, and was a member of the first class formed north of Platteville. He filled, with acceptibility, several important offices in the church, such as Sunday School superintendent, class leader, and steward. A little reserved in deportment, though clear in Christian experience, but never ostentatious. A few days ago he said, my feet are near the waters of Jordan, but all is bright and clear on the other side, the enemy has sorely tempted me, but I have the victory.

James Sims, Belmont, July 11, 1876

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Found at Kirkpatrick Queries, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/6540/query.html
KIRKPATRICK, James Harrison: Looking for other descendants of James Harrison Kirkpatrick, b. 1798 in GA, d. 1876 in Platteville, WI. Children were Samuel D., b. 5 Feb 1822 Thomas, no birthdate Mary L. (my GG grandmother, m. Lewis Williams), b. ca. 1826 John D., b. ca. 1833 James H., b. ca. 1835 Elizabeth C., b. ca. 1837 Sarah S., b. ca. 1840 Eliza C., b. ca. 1843 and maybe one other. Mary Williams and Eliza Kirkpatrick were the only heirs listed in their father's will. James H. was the son of Thomas Newton Kirkpatrick, and the grandson of James Kirkpatrick, killed by Tories during the Revolutionary War.
Contact: Scott Thomson, P.O. Box 311, Whitehall, WI 54773, Phone: 715-538-2103

James married Nancy HUFNER (HOFFNER?) on 30 Sep 1820 in Bond County, Illinois, U.S.A.. Nancy was born in 1800 ?; died in 1830 ? in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Did John Lane also have a wife named Sims?
Kirkpatrick Gold, June 15, 1992, Page 14

Notes:

Drowned at a young age.

Died:
Isaac Gillham Kirkpatrick died at the age of 9 from drowning in a river in Illinois.

Family/Spouse: Maria PRATT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rebecca LAMB. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown PRATT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susan married Reverend James Montgomery STOCKTON on 25 Jul 1832 in Morgan Co., Illinois. James was born on 20 Jul 1807 in Overton Co., Tennessee, USA; died on 17 Jan 1875 in Bedford, Taylor Co., Iowa; was buried in Memory Cemetery, East River Township, Page Co., Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown NEW?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

See attached sources.

Charles married Mary Jane ANDERSON on 28 Aug 1847. Mary was born in 1821 in Buckingham Co., Virginia; died on 19 Sep 1899 in Holdrege, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to jpkirkpatrick.com:
Jonathan Hart went west to California during the Gold Rush. Nothing further is known of him.

Notes:

According to Samuel D. Kirkpatrick, in one of his letters, "In size, Grandfather Thomas was about five feet, eight inches, of light build."

According to jpkirkpatrick.com:
(Some of this is quoted from Uncle Sam's letters)

Thomas Gillham Kirkpatrick was born 3 November 1823 in Bond County, Illinois, and he died 7 May 1907 in Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada. As a young man he married on 24 March 1847 in Grant County, Wisconsin, to Esther Jane Stiles, daughter of Reuben and Eliza Stiles, who was born ca. 1832 in Michigan and died in 1851.

In 1849 came news of the discovery of gold in California. Thomas was one who was fired by gold fever. He told his story to his son Samuel, who wrote it down as nearly as possible as it was told to him.

"...Eventually I was married, and during our second year of married life, [came] the startling news of the great Gold rush to California and of course I was set on going. My wife objected, but I promised to come back in two years with a fortune, or send money for her to join me in California. She finally gave in, but nearly broke her heart when we parted, and so I left this beautiful young woman and a handsome baby boy behind, never to see them again. O dear God, why did I do it?

"Well we eventually got rolling, about a hundred strong, with 60 wagons, mostly 4 horse teams, some had oxen. There was 12 women and about the same number of children. There was nothing but hardships from the start to finish. There was sickness and death, there were rivers to cross, some could be forded, others where the stock had to swim, and we had to build rafts to take our wagons and supplies across. There were prairies where there was no wood to cook with, there were desert like plains where there was no water, there were mountains to climb, mountain passes where the snow laid nearly all summer, and there were no roads. Indians were numerous. Though they did not attack our train, they did worry us. On many occasions they watched from nearby hills as our train went by. Many trains had gone ahead of us, so their track was easy enough to follow, but there were several routes. The Northern trail led to Oregon. Well all went well till we reached the fork where one route led south, then there was a split in opinions. The southern trail was said to be better traveling, but much longer so a vote was taken, and a small party including one of the assistant wagon bosses voted to go south. The others said we better keep plugging on over the shortest route as we were far behind our schedule now. So our party was split. But the party I was with, all reached California. We did meet many people who became discouraged and turned back. All the way from Missouri to the mountains we met them every day or so. I sent letters by some of them to my wife.

"Well, when we finally reached California, we were too late for the gold, as all the good ground was taken, and hundreds of claims were staked that were no good. Those that got good ground were taking out millions of dollars worth of gold. Hundreds of men were working for wages, while thousands were in the hills hunting for gold. New towns were springing up in a dozen places, and the big demand was for lumber. That was my chance, there was lots of good timber and plenty of water for power, so I got busy on a saw mill, and by early fall I was operating at full capacity, and really coining money. The climate was ideal. I was elated, the world seemed bright, my future was assured, and I was happy, so began to make plans to get my wife and son to California. I kept on trying to get a letter through to her, but there was no organized mail service. Many letters started on their way East. Some went by boat to Panama where freight was being toted across the Isthmus from the Atlantic, where hundreds of boats were bringing freight from all parts of the states, and during all this time I never got one word from home. I decided, I would have to make the trip East so I made all arrangements for a man to run my business, and the Bank that had opened up, to handle the finances, and made enquiries as to the best and quickest way to make the trip.

"Then suddenly a letter arrived, a letter that was to change my whole life, from a respected business man, to an outcast, a ruined man. I opened the letter. It was not from my wife, but from the old Mason [his father-in-law]. It started off, 'Dear Tom, your wife is dead.' That was all I could read. I got up and walked. My eyes were flooded with tears. It was night time. I walked towards the mountains, I never knew where I went or how far. It was nearly morning when I got home. I had tried all night to think, to hope there was some mistake, yet I knew it must be true.

"It brought my bright happy world crashing down on me. I was ruined, my plans, my hopes, were all blasted forever. What was I to do? Where could I go? I had to leave California, with all my happy dreams behind. I had to go somewhere, anywhere, to try and forget the past, so I sold out everything I had for the best offer for cash...

"Yes, I had to go, so I headed north for Oregon, on foot. I had my rifle and a small pack sack. I took my time. I spent months in the mountains. I found an empty trappers cabin and made it my headquarters till spring, then I wandered on. In early summer I arrived at what is now Portland, Oregon. It was a thriving community. Business men, men of all trades and professions, farmers, laborers, they were all settling here, and the crying need was lumber. Small boats plying up and down the coast brought what lumber that was to be had but they must [have] more. When they found I was a Millman they called a meeting, and made me offers. They would furnish all the help I needed, the farmers would haul the logs, and they would take their pay in lumber later on. Well it seemed to me that it was my duty to go ahead with this mill, not for myself, but those honest hard working people that needed the lumber. I knew the timber was good and very plentiful, so I agreed, and we went to work. Some forty odd men turned out the next day, many first class carpenters, and that mill was erected in short order. I also got a planer from San Francisco, and so the huge water wheel began to roll. We turned out the finest dressed fir lumber any man ever saw. It was taken right from the planer and hauled away, and in due course all my bills were paid off. Then the money started rolling in, but it didn't last long.

"A tall and distinguished looking man called on me and we had a long talk. He was a lumber baron from the East. He made a fortune in lumber and was now looking for a new field of operation. He asked if I would be interested in selling my business. I told him I hadn't given it much thought, but every man will sell at a price. 'Perhaps you could make me an offer and see how our opinions compare in regards to value.' he said 'I have been here several days and looked the situation over and am prepared to make you an offer that I think is fair to both of us.' Then he made his offer, which seemed to me to be outrageously high, so I said, 'Give me the rest of the day to think it over.' So I went back to work and tried to think. Money was no object, as I had more California Gold in pack than I wished to lug around. In regards to the future, there was no future for me. I knew 99 men out of a hundred would have refused the offer, as it was a chance of a lifetime. Thousands of acres of the finest fir in the world lined the Oregon coast, yet my feet were beginning to itch. I had that old urge to move on, so I went over after supper and accepted his offer, providing it was not in gold, so he paid me in paper currency on the First National Bank. Then I walked out a free man, with my eyes turned to the mountains in the east. I did not wait for morning. With my rifle and pack sack, I headed east in the moonlight. It was tough going but I made it through in time where I could look down on the beautiful country that is the Yakima-Winatchi fruit belt. The country was new but there was a few farms producing wonderful crops. One man had all his land in hay and grain, as he had a contract with the US Army, who were all mounted, and had over a thousand horses at their post in Oregon, and was looking for a man to haul the hay and barley from Yakima, Wash. to the Dalles, Oregon. He made me a good offer, so looked around and found that mules could be bought and there were many heavy wagons that came in overland from the East. So with 6 mules and 2 wagons, I was in business again. This was a very interesting life. I soon had more than I could handle, and had to hire a man. Well I followed this life for a couple of years, then I thought perhaps it was about time to file on a piece of ground, so I went into the foot hills for several days, and found a dandy spot, with a stream of water for irrigation. I picked a spot for a house, a barn, a chicken house and other buildings. I would get cattle, horses and chickens, a garden and fields of hay and grain. So I went back to Yakima and when I got there, I found several hundred people congregated around the shopping centre of the one street. They all seemed excited. I thought it meant disaster of some kind. I thought an Indian War or perhaps international trouble, but when I reached the centre of the crowd where a man in buckskin garb was doing the talking, I became excited too. He was a Canadian trapper who was well acquainted with the country from the Oregon to the interior of British Columbia. He was telling of the fabulously rich gold strike in the Caribou country of BC, on tributaries of the Fraser River, some four to five hundred miles from the coast. Well it didn't take me long to sell out to the man that worked for me. I bought a dozen horses and equipment and loaded them with supplies and I was ready to go. A great many men from the Yakima Valley made the same move, and within a week we were moving. We hired the trapper as guide. The Army Commander at the Dalles sent a detachment to escort us through to the Canadian border, as this was Nez Perce Indian country and they were known to be very hostile to the whites...And so I left the United States of America, along with my citizenship to that nation, never to return."

By the early 1860's, Thomas was in business once again at Cook's Ferry (now Spence's Bridge) on the Thompson River in British Columbia. Here he and his second wife had a son in 1863. She was an Indian from the Spatsum Indian Reserve. Family tradition states that she was not well and before her son was a year old, she returned to her people on the Spatsum Reserve, leaving her son with Thomas. Her name is not known.

About 1866, Thomas took a third wife, a "fine young woman from further up the valley, the Snapah Reserve...They were united according to tribal custom, by appearing before old Chief Chin Chin, who was dressed in his official garb. His frilled buckskin jacket was decorated with bear claws, porcupine quills and eagle feathers. His cap was of skunk skin decorated with the tails of flying squirrels, the skull of a redheaded woodpecker and a rattlesnake skin band." By this wife, whose name we also do not know, Thomas had another son. But shortly after the birth of this son, she died.

Thomas married a fourth time to Emma Barr, whose Indian name was Quimetco. She had both Indian and Scottish ancestry. She was the daughter of Jimmy Barr, who was the factor at Fort Kamloops. Thomas and Emma had eight children. Emma died in 1892 in Ashcroft, British Columbia.

Thomas ran a ferry across the Thompson River for many years and when there was talk of a bridge, he seized the opportunity. He sold his holdings in the ferry, bought a farm in Venables Valley and built a sawmill to cut the lumber for the bridge. The bridge was built by Thomas Spence and the name of the town was changed from Cook's Ferry to Spence's Bridge. Thomas ran the mill for many years, with people coming from all up and down the Caribou Road to buy from it.

In 1886, Thomas built a small general store in Ashcroft, British Columbia. In 1888 he sold the store and bought land in Highland Valley. There he started an orchard and grew small fruits. After Emma died in 1892, Thomas sold his holdings in Highland Valley and Venables Valley.

Thomas was a vigorous man even in later years, as a note found in the Ashcroft (B.C.) Journal, November 4, 1899, testifies: "Mr. T. G. Kirkpatrick, age 71, on being requested to assist to load cattle at 11 o'clock at night flatly refused. As an excuse for his refusal he said he had been in the saddle for two days." After an adventurous and active life, Thomas spent his last years in Ashcroft, British Columbia, where he died on 7 May 1907. He had attained 83 years, 6 months and 4 days of life.

He was married to Esther Jane Stiles (daughter of Reuben Stiles and Eliza ???) on 24 Mar 1847 in Grant Co., Wisconsin.(176) Esther Jane Stiles was born about 1832 in Michigan. She died in 1851 in Wisconsin.

Died:
From the Ashcroft Journal, 1907:
On Sunday last an old pioneer of the Ashcroft District passed away in the person of Thomas G. Kirkpatrick at the ripe old age of 85 years. He was buried on Tuesday last. . . . One by one the province is losing its trailblazers and no matter what their failings may have been they were men and the great work they have done is becoming more deeply appreciated as the vast resources of the province are being unfolded to our view from day to day.
A grave on the hillside overlooking the river and scenes of youthful days in the guerdon of the old pioneer and all will unite in the wish that his rest may be deep and undisturbed.

Thomas married Esther Jane STILES on 24 Mar 1847 in Fairplay, Grant Co, Wisconsin. Esther was born about 1832 in Michigan; died in 1851. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: TGK 2nd wife ("Native woman from Spatsum") VALENTINE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: TGK 3rd wife (Jane?) UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Emma (Quimetco) BARR about 1870. Emma was born in Kamloops; died in 1892. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown WILLIAMS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

James and Emma met at a dance at Bowe ranch. The attraction was strong and immediate, according to Samuel D. Kirkpatrick. Jim got on as a blacksmith and stayed with the Bowes for several years. When he first learned about this opportunity, he "rushed to find Emma. She was in the kitchen alone, when he told her the news she threw up her Hands and shouted Huray, then she threw a Pair of Powerful Arms around him and Put a Seal on their Future Lives, a Seal that was never Broken."

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Ad in the Ashcroft Journal (?), dated February 3, 1900 says:
"RESTAURANT! Next door to Cargile Hotel. Open day and night. Meals 25c. J. D. Kirkpatrick."

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Died:
Obituary says:

James Douglas Kirkpatrick, 66 years of age, 2437 Thirty-first Street West, died in a local hospital, Thursday morning following a lengthy illness.
Deceased was born at Spence's Bridge, B.C., and came to Alberta in 1917, residing in Redcliff. He moved to Calgary in 1923, where he has since resided. He was well-known in the Caribou district, B.C., and was one of the pioneers of the Caribou Trail.
He is survived by seven daughters, Mrs. A. Salter, Mrs. A. Robertson, Mrs. J. H. Shortt, Mrs. J. Ison, and Miss Mary Kirkpatrick, all of Calgary, and Mrs. L. Menard, Fisher Branch, Man., and Mrs. John Colvin of Spence's Bridge, B.C.; four sons, Frank and John, Vancouver, and George and Sam, in Calgary. Three brothers in B.C. also survive. His wife predeceased him in 1925.
Funeral services will be held from the Armstrong funeral home, Saturday afternoon, at 3:30 o'clock, Reverend H. M. Horricks officiating. Interment will be made in Burnsland cemetery.

James married Emma BOWE on 29 Jul 1895 in Kamloops. Emma (daughter of Herman Otto BOWE and Caroline (Quilinick) PASHO* (BELLEAU?)) was born on 8 Mar 1872 in Alkali Lake, BC, Canada; died on 1 Apr 1925 in Calgary, AB, Canada; was buried in Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, AB, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: "Kitty Jim" UNKNOWN. "Kitty was born about 1870; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Sam Kirkpatrick:
"John was of a shy and quiet nature, he never said half of what he thought. He didn't believe in wasting words, where as Ida just the opposite, she was outspoken and very forward in her ways. Her code was if you want to win a trick leade your Ace of Trumps. She probably figured, if she got a rope around John's neck and jerked it a few times she could hog tie him. They may have been bitten by a love bug. Anyway, a romance was kindled and soon broke in to a flame, that resulted in them becoming man and wife at Ashcroft..."

Ida married John BOWE on 30 Nov 1899 in Ashcroft, BC, Canada. John (son of Herman Otto BOWE and Caroline (Quilinick) PASHO* (BELLEAU?)) was born on 11 Nov 1869 in Alkali Lake, BC, Canada; died on 22 Nov 1954 in General Hospital, city unknown; was buried on 25 Nov 1954 in Mountain View Cemetary, Vancouver?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]