Good morning Shirley, I would very much love to have this Kirkland info. Joyce ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Don't know if we can tie him in with our Kirkland's but thanks so much for > sending these attachments. > > Shirley> > > At 11:35 PM 3/22/01 -0500, you wrote: > >Good Evening, > > I hope no one minds that I am sending this post to both the Kirkland > >list and the Coffee Co. list; I know there are Kirkland researchers on the > >Coffee Co. list and that's why I wanted to include you as well. > > First of all, thank you Ida Kirkland Boyce (of the Kirkland@yahoo > >list) for sharing the information you had on Richard Rowland Kirkland. If > >anyone on the Coffee Co list wants Ida's info, just email me and I'll send > >it to you; it will have to be privately because it includes attachments. > > I admit that I was extremely intrigued when I saw the painting and > >the medal on display at the Capitol building here in Columbia. I don't know > >if this man fits into any of my Kirkland lines, but feel that he is a hero > >worth knowing of and reading about. If anyone goes to the Capitol building, > >the painting is located on the 'first' floor. If you stand in front of the > >Capitol building, go around to the left (not up all the stairs in the front) > >and you will enter through a door on the left side of the building. There > >are security men and a metal detector to pass through. Beyond this, there > >will be a hallway to the left; it's a beautiful marble hallway. The > >portrait and the metal are on the right side of the wall down this hallway. > > I went to familytreemaker. com and did a search on him. It came up > >with 419 'hits' but not all of them were actually on this particular man. I > >did another search and narrowed the field down a bit. If any of you are > >interested in learning more about this man, I've included the URL's at the > >end of this message. > > All the information so far shows his father to be John Kirkland and > >that he had three brothers including William and Samuel Kirkland. Richard > >Rowland Kirkland died in 1863 (age 23); his brother William died Oct 19, > >1899 (age 59); Samuel died in the Spring of 1866. Maybe someone out there > >is looking for some of these folks and the web sights may help them to find > >answers :-) > >Regards, > >Nancy E Parr > >------------------------------------------------------- > > > >http://members.aol.com/GreySky285/rebel.html > > > >http://members.aol.com/Stormy3789/MHs.html > > > >http://members.aol.com/GreySky285/kirkland.html > > > >http://members.aol.com/GreySky285/obits.html > > > > > > > > > > > >==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== > >We welcome any data, pictures, gedcoms,or family files that you wish to > contribute to the Coffee or Atkinson County GaGenWeb sites. > > > >============================== > >Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Click here for Free Video!! > http://www.gohip.com/free_video/ > > > ==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== > The Coffee County mailing list is a flame free list. Rudeness will NOT be tolerated. If you are having a problem with someone on the list, please contact either Karen or Melody. > > ============================== > Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp