Hello Doris, Is it possible for me to have a copy of the file that you attached? Sorry to put you to so much trouble. Thank you. Perhaps I should have emailed you separately, but I was not sure! Thank you. Jennie >>From: "Doris N. Johnston" <outahere@juno.com> >>To: dfs01@hotmail.com >>Subject: Re: Richard Kirkland Jr. b. 1765 S.C. >>Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 15:45:30 -0600 >> >>Denah, the Richard Kirland born 1765 was actually Richard IV, although I >>guess he was called Jr. >> >>What connects him to this family is a preponderance of evidence, too much >>to put in an e-mail, so I have generated and am attaching a Descendancy >>Narrative from the earliest I have found, I call "Unknown Mr. Kirkland," >>because I had to create a parent before I could add a brother to Richard >>Snowden Kirkland who died in Fairfax Co. VA in 1743. >> >>By the same token, Richard Snowden Kirkland's wife is reported to be Lady >>Mary Snowden, so her father had to be a Lord Snowden, but I haven't got >>very far with the Snowdens. >> >>The Kirklands went from Anne Arundel Co. and Baltimore Co., MD, to Truro >>Parish, Prince William Co., VA, between 1712-14 before it was Fairfax Co. >>VA. >> >>My ancestor Reuben Harrison of Fairfield Co., SC was the son of Nancy Ann >>Kirkland and William Harrison. Nancy was the Richard b. 1765's aunt. >>Please see my web site, http://OurTexasFamily.com >> >>I spent several days last April at the Library of Virginia in Richmond >>and enjoyed it, such a lovely city! I did not enjoy my visit to the >>Fairfax Co. court house, Fairfax had changed and grown til it was >>unrecognizable, not the friendly court house ladies with their archives >>who used to be there. I did better with microfilm at the Library of VA. >> >> >>The file was generated in WordPerfect format, but should open fine with >>Word. Let me know if any problems. >> >> Doris Ross Johnston >> >>On Thu, 29 Mar 2001 17:58:32 -0500 "denah skipper" <dfs01@hotmail.com> >>writes: >> > Hello Doris, >> > I saw your "Texas Family" on the worldconnect page.I have a question >> > about >> > the father of the above Kirkland.What sources do you have that >> > connect this line to the Fairfax Va. line?Most of what I have on my >> > Kirkland >> > lines came from "Richard Kirkland Jr.and his Descendents" by a >> > Elizabeth Kirkland Schlendensky,the 2 volumes of Kirkland Source >> > Books >> > and the Pioneers of Wiregrass by Folks Huxford.I have been told by >> > a >> > cousin online from a mailist I belong to that there was a reference >> > in >> > one of the Source books that said Richard Kirkland who died in >> > Effingham >> > Co.Ga was the s/o "Richard Kirkland who died before 1743 in Fairfax >> > Co. >> > Va".As far as I know none of my online cousins have any other data.I >> > have >> > sent out more emails today just to be sure.I live in Richmond Va. >> > now and if my Kirkland line is tied into this Fairfax line I have >> > access >> > to the state library and a whole lot of old bookstores here! >> > Anything you can tell me would be greatly appreciated.Thank You >> > Denah Kirkland Skipper >> > _________________________________________________________________ >> > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com >> > >> > >> >> >>Doris Ross Johnston >>http://OurTexasFamily.com >><< Kirkland.wpd >> > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > >==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== >If you would be interested in adopting a GaGenWeb county, please contact >Melody at mmccook@bellsouth.net to see which counties are >available for adoption. All counties can beneift from extra volunteers! > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com - Jennie Ricketson Carothers, Thimble Collector and Genealogist