>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