Hi Melody and all, I thought I'd respond to your post. Somehow I was unsubbed from many of the lists through Rootsweb and just thought no one was sending emails :-) Glad to be back and hope to be able to share info with others. I'll highlight one of my lines with the following narative. Please take a look and if you are related, I'd be happy to share and compare notes with any of you :-) Regards, Nancy E Parr ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Joshua Kirkland Joshua Kirkland (son of Richard, grandson of Richard) was born 1803 in Ga. and died about 1880 in Coffee County, Ga. He is buried at Ward Cemetery on Jim Tanner farm. He married (1) Harriet Lee in Bulloch County Ga, daughter of James Lee and Patience Lanier. He married (2) Sarah "Sallie" Fender on Oct 27, 1845 in Madison County, Fl. She was daughter of David Fender and Mary Hire. Joshua came to the Coffee County, Ga. area around 1835. He came with his mother and her second husband, Archibald Miller. When he came to Coffee Co.,Georgia, he left his (first) wife Harriet and their five children in Bulloch County, Ga. I have further info on Joshua and Harriet's children. He married Sarah 'Sallie' Fender in 1940. She was born in 1824, in Barnwell Dist., SC, a daughter of David Fender. They moved to Madison County, Fl around 1845. It is assumed, but not known for certain, that Joshua obtained a divorce from his first wife Harriet Lee. Some family lore has it that he fled to Florida for having illegally killed a slave, although there is no known documentation or veification of that story. His occupation in the 1850 census (Madison Co., Fl) was shown as 'blacksmith'. He later moved back to Georgia after spending about 20 years in Florida. He moved to his old home in what had become Coffee County during his absence. He acquired a farm about 6 miles northeast of Douglas, the county seat, and lived there until his death some time between 1870 and 1880. He is buried in a small cemetery located on the Jim Tanner farm. There is no head stone or marker to identify Joshua's grave or his date of death. His wife Sallie died about 1903 and is buried in Kirkland Cemetery in Coffee County. From Huxford Vol. 7, corrections, pages 491-92: James Lee (father of Herriet Lee-Kirkland) in his Will probated in Bulloch County on September 9, 1840, devised ony $1.00 "to my son-in-law Joshua Kirkland", the reason for this nominal legacy of one dollar was because the law at that time vested a wife's estate or legacy to her husband and Joshua Kirkland had already left his wife and children and came to Coffee County; Joshua and Harriet were not divorced at that time. Harriet Lee Kirkland never married again and died in Bulloch County on June 29, 1869. She was buried in Lower Lott's Creek Cemetery. Joshua and Sallie (second wife) were living in Madison Co., Fl on the 1850 and 1860 censuses. NOTE: The slab over the grave of Sallie Fender Kirkland indicates she was "born 1824, died 1903, Wife of Joshua Kirkland". Joshua and Sarah Kirkland had 8 children known to me: Sarah Kirkland, born 6-5-1841; married Richard Duren William Franklin Kirkland, born 3-11-1847 James Cuyler Kirkland, born 10-28-1849; married Barbara Thigpen Lucretia Kirkland, born 1853; married Joshua Smith Alice Kirkland, born 3-11-1854; married Kyler (spelling) Kirkland Joshua, Jr. born 10-10-1857; married Hester Clesta Lott David Kirkland, born 12-4-1860; married Sarah Sallie Davis Manassa Kirkland, born 4-12-1863, married William Carter I descend through son William Franklin Kirkland who married Sarah Newbern, daughter of Ethelred Dryden Newbern and Elizabeth Sirmans. William Franklin and Sarah were married on 12-24-1865 in Berrien (now Lanier Co.) Ga. They had 14 children including my great grandmother Pearlie Kirkland, born 3-2-1875 and married Matthew Tomlinson, a son of William S Tomlinson and Matilda Giddens. Pearlie and Matthew were married on 1-14-1892 in Clinch Co., Ga and had 11 children including my maternal grandmother, Willie Alice Tomlinson, born 11-7-1892 and she married Charlton Augustus Fiveash, a son of George Appling Fiveash and Elizabeth Lee. Charlton and Alice were married on 7-11-1909 in Clinch Co., Ga and had 13 children, including my mother Dorris Alice Fiveash who was born on 10-3-1932 in Hahira, Lowndes Co., Ga. She and my dad, Richard L Evans were married on 7-22-1950 in Clinch Co, Ga and I was born on 1-2-1952 in CLinch Co., Ga. My dad passed away on 12-31-1995 and was a son of Ivey L Evans and Alma Williams of Clinch Co., Ga.