Joshua Kirkland (son of Richard Kirkland, Jr., grandson of Richard Kirkland (RS)) was born between 1797-1803 in Ga. and died about 1880 in Coffee County, Ga. He is buried at Ward Cemetery on the 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 She was daughter of David Fender and Mary Hiers. 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. The children I have listed for Joshua and Harriett are: Lucinda Kirkland, born 7-15-1830; married John Olliff 12-6-1846 Lucretia Kirkland, born 3-1825; married Isham Lewis 9-23-1847 James Kirkland, born 5-19-1826 Mitchell Kirkland, born 12-10-1827; married Martha A Parker 1847 Elizabeth Kirkland, born 8-13-1831; married Seaborn Proctor 12-14-1848 From Huxford Vol. 7, corrections, pages 491-92: James Lee (father of Harriet 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 married Sarah 'Sallie' Fender. She was born in 1824, in Barnwell Dist., SC. 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. 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". The children of Joshua Kirkland and second wife, Sarah, are: Sarah Kirkland, born 6-5-1841; married Richard Duren 1863 **WILLIAM FRANKLIN KIRKLAND, born 3-11-1847; married Sarah Newbern 12-24-1865 James Cuyler Kirkland; born 10-28-1849;married Barbara Thigpen 3-4-1866 Lucretia Kirkland, born 1853; married Joshua Smith Alice Kirkland, born 3-11-1854; married Kyler Kirkland before 1873 Joshua Kirkland, Jr born 10-10-1857; married Hester Clesta Lott 1881 David Kirkland, born 12-4-1860; married Sarah Sallie Davis 12-13-1887 Manassa Kirkland, born 4-12-1863; married William Carter 10-28-1884 Resources: Judge Hucford's "POWG"; census reports, family history; Larry Kirkland, Kirkland researcher ** WILLIAM FRANKLIN Kirkland is my gr great grandfather. If you have further information or find any mistakes, please contact me. I would be happy to share information with others. Regards, Nancy Evans Parr