Hello, I see this list has not be active for nearly a year. I just joined tonight, after making a big breakthrough. Let's see what happens with my post. I've been doing genealogy for 40 years now, and one of my key lines, nearly from the beginning, is a Kirkpatrick family out of Laurens County, South Carolina. My great grandmother was born Sudie Kirkpatrick Milam before she married Addison White Clem in Alabama in 1901. She was given the Kirkpatrick middle name from her father's mother, Barbara Hanna Kirkpatrick (1823-1850) of Laurens County, South Carolina. Barbara Hanna was the daughter of the Reverend Alexander Kirkpatrick (1779-1832), minister of Liberty Springs Presbyterian Church, Cross Hill, Laurens County, South Carolina. His grave marker identifies that he was born in 1779 in County Antrim, Ireland: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr <https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Kirkpatrick&GSfn=Ale xander&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=43&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=8240629&df=all& > &GSln=Kirkpatrick&GSfn=Alexander&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=43&GScntry=4&G Sob=n&GRid=8240629&df=all& Early in my research I was able to prove a brother, Thomas, who Alexander names as administrator in his will: http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/onlinearchives/Thumbnails.aspx?recordId=2979 38 Thomas Kirkpatrick (1796-1848), of Abbeville District, married Jane Maddox, daughter of Richard Maddox. Thomas and his brother James purchased 300 acres of land together in Laurens District in 1819. James Kirkpatrick (1787-1851), of Laurens, married Elizabeth McKnight, daughter of the Revolutionary War Veteran Andrew McKnight of Laurens. These three Kirkpatrick brothers are found coming by ship, indicating they were from Ulster, to Charleston, South Carolina: Alexander in 1816; James in 1817; and Thomas in 1818. They became naturalized in 1822, 1823 and 1824. Since 1990, I haven't been able to identify other family of these three Kirkpatrick brothers, . . . either in South Carolina nor in Ireland or Scotland. However, based upon the common names of their children, and the known (but not fully reliable) Scottish/English naming pattern, I was always of the belief that their parents were probably a John and Barbara Kirkpatrick. However, I could never locate any such couple in records in South Carolina, or Ireland. However, this morning I made the exciting break-through by discovering the 1819 probate package of a John Kirkpatrick, in Laurens County, South Carolina: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-N3S8-WH?i=382 <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-N3S8-WH?i=382&wc=MPP5-RM9%3A19 0568901%2C190567102%2C190568902%2C191059901&cc=1911928> &wc=MPP5-RM9%3A190568901%2C190567102%2C190568902%2C191059901&cc=1911928 Barbara Kirkpatrick appoints her son Alexander Kirkpatrick to administer her late husband's estate. Final Distribution of the estate is as follows: Barbara Sr., William, Alexander, Elizabeth, James, Thomas, Barbara Jr., John and Hannah. I have now quickly found other interactions of the three brothers with the other legatees of John Kirkpatrick's estate, including James as Administrator of the estate of William, with Alexander as surety, and more. I am now hoping that someone might be familiar with this John and Barbara Kirkpatrick, including who they were, when they came to America and South Carolina, etc., and/or about all of their children. Thank you for taking the time to read this, Robert Robert M. Wilbanks IV Scottsdale AZ rmwiv@robertwilbanks.com

Hello Robert, While I have not made any new information postings for a while, the Facebook page has had a lot of activity and I have been corresponding with many of the visitors. I am not familiar with the line that you have presented, as my line comes in from Scotland in 1725 to County Antrim (Belfast/Northern Ireland) and then they leave Ireland from Belfast to New Castle, Delaware in 1736. My James Kirkpatrick (known as the Immigrant) [1710-1786], his son James [1743-1781] were in York County, SC, but most of the family left to go to Georgia then Illinois and some went to Jackson Co., Tenn. What I would suggest is to contact these pages on Facebook: *Clan Kirkpatrick* [www.facebook.com/groups/clankirkpatrick (this one deals with the Kirkpatrick/Douglas connection which is the majority Kirkpatrick lineages, the Dumfries region of Scotland) *Kirkpatrick Genealogy*; https://www.facebook.com/groups/1448339242100702/ (A very good and very active group) *Clan Kirkpatrick *(there are two of these)https://www.facebook.com/groups/2216813473/ (this one deals with the Colquhoun Clan that was established by a Kirkpatrick from Glasgow area) The researchers on these pages are very good and very willing to help out with your research. I and my wife have been doing genealogy research for 45 years and I don't do much research anymore, but share what I have with those who are looking. That is the main reason for my Facebook page and for my website. Good luck on your future research, the line you cite is a new one to me, but then again, my attention in SC was leaving the colony in 1786 to Georgia then Illinois. John Kirkpatrick, Ellsinore, MO On 2/5/2017 12:15 AM, Robert M. Wilbanks IV wrote: > Hello, > > > > I see this list has not be active for nearly a year. I just joined tonight, > after making a big breakthrough. Let's see what happens with my post. > > > > I've been doing genealogy for 40 years now, and one of my key lines, nearly > from the beginning, is a Kirkpatrick family out of Laurens County, South > Carolina. > > > > My great grandmother was born Sudie Kirkpatrick Milam before she married > Addison White Clem in Alabama in 1901. She was given the Kirkpatrick middle > name from her father's mother, Barbara Hanna Kirkpatrick (1823-1850) of > Laurens County, South Carolina. > > > > Barbara Hanna was the daughter of the Reverend Alexander Kirkpatrick > (1779-1832), minister of Liberty Springs Presbyterian Church, Cross Hill, > Laurens County, South Carolina. His grave marker identifies that he was born > in 1779 in County Antrim, Ireland: > https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr > <https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Kirkpatrick&GSfn=Ale > xander&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=43&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=8240629&df=all& > &GSln=Kirkpatrick&GSfn=Alexander&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=43&GScntry=4&G > Sob=n&GRid=8240629&df=all& > > > > Early in my research I was able to prove a brother, Thomas, who Alexander > names as administrator in his will: > http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/onlinearchives/Thumbnails.aspx?recordId=2979 > 38 > > Thomas Kirkpatrick (1796-1848), of Abbeville District, married Jane Maddox, > daughter of Richard Maddox. > > > > Thomas and his brother James purchased 300 acres of land together in Laurens > District in 1819. James Kirkpatrick (1787-1851), of Laurens, married > Elizabeth McKnight, daughter of the Revolutionary War Veteran Andrew > McKnight of Laurens. > > > > These three Kirkpatrick brothers are found coming by ship, indicating they > were from Ulster, to Charleston, South Carolina: Alexander in 1816; James in > 1817; and Thomas in 1818. They became naturalized in 1822, 1823 and 1824. > > > > Since 1990, I haven't been able to identify other family of these three > Kirkpatrick brothers, . . . either in South Carolina nor in Ireland or > Scotland. However, based upon the common names of their children, and the > known (but not fully reliable) Scottish/English naming pattern, I was always > of the belief that their parents were probably a John and Barbara > Kirkpatrick. However, I could never locate any such couple in records in > South Carolina, or Ireland. > > > > However, this morning I made the exciting break-through by discovering the > 1819 probate package of a John Kirkpatrick, in Laurens County, South > Carolina: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-N3S8-WH?i=382 > <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-N3S8-WH?i=382&wc=MPP5-RM9%3A19 > 0568901%2C190567102%2C190568902%2C191059901&cc=1911928> > &wc=MPP5-RM9%3A190568901%2C190567102%2C190568902%2C191059901&cc=1911928 > > Barbara Kirkpatrick appoints her son Alexander Kirkpatrick to administer her > late husband's estate. > > Final Distribution of the estate is as follows: Barbara Sr., William, > Alexander, Elizabeth, James, Thomas, Barbara Jr., John and Hannah. > > > > I have now quickly found other interactions of the three brothers with the > other legatees of John Kirkpatrick's estate, including James as > Administrator of the estate of William, with Alexander as surety, and more. > > > > I am now hoping that someone might be familiar with this John and Barbara > Kirkpatrick, including who they were, when they came to America and South > Carolina, etc., and/or about all of their children. > > > > Thank you for taking the time to read this, > > > > Robert > > > > > > Robert M. Wilbanks IV > > Scottsdale AZ > > rmwiv@robertwilbanks.com > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KIRKPATRICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus