Janelle, Thanks for your reply to Susan's question. I haven't posted but your response made me want to write you. I descend from Jacob and David's brother, Wilkins. Wilkins Kirkpatrick b: 14 Aug 1775 m: Sarah Hoskins 21 Aug 1806 Jefferson Co., TN. Their son, Jacob M. Kirkpatrick who married Sarah Jane Campbell are my ggg-grandparents. The info I'm looking at doesn't have sources so I'll do a complete job of that later. Jacob M. Kirkpatrick b: 1813 TN, d: 1857 Collin Co., TX. m: 1842 TN Jacob's parents are Wilkins parents are John H. Kirkpatrick b: May 1741 Watties Neach, Inverness, Scotland, m: Margaret Jane Wilkins m: 1759 Lancaster, PA. I have listed that John's parents are Alexander William Kirkpatrick and Margaret ?? Alexander's father, George, his father, William, his father, William, his father, Alexander, his father, William, his father, Sir Thomas, his father, Baron Closeburn I correspond with a lady from the Kirkpatrick/Cassandra White line and will pass your info to her. ---------- > From: Janelle Richardson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Reply to Greene County > Date: Tuesday, November 24, 1998 7:30 PM > > Reply toP > Hello All: > > > >Not much posting here for a time. I was going through some old research > >and found the marriage records listed below. I have gone through my > >data base and both editions of the Kirkpatrick Genealogy and do not find > >matches for either of the two gentlemen below - they are: > > > >*********************** > >From: Early Marriages, at Greene County, > >Tennessee.............................................Page 29 > > > >Kirkpatrick, David & Catherine White..........16 Oct 1793 > >Kirkpatrick, Jacob & Isabella White...............9 Apr 1800 > > > >*********************** > > > >It could be these are two brothers and two sisters who married. Anybody > >know who they are? I'd like to put these with the correct families. > > > >Thanks - > >Susan Vargas > > Yes, they are my ancestors and they are 2 brothers marrying 2 sisters. > Jacob (my direct line) Kirkpatrick was born 1771 in VA and died 1844 in > Jefferson County, TN. The father was John H. Kirkpatrick who was believed > to be born about 1742, came into East TN in 1778, participated in the > Revolutionary War for NC and died in Jefferson (now Hamblen) County, TN in > 1812. He is buried in the Bent Creek Cemetery near Bulls Gap, TN. > > The debate is who was the father of John H. Kirkpatrick and where was he > born. Some researchers believe William and Margaret Kirkpatrick who came > from Northern Ireland and settled in Lancaster County, PA where the parents. > Although William names a son John in his will before he died in 1760, > several years later when Margaret died there was only one son, William who > appeared to claim the inheritance of land. Some researchers believe that > William's son-John-had died. Yet John H. Kirkpatrick was very much alive. > Other researchers believe that John H. Kirkpatrick was born in Scotland and > came to America with his brothers. At this point, we don't know. > > Also there is debate about the 2 White sisters who married the 2 > Kirkpatricks. Some researchers believe they are related to the White's who > founded Knoxville, TN. Other researchers believe their parents are Joseph > and Jennet White. > > Many family members, including myself, applied for and documented the family > of John H. Kirkpatrick to be eligible for "First Families of TN". Those > research materials are on file at the East TN Historical Society in > Knoxville. > Thanks for posting your findings. > Janelle >