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