Zachariah
Taylor
Kirkland
Family
Alabama
1m. Elizabeth
Matilda
Majors after 1 Feb1871 Henry Co., AL
b. b. 24 Apr 1854
d. d. 5 Feb 1927
her father: probably William Majors
her mother: Harriett Rebecca (Blackshear)
Children of Matilda Major | |||
---|---|---|---|
Mary Lena Kirkland | b. 17 Dec. 1871 AL | d. 14 Nov. 1917 | m. John A. Peterman in Henry Co., 23 Feb 1890 |
Hosea Kirkland | b. 19 Jan 1874 AL | d. 29 Dec. 1919 | m. Martha Linda (Pearl?) Whitehead in Henry Co,. 24 June 1897 |
Angus Kirkland | b. 10 Nov 1875 Abbeville, Henry Co., AL | d. 9 May 1934 |
m. Lucy Culpepper in Henry Co., 15 July 1899 |
Carrie Kirkland | b. 24 Sep 1877 AL | d. 24 Nov 1951 | m. Carl Gordon Reynolds |
Edward Seymour Kirkland | b. 25 July 1879, AL | d. 2 Mar 1941 | m. Vallis Petty in Henry Co. May 1882 |
Oscar T. Kirkland (, ) | b. 29 Jan. 1882 AL | d. 18 May 1901 by lightning while | m. |
Curtis Robert Kirkland | b. 25 Jan 1889 AL | d.15 Nov 1945 Vienna, Georgia | 1m. Sarah Hutto,
(b. 1885 d. 1922) dau. of Augustus Jesse and
Mary (Johnson) Hutto, 2m. Nannie ? |
*death date according to the First
Methodist
Church in Abbeville.
# death date according to Mrs. Howell
First children are born to Zacheriah and
Mary, a possible set of twins with only one, Alice surviving.
One researcher, Mrs W.E. Howell (KSBR v2 p463) attaches
Allen A. ,
who has the same year birth and initials to this family,
however, Allen
is more properly part of the Isaac Kirkland/Mary Armstrong
family even
though buried near Z. T. Kirkland in Abbeville City Cem.
They were
neighbors and possibly cousins.
1845- Seymore (Tuck) is born. (see KSBR V2, 463 for more info on his family.also v1 p315)
1847- Elijah A. is born.[US Census records]
1848- Nancy is born.[US Census records]
Zacheriah and Zacheriah Jr make purchases at a sale of the
estate of
Moses Kirkland. This indicates to me that there are two adult
Zacheriahs alive before Zacheriah T. is born in 1850 (see KSBR
v1 p317
for more info on his family.)
1850- Henry Co., AL p.430 US Census (note the different spellings)
(Next door on one side is)
William Kirkland 53m farmer $500 SC (This is the son of
Caleb Kirkland
and Sara)
Rutha 53 f SC
Zaceriah 27m farmer Ala
Mahala 18 f Ala
Jas. M 14m Ala
Json 12m Ala
(Next door on the other side is)
Abriham Cole 70 m farmer NC
Elizabeth 25f Ala
(On the same page)
Zaceriah Kirkland 27 m farmer Ala
Matilda 24 f Ala
John 1m Ala
Berrymen F. 6/12m Ala
1860- Zacheriah is single and has his
children living with him, Alice(16), Semore(15), Elijah
A.(13),Nancy(11), Zacheriah T.(9), George M. (8), Caleb R. (4)
in Henry
Co. Alabama. [US Census M653-11 Alabama, Henry Co,p430]
Mary Cole Kirkland must have died between 15 Feb 1856 (when
her last
child was born) and before the census was taken in 1860
because she
doesn't show up in this census.
1862 - Zachariah's oldest son Seymour, enlisted in Confederate Army ,
1870 - The U. S. Census for Henry County
We find three of Zachariah's children together in the household of Edward Blackledge in the 8th Precinct, Abbeville, Henry Co., p. 370 a & b. They probably learned some of their wood working skills under the tutelage of this carriage maker. Notice that Seymore ends up marrying Sarah Blacklidge. Mrs. Howell has Sarah's father listed as "Edmond" Blackledge but although the census record is difficult to decipher I read it as Edward.[KSBR p463]
If Zacheriah's widow, Sarah, is in the area, I haven't found her to date. George M. is the only other unaccounted for member of the family. He would be 19 years old and probably on his own.
1871- 1 Feb - Z. Taylor Kirkland applies for a marriage license to Eliz. M. Majors [Henry Co., marriages, KSBR v2 p36]
1872, before Sep 20 - Alice (Kirkland) Merritt dies. She leaves her husband, Francis M. Merritt whom she married 19 Feb. 1864, the son of Jcob and Sybil (?) Merritt. Her issue was: Marry S. Merritt, (1m. J. Murphy 2m. J. D. Jackson); Malinda F. Merritt (m. P. S. Whitehead); Clifford L. Merritt (m. J. B. Whitehead) ; and an unknown child who died young. 1876- Friday, July 7 - "Mrs. Sallie Kirkland, wife of Seymour Kirkland, of Abbeville, died on 4th instant, at home of her father, Edmond Blackledge. She leaves a husband, mother, father, several brothers and sisters and four small children." [Death Notices, The Henry County Register, 1875, KSBR v.1 p313]
1896-Zacheriah T. Kirkland became a very skilled carpenter and designer. Along with one of his brothers , Edward Seymour "Tuck" Kirkland and cousins, Angus Allen Kirkland and Irving Kirkland, Zacheriah designs and builds the interior of the First Methodist Church in Abbeville, Henry County, Alabama then known as Methodist Episcopal Church. South in 1896. This building still exists and is considered one of the best historical buildings in Henry County for its supreme carpentery and design. This put it on the Historical Register.
Zacheriah Taylor Kirkland (b. February 11, 1850 d. February 12, 1929) did architectural designs and drew blue prints of plans for many of our structures in and around Abbeville including the Southeast Alabama Agricultural School, the first Henry County Courthouse (which has since been demolished), and for the First Baptist Church. It was reported in the Abbeville Times of Friday, July 1, 1898 that "Mr. Lawson Gregory has contracted with Taylor Kirkland for the erection of a large and commodious residence on the lot he recently purchased from Mrs. Freeman on the east side of town.." that house now belongs to Mrs. Edgar (Melinda) Gibbons. Mr Kirkland's home which he built for himself was located directly across the street from what is now the Carter home on Kirkland Street, formerly the home of Mollie Newman Martin.
Mr. Edward Seymore (Tuck) Kirkland was the brother of Zachariah Taylor Kirkland and was most noted for his excellent wood working skills. He also lived on what was later named Kirkland Street one house south of the Blacklidge home, now Southland Bank." [pamphlet of the 100th Anniversary of the Abbeville United Methodist Church, Abbeville, Alabama.]
sources:
Kirkland Family Index || Elroy's Family Index || Ancestoral Chart #10 || Kirklands of Henry Co., AL
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