Descendants of John Cobb Kirkland

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN COBB3 KIRKLAND (JAMES2 COBB, HENRY1)1 was born June 27, 1824 in Appling County, Georgia, and died June 27, 1904 in Homerville, Clinch County, Georgia. He married (1) ELIZABETH NETTLES December 07, 1848 in Georgia. She was born March 19, 1833 in Appling County, Georgia, and died April 09, 1871 in Homerville, Clinch County, Georgia. He married (2) VASHTI STAFFORD March 31, 1872 in Georgia. She was born December 27, 1840 in Clinch County, Georgia, and died 1907 in Homerville, Clinch County, Georgia.

Notes for JOHN COBB KIRKLAND:
SEE http://hometown.aol.com/momsfirstscreenn/SAMUELGRIFFIS1773KINDREDLEONARD.html

Most Kirkland immigrants (27) came to the US in 1882.

Kirkland Civil War Service
Kirkland Veterans Allegiance Total Veterans of
the Civil War
527 Confederate 1,050,000
160 Union 2,213,363
687 Combined 3,263,363

Name History and Origin for Kirkland
Kirkland
English (now mainly East Midlands) and Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived on land belonging to the Church, from northern Middle English kirk ‘church’ + land ‘land’. There are several villages named with these elements, for example in Cumbria, and in some cases the surname will have arisen from these. Exceptionally, Kirkland in Lancashire has as its second element Old Norse lundr ‘grove’.

Most Kirkland families (392) living in the US in 1920 lived in AL. Top Places of Origin for Kirkland
Place of
Origin Kirkland Immigrants
England 92
Ireland 56
Scotland 49
Great Britain 20
Germany 9
Jamaica 7

In 1880 the top occupation for Kirkland was Farmer.

Most Kirkland immigrants to the US (114) came from Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland.
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/fact.aspx?ln=Kirkland&fid=3

CLINCH COUNTY

This county is bounded N. by Irwin and Telfair, E. by Ware, S. by the State of Florida, W by Lowndes. Named after General Duncan L. Clinch.

The rivers are Allapaha and Suwannee.

Magnolia is the county site, distant from Milledgeville 210 miles.

Among the citizens residing in this county at time of organization were: BENJAMIN SEMMONS, J. C. KIRKLAND, SAMUEL REGISTER, JOHN TOMLINSON, SEN., JOHN ROBERTS, J. J. ROBINSON, E. H. MORGAN, JOHN NORTH, WM. STARLING, ABRAHAM REGISTER, H. SEARS.

*Since the above was written, this gentleman has departed this life. He was on the best and most respectable citizens of Georgia. ( I couldn't find an * reckon this J. C. Kirkland was one of ours? ljg)
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2nd LT, 1st Company, Clinch Co Militia Mar 1864
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1860 United States Federal Census Record
Name: Elizabeth Kirkland
Age in 1860: 26
Birth Year: abt 1834
Home in 1860: Southern District, Clinch, Georgia
Gender: Female
Post Office: Magnolia

Household Members: Name Age
John C Kirkland 35
Elizabeth Kirkland 26
Franklin D Kirkland 4
Thomas Nettles 20
Marj Ann Nettles 14
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1870 United States Federal Census > Georgia > Clinch > District 1224 Page 4 Image 4 Lines 33 - 38 HH 32/32
Kirkland, John Cobb 45 GA
Elizabeth 36 GA
F. G. 14 GA
John B. 06 GA
Wm. H. 04 GA
Joel Griffis 01 GA
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1880 United States Federal Census > Georgia > Clinch > Homerville And Moorres Mill > District 39 Page 3 Image 3 Lines 38 - Blank HH 46/46
Kirkland, John Cobb 55 GA SC GA
Vashie 40 GA GA GA
Frank D 24 GA GA GA
John B 15 GA GA GA
Wm H 13 GA GA GA
James S 11 GA GA GA
Joel G 09 GA GA GA
David E 06 GA GA GA
Addie 05 GA GA GA
Zilla 04 GA GA GA
Emma 03 GA GA GA
Delia 02 GA GA GA
Edmond 01 GA GA GA
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1900 United States Federal Census > Georgia > Clinch > Homerville > District 15 Page 12 A Image 22 Lines 21 - 27 HH 211\216
Kirkland John C 75 June 1824 GA SC GA
Vestie 58 Jan 1842 GA GA GA
Emma 23 Nov 1876 GA GA GA
Edmond 19 May 1881 GA GA GA
Kizzie 17 1883 GA GA GA
Berry 15 Nov 1884 GA GA GA
Thomas 13 Oct 1886 GA GA GA
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More About JOHN COBB KIRKLAND:
Burial: Pine Forest Cemetery, Also Called City Cemetery, Homerivlle, Clinch County, Georgia
Occupation: 1870, Farmer

More About VASHTI STAFFORD:
Burial: Pine Forest Cemetery, also called City Cemetery, Homerville, Clinch County, Georgia

Children of JOHN KIRKLAND and ELIZABETH NETTLES are:
i. FRANKLIN D4 KIRKLAND, b. July 01, 1855; d. Unknown; m. SARAH JANE CARMICHAEL, September 06, 1883; b. July 21, 1868, Manor, Ware County, Georgia; d. January 1932.
ii. JOHN BELL KIRKLAND, b. June 26, 1864.
iii. WILLIAM H KIRKLAND, b. October 10, 1866.
iv. JAMES SEABORN KIRKLAND, b. October 28, 1868.
v. JOEL GRIFFIS KIRKLAND, b. December 11, 1870.

Children of JOHN KIRKLAND and VASHTI STAFFORD are:
vi. DAVID E4 KIRKLAND, b. February 19, 1873, Homerville, Clinch County, Georgia.
vii. ADA KIRKLAND, b. July 04, 1874.
viii. MARZILLA ANN KIRKLAND, b. November 05, 1875.
ix. EMMA KIRKLAND, b. November 09, 1876.
x. ARDELIA "DELLA" KIRKLAND, b. March 18, 1878.
xi. EDMOND STAFFORD KIRKLAND, b. May 13, 1880.
xii. KIZZIE KIRKLAND, b. March 18, 1882.
xiii. BERRY C KIRKLAND, b. November 07, 1884.
xiv. THOMAS MCINTYRE KIRKLAND, b. October 18, 1886.

Endnotes

1. Barrs Lee Studstill Conine Tomlinson, Mose Corris Herndon, Mose@surfsouth.com, http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3191599&id=I01545