| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Fifth Generation208. Thomas Kirkpatrick was born on 7 September 1795 in York Co., South Carolina. He died on 13 May 1870 at the age of 74 in Wilson Co., Tennessee.
Thomas was in the War of 1812, as is shown by an affidavit dated 9 January 1851, in which he stated he had been a private in Captain Henry L. Douglass' company, First Regiment of Tennessee Volunteers, commanded by Colonel William Hall. He volunteered at Lebanon in August of 1813 for six months service and was mustered in at Fayetteville, TN on 26 Sep 1813. He served in a company against the Creek Indians for about three months and was discharged about the last of December 1813. He made this declaration in order to obtain bounty land to which he was entitled for this service. The land was granted by warrant 25325, issued November 1851. Thomas joined the Suggs Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church before 1815 and was a member for the remainder of his life. On 28 July 1828, Thomas received a commission as Second Major of the 72nd Regiment of Tennessee Militia. he was a saddler and lived in a village then called Rural Hill and now known as Suggs Creek Community. Rural Hill had grown up around the Suggs Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and a post office was established there in 1833. The village held a number of businesses, including the saddlery of Thomas Kirkpatrick, a general store, a tannery, and a cotton mill. Thomas also served for many years as a Justice of the Peace. Thomas apparently went to Illinois with his father and brothers, for he is recorded as purchasing 80 acres of land in Montgomery County, Illinois, in 1819. However, he had apparently returned to Wilson County, TN by 1823, because all of his known children were born there. Before the Civil War, Thomas was quite well-to-do. In 1850, according to the census, he owned real estate valued at $10,000.00. However, in his own words, in 1859, he was "overtaken by misfortune. . . under the necessity of surrendering all I possessed for the benefit of creditors." By 1860 Thomas' real estate was valued at only $500.00, although he still possessed personal property worth $3,000.00. After the Civil War, Thomas and his children who remained in Wilson County suffered greatly. A letter written to his son John, who then resided in Missouri, recounts the families personal and financial plight. he was living with his children, "amongst all of whom I have been kindly treated , but feel like one forsaken and disconsolate. . . I am miserable, I am unhappy, do not expect, nor do I desire to live long." He was still serving as Justice of the Peace, although he was then seventy-three years old. Thomas died 13 May 1870 in Wilson County, TN. He is buried in the Suggs Creek Church Cemetery in Wilson County beside his wife Angelina. Thomas had ten (10) children by his second marriage. Thomas Kirkpatrick and Jane Angelina Roach were married on 8 August 1822 in Wilson Co., Tennessee. Jane Angelina Roach was born on 19 December 1799 in Orange Co., North Carolina. She died on 17 September 1849 at the age of 49 in Wilson Co., Tennessee. Thomas Kirkpatrick and Jane Angelina Roach had the following children:
Thomas Kirkpatrick and Susannah Brownlee Curry were married on 16 February 1815 in Wilson Co., Tennessee. Susannah Brownlee Curry, daughter of John Curry and Sarah ?, was born on 15 October 1795 in North Carolina. She died on 17 October 1821 at the age of 26 in Wilson Co., Tennessee. |
