Individual Details

Charles Kirkpatrick

(1764 - 1833)

Charles Kirkpatrick was born in 1764 in Rockbridge County, Virginia and died in 1833 in Adams County, Illinois. He is a veteran of the American Revolutionary War. He married a Sarah Edington who was born in New Jersey and had died in Kentucky.

Charles' family migrated from Virginia between 1815 and 1820 to the Hiawassa Purchase, a tract of land opened to settlement as a result of the 1817-1819 treaty with the Cherokee Indians. The land was located in Northern Georgia, Northern Alabama and Southeastern Tennessee. The family continued its migration through Kentucky, where Sarah died and then on to Morgan County, Illinois, where they stayed for the winter of 1827-1828 near Jacksonville. In 1828, Charles' son, Jesse Milton was the first recorded member of his family to enter and live in Adams County, Illinois, in the township of Lima.

They had nine children of their marriage. Only Jesse Milton Kirkpatrick is identified.

Events

Birth1764Rockbridge Co., Virginia
Marriage16 Jan 1794Rockbridge Co., Virginia - Sarah Edington
Death1833Adams Co., Illinois
BurialNew Providence Cemetery, Ursa, Adams Co., Illinois
Research Notes

Families

SpouseSarah Edington ( - )
ChildJesse Milton Kirkpatrick (1812 - 1885)

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