Individual Details

James Kirkpatrick. We add here another probable child of Thomas Kirkpatrick. This family has been reconstructed from records in the will of James Kirkpatrick, Jefferson County, Iowa, dated 31 March 1845 and from other papers. This James was married three times. His first wife's name is unknown. He married secondly in Madison County, Illinois, on 22 September 1814, Electa Meacham. His third marriage was on 26 Sep 1819 in Madison County, Illinois, to Leanah (or Deaniah) Hart.

James was born before 1778 in York or Chester County, South Carolina. He was in Madison County, Illinois very early, at least by 1805, because he signed a petition from residents of Illinois, dated 2 December 1805 (Territorial Papers of the united States, Vol. 7). He was then living near his cousins Thomas, Francis and John Kirkpatrick in the neighborhood of what is now Edwardsville, Illinois. He served in the war of 1812 as an ensign in Capt. Samuel Judy's Company, made up mostly of Madison County men. In 1820 he sold his Madison County land to Josias Randle. About 1818 he bought land in Bond County, Illinois, near Greenville, and about 1824 he moved to Sangamon County. About 1839, James and his brother John sold their property in Sangamon County and moved to Jefferson County, Iowa. His wife Leanah was living in 1840 but is not mentioned in his will, so she probably died before 1845. He died in Jefferson County, IA, 19 April 1845

He had eight children in total, five from his first marriage and three from the second marriage with Leanah.

Source: Kirkpatrick Genealogy, 2nd Ed.

Birth	Abt 1771	York Co., South Carolina
Death	19 Apr 1845	Glasgow, Jefferson Co., Iowa
Burial		Gilmer Cemetery, Glasgow, Jefferson Co., Iowa

Spouse	1st Wife UnknownJK ( - )
Child	Mary Polly Kirkpatrick (1798 - )
Child	Elizabeth Kirkpatrick (1805 - 1871)
Child	Violet Kirkpatrick (1810 - 1855)
Child	Zerilda Kirkpatrick ( - )
Child	Jane Kirkpatrick ( - )

Spouse	2nd Wife UnknownJK ( - )
Child	James Oliver Kirkpatrick (1815 - 1885)
Child	John D. Kirkpatrick (1817 - 1845)
Child	Margaret Electa Kirkpatrick (1819 - )

Father	Thomas Kirkpatrick (1741 - 1780)
Mother	Unknown 1st WifeTK ( - )
Sibling	Jane Kirkpatrick (1769 - )
Sibling	John Kirkpatrick (1770 - 1845)