Individual Details

William Kirkpatrick was born in South Carolina about 1776-1777. Along with other Kirkpatricks he is shown in green County, Kentucky, in 1799. In 1806 he married Kezziah Chisholm in Clay County, Kentucky. William is found in 1803 in Jackson County, Tennessee. Day Jewell opens the possibility that Kezziah's mother may have been named Gumm, but no proof is offered. Some authorities have a prior marriage to a Rachel Roberts. The facts are murky. Kezziah (sometimes nicknamed Kibbie) died 27 September 1845. William died 7 March 1856. Both were buried in Big Bottom Cemetery in Jackson County, Kentucky.

Isaac T. Reneau, a Disciples of Christ minister in Tennessee, wrote of a visit to the Old Bethel Church in Jackson County in September of 1845. In this account he wrote of the effects of an epidemic in the neighborhood.
"The seventh (to die) was that venerable old sister Keziah Kirkpatrick, consort of brother William Kirkpatrick. These were among the oldest members of Big Bottom having embraced the principles of Reformation years ago, perhaps under the labors of the pious eminent and able Phillip Mulkey. Sister Kirkpatrick had been sick some time when brother James Kirkpatrick died. But she lingered on till the 27th of September 1845, when she fell asleep herself, leaving an old pious and affectionate husband, several sons and daughters together with several grandchildren, and other relatives to lament the loss."*

There were thirteen (13) children born of the marriage.
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* Reneau, Isaac. "Isaac Reneau Visits Old Bethel Church, 1845 -- Jackson Co., Tn." Upper Cumberland Genealogical Association Bulletin, Vol. 16, No. 4.

Birth	1777	South Carolina
Marriage	23 Dec 1806	Barren Co., Kentucky - Kezziah Chism
Death	7 Mar 1856	Jackson Co., Tennessee
Burial		Hix Cemetery, Jackson Co., Tennessee

Spouse	Kezziah Chism (1788 - 1845)
Child	Dorinda Kirkpatrick ( - )
Child	Amanda Kirkpatrick ( - )
Child	Mary "Polly" Kirkpatrick (1809 - 1893)
Child	Thornton Kirkpatrick (1810 - )
Child	John Chisholm Kirkpatrick (1811 - 1884)
Child	Alsary Kirkpatrick (1812 - )
Child	Toliver Kirkpatrick (1814 - 1875)
Child	Minerva Kirkpatrick (1816 - 1900)
Child	Nancy Kirkpatrick (1821 - 1888)
Child	Robert Campbell Kirkpatrick (1823 - 1904)
Child	Michael Kirkpatrick (1828 - 1916)
Child	Helen Kirkpatrick (1829 - 1871)
Child	Margaret Jane Kirkpatrick (1832 - 1910)

Father	Robert Kirkpatrick (1754 - 1833)
Mother	Mary Campbell (1758 - )
Sibling	Nancy Kirkpatrick (1774 - )
Sibling	Amos Kirkpatrick (1779 - 1861)
Sibling	James Kirkpatrick (1790 - 1845)
Sibling	Anne Kirkpatrick (1793 - 1869)
Sibling	Jonathon "John" Kirkpatrick (1799 - 1871)
Sibling	Robert Kirkpatrick Jr (1806 - 1858)
Sibling	Susanne Kirkpatrick (1807 - )