Richard
Snowden
Kirkland
?
England?Virginia to South Carolina
Richard Snowden Kirkland
b.
d. by 28 Mar 1772 Fairfield Co., S. C.
m. Mary
father: Richard
Kirkland d. c1742
mother: Mary ?
| Children |
Moses Kirkland
"The Tory" |
b. |
d. 1787 on trip to England |
1m. Patience Raiford
2m. Catherine Bruce |
| Richard Kirkland |
b. |
d. by 5 Mar 1789 Effingham Co., GA
[KSBR v.1, p. 106] |
m. |
| Ann Kirkland |
b. |
. |
1m. Wm Harrison
2m. John Graves |
The records for the Kirklands of this era are very confusing due to
the
naming of the children similarly. This is laid out as clearly as can
be
illustrated by Wilma Kirkland in the following excerpt :
RICHARD SNOWDEN KIRKLAND "...was the Richard that came on to
Fairfield
and had Tory Moses, Richard and Ann as children. When you study
the
records in Va. you will see the Jr. after Richard's name when he
got
the land patent. When the father Richard gave him the land, he
called
him Richard Snodin, but when Richard (d. c 1743) made his will, he
called him only Richard. Check the land that old Richard gave his
son
Edward - it was bounding by what he gave his son Richard Snodin.
So
this Richard that came to Fairfield Co., SC (father of Tory Moses)
actually went by name of Richard in Va., as he did in SC. But
before he
came to SC, he stopped off in Granville Co., NC (do not confuse
with
Granville Co. SOUTH CAROLINA). Actually, he who had been Richard,
Jr.
in VA., was in NC by 5 Mar 1747, when he was a chain carrier for
Nathaniel Holly (survey date 5 Mar 1747), granted 25 Mar 1749. You
have
to count the survey date, as it is the date that Richard was doing
his
work of carrying the chains. This is new information found in
Margaret
Hofmann's The Granville District of NC, 1748-1763 Abstracts of
Land
Grants, V2.
His brother John was also in Granville Co., NC. Richard himself
got a grant, but sold it a few months later and headed for SC.
So this
was the old Richard Snowden, once Richard, Jr. in Fairfax Co.,
who came
on into SC. Let's go back to Fairfax Co., Va. for the other man
that
was also named Richard Snowden. From our records we concluded
there
were two of them - nephew and uncle, by the same name, but one
went by
Richard and one went by Snowden. " [Wilma Kirkland, letter of 6
Aug '00]
1753 - John and Snoten (Snowden) Kirkland are listed in the poll
of
Samuel Henderson's District in Granville Co., North Carolina.
[KSBR v.
1, p. 28]
JOHN KIRKLAND - 1 poll , SAMUEL HENDERSON'S District.
SNOTEN KIRKLAND - 2 polls, himself & WM. HOLSTON, SAML.
HENDERSON'S
District.
4 May 1752 - Council Journal Vol. 20 ( part1) pp. 210-211, 4 Feb
1752-17 Jul 1752
Petition of RICHARD KIRKLAND for 350 A land for family rights. He
states " he came unto this country from Northward & purchased
some
land to set down on". He has a wife, three children, one white
servant
and five Negroes. His petition granted 5 May 1752.[So. Caro.
Archives,
misc. rec., KSBR v.1 p71]
4 Jun 1753 - Council Journal Vol. 21 (pt. 2) pp. 467-468, 13 Apr
1753- 14 Dec 1753
Petition of KIRKLAND states he obtained a warrant for 350 A of
land 5
May 1752 which is not executed, he not having found a proper place
for
settlement which he has now done and hath settled himself thereon
and
maede improvements being on the Wateree. He wants his warrant
lengthened 6 mo. from this date and that same may be surveyed on
the
foot of Wateree Ck. Petition was signed by MOSES KIRKLAND &
was
granted. (Note -- see 1st entry under COLONIAL PLATS, GRANTS &
MEMORIALS, SCA. This petition was for Richard Kirkland, even tho'
MOSES
signed it.)[So. Caro. Archives, misc. rec., KSBR v.1 p71]
4 Jun 1753 - Council Journal Vol. 21 (pt. 2) pp. 456, 13 Apr
1753-
13 Dec 1753
Read the petition of MOSES KIRKLAND humbly setting forth that he
wishes
to settle on the Santee. He has 1 Negro for whom nor for himself
no
land has been assigned ... prays for an order of 100A on Santee to
be
run out & a grant for the same... Petition was considered
&
petitioner swore to the truth of his said family right &
Deputy
Sec. ordered to prepare warrant & the Surveyor General to lay
out
1000 A so the grant may be prepared. [So. Caro. Archives, misc.
rec.,
KSBR v.1 p71]
1752 - 1754- The first mention of Richard Kirkland in South
Carolina
is when 350 acres are laid out for him "at foot of Wateree Ck.,
bds. N
by Wateree R.," by George Hunter, His majesty's surveyor,' under a
precept dated May 5, 1752, but the survey was not made until July
27,
1753, nearly a year after the order had been issued and there seem
to
have been earlier settlers for his lands laid out to Richard
Greggrie
(Gregory) and Joseph Cates & NW vacant. JOHN HAMILTON, DS.
Path
from the Congarees to Catawba nation runs thru property.
Precept date - 5 May 1752, Vol. 5, p. 353 (prolonged 6 mo. from 3
June
1753.)
Plat date - 27 Jul 1753 vol. 5. p. 353
Grant date - 11 May 1754 vol. 5, p. 411
Memorial - NONE - he sold this land
[KSBR v.1, p.47]
Richard and Joseph Kirkland had come to Camden about 1752 with a
group
of Quakers, "companion settlers, though not members of the sect."
[McMaster, Fritz H., History of Fairfield County, S. C.
1946,
The State Commercial Printing Co., Columbia S. C.] These
brothers
were sons of William (probable son of old Richard that died in
Fairfax
Co., VA 1742-43
May 1754 - Richard, the father of Moses Kirkland, makes a
memorial
for 567 acres in Craven Co., S. C.
Memorials - vol. 7, p. 59 & 60
Richard KIRKLAND makes memorial for 567 A land that he purchased
from
SAMUEL & SUZANNAH BACOT 27 & 28 Aug. 1753. Land was gt.
SAMUEL
BACOT 6 Oct. 1752, lying in craven Co., Bd. NE on Wateree R., part
vacant & part on JOHN TOD,JR. ON SE.
7 May 1762 - Richard Kirkland files for land in Craven Co., SC
Precept date - 3 Nov 1761 vol. 7 p. 252
Plat date - 12 Mar 1762 vol. 7 p. 252
Grant date - 7 May 1762 vol. 10 p. 221
Memorial - 4 Jul 1763 vol. 14 p. 220
150 A Craven Co., part in a island in Wateree R., other part on SW
side
of Sd. R. b. NW by RICHARD GREGORY & vacant. CATAWBA R. bds.
on
side & Charles Townes Road runs thru property. RICHARD
KIRKLAND
signed memorial for RICHARD KIRKLAND. (Note: we have two
Richards.)
[South Carolina Archives, colonial plats, grants and memorials,
KSBR v.
1 p. 48]
1772, March 28 - Quit Rents 1767-1774, pp. 380-181- SC Archives
| Gasper Faust |
Craven County ) |
All these |
| William Hunter |
Craven County ) |
paid by |
| John Marlow |
Craven County ) |
MOSES |
| Daniel Cannon |
Craven County ) |
KIRKLAND |
| RICHARD KIRKLAND, Est. |
Craven County |
567 Acres pd by MOSES KIRKLAND
the heir who has more land himself
Who says it is sold - yet to pay. |
Acreage and amount of money paid not taken down except for acreage
of
RICHARD KIRKLAND. [Quit Rents 1768-1774, pp. 380, 381 - S.
C.
Archives, KSBR v.1, p 275]
Moses Kirkland was the most notorious of the brothers. Moses was
"naturally acquisitive and hardriving, Kirkland was not above
selling
rum to the Indians and dealing in fraudulent land warrants, he soon
accumulated numerous tracts of land in the interior, built a
sawmill,
ran a ferry on the lower Saluda until he had accumulated the labor
of
enough slaves to develop a large tract on the tributary of Stevens
Creek, a branch of the Savannah." He eventually becomes a Colonel in
the Loyalist Army. [Lambert p.4]
Moses Kirkland was eventually taken prisoner along with his son
and
self exiled to the island of Jamaica after the Revolution. He dies
in a
ship wreck on the voyage to England. See his page for more on this
story.
Vol. 3
Moses Kirkland - June 1772
Sells land in Craven Co. S. C. to "Peter Mazyek' whose will is
recorded
in Amelia Township,
Vol. 3
John Kirkland's (will) wife Jean all estate during her life, then
to
"all the childrenÊ," Sons: William and Moses, all my lands
Executors : wife ; Francis Kirkland , witness: Jedn. Gibson; John
Kirkland; John Coats, his mark.
2 May 1772 proved 10 Sept 1773 p 441
Vol. 4
Joseph Kirkland - witness to Philip Basely will Jan 1794
Dr. Joseph Kirkland - executor to Fredrick Grunzweig will Jun 1798
John Kirkland - mentioned to John Van Marjenhoff Sr "physition"
will
[Abstracts and Will of the State of South Carolina , vol. 1-5,
will
book SS.1771-1774]
Source:
Abstracts and Will of the State of South Carolina , vol.
1-5,
will book SS.1771-1774
Anonymous Kirkland researcher. (I have had much help and
assistance
from a person that has researched this family for more that thirty
years. Privacy restricts more information.)
American Loyalist Claims, National Genealogical Society
Chapman, John A. History of Edgefield from the Earliest
Settlements
to 1897, Elbert H. Hull, Pub. and Printers, Newberry, S.
C., 1897
Lambert, Robert Stairsbury. South Carolina Loyalists in the
American Revolution. Univ. of S. Carolina. 1987
Kirkland Source Book of Records (KSB),in two volumes, 1977
reprinted 1989. compiled by Mrs. Schlandensky, Mrs. Green, Mrs.
Leonard, Mrs. John H. Kirkland. ., Greenwood, S. C. out of print
McMaster, Fritz H., History of Fairfield County, S. C.
1946,
The State Commercial Printing Co., Columbia S. C.
Peacock, Dr. J. R., Kirkland Family Roots, Virginia, - South
Carolina, Henry County, Alabama, 2002, J. R. Peacock, 1330
Eleventh
St, Clermont, FL 34711-2815
Kirkland Family Index
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