*children as laid out by Dr. J. R. Peacock.
Birth dates are unproved and can only be bracketed based on documents signed at legal age.

Dr. J. R. Peacock says, "Snowden remained in Virginia, with Robert, after the departure of his Uncle, Richard Snowden Kirkland, from that colony. The relocation of Snowden, and the assumed relocation of Robert, to Granville County, North Carolina, and their presence there 1754-ca 1759 is reported in the Narative on Robert. Likewise, their point venture to Georgia in 1759 and their removal to the Mathews Bluff area of Savannah River in South Carolina are documented in the same report. Records cited in the earlier Narrative prove the service of Robert as a minister of the Senventh-Day Baptist faith. They also prove the commitment of Snowden to that faith. " [Peacock 100]

The wife of Snowden, Sybil, may have been the daughter of Abraham Odom who's family and immigration pattern follows closely to the Kirklands. Richard Odom, Abraham's father, owned land in Nansemond County, Virginia and moved by 1715 to Chowan County, North Carolina. This region eventually becomes part of Edgecombe and Granville Counties in which the Kirklands are documented to have lived. Abraham Odom submitted three petitions for land on the Wateree River in South Carolina on 18 Dec. 1754 on which the Kirklands had filed claims. Both Abraham's wife and a daughter were named Sybil. They started to sell their land on the Wateree River on the 6th March of 1760 and moved to Georgia by 1764. They seemed to have moved back to South Carolina with at least two purchases on the waters of the Savannah River in 1767. These are the same regions in which Robert and Snowden Kirkland had tracts of land. Snowden's property was adjacent to Abraham Odom on Pipes Creek in South Carolina. The circumstantial continuous relationship from Virginia days is very strong and indicates for Peacock and a few other researchers the probability of a marital relationship between Abraham Odom and Snowden Kirkland. No marriage record, probate record, or church record has verified this conclusion. [Peacock 101-103]

Land records for Georgia are almost non-existing but South Carolina records show the move into that territory at the right sequence to fit the records of the Seven-Day Baptist history out of Georgia.

17 Apr 1764 - SNOWDEN KIRKLAND

Precept date 4 oct 1763 Vol. 8 p. 280 Plat date - 13 oct 1763 Vol. 8 p.280 Grant date - 17 Apr 1764 Vol. 11 p. 402 Memorial - 18 May 1764 Vol. 6 p. 270 350 A Granville Co. bd. on Savannah R., SE by JOHN CLAYTON, land gt. JOSHUA KIRKLAND & vacant. JOHN LEWIS, DS. Pipe Ck. runs thru property. ROBERT KIRKLAND signed for the memorialist SNOWDEN KIRKLAND. [Colonial plats, grants & memorials, SC Archives, KSBR v.1 p. 50]

1768 South Carolina Baptists, p. 169, Footnote 135, Crozer MS Furman Univ., S. C.
SNOWDEN KIRKLAND and wife were constituents of Clouds Ck. Church ... ( Manuscript actually says " ... in 1768 when Mr. Martin administered the Lord's Supper to SNOWDEN KIRKLAND & ----e with some others ..." This probably is "wife". [KSBR v. 1, p74]

24 Jan 1770 - Deed Bk. P-3 pp. 103-107 Rec. 24 Feb. 1770

SNODIN KIRKLAND of Granville Co., SC, planter, sells to ABRAHAM ODOM, JR. for 255 pounds, 300 A in St. Peter's Parish in Granville Co bd. on land gt. sd. SNODIN KIRKLAND & part vacant, SW by Savannah River & all other vacant. Sd. 300 A was orig. gt. ANDREW MICHEL. wit: JAMES PURVIS JOHN KIRKLAND MARY (X ) CATE signed: SNODIN (S) KIRKLAND
SIBBELL KIRKLAND signed the deed on the 24 Feb 1770 as the wife of Snodin.
- "James Purvis made oath 27 Jan. 1770 that he saw Snodin Kirkland and Sibbell Kirkland, his wife, sign, seal and deliver the within lease and release to Abraham Odom, Jr......" .
PARKER CARRADINE signed over all his right, title, claim & demand of sd. land before JAMES PURVIES & NICHOLAS BAKER 27 Jan. 1770. [Charleston Co. records, KSBR v.1 p. 44]

31 Aug 1797 - Vol. 36, p. 111 (indexed for Richard Kirkland)

ISAAC KIRKLAND 417 A Ninety Six Dist., Edgefield Co., on brach of Shaw's Ck. called Beaverdam waters of Edisto R. Bds. by BENJAMIN SUTTON, FREDERICK SWEARINGEN, unknown, ARTHUR THOMAS, ALTHANATIONS THOMAS AND unknown. Edisto R. runs thru property. A square of 100 A sits in middle of one section of this land. The 100 A was gt. ABRAHAM ODOM.

1776- War of Independence

Four of the sons of Snowden are documented to have been British loyalists. James, John, Benjamin and Aaron Kirklands names were listed on the payroll of the British militia. They were among a rather sizable portion of South Carolinans who felt the British were responding to their needs better than might this new group of malcontents that wanted independence from Britian. According to Peacock, Aaron was a corporal and served during the siege of Savannah in 1779 and during the last abttle at Camden in 1781. Benjamin and John fought with Colonel John Cruger in the backcountry of South Carolina when the fort at 96 was abandoned and the army retreated to Orangeburg. James fought in the back country as well as in the Coastal Islands. All fought for the British until the abandonment of South Carolina in 1782. The question remains as to why these men would continue their British service even after completion of the war at Yorktown in 1781 and then they returned to South Carolina to pick up their lives there while other Loyalist like their uncle Moses left the area. John even gets another grant of land in 1785. Peacock believes that the locals were somewhat supportive of their decision to join with the British therefore coming home would have been much less traumatic. [Peacock 113-114]

The following writing was by Levi Kirkland the only known son of Thomas Kirkland.
1778, July -"The Declaration of the Birth and Progress of Levi Kirkland" was first provided to the KSBR by Turner Kirkland, owner of the Dixie Gun Works, Gunpowder Land, Union City, Tenn 38261. He is a decendant of Levi Kirkland, son of Thomas of Edgefield Dist., SC. Later Kenneth Kirkland of Chicago discovered an earlier version that is used here. There is some variation in the dates and names between these two documents. The following copy is believed to be more accurate to the original in which the basic name list, at least, has been proved through other sources. The original remains lost to date.

"I was born July 1778, my father was named THOMAS, my mother, Lucrette.(ec note: Lucretia seems to be the correct spelling according to other records) He was a son of SNODEN KIRKLAND. He had four brothers,JAMES, JOHN, BENJAMIN, and ARON; and two sisters, CONEY LOVELESS, SIBBY GANES. They were generally a short life people. My father died, 1788 or 89, and in the course of the same year, my mother married BENJAMIN ARENTON (Benjamin Arrington according to Peacock 131). By him she had no children. I had three sisters; the first KISSIER and she married a FORTNER, the second LUCRETIA, and she married a HERNS, the third, FAMARIAH, and she married a BAREFIELD. They all had considerable offsprings, son and daughters. In 1796 I married DICY BURCE(ec note- Turner's copy says Bruce which is the correct spelling) and 1802 I professed religion and joined the Baptist Church; my wife being baptized the same day. In 1806 I moved to the Western country and settled in Kentucky. In July, 1807 our first child was born, named LUCRETIA. In 1808, we lived in Montgomery country, Tennessee and about the close of the year, moved to Humphreys county, Tenn., where I now live. Our second child was ELIAZAR, then LUCENDA, AARON, THOMAS, MOSES, SUSAN, NANCY, JOSHUA, and LEVI. The three last at the date, 1847 are not married. My grandchildren, there has been 43 born, and only a small portion of the number dead. My mother was named LUCY COTTON. Her mother married a HASE. There was a considerable chain of connection, both of the HASES and COTTONS. It has been generally said that her grandfather and grandmother, one lived to be 100, and the other 112 years of age. They were generally speaking, Baptist People. A good many of my Father's people were what they call Seventh Day Baptist.

This Declaration from the best of my recolection is correct, but I acknowledge I am faliable, and must soon fall to all timely matter, but have a home beyond the grave, where that perfect Being will be complete and all His members like him, and shall see Him as He is.

Written this day the 10th of October, 1847, by Levi Kirkland"
["Declaration of the Birth and Progress of Levi Kirkland," records of Kenneth Kirkland, KSBR Vol. 2 p 511]

1810- John Kirkland seems to have died by this year. The records are very confusing on John Kirkland since there were three Johns in region in this time period. Our John Kirkland was not listed in the census records for 1810 but his wife Sarah was there with children. He does not seemed to have moved to Georgia during his life as did two other Johns. [Peacock 122]

Source:

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.)
History of Baptism in Georgia web site, http://tarver.mercer.edu/special_collections/GA_Baptists.htm#Early
Kirkland Source Book of Records (KSBR),in two volumes, 1977 reprinted 1989. compiled by Mrs. Schlandensky, Mrs. Green, Mrs. Leonard, Mrs. John H. Kirkland . Greenwood, S. C. 29649, out of print.
Peacock, Dr. J. R., Kirkland Family Roots, Virginia, - South Carolina, Henry County, Alabama, J. R. Peacock, 1330 Eleventh St, Clermont, FL 34711-2815, pub. 2002 (temporary email - Kirkland Book -kirklandbook@juno.com

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