FIFTH GENERATION

168. William Thomas Kirkpatrick was born on 24 Jan 1812 in Jackson Co., Tennessee. ⁽⁸¹⁾ He died on 13 Dec 1872 in Franklin Co., Illinois. ⁽⁸²⁾ He was buried in Reid Cemetery, Franklin Co., Illinois. ⁽⁸³⁾ William T. Kirkpatrick. His middle name is given variously as Thomas a nd Tinsley. The compiler's of this work have verified that Thomas is c orrect based on tombstone inscription. William was born 24 January 181 2 in Jackson County, Tennessee. He died 13 Dec 1872 in Franklin County , Illinois. On 6 February 1834 he married Martha Greenwood who was bor n circa 1813. He moved with his family about 1817 from Jackson County, T ennessee to Franklin County, Illinois, and apparently lived there the r emainder of his life. He served with his brother Edmund under Captain W illiam J. Stephenson in the Illinois Mounted Volunteers during the Blac k Hawk War.

William T. and Martha appear on the 1860 U. S. Census at Franklin Co., I llinois with their children Martha, George, Nancy, John and Ruth. Will iam T.'s occupation is farmer.

Name has been verified as William Thomas Kirkpatrick, not Tinsley.
Henderson, Ruby, Cemetery Inscriptions Tyrone Township, Franklin Co. Il linois, (McDowell Publications, 1982), Page 73.

He was married to Martha Greenwood on 6 Feb 1834. Martha Greenwood was born on 14 Apr 1812 in Tennessee.^{(84) (85)} She died on 23 Jan 1887.⁽⁸⁶⁾ She was buried in Reid Cemetery, Franklin Co., Illinois. ⁽⁸⁷⁾ William Thomas Kirkpatrick and Martha Greenwood had the following children:

497 i. Louisa Kirkpatrick.
+498 ii. Francis Marion Kirkpatrick.
+499 iii. Sarah Elizabeth Kirkpatrick.
+500 iv. Martha E. Kirkpatrick.
+501 v. George Washington Kirkpatrick.
502 vi. Nancy Kirkpatrick.
503 vii. Jonathon Kirkpatrick.
504 viii. Ruth Kirkpatrick.