FIFTH GENERATION

208. Thomas Kirkpatrick was born on 7 Sep 1795 in York Co., South Carolina. He died on 13 May 1870 in Wilson Co., Tennessee.
Thomas was born 7 Sep 1795 in York County, SC. He married, first, in W ilson County, TN on 16 Feb 1815 to Susannah Brownlee Curry, daughter of J ohn and Sarah Curry who was born 15 Oct 1795, North Carolina, and died 1 7 or 25 Oct 1821 in Wilson County, TN. She is buried in the Suggs Cree k Church Cemetery. There were no known children by this first marriage . He married, second, on 8 Aug 1822, to Jane Angelina Roach, daughter o f John and Rachel "Jane" (Hopkins) Roach, who was born 19 Dec 1799, Ora nge County, NC and died of tuberculosis 17 Sep 1849 in Wilson County, T N.

Thomas was in the War of 1812, as is shown by an affidavit dated 9 Janu ary 1851, in which he stated he had been a private in Captain Henry L. D ouglass' company, First Regiment of Tennessee Volunteers, commanded by C olonel William Hall. He volunteered at Lebanon in August of 1813 for s ix months service and was mustered in at Fayetteville, TN on 26 Sep 181 3. He served in a company against the Creek Indians for about three mo nths and was discharged about the last of December 1813. He made this d eclaration in order to obtain bounty land to which he was entitled for t his service. The land was granted by warrant 25325, issued November 18 51.

Thomas joined the Suggs Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church before 181 5 and was a member for the remainder of his life. On 28 July 1828, Tho mas received a commission as Second Major of the 72nd Regiment of Tenne ssee Militia. he was a saddler and lived in a village then called Rura l Hill and now known as Suggs Creek Community. Rural Hill had grown up a round the Suggs Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and a post office w as established there in 1833. The village held a number of businesses, i ncluding the saddlery of Thomas Kirkpatrick, a general store, a tannery , and a cotton mill. Thomas also served for many years as a Justice of t he Peace.

Thomas apparently went to Illinois with his father and brothers, for he i s recorded as purchasing 80 acres of land in Montgomery County, Illinoi s, in 1819. However, he had apparently returned to Wilson County, TN b y 1823, because all of his known children were born there.

Before the Civil War, Thomas was quite well-to-do. In 1850, according t o the census, he owned real estate valued at $10,000.00. However, in h is own words, in 1859, he was "overtaken by misfortune. . . under the n ecessity of surrendering all I possessed for the benefit of creditors." B y 1860 Thomas' real estate was valued at only $500.00, although he stil l possessed personal property worth $3,000.00. After the Civil War, Th omas and his children who remained in Wilson County suffered greatly. A l etter written to his son John, who then resided in Missouri, recounts t he families personal and financial plight. he was living with his chil dren, "amongst all of whom I have been kindly treated , but feel like o ne forsaken and disconsolate. . . I am miserable, I am unhappy, do not e xpect, nor do I desire to live long." He was still serving as Justice o f the Peace, although he was then seventy-three years old.

Thomas died 13 May 1870 in Wilson County, TN. He is buried in the Sugg s Creek Church Cemetery in Wilson County beside his wife Angelina.

Thomas had ten (10) children by his second marriage.

He was married to Susannah Brownlee Curry (daughter of John Curry and Sarah ?) on 16 Feb 1815 in Wilson Co., Tennessee. Susannah Brownlee Curry was born on 15 Oct 1795 in North Carolina. She died on 17 Oct 1821 in Wilson Co., Tennessee.

He was married to Jane Angelina Roach on 8 Aug 1822 in Wilson Co., Tennessee. Jane Angelina Roach was born on 19 Dec 1799 in Orange Co., North Carolina. She died on 17 Sep 1849 in Wilson Co., Tennessee. Thomas Kirkpatrick and Jane Angelina Roach had the following children:

+633 i. John Brownlee Kirkpatrick.
+634 ii. James Anderson Kirkpatrick.
+635 iii. Captain David Foster Kirkpatrick.
+636 iv. William Thomas Kirkpatrick.
+637 v. Susannah Elizabeth Curry Kirkpatrick.
638 vi. Isaac Norman Kirkpatrick.
+639 vii. Rachel Jane Kirkpatrick.
+640 viii. Celia Ann Kirkpatrick.
641 ix. George Kirkpatrick.
642 x. Unnamed Infant Kirkpatrick was born on 18 Aug 1840 in Wilson Co., Tennessee. He (or she) died in Apr 1841 in Wilson Co., Tennessee.