Person:Alexander Kirk (3)

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Alexander Kirk
b.Abt 1745 Virginia
d.1804 Montgomery County, Kentucky
Parents and Siblings
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m. Est 1740
  1. Martha KirkEst 1740/41 - Bef 1801
  2. John KirkBef 1743 - Bef 1801
  3. Alexander KirkAbt 1745 - 1804
  4. James KirkEst 1745 -
  5. George KirkEst 1747 - Bef 1791
  6. Patrick KirkBef 1752 -
  7. Capt. Robert KirkEst 1760 -
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m. Bef 1780
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Facts and Events
Name Alexander Kirk
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1745 Virginia[was an adult by 1747]
Marriage Bef 1780 to Mary Edmiston
Death[1] 1804 Montgomery County, Kentucky

Alexander Kirk was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA

Acquisition of Land from Chalkley's:

  • Page 231.--__ _____, 1767. James Kirk and Agness to Alexander Kirk, their son, £20, 200 acres, part of 400 acres patented to James Bell 12th January, 1746, on a small fork of Jennings' Branch. Delivered: Alexander Kirk, March, 1774. (Note: this record appears to be in error. James Kirk Sr.'s wife in 1767 was "Jean", not "Agnes").
  • Page 245.--21st May, 1771. James Kirk and Jean ( ) to his son Alexander Kirk, £40, 185 acres, part of 400 acres where said Kirk now lives. Delivered: Alex. Kirk, March Court, 1774. (Note: this appears to be a correction to the previous conveyance in 1767).

Disposition of Land from Chalkley's:

  • Page 241.--20th May, 1771. Alexander Kirk to his father James Kirk, £20, 200 acres, part of 400 acres which James formerly conveyed to Alexander Kirk. Delivered: Alexander Kirk, March Court, 1774.


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Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:

  • Page 400.--22d November, 1775. Recorded. John Potter's appraisement by John Kirk, Alex. Kirk, John Beard--"For Sogering mony under Capt. Moffett, £6.7.6."
  • Page 374.--15th August, 1776. Robert McKittrick's bond (with Alex. Kirk) as administrator of John Potter.
  • Page 250.--24th April, 1780. Robert Armstrong and Jane to Benjamin Tolman, 145 acres patented to Robert, 12th May, 1759, comer James Kerk; 240 acres patented to Robert 8th July, 1752. Teste: John and Alex. Kirk, Casper Ekert.
  • Page 213.--28th June, 1790. Mathew Edmiston's will, farmer--To son, James; to son, William; to son, David; to grandson, Mathew Kirk; to daughter, Mary Kirk; to granddaughter, Margaret Jones; to grandson, Matha Edmonson, Maagill; to daughter. Ann Jones; to daughter, Jean Magill. Executors, sons James and William Edmiston. Teste: David McNair, John Kirk, Jean Kirk. Proved, January Court, 1796, by McNair and Jno. Kirk. (Note: Alexander Kirk married Matthew Edmison's daughter Mary).
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

    https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/9707837/person/310010579004/facts

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