Person:Buckley Kimbrough (1)

Information on Buckley Kimbrough

From "The Alstons and Allstons of North and South Carolina", by Joseph Asbury Groves, pg. 292:

The first mention we have of the name is Buckley Kimbrough, Dec. 19th, 1736, in Edgecomb County, in the will of Philip Mulkey.

Among the children are:

• Nathaniel Kimbrough, of Wake, who died 1781 (q. v.).
• Major John Kimbrough, who was member of the Assembly from Guilford in 1773, and died 1796. He removed to Great Pedee, S. C., just before or during the Revolution. He married Hannah Kolb, and they had an only dau., Elisabeth, who married Col. Lemuel Benton, and their dau., Gilly Hinton Benton, married Isaiah Dubose. (Bishop Greggs' old Cheraws.)
• Frances Kimbrough = Col. Samuel Benton, of Oxford, Granville county (g. v.).
• Grizel Kimbrough = Col. John Hinton, of Wake county (q.v.).
• Elisabeth Kimbrough = Col. Thomas Loyd. They removed to South Carolina before the Revolution, and had an only dau., who m. Wilson and d. leaving no children.
• Ann Kimbrough = 1st, William Alston. 2d, Jeconias Yancey (q. v.).

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} One Great Family Web Site.