Person:James Kirkpatrick (20)

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SECOND GENERATION 4. James Kirkpatrick (4)(5) (6) Fact1 Birth Records CD#17 - Extracted from Lineage Linkage Database CD#100 about 1690. He was born about 1710 in Nithsdale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. He died on 9 May 1786 in Lockhart, Chester Co., South Carolina. James Kirkpatrick was born abt. 1710 in Dumfrieshi re, Scotland. Settled briefly in Pennsylvania before receiving Land Gr ants in South Carolina (in a portion of the colony that at that time wa s administered by North Carolina).

His will is dated March 10, 1786 he and Mary (Newton) were buried in "T he Old Irish Cemetery/Graveyard" near Loves Crossing on the Broad River i n South Carolina. Today this cemetery is abandoned which is located in t he bottoms of the Broad River about one mile South of the bridge at Loc khart, SC, on the Chester County side of the river. The cemetery has b een used recently as a cattle grazing pasture and is very difficult to r each.

The tradition of the descendants of James Kirkpatrick, who settled on l ands granted by the Governor of North Carolina to him, that lay along T urkey Creek, a branch of the Broad River and situate in now what is Yor k and Chester Counties, South Carolina are that this is a Scottish fami ly that moved to North Ireland, in a 'neck-saving' operation. One Robe rt Kirkpatrick, a descendant of the Barony of Kirkmichael, was hung in 1 746, for his part in the rebellion of 'Bonnie Price Charlie' in 1745.

It had been believed that in 1746, James migrated to Northern Ireland w ith his father and five brothers. (New information has been found to s how that James and his four brothers migrated from Belfast, Ireland to t he colonies in 1736. Originally it was believed that two younger broth ers, Andrew and Alexander had left Scotland about this time and came to t he colonies, while the remainder of the family migrated to N. Ireland, a nd thence came to the colonies in the later years. Evidence now shows t hat the family had moved to N. Ireland in 1725, and thence to the Amer ica's in 1736.)

He came to America and landed in the area around New Castle, Delaware b ut settled in the area now known as Reading, PA, but was not there very l ong, and in early 1750's he appears in South Carolina. There is no 'of ficial date' on the move to South Carolina, but the Gaston's and Gillha m families, with whom they were very closely associated with, both went t here in 1750-1751. His brother Alexander and Andrew moved to New Jerse y soon after landing in New Castle by crossing the Delaware at Philadel phia.

On 24 September 1754 he is given land grants by the Governor of North C arolina to lands situate Turkey Creek in what is now South Carolina. T he total of his land grants were 1,350 acres along Turkey Creek.

Mary Newton?(6) (7) died on 16 Sep 1769 in Rockhill, York or Fairfield Co., South Carolina. James Kirkpatrick and Mary Newton? had the following children:

+17 i. William Kirkpatrick. +18 ii. Francis Kirkpatrick. +19 iii. Thomas Kirkpatrick. 20 iv. Agnes Kirkpatrick. +21 v. James Kirkpatrick. +22 vi. John Kirkpatrick. 23 vii. Jane Kirkpatrick. +24 viii. Robert Kirkpatrick.