Person:Thomas Kirkpatrick (7)

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19. Thomas Kirkpatrick (6)(7) was born between 1741 and 1742. He Fact1 Rev War Service in Oct 1778. He died in 1780 in Charleston Co., South Carolina. Thomas Kirkpatrick was an officer in the South Carolina militia during t he American Revolution, with the rank of Captain. He was in a number of a ctions. In the pension application file of John Black, York County, SC ( W9359) Black states that he served under Captain Thomas Kirkpatrick and C olonel Thomas Neal for six weeks in June or July 1776 against the Chero kee tribe. Again he asserts that he was a two week volunteer under Cap tain Thomas Kirkpatrick against the Tories on Fairforest Creek (Union C ounty), South Carolina, in January 1779. He also attests that he serve d under Captain Kirkpatrick and Major Ross in an expedition to the stat e of Georgia in the campaign that resulted in the Battle of Briar Creek w here General Ashe was defeated by British General Prevost. Thomas Kirk patrick's own audited account (AA4335) in the South Carolina Archives n ames him as a captain and pays him for 60 days service in 1779 and bear s a marginal note referring to Briar Creek, Georgia.

Kirkpatrick was taken prisoner sometime during the Revolution and died o f illness while held by the British at Charleston. Accounts vary as to w hen and where he was taken. His widow, Margaret (Kirkpatrick) Dodds, in a p ension claim, says it was at the Battle of Briar Creek in Georgia. Sinc e many Americans were taken prisoner in this battle, it seems possible t hat this is a correct account, but the battle took place in 1779, and K irkpatrick died in 1782.

In another account, a kinsman, Isaac Gillham, says that Kirkpatrick was t aken prisoner at his own residence by British captains Noah and Adamson . He also states that Thomas was an acting Major in the army and that h e died in 1780. There seems no question but that he was kept on board a B ritish prison ship for a time, where he became ill. He was then moved a shore into Charleston where he died. Margaret Dodds' application for a pension based on the Revolutionary Wa r service of Thomas Kirkpatrick is on file at the National Archives as f ile number R2991, and though supported by John Kirkpatrick, Thomas' son , and by Isaac Gillham, Thomas's Son-In-Law, the application failed for l ack of proof. Application was made from Sangamon County, Illinois, in 1 843.

Thomas Kirkpatrick's death notice was read from the pulpit of Bullock's C reek Presbyterian Church, York County, SC, by the pastor Joseph Allexan der, on 3 March 1782.

Thomas Kirkpatrick died intestate and the Intestacy papers were filed i n Kersahw County, South Carolina. John Kirkpatrick (Brother) and Margar et Kirkpatrick (Widow) applied for letter of administration for the est ate. Warrant to appraise was signed 20 March 1782 with James Love, Will iam Gaston, Joseph Feemster, Samuel Robertson and Hzekiel Gaston named a s appraisers. An inventory and also a list of items sold, with prices e xists. The sale produced 1857 pounds sterling. No real estate was lis ted, and no heirs or distributions recorded.

He was married to Margaret Craig in Mar 1778 in York Co., SC. Margaret Craig was born on 3 Aug 1749 in Ulster, Ireland. She died on 17 Jan 1846 in Sangamon Co., Illinois. Thomas Kirkpatrick and Margaret Craig had the following children:

81 i. Hannah Kirkpatrick.

Thomas Kirkpatrick and Unknown 1st WifeTK had the following children:

+82 i. Jane Kirkpatrick. +83 ii. John Kirkpatrick. +84 iii. James Kirkpatrick.