Person:William Kimbrough (6)

Information on William Kimbrough

From "The Gooch Families of Williamson County, Tennessee", written by Virginia Gooch Watson:

William Kimbrough, purchased a tract of 200 acres in Davidson County, Tennessee, on 27 December 1797. Earlier that year, in September, their son, John Kimbrough, purchased one half of Lot # 60 in the town of Nashville. These two men were the first Kimbrough's to settle in Davidson County. William's land was on "the west bank of the Stone's River just above the junction of Hurricane Creek." In 1799 William purchased an additional 250 acre tract. Both of William's tracts became a part of Rutherford County on 25 October 1803 when Rutherford County was formed; thus, William Kimbrough and his family were among the first settlers in Rutherford County. This land was close to the Davidson-Williamson county lines allowing many of their activities to be in Williamson County. In 1815, about a year before his death, William Kimbrough deeded his 250-acre tract in Rutherford County to his youngest son, Joseph A.Kimbrough.

William and Elizabeth (Gooch) Kimbrough were charter members of the Rock Springs Baptist Church in 1804, which was located a little over a mile south of their home. In 1832 when the church was changed to a Church of Christ, the Kimbroughs moved their church affiliation to another Baptist church, and descendants are now Baptists, Methodists and Presbyterians. William Kimbrough died in 1816 and his wife, Elizabeth (Gooch) Kimbrough, died in 1826. Both were buried in the Kimbro Cemetery on the Joseph A. Kimbro place.

Citations

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rayphill/kimb01.htm

1.   Tennessee Genealogical Society (Tennessee). Tenn-Gen newsletter. (Brunswick, Tennessee: Tennessee Genealogical Society, 2003).

   70-57 KIMBRO: William, Sr., d. 1816 Rutherford Co., Tenn. Had sons Joseph, John, b. N.C. ca. 1770, William, Jr., and Azaiah. Is this same William Kimbro who appears in 1790 Census of Caswell, N.C.? Who was his w.? Would like to hear from all des.
   H. O. Ferrell, 2081 Woodland Drive, Stephenville, Texas 7640l
   
   https://www.tngs.org/resources/Documents/Magazine/Vol%2017%20No%201%201970.pdf