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James Kirkpatrick

Birth	:	1743 Pennsylvania, USA
Death	:	1 Jan 1781 York County, South Carolina, USA
Burial	:	Lakeview Cemetery, Ludington, Mason County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.9714012, -86.4558029
Inscription	:	"James Kirkpatrick, Deceast, 1781"
Description	:	James Kirkpatrick is said to have been born in 1743. Since his father emigrated from Belfast, Ireland in 1736, and shortly lived in Pennsylvania prior to being found in 1750-51 in South Carolina and receiving land grants from the governor of North Carolina in 1754. He is buried in Bullock's Creek Cemetery, York County, SC. The headstone reads: "James Kirkpatrick, Deceast, 1781"...the stone lies flat to the ground and is found in the older part of the cemetery near other Kirkpatrick's. Note: The gravestone was incorporated into a new monument and set in the ground properly. There was... Read More	James Kirkpatrick is said to have been born in 1743. Since his father emigrated from Belfast, Ireland in 1736, and shortly lived in Pennsylvania prior to being found in 1750-51 in South Carolina and receiving land grants from the governor of North Carolina in 1754. He is buried in Bullock's Creek Cemetery, York County, SC. The headstone reads: "James Kirkpatrick, Deceast, 1781"...the stone lies flat to the ground and is found in the older part of the cemetery near other Kirkpatrick's. Note: The gravestone was incorporated into a new monument and set in the ground properly. There was an SAR Dedication ceremony of the grave along with an SAR Grave Medallion added to the plot. SAR member and 5th Great-Grandson Ronald Klein initiated the ceremony in 2008. James Kirkpatrick served in the Revolution with the South Carolina militia. An indent is on file in Columbia, SC, at the South Carolina Archives, made to James Kilpatrick for duty with Brandon's Regiment 'Before and since the fall of Charleston'. Brandon would be Thomas Brandon, born in Pennsylvania and migrant to what is now Union County, SC. Brandon often served under General Sumter. We know he was active at Musgrove's Mill, King's Mountain, Blackstock's and Cowpens. We do not have any information as to whether James Kirkpatrick was with Brandon during any of these actions. This indent (U2956 Book X) was paid 17 November 1788 and received and signed for on that date by Thomas Gillham, executor, James Kirkpatrick's father-in-law. The signed receipt, again, bears the name of James Kilpatrick but is unquestionably James Kirkpatrick. Kirkpatrick met his death during the Revolution in his own home during a tumultuous period of the war. South Carolina was torn by war, by shifting allegiances, by bitter blood fights between the native Patriots and Tories, and by family differences. After an engagement James Kirkpatrick went parole for a captured Tory neighbor named Mayfield, allowing him to return home to his family. The men returned to their respective homes. Still smarting from the battle loss, a group of Tories who had discovered from Mayfield that Kirkpatrick had returned home, surrounded his house. Bursting through the doors they killed him in front of his wife. The date is ordinarily given as New Years Day, 1781. This is family tradition, but has continued to be told in all four son's families down through the years.

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James Kirkpatrick's memorial is located at: Lakeview Cemetery, Ludington, Mason County, USA.
When did James Kirkpatrick death?
James Kirkpatrick death on 1 Jan 1781 in York County, South Carolina, USA
Where are the coordinates of the James Kirkpatrick's memorial?
Latitude: 43.9714012
Longitude: -86.4558029

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CPT Thomas Kirkpatrick

(1740 - 1782)

John Kirkpatrick

(1744 - 1785)

Robert Kirkpatrick

(1748 - 1803)

Children

John Kirkpatrick

(1776 - 1845)

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Coordinate: 43.9714012, -86.4558029

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