West, Kirkland & Allied Families
Southern Genealogy at it's Best
marriage records
- Absalom P. Montgomery Sr. (b 1814/5) and Absalom P. Montgomery Jr. (b 1849), Pike County Georgia, 1834-1869. Marriage Licenses.
- Marriage license — Anne Chilcoat & Alexander Wells, Madison Co., KY, 1799 (scanned copy) - coming soon.
ancestral places
- Newsom's Mill, Williamson County, Tennessee. Photos courtesy of Rudy Nothdurft Jr. My Newsom ancestors moved from Virginia to Tennessee by about 1799.
- John Chilcoat, * (1758-1851) Memorial Marker, Florence, Missouri. Photos taken at NSDAR and S.A.R. grave marking service in 2002.
- Gieger Cemetery, Covington County, Mississippi (includes directions and photographs). Information and photos courtesy of Gerry A. Gieger.
cite your sources!
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Linking to this site:
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family records
These files are available to download on the family records page. [Go here to download Adobe® Acrobat Reader®.]
Old family photos are included in all of these files.
bible records
- Roberts - Smith, 1797-1898
- Kirkland - Masterson, 1817-1896
- Blevans - Kirkland, 1787-1829
- Roberts - Wells, 1776-1888
- Morton - Gilbert, 1829-1914
- Gilbert - Oliver, 1814 - 1924 (Rev. & corrected 8/06)
- Two Sorrells Bibles: Includes Sorrells - King, 1810-1857 (partial) & Sorrells - McKenzie, 1855-1923
probate records & obituaries
- Thomas Hudson Williams, b 1832 TN - d 1913 TX, Obituary and Mary Ann (Simmons) Williams, b 1840 MS - 1925 TX, Long Article on 84th Birthday
- James Gheen*, b ca 1740 - d 1796 NC, Will
- Benjamin Franklin West, 1830-MS - 1925 OK, Obituary
- Archibald Kirkland, b ca 1780 SC - d p Nov. 1851 AL, Will
- William Nelson West, 1776 VA/NC - 1846 MS, Will
- Alsey Rogers West (relinquishes rights to husband William Nelson West's estate, 1847)
- Balaam Newsom, 1776 VA - 1840 TN, Will (See also his sketch.)
- John Roberts, ca 1770 - 1860/1 TN, Will
- Richard "Tidley" Wells*, 1752-1814 KY, Will
- Ulrich Gieger / Kegar / Gyger, 1729 Switz. - 1777 GA, Probate
- Jesse Gieger, 1793 - 1871 MS, Probate
- William Sample, d 1682/3 Delaware, Will
ancestor sketches
- Nancy Kirkland Blevans, 1790 SC - 1873 MO; wife of Stephen Ausborn Blevans
- John Chilcoat*, 1758 MD - 1851 MO; farmer who lived in MD, PA, NC, TN, and MO
- James Gheen*, d 1796, Rowan Co., North Carolina; furniture maker (rev. 10/05)
- D.A. "Doc" Gilbert, 1821-1902, Lincoln Co., TN; farmer
- John Kirkland, b ca 1750/60, farmer; material includes "proofs" for his linkage to his children. Family from Kirkcudbridge, Scotland.
- Balaam Newsom, 1766 VA - 1840 TN; farmer. Important correction to his descent from the Newsom's of Surry Co., Virginia, is included. (See also his will.)
- William Sorrells, 1810 GA - 1857 TN; One of my brick walls.
* Revolutionary War Soldier