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Pvt in Capt Felix Morley's Company, Col William Thompson's 3rd South Carolina Regiment, SC Militia
On roll headed to July 1, 1779, and is last borne on a pay roll of the Regt for March 1780
At the Siege of Charleston, 1780
Obtained permission to visit his family, had just entered his home, was greeting his wife and children, when he was shot and instantly killed by a Tory named Pruitt, who fired through a window
Additional References:
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
NSDAR #931336 - James Kirkpatrick cites SC Arch, Accts Aud # 4278, Roll # 83
Spouse: Susannah Gillham Children: John; Thomas Newton; Frank; James K;
Find-a-Grave lists the patriot as "James Franklin Kirkpartick" and has three photos, two showing the headstone and one showing a bronze DAR plaque listing the patriots buried in the cemetery
There are some biographical notes as well as links to Find-a-Grave memorials for the patriot's parents, four siblings, his wife and son, John
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Located at the intersection of Hwy. 49 & Hwy. 322
Author: Anonymous
The following biography of James Kirkpatrick was published anonymously at findagrave.com. I am not the author.
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.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 February 2020), memorial page for James Franklin Kirkpatrick (1743–1 Jan 1781), Find A Grave Memorial no. 47123178, citing Bullock Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Sharon, York County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by CJKirkpatrick (contributor 46873204) .
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