Bibles: Robert Archibald KIRKLAND & Mary Emily “Molly” (MASTERSON) KIRKLAND, Lawrence & Morgan Co., Ala. Entries Dated from 1818 to 1896 Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Patricia A. West, transcriber & current holder of Bible, dar2paw@gmail.com More information: http:// www.websitewiz.com/genealogy/ - West, Kirkland & Allied Families © Copyright, Patricia A. West, 2006. All rights reserved. ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities, when WRITTEN PERMISSION is obtained from the contributor, so long as all notices and submitter information are included. 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It was stored inside sticky plastic sheets for protection over 50 years and will continue to deteriorate. The page can no longer be photocopied. Surnames in this Bible record: Kirkland Masterson Moore Barnes Neyman Mathis Sandlin Irwin Wear Stephensen Windom Verbatim Bible Transcription: ( ) Material torn, faded or can't read. Information is inserted within ( ) if transcriber had primary source proof. [ ] Transcriber's comments [* Please note there are two sets of twins listed below. BIRTHS [The following list is of births of Robert and Mary Kirkland and their children. Dates for the person are on the line following the person's name:] (Robert A. Kirkl)and (October) 31st 1848 (Mary E.) [Masterson] Kirkland (Ma)rch 7, 1858 ulta? [can't read] ( ) Kirkland Dec. 9th 1885 *(Patri)ck G. Kirkland [m Gertie B. Morton; d 1974 Colorado] Oct. 13th 1887 *(Pa)ttie Lee Kirkland [died 1931 Decatur, AL; never married] Oct 13th 1887 (Li)llian Panola Kirkland [Note: m Jasper Moore; d 1928] Nov 3 1889 (Ro)bert (E.) Kirkland [ m Bessie Lee Barnes; d 1963 Wilson, NC] Jan (10th) 1893 blank line James Matthew Kirkland [line crossed out] May 3rd 1896 William Jacob Kirkland [line crossed out] May 3rd 1896 [line crossed out] *James (M.) Kirkland [m Annie Blanche Neyman; died 1941] May 3rd 1896 *William Jacob Kirkland [never married; d ca 1984 in TX, buried Decatur, Ala.] May 3rd 1896 John Daniel Kirkland [Jessie Louise Mathis; d 1967 Decatur, Ala.] September 2, 1899 [The following are the parents and siblings of Mary Emily Masterson Kirkland:] John P.G. Masterson March 8th 1817 [Other records show him born 1824] Matilda C. Masterson Feby 15th 1825 Georgian Masterson May 15th 1846 Mathew A. Masterson [m Martha M. Sandlin; d 1945 AL] June 14th 1848 Margaret S. Masterson [m Howard B. Irwin] Sept 10th 1849 Permelia A. Masterso(n) [m Lucius M. Wear; d 1952] Sept 18th 1851 James T. Masterso(n) [m Anne Stephenson; d 1942] Sept 11th 1853 DEATHS John P.G. Masterson [He was killed during a slave uprising at the end of the Civil War.] April 3rd 1865 Matilda C. Masterson Nov 2nd 1906 H.B. Irwin Oct (20) 1907 Mag. S. (Irwin) (can't read) A____ W. Windom July 4th 1907 Willie L. Irwin Oct 1st 1894 Infant [dau. of R.A. Kirkland & Mary E., Dec. 9, 1885] D. G. Kirklan(d) [father of Robert A. Kirkland] Jan 25 189(7) [d and buried Coryell County, Texas] —end of Bible page transcription— About the Kirkland – Masterson Family This Bible belonged to Robert Archibald Kirkland and his wife, Mary Emily "Molly" Masterson, d/o John Patrick G. Masterson (b. Mar. 8, 1817 AL and d. April 3, 1865 AL) and Matilda Clementine "Money" Roberts, (b. Feb. 15, 1825 AL and d. Nov. 2, 1906 AL). John and Matilda (Roberts) Masterson were married on 30 January 1845 (Abstract of Book C: 14, Lawrence Co., AL). Robert and Molly Kirkland married in Lawrence Co., Ala. on 4 March 1885 (Marriage Book J:50, Lawrence Co., AL). Robert Archibald Kirkland is a son of Daniel G. Kirkland (b 1814 TN & d 1897 TX) and his second wife, Tabitha Octavia (Yearby) Albritton Kirkland (b 1818 NC & d 1864 AL), who was first married to David Walker Albritton. Daniel G. Kirkland is a son of Archibald Kirkland and Mary Chaney Kirkland and grandson of the Scot immigrant, John Kirkland and his wife, Mary deLot. The Kirklands went from South Carolina to Tennessee about 1800 and then floated down the Tennessee River to Fayette Co., AL about 1818. The Mastersons were in middle Tennessee in the 1790s and went to Lawrence Co., AL about 1817-18. Mary Emily (Masterson) Kirkland descends from four Revolutionary War soldiers, John Chilcoat (1758 MD-1851 MO), James Gheen (ca 1740-1796 NC), Richard “Tidley” Wells, Jr. (ca 1752 Pa. – 1814 KY), and Richard Wells Sr. (ca 1722-1808 OH). Sources for transcriber's comments: 1. Birth, death, marriage records, deeds, newspaper clippings, census records, probate records primarily from Lawrence Co., Alabama and Morgan Co., Alabama. Additional information from obituaries found in family scrapbook of Patrick G. Kirkland. Grandchildren of Robert A. and Mary E. Masterson Kirkland also provided family group sheets for their parents.