CAMPBELL COUNTY, GA - BIO  John L. Kidd Family

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John L. KIDD Family

John son of John and Elizabeth (Murphy)
KIDD was born in 1785 on his parents
plantation on South Fishing Creek, South
Carolina. He grew up in York Co. and in
1803 met and married Sarah Savina Wallace,
a daughter of Oliver and Judith Wallace of
the county same that resided near
Brattonville. 

In late 1803, John and Sarah migrated with
others to Livingston Co. KY. Here they
started on new ground farming, until the
New Madrid Earthquake of 1812-14 very
nearly destroyed their farm. Family
history says that the upheaval was so
great, trees folded together like a tent
and they lost most of their garden which
waters took away.

Shortly after 1814, John and Sarah
returned to York Co. SC. It is thought
that they went back to South Fishing Creek
area. John Kidd's parents bought another
place in 1822 on Turkey Creek just west of
South Fishing Creek, so they may have been
either place.  

To John and Sarah's union were 13 known
children: Oliver Culwell Kidd, Sr. who
married 1st to Sarah C. Johnson and second
to Mary E. O'Neal; Lucy Ann Kidd who
married Marion Madison Gray; Minerva Kidd
who married William Kirk; Isaac William
Kidd who married Esther Glephus; John
Matthew Kidd; Andrew or Anderson Kidd;
Milton P. Kidd who died in the CW; Alice
Kidd who married Israel Pannell; Margaret
"Peggy" Kidd who married Reuben Bishop;
Robert M. Kidd who married Niah N. Rucker;
Sarah H. Kidd who married Thomas E.
Patterson; and James R. Kidd who married
Malinda Bailey. Of these children 5 or 6
were born in Kentucky, and the rest in
York Co. SC. Many of these people migrated
from York Co. to Campbell Co. GA.

In 1831, John and Sarah left York Co. SC
for opportunities in Coweta Co. GA. The
lands were changing and they were found in
a new county called Campbell. They found
some nice lands south of present day
Atlanta and west of Fairburn, GA. Here
they bought some land and settled an area
of which they called Antioch Community.
Here they built a church and school. John
Kidd and others also gave land for a
cemetery. In this cemetery are buried many
of the 1st settlers of this community.
Even as of 1998, these Kidds and others
along with them show as resting in this
quiet community on Rivertown Road. 

John and Sarah Kidd's graves stand out in
this cemetery because they have large
slabs of native rock over them that once
stood on the same kind of rock as legs.
John Kidd passed away in 1872 and Sarah
passed away in 1868. There is also a
granite marker placed there by earlier
descendants of John and Sarah.

Citations: Kidd Family Heritage=Hazel Kidd
Lawson, Will of John Kidd of York Co.SC,
Murphy Connections, Index "Deeds" York Co.
SC, Mack Kidd-GA, Kidd descendants, James
R. and wife Malinda Kidd's 1850 Bible,
Land records Campbell/Fulton Co. GA,
Personal visit in 1998, Some information
from Antioch Church History, 1800 York Co.
Census, 1830 York Co. Census, 1840,50,60
and 70 Campbell Co. Censuses.