Jasper County GaArchives Photo Group.....Charles Kitchens-Family Group Sheet January 8, 1999
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Larry Knowles http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00012.html#0002854 February 16, 2005, 3:31 pm

Source: Larry C. Knowles-Conyers, Georgia
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This family group sheet was created from scratch on WordPerfect software and 
formatted for letter-sized paper. I have been unable to edit it on MS Word 
since shortly after the date noted.

Charles Kitchens purchased lot #92/9th district of Jasper Co. on February 28, 
1822. Sometime thereafter he purchased an adjacent 202-1/2 acres. He built a 
small(one room)house on the land, where he and wife Elizabeth raised eight 
children(and later-grandchildren; the children of deceased daughter, Sarah 
Sansom). Many believe that Charles was the son of Revolutionary Soldier, 
Zachariah Kitchens, who died in Henry Co. c.1833, however, there was another 
Charles Kitchens in Jasper and Henry Co. during the same time-span. Charles 
Kitchens died January 13, 1864, and according to estate-related testimony, is 
buried within 50 yards of his homesite. The Georgia DOT map of Newton Co. 
indicates this long neglected Kitchens family cemetery. (The land was part of 
original Henry Co., then Jasper Co. at the time of his death, and was later 
taken into Newton Co.)

Because Elizabeth was much younger, it is thought that Charles perhaps had 
older children from previous marriages. The eight children here are clearly 
listed as the children of Charles and Elizabeth, in documents concerning the 
estate(Jasper Co. records & Georgia Supreme Court records). The estate was 
initially processed as "intestate". An administrator was appointed, an 
inventory was taken, and distributions were made. Sometime thereafter, widow 
Elizabeth produced a copy of the lost(or stolen)original will, and the long 
legal battle began.

The "will" was presented in Jasper Co. Superior Court in September 1865. It was 
proven by jury as the will of Charles Kitchens in the October Term, 1867. After 
several local appeals failed, the case was taken to the Georgia Supreme Court, 
where, in June Term-1869, the Jasper Co. decision was affirmed!

Additional Comments:
See the will of Charles Kitchens and other related information in "Wills and 
Estate" records on this site. These copies were mostly taken from the Supreme 
Court file-"Kitchens vs Kitchens"-at the Georgia State Archives.

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