WILLIAM PINKNEY KIRKPATRICK

 

 

 

Note: Correction on bottom submitted by Joan Hopkins.

 

 

     William Pinkney Kirkpatrick, b 1828 in Abbeville, South Carolina, d 1880 in Hill County, Texas and buried at Milford - came to Texas in 1849 with his parents (names not known) and two brothers, James Richard and A. Y. Kirkpatrick. Having left South Carolina in 1846, they traveled by wagon to Memphis, Tennessee, and then by boat to the mouth of the Arkansas River - thence to Pine Bluff, Arkansas on the steamboat, "Mississippi." They were forced to stay in Arkansas for two years on account of the rainy conditions and bad roads.

     In 1849, the Kirkpatrick family settled on Bynum Creek in the part of Navarro County that became Hill County.  Their nearest neighbor was a Mexican, Frank Sanches, who lived three miles away. Soon afterwards, the elder Kirkpatrick (father of William, James Richard and A. Y.) traveled to Washington County, where he found his old classmate from South Carolina - Robert M. Moore.

     William Pinkney Kirkpatrick married ca 1853 in Washington or Falls County, Texas to Mary Ellen Moore, b 1836 in Georgia, d before 1870 in Falls County - a daughter of Robert M. and Marguerite (Wiley) Moore. William came to the Mooreville area of Falls County in 1853 with the two families (his parents and their friends, the R. M. Moores), where he farmed and raised livestock. He and Mary Ellen had five children before her death:

     Margaret Kirkpatrick, b 1854 in Falls County, d 1878 - married in Chilton, Texas to Lewis Martin.

     Mary Kirkpatrick, b 1855 in Falls County, d 1945 married Andrew B. Mickle; of Falls County. They resided in Falls County for a time, and then moved to Robinson,Texas.

     Isabelle ("Belle") Kirkpatrick, b 1857 in Falls County, d 1928 near Eddy, Texas - married George R. Shieldes.

     Eugenia Kirkpatrick, b November 10, 1859 in Falls County, d May 28, 1926 at Cameron, Texas and buried in the cemetery at Eddy - married August 19, 1882 to Daniel Hoffman, b July 1846 in South Carolina a son of Frederick and Keziah Hoffman. Daniel and Eugenia had two children: Joshua Wilburn Hoffman, b July 22, 1883 at Mooreville, d August 24, 1960 at Eddy - married July 25, 1925 to Lillie Gertrude (Cargill) Wilkerson; and Tiny Bell Hoffman, b January 25, 1889, d October 20, 1918 at Eddy - married O. Wicks.

     Theodocia Kirkpatrick, b 1861 - married D. B. Smith, and moved to Abilene, Texas.

     After Mary Ellen's death, William Pinkney Moore left the children with their grandparents, Robert and Marguerite Moore, and moved to Hill County, Texas where his brother, A. Y. Kirkpatrick, resided. He died the same year as his father-in-law.

 

 

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 272 column 2 and page 273 column 1.   
Member of Falls County Historical Commission.

 

CORRECTION

 

Submitted by

Joan Hopkins.

     William Pinkney Kirkpatrick was born 1830 in Abbeville, South Carolina, and died February 9, 1895 in Hill County, Texas.  He came to Texas in 1849 with his father, William Hawthorne Kirkpatrick, two brothers and three sisters.  They left South Carolina in 1846 but had to stay in Arkansas for a few years because of extremely wet weather. The mother, Katherine Obedience Jones Kirkpatrick was died after 1840 and before 1846.

 

     In 1846, the family settled at Bynum Creek in the part of Navarro County that became Hill County in 1853.  A short time later the Kirkpatrick family went to Washington County, Texas, where William Hawthorne met an old friend from South Carolina, Robert M. Moore.

 

     May 18, 1853, William Pinkney married Mary Ellen Moore in Brenham, Washington County, Texas.  She was the daughter of Robert M. Moore and Marguerite Wiley Moore. These families all moved to Falls County around 1853.  The area where settled was named Mooreville for the Moore family.

 

William Pinkney and Mary Ellen had six children:

 

George William Kirkpatrick, born 1853.  He died at age seven in Hill County.

 

Margaret Obedience Allen Kirkpatrick, born 1854 in Falls County.  She married Lewis Martin in Chilton, Texas.  She died in 1878.

 

Mary T. Kirkpatrick, born 1855 in Falls County.  She married Andrew B. Mickle.  She died in 1945.

 

Isabelle Ann Kirkpatrick, born 1857 in Falls County.  She married George R. Shields.  She died in 1928.

 

Virginia Kirkpatrick, born 1859 in Falls County.  She married Daniel Hoffman on August 19, 1882.  She died May 28. 1926.

 

Theodosia (Tinsey) Kirkpatrick, born 1860.  She married Robert D. Smith.

 

     Mary Ellen either died or she and William Pinkney separated in 1860.  He is on the 1860 Hill County census living with his father, William Hawthorne and his f amily.  Also, with him on the census were four of his  six children.  The two youngest were evidently with Mary Ellen or her parents in Falls County.

 

     After 1861 and before 1867, William Pinkney married Sarah (?).  William Pinkney served  3 year and 7 months in Company D, 19th Texas Cavalry, Parson’s Brigade in the Civil War.

 

     William Pinkney and Sarah had five children :

 

Martha (Mittie) Kirkpatrick, born December 1, 1867.  She married Aaron H. Cox.

 

William Addison (Buck) Kirkpatrick, born 1828 in Falls County.  He married first, Rosa Poore, second, Nancy Thomas.  He died May 20, 1939.

 

James Kirkpatrick, born 1870.  He was killed in Bosque County, Texas.

 

Eliza Kirkpatrick, born 1873.  Married a man named Craig.

 

William Pinkerton (Porter) Kirkpatrick, born 1875.  He married Mary Jane Thomas.