Caleb was the son of Benjamin (1749-1805) and Alcey Kirkland. Some think his mother's maiden name was Odom. Caleb married Sarah (maiden name unknown) circa 1793 in South Carolina. They lived in Edgefield, South Carolina for a number of years. Caleb and Sarah departed Edgefield, South Carolina soon after the sale of their home site 28 August 1820. The assumption is offered that they moved immediately to Henry County, Alabama. Acknowledgement is granted that no available record places him in that Alabama County before the 1830 census. Of equal importance, no record places the family in South Carolina or Georgia, and Henry County Marriage Records place underage children of Caleb and Sarah in Henry County, soon after the South Carolina land sale. The assumption is offered that the children were in the presence of their parents.

The marriages of 12 of the 14 children of Caleb are recorded in Henry County Marriage Records. One child was married in South Carolina. Available records provide good evidence that the remaining child was married in Alabama, but the recording was never made.

Two of the marriages provide support for the claim that Caleb removed to Alabama immediately after the sale of the South Carolina land. One son, William S. Kirkland, married his cousin, Ruth Kirkland, in Henry County 23 August 1821. This son was 23 years of age at this time and one could debate the need for his parents to be present for the marriage of a man this old. A daughter, Nancy Kirkland, married John Scott 14 March 1822. Nancy was a young 17 years of age at the time. It is doubtful that a 16-17 year old unmarried girl would have been in a frontier environment without her parents. The marriage records show that an additional three sons and four daughters of Caleb and Sarah were married in Henry County before their household appeared on the U. S. Census of the County in 1830. The Henry County marriage of so many children supports the claim that Caleb relocated his family to Henry County, Alabama soon after the sale of his South Carolina land.

The issue of Caleb and Sarah, and their birth dates, follow. They were:

• Benjamin - born 06 April 1794;
• Elizabeth - born 11 December 1796;
• William - born 16 July 1798;
• James - born 20 January 1800;
• Sanders - born 27 February 1801;
• Caleb - born 03 August 1802;
• Nancy born 27 January 1805;
• Ruth - born 14 October 1806;
• Sarah - born 19 January 1808;
• Alcey - born 26 April 1809;
• Isaac - born 02 February 1811;
• Asa - born 07 September 1813;
• Elizar - born 13 April 1815;
• Zachariah - born 13 May 1817.

Caleb and Sarah appear to be represented on the 1830 census. Both are absent from the 1840 census returns and the households of their children do not list persons of the age of Caleb and Sarah. The assumption is offered that both died after 1830 and prior to 1840. Their graves have not been located.

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