m. 1) Julia Ann Giles on Aug 5, 1848 in Monroe Co., TN
m. 2) Martha L Wishon (Washam) on Oct 14, 1878 in Blount Co., TN
s/o Benjamin & Espie Kirkland
(This is the Lt. John Kirkland that led the Kirkland Bushwackers)
2nd Lieutenant John Jackson Kirkland (Bushwhacking John) of Company B, Third Tennessee Mounted Infantry. John was a Confederate deserter. There were nine men named Kirkland in the Third Tennessee Regiment, eight of them in Company B, raised at Madisonville and vicinity and accepted into the Confederate Army at Lynchburg, VA, June 6, 1861. James Kirkland was captured and paroled at Vicksburg in July, 1863 and so was his brother, William. Their Confederate service ceased after their parole. Their brother, Jesse Kirkland, Jr., Third Sergeant of Company B, 59th Tennessee, was captured and paroled at Vicksburg and was reported AWOL on January 1, 1864. He was shot and killed at the Stump Ford in North Carolina by members of Tim Lyons' Company C, Third Tennessee Mounted Infantry on 3 October 1864. Bushwhacking John remained in Cherokee County after the war and was there when Graham County was established in 1872. He continued to reside in the County and owned several tracts of land.
After the war was over there were indictments returned by the Circuit Court at Madisonville against John Kirkland and some members of his gang, charging them with robbery and murder. But, the former lieutenant of the Confederate Army was never arrested or served papers on, because even the bravest law man knew, that to have gone into the mountains to arrest John Kirkland would have been the equal of suicide. He moved to Polk County to live out his last years, mostly because, he had too many enemies in Monroe County. He died there in 1902.
s/o Benjamin Kirkland and Epsie Caroline Kirkland
m. 1) Julia Ann Giles on Aug 5, 1848 in Monroe Co., TN
m. 2) Martha L Wishon (Washam) on Oct 14, 1878 in Blount Co., TN
s/o Benjamin & Espie Kirkland
(This is the Lt. John Kirkland that led the Kirkland Bushwackers)
2nd Lieutenant John Jackson Kirkland (Bushwhacking John) of Company B, Third Tennessee Mounted Infantry. John was a Confederate deserter. There were nine men named Kirkland in the Third Tennessee Regiment, eight of them in Company B, raised at Madisonville and vicinity and accepted into the Confederate Army at Lynchburg, VA, June 6, 1861. James Kirkland was captured and paroled at Vicksburg in July, 1863 and so was his brother, William. Their Confederate service ceased after their parole. Their brother, Jesse Kirkland, Jr., Third Sergeant of Company B, 59th Tennessee, was captured and paroled at Vicksburg and was reported AWOL on January 1, 1864. He was shot and killed at the Stump Ford in North Carolina by members of Tim Lyons' Company C, Third Tennessee Mounted Infantry on 3 October 1864. Bushwhacking John remained in Cherokee County after the war and was there when Graham County was established in 1872. He continued to reside in the County and owned several tracts of land.
After the war was over there were indictments returned by the Circuit Court at Madisonville against John Kirkland and some members of his gang, charging them with robbery and murder. But, the former lieutenant of the Confederate Army was never arrested or served papers on, because even the bravest law man knew, that to have gone into the mountains to arrest John Kirkland would have been the equal of suicide. He moved to Polk County to live out his last years, mostly because, he had too many enemies in Monroe County. He died there in 1902.
s/o Benjamin Kirkland and Epsie Caroline Kirkland
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3d LT
CO B
9 REGT
TENNESSEE INF
CSA
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