KIRKLAND Family

by Scott Owens Anrkee@aol.com

Descendants of Isaac Kirkland I

Generation No. 1

1. ISAAC⁴ KIRKLAND I (RICHARD³, RICHARD SNOWDEN², RICHARD¹) was born Abt. 1772 in South Carolina, and died Abt. 1821 in Montgomery County, Alabama?. He married MARY BETTUS Abt. 1792 in South Carolina, daughter of JOHN BETTUS and MARY SILSON. She was born September 22, 1773 in Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, and died March 26, 1844 in Greene County, Alabama.

Notes for MARY BETTUS: will Mary Kirkland the wife of Isaac. It lists her children. Mary is the daughter of John Bettis and Mary Silson Bettis. Their children:
1. Mary
2. Joseph
3. Sarah
4. Jesse
5. Philemon
6. Elizabeth
7. Moses B
8. Sophia

Children of ISAAC KIRKLAND and MARY BETTUS are:

2. i. ELIZABETH BETTUS⁵ KIRKLAND, b. 1794, Edgefield County, Ninety-Six District, South Carolina; d. Abt. 1830, Greene County, Alabama.

3. ii. JESSE BETTUS KIRKLAND, b. Abt. 1797, Edgefield County, Ninety-Six District, South Carolina; d. Abt. 1840, Greene County, Alabama.

4. iii. PHILEMON KIRKLAND, b. 1799, Edgefield County, Ninety-Six District, South Carolina; d. March 1, 1858, Greene County, Alabama.

iv. SARAH KIRKLAND, b. Abt. 1803, Edgefield County, Ninety-Six District, South Carolina; d. Abt. 1830; m. JOHNSON.

5. v. MOSES BETTUS KIRKLAND, b. 1804, Edgefield County, Ninety-Six District, South Carolina; d. Abt. 1875, Scott County, Mississippi.

vi. MARY KIRKLAND, b. Abt. 1805, Edgefield County, Ninety-Six District, South Carolina; d. Abt. 1830; m. JOSEPH SWEARINGEN.

vii. ISAAC KIRKLAND II, b. Abt. 1807, Edgefield County, Ninety-Six District, South Carolina.

viii. ELIZA KIRKLAND, b. Abt. 1808, Edgefield County, Ninety-Six District, South Carolina; m. WILLIAM WALKER.

6. ix. JOSEPH W. KIRKLAND I, b. Abt. 1810, Edgefield County, Ninety-Six District, South Carolina; d. September 1867, Greene County, Alabama.

7. x. SOPHIAH KIRKLAND, b. 1810, Edgefield County, Ninety-Six District, South Carolina; d. May 4, 1852, Greene County, Alabama.

Generation No. 2

2. ELIZABETH BETTUS⁵ KIRKLAND (ISAAC⁴, RICHARD³, RICHARD SNOWDEN², RICHARD¹) was born 1794 in Edgefield County, Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, and died Abt. 1830 in Greene County, Alabama. She married BURREL HUGGINS July 15, 1826 in Greene County, Alabama.

Child of ELIZABETH KIRKLAND and BURREL HUGGINS is:

i. MANLIUS⁶ HUGGINS, b. 1830, Greene County, Alabama.

3. JESSE BETTUS⁵ KIRKLAND (ISAAC⁴, RICHARD³, RICHARD SNOWDEN², RICHARD¹) was born Abt. 1797 in Edgefield County, Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, and died Abt. 1840 in Greene County, Alabama.

Children of JESSE BETTUS KIRKLAND are:

i. MARY⁶ KIRKLAND.

ii. LOUISA KIRKLAND.

iii. MARTHA KIRKLAND.

4. PHILEMON⁵ KIRKLAND (ISAAC⁴, RICHARD³, RICHARD SNOWDEN², RICHARD¹) was born 1799 in Edgefield County, Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, and died March 1, 1858 in Greene County, Alabama. He married LUCINTHA ADAMS Abt. 1828, daughter of THOMAS ADAMS. She was born 1810 in South Carolina, and died Abt. 1865 in Greene County, Alabama.

Children of PHILEMON KIRKLAND and LUCINTHA ADAMS are:

8. i. LAURA A. E.⁶ KIRKLAND, b. 1829, Greene County, Alabama.

ii. MARY LOUIZA KIRKLAND, b. 1838, Greene County, Alabama.

iii. PHILEMON THOMAS KIRKLAND, b. 1840, Greene County, Alabama.

iv. MARTHA LUCINTHA KIRKLAND, b. 1842, Greene County, Alabama.

v. LUELLA MARANDA KIRKLAND, b. 1844, Greene County, Alabama.

vi. TALBOT ADAMS KIRKLAND, b. 1846, Greene County, Alabama; m. KATHERINE CONNERLY, December 27, 1876, Pickens County, Alabama.

5. MOSES BETTUS⁵ KIRKLAND (ISAAC⁴, RICHARD³, RICHARD SNOWDEN², RICHARD¹) was born 1804 in Edgefield County, Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, and died Abt. 1875 in Scott County, Mississippi. He married PAULINA K. TIMMS December 5, 1826 in Greene County, Alabama, daughter of AMOS TIMMS and MARY CABEEN. She was born 1810 in Chester District, South Carolina, and died May 1889 in Columbus, Loundes County, Mississippi.

Notes for MOSES BETTUS KIRKLAND:

1860 Scott Co., Ms. census Hillsboro, 9 July, Page 61
385/385 Kirkland Moses B. 55 M farmer 6000 35000 SC
Paulina (Tims) 50 F SC
Randolph 23 M physician Ala
Samuel 17 M student at school Ala
Julia 12 F Ala
Olivia 10 F Ala
Olivia 5 F Ala
Whitehead John 20 M overseer Ala

1870 Scott Co., Ms. census, Pg. 5, Beat 1, Hillsboro P. O., 9 June, 1870
27 34 Kirkland M. B. 65 M farmer 4000 642 SC
28 P. K. 59 F kh SC
29 Julia 20 F Ala
30 Olivia Gustus 18 F Ala
31 Olive /Aline P. 15 F Ala

Children of MOSES KIRKLAND and PAULINA TIMMS are:

i. RUFUS⁶ KIRKLAND, b. 1828, Greene County, Alabama.

9. ii. MARY EMILY KIRKLAND, b. December 4, 1830, Greene County, Alabama; d. January 20, 1900, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.

10. iii. ISAAC W. KIRKLAND, b. 1833, Greene County, Alabama.

11. iv. JOHN RANDOLPH KIRKLAND, b. December 20, 1835, Greene County, Alabama; d. April 6, 1901, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi.

v. ELIZABETH E. KIRKLAND, b. 1838, Greene County, Alabama.

12. vi. SAMUEL HOUSTON KIRKLAND, b. July 21, 1842, Greene County, Alabama; d. March 7, 1909, Scott County, Mississippi.

vii. JULIA J. KIRKLAND, b. 1846, Greene County, Alabama; m. W. R. MILTON, December 17, 1873, Scott County, Mississippi.

viii. OLIVIA GUSTIN KIRKLAND, b. 1848, Greene County, Alabama; m. W. M. CAIN, February 20, 1879, Scott County, Mississippi.

ix. OLIVE PAULINA KIRKLAND, b. 1854, Greene County, Alabama; m. (1) HALE; m. (2) R. F. MARION, July 14, 1875, Scott County, Mississippi.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following section for Joseph W. Kirkland is in error.  Martha E. Jones was the eldest daughter of Henry G. Jones born NC died Greene Co., Alabama and Sarah Kennedy born SC died Greene Co., Alabama. Both Aare buried at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Pleasant Ridge, Alabama. The children: Claude Bettus, Henry Thomas, Lola E. and Isaac III belong to Martha Elizabeth Jones Kirkland and Isaac W. Kirkland. See related articles: Henry G. Jones and Martha Elizabeth Jones Kirkland.

6. JOSEPH W.⁵ KIRKLAND I (ISAAC⁴, RICHARD³, RICHARD SNOWDEN², RICHARD¹) was born Abt. 1810 in Edgefield County, Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, and died September 1867 in Greene County, Alabama. He married MARTHA E. Abt. 1858. She was born 1840 in Greene County, Alabama.

Children of JOSEPH KIRKLAND and MARTHA E. are:

13. i. CLAUDE BETTUS⁶ KIRKLAND, b. 1859, Greene County, Alabama; d. Bell County, Texas.

ii. HENRY T. KIRKLAND, b. 1861, Greene County, Alabama.

iii. LULA E. KIRKLAND, b. Abt. 1863, Greene County, Alabama; d. Abt. 1865, Greene County, Alabama.

iv. JOSEPH W. KIRKLAND II, b. Abt. 1865, Greene County, Alabama.

v. ISAAC KIRKLAND III, b. 1866, Greene County, Alabama.

7. SOPHIAH⁵ KIRKLAND (ISAAC⁴, RICHARD³, RICHARD SNOWDEN², RICHARD¹) was born 1810 in Edgefield County, Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, and died May 4, 1852 in Greene County, Alabama. She married ANDREW BROWNLEE May 18, 1829 in Greene County, Alabama. He was born 1800 in South Carolina.

Children of SOPHIAH KIRKLAND and ANDREW BROWNLEE are:

i. ALETHA ANN⁶ BROWNLEE, b. July 10, 1830, Loundes County, Mississippi; d. September 29, 1850, Greene County, Alabama; m. WILLIAM F. BELL, October 26, 1848, Greene County, Alabama.

ii. ALEXANDER BROWNLEE, b. 1831, Mississippi.

iii. ELIZABETH BROWNLEE, b. 1836, Greene County, Alabama; m. WILLIAM GOSA, October 21, 1851, Greene County, Alabama.

iv. JESSE BROWNLEE, b. 1836, Greene County, Alabama.

v. WILLIAM S. BROWNLEE, b. 1839, Greene County, Alabama; d. 1849, Greene County, Alabama.

vi. LAURA BROWNLEE, b. 1841, Greene County, Alabama.

vii. ELLA BELL BROWNLEE, b. 1849, Greene County, Alabama.

Generation No. 3

8. LAURA A. E.⁶ KIRKLAND (PHILEMON⁵, ISAAC⁴, RICHARD³, RICHARD SNOWDEN², RICHARD¹) was born 1829 in Greene County, Alabama. She married HARVEYS WHITE Abt. 1854. He died Abt. 1859 in Greene County, Alabama.

Children of LAURA KIRKLAND and HARVEYS WHITE are:

i. HENRY S.⁷ WHITE, b. 1856, Mississippi.

ii. JOHN M. WHITE, b. 1858, Alabama.

9. MARY EMILY⁶ KIRKLAND (MOSES BETTUS⁵, ISAAC⁴, RICHARD³, RICHARD SNOWDEN², RICHARD¹) was born December 4, 1830 in Greene County, Alabama¹, and died January 20, 1900 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama¹. She married (1) WILLIAM LOVE TILLMAN September 14, 1849 in Greene County, Alabama, son of DANIEL TILMAN and MELISSA. He was born 1828 in Greene County, Alabama, and died Abt. 1851 in Greene County, Alabama. She married (2) WILLIAM HORTON VI December 24, 1853 in Greene County, Alabama, son of JESSE HORTON and SARAH CHAMBLEE. He was born October 5, 1812 in Buffalow District, Wake County, North Carolina¹, and died September 5, 1881 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama¹.

Notes for WILLIAM HORTON VI:

William Horton was a very successful planter in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama. He was born in Wake County, North Carolina in 1812.

When William was about 10 years old, the family moved to Alabama, settling eventually in Pleasant Ridge, GReene county, in 1824. In

The 1850 U.S. Census listed for William Horton the following, representing the land and production for 1849:

Land: 380 acres improved, 100 acres unimproved, total value: $3,600.00

Equiptment: $635.00

Livestock: 5 horses, 10 mules, 10 milk cows, 6 oxen, 10 other cattle, 23 sheep, 80 swine, total value of livestock: $1,966.00.

Production: 40 bu wheat, 2,000bu corn, 50 bales cotton, 20 lb wool, 300 bu peas, 15 bu potatoes, 900 bu yams (sweet potatoes), 150 lb butter,

45 lb honey.

The 1860 U.S. Census listed for William Horton the following, representing the land and production for 1859:

Land: 1,000 acres improved, 1,100 acres unimproved, total value: $41,000.00

Equiptment: $1,000.00.

Livestock: 13 horses, 32 mules, 13 milk cows, 8 oxen, 13 other cattle, 38 sheep, 350 swine, total value of livestock: $7,100.00.

Production: 300 bu wheat, 50 bu rye, 10,000 bu corn, 255 bales cotton, 69 lb

wool, 1,000bu peas, 25 bu potatoes, 1,000 bu yams (sweet potatoes), 305 lb butter, 3 tons hay.

In 1859, according to unsubstantiated Pickens County newspaper, William Horton purchased "Sipsey Mills," located on the Sipsey River a few miles from Pleasant Ridge, from Colonel Lanier, later commander of the 42nd Alabama Infantry, and his associates. The selling price of $10,000 was paid in coin. This quanitity of hard cash could not be obtained in Greene or Pickens County, and William Horton travelled by streamboat to Mobile where, likely upon credit of sale of his cotton, he got this sum in coin and placed it in one or more nail keggs. On landing at Horton's landing at the Mouth of Sipsey after dark, William Horton, not wishing to travel after sunset, sat upon the keg(s) all night, by some accounts with his pistol drawn, until he could travel safely to the mill north of Pleasant Ridge and settle the agreement with Lanier and associates.

This mill was subsequently burned on the morning of April 6, 1865 by elements of the United States Army, under the command of Brig. Gen. Croxton, who had earlier burned the University of Alabama in Tusculoosa. In reports this mill is referred to as "Lanier's Mill" and "Sipsey Mills." There were apparently two mills on the Sipsey River about two miles apart. A quantity of bacon and flour were taken by Croxton's arsenists. Later that afternoon, while retreating back toward Northport, General Wert Adams' brigade of CSA cavalry engaged Croxton's brigade, driving the Lincolnites further toward Northport until they made a stand at Romulus. At least two ambulances and General Croxton's personal baggage wagon were captured by the Confederates. According to the "Military History of Mississippi 1803-1898" by Dunbar Rowland, the affair occurred thus:

"In the latter part of March, 1865, General Adams marched his brigade, including Wood's Regiment, from Jackson to Macon and West Point, to join General Forrest, and was ordered to meet Croxton's Brigade of the Federal expedition under General Wilson. Adams marched with his command from Columbus to Pickensville, April 5, and on the 6th attacked the rear of Croxton's column, causing it to turn from the Eutaw road toward Tusculoosa. Adams pursued through the day but could not force Croxton to turn and give battle until about dark, when the Federal cavalry halted in a very favorable position. They were soon driven by a gallant charge of Wood's Regiment, in which Captain Luckett fell, leading his squadron. Thence Croxton retreated on the gallop toward Tuscaloosa. The roads were almost impassable. Adams lost 9 killed and 25 wounded. The Federal loss he estimated at 75 killed and captured, and he took all the ambulances and personal baggage of General Croxton.

Colonel Moorman wrote from Canton (Mississippi) May 4: 'Should the war cease now you would have the honor of having won the last victory on Confederate soil and in the Confederate cause.' Thus was the battle near Pleasant Ridge which followed the destruction of the mill of William Horton which he had just purchased six years before.

Child of MARY KIRKLAND and WILLIAM TILLMAN is:

i. OPHELIA LOVE⁷ TILLMAN, b. 1851.

Children of MARY KIRKLAND and WILLIAM HORTON are:

14. ii. RUFUS KENNETH⁷ HORTON, b. October 24, 1854, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. March 12, 1897, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

15. iii. ROBERT LIONEL HORTON, b. August 17, 1856, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. October 6, 1889, Texas.

16. iv. MOSES BETTUS HORTON, b. July 18, 1859, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. June 18, 1928, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

v. WILLIAM MANASSAS HORTON, b. July 21, 1861, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. May 29, 1919, Greenville, South Carolina?.

17. vi. JOHN RANDOLPH HORTON, b. July 5, 1863, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. July 6, 1927, Carrollton, Pickens County, Alabama.

18. vii. CLARENCE LESLIE HORTON, b. October 5, 1866, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. June 21, 1946, Bay St. Louis, Hancock County, Mississippi.

viii. FREDRICK HORTON I, b. December 17, 1868, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama¹; d. September 3, 1878, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama¹.

ix. MARY EMILY HORTON, b. September 3, 1871, Pleasant Ridge,Greene County, Alabama¹; d. September 30, 1955, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama¹; m. PAYNE DENSON; d. Cullman, Cullman County , Alabama.

Editor's note: Please see #6 above (Joseph W. Kirkland). The following section for Isaac W. Kirkland has errors.

10. ISAAC W.⁶ KIRKLAND (MOSES BETTUS⁵, ISAAC⁴, RICHARD³, RICHARD SNOWDEN², RICHARD¹) was born 1833 in Greene County, Alabama. He married MARTHA ELIZABETH JONES February 12, 1858 in Lowndes County, Mississippi, daughter of HENRY JONES and SARAH KENNEDY. She was born Abt. 1838 in Kemper County, Mississippi.

Child of ISAAC KIRKLAND and MARTHA JONES is:

i. LOLA E.⁷ KIRKLAND, b. September 11, 1869, Greene County, Alabama. (Editor's note: born and died September 11, 1864, tombstone receipt on hand. Tombstone paid for by her grandfather's estate. Appears to be twin of Isaac Kirkland.)

11. JOHN RANDOLPH⁶ KIRKLAND (MOSES BETTUS⁵, ISAAC⁴, RICHARD³, RICHARD SNOWDEN², RICHARD¹) was born December 20, 1835 in Greene County, Alabama, and died April 6, 1901 in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. He married ELIZABETH A. YARBROUGH February 1864.

Children of JOHN KIRKLAND and ELIZABETH YARBROUGH are:

i. ANN K.⁷ KIRKLAND, m. SPENCER GRAY.

ii. JOHN RANDOLPH KIRKLAND II.

iii. WILLIAM T. KIRKLAND.

19. iv. NELLIE M. KIRKLAND, b. Morton, Scott County, Mississippi; d. April 1957, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.

12. SAMUEL HOUSTON⁶ KIRKLAND (MOSES BETTUS⁵, ISAAC⁴, RICHARD³, RICHARD SNOWDEN², RICHARD¹) was born July 21, 1842 in Greene County, Alabama, and died March 7, 1909 in Scott County, Mississippi. He married LOUISA PERCEY ROBERTS December 29, 1874 in Scott County, Mississippi, daughter of ROBERT ROBERTS and NANCY LEONARD. She was born July 27, 1849 in Eley, Scott County, Mississippi, and died February 16, 1908 in Ellisville, Jones County, Mississippi.

Notes for SAMUEL HOUSTON KIRKLAND:

1880 Federal Census

Census Place: Beat 1, Scott, Mississippi

Source: FHL Film 1254663 National Archives Film T9-0663 Page 2C

Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace

Saml. H. KIRKLAND Self M M W 38 AL

Occ: Teacher-Lawyer Fa: SC Mo: SC

Lon P. KIRKLAND Wife F M W 29 MS

Occ: Housekeeping Fa: MS Mo: MS

Jessie KIRKLAND Dau F S W 4 MS

Fa: AL Mo: MS

W. M. KIRKLAND Dau F S W 2 MS

Fa: AL Mo: MS

George E. KIRKLAND Son M S W 9M MS

Fa: AL Mo: MS

Pauline KIRKLAND Mother F W W 70 SC

Fa: SC Mo: SC

1900 Scott Co., Ms. census

Beat 1 - Forest - 30 June, 1900 - Sheet 17A

288/288 Kirkland, Sam H. head M Jul. 42 57 M 26 Ala SC SC lawyer

Louise R. wife F Apr. 50 50 M 26 5 5 Ms Ms Ms

Gussie dau F Aug. 80 20 S Ms Ala Ms

Nannie dau F Aug. 83 16 S Ms Ala Ms at school

Guy Percy son M Aug. 91 8 S Ms Ala Ms at school

Scott Co. marriages

W. R. Milton = 17 Dec 1873 Julia A. Kirkland (Book 1, pg. 81)

S. H. Kirkland = 29 Dec 1874 Louisa Roberts (Book 1, pg. 135)

R. F. Marion = 14 July 1875 O. Kirkland (Book 1, pg. 177)

W. M. Cain = 20 Feb 1879 Gussie Kirkland (Book 1, pg. 455)

J. Mosby Alford = 7 April 1897 Jessie R. Kirkland (Book 2, pg. 533)

Cowley S. Pettus = 26 April 1899 Nellie M. Kirkland (Book 3, pg. 84)

Eastern cem., Forest, Scott Co., Ms.

Samuel Houston Kirkland 21 July 1842 Greene Co., Al. /29 Dec 1874 Scott Co.

/7 Mar 1909 /Mate: Louise Roberts /"Papa"

/when 15, moved with parents to Scott Co. /in 1859 entered Univ. of Ms.

/when war broke out, joined Co. F 20th Ms. under Judge T. B. Graham /wounded

at Battle of Peach Tree /was at siege of Atlanta /served 2 terms as Supt. of

Education /became lawyer 1880 /Bapt. Deacon /bro Dr. J. R. went to Meridian

from Scott Co. in 1876, d. 6 April 1901

Effie Cabine Kirkland 10 June 1884 /23 Sept 1886

i(dentical) s(tone) b(eside) Al Louise Kirkland 1 April 1886 /19 Feb 1890

isb Samuel Hackett Kirkland 6 Nov 1888 /7 June 1890

Scott Co. Register 18 Sept 1907: Mrs.Ezekiel Wolf of Santa Rosa, N. M. has

parents, M/M S. H. Kirkland, sister Mrs. Dr. J. M. Alford - all Ellisville

(Ms. - no tombstone for any Alford in Forrest Co., Ms.)

Louise Roberts 27 July 1849 near Eley /16 Feb 1908 Ellisville (Jones Co.,

Ms.) /F: Robert M. Roberts /Dau: Mrs. Dr. J. M. Alford - Ellisville; Mrs.

Gussie Dozier - Santa Rosa, N. M.; Mrs. Cowley (Nellie) Pettus - Eldorado,

Ark.; Mrs. Nancy Wolf - Moss Point, Ms. /Son: Guy Percy Kirkland (Scott Co.

Register 15 Aug 1906: dau Mamie)

Register 14 Mar 1906: Dr. Cowley visited the home of his mother Portsmouth,

Va.

Register 24 May 1911: Mrs. Jessie Alford goes to new home in Oklahoma City.

Herald 17 Jan, 1935: Mrs. Cawley (nee Nellie Kirkland) Pettus lives in

Little Rock, Ark.

Children of SAMUEL KIRKLAND and LOUISA ROBERTS are:

i. JESSEE ROBERTS⁷ KIRKLAND, b. May 4, 1876, Scott County, Mississippi.

ii. MAMIE ELLEN KIRKLAND, b. April 1878, Forrest, Scott County, Mississippi.

iii. BETTY AUGUST KIRKLAND, b. August 16, 1879, Forest, Scott County, Mississippi; m. E. P. DOZIER, September 18, 1901, Scott County, Mississippi.

iv. NANCY KIRKLAND, b. August 1883, Forest, Scott County, Mississippi; m. EZEKIEL WOLF.

v. EFFIE CABINE KIRKLAND, b. June 10, 1884, Forest, Scott County, Mississippi; d. September 26, 1886, Forest, Scott County, Mississippi.

vi. AL LOUISE KIRKLAND, b. April 1, 1886, Forest, Scott County, Mississippi; d. February 19, 1890, Forest, Scott County, Mississippi.

vii. SAMUEL HACKETT KIRKLAND, b. November 6, 1888, Forest, Scott County, Mississippi; d. June 7, 1890, Forest, Scott County, Mississippi.

viii. GUY PERSEY KIRKLAND, b. August 1891, Forrest, Scott County, Mississippi.

Editor's note: Please see note for  #6 (Joseph W. Kirkland). The following section for Claude Bettus Kirkland has errors. In 1930 Claude is a named heir in his Uncle Thomas Kennedy Jones' will. Claude is son of Isaac W. Kirkland and Martha Elizabeth Jones Kirkland.

13. CLAUDE BETTUS⁶ KIRKLAND (JOSEPH W.⁵, ISAAC⁴, RICHARD³, RICHARD SNOWDEN², RICHARD¹) was born 1859 in Greene County, Alabama, and died in Bell County, Texas. He married EVALINE WRIGHT Abt. 1888 in Texas. She was born August 1870 in Texas, and died March 2, 1938 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.

Children of CLAUDE KIRKLAND and EVALINE WRIGHT are:

i. ROBERT⁷ KIRKLAND, b. 1889, Bell County, Texas.

ii. HENRY E. KIRKLAND, b. October 22, 1891, Bell County, Texas; d. July 1963, Texas.

iii. ALLEN C. KIRKLAND, b. 1894, Bell County, Texas.

iv. KATHLENE KIRKLAND, b. 1900, Bell County, Texas.

v. CLAUDE GARNER KIRKLAND, b. 1903, Bell County, Texas.

vi. THOMAS WRIGHT KIRKLAND, b. 1912.

Generation No. 4

14. RUFUS KENNETH⁷ HORTON (MARY EMILY⁶ KIRKLAND, MOSES BETTUS⁵, ISAAC⁴, RICHARD³, RICHARD SNOWDEN², RICHARD¹)¹ was born October 24, 1854 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama, and died March 12, 1897 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama. He married CLARA P. SANDERS. She was born August 1858 in Alabama.

Child of RUFUS HORTON and CLARA SANDERS is:

i. GRACE⁸ HORTON, b. October 1889, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

15. ROBERT LIONEL⁷ HORTON (MARY EMILY⁶ KIRKLAND, MOSES BETTUS⁵, ISAAC⁴, RICHARD³, RICHARD SNOWDEN², RICHARD¹) was born August 17, 1856 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama, and died October 6, 1889 in Texas. He married HAULDA AUGUSTA BOYD 1879 in Greene County, Alabama, daughter of LEWIS BOYD and SARAH SNEDECOR. She was born March 1858 in Greenville, Alabama, and died in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.

Children of ROBERT HORTON and HAULDA BOYD are:

i. ELIZA A.⁸ HORTON, b. August 1880, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

ii. ROBERT BOYD HORTON, b. July 23, 1882, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. June 22, 1886, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

20. iii. FREDRICK HORTON II, b. November 1883, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

iv. ISAAC GAYLE HORTON, b. March 1885, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; m. JERUSHA MAXWELL.

v. HULDA MAY HORTON, b. February 1887, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; m. JAMES RICHARD RUTLAND.

16. MOSES BETTUS⁷ HORTON (MARY EMILY⁶ KIRKLAND, MOSES BETTUS⁵, ISAAC⁴, RICHARD³, RICHARD SNOWDEN², RICHARD¹)¹ was born July 18, 1859 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama¹, and died June 18, 1928 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama¹. He married CIVILLE SLOCOMB HARKNESS December 26, 1892 in Clinton, Greene County, Alabama, daughter of ROBERT HARKNESS and CIVILLE GULLEY. She was born October 13, 1868 in Clinton, Greene County, Alabama¹, and died September 15, 1931 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida¹.

Children of MOSES HORTON and CIVILLE HARKNESS are:

21. i. BESSIE HARKNESS⁸ HORTON, b. October 24, 1894, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. December 15, 1983, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

ii. MARY KIRKLAND HORTON, b. August 15, 1896, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. November 4, 1987, Alexandria, Virginia; m. THOMAS J. BURKE, November 2, 1922, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Coounty,Alabama; b. November 22, 1899, Anesbury, Massechusetts; d. June 21, 1947, Washington, District of Columbia.

22. iii. ANNE BASKIN HORTON, b. September 11, 1898, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. June 14, 1994, St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida.

iv. SARA LEE HORTON, b. January 19, 1901, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. March 15, 1995, Orlando, Orange County, Florida.

Notes for SARA LEE HORTON:

The following tribute to Sara Lee Horton was written by her neice, Marian Burke Treakle in August 1995:

Sara Lee Horton was born on January 19, 1901 at Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama. She was the fourth daughter born to Civille and Moses Horton. The birth of a son was to follow in a couple of years. Sara's father owned and operated a large cotton plantation, and until the boll weevil invaded and began to destroy the crops they must have enjoyed a comfortable and contented lifestyle. At that time and during the early years of the 20th Century, I have heard that Pleasant Ridge was quite a bustling community, with much of the life of the community centering around the activities of this historic Presbyterian Church where we now gather to celebrate the life of Sara Horton. Following the devastation of the cotton industry, Moses Horton decided to move his family to Tuscaloosa. Sara and her siblings attended school there where she later earned a Bachelor of ARts degree from the University of Alabama. In later years she also was granted a Master's Degree in Education from the University of Maryland.

For a number of years, Sara lived in Miami, Florida where she was a teacher of Home Economics at Miami Beach High School.

World War II was approaching and she decided to join a branch of the service, choosing to become a WAVE in the United States Navy. Sara served stateside at several Naval Air Stations and eventually attained the rank of Lieutenant.

Following her discharge from the Navy, Sara again returned to teaching for a brief period, deciding later to become a Home Demonstration Agent living in various places and traveling throughout the State of Florida before settling in West Palm Beach as her last post. There she built a home for herself where she enjoyed a full life with many friends for about twenty years. Active in church work, she remained a devout Presbyterian throughout her lifetime. She chose as her final home Westminster Towers Retirement community in Orlando, where she spent the final 18 years of her life.

Sara was a happy person and she did much to bring warmth and sheer to her side circle of friends and her family to whom she was extremely devoted. She was always there for all of us and she will be sorely missed, but we will hold fast to the memory of Sara and what she meant to each of us in our lives.

The following was written by Sara Lee Horton in October 1978:

"Most of the material related here was given me by Aunt Mary, my father's only sister; some was gleaned from conversations of my father. Most of the dates were copied by me from tombs in the Horton family cemetary and Pleasant Ridge cemetary, both in Greene County, Alabama.

"Amos Horton, our great, great grandfather was a captain in the Revolutionary War under General Marion. However, some family tradition said he had charge of the First Militia of South Carolina during the war. One note I have said his name have been Jesse or William. The Hortons are supposed to have settled in Virginia prior to residence in South Carolina. I have a number of references, documented by courthouse and parish records of Hortons in Virginia prior to South Carolina dates. It is interesting that the names William, Jesse, and Amos, frequently used in our family, occur in them.

Jesse Horton, our great grandfather was born in Hanging Rock, South Carolina. He moved to North Carolina where he married Sarah ("Sallie") Chamblee. They had three sons and nine daughters. Aunt Mary could recall only eight of their names. Two of them were married to Berry King (?), and after one of the weddings, he took his bride home on horseback in front of him! (?) Jesse moved to Alabama about 1820 or 1822, perhaps as early as 1816 or 1818, and settled near Blount Springs, Blount County, Alabama. Two of the sons, William (my grandfather) and "Jack" moved to Greene County, Alabama, when quite young. They were the first white settlers of the county and entered a section of land from the Government. At the time, there were many Indians in the County, William became a very wealthy planter, owning 100 slaves. During our childhood there were still a number of negroes named Horton living aound Pleasant Ridge.

William Horton, our grandfather, was born near Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. He was married twice-first to Marcia Ford, then to Mary Emily Kirkland Tillman (our grandmother) who was a widow with one daughter, Ophelia. From his first marriage, there were six children and seven from the second. All the children received a good education at the Archibald Academy (Union Academy) at Pleasant Ridge, a well-known institution in that region with many boarding students coming from the surrounding country. Three pursued further study. William became a dentist, Mary graduated from the Tuscaloosa Female College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Clarence, after attending the University of Alabama, completed his study of medicine at Heidelberg University in Heidelberg, Germany. Our father, Moses, "read law" (the procedure for studying law then) in a judge's office in Eutaw, but never took the state bar to become a licensed practicing attourney.

Since many years have elapsed, perhaps I can relate with impunity a couple of "family skeletons" which I've heard from Papa and Aunt Mary. Their half-sister, Martha Jane, affectionately called "Sis Matt," was married to Dr. (Isaac Newton) Snedicor. When her father died, she inherited quite a bit of money, but as women in that day were not allowed to own anything in their own names, it was all in Dr. Snedicor's name. One day she asked him for a check for $50, as I recall the amount, which she proceeded to raise to $500 or $5000, thus retrieving some of her own money back. With this, she bought a dilapidated piece of property in Birmingham, improved and sold it for a profit. Repeating this idea several times made her a very wealthy woman. Somewhere along the line, she divorced Dr. Snedicor-an unheard-of act in those days! Aunt Mary and my father spoke with great admiration of "Sis Matt's" astuteness, but on other occasions Papa would say "Sis Matt is the devil." When I was a teenager, he remarked sometimes that I was like "Sis Matt" then to tease him I'd ask, "Smart or the devil?" I have a small daquerreotype of her given me by Aunt Mary because of my resemblance to her.

Money often creates controversy in families-ours is no exception. At the time of my grandfather's death, there being no banks then, money was kept on a big iron safe at home. Uncle Amos was executor of the estate ot which, at the time, he was heavily indebted. Finally, our grandmother (Amos' stepmother) had him hlegally removed as executor, but he meerged owing the estate nothing and a very wealthy man! He was a pompous individual, living the life of a Southern gentleman with fine saddle horses and a large pack of blooded fox hounds. Aunt Carrie (Amos' second wife) resented the money he paid for them. Once when he paid $75 for one, she was so angry she went out and paid $40 for a hat! When I was 8 or 9, he gave me my very first ready-made dress- a white organdie with tiny tucks, lace and a bertha. I must have been very proud of my "store-bought" dress for a group photograph of us cousins at this time shows me on the first row decked in the white organdie in the dead of winter.

In 1939, Aunt Mary and I visited Pleasant Ridge together. She took me to the old Horton family cemetary I'd never known existed before. Here in the middle of a cotton field, across the highway from where Grandpapa's home once stood (it was burned in 1938 by arson), was an oasis of trees. As we drew near, among the brambles and briars, could be seen many old tombs- some still standing, many tumbled and the inscriptions illegible. Hortons of several generations rest there including our great grandfather Jesse, and his wife, Sarah."

OBITUARY:

Sarah Horton

ORLANDO, Fla.- Sara Horton, 94, of Orlando, Fla., died March 15, 1995.

A memorial service (September 8, 1995) was held at the Presbyterian Church in Pleasant Ridge, Alabama, eith the Rev. Shelby Neese of Brandon, Miss., officiating and Stabler-Robbins Funeral Home of Aliceville directing.

Sara Horton was a graduate of the University of Alabama and earned a master's degree from the University of Maryland. She attained the rank of lieutenant in the United States Navy during World War II. She taught school in Miami, Florida for many years and spent the last 18 years of her life in Orlando, Forida.

Survivers include four nieces, a nephew, and other relatives and friends.

v. MALCOLM BETTUS HORTON, b. April 5, 1903, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. December 16, 1955, Tuscaloosa,Tuscaloosa County, Alabama; m. RUTH ALEXANDER, Aberdeen, Mississippi; b. Unknown, Columbus, Loundes County, Mississippi.

vi. ROBERT HARKNESS HORTON, b. June 3, 1909, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. September 27, 1909, Pleasant Ridge,Greene County, Alabama.

17. JOHN RANDOLPH⁷ HORTON (MARY EMILY⁶ KIRKLAND, MOSES BETTUS⁵, ISAAC⁴, RICHARD³, RICHARD SNOWDEN², RICHARD¹) was born July 5, 1863 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama, and died July 6, 1927 in Carrollton, Pickens County, Alabama. He married AMELIA BOYKIN MCCAA Abt. 1883 in Pickens County, Alabama, daughter of BURWELL MCCAA and ANN CURETON. She was born March 12, 1861 in Pickens County, Alabama, and died March 26, 1910 in Pickens County, Alabama.

Children of JOHN HORTON and AMELIA MCCAA are:

i. JOHN⁸ HORTON V, b. July 2, 1885, Pickens County, Alabama; d. July 2, 1885, Pickens County, Alabama.

ii. ELIZABETH L. HORTON, b. June 2, 1886, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

iii. WILLIAM L. HORTON, b. January 13, 1888, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. October 13, 1944.

iv. RANDOLPH HORTON, b. November 1892, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

18. CLARENCE LESLIE⁷ HORTON (MARY EMILY⁶ KIRKLAND, MOSES BETTUS⁵, ISAAC⁴, RICHARD³, RICHARD SNOWDEN², RICHARD¹) was born October 5, 1866 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama, and died June 21, 1946 in Bay St. Louis, Hancock County, Mississippi. He married CORA SCHRIEVER June 24, 1896 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, daughter of JOHN SCHRIEVER and CORA YOST. She was born September 11, 1876 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, and died October 8, 1953 in Bay St. Louis, Hancock County, Mississippi.

Notes for CLARENCE LESLIE HORTON:

Clarence Leslie Horton was the sixth child of William Horton and his second wife Mary Emily Kirkland, born October 6, 1866 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama. In 1891 he graduated from Tulane University, and on April 5, 1893 he received the Medical Doctor degree from Tulane Medical School. From 1896 to 1902 he practiced in New Orleans and was a visiting surgeon at Charity Hospital, a large hospital in New Orleans. From 1906 to 1909 he lived in Ashwood, Louisiana, and in 1911 he passed the examination of the Louisiana State Medical Examiners Board. He lived in Aliceville, Alabama from 1912 through 1914, then moved to Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. He was a physician for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad for the New Orleans and Mobile division, and was on the staff of King's Daughters and Sons Hospital in Bay St. Louis. He died in Bay St. Louis at the age of 79 as the result of a fall.

Children of CLARENCE HORTON and CORA SCHRIEVER are:

i. PHYLLIS⁸ HORTON, b. June 15, 1897, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana; d. February 6, 1914, Aliceville, Pickens County, Alabama.

ii. GEORGE SCHRIEVER HORTON, b. January 8, 1899, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana; d. March 6, 1955, Fort Myers, Florida; m. EUNICE HOLLIMAN, September 17, 1933.

iii. JEAN HORTON, b. August 3, 1900, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana; m. ROLAND R. WEBB, June 20, 1928, Bay St. Lewis, Hancock County, Mississippi.

19. NELLIE M.⁷ KIRKLAND (JOHN RANDOLPH⁶, MOSES BETTUS⁵, ISAAC⁴, RICHARD³, RICHARD SNOWDEN², RICHARD¹) was born in Morton, Scott County, Mississippi, and died April 1957 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee. She married CAWLEY S. PETTUS. He was born December 18, 1877 in Morton, Scott County, Mississippi, and died August 18, 1930 in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Notes for NELLIE M. KIRKLAND:

Nell Pettus /b. Morton /d. Mar. or April 1957 in daughter's residence, Mrs.

Joel Gibbons, Memphis, Tn. /F: S. H. Kirkland /widow /House Mother at Univ.

of Ark.; House Counciler at William Woods College, Fulton, Mo. /1 son:

Houston Pettus - Pine Bluff, Ark. /1 sister: MNrs. J. L. (Gussie) Dodson -

Albuquerque, N. M. /5 grandchildren /bur: Little Rock, Ark.

 Notes for CAWLEY S. PETTUS:

Dr. C. S. Pettus b. 18 Dec 1877 Morton (Scott Co.), Ms. /d. 18 Aug 1930

Little Rock, Ark. /Wife: Nell Kirkland /physician & surgeon /d. of

appendicitis /married /leaves wife, 1 son, 1 dau

 Child of NELLIE KIRKLAND and CAWLEY PETTUS is:

i. HOUSTON⁸ PETTUS.

Generation No. 5

20. FREDRICK⁸ HORTON II (ROBERT LIONEL⁷, MARY EMILY⁶ KIRKLAND, MOSES BETTUS⁵, ISAAC⁴, RICHARD³, RICHARD SNOWDEN², RICHARD¹) was born November 1883 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama. He married LETA RYAN.

Child of FREDRICK HORTON and LETA RYAN is:

23. i. EDWARD BOYD⁹ HORTON, b. April 25, 1918, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.

21. BESSIE HARKNESS⁸ HORTON (MOSES BETTUS⁷, MARY EMILY⁶ KIRKLAND, MOSES BETTUS⁵, ISAAC⁴, RICHARD³, RICHARD SNOWDEN², RICHARD¹)² was born October 24, 1894 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama³, and died December 15, 1983 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama³. She married EVERETT CLARENCE OWENS I⁴ August 8, 1911 in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, son of HUGH OWENS and MARGARET GRANTHAM. He was born July 5, 1888 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama⁵, and died February 22, 1948 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama⁵.

Children of BESSIE HORTON and EVERETT OWENS are:

24. i. CAROL ELIZABETH⁹ OWENS, b. May 31, 1912, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County,Alabama; d. September 4, 1993, Tillman's Corner, Mobile County, Alabama.

25. ii. EVERETT CLARENCE OWENS II, b. October 17, 1914, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County,Alabama; d. April 15, 1977, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

iii. ROBERT BETTUS OWENS⁶, b. October 14, 1916, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. March 18, 1966, Paul's Valley, Garvin County, Oklahoma; m. HAZEL WEDDLE; b. March 26, 1925; d. Paul's Valley, Oklahoma.

26. iv. CIVILLE HARKNESS OWENS I, b. January 3, 1919, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. March 14, 2002, Gordo, Pickens County, Alabama.

27. v. KENNETH HORTON OWENS I, b. June 17, 1921, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. April 30, 1986, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

28. vi. BETTY JANE OWENS, b. November 5, 1929, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

22. ANNE BASKIN⁸ HORTON (MOSES BETTUS⁷, MARY EMILY⁶ KIRKLAND, MOSES BETTUS⁵, ISAAC⁴, RICHARD³, RICHARD SNOWDEN², RICHARD¹) was born September 11, 1898 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama, and died June 14, 1994 in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida. She married WILSON M. BARNES I October 9 in Miami, Dade County, Florida. He was born Unknown, and died Unknown in Florida.

Children of ANNE HORTON and WILSON BARNES are:

i. WILSON M.⁹ BARNES II.

ii. ALEXANDRA BARNES.

Generation No. 6

23. EDWARD BOYD⁹ HORTON (FREDRICK⁸, ROBERT LIONEL⁷, MARY EMILY⁶ KIRKLAND, MOSES BETTUS⁵, ISAAC⁴, RICHARD³, RICHARD SNOWDEN², RICHARD¹) was born April 25, 1918 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. He married CLARA CAMP. She was born June 18, 1918 in Lineville, Clay County, Alabama.

Notes for EDWARD BOYD HORTON:

When 12 years old ran away from home, jumped on a train, and ended up in Amory, MIssissippi.

Was in WWII, in N. AFrica, Sicily, Italy. In medical Corps.

Child of EDWARD HORTON and CLARA CAMP is:

i. ROBERT JAY¹⁰ HORTON, b. November 10, 1950, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama; m. LINDA HOWELL, July 22, 1972, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama; b. June 30, 1952, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.

24. CAROL ELIZABETH⁹ OWENS (BESSIE HARKNESS⁸ HORTON, MOSES BETTUS⁷, MARY EMILY⁶ KIRKLAND, MOSES BETTUS⁵, ISAAC⁴, RICHARD³, RICHARD SNOWDEN², RICHARD¹) was born May 31, 1912 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County,Alabama, and died September 4, 1993 in Tillman's Corner, Mobile County, Alabama. She married KENNETH C. MASSINGILL December 27, 1935 in Marian, Arkansas, son of SAMUEL MASSINGILL and RUBY SHAW. He was born October 30, 1909 in Pickens County, Alabama, and died February 3, 1968 in Buntin Farm, Pickens County, Alabama.

Child of CAROL OWENS and KENNETH MASSINGILL is:

i. CAROL ANNE¹⁰ MASSINGILL, b. November 13, 1945, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama; Adopted child; m. GENTRY ROGERS, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

25. EVERETT CLARENCE⁹ OWENS II (BESSIE HARKNESS⁸ HORTON, MOSES BETTUS⁷, MARY EMILY⁶ KIRKLAND, MOSES BETTUS⁵, ISAAC⁴, RICHARD³, RICHARD SNOWDEN², RICHARD¹) was born October 17, 1914 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County,Alabama, and died April 15, 1977 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama. He married (1) VIRIE PONSELLE LIPHAM January 26, 1957 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, daughter of WILBURN LIPHAM and MELLIE COFIELD. She was born October 21, 1926 in Big Springs, Randolph County, Alabama. He married (2) ANTIONETTE BORDERS, daughter of AUGUSTINE BORDERS and THELMA MCNAIR. She was born July 2, 1918 in Clayton, Barbour County, Alabama, and died March 5, 1954 in Eufaula, Alabama.

Notes for EVERETT CLARENCE OWENS II:

Everett C. Owens, Jr. was born in 1914 just one year before his grandfather Hugh Lafayette Owens died. "Fate" likely just bearly had opportunity to enjoy his first grandson. Everett's younger brother Robert or "Bob" was his constant companion, sharing chores, milking cows, hauling cotton, scaling logs in their father and uncles' saw mill, and fighting each other. Not infrequently did the elder Everett have to take the switch to the boys. He with the rest of his siblings rode a school bus to Eutaw High School after the grammer school in Pleasant Ridge was completed. A favorite of Everett's in school was literature, particularly Shakespear and Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner." While he wanted and knew all the lines of Mark Anthony in "Julius Cesar" he only got parts such as Second Citizen, with lines such as "Hail Cesar!"

Everett graduated from Eutaw High School in 1932, and joined the Civilian Conservation Corps in July 1933, the year of its inception by FDR, when it was administered by the U.S. Army. He was in a CCC camp in Bay Minnette until December 1933 and worked on what is now Claude Kelly State Park. The activities of the camp included clearing trees and building roads in the woods. During this time he participated in the boxing matches held in the camp. In 1934 he enrolled at Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn.

After graduation in May 1938, Everett was employed by the Soil Conservation Service, Montgomery, Alabama, as a Soil Conservation Field Service Technician for one year, September 1938 to September 1939. In this capacity he planned cropping systems and supervised work in Butler County, Alabama. Also he farmed on a beef cattle, corn, and cotton farm.

In September 1939 Everett took a position with Farm Security Administration as a County Agricultural Agent, at Troy, Alabama. He worked in this position until March 1942, when he entered active service with the United States Army. In this position with Farm Security, Everett supervised the making of farm loans, use of loans, and farm work. He checked on crop and chattel security of loans, also collecting and making payments of loans when due.  

Children of EVERETT OWENS and VIRIE LIPHAM are:

i. SCOTT WILBURN¹⁰ OWENS, b. August 4, 1958, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama; m. (1) LINDA ALICE KNIGHT, December 5, 1987, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama; b. September 10, 1960, Albequeque, New Mexico; m. (2) KATHRYN ANNE ALBRYCHT, January 20, 1996, Ocean Springs, Jackson County, Mississippi; b. November 27, 1964, Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi.

ii. AMY ELIZABETH OWENS, b. September 10, 1964, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama; m. DANIEL SETH WEINSTEIN, September 28, 1996, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama; b. June 20, 1968, Manhasset, Long Island, New York.

Notes for AMY ELIZABETH OWENS:

Work history : Associate Buyer , Mercantile Stores, New York NY

Market Specialist, Atkins Merchandising, New York NY

Clientele Specialist, Banana Republic, New York NY

Product Developer/Manager & Buyer, The Forgotten Woman,

New York, NY

Child of EVERETT OWENS and ANTIONETTE BORDERS is:

iii. EVERETT CLARENCE¹⁰ OWENS III, b. January 27, 1942, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama; m. JAMIE SUMMERVILLE, January 17, 1970, Aliceville, Pickens County,Alabama; b. November 4, 1946.

26. CIVILLE HARKNESS⁹ OWENS I (BESSIE HARKNESS⁸ HORTON, MOSES BETTUS⁷, MARY EMILY⁶ KIRKLAND, MOSES BETTUS⁵, ISAAC⁴, RICHARD³, RICHARD SNOWDEN², RICHARD¹) was born January 3, 1919 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama, and died March 14, 2002 in Gordo, Pickens County, Alabama. She married (1) UNDERWOOD 1942. She married (2) GRADY LEE BROWN December 15, 1946 in Columbus, Loundes County, Mississippi. He was born November 18, 1921 in Gordo, Pickens County, Alabama, and died August 2, 2001 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

Child of CIVILLE OWENS and UNDERWOOD is:

i. CIVILLE HARKNESS¹⁰ OWENS II, b. May 18, 1943, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

Children of CIVILLE OWENS and GRADY BROWN are:

ii. GRADY LEE¹⁰ BROWN II, b. January 8, 1950, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County,Alabama; m. JOAN NOLAND, Gordo, Pickens County, Alabama; b. May 2, 1949.

iii. MARY HORTON BROWN, b. March 8, 1952, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County,Alabama; m. SHELBY DON NEESE, March 23, 1973, Gordo, Pickens County, Alabama; b. March 10, 1953, Panama City, Florida.

27. KENNETH HORTON⁹ OWENS I (BESSIE HARKNESS⁸ HORTON, MOSES BETTUS⁷, MARY EMILY⁶ KIRKLAND, MOSES BETTUS⁵, ISAAC⁴, RICHARD³, RICHARD SNOWDEN², RICHARD¹) was born June 17, 1921 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama, and died April 30, 1986 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. He married CHARLOTTE OLIVER 1949 in Panola, Sumter County, Alabama, daughter of JAMIE OLIVER. She was born October 9, 1928.

Children of KENNETH OWENS and CHARLOTTE OLIVER are:

i. KENNETH HORTON¹⁰ OWENS II, b. August 30, 1950, Macon, Noxubee County, Mississippi; m. (1) BETTY HERRING; m. (2) JUDY.

ii. JULIA ANN OWENS, b. July 2, 1953, Macon, Noxubee County, Mississippi; m. (1) HARDY; m. (2) HAROLD, December 2001, Oregon.

28. BETTY JANE⁹ OWENS (BESSIE HARKNESS⁸ HORTON, MOSES BETTUS⁷, MARY EMILY⁶ KIRKLAND, MOSES BETTUS⁵, ISAAC⁴, RICHARD³, RICHARD SNOWDEN², RICHARD¹) was born November 5, 1929 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama. She married THOMAS COLEMAN FINLEY I November 5, 1948 in Columbus, Loundes County, Mississippi, son of THOMAS FINLEY and MAMIE COLEMAN. He was born March 8, 1929 in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama.

Children of BETTY OWENS and THOMAS FINLEY are:

i. BETTY OWENS¹⁰ FINLEY, b. July 26, 1949, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama; m. MICHAEL L. MULLIN, December 21, 1978, New Orleans, Louisiana; b. April 2, 1952, Passaic, New Jersey.

ii. CAROL OWENS FINLEY, b. August 11, 1951, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama; m. OLLIE ROBINSON HOPKINS, August 21, 1971, Cuba, Sumter County ,Alabama; b. November 5, 1951, Meridian, Mississippi.

iii. CIVILLE OWENS FINLEY, b. August 9, 1952, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama; m. WILLIAM THOMAS CATLETT, December 26, 1975, York, Sumter County, Alabama; b. February 14, 1950.

iv. THOMAS COLEMAN FINLEY II, b. December 2, 1953, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama; d. June 13, 1982, York, Sumter County, Alabama.

v. SUZANNE OWENS FINLEY, b. January 7, 1971, Demopolis, Marengo County,Alabama; Adopted child; m. GRANT TUCKER GALLAGHER, June 5, 1993, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; b. August 21, 1972.

Notes for SUZANNE OWENS FINLEY:

Daughter of Civille Owens Finley, adopted by her grandparents when Civille was not able to raise her..

Endnotes

1. tombstone Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

2. tombstone, Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetary.

3. tombstone Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

4. tombstone, Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetary.

5. tombstone Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

6. tombstone, Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetary.

Submitted by Scott Owens, revised: April 15, 2021 Anrkee@aol.com