William Jacob Kirk

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Beat 11, Marion, Alabama
• Census: 1860, Western Dist., Marion, Alabama; Pikeville P.O.
• Census: 1870, Twp. 14 Range 14, Sanford, Alabama; Vernon & Moscow P.O. (Part of modern-day Lamar County)
• Census: 1900, Beat 3, Lamar, Alabama; Enumeration District 45
• Census: 1910, Sizemore, Lamar, Alabama; Enumeration District 59
• Census: 1920, Sizemore, Lamar, Alabama; Enumeration District 40
• Civil War Veteran: 2 Sep 1862, Tuscumbia, Colbert, Alabama; Enlisted at the rank of Private in Co. C, 10th Alabama Cavalry, CSA
• Civil War Veteran: Nov 1862; Discharged
• Civil War Veteran: 1 Apr 1863, Fayette Court House, Fayette, Alabama; Enlisted at the rank of Private in Co. B, 58th Alabama Infantry, CSA. He participated in the battles of Maclemore Cove and Chickamauga.
• Civil War Veteran: Jan 1864, Lamar County, Alabama; Returned to his home for a sick leave
• Civil War Veteran: 29 Jun 1864, Hillsboro, Lawrence, Alabama; Captured at Pond Springs, the home plantation of CSA General Joe Wheeler, while en route from his home back to his unit after his lengthy sick furlough. He was transported to Camp Morton, Indiana via Decatur, Alabama, Nashville, Tennessee, and Louisville, Kentucky.
• Civil War Veteran: 30 Jul 1864; Recorded as absent without leave in the regimental record. He was returning from sick leave and not on duty when captured and so the regimental records did not reflect his POW status. This later greatly complicated his attempts to attain a pension
• Civil War Veteran: 18 Mar 1865, Richmond, Virginia; Paroled during a prisoner exchange
• Occupation: 1870, Twp. 14 Range 14, Sanford, Alabama; Farmer
• Occupation: 1 Mar 1898, Sizemore, Lamar, Alabama; Farming
• Occupation: 1900, Beat 3, Lamar, Alabama; Farmer
• Occupation: 1910, Sizemore, Lamar, Alabama; Farmer, General farm
• Occupation: 1920, Sizemore, Lamar, Alabama; Farmer, General farm
• Occupation: 23 Feb 1921, Lamar County, Alabama; Minister
• Residence: 1850, Beat 11, Marion, Alabama; With parents John W and Nancy Kirk and four siblings
• Residence: 1860, Western Dist., Marion, Alabama; With parents John Y and Nancy Kirk, eight siblings, and an older woman, likely his grandmother
• Residence: 1870, Twp. 14 Range 14, Sanford, Alabama; With wife Amelia C (Gann) Kirk
• Residence: 12 Jun 1894, Lamar County, Alabama; On this date he applied for a pension as a CSA veteran
• Residence: 1 Mar 1898, Sizemore, Lamar, Alabama
• Residence: 1900, Beat 3, Lamar, Alabama; With wife Amelia C (Gann) Kirk, a niece and nephew and their two children
• Residence: 1907, Guin, Lamar, Alabama
• Residence: 1910, Sizemore, Lamar, Alabama; Beaverton Road With wife Amelia C (Gann) Kirk
• Residence: 1920, Sizemore, Lamar, Alabama; With wife Amelia C (Gann) Kirk
• Residence: 23 Feb 1921, Lamar County, Alabama; Guin RR 2 Box 64 With wife Amelia C (Gann) Kirk

Notes:

Birth:
In modern-day Lamar County.

Residence:
Guin is in Marion County but is near to Lamar and may have served as the postal location

Buried:
Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery

William married Amelia C Gann 12 Oct 1865, Marion County, Alabama. Amelia (daughter of Thomas Jefferson Gann and Rachel E Miller) was born 30 May 1845, Alabama; died 22 Apr 1922; was buried Lamar County, Alabama. [Group Sheet]