Yesterday my Mother gave me a little more information on the Holland family tree. Previously I told you about Morgan and Emma. Emma was Morgan's second wife. His first wife was Elsie Kirkland. After her death Morgan married Emma. I dont' know yet why Elsie died. She still has a grand daughter alive that I am going to visit soon.
Morgan's mother was Elsie, "Millie" Kirkland from Abbeville, Al. His father was Sanders Sane Holland. They had five children, Morgan was the youngest. Sanders was killed in the Civil War in battle in Virginia. Millie moved in with her father, Josiah Kirkland with the children. Sanders was buried in Va. and Millie is buried in Abbeville in Piney Grove Cemetary. I plan to go there as soon as possible. There is a good resource of information available on the early residents of Henry County.
The information Mother gave me traced the Kirkland family lineage back to the early 1700's to Benjamin Kirkland, in South Carolina. Benjamin married full blooded Cherokee named Aueclye. They had one son named Moses.
I will get more of this information together and pass it on to you in better form. I was excited to find this. Hopefully I will come across some more pictures too.
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