DAVID SEVIER KIRKPATRICK
(son of John Hugh 1760-ca1822)
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David Sevier Kirkpatrick was the oldest child of John Hugh Kirkpatrik, born ca 1760 by tradition, in Virgina (but most probably in either Chester Co., PA or Cecil Co., MD) He appears to have been named after his uncle, David Kirkpatrick, and John Sevier, a native of Virginia and later the Governor of Tennessee. John Hugh Kirkpatrick and John Sevier were undoubtedly acquanted since they both lived in the same part of W. TN.

The earliest doument of David Kirkpatrick is his marriage to Catherine White in Greene County, TN dated 16 Oct., 1793.





The next record is a deed from James Roddy to David Kirkpatrick on 18 Oct., 1805.



Also in 1804 he and his brothers were assigned a land warrant from Sullivan Co., TN that was originly granted
to Francis Gutry in 1780 (Then assigned to James Kirkpatrick in 1798 & lastly to David, Jacob & Wilkins Kirkpatrick in 1804)



Family tradition tells us that some time before 1822 David packed his family and their belongings on a flatboat and headed down the Holston River to the Tennessee River to the Ohio Riven to the Mississippi Riverwith the ultimate goal of settling in Washington County, Missouri. This same story continues to tell us that, whild camped at the mouth of the Ohio River, David Sevier Kirkpatrick contracted malaria and died. Chatherine, David's wife, continues on with her children arriving in Washington County some time before August 29, 1822 when William Hughes married Mary Kirkpatrick, David and Catherine (White) Kirkpatrick's daughter. The record of this marriage is found only in William Hughes's family Bible.



The next source of information comes from a typed copy of a letter written to Alice Bowers by J. M. Kirkpatrick (presumably James M Kirkpatrick son of David) in 1899. Although not an actual document, the letter was written by a grandson of Catherine (White) and David S. Kirkpatrick and based on his firsthand knowledge of the family.