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| My husband's grandmother, Robbie Ray Kilgo Howard, lives in Cullman, Alabama. In1998 I spent a couple of days with her going through her papers and journals and other family memorabilia. She has a book that is a very valuable resource for anyone researching Kilgo or Kilgore. It is titled: "Kilgo Cousins and Kin: A Collection of Kilgo/Kilgore and Related Families of Europe and America. This book traces their migration from Europe to America, through the New England states, southward through the southern states and on westward." By Darrell R. Brock, published by The Gregath Company, 1984, P.O. Box 1045, Cullman, Alabama 35055. I don't know if the book can still be purchased. |
| SHADY GROVE METHODIST CHURCH (near Logan, Alabama) The Shady Grove Methodist Church, near Logan, Alabama, was organized shortly after the Civil War. The first building to be erected was an earthen-floor log cabin structure. The site for the building was chosen by George Washington Kilgo, who gave the name to the church and did the first work toward the building itself. Near the end of the 1800s, a larger, new building was erected. Plans for the new, spacious, frame building were drawn by D.C. Beltz, a minister from Cincinnatti, Ohio. Money to finish the building and pay the architect was borrowed from the Church Extension of the Methodist Church of Pennsylvania. The sum was one hundred dollars. Other expense and material were given by the families joining to form the church. Shady Grove Church served the community as a worship center, school house, and a meeting place for celebrations. Since the 1920s, regular church services were discontinued, but for the last fifty years or more, memorial services have continued to be held. On the first Sunday the services are held in honor of the pioneering families and the loved ones who are interred at the church cemetery. *from "Kilgo Cousins and Kin" |
| ORIGIN OF THE NAME KILGORE / KILGO KILGO was originally KILGORE and that was originally spelled KILGOUR. The name seems to be Gaelic in origin, probably from the ancient name of a Parish in Fife Shire Scotland. Kilgour means "wooded hill". From the Celtic word for "hill" we get "kill" and from the Gaelic prefix "kil", which often denoted a church, we get the idea that "kil" could mean a church hill. Another explanation is a hill of the goats, "kil" meaning "hill" and "gour" meaning "goat". The name Kilgour is found all over Fife and Aberdeen Scotland. The oldest Kilgour on record seems to be Sir Thomas Kilgour, who was chaplin of St. Thomas Church in Falkland Palace of Fife Scotland. This place was a favorite hang-out of Scottish royalty. According to the information contributed by Barbara Conway in "The Kilgore Family Tree" one of the first to bear the name Kilgour and to propagate the line was a foundling that was left on the steps of the St. Thomas Church in Falkland Palace. The child was raised by the Kirk of the church and assumed the name. The child was left just after a great battle in which the clan Douglas had almost been wiped out. Legend has it that the child was a Douglas and was left at the church to save its life as the Douglas clan had fallen out of standing with the current King and was outlawed by the crown. From "Kilgo Cousins and Kin" |
| KILGO FAMILIES: |
| THE FAMILY OF CHARLES KILGORE Charles Kilgore (1744-1823) married #1 Winnie Clayton around 1763 1) Charles, Jr. (1764) 2) Rev. Robert (1765) 3) Mary (1766) 4) William (1769 5) Hiram (1771) 6) Ralph (1773) married #2 Martha (?) 1) Rebecca Sherel 2) Martha 3) John 4) Dora Sarah 5) James *Robbie Kilgo Howard - family papers |
| THE FAMILY OF WILLIAM KILGORE William Kilgore married Elizabeth Keech 1) James 2) Robert 3) William 4) John 5) Elspeth 6) Elizabeth 7) Amy 8) Martha 9) Nancy *Robbie Kilgo Howard - family papers |
| THE FAMILY OF ROBBIE RAY KILGO Robbie Ray Kilgo father: Alpheus Olen Kilgo mother: Pearl Harbison married William Euel Howard 1) Patricia Marie 2) Ronald Euel *Robbie Kilgo Howard - family papers |
| THE FAMILY OF ALPHUS OLEN KILGO Alpheus Olen Kilgo (1895) father: John Wesley Kilgo mother: Dollie Ann Speegle married: Pearl Harbison on September 7, 1919 1) Robbie Ray (1920) 2) Dorothy Doris (1921) 3) Eddie Eril (1925) 5) Juanita Joyce (1931) *Robbie Kilgo Howard - family papers |
| THE FAMILY OF JOHN WESLEY KILGO John Wesley Kilgo (1857-1941) father: George Washington Kilgo mother: Mary Emiline Entrekin married: Dolly Ann Speegle on June 28, 1877 1) George David (1878) 2) Cloria Jane (1880) 3) Thomas Haywood (1882) 4) Dolly Ann Leona (1884) 5) John Wesley, Jr. (1887) 6) Ulysses Martin (1890) 7) William Arthur (1892) 8) Alpheus Olen (1895) 9) Dewey Beltz (1898) 10) Delphia Idela (1901) *Robbie Kilgo Howard - family papers |
| THE FAMILY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON KILGO George Washington Kilgo (1823/1827 - 1910) father: Louis Kilgo mother: Unknown married: #1 Mary Emiline Entrekin on October 13 or 30, 1804 1) William N. (1850) 2) Mary Elizabeth (1851) 3) Samuel Jackson (1855) 4) John Wesley (1857) 5) Louis Thomas (1861) married: #2 Mary Louizza Jaggers Pruiett 1) Jo Anna (1871) 2) Vonnie Louise (1875) married: #3 Lou Synthia Jane Thompson on December 25, 1876 1) Sarah Florence (1877) 2) Georgia Ann (1879) 3) Charles Mitchell (1883) *Robbie Kilgo Howard - family papers |
| THE FAMILY OF LEWIS KILGO(R) Lewis Kilgo(r) (c1800-1877) married #1 (?) 1) William B. (1823) 2) George Washington (1827) 3) Samuel (1830) 4) John D. (1832) 5) Betsy Ann (Joanna) (1838) 6) Lewis Wade (1840) 7) Martha married #2 (?) Dygo (could be Indian) 1) Willis Soloman (1846) 2) Oliver (1848) 3) Mary Emiline (1851) married #3 Nancy Ann (?) 1) Sarah Francis (1861) 2) Ruben (1866) 3) Adder (Adrel F.) (1868) 4) Margaret C. (1870) *Robbie Kilgo Howard - family papers |
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| KILGO INDIVIDUALS |
| Robbie Ray Kilgo was born May 29, 1920. She died November 11, 2006 in Cullman, Cullman County, AL. She is buried at Bethsadia Cemetery in Cullman Caounty. She is the daughter of Alpheus Olen Kilgo, Sr. and Pearl Harbison. She married William Euel Howard. Children: Patricia Marie, Ronald Euel. |
| Juanita Kilgo was born December 18, 1931. She is th daughter of Alpheus Olen Kilgo, Sr, and Pearl Harbison. |
| Eddie Eril Kilgo was born August 28, 1925. He is the son of Alpheus Olen Kilgo, Sr. and Pearl Harbison. |
| Alpheus Olen "A.O." Kilgo, Jr. was born November 16, 1923 and died October 5, 2000. H is the son of Alpheus Olen Kilgo, Sr. and Pearl Harbison. |
| Alpheus Olen Kilgo was born July 26, 1895, died January 3, 1994, and was buried January 7, 1994. He is the son of John Wesley Kilgo and Dollie Ann Speegle. He married Pearl Harbison on September 17, 1919. Children: Robbie Ray, Dorothy Doris, Alpheus Olen, Jr., Eddie Eril, Juanita Joyce. |
| Charles Kilgore was born in 1744 and died in 1823. He married #1 Winnie Clayton around 1763. Children with Winnie Clayton: Charles Jr., Rev. Robert, Mary, William, Hiram, and Ralph. Charles and Winnie settled in 1773 at Washington County, VA (which later became Russell County, then Scott County). Many people feel that Winnie Clayton is not Charles Jr.'s real mother and that Charles Kilgore was married before. Charles Kilgore then married #2 Martha (?). Children of Charles and Martha are: Rebecca Sherel, Martha, John, Dora Sarah, and James. Notes: *It has not neen proven,but there is a good chance that Louis Kilgore/Kilgo is a descendant of Charles and Winnie. *It is believed that Charles is the son of William Kilgore who settled in Charles County, MD in 1740. William was a merchant from Aberdeen Scotland. |
| Doris Kilgo was born July 26, 1921. She is the daughter of Alpheus Olen Kilgo, Sr. and Pearl Harbison. |
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| William Kilgore married Elizabeth Keech. Children: James, Robert, William, John, Elspeth, Elizabeth, Amy, Martha, Nancy. |
| Charles Jourdan Kilgore married Louisa McIlhany. Children: James McIlhaney, John Mortimer. |
| John Wesley Kilgo was born March 9, 1857 at Carroll County, Georgia. He died at his home, at age 83, on February 1, 1941 at Logan, Alabama, of a paralytic stroke. He was buried at Shady Grove Cemetery at Logan, Alabama, on February 2, 1941. He is the son of George Washington Kilgo and Mary Emiline Entrekin. He married Dolly Ann Speegle on June 28, 1877. Their children were all born at Logan, Alabama. Children: George David, Cloria Jane, Thomas Haywood, Dolly Ann Leona, John Wesley, Jr., Ulysses Martin, William Arthur, Alpheus Olen, Dewey Beltz, Delphia Idela. From a newspaper clipping with no date or paper name: John Wesley Kilgo always called attention to his name. He was an ardent Methodist and was proud to bear the name of one of the church's great founders. He was also a Mason. In 1860 Mr. Kilgo came to this, then thickly wooded, section of Alabama with his parents. He was born in Carroll County, Georgia, on March 9, 1857. He married Dolly Ann Speegle, June 28, 1877. To them were born eleven children, ten of whom are still living. "Uncle Wes", as he was familiarly know, though very young in the sixties, remembers much that occurred during the Civil War. His father being in the Union Army, the families of Union sympathizers were refugeed across the Confederate lines. Hismother and children were first taken to Moulten, TN, then to Nashville, where their mother died. Not knowing the where-abouts of their father, Uncle Wes and the rest of the children were transferred to an orphanage at Clarksville, TN, where the older brother held the family together in spite of an attempt by officials to have the children adopted by people from the North. Uncle Wes remembers being picked out as "that little curly headed boy". After the Civil War he was brought back to Cullman County and grew to manhood when the county was sparsly settled. He knew much of the history of Cullman County. He was a lover of sports and a great hunter. All who knew him enjoyed his deer hunting stories. He enjoyed nothing better than relating them. He has no idea how many deer he has killed with his trusty deer rifle. In his younger days, venison hams, the chief source of revenue, were carried to market at Hanceville. |
| George Washington Kilgo was born November 6, 1823 (or 1827) at Walton County, Georgia. He died on February 20, 1910 at Ruby, Alabama, and is buried at Shady Grove Cemetery at Logan, Alabama. He is the son of Louis Kilgo. He married #1 Mary Emiline Entrekin on October 13 (or 30), 1849 at Coweta County, Georgia. Children: William N. Mary Elizabeth, Samuel Jackson, John Wesley, Louis Thomas. George's occupations included farmer, overseer, soldier, scout, and recruiter for the Union Army. He married #2 Mary Louizza Jaggers Pruitt. Children: JoAnna, Vonnie Louise. George and Mary lived at Logan, Alabama. He married #3 Lou Synthia Jane Thompson (daughter of Rev. John Thompson and Sarah Mitchell) on December 25, 1876 at Blount County, Alabama. Children: Sarah Florence, Georgia Ann, Charles Mitchell. GW's Military Record: According to material from the National Archives, GW Kilgo was a Private of Co. I, 1st Regiment, Alabama Cavalry. He did join for duty and enrolled on October 10 at Glendale, Mississippi for a period of three years. His age is listed as 41 on the roll of the company of Camp Davis, dated December 28, 1863. The Company's Descriptive Book describes GW Kilgo this way: Age - 40 Height - 6 ft Complexion - dark Eyes - hazel Hair - black Place of birth - Waldon, Georgia Occupation - farmer Summary of Duties: Feb 29, 1864 Memphis, TN Apr 30, 1864 Mooresville, AL Jun 30, 1864 Rome, GA Same until Oct 31, 1864 Dec 31, 1864 Savannah, GA Jul 19, 1865 Nashville, TN Jun 1864 discharged |
| Lewis Kilgo(r) was born about 1800 in Georgia. He died March 8, 1877 at Ruby, Alabama, near Logan, and is buried at Shady Grove Cemetery. He married #1 (?). Chidren: William B., George Washington, Samuel, John D., Betsy Ann "Joanna), Lewis Wade, Martha. He married #2 (?) Dygo (could be an indian). Children: Willis Soloman, Oliver, Mary Emiline. He married #3 Nancy Ann (?). Children: Sarah Francis, Ruben, Adrel F. "Adder", Margaret C. Lewis Kilgo in the Census: 1850 Chattooga County Georgia: He lived near the town of Sommerville, district of Dish Town. According to this census, Lewis was born in Georgia about 1800. 1860 Chattooga County Georgia: He is listed with his second wife. Her name is clearly spelled DYGO, born in Georgia about 1823. There is a family legend that Lewis was once married to an indian. 1870 Cullman Alabama Lewis moved to Alabama in the 1860s. He lived in Winston County, AL, and in west Cullman County, near Logan, Al in the Ruby community (on the old Plott Road) until his death in 1877. * "Other family members" moved from Georgia to Sanger, TX, in Denton County near Gainsville, TX around 1895 and then to Oklahoma Indian Territory near Chicasha around 1899. |
| OTHER KILGO RECORDS |
| KILLGORE FAMILY BIBLE RECORD Copied from Mr. J. Kelsey Jones, Millerton PA, June 7, 1982 BIRTHS: Robert Killgore was born June the 11th, 1772 AD, Sailed for America from Londonderry, Ireland June the 14th, 1791 Rachel H. Kyte born August 31st, 1778 Anna Killgore born June 29th, 1799 Saturday Polly M. Killgore born Sunday November 29th 1801 William C. Killgore born Thursday 16th, 1804 August John H. Killgore born Wednesday 29 February 1808 Eliza Jane Killgore born Friday 9th of October 1810 Phebe W. Killgore born Thursday May the 29th 1813 Harriet and Sarah twins Friday 15th December 1815 Their 7th daughter Harried born Friday the 25th Sept 1819 Edward Holly born Feb 4th 1836 Rachel Ann Holly born Dec 24, 1839 Robert Holly born June 8th 1841 Isaac Holly born Apr 22nd 1844 Willie Issac Holly March 1, 1869 Hattie May Holly May 24, 1871 MARRIAGES: Robert Killgore to Rachel Kyte August 1st 1797 Thos. Kyte to Leah Kater May 4th 1766 Anna Killgore to Thomas Gustin Thurs. Sept 1, 1820 John H. Killgore to Lydia Haynes Sept 30th 1829 Wed Phebe W. Killgore to Jacob Struble January 29th 1831 Sat Eliza Jane Killgore to Ebin Dunning Sat Oct 15th 1831 William C. Killgore to Catherine Ayers Dec 24th 1831 Sat Polly M. Killgore to Isaac Holly Jan 25th 1835 Sunday Sarah C. Killgore to Samuel Morrow Jan 31st 1835 Sat Harriet Killgore to Constant Fuller Monday Jan 28th 1838 DEATHS: Harriet Killgore the twin died August 3rd 1816 Sarah Morrow the other twin died June the 5th 1837 aged 21 years 5 months and 15 days, left alive one son 2 weeks old Robert Killgore died July 8th 1848 Rachel H. Killgore died April 9th 1861 "Polly" M. Holly died November the 11, 1853 Robert Holly died Dec 29, 1903 Edward A. Holly died April 18, 1909 Hannah Holly died Nov 6, 1922 William Killgore died Oct the 9th 1810 John H. Killgore died November 12, 1890 aged 59 years Hattie M. Killgore died Nov 14th 1936 |
| FACTS ABOUT LOGAN ALABAMA Logan was first settled in the 1860s by two sisters: Betsy Ann Kilgo Freeman, wife of Hesikiah Freeman and Mrs. Mary Kilgo Jaggers. It was named by a Union Officer in honor of a northern General - Bob Freeman, after the Civil War, migrated to the still unnamed settlement and proposed to call it Logan after John Alexander Logan (1826-1886) for whom he had a great admiration. Other early settlers: McAfees, Martins, McKenns, Junns, McKoys, Earwoods, McKissicks, Freemans, Vickerys, Harbisons. Logan was incorporated in 1885. The surveyor was John Nesmith The post office was established May 15, 1884. James R. Freeman was the first postmaster. The post office was built in 1902. Jim Jaggers was the first letter carrier, followed by "Elbert" Kilgo, who was letter carrier for 40 years. SOURCE: Combing Cullman County by Margaret Jean Jones, printed by Modernistic Printers, Inc., Cullman, AL, 1972 |
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