K I L G O R E
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Into Our Past, A Genealogy of the Parsons, Smith and Associated Families, Vol. 1
�1996, Judy Parsons Smith
The Kilgore’s are
Scotch-Irish. They are related to the Douglas Family and
through the Douglas line are related to Queen Victoria. The
ancestry goes back to Lord Douglas Kilgore of Ireland. The
Kilgore family originated in the land of Kilgour in the
county of Fife, Ireland.
At the time of the American
Revolution there were five Kilgore brothers, great, great,
great, grandsons of Lord Douglas Kilgore who on 7 Oct 1780
participated in the Battle of Kings Mountain. They were:
Hiram Kilgore, b. Ireland
Charles Kilgore, b. Ireland
Robert Kilgore, b. Ireland
Wiliam Kilgore, b. Ireland
James Kilgore, b. Ireland
One of these brothers is most
likely the father of:
Ester/Easter
Kilgore
Ester/Easter
Kilgore, b. c. 1763; d. ca. 1833; m. c. 1783 to Lewis Green, Jr., sonof Lewis Green, Sr., b. 5 May 1751, Virginia; d. 1835. Lewis &
Ester (Kilgore) Green had ten (10) children: