Life History

Notes

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  Sarah Webb b. ca. 1812 who married William Kirk.  She fits into the 1820 census listing of Giles household.  Someone related oral tradition that she was born in Giles County, which might refer instead to her father.  Anyway I doubt I will find any other evidence, but she clearly was married to William as his second wife in the vicinity of Coal River between 1830 and 1832.
  
  I went through all the other Sarah Webbs from Giles County vicinity and they each married other men.
  
  I also read the story about travel to Indiana - incredible if true - but it seems strange to move back with land more available to the west.  In earlier times some settlers moved back east due to the Indian threat.  I have a few other ancestors (David King Perdue, Samson Robinette, etc) that moved about a lot as Giles Webb did.
  --  Curt Milton, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 31 December 2016
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  "The Coal River is a tributary of the Kanawha River in southern West Virginia.  It is formed near the community of Alum Creek by the confluence of the Big and Little Coal Rivers, and flows generally northward through western Kanawha County, past the community of Upper Falls and into the Kanawha River at St. Albans. ... The Big Coal River rises in Raleigh County as two streams, the Clear Fork and the Marsh Fork, which join near Whitesville.  The river then flows generally northwest through Boone County, past the towns of Sylvester, Seth and Racine. ... The Little Coal River also rises as two streams, the Spruce Fork in Logan County and the Pond Fork in Boone County.  They meet at Madison in Boone County and the river then flows generally northward, past the towns of Danville and Julian."
  --  Coal River (West Virginia), Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_River_(West_Virginia)
  
  It appears to be Sarah and William reported in the 1880 census in Kanawha, West Virginia.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Kanawha County, West Virginia, 11 June, Cabin Creek District, District 48, page 28, Hse/Fam #238
  Kirk, William W M 86 Head Married (No Occup) VA VA VA [b abt 1794]
  Kirk, Sarah M W F 68 Wife Married Keeping WV WV WV [b abt 1812]
  Kirk, Wilson W M 28 Son Coal Miner WV WV WV [b abt 1867]

Sources

• 1. Curt Milton
• 2. 1880 Federal Census, Kanawha County, West Virginia
  • 11 June, Cabin Creek District, District 48, page 28, Hse/Fam #238