Kirkwoods in Mississippi
I am interested in learning more about the Kirkwoods who came to Carroll County, Miss., in the 1830s or 1840s. A William Kirkwood, whose remains are buried in the Vaiden, Miss., Cemetery, once operated a ferry across the Big Black River not far from Shongalo which preceded Vaiden, Miss. He was married to Rachel _______ . Perhaps he had other relatives who were in the area during his era, also. I find the name of a Robert Kirkwood on a deed from 1859 to William Henry Armistead near Vaiden, Miss., also in Carroll County, Miss. A Narcissa Kirkwood, whom I believe was William's niece, married an Alfred Hudson in 1848 in Carroll County, Miss.