Kirkwood history

All ‘Kirkwood history’ blog posts in chronological order


  • Smith family history: Part 24
    Kirkwood facts and early settlers Part of the ‘Smith family history’ series Part of the ‘Kirkwood history’ series In the next several posts I’ll be providing background on the Kirkwood neighborhood of Atlanta. Hopefully this will help shed some light on why the Smith family would have moved here from their home on Whitehall, or… Read more: Smith family history: Part 24
  • Smith family history: Part 25
    Kirkpatrick family Part of the ‘Smith family history’ series Part of the ‘Kirkwood history’ series I have insufficient information (and inclination) to compile an exhaustive review of James Hutchinson Kirkpatrick, but I do think it’s a worthwhile endeavor to at least try to understand a bit more about the Kirkpatrick family’s landholdings, and the subsequent… Read more: Smith family history: Part 25
  • Smith family history: Part 26
    Robson family, part 1 Part of the ‘Smith family history’ series Part of the ‘Kirkwood history’ series As we saw at the end of the previous post, after James H. Kirkpatrick’s death in 1853, the majority of the Kirkpatrick family real estate holdings were willed to (favorite?) son Dr. John Lycan Kirkpatrick. Dr. Kirkpatrick served… Read more: Smith family history: Part 26
  • Smith family history: Part 27
    Robson family, part 2 Part of the ‘Smith family history’ series Part of the ‘Kirkwood history’ series I stopped by the DeKalb County courthouse again the other day to see if any of the missing deed books were returned to the shelves. It seems that books “L” through “P” are still missing, but the “G/Q”… Read more: Smith family history: Part 27