Tag: Kirkwood history
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Smith family history: Part 28

Kirkwood history, continued Part of the ‘Smith family history’ series Part of the ‘Kirkwood history’ series In the interest of not straying too far away from the Smith family, I’m going to mention a few more comments about Kirkwood history at this time, then refocus back on Robert Windsor Smith and his family. From the…
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Temporary hiatus

Stay tuned… I suppose I’m a little late mentioning this, but I decided to take a bit of a break for a while. There are a few reasons / excuses for this, some worth mentioning, some not. But fear not, I’ve already got some upcoming posts written, and will continue to share more information about…
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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”…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Smith family history: Part 1

Where are we and how did we get here? If you haven’t read my introduction yet, please head over there first: Introduction Part of the ‘Smith family history’ series In order to set the stage I think it’s important to start with an initial look at Robert Windsor Smith’s home in Kirkwood and how the…
