Stephen Clayton Kilgore

1767 - 1844  (77 years)

• Name	Stephen Clayton Kilgore
  Born	1767	Orange County, North Carolina, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	1844	Marion County, Tennessee, USA
  Person ID	I6208	Main
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2016

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Salyer,   b. 1772, Chowan County, North Carolina, USA ,   d. Aft 14 Jun 1860, Marion County, Tennessee, USA  (Age > 88 years)
  Married	1788	Russell County, Virginia, USA
  Children	1. Thomas Kilgore,   b. 1789, Virginia, USA + 2. Charles Kilgore,   b. 1798, Virginia, USA ,   d. 1832, Marion County, Tennessee, USA  (Age 34 years)   3. Mary Jane Kilgore,   b. 1799, Virginia, USA ,   d. 12 Nov 1878, Pope Co., IL  (Age 79 years)   4. William K Kilgore,   b. 1800, Virginia, USA ,   d. Dec 1891, Victoria, Marion County, Tennessee, USA  (Age 91 years) + 5. Stephen Alexander Kilgore,   b. Aug 1802, Virginia, USA ,   d. Marion County, Tennessee, USA + 6. Rebecca Kilgore,   b. 1803, Virginia, USA ,   d. Aft 1880, Tennessee, USA  (Age > 78 years) + 7. John W Kilgore,   b. 1804, Virginia, USA ,   d. 23 Aug 1898, Victoria, Marion County, Tennessee, USA  (Age 94 years) + 8. Esther Kilgore,   b. 1808, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 1885, Tennessee, USA  (Age 77 years) + 9. Joseph Kilgore,   b. 1810, Tennessee, USA ,   d. Marion County, Tennessee, USA
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2016
  Family ID	F1958	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1767 - Orange County, North Carolina, USA Married - 1788 - Russell County, Virginia, USA Died - 1844 - Marion County, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Records are scarce. Many details based on the following short biographical summary in The Heritage of Russell County Virginia 1786-1986, Volume I ----- Stephen and Rebecca came to TN about 1808 and settled near Pikeville, Victoria, Marion County, TN. Steven Kilgore was born in Orange County, North Carolina between 1766-68 to Robert Kilgore and Winnie Clayton Kilgore of western North Carolina. Steven Kilgore's name appears on the Russell County, Virginia tax roll in 1788 indicating that he probably had accompanied the Salyer brothers to the Copper Creek area in Russell County. Steven Kilgore married Rebecca Salyer around 1788, probably in Russell County. Steven Kilgore appears to have resettled in Marion County, Tennessee in 1808. He came down through Bledsoe County where he stopped for awhile with a Joe Kilgore. (Joe Kilgore has not been identified as to his relationship to Steven Kilgore.) He then continued down Sequatchie Valley to what is now Victoria in Marion county. (Not a county until 1817.) At that time the territory was Cherokee Indian land and the white people who came in were considered intruders. Steven and Rebecca Kilgore had three sons when they came to Tennessee. Charles born in 1790, William and Joseph born between 1800 and 1810. When Steven came to Victoria he settled on the Cowan farm and adjacent property. Besides being a farmer he also practiced his profession as a preacher. Steven and Rebecca had eight children of which many descendants still live throughout Sequatchie Valley and surrounding counties. Steven died between 1844-45 in Marion County and was buried in the family plot in Kilgore Cemetery on the foothills of Walden's Ridge in the Valley. Rebecca was still living at the age of ninety according to the 1860 census. She was living with her daughter, Rebecca Layne. The exact time of her death is not known, but she was buried beside her husband.