Mathew Kilgore & Massa McGuire Kilgore, circa 1867 (Contributed by Peggy Hayse) William H. Kilgore was my great-great-great-grandfather. Here is his journal in its entirety. I have divided it into six parts, maintaining the original spelling and punctuation.
Part I - Editor's Note - Foreword
The Journey - April
The Journey - May
The Journey - June
The Journey - July
The Journey - August
VIOLA'S DIARY
Viola's Diary is made available by
descendants of Viola Kilgore (nee Connor) as part of a larger Kilgore site which includes
The Matthew Kilgore Cemetery.
(External link)
George Kilgore and Elizabeth Cochran and their descendants by Elizabeth C. Feil
Mathew Kilgore & Massa McGuire Kilgore, circa 1867 (Contributed by Peggy Hayse)
Allen Cochran Kilgore with his daughter Eudora Terathe Kilgore, circa 1863 (Contributed by Peggy Hayse)
Elizabeth Mary Ann Kilgore Criswell (d/o Mathew Kilgore & Massa McGuire Kilgore, m. Archibald Criswell) (Contributed by Peggy Hayse)
Elizabeth Hanlon Kilgore (m. William H. Kilgore, m. David Cochran Kilgore) (Contributed by Peggy Hayse)
William Wiley "Wig" Kilgore (s/o William H. Kilgore & Elizabeth Hanlon Kilgore, m. Elizabeth Ann Reese) (Contributed by Peggy Hayse)
John Hanlon "Dick" Kilgore (s/o William H. Kilgore & Elizabeth Hanlon Kilgore, m. Jennie George) (Contributed by Peggy Hayse)
Letitia Larita "Tish" Kilgore Beckley, as a young woman (d/o William H. Kilgore & Elizabeth Hanlon Kilgore, m. Gabriel Merriman Beckley) (I) (Contributed by Peggy Hayse)
Letitia Larita "Tish" Kilgore Beckley, as a young woman (II) (Contributed by Peggy Hayse)
Letitia Larita "Tish" Kilgore Beckley, in her later years
Amanda Massa (or Massey) Wilson d/o George Wilson & Rhoda Kilgore (Contributed by Peggy Hayse)
Ernest Kilgore, as a young boy (s/o David Cochran Kilgore & Elizabeth Hanlon Kilgore) (Contributed by Peggy Hayse)
Frank Kilgore, as a young boy (s/o David Cochran Kilgore & Elizabeth Hanlon Kilgore, m. Viola Ellen Connor) (Contributed by Peggy Hayse)
Zella Kilgore (seated), Una Kilgore (standing), as young girls (d/o William Wiley "Wig" Kilgore & Elizabeth Ann Reese Kilgore) (Contributed by Peggy Hayse)