My paternal great grandparents were pioneers in Oklahoma Territory. Here is their story. Faulkner, Smith, Brown, Carson.

My paternal great great grandfather and his wife operated a grist mill on the Tennessee/Kentucky border. One night when she went out the check the mill, she was murdered. Here is their story. George Washington Faulkner

My maternal great great grandfather was an early settler in Polk County Iowa. He was drug out of bed in the middle of the night and lynched. Here is his story. George Nathan Kirkman

My maternal grandfather, Lenford Kirkman, performed in vaudeville with his brother before moving to Oklahoma to work in the oil fields.

William Faulkner, winner of Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize, is my 6th cousin, twice removed. More about him later.

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Index of Family Names

List of Surnames

Myrtle Brown, age 3--circa 1902

Levi Brown family--circa 1910

Carson family--circa 1910

Lydia & Mary Carson

James Washington Faulkner Family--circa 1896

Lenford & Anna Kirkman--circa 1910

Trying to find link to Samuel Freeman Miller, Supreme Court Justice who was appointed by Abraham Lincoln.

Trying to find parents of George Nathan Kirkman.

Kinship Chart

Age-Finder Chart

Revolutionary War Pensions Applicants--Faulkners (various spellings)

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