The information contained in the Easley Kilpatrick Bible which is found on Martha Marbles' website can be a little confusing. I have been researching the John Cooley family of Darlington Co., SC for 30 years and only two years randomly working on Easley Kilpatrick and his wife Mary Cooley. Mary Cooley and the Martha Ann Parnell, who is listed on the page "Deaths" , were sisters. They were daughters on John and Rachel Cooley, and William Cooley, brother of Mary and Martha Ann, was my 3rd gr-grandfather. Nartha Ann Cooley Parnell was the mother of Israel C. Parnell. Israel and Florence Saverance Parnell were the parents of Eliza Adeline Parnell who was the wife of Elias Fletcher Kilpatrick.

The names of Easley and Mary's children appear to be correct. However, in the 1800 Darlington Census, they were reported to have 4 sons under the age of 10. Two of the sons did not appear on the 1810 Sumter Co. census. Also, was Elias Fletcher Kilpatrick another son??

The question as to the identity of E.S. Kilpatrick b 1819 has been raised. The copies of the Death and Birth pages of the bible clearly show that "S" was the middle initial.

The photostat copies I have of the Births/Deaths appear to have been written by the same person - and probably at the same time. The entries are clear, concise, and very neat. Most bible entries I have seen appear to have been written at different times.

The note Martha Marbles referred to that was found in the bible she saw was a list of heirs of John Cooley after his wife Rachel died in 1839. The heirs appeared in the probate of the estate in 1841-1843.

I hope this helps to clear up some of the confusion and, like everyone else, I hope for a solution to the question - was E. S. Kilpatrick the Easley Kilpatrick later found in AL with a wife named Emily Jane Hammons.

Betty Moreno