Annie McNabb Kirkland

(1794-1875)

At a Glance

One of the Kirklands of Ayr Mount, Hillsborough NC. In the Registry at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church Mrs. Ruffin and her mother are listed as sponsors for many persons of color who were baptized there.

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Annie McNabb Kirkland was born on May 2, 1794, in Orange County, NC. She died on October 28, 1875, and was buried in St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Hillsborough, NC.

Places of Residence

Hermitage Plantation, NC, from 1829 [1].
Hillsborough, NC, until 1829 [1].

Relatives

Spouse: Thomas Carter Ruffin [1] (1787-1870) [1].
Children:
- six sons, Peter Browne Ruffin (1821-1900) [1], William Kirkland Ruffin (1812-1880), Sterling Ruffin [2] (1817-1907), George McNeil Ruffin (1819-1820), John Kirkland Ruffin (1834-1903) and Thomas Ruffin [2], [Jr.] (1824-1889).
- eight daughters, Susan Mary Ruffin (1827-1851) [1], Alice Roane Ruffin (1815-1873) [1], Catherine Roane Ruffin (1810-1880), Anne Ruffin (1814-1897), Elizabeth Margaret Ruffin (1823-1838), Jane Minerva Ruffin (1829-1893), Martha Phoebe Ruffin (b. 1831) and Sarah Nash Ruffin (2006-1879).
Others: John Wilson Brodnax (son-in-law, 1821-1911) [1], Alice Roane (mother-in-law, 1767-1829) [1], Mary Rebecca Jones (daughter-in-law, 1823-1878) [1], Allen Jones Ruffin (grandson, b. 1857), Annie Kirkland Ruffin (granddaughter, 1860-1960), Cadwallader Jones Ruffin (grandson), Joseph Roulhac Ruffin (grandson), Mary Browne Ruffin (granddaughter, b. 1850), Rebecca Edwards Ruffin (granddaughter, 1846-1899), Sarah Lillie Jones Ruffin (granddaughter, b. 1860), Sarah Jones Ruffin (granddaughter, 1856-1859), Susan Brodnax Ruffin (granddaughter, b. 1852), Sterling Ruffin [3] (grandson, 1857-1932), Thomas Ruffin [3] (grandson, 1852-1922), Annie Ruffin Cameron (granddaughter, 1842-1915) and Anne K. Ruffin (granddaughter, b. 1848).

References

Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).