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John Umstead Kirkland (1802–1879), son of the Hillsborough merchant William Kirkland, acquired Ayr Mount from his mother's estate and lived there until his death in 1879, when the house passed to his widow, Elizabeth Simpson Kirkland.
Source: NC State Historic Preservation Office: Ayr Mount, National Register nomination
Also found in catalogs as John U. (John Umstead) Kirkland.
Library of Congress name authority: Kirkland, John U. (John Umstead), 1802-1879 ↗
1 indexed record is connected with this person, and the index includes one work by John U. Kirkland.
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Merchant account books of John U. Kirkland (1802-1879), covering 1829 to 1867, in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 405. Subject headings put the volumes in nineteenth century Hillsborough commerce a…
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