Kirk, George Washington, 1837-1905
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Kirk, George Washington, 1837-1905
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Kirk
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George Washington
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1837-1905
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George Washington Kirk was a soldier who served in American Civil War. Born and raised in Tennessee, he married Maria Louisa Jones in 1860. At the start of the war he served in the Confederate States Army, but his views were Unionist and he left the state to join the Union Army. Advancing to the rank of colonel, in 1864 he raised the 3rd North Carolina Mounted Infantry (Union) and led many raids into North Carolina. Because of the regiment's guerrilla-like tactics, the regiment became known as Kirk's Raiders.
In 1870, Kirk was tasked by North Carolina Governor William Woods Holden to raise and lead a militia into Alamance and Caswell counties to quell the Ku Klux Klan. Though he was successful in breaking up Klan activity, none of the 100 men he arrested were charged by local authorities. In addition, the action led to Kirk's own arrest, and the impeachment of Governor Holden. With the help of the United States Marshal, Kirk was able to escape from jail, and later was given a position as a police officer with the capital force in Washington, D.C.
In 1890 it was reported that "several very rich finds" of gold, in the Maryland hills near the Potomac River, were discovered, and "being worked", on Kirk's land.
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33515051/george-washington-kirk
https://viaf.org/viaf/34117017/#skos:Concept
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q23639198
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2002002695.html
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Civil war
Civil War, 1861-1865
Guerilla warfare
Mining
Reconstruction
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Gilroy
CA, US
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George Washington Kirk died on February 17, 1905.
Asheville
NC, US
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George Washington Kirk lived briefly in Asheville, North Carolina after the Civil War.
Oakland
CA, US
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George Washington Kirk was involved in Mining in California.
Tennessee
TN, US
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George Washington Kirk served a portion of his Civil War Service in Tennessee. George Washington Kirk did farming in Washington County, Tennessee.
Tennessee
TN, US
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George Washington Kirk was born in Greene County, Tennessee on June 10, 1837.
District of Columbia
DC, US
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George Washington Kirk work at the Capitol Hill Police Force and the US Patient Office.
North Carolina
NC, US
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George Washington Kirk served a portion of his Civil War Service in North Carolina. George Washington Kirk also put down a Klan Rebellion in Alamance and Caswell Counties in 1870. George Washington Kirk owned and operated a store in Rutherfordton, North Carolina.