Obediah Kirby

Name	Obediah Kirby⁴³²
Birth	12 February 1765, Halifax Co, VA^{436, p. 295,432}, (1765, 2, 12 South River Monthly Meeting)
Will	10 May 1809, Halifax Co, VA⁴⁴²
Death	1809, Halifax Co, VA^434,442
Probate	26 July 1809, Halifax Co, VA⁴⁴²
Occupation	blacksmith^{432,438, p. 65, 66}
Father	Henry Baker Kirby
Mother	Mary Anderson

Spouses

1	Ruth Hendrick²³³
Birth	17 December 1774, Halifax Co, VA^{436, p. 295}, (1774, 12, 17; South River Monthly Meeting)
Death	17 January 1837, Marion Co, OH⁴³⁵
Burial	Marion Co, OH⁴³⁵, Bretz Cemetery
Father	Moses Hendrick (-~1796)
Mother	Ruth Echols

Marriage

19 December 1791, Halifax Co, VA²³³

Children	John (1795-1845)
	Samuel
	Moses
	Jacob
	Pleasant (1802-)

Notes for Obediah Kirby

Obediah and his whole family were Quakers who attended Meeting at the South River Meeting House.^{436, p.
295}

According to the biography of his grandson Henry Kirby, he emigrated from Scotland to America "early in life."⁴³² However, the records of the South River Monthly Meeting that his parents attended imply that he was born in Halifax County, Virginia. He was first "under care of" the Meeting, and then "disowned" for owning slaves.^{436, p. 295}

He apparently owned land in Tennessee. In his will, he directed that those lands be sold to provide for the education of his children who were not yet of age when he died.⁴⁴²

He did own at least one slave in his lifetime, a man named Will whom he "left" to his wife in his will.⁴⁴²

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