John Henry Kyle\Martha Ann Bankhead

John Henry Kyle. He married Martha Ann Bankhead April 28, 1799 in York Dist., South Carolina. He died UNKNOWN. Martha Ann Bankhead, daughter of James Bankhead and Elizabeth Black , was born July 12, 1780 in Pickneyville, Union, South Carolina. She died November 22, 1866 in Augusta, Texas.

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From Jim Kyle--email [email protected]

" It seems that James and Elizabeth disinherited Martha after she married John Henry Kyle! The source for this is the 1979 history of Houston County,Tx, and I haven't yet seen the book myself although Tom gave me the page refrences. As you know, James and Elizabeth were quite wealthy for the time and place. It seem that John Henry was the overseer for their plantation, and as such was a "hired hand" and unsuitable as a marriage prospect. Nevertheless Martha married him anyway.and they disinherited her. That would explain her absence from the will."

"The story gets even juicer, John Henry left Martha after several children were born, and since SC had no divorce laws, he moved to Ohio, got a divorce there, married again, and had several more children.
Again his marriage went sour, so he returned to Martha Ann, and begat yet more. I believe that my direct
ancestor, James Henry Bankhead Kyle, was from this second go-around, but until I can find some primary records this is simply supposition."

Children of John Henry Kyle and Martha Ann Bankhead are:

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