Fourth Generation
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1.1.  George Kaigler (John, Andrew) married Elizabeth Geiger (3/4/1776 -  4/19/1856) the daughter of John Geiger and Ann Murph c.1800 and had six children:
       
    1. John Geiger Kaigler (10/14/1801- 12/6/1843)
       
    2. George Kaigler (3/16/1803 - 9/17/1887)
       
    3. Caroline Ann Kaigler (9/27/1804 - 9/1/1874)
       
    4. Maria Kaigler (12/27/1805 - 11/29/1893)
       
    5. Margaret Henrietta Kaigler (1809 - 10/12/1831)
       
    6. Harriet Kaigler
          
   

John Geiger's will is dated 6/18/1816 and was proved 9/18/1817, Lexington District, SC and leaves land to "my beloved daughter Elizabeth Kaigler, a plantation... in Lexington District..." and 2 slaves, Mary and Peter.

George Kaigler had a land grant in SC in 1795.  His will is published in the "Abstracts of Lexington District Wills"

Will of George Kaigler of Lexington District... "to my beloved wife Elizabeth Kaigler, one third of my estate both real and personal, and if she shall wish to do so, to take the following Negroes as a part of her said one third of my personal estate (viz) Ben, the driver, Jack and Peggy the seamstress; to my beloved daughter Margaret Henrietta Kaigler, one Negro girl Therza; to my beloved daughter Harriet Kaigler, Negro girl Beckey; the whole of my real estate unto my two sons, John Geiger Kaigler and George Kaigler; the balance of my personal estate be divided into ten equal shares, one of which to my son John Geiger Kaigler, one to my son George Kaigler, two of which shares I give to my daughter Ann Caroline Wolf, two shares to my daughter Maria Kaigler; two shares to my daughter Margaret Henrietta Kaigler; two shares to my daughter Harriet Kaigler; the Real Estate so as aforesaid loaned to my said wife after her death, to my said two sons to them and their heirs forever in equal shares; to my daughter Ann Caroline Wolf four Negroes named Ishamel, Joshua, Rachel and Tab; and as my son John Geiger Kaigler has intermarried, the following Negroes by way of advancement Cyrus, his wife Eliza and her child Judy and Bristol a boy about 14 years of age; my sons John Geiger Kaigler and George Kaigler, and my friend Henry Muller exrs...21 July 1826."

          
1.2. Andrew Kaigler (John, Andrew) married Mary and had one child:
       
1. Ann Kaigler (1817 -     )
       
1.3. John James Kaigler (John, Andrew) married Mary Emaline Plant (9/2/1802 - 10/10/1840) Jan, 1818 and had six children:
       
    1. Mary Emaline Kaigler (1818 - 1902)
   
    2. Ann Margaret Kaigler (1820 - 1831)
     
    3. Harriet Carolina Kaigler(1824 -     )
     
    4. Henerietta Kaigler (1826 -     )
     
    5. John Reuben Kaigler (6/25/1830 -        )
    6. William Kaigler (1835 -     )
       
John James Kaigler married to Charity Cherry Brown (3/8/1807 - 7/7/1883) on 3/4/1841 and had one child:
     
    7. James Kaigler (1843 -        )
        
1.4.    Ann Elizabeth "Nancy" Kaigler (John, Andrew) married William Gibson (12/16/1795 - 4/9/1853) son of John and Susannah Gibson abt 1819 and had eight children:
        
    1. Sarah Ann Gibson  (1822 - 1900) Click on picture to see larger image 
       
    2. Anne Caroline Gibson (1825 - 1927)
       
    3. John Gibson (1825 -     )
         (moved to Columbia Co, Fl) Florida Inf -  CSA
       
    4.  William Thomas Gibson (10/1/1826 - 9/20/1863)
       
    5.   Henrietta Elizabeth Gibson (1832 - 1964)
       
    6.  Mary Susannah Gibson (1836 -     )
      
    7.  George Ambrose Gibson  (1838 -     )
           (moved to Columbia Co, Fl) Florida Inf - CSA
       
    8.  Jacob Gibson CSA (1838 -     )
         Company M 7th South Carolina Infantry CSA
 
1.5. Reuben Kaigler (John, Andrew) married Ann Catherine Lowerman (12/1/1805 - 2/14/1898) on 4/6/1824 and lived in Clayton, Alabama.  They had three children:
    1. Ellen Amelia Kaigler (10/18/1844 - 10/31/1929)
       
    2. M. E. Kaigler (1836 -     ) f.
       
    3. E. C. Kaigler (1839 -     ) f.
1.7. William C. Kaigler (John, Andrew) married Mary C. Spear Westbrook settled in Dooley, Georgia and had two children:
1. George Bascom Kaigler (2/1861 - 7/29/1921)
       
    2. Albert S. J. Kaigler (1863 - 1882)
       
2. 1. Margaret Kersh (Mary Ann, Andrew) married William Geiger (1773 - 2/5/1855) in 1794 and had ten children:
       
    1. David Geiger
         
    2. John Conrad Geiger (8/24/1801 - 3/10/1870)
         
    3. William Geiger (1802 - 1884)
         
    4. Godfrey Herman Geiger (1804 - 1858)
         
    5. Mary Ann Geiger (2/12/1811 - 8/25/1857)
         
    6. Franklin Geiger (1813 - 1847)
         
    7. Jacob Geiger (1816 -      )
         
    8. Abraham W. Geiger (1818 - 1/10/1896)
         
    9. Henry Geiger (1820 - 1836)
         
    10. Caroline Elvira Geiger (7/22/1826 - 9/25/1885)
         
2.2. Godfrey Kersh (Mary Ann, Andrew) married Nancy Stivender (1773 - 2/5/1855) and had four children:
       
    1. Mary Ann Kersh (7/13/1813 - 10/25/1849)
         
    2. John Jacob Kersh (10/10/1817 -     )
         
    3. Godfrey Kersh III (1/10/1822 -     )
         
    4. William David Kersh (3/15/1824 -     )
         
2.3. Ann Elizabeth Geiger (Mary Ann, Andrew) married Ernst Henry Muller, Sr. (11/1774 - 10/12/1850) on 1/23/1812 in Sandy Run Church, Gaston, SC and had eight children:
       
    1. Mary Muller (1814 -     )
       
    2. Gerhard Muller (1812 -     )
         
    3. Ernst Henry Muller, Jr.
         
    4. Rachael Muller
         
    5. John Muller
         
    6. Elizabeth Muller (5/6/1821 - 7/3/1891)
         
    7. Wilhelmina Muller (6/20/1823 -      )
         
    8. Margaret Muller (1825 - 1878)
         
    9. Louisa Muller (1829 -     )
       
    10. William Geiger Muller (9/1830 -     )
       
2.4. William Geiger, Jr. (Mary Ann, Andrew) married Nancy Ann Baker.
        
    1. Jacob Geiger (1816 -     )
        
    2. Mary Geiger
        
    3. Lavinia Geiger
        
3.1. John D. Kaigler (Andrew, Jr., Andrew) married Rebecca Colson Wells (8/20/1780 - 8/4/1839) on 8/2/1802 and had twelve children:
 
    1. William Kaigler (6/3/1803 - 1/16/1838)    
         
    2. Uriah Kaigler (8/4/1804 - 7/31/1805)
         
    3. Vandy V. Kaigler (10/22/1805 - 1/28/1875)
        
    4. Elizabeth Kaigler (2/5/1807 - 9/28/1819)
        
    5. John D. Kaigler (3/8/1808 - 3/30/1869)
        
6. Martha Kaigler (1/3/1810 - 9/17/1865)
        
    7. Silvia Kaigler (7/1811 - 7/2/1820)
        
    8. Claiborne Kaigler  (2/12/1813 - 9/30/1866)
        
    9. Esias Kaigler  (5/30/1814 -       )
        
    10. Russell Kaigler  (8/8/1816 - 7/14/1820)
        
    11. Andrew Kaigler (12/14/1817 - 11/6/1868)
        
    12. Rebecca Kaigler  (10/13/1819 - 10/14/1893)
        
   
John D. Kaigler was born on 10/8/1777 in Orangeburg District, Dobbs County, South Carolina. He settled tract of land east of Holmesville, Pike County, Mississippi before 1810.  He died on 12/12/1843 in Wilkinson County, Mississippi.  He was buried in Kaigler Cemetery, Holmesville, Mississippi. "John Kaigler moved [near Woodville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi] leaving Adam, a trusty negro slave, in charge of his Topisaw plantation. Andrew married Mary Levisa Noland in Wilkinson Co., MS and then subsequently returned to the original home, where he remained in after life."

"John Kaigler, guardian of William W. Kaigler, one of the minor heirs of David Kaigler, will sell property of the estate," from The Mississippi Democrat dated 2 Jan 1836, page 161.

He (John D. Kaigler)was married to Rebecca Colson Wells on 8/2//1802 in Orangeburg District, Dobbs County, South Carolina. Rebecca Colson Wells was born on 8/20/1780. She died on 8/4/1839 in Holmesville, Pike County, Mississippi. She was buried in Kaigler Cemetery, Holmesville, Mississippi.

John D. Kaigler married his sister-in-law, Mrs. Catherine F. Kaigler on 5/2/1839. Book F, Page 281. Catherine F. was born about 1814.   She died on 10/22/1844 in Mississippi.

       
3. 2. Esias Kaigler (Andrew, Jr., Andrew) married Catherine Dennard and had one child:
       
    1. Esias Kaigler, Jr. MD (1814 - 1900)
       
   
Esias Kaigler was born in South Carolina and died in Wilkinson County, Mississippi. He resided at Magnolia Hill, on the Bluff Rd. to Fort Adams, 8 miles from Woodville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi.  He signed a will in #1-1 in Wilkinson County, Mississipp. 4/12/1825 Esias Kaigler, Sr. was appointed executor of Andrew Kaigler's estate.

2/7/1829   Esias presents final settlement for Andrew Kaigler's estate.

       
3. 3. David Kaigler (Andrew, Jr., Andrew) married Nancy Miles (9/1826 -     ) 9/18/1816 in Williamson County, Tennessee. (According to John Busby, she died at the home of her son-in-law, B. S. Alford in Wilkinson County, MS.  David Kaigler and Nancy Miles had two children:  
     
    1. Isabella N. Kaigler
       
    2. William W. Kaigler, Sr. (11/27/1820 - 8/28/1884)
       
3. 4. Mary (Polly) Kaigler (Andrew, Jr., Andrew) married James Shannon in Williamson County, Tennesse on 10/24/1807 and had three children:
     
    1. Thomas Shannon
       
    2. Evalina Shannon
       
    3. James Shannon
       
3. 5. Elizabeth Kaigler (Andrew, Jr., Andrew) married John Smith in Mississippi in 1818.  She died in Louisiana.  They had five children:
       
    1. John Smith
         
    2. Harriet Smith
       
    3. Margaret Smith
       
    4. Lenora Smith
       
    5. Washington Smith
       
3. 6. William W. Kaigler (Andrew, Jr., Andrew) married Elizabeth H. Beasley (1794 - 5/21/1865) daughter of Robert C. and Fannie Beasley on 4/15/1812 and had seven children:
       
    1. Adaline Kaigler
       
    2. Mary Ann Kaigler (1816 -     )
       
    3. William Kaigler (1819 -     )
       
    4. Elizabeth Kaigler (1811 -     )
       
    5. Martha Jane Kaigler (6/21/1825 - 8/21/1908)
       
    6. Ellen Kaigler
       
    7. Catherine F. Kaigler  (1814 - 10/22/1844)
       
    8. Andrew Kaigler (1824 -     )
       
9. John W. Kaigler (1827 - 8/28/1884)
       
3. 7. Margaret "Peggy" Kaigler (Andrew, Jr., Andrew) married Jacob Holliman in Williamson, Tennessee on 8/24/1808 and later married   ? Payne
          
4. 1. Samuel Murph (Elizabeth, Andrew) married Sarah Frazier and had four children:
          
    1. John E Murph (8/19/1804 - 9/12/1851)
        
    2. Sarah Murph (1806 -     )
        
    3. Samuel Dorman Murph, MD. (5/3/1809 - 3/10/1879    )
   
    4. Nathan Constantine Murph (6/3/1819 - 2/20/1907)
        
4.2. Elizabeth Murph (Elizabeth, Andrew) married John Randolph "Randall" Geiger and had six children:
       
    1. Harmon Horlbeck Geiger (9/29/1797 - 1868)
       
    2. Sylvia Geiger (1800 -      )
       
    3. John Jacob Geiger (1801 -     )
       
    4. Mary Margulias Geiger(1805 -     )
       
    5. Washington Whitfield Geiger (1808 - 1855)
       
    6. Salome Geiger (1817 -     )
       
9.1. David Kaigler (Michael, Andrew) married Anna Barbara Crapps (1796 - 5/8/1863) daughter of John Craps (Crapps) and Catherine Lowman (or Lowerman) and had twelve children:
       
    1. Harriet Kaigler (1812 -      )
       
    2. Anna Matilda Kaigler (1815 -      )
       
    3. Rachael E. Kaigler (1816 -      )
       
    4. Caroline Kaigler (1817 -      )
       
5. David Saylor Kaigler, MD (1814 - 1862)
       
    6. James Madison Kaigler (1824 - 5/4/1856)
       
    7. Eldred Franklin Kaigler (1825 -      ) 
      Novten's Co., 15 Batt'n. Georgia Cavalry (State Guards) CSA
lived with sister Caroline
    8. George Oscar Kaigler (8/25/1827 -        )
       
    9. Henry Middleton Kaigler, MD (10/11/1829 - 5/10/1898)
       
    10. Ann Elizabeth Barbara Kaigler (4/1/1832 - 8/21/1909)
       
    11. Capt. William Kaigler (12/29/1833 - 4/1910) 
       
    12. John Michael Kaigler (2/3/1838 -      )
       
   
David Kaigler was a Major in the War of 1812, 2nd Regiment, Benton's Tennessee Volunteers

John Craps (Grave marked by D. A. R.) born in Lexington County, SC in 1768 and died Randolph (now Terrell) County, GA in 1853. He served as a private in the 4th Artillery Regiment and was married to Catherine Lowman, born in SC in 1770 and died in GA in 1850.  Their other children were: George (b 1799), who married Harriet Rogers, Elizabeth, who married Martin Stampes and John Jacob.

        
9.2. Margaret Kaigler (Michael, Andrew) married Peter Inabinet (born 7/16/1758 - 1818) and had one child:
     
    1. John Inabinet (10/10/1819 - 12/3/1894)
       
    2. James D. Inabinet (1831 -     )
       
    3. Archibald David Inabinet
       
    4. Louisa Inabinet
       
    5. Elizabeth "Betsy" Inabinet
       
    6. Elvira Inabinet
       
9.3. Harriet Kaigler (Michael, Andrew) married Samuel Sistrunk and had two children:
       
    1. Drucilla Sistrunk (1/1/1822 - 12/11/1822)
     
    2. Rachael Sistrunk (     - 1831)
       
    Harriet Kaigler later married Seaborn Jones Hawk (1806 -12/26/1869) and had two children:
     
    3. John Hawk
       
    4. Frances Hawk
       
9.4. Rube Lavinia Kaigler (Michael, Andrew) married Harmon Holbrook Geiger 4.2.1. and had six children:
       
    1. Annie Geiger
       
    2. James M. Geiger (1820 -     )
       
    3. Randall Capers Geiger (1822 - 1885)
       
    4. Jacob Saylor Geiger (3/25/1824 - 2/2/1896)
       
    5. Louisa Elizabeth Geiger(1826 -     )
       
    6. Marjulia Geiger (1833 - 1837)
       
9.5. Drusilla Kaigler (Michael, Andrew) married Nathan Culclasure and had five children:
       
    1. John Culclasure
       
    2. Nathan Wesley Culclasure (1834 - 1870)
       
    3. Druscilla F. Culclasure (1836 -     )
       
4. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Culclasure (1839 -     )
   
    5. Mary Culclasure (1841 -     )
       
9.6. Henry Kaigler (Michael, Andrew) married Lucinda Wolfe (1806 - 1837) on 2/27/1820(?) and had five children:
     
    1. Henry Kaigler, Jr. (2/15/1829 - 12/01/1907)
     
    2. James Russell Kaigler (2/20/1831 - 6/28/1891)
 
    3. John Wolfe Kaigler (1834 -      )
       
    4. Elizabeth Kaigler (1836 -      )
   
    5. Mary Kaigler (1837 -      )
     
Henry Kaigler married Sarah Greene c. 1840 and had four children:
     
6. Cowles Mead Kaigler (1841 - 1880)
       
    7. Augustus Kaigler (1843 - 1916)
       
    8. Artie Kaigler (1845 - 1880)
       
    9. Wingfield Kaigler (1848 - 1879)
       
9.7. Ann Kaigler (Michael, Andrew) married James Pou and had 1 child:
       
    1. Lewis Pou
       
9.8. Sarah Kaigler (Michael, Andrew) married Jacob Caver (1779 - 1837) and had nine children:
       
    1. William A. Caver (1/3/1809 - 1881)
       
    2. Mary Caver (1813 -     )
       
3. Lavinia Caver (1815 - 1892)
       
    4. Caroline D. Caver (1819 -     )
       
    5. James Henry Caver (4/2/1820 - 6/2/1864)
       
    6. Vernon Vastine Caver (1823 - 1904)
       
    7. Sara Pleasant Caver (1828 - 1911)
       
    8. Louisa Jane Caver (1833 - 1886)
       
    9. Jacob T. Caver (1836 -     )
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In 1842, 1843 & 1844, Col. William S. Fisher was in command of the campaign known as "The Mier Expedition".  This excursion into Mexico was intended to overthrow the Mexican government.  It is known as the Black Bean Incident because many of the soldiers were captured and tried.  The decision was made not to shoot all of the captured soldiers.  Each was given the opportunity to draw from a bag of beans, those drawing a white bean were executed those drawing a black bean freed.  "William Kaigler", born in Georgia and residing in Bexar, is listed as a member of Captain Buster's Company.  He was liberated from Mexico on September 16, 1844.
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