Hi Floyd,

I was reviewing your Kaigler Family website and comparing it to the extensive Kaigler research that I had conducted in the 1990s. You've put a lot of work into this website and it great service to other Kaigler descendants. After analyzing the John Kaiglers that you have listed in the 2nd and 3rd generation sections of your site, I believe that these two John Kaiglers are actually the same person (the son of Andrew Kaigler, Sr.) and you've possibly added a generation. I understand the difficulty involved during this timeframe with confused lines due to muddled records, but I believe that John Kaigler's first wife, Caroline Leitner, died and he then married Margaret and started a second family. I've attached a Word file that provides the Kaigler information from my family history manuscript that offers a fully documented look at some of my Kaigler (as well as Gibson and Seawright) ancestors that lived in the area of Sandy Run and Beaver Creek in old Lexington District. It also provides records from the John Kaigler family after he died in 1814 and the family moved to Edgefield District where additional tragedies took place that were documented in court records. My manuscript also provides a copy of the circa 1855 ambrotype photo depicting Nancy Ann (Kaigler) Gibson holding a dagurretype photo of her late husband. Hopefully this research can fill some voids in the early Kaigler family groups and generate some discussion.

J Richards

President and Education Chairman, Pikes Peak Genealogical Society

Colorado Springs