THIS BRANCH OF THE FAMILY WAS MOSTLY ABSENT FROM G.B. KUYKENDALL'S BOOK. TALKING TO SOME OF OUR OLDER GENERATION THE IDEA OF TELLING EVERYTHING ABOUT YOUR FAMILY WAS NOT APPEALING. THIS BEING THE CASE THE CAROLINA DESCENDANTS HAVE HAD AN INTERESTING TIME TRACING THEIR ROOTS. NEEDLESS TO SAY IT HAS BEEN AN ADVENTURE.
MY GREAT-GREAT GRANDFATHER JOHN ALLEN KUYKENDALL FOUGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR AND WAS WOUNDED AT MALVERN HILL IN VIRGINIA.MANY OF THE FAMILY HAD MIXED LOYALTIES. WHILE JOHN ALLEN WAS FIGHTING IN VIRGINIA HIS WIFE AND HER SISTERS WERE HIDING UNION SOLDIERS IN THE ATTIC. ONE OF THOSE ESCAPED SOLDIERS WROTE A BOOK ABOUT HIS ADVENTURES FROM COLUMBIA,SC TO KNOXVILLE,TN.
I WILL BE INTERESTED TO HEAR FROM OTHER COUSINS CAROLINA, KISSING OR OTHERWISE.