Is the surname Kirkland
The pension statement shows that at the time of her death in 1845 more than half of her children had preceded her in death., leaving Sarah Rogers, Susan Bradfield, and Mary Rogers, these three of Hamilton Co, TN; and Ephraim, Elijah and John, all of Bledsoe Co, TN.
Sep 1843 entry:Keziah Thurman, widow of Philip Thurman, applied for his pension as a revolutionary soldier; the court approved the pension.153

"The only documented evidence I have that Keziah Thurman's maiden name was
Kirkland comes from Sequatchie Valley Bible Records by James L. Douthat
(Mountain Press, P.O. Box 400 Signal Mountain, TN 37377-0400, page 32, Bible
record #119: Notation by Thomas A. Beavert : Leonidas Eugene Anderson
married Laura Jane Thurman. Laura Jane was a daughter of Asahel Rawlings and
Matilda Jane Humble Thurman Laura Jane was a granddaughter of Eli and Sarah
Rainey Thurman and a great granddaughter of Philip and Kizziah Kirkland
Thurman." Gerald and Fran Chancellor <gfrc35@hotmail.com> 2018