The Pirkles and Their Descendants in the U.S.A.

• This book is a compilation of years of work on part of the
  author in gathering information on the Pirkle family from the
  American Revolution, including the many branches of this
  family up to 1933.
  
• Page 112
  Pirkle, John Rockingham, Co., NC
  -- Dibbs
  John Pirkle, born 1725, died 1811, came to North America from
  Europe - Holland, now called Netherlands -- before the war of the
  Revolution.
  State Records, Raleigh North Carolina, File 543 -- Guilford County
  shows that on April 5, 1780, four hundred and twenty acres of land
  were surveyed for John Pirkle, and file 2 -- Rockingham Co., shows
  that on Oct. 24, 1787, two hundred acres were surveyed for John
  Pirkle. The two tracts of land joined.
  In 1770 Guilford County, NC was formed from Orange and
  Rowan Counties and in 1885 Rockingham County was formed from
  Guilford County.
  These two tracts of land are near Wentworth, ROckingham, NC.
  The Revolutionary Army Accounts, VOl. IX, Page 4-5 in Raliegh
  North Carolina show that John Pirkle Sr. Received pay for his
  service in the Revolution. John Pirkle Jr. who lived in an adjoining
  county to Rockingham, but across the state line, Henry County,
  Virginia, served in the War of the Revolution in the 8th Virginia
  Regiment, while Jacob Pirkle served in Captain Ely Dorsey's Company,
  2nd Maryland Regiment, commanded by Colonel Thomas Woolford.
  This family was active in helping Washington in the War of the
  Revolution which resulted in establishing the government of the
  United States of America.
  In a letter to John A. Cagle dated Sept 5, 1929, from Mr. T.W. Ault
  Registrar of Deeds, Rockingham County, he said: "The records
  show John Pirkle was granted two parcels of land by the state of
  North Carolina. At his death his will provided for a division of his
  land among his heirs -- eight sons: John, Nathaniel, Jacob, Jesse,
  Samuel, William, George and Elijah. There are fourteen deeds to
  Pirkles on the books. Two showing grants to John Pirkle, and one
  showing division of John's land made the 10th day of April 1811.,
  following his death. After this division the name of Pirkle appears
  but five times as grantees or buyers of land, they are Jesse, twice;
  James, Jacob and Alexander, after which the spelling appears to
  have changed to Pirtle, Pyrtle, Pertle, or Purtle.
  Jacob Pirkle married Elizabeth Saunders; William Pirkle married
  Sarah Cantrell, Elijah Pirkle married Mary --., It appears that
  the other boys or their descendants changed the spelling of the name
  Pirkle to Pirtle, Pertle, Purtle, or Pyrtle. Elijah's children spelled
  the name Pirtle. John Pirkle son of William Pirkle, who was born
  in Rockingham Co., NC said that the people generally and many
  members of the Pirkle family pronounced the name Pirkle, as if it
  were spelled Purtle.
  I think every name Pirtle, Pertle, Purtle, and Pyrtle in the United
  States descended from the Pirkle who came here from Holland in
  Europe.
                                  -- John A. Cagle
  

1. Cantrell, Sarah (Pirkle), ()
   
2. Pirkle, Elijah ()
   
3. Pirkle, Jacob ()
   
4. Pirkle, Jesse ()
   
5. Pirkle, John ()
   
6. Pirkle, Nathaniel ()
   
7. Pirkle, Samuel ()
   
8. Pirkle, William ()
   
9. Pirtle, George (5 Oct 1767)
   
10. Saunders, Elizabeth (Pirkle), ()
    
11. unknown, Mary (Pirkle), ()