From thomashm@fidnet.com Sun Jul 19 08:20:13 1998
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 07:51:35 -0500
From: Larry & Barb Thomas
To: "David W. Morgan"
Subject: Re: [Thomas Gillespie
Generation No. 1
1. THOMAS1 GILLESPIE was born 1718, and died December 13, 1796 in Rowan
Co., NC. He married NAOMI THOMPSON January 01, 1745 in Possibly VA.
More About THOMAS GILLESPIE:
Armed Forces: Served in Revolutionary War as Commissary
Burial: December 1796, Buried at the Thyatira Presbyterian Church graveyard
in same coffin as wife
Churches/Misc.: Presbyterian
Immigration/Misc: Scotch-Irish
Citizenship/Misc: September 17, 1744, Granted Land by Earl Granville Back
Creek, Fork of Second Creek, Rowan Co. NC
Address: Abt. 1749, Petitioned for a warrant for land already living on
Fact 7: June 24, 1751, Granted land Anson Co., NC- Sill or Second Creek
Fact 8: July 20, 1788, Grant # 80 4000 acres next to son in law Thomas
Allison
Occupation: Farmer, Planter
Public Office: August 06, 1777, Appointed Sessor in Capt. William
Armstrong's Co.
Bapt/Misc.: Home of Thomas and Naomi was directly in front of the Grady
Hall home
Discharge/Misc.: May 24, 1758, witness to deed of Joseph Gillespie a
planter of Rowan Co., NC
Misc.: November 15, 1796, Wrote last will and testament, Rowan Co., NC
More About NAOMI THOMPSON:
Burial: December 1796, Buried at the Thyatira Presbyterian Church graveyard
in same coffin as husband
Children of THOMAS GILLESPIE and NAOMI THOMPSON are:
i. ALEXANDER2 GILLESPIE, b. NC; d. Bef. February 03, 1801, prob Rowan Co.,
NC.
More About ALEXANDER GILLESPIE:
Citizenship/Misc: February 12, 1791, Deed for 440 acres from Thomas
Gillespie Sr.
Address: December 15, 1796, Inherited plantation (473 acres) Rowan Co., NC
& 600 acres-flat creek duck river
Discharge/Misc.: November 15, 1796, willed land to brothers and sisters,
date of will same day as his father's
Misc.: Never married
2. ii. JAMES GILLESPIE, b. November 1745; d. Bef. February 07, 1787, prob
Rowan Co., NC.
3. iii. MARTHA GILLESPIE, b. Abt. 1747, NC; d. Aft. 1796.
4. iv. ISAAC GILLESPIE, b. March 28, 1750, Rowan Co., NC; d. December 24,
1826, Williamson Co., TN.
5. v. GEORGE GILLESPIE, SR., b. July 22, 1751, near Salisbury, Anson Co.,
NC; d. 1818, Sumner Co., TN.
6. vi. LYDIA GILLESPIE, b. August 02, 1753, Rowan Co., NC; d. 1826,
Mecklenburg Co., NC.
7. vii. THOMAS GILLESPIE, b. Abt. 1755, Rowan Co., NC; d. October 1830,
Williamson Co., TN.
8. viii. ROBERT GILLESPIE, b. Abt. 1760, NC; d. Bef. February 1843, Rowan
Co., NC.
ix. DAVID GILLESPIE, b. January 01, 1761, Rowan Co., NC; d. September 28,
1834, Williamson Co., TN; m. (1) MARY LUCKEY, April 18, 1785, Rowan Co.,
NC; m. (2) MARY MARLIN, February 16, 1814, Rowan Co., NC.
More About DAVID GILLESPIE:
Armed Forces: Revolutionary War for 2 years hauled supplies for military
Burial: Steele Graveyard, Williamson Co., TN
Churches/Misc.: attended Thyatira Presbyterian Church
Citizenship/Misc: February 12, 1791, Recd 147 acres of land from father
Address: Aft. October 02, 1809, Moved toWilliamson Co., TN
Fact 7: December 15, 1796, inherited 400 acres of land on flat Creek, Duck
River
Bapt/Misc.: Executors of his will are William Williams and William Neal
Discharge/Misc.: September 1835, NO CHILDREN willed his land to brother
Robert, nephews, nieces
Misc.: July 1834, applied for pension (Pension No. R-4031)
More About MARY LUCKEY:
Misc.: Possible father Robert Luckey
9. x. JOHN GILLESPIE, b. Abt. 1762, Mecklenburg Co., NC; d. 1825,
Tuscaloosa Co., AL.
Generation No. 2
2. JAMES2 GILLESPIE (THOMAS1) was born November 1745, and died Bef.
February 07, 1787 in prob Rowan Co., NC. He married JANE/JEANE GRAHAM
January 09, 1765 in Rowan Co., NC, daughter of RICHARD GRAHAM and AGNES //.
More About JAMES GILLESPIE:
Address: October 15, 1765, Receives 330.5 acres from his father in Rowan
Co., NC
More About JANE/JEANE GRAHAM:
Misc.: January 18, 1817, Wrote will, Rowan Co., NC probated Nov 1, 1823
Cannot write, used mark
Children of JAMES GILLESPIE and JANE/JEANE GRAHAM are:
i. ELEANOR "ELLEN"3 GILLESPIE, d. Bef. January 18, 1817; m. ROBERT
JOHNSON, November 01, 1802, Rowan Co., NC.
More About ELEANOR "ELLEN" GILLESPIE:
Discharge/Misc.: February 07, 1787, mother appointed her guardian
Misc.: Had 4 children
10. ii. RICHARD GRAHAM GILLESPIE, b. Abt. 1766, Rowan Co., NC; d. December
08, 1830, Rowan Co., NC.
11. iii. ELIZABETH GILLESPIE, b. Abt. 1768, Rowan Co., NC.
iv. THOMAS GILLESPIE, b. 1765-1766; d. October 11, 1837, Rowan Co., NC; m.
FLORA MCKAY/MCCOY.
More About THOMAS GILLESPIE:
Address: December 15, 1796, inherited abt 166 acres of land from
Grandfather on Duck River
Misc.: June 21, 1798, sells negroe Ales age 12 to John Knox
v. ANN GILLESPIE, b. Abt. 1772; d. 1795; m. JAMES BELL, Bef. January 1817.
More About ANN GILLESPIE:
Misc.: February 07, 1787, Richard Graham (the less) appointed guardian
vi. LYDIA GILLESPIE, b. Abt. 1776; d. October 03, 1837; m. SAMUEL
CULBERTSON, January 28, 1797, Rowan Co., NC.
More About LYDIA GILLESPIE:
Discharge/Misc.: February 07, 1787, George Gillespie appointed her
Guardian
12. vii. JEAN "JENNY" GILLESPIE, b. October 16, 1777.
3. MARTHA2 GILLESPIE (THOMAS1) was born Abt. 1747 in NC, and died Aft.
1796. She married THOMAS ALLISON January 20, 1770 in Rowan Co., NC.
More About MARTHA GILLESPIE:
Address: continued to live in what became Iredell Co., NC
Fact 7: August 05, 1815, Deeds 110 acres on Flat Creek, Williamson Co., TN
to daughter Naomi Irvin
More About THOMAS ALLISON:
Misc.: 1780, Last will and testament probated in Rowan Co., NC
Children of MARTHA GILLESPIE and THOMAS ALLISON are:
i. NAOMI3 ALLISON, b. Aft. 1770; m. CHRISTOPHER ERVIN, JR..
More About CHRISTOPHER ERVIN, JR.:
Address: October 16, 1811, Sold land in Iredell Co., NC
Fact 7: 1812, Moved to Williamson Co. TN from Iredell Co., NC
Fact 8: August 05, 1815, Deeded 110 acres on Flat Creek, Williamson Co.,
>From Martha Allison
Occupation: Blacksmith
Misc.: April 16, 1822, wrote last will and testament naming wife, 2 sons
and 7 daughters
ii. THOMAS G. ALLISON, JR..
More About THOMAS G. ALLISON, JR.:
Address: December 15, 1796, Inherited abt 166 acres of land from
Grandfather on Duck River
iii. RICHARD ALLISON.
iv. ANNE ALLISON, d. Cannon Co., TN; m. JOHN BROWN.
4. ISAAC2 GILLESPIE (THOMAS1) was born March 28, 1750 in Rowan Co., NC,
and died December 24, 1826 in Williamson Co., TN. He married MARY ANNE
MCGUIRE April 12, 1791 in Rowan Co., NC, daughter of JOHN MCGUIRE and MARY
BRANDON.
More About ISAAC GILLESPIE:
Armed Forces: Served in Revolutionary War-North Carolina Roster
Burial: thought to be buried in the old Ezell graveyard, Sumner Co., TN
Immigration/Misc: January 02, 1793, deeded 295 acres Rowan Co., NC out of
love to his brother Robert Gillespie
Citizenship/Misc: December 15, 1796, Receives 748 acres of land on Flat
Creek, Duck River from father
Address: January 02, 1791, recd 578 acres in Rowan Co., NC from father
Fact 8: 1812, moved to 748 acre tract of land Williamson Co. TN
Misc.: 1827, Will, Williamson Co., TN Book 4, Page 349
More About MARY ANNE MCGUIRE:
Burial: thought to be buried in the old Ezell graveyard, Sumner Co., TN
Fact 8: 1840, Living in Williamson Co., TN next to daughter (wife of Alex
Slavin)
Children of ISAAC GILLESPIE and MARY MCGUIRE are:
i. AMELIA3 GILLESPIE, m. ELIJAH MAYFIELD, December 15, 1816, Williamson
Co., TN.
ii. NAOMI GILLESPIE, m. ZACHEUS WILSON, July 16, 1822, Williamson Co., TN.
iii. THOMAS T. GILLESPIE, m. JANE WALKER, July 20, 1812, Williamson Co.,
TN.
More About THOMAS T. GILLESPIE:
Address: December 15, 1796, Inherited abt 166 acres of land from
Grandfather on Duck River
iv. MARY "POLLY" B. GILLESPIE, b. January 26, 1794, Rowan Co., NC; d.
March 13, 1860, Williamson Co., TN; m. REUBEN REYNOLDS, July 22, 1816,
Williamson Co., TN.
More About MARY "POLLY" B. GILLESPIE:
Burial: Steele Cemetery, Flat Creek, Williamson Co., TN
v. LYDIA GILLESPIE, b. September 18, 1796, Rowan Co., NC; d. April 14,
1880, Sumner Co., TN; m. JAMES DURHAM, July 14, 1820, Sumner Co., TN.
vi. SOPHIA GILLESPIE, b. July 1802, Rowan Co., NC; d. April 19, 1875,
Marshall Co., TN; m. WILLIAM WALLACE/WALLIS, September 19, 1820, Williamson
Co., TN.
More About SOPHIA GILLESPIE:
Burial: Wallace Graveyard
13. vii. DAVID ALEXANDER GILLESPIE, b. March 28, 1804, Rowan Co., NC; d.
July 19, 1861, Williamson Co., TN.
viii. MATILDA GILLESPIE, b. 1805, Rowan Co., NC; m. ALEXANDER SLAVIN,
November 05, 1821, Williamson Co., TN.
ix. GEORGE M. GILLESPIE, b. December 11, 1809, Rowan Co., NC; d. July 02,
1834, Williamson Co., TN; m. FRANCES "FANNY" MORTON, January 01, 1832,
Williamson Co., TN.
5. GEORGE2 GILLESPIE, SR. (THOMAS1) was born July 22, 1751 in near
Salisbury, Anson Co., NC, and died 1818 in Sumner Co., TN. He married (1)
MARY GRAHAM April 18, 1771 in Rowan Co., NC, daughter of RICHARD GRAHAM and
AGNES //. He married (2) MARY // January 01, 1818 in Sumner Co., TN.
More About GEORGE GILLESPIE, SR.:
Armed Forces: Revolutionary War service NC roster, under General Nathaniel
Green
Burial: September 1818, Old Hopewell Church Cemetery, near
Gallatin-Bethpage, Sumner Co., TN
Address: August 02, 1771, granted from Thomas Gillespie 350 acres out of
love and for 10 shilligs
Fact 7: Aft. December 1797, moved family to Sumner Co. TN purchased 320
acres on Bartons Creek
Fact 8: 1792, 3030 acres granted in Sumner & Williamson Co TN-Duck River &
BigTom Rigley Creek
Public Office: Recd 4 payments from Revolutionary War 3 for purchases, 1
for service
Bapt/Misc.: His Homeplace in Williamson Co. on Hen Peck lane, living in
Sumner Co. -at death
Discharge/Misc.: Fought in battle fo Guilford Court House and Kings
Mountain
Misc.: Note: lived in what was Anson Co., later Rowan Co.
More About MARY GRAHAM:
Burial: September 1815, Old Hopewell Church Cemetery, near Gallatin in
Bethpage, Sumner Co., TN
Misc.: most of kids that remained in Sumner-buried- Hopewell Baptist Cem.
Bethpage TN
More About MARY //:
Burial: Henpeck Lane, Williamson Co., TN
Fact 7: 1820, moved to Williamson Co. TN, on property of George, stepson
Children of GEORGE GILLESPIE and MARY GRAHAM are:
14. i. JOHN3 GILLESPIE, SR., b. March 18, 1773, Rowan Co., NC; d. December
23, 1868, Bethpage, Sumner Co., TN.
15. ii. THOMAS L. GILLESPIE, b. July 27, 1776, Rowan Co., NC; d. October
10, 1855, near Vienna, Johnson Co., IL.
16. iii. JACOB GILLESPIE, b. November 23, 1777, Rowan Co., NC; d. 1864,
Sumner Co., TN.
iv. MOLLIE GILLESPIE, b. September 14, 1779; d. October 22, 1853, Sumner
Co., TN; m. JOHN JACKSON "JACK" BYRNS, Bef. 1818.
More About MOLLIE GILLESPIE:
Burial: Old Hopewell Church Cemetery, Sumner Co., TN
Discharge/Misc.: 1818, Inherited $100 in addition to what she has already
been given, from her father
v. NANCY GILLESPIE, b. May 02, 1781; d. Aft. February 14, 1834; m. (1)
WALLACE BRYSON; m. (2) HENRY RAMSAY BLEDSOE, May 22, 1805, Sumner Co., TN.
Gillespie, Part 2
