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1052:"Died at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, the 13th of December, Mrs. Naomi Gillespie aged 69; at 10 o'clock the same evening, Mr. Thomas Gillespie aged 78. They were the first settlers in Rowan County on the West-Side of the Yadkin River, and lived in the strictest bond of matrimonial friendship for the space of 55 years. Their descendants amount to 65, of whom six sons carried them to their place of interment, where they were deposited in the same coffin. The history of North Carolina has perhaps never furnished a similar instance since its first settlement."
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It is the oldest
Presbyterian congregation west of the Yadkin River. It is located near the town of Mill Bridge on Cathey's Creek, which is near Sills Creek and Back Creek where Thomas lived. After his death, his living children remained with the church until 1805 when there was a split in the congregation between revivalists and anti-revivalists. Thirty families and five church elders, including Thomas Gillespie, Jr. left the church to form the revivalist
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part of
Tennessee on June 1, 1796, and part of Williamson County, Tennessee in 1799. This land was inherited by his male children through his will. The initial application for this grant was on October 27, 1783. This grant, No. 80, was entered on pages 216 and 217 of Book A. The land was survey on February 21, 1785, by H. Rutherford. The grant was given on April 25, 1807, to David and Isaac Gillespie, after their father's death.
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on his plantation but must have relied extensively on family to help run his large plantation. In 1790, there were 1,742 slaves in 2,432 families in Rowan County. The largest plantation, owned by
Richmond Person, had 101 slaves and there were 31 families with ten or more slaves. There were six slaves mentioned in his will and seven slaves enumerated in the 1790 Census in Rowan County for Thomas Gillespie, Sr.
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661:(active from 1776–1783). General Rutherford lived near Gillespie on Grants Creek and was also a large land owner, like Thomas. Thomas was one of five commissaries under a Quartermaster General, Joseph Marbury. As commissary, Thomas was responsible for provisioning the soldiers in the brigade, which included as many as 1,400 to 2,000 men.
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Flat Creek from their father and they were buried at Moses Steele
Cemetery near Flat Creek. The Moses Steel Cemetery is named for Moses Steele, who was originally from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The land on which the cemetery is located was originally purchased by Moses from Thomas Gillespie's 4,000-acre bounty land. The
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Thomas
Gillespie died on December 13, 1796, in Rowan County, North Carolina, and is buried in the same grave and in the same coffin with his wife Naomi, who had died just hours before him, in the Thyatira Presbyterian Church Cemetery on Cathey's Creek in Mill Bridge, Rowan County, North Carolina. On
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lists Thomas
Gillespie, Sen. in Captain John Cowan's District with land valued at 5,529 pounds, as well as his sons Thomas Gillespie, Jr. with land valued at 230 pounds and James Gillespie with land valued at 2,521 pounds. His son, George Gillespie, was listed in Captain George Cowan's District with
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Thomas was a devout
Presbyterian and one of the early members of a Presbyterian Meeting House established before 1753 at the headwaters of the 2nd Creek in Anson County (later became Rowan County in 1753). The congregation became Cathey's Meeting House and later the Thyatira Presbyterian Church.
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David
Gillespie (1763 – September 18, 1834): He died in Williamson County, Tennessee and was buried on the land on Flat Creek, Duck River that he inherited from his father. He married Mary Luckey (1770/80–1814) in 1785 and later married Mary Marlin/Martin on February 12, 1814, in Tennessee. He was
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His large plantation house was located on Sills Creek included more than five rooms. He owned farm machinery, including a cotton gin. The crops that were grown on his plantation included flax, cotton, potatoes, and wheat. He also raised horses and cattle. Thomas owned up to seven slaves to help
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was bounded on the west by Long Glade and on the east by Naked Creek. This is in the northern part of
Augusta County. This is the first legal document about Thomas and places him in Augusta County in December 1740. Thomas Gillespie served in the Virginia Colonial militia in Augusta County in 1742.
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Thomas
Gillespie owned land in Augusta County, Virginia. On December 1, 1740, Thomas Glassbey (sic Gillespie) in Augusta County, Virginia received 400 acres on a draft of the north river of "Shanando" called the "Long Glade". He paid forty shillings of good and lawful money for this land. The land
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Non-commissioned officers were entitled to receive 1,000 acres of land for their service in the American Revolution. Thomas received Grants of 4,000 and 1,000 acres of land on Flat Creek, Duck River for his Revolutionary War services. This land was originally located in North Carolina and became
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Flat Creek is a historic community that was established in 1799 in the extreme southeast corner of Williamson County, Tennessee. It was founded primarily by Revolutionary War veterans awarded claims for their service. Isaac Gillespie, Thomas Gillespie, Jr., and David Gillespie inherited land in
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Seven of his eight sons were living at the time of his death: Isaac, George, Thomas, Alexander, David, John, and Robert. James had predeceased him. Both his daughters, Martha and Lydia, were still alive at the time of his death. His sons, Thomas Gillespie, Jr. and Robert Gillespie, were named
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Isaac Lemuel Gillespie (March 28, 1750 – December 24, 1826): He died in Williamson County, Tennessee and was buried in the Moses Steele Cemetery on the land he inherited from his father on Flat Creek, Duck River. He married Mary Ann McGuire (February 13, 1770 – September 20, 1845) on April 12,
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His wife, Naomi Gillespie, was to get the choice of five rooms in his house and all that part of the cleared land on the west side between his two sons, Alexander and Robert Gillespie. She was also to receive her bed and furniture, one black horse, her dresser and kitchen furniture, the female
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Thomas entered claims for grants of additional land in Tennessee from 1778 to 1784 that was issued between 1782 and 1788. There is no evidence that Thomas Gillespie, Sr. took up residence in Tennessee on any of these lands. However, his sons, Isaac, George, Thomas (Jr.), and David, took up
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James Gillespie's son Thomas, George Gillespie's sons Thomas and Jacob, Thomas Allison, Thomas Knox, and Issac Gillespie's son Thomas Gillespie inherited jointly 1,000 acres of land in Greene County, on the Duck River. The title was to be made by James Kerr, Esq. of Iredell
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Thyatira Presbyterian Church Booklet, Dec 1797, "Died at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday the 15th of December, 1797, Mrs. Naomi Gillespie, aged 69; at 10 O'clock the same evening, Thomas Gillespie aged 76. Their six sons carried them to the grave and buried them in the same
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and was buried at the Old Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery in Sumner County. He married Mary Graham (May 32, 1751 – 1815) on April 8, 1771, in Rowan County. He provided patriotic services during the Revolutionary War. He may have fought at the
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Thomas and Naomi Gillespie had ten children. Only the oldest son, James, was born in Augusta County. The others were all born in Rowan County, North Carolina. Four of his children died in Tennessee, where Thomas had extensive land holdings.
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based on Warrant 508 to Thomas Gillespie (1788), Williamson County Archives, Franklin; Deed Book D, p. 38 (1813), Williamson County Archives. “Fisher Farm, Williamson County,” Tennessee Century Farms Collection, MTSU Center for Historic
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residence in Williamson County in the early 1800s on the 5,000 acres that he obtained for his military service. Thomas may have sold this additional land in Washington and Green Counties. Washington County, North Carolina became
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was built on 528 acres of Thomas Gillespie's 4,000 acres that were willed to his son David and conveyed to him in 1808. Samuel Henderson purchased 125 acres from David in 1813 to build what later became the Smithson-McCall farm.
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was formed in 1783 from Washington County, North Carolina and became part of Tennessee in 1796. The following list shows the location of the 1,333 acres of land that Thomas Gillespie acquired in Greene and Washington Counties:
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Martha (Gillespie) Allison (c. 1747 – after 1796): She died in Rowan County, North Carolina. She married Thomas Allison, Sr. (1746–-1751 – about 1780) in Rowan County on January 20, 1770. She had a son, Thomas Allison,
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Alexander inherited Thomas's plantation on Sills Creek, where he was living at the time of his death, as well as 600 acres on Flat Creek, Duck River. He also inherited a slave boy named Peter and a female slave named
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Goodman, Hattie S. The Knox Family: A Genealogical and Biographical Sketch of the Descendants of John Knox of Rowan County, North Carolina, and Other Knoxes. Richmond, Va: Whittet & Shepperson, 1905. Print. Page
1465:; Captain John Cowan's District: Thomas Gillespie, Sen (5,529 pounds, 2 pence); Thomas Gillespie, Jr. (230 pounds); James Gillespie (2 521-2-6). Captain George Cowan's District: George Gillespie (1 430 pounds)
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Robert Gillespie inherited 278 acres of land by the name of Baily Place and 600 acres of land on Flat Creek, Duck River. He also inherited a Thomas's male slave named Dick, and a female slave named Phoebe.
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in 1753), perhaps because of land that he acquired for his colonial militia service in Virginia. Thomas, Naomi, and their first son (James) are reported to be the first white family to settle west of the
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after moving there after 1805 and was buried in the Moses Steele Cemetery near Flat Creek in Williamson County. He married Mary Jane Luckey (c. 1763 – unknown) on September 5, 1785 in Rowan County.
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the tombstone is carved the date Dec 12th, 1796; however, church records shows the date as the 13th, which was a Tuesday. The ages confirm that Thomas was born about 1719 and Naomi about 1727.
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An obituary appeared shortly after his death in the North Carolina Journal on January 9, 1797. It is quoted in a book by Lingle about the history of the Thyatira Church. It read as follows:
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in Anson County. The Gillespie plantation was located on Sills Creek. He attended church at the nearby Cathy's Meeting House (founded in the 1740s) on Cathy's Creek, which later became
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executors of Thomas Gillespie, Sr.'s will written on November 15, 1796 (a little less than a month before he died). He bequeathed the following to his wife and children in his will:
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during the American Revolution. Lydia and James had three children: Robert Knox (1774–1869), Naomi Knox (1775–1854), and Jane Gracy Knox (1776–1852). Jane Gracy Knox married
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600:(1772–1827) on December 25, 1794. While living in a log cabin in Pineville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Jane and Samuel had ten children. The first child was
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slaves Liza and Fan, and two cows and calves during her natural lifetime. The slave Liza was to be the property of his sons Thomas, David and Isaac after she died.
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in about 1740. There, he married Naomi Thompson on January 1, 1745, in the "Valley of Virginia" with the ceremony performed by Rev. John Craig, pastor of the
561:– before 1787): He died in Rowan County, North Carolina. He married Jane Graham (before 1747 – 1823) on January 9, 1765. He served in the Revolutionary War.
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1312:, copies of Musters of Augusta County, begin on page 507. On page 508, Captain John Smith's List: reports Thomas Gillespie. The date of the service was 1742.
1517:, These maps are largely based on the work done in 1950 by David Rendleman, available from the Edith Clark History room in the Rowan County Public Library
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1448:"List of taxable property in the county of Rowan, North Carolina, anno 1778 : transcribed from several lists returned by the August term 1778"
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Robert Gillespie (1772–1843): He died in Rowan County, North Carolina. He married Sarah "Sally" Thornton (1781–1850) before 1808 in Rowan County.
2168:, NARA Series M68, Roll 1, page 86, number 2893, Thomas Gillespie, 4,000 acres on the north side of Flat Creek, Middle District of Tennessee, 1788
2248:"Some Early Settlers of Upper Sumner County, Tennessee; The Hobdy, Cotton, Durham, Gillespie, Perdue, Absher, Mattox, Cochran and Mayes Families"
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John Gillespie (c. 1762 – c. 1825): He died in Alabama. He married Margaret Kerr (c. 1769 – c. 1843) on January 31, 1786 in Rowan County
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Thomas Gillespie was born in about 1719. The location of his birth is not documented. Still, tradition says that he was born either in
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through the lineage of his daughter Lydia, who married Captain James Knox and gave birth to Jane Gracey Knox, mother of the President.
1975:, Thomas Gillespie, 27 Sep 1782; citing Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh.
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on the Ridge between Thompsons Mill Creek and Sills Creek, on both sides of the road that leads from Salisbury to Sherrill's Ford.
1628:, Isaac Gillespie, 26 Sep 1782; citing Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh.
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John Gillespie inherited 660 acres of land on Flat Creek, Duck River, as well as Thomas's clothes, saddle and young black mare.
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There are several descendants of Thomas Gillespie that have tested for DNA in his son George and Issac's families. The Y-DNA
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Rowan County, North Carolina, Linn, Abstracts of Minutes of Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, 1775-1789, VOL 3, P 23
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1949:, Thomas Gillespie, 28 Sep 1781; citing Rowan, North Carolina, United States, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh.
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Thomas also received bounty land for his service in 1786 (Grant No. 676) and 1787 (Grants Nos. 798, 802, and 809 in the
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in Augusta County, Virginia from 1740–1764. Thomas was probably a member of the Tinkling Springs Presbyterian Church.
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Southwest Rowan County in 1833 showing Sills Creek, Back Creek, and location of Thyatira Church on Chathy Creek
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on a ridge between Sills and Cathey's Creek, being the waters of Second Creek, on west side of Yadkin River
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1572:, Vol. G, images 5, 6 7 of 570; Rowan County courthouse, North Carolina, Will written on November 15, 1796
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A History of Rowan County, North Carolina containing Sketches of Prominent Families and Distinguished Men
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1796 Map of Tennessee showing Flat Creek, Duck River in Middle District, Greene County, Washington County
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Alexander Gillespie (c. 1759 – before December 15, 1800): He died in Rowan County. He did not marry.
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In 1752, the Province of North Carolina started issuing Granville land grants for vacant land in the
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Politics of the Personal in the Old North State: Griffith Rutherford in Revolutionary North Carolina
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Thomas Gillespie, Jr. inherited 1,000 acres of land on Flat Creek, Duck River and one silver dollar.
1240:, "Thomas Gillespie, 1727-1797 (sic. birth year was 1719), married Naomi Thompson, January 1, 1745.
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employed by his father during the American Revolution, hauling supplies in a wagon for the troops.
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Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online
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in Rowan County, which had been established by 1750. Thomas was the great-grandfather of
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The Tinkling Spring Headwater of Freedom: a Study of the Church and Her People 1732-1952
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joining said Gillespies Survey of one hundred and fifty acres on the Rock House Branch
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George Gillespie (July 22, 1751 – August 31, 1818): He died in Gallatin or Bethpage,
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in about 1750, where he lived most of his life on Sills Creek in the area that became
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North Carolina Revolutionary War Pay Vouchers, #59, 76, 188, 297, 382, ROLL #S.115.90
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Ennis C Wallace Sr; Jo Ann Petty; Marjorie Redmond; Martha Ann Hazelwood (1986).
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Lentz and Gillespie Families in Rowan County, North Carolina 1749-1818
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in Captain Alexander Brevard's Company during the American Revolution.
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Thyatira Presbyterian Church Rowan County, North Carolina (1753-1948)
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David Gillespie inherited 400 acres of land on Flat Creek, Duck River
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Isaac Gillespie inherited 600 acres of land on Flat Creek, Duck River
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Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina
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on the north side of Third Creek at a branch called Buffalow (sic)
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Flat Creek Its Land and Its People (Williamson County, Tennessee)
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Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Volume II
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1838:"David Gillespie Revolutionary War Pension Application, R4031"
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2151:"List of North Carolina land grants in Tennessee 1778-1791"
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North Carolina planter commissary relative of James K. Polk
2090:"Flat Creek, Williamson County, TN (1827-1837).....Part 1"
1332:"United States Census, 1790, Rowan County, North Carolina"
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Lydia (Gillespie) Knox Wallace (1753–1828): She died in
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Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America
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Cecil County, Maryland or Chester County, Pennsylvania
1960:"North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782"
1934:"North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782"
1639:"DAR Record for Isaac Gillespie, Ancestor No. A044802"
1613:"North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782"
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2202:, rows 71–77 of FTDNA Gillespie yDNA Test Results
2191:"Gillespie Y-DNA Project - Y-DNA Colorized Chart"
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1814:. Nashville, Tennessee. July 20, 1884. p. 3
1491:"Rowan County, North Carolina Register of Deeds"
1175:"Record of Thomas Gillespie, Ancestor # A044835"
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1726:"Captain James Knox, DAR Ancestor No. A067066"
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1358:Duffee, George C. Duffee (November 4, 1959).
1073:George Gillespie inherited one silver dollar.
657:(active from 1775–1783), which was under the
2278:"Thomas and Naomi Gillespie and Descendents"
2276:Steeley, Billie Curry (September 12, 2018).
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1234:Morgan, David W.; Lentz, Gilbert G. (1994).
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2216:"Rowan County, North Carolina, Early Maps"
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2246:Absher, Lee Alton, M.D. (1966).
2235:"Colonel George Gillespie House"
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210:Anson County, North Carolina
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2021:Shelton-Lonas, Bobbie Sue.
1861:MacDonald, James M (2006).
1398:Roberts, Gary Boyd (2009).
1137:Lingle, Walter Lee (2013).
1015:Middle District, Tennessee
1006:lying on its North side of
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571:3rd North Carolina Regiment
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659:Salisbury District Brigade
139:Salisbury District Brigade
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1900:"Rowan County Regiment"
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102:Allegiance
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1592:cite book
1118:Citations
356:location
165:Signature
153:Relations
145:Spouse(s)
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