Person:John Gillespie (25)

John Gillespie was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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From Genforum.com post:

DNA TEST KIT #65714 Aug. 8, 2006 Descendant of the Gillespie rifle/gun making family.

Generations:

1. 1 WILLIAM GILLESPIE was born Bet. 1715 - 1720 in Scotland or Ireland, and died Abt. 1801 in Possibly Pendleton Dist. South Carolina. He married MARY.

Residence: 1746, Lived along Cowpasture River near present-day Clifton Forge, VA.

1. 2 JOHN GILLESPIE was born Abt. 1754, and died Apr. 07, 1822 in E. Fork Transylvania Co. North Carolina. He married JANE HARVEY Aug. 13, 1779 in Botetourt Co. VA.

Burial: the hilltop cemetery at East Fork in Transylvania Co., NC. Occupation: Gun Maker Residence: Mills River community of Henderson Co.

1. 3 WILIAM GILLESPIE was born Dec. 28, 1785, and died Sep. 23, 1851. He married MILBERRY "MILLIE" DAVIS.

Burial: William Gillespie (+Millie Davis) is buried with his parents, John & Jane Harvey Gillespie, on the hilltop cemetery at East Fork in Transylvania Co., NC. Occupation: Gun Maker

1. 4 JOHN HARVEY GILLESPIE was born May 31, 1810, and died Nov. 04, 1891 in Mills River, Henderson Co. North Carolina. He married SARAH "SALLIE" GILLESPIE, 1ST cousin.

1. 5 HARVEY NEWTON GILLESPIE was born Abt. 1843, and died Abt. 1908. He married MARY EMILY ORR. She was born 1848, and died 1926.

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   John Gillaspie
   Birth: 1753
   Botetourt County Virginia, USA [s/b Augusta County, as Botetourt County did not exist until 1769 when it was formed from part of Augusta County]
   Death: Apr. 7, 1822
   East Fork
   Transylvania County
   North Carolina, USA
   
   John GILLESPIE
   
   •Birth: 1753 in Botetourt Co., Virginia
   •Death: 7 APR 1822 in East Fork, Transylvania Co., North Carolina
   •Burial: East Fork Cemetery, East Fork, Transylvania Co., North Carolina
   
   Married: Jane HARVEY b: 17 APR 1762 in Botetourt Co., Virginia
   •Married: 13 AUG 1779 in Botetourt Co., Virginia
   
   Children:
   1. Rebecca GILLESPIE b: 30 JUL 1780 in Pendleton, Anderson Co., South Carolina
   2. Mary GILLESPIE b: 7 FEB 1783 in Pendleton, Anderson Co., South Carolina
   3. William GILLESPIE b: 28 DEC 1785 in Pendleton, Anderson Co., South Carolina
   4. Mathew GILLESPIE b: 23 JUL 1788 in Pendleton, Anderson Co., South Carolina
   5. Robert Harvey GILLESPIE b: 1 FEB 1791 in Pendleton, Anderson Co., South Carolina
   6. Isabell GILLESPIE b: 30 SEP 1796 in Pendleton, Anderson Co., South Carolina
   
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   Spouse:
   Jane Harvey Gillespie (1762 - 1808)
   
   Children:
   Rebecca Gillespie Kennemore (1780 - 1860)*
   William Davis Gillespie (1785 - 1851)*
   Mathew Gillespie (1788 - 1871)*
   Robert Harvey Gillespie (1791 - 1881)*
   Isabel Gillespie Sitton (1796 - 1880)*
   
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