Thomas Gillespie
BIRTH
24 Aug 1765
Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
DEATH
11 Oct 1837 (aged 72)
Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
BURIAL
Thyatira Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Mill Bridge, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
Thomas C. Gillespie was the son of James Gillespie (1745-1787) and Jane (Graham) Gillespie (1742-1823). James Gillespie was the son of Thomas Gillespie (1719-1796) and Naomi Thompson (1728-1796), both buried at Thyatira.
Thomas C. (possibly Cathey) Gillespie married Flora Margaret McKay on September 5, 1785, probably in Cumberland County, North Carolina. Their children were (as mentioned in Thomas's probate record in 1837 in Rowan County):
1. McCoy Gillespie (1788-1839)
2. Flora Gillespie (1790-1844). tombstone at Thyatira
3. Jane (Gillespie) Graham (1793-1866) , tombstone at 3rd Creek Presbyterian Church
4. Dr. Richard Gillespie (1800-1854), tombstone at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church in Rock Hill, South Carolina
5. George Gillespie (1802-1869)
6. William C. Gillespie (1807-after 1850)
7. Thomas Gillespie (1810-before 1838)
8. Archibald Gillespie (1812-1872), possibly buried at Back Creek Presbyterian Church
9. John Calvin Gillespie (1814-1872), tombstone at Thyatiria
According to Revolutionary War Pay Vouchers, Thomas Gillespie, served in the North Carolina militia during the American Revolution.
Inscription
"Beneath his tomb the body's laid; of him whose soul we hope is made to sing with glorious saints above the praises of redeeming love."
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22443827/thomas-gillespie
