Person:John Gillespy (1)

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John Finley Gillespy
b.Abt 1793 Blount County, Tennessee
d.19 Jan 1848 Nashville, TN
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  1. John Finley GillespyAbt 1793 - 1848
  2. William Cowan Gillespy, MD1797 - 1860
  3. James Houston Gillespy, MD1799 - 1881
  4. Jane Walker Gillespy1800 - 1882
  5. Campbell Gillespy1802 - 1886
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Name John Finley Gillespy
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1793 Blount County, Tennessee
Death? 19 Jan 1848 Nashville, TNAlleged to have died in a hotel fire while attending the legislature
References
  1.   Goodspeed’s History of Monroe Co., TN, in Https://tngenweb.org/monroe/gshis.htm
    1887.

    States that Finley Gillespie was one of the first lawyers in Madisonville and a leading member of the LAR for many years.

  2.   Correspondence of James K Polk
    Volume 7.

    22. A Madisonville lawyer, John Finley Gillespy, served three terms in the Tennessee Senate, 1829-33 and 1839-41. Johnson’s reference is to Gillespy s service as legal counsel to persons seeking indemnity for losses covered by the Treaty of Echota, signed in December 1835. That agreement provided for the forced relocation within two years of those Cherokees unwilling to accept U.S. citizenship and for the payment of $5 million to relocated tribesmen for property losses and travel allowances.

    Google Books: Correspondence of James K. Polk

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