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"His wife's name was Margaret, and his children were Nancy Robb, Margaret McBurney, Joseph Gilchrist and Esther Chambers. These names I have from the record of his will which was probated in 1838. Nancy was the wife of a David Robb who lived next farm to us in Union County, Ohio, when I was a small boy. He was quite an interesting character, though somewhat of an oddity, as I remember him. I learned from the Guernsey County History that he was twice elected to the Ohio Legislature, and was appointed Indian Agent by Andrew Jackson. He made two trips across country to conduct Indians to the Indian Territory, from the Western Reserve.
Mr. Robb said that John Gilchrist's father educated him for the ministry in the Presbyterian church, and that he was the only one of the family who received a liberal education. He never followed that profession, however. In his will he left his children one dollar each and all the balance went to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church for missionary purposes. Some of his descendants are still in Washington County."
