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Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6Q-H8N : 9 November 2014), George Gillespie, Williamson county, Williamson, Tennessee, United States; citing family 179, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
George Gillespie M 63 North Carolina
Anna W Gillespie F 37 Tennessee
Nancy Gillespie F 29 Tennessee
Randle M Gillespie M 23 Tennessee
Louisa C Gillespie F 19 Tennessee
Margaret W Gillespie F 14 Tennessee
Sally C Gillespie F 5 Tennessee
William R Gillespie M 4 Tennessee
Mary L Gillespie F 2 Tennessee
"Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNW1-HDK : 4 December 2014), G Gillespie and Ann Mcclellan, 21 Nov 1843; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. , Williamson, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
"Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZQB-LVT : 4 December 2014), George L Gillespie, 1861; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Fourth (Branner's) Battalion, Cavalry, A-L, NARA microfilm publication M268 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1960), roll 20.
↑ First-hand information as remembered by F LaVerne Gillespie, Saturday, September 20, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George: