Elizabeth Ann (Modrell) Gilmore (1759 - abt. 1849)

Born 1759 in Chestnut Level, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Gilmore Sr. — married 1 Apr 1789 in Lincoln, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died about 1849 at about age 90 in Clay County, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth was born in 1759. She was the daughter of Robert Modrell and Elizabeth Douglas. She passed away about 1859.

Elizabeth Modrell Gilmore Birth: 1759 Chestnut Level Note: Chestnut Level is in Drumore Twsp. Lancaster County Pennsylvania, USA Death: 1840 Clay County Missouri, USA

Spouse: Samuel Gilmore (1755 - ____) Children: Robert Gilmore (1790 - 1854)* James Gilmore (1791 - 1863)*

Marriage NameElizabeth Modilea Marriage Date1 Apr 1789 Marriage PlaceLincoln, Kentucky, USA SpouseSmauel Gilmore Samuel Gilmore

Elizabeth ModileaSamuel: Lived on Buck Creek Road near Somerset, Pulaski Co., KY. He was the first Justice of the Peace and second Sheriff and Tax Collector of Pulaski Co.

U.S., Civil War Pension Index Name: Elizabeth Gilmore Gender: Female Place Filed: Pennsylvania, USA Relation to Head: Widow Spouse: Samuel W Gilmore

Father, Robert Motheral's, will: I, Robert Motheral of Mecklenburg Co., NC being very sick and weak in body...my well beloved wife Elizabeth two-thirds of plantation I now live on until my youngest son John comes to the age of 21 years and afterward to have her maintenance on it which she lives. I likewise leave her the whole of the stock (except as shall be hereafter named) now belonging to me, as likewise the waggon and all the household furniture and to live in the free and full proportion of the house, all which she is to have and possess as her rightful property untill the time above mentioned, at which time the one half of the stock and other articles above mentioned I allow and ordain to be divided equally between my four sons viz. Adam, George, Robert and John or such of them as shall then be alive. Item. I leave and bequeath unto my son and daughter William and Sarah to be equally divided betwixt them all the sum or sums of money due or to become due to me in Pennsylvania (preserving the sum of fifty pounds for discharging of my debts, which I will that they be justly and honestly paid and reasonable expenses for obtaining the same. Item. I leave and bequeath to my daughter Martha to be maintained her and her family and her stock on the plantation with the rest of my family during her widowhood. Item. I leave and bequeath unto my daughter Margory the one third of the plantation I now live on to be laid off in that part she lives on and to extend no lower down the creek than halfway twixt the two corners bounding on the creek. Item. I leave and bequeath unto my two sons Adam and George the plantation I purchased from William Manson to be equally divided. Adam to have the lower and George the upper part. I likewise bequeath unto them all my Smith tools if they or any of them learns the trade they are to have them if none of them learns and don't see cause to keep them, I allow them to be sold and the price to be equally divided betwixt the four [?]. Item. I leave and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth one cow to be given at a convenient time after my decease. Item. I leave to my daughter Rebecca one cow to be given her at the age of thirteen. Item. I leave and bequeath to my youngest sons Robert and John the two-thirds of the plantation first mentioned to be equally divided and to have full possession thereof when they come to be of age. I also allow all my family that are small and unmarried to live together while they continue so and to be maintained by the produce of the farm and if they incline or any majority should [?] them to have the place where they now live, they are to have the same privilidges and for the same time as before mentioned on the lands left to my two sons Adam and George. And I allow my three youngest children viz. Rebecca, Robert and John to be schooled at the expense of the rest of the family that is remaining. Finally I recommend them all to God who gave them to me. I do hereby appoint, constitute and ordain my loving wife and son William sole executors of this my last will and testament...14 April 1778. Witness: John McCullough, Rebecca Motherell, William Motheral.

Samuel GILMORE grew up in Rockbridge Co, Virginia and was in Lincoln [now Pulaski] Co, Kentucky by 1d 4m 1785 when he married Elizabeth MODRELL. In 1815 they moved to Tennessee but quickly relocated in 1818 to Clay Co, Missouri where both of them probably died. Samuel & Elizabeth both seemed to have died by 1830 and may have been buried on their farm. No record of any gravestone for either of them has ever been located.

Most of the Missouri GILMOREs are direct descendants of Samuel GILMORE (1755-abt say 1830) although keep in mind that Samuel's sons James GILMORE (1791-1863), Robert GILMORE (1790-1854), and Joseph GILMORE (1795-1852) all settled in Buchanan Co, Missouri after leaving Clay Co, Missouri. Though James later moved his family to Douglas Co, Oregon, Robert and Joseph both have several descendants in and around Buchanan County, Missouri.

s/o Samuel Gilmore & Elizabeth Modrell Robert was born in Mercer Co., KY. He died in Buchanan Co., MO. His brother, James Gilmore, moved his family from Bedford Co., TN to Douglas Co., Oregon in 1852 via the Oregon Trail and the Applegate Trail. These Gilmore brothers married Poteet sisters. James' wife was Mary Polly Poteet. Robert's wife, Mary "Rebecca" Poteet was Polly's sister. I descend from a third Poteet sister, Mahala Poteet who married a Charles D. McGee. Mahala and Charles are buried in the Paradise Cemetery in Clay Co., MO. James and Mary Gilmore are buried in the Gilmore Cemetery in Douglas Co., Oregon. ks!

Sources

• Kentucky, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA
• "Missouri Obituaries 1880-1881-1882" abstracts of obituaries published weekly in the "St. Louis Christian Advocate"
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56792949
• Motherals of North America by Bruce Motheral
• Information from Dr. Nelson Patterson Modrall, grandson of William and Rebecca (McCullough) Motheral (Modrall) He got his Info from remembering Rebecca’s manuscript of family history which had burned in his father (Robert) home in 1834. Re: Motherals in Pa,N.C.,Tenn.,Ky.,Tex.
• U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
• Abstracts of Early Wills 1763-1790 (1749-1790), Mecklenburg County North Carolina; Will Book E, pp 22-24 C.R. 065.801.22