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John Gillespie (abt. 1734 - aft. 1768)

John Gillespie
Born about in Irelandmap [uncertain]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died after after about age 34 in Augusta County, Colony of Virginiamap
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This is the profile of John Gilasby of Orange Co VA named in 24 July 1740 importation oath.

Contents

Biography

Note: The identity of this John Gillespie is defined in the next paragraph.

John was 16 years old when his father emigrated from Ireland, removing the family to Virginia, and settling in Beverley Manor, Orange County, Virginia.[1] James Gilasby testified on 27 July 1740 in Orange County Court, Virginia, "that he imported himself Jennet Agnes John James & Wm Gilasby & Edward Hall from Ireland to Philadelphia & from thence into this Colony at his own Charge & that this is the first time of his proving his or their rights in order to obtain land.[2][3] It would have cost his father about £140 to transport the group.

When his father died before 20 October 1769, John was in possession of and inherited one of his father's plantations.[4] This plantation was probably at Beverley Manor.

Land

On 15 March 1768, it was ordered that … [many names omitted here] John Galespie, John Patrick and James Gillespy and their Tithables work on the road whereof Robert Allen Jun'r. is Overseer and that they be Exempted from working on any other road whatever.[5] This order certainly refers to a road in Beverley Manor[6][7] based on the names in the order. The order also names John's brother James Gillespy.

In his father's Will executed 5 September 1768, John was bequethed "the plantation of which he is now in possession."[4] This plantation was probably one of the three land grants his father received at Beverley Manor.[6][7]

On 15 May 1770, his sons John Gillespy, James Gillespie, and William Gillespie of Augusta County, Virginia, and Thomas McColloch of Augusta County, entered into an indenture for £2 selling to McColloch 80 acres of land in Augusta County, a part of Beverley Manor.[8][6][7]

On (day?) (month?) 1780, James Gillespy (and his wife Elizabeth) of Augusta County, Virginia, and Christopher Graham of Augusta County, Virginia, entered into an indenture for (£?) selling to Christopher two tracts of land in Augusta County in Beverley Manor, containing 162 acres passed by James Gillispy deceased to John, and 70 acres conveyed to James by Tho's. Lewis attorney for (Robert Beverley ?).[9][6][7]

John Gillespie and his brothers, Robert and James, were pioneer citizens of Blount County, Tennessee. Blount County was established by an act of the Territorial Assembly, passed 11 July 1795. The Gillespie brothers obtained land south of the Little River, under the act of the Legislature, to promote the erection of iron works. They built a small furnace and forge, which they ceased to operate as soon as they obtained a title to the land.[10]

Research Notes

  • Needs Research: Research into the life events and family of this person is needed. Vital statistics and relationships (birth, parents, marriage, children, death) need citations for primary sources. Spratlin-29 05:11, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

Place Creation

  • Orange County, Virginia was created in 20 Sep 1734 from Spotsylvania County.
  • Augusta County, Virginia (unorganized; organized 1745) was created in 15 Dec 1738 and was formed from Orange County.
  • Botetourt County, Virginia (pending; effective 1770) was created in 28 Nov 1769 from Augusta County.
  • Cowpasture River lies to the west of and is not the same place as Beverley Manor.
  • The entirety of Beverley Manor lies within present-day Augusta County, bounded on north by Middle River, east and south by South River, and west by a line a little east of Spotswood.

See Augusta County, Colony of Virginia for a map created from recent research. Spratlin-29 23:03, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

  • Rowan County, North Carolina, was created on 1753 from Anson County.
  • District of Washington, North Carolina, was created on 1776 from Rowan County and Tryon County.
  • Washington County, North Carolina, was created on 1776 from District of Washington.
  • Sullivan County, North Carolina, was created on 18 Oct 1779, from Washington County, North Carolina.
  • Greene County, North Carolina, was created on 18 Apr 1783, from Washington County.
  • Hawkins County, North Carolina, was created on 6 Jan 1787, from Sullivan County.
  • North Carolina ceded the area of Tennessee in 1790 to the United States, and this area was organized as the “territory . . . south of the Ohio River” on 12 Apr 1790.
  • Knox County, Southwest Territory, was created on 11 Jun 1792, from Greene County and Hawkins County.
  • Blount County, Southwest Territory, was created on 11 Jul 1795, from Knox County.
  • Tennessee was created from Southwest Territory, and admitted to the Union on 1 Jun 1796, as the 16th state.

Allied Families Study

See Allied Families of Gillespies of the Colony of Virginia.

Conflated Persons

See Deconflation of Gillespies of the Colony of Virginia.

Vital Statistics

Birth and Marriage
Based on the importation oath dated 24 July 1740, the 4 children named there, and assuming births every 2 years, the following dates are estimated:

  • James Gillespie b. abt. 1707, presumably in Ireland.
  • Jennet (____), b. abt., 1710, presumably in Ireland.
  • James and Jennet, m. abt. 1731, presumably in Ireland.
  • Agnes, b. abt. 1732, presumably in Ireland.
  • John, b. abt. 1734, presumably in Ireland.
  • James, b. abt. 1736, presumably in Ireland.
  • William, b. abt. 1738, presumably in Ireland.
  • Importation, abt. 1740

Death
An unsourced, alternate death of about 1796 in Blount, Tennessee, United States was previously (merged) listed.

Previously Conflated

He was previously conflated as John Gillespie (bef.1724-).

Sources

  1. "Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia - Surnames F-J," WeRelate.org (https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Early_Settlers_of_Augusta_County%2C_Virginia_-_Surnames_F-J : accesssed 31 March 2022), 2 entries for James Gillespie.
  2. County Court, Orange County, Virginia, County Court general index to orders and minutes; order and minute books, 1734-1867, Orders, v. 1-2, 1734-1741.; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4F-NSQF-G?i=402&cat=402491), image 403.
  3. Mrs. James R. Lindsay, "Notes from the County Court Records, Orange County, Virginia Order Book 2 - 1739–1741: Importations," Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. VI, No. 2 (April 1968) p31; image copy, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/27904335?h=1d8ed2).
  4. 4.0 4.1 County Court, Augusta County, Virginia, Will books, 1745-1871; index to wills, 1745-1903, Will books, v. 3-4 1761-1772; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9P7-S9S1-Z?i=436&cat=279443), images 437-438.
  5. Nathaniel Mason Pawlett, Ann Brush Miller, Kenneth Madison Clark, and Thomas Llewellyn Samuel, Jr., Augusta County Road Orders 1745–1769 (Charlottesville, Virginia: Virginia Transportation Research Council, 1998) p140; image copy, VirginiaDOT.org (https://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/99-r17.pdf).
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Beverly Patent Land Owners in Augusta County, Virginia," Virginia Genealogical Society (https://vgs.org/cpage.php?pt=32 : accessed 3 Apr 2022, 4 entries for James Gillespie, grid F-3.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Mr/Mrs Walter G. Turnell, The Borden and Beverley Patents of Orange and Augusta Counties Virginia (Burbank, California: The Southern California Genealogical Society, 1983) p246; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/646757/?offset=#page=1&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=).
  8. County Clerk, Augusta County, Deed books, 1745-1866; index to deeds, 1745-1930, Deed books, v. 14-16 1767-1770; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4Z-NQ15?i=724&cat=282708), images 725-727.
  9. County Clerk, Augusta County, Virginia, Deed books, 1745-1866; index to deeds, 1745-1930, Deed books, v. 22-24 1777-1785; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKW-939H-J?cat=282708), images 488-489.
  10. Blount County History.

See also:

  • U.S. and Canada Passenger Lists [U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900].




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DNA Connections
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“ add PPP due to disputed relationships”. Specifically, which relationships are disputed by whom? And who intends to add his wife and 10 missing children?
posted by M Smith
The "disputed relationships" issue identified by the Project was 10 Apr 2022. At that time there were conflicting origins of "Ireland", "Falkirk, Scotland" with associated families in each of these places. There was also the conflation of the Gillespies of Beverley Manor, VA, and the Gillespies of Cowpasture River, VA, which was creating disputed siblings, residences, records, etc.
posted by Ken Spratlin
Here, finally, is his will dated Feb 1796 in Blount County. It has everything we might hope for except a clue to his wife’s maiden name. Names “all my children” -eleven living. Mentions disceased son? James. Names 2 daughters of James if they should behave themselves. A document following, dated April 1796 was signed by 6 men not named Gillespie. The will names 8 daughters and 2 granddaughters , - two Agneses and two Elizabeths.

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3969331:9176?ssrc=pt&tid=1118237&pid=212518379010 Here is a land grant: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2882/images/33118_290588-00064?pId=162869

posted by M Smith
edited by M Smith
Gillespie-6576 and Gillespie-1209 appear to represent the same person because: Concerning Gillespie-1209: Described as one of three brothers (John, James, William) from Ireland, with the three variously referring to the importation oath of their father James and mother Jennet. They remove to Blount TN from Beverley Manor VA.
posted by Ken Spratlin
US Southern Colonies Project adding project management (PMP) and project protection (PPP) as co-manager—duplicated, disputed relationships.
posted by Ken Spratlin
There are multiple children born to James and Elizabeth McBeath / McBaith in Edinburgh. The statement that mother died early and he was taken to Falkirk, has absolutely no basis.

There were four John Gillespie, son of different James, born from 1724 - 1731 in Scotland with different parents. Where is the proof that the son of Elizabeth McBeath / McBaith went to Virginia? There is proof that his mother did not die soon after his birth since she had another child with James in 1728.

posted on Gillespie-6576 (merged) by Linda (Carruth) Peterson
There is no source in this profile connecting this James to the attached father.
posted by Ken Spratlin
Adding US Southern Colonies Project PMP/PPP—frequently duplicated, uncertain relationships. Please continue to manage normally.
posted on Gillespie-6576 (merged) by Ken Spratlin