John Blair Gilmer (1748 - 1793)

Born 26 Apr 1748 in Williamsburg, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mildred Thornton (Meriwether) Gilmer — married 22 Mar 1771 in Williamsburg, James City, Virginia

Descendants

Died 11 Aug 1793 at age 45 in Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Lieutenant John Gilmer served with Amherst County Militia, Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

John Gilmer is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A045167.

In the American Revolutionary War, Lieutenant john Blair Gilmer served under the Marquis de Lafayette. Fought at the siege of Yorktown. And he received bounty grant of land in Wilkes County, Georgia for his services.

John was born in 1748. He passed away in 1793.

John Gilmer married Mildred Merriwether on 22 March 1771.^[1]

Children

1. Harrison Blair Gilmer 1772-1773 died young.
2. Dr. John Thornton Gilmer 1774-1861 m. MARTHA GAINES HARVIE
3. Nicholas Meriwether Gilmer 1776-1860 m. AMELIA G CLARK
4. Harrison Blair Gilmore 1778-1854 m. GABRIEL CHRISTIAN
5. Elizabeth Thornton Gilmer 1780-1846 m. THOMAS BAYTOP MCGEHEE
6. Sarah "Sally" Gilmer 1783-1803 m. BURTON TALIAFERRO
7. Francis Meriwether Gilmer 1785-1864 m. MARTHA BARNETT
8. George Oglethorpe Gilmer 1787-1849 m. MARTHA HARVIE JOHNSON
9. William Robert Gilmer 1790-1834 m. JEMIMA MORRISS - not named in John Gilmer's will.
10. David Meriwether Gilmer 1790-1857 m. VIRGINIA CLARK
11. Jane Mildred Gilmer 1792-1839 M. THOMAS JOHNSON - not named in John Gilmer's will.

Will Will of John Gilmer of the Cou[page torn] of Wilks and State of Georgia.. Oglethorpe Co., GA, WB A, (no page numbers - this clerk’s copy is on pp. 5 & 6), written 8 Aug 1793, no notation of when the will was proved, recorded 20 Jun 1797.
wife Mildred
my young children
my children hereafter named to wit Jo[page torn] Thornton, Harrison Blair, Nicholas Miriwether, Elizabeth [page torn], Sally Lewis, Francis Marriwether, George Gilmer, David an[page torn] Mirewether
Exrs: wife, cousins Thomas Merewether Gilmer, Thomas [page torn]ewether, son John Thornton Gilmer
Wit: [page torn]ichd. Harvie, [page torn]el Barnett, [page torn]m Harvie, [page torn] Meriwether
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Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981"
   Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M84-4683
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61266 #200002 (accessed 7 November 2021)
   John Gilmer marriage to Mildred Merriwether on 22 Mar 1771.
2. ↑ Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8635/images/007701148_00012?pId=896507
   

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