Drusillah S. (Gray) Gillespie (1821 - 1857)

Born 3 Oct 1821 in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States

Wife of Archibald Gillespie — married 14 Jan 1840 in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 12 May 1857 at age 35 in Mount Ulla, Rowan, North Carolina, USA

Biography

Drusillah S. Gray was born on Oct 3, 1821 in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA. Her mother's name is belived to be Sarah but no further information about the parents is available at this time. She married Archibald Gillespie in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA on Jan 14, 1840. She died on May 12, 1857 in Mt. Ulla, Rowan, North Carolina, USA and is buried at the Back Creek Presbyterian Church in Mt. Ulla.^[1]

Residences

• 1821, probably Mecklenburg or Rowan County, North Carolina^[2]
• 1850, Mt. Ulla, Rowan County, North Carolina^[3]
• 1857, Mt. Ulla, Rowan County, North Carolina^[4]

Children

Archibald and Druscilla had the following children:

1. Charlotte Roxana (Gillespie) Hudson (1840-1897), who married William Thomson Hudson^[5]
2. William T. Gillespie (1843-1862), who may have died during the Civil War^[6]
3. Flora Elizabeth Gillespie (1845-1929)^[7]
4. James A. Gillespie (1849-after 1893)^[8]
5. Sarah J. Gillespie (1850-1863)^[9]
6. Richard David Gillespie (1853-1895), who married Annie Brincefield^[10]
7. Druscilah Esther (Gillespie) Moore (1856-1919), who married James Rockwell Moore^[11]

Burial

Druscilla Gillespie is buried at the Back Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mt. Ulla, Rowan County, North Carolina. There is a tombstone next to hers for Sarah Gray (d. Jul 14, 1863, age 65 years), wife of William Gray. There are no tombstone that are deciferable for either William Gray or Archibald Gillespie in the Back Creek or the Thyatira cemeteries. There was in 2017 small remnants of another tombstone next to Druscilla's tombstone (on the opposite side of Sarah Gray's tombstone, but no names or dates were deciferable.

Sources

1. ↑ #Bible, #FindaGrave
2. ↑ #Bible
3. ↑ #C1850
4. ↑ #FindaGrave
5. ↑ #C1850, #C1860#Bible, #Estate
6. ↑ #C1850, #C1860, #Bible
7. ↑ #C1850, #C1860, #Bible, #Estate
8. ↑ #Estate, #C1850, #C1860, #Estate
9. ↑ #C1860, #Bible
10. ↑ #C1860, #Bible, #Estate
11. ↑ #C1860, #Bible, #Estate

• Source: Drusillah S. Gillespie, "Find A Grave Index" Note: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVLK-78C9 : accessed 30 May 2016), Drusillah S. Gillespie, 1857; Burial, Mount Ulla, Rowan, North Carolina, United States of America, Back Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery; citing record ID 95706355, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. Master Listing Source: Y FSFTID 9XRJ-BQP
• Source: Druscilla S. Gray, "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979" Note: "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8Y2-FMC : accessed 30 May 2016), Archibald Gillespie and Druscilla S. Gray, 09 Jan 1840; citing Mecklenburg,North Carolina, reference ; FHL microfilm 6,330,298. Master Listing Source: Y FSFTID 9XRN-K2D
• Source: Druscilla S Gray, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 " Note: "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFSJ-SBM : accessed 30 May 2016), Archibald Gillespie and Druscilla S Gray, 09 Jan 1840; citing Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States, county courthouses, North Carolina; FHL microfilm 546,461. Master Listing Source: Y FSFTID 9XRN-ZZ1
• Source: Druscilla S Gray, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 " Note: "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XF9K-D5Q : accessed 30 May 2016), Archibald Gillespie and Druscilla S Gray, 09 Jan 1840; citing Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States, county courthouses, North Carolina; FHL microfilm 546,462. Master Listing Source: Y FSFTID 9XRN-CXM
• Source: Gillespie Family Bible, printed in 1854. Archibald Gillespie Family bible, passed down to Flora Elizabeth Gillespie, William Wilson Moore. Lists the Gillespie family members with birth and death dates, starting with Archibald Gellespie. See Archibald Gillespie Family Bible.

• Source: Drucilla L Gillespie in household of Archibald Gillespie, "United States Census, 1850" Note: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4BJ-H1J : accessed 30 May 2016), Drucilla L Gillespie in household of Archibald Gillespie, Rowan county, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing family 1049, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Master Listing Source: Y FSFTID 9X8X-R83
• Source: "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MD6D-953 : 30 December 2015), Charlotte R Gillespie in entry for A Gillespie, 1860.

• Source: Drusiller Gillespie in entry for George Elkins Moore and Elizabeth Flore Gillespie, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 " Note: "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFSF-26K : accessed 30 May 2016), Drusiller Gillespie in entry for George Elkins Moore and Elizabeth Flore Gillespie, 24 Feb 1874; citing Rowan, North Carolina, United States, county courthouses, North Carolina; FHL microfilm 1,760,526. Master Listing Source: Y FSFTID 9XRJ-QH1
• Source: Drucillu Gillespie in entry for Richard D Gillespie and Annie Brincefield, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 " Note: "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFSX-2C4 : accessed 30 May 2016), Drucillu Gillespie in entry for Richard D Gillespie and Annie Brincefield, 06 Apr 1882; citing Rowan, North Carolina, United States, county courthouses, North Carolina; FHL microfilm 1,760,526. Master Listing Source: Y FSFTID 9XRN-82C
• Source: Drucilla Gillespie in entry for William T Hudson and Charlotte R Gillespie, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 " Note: "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFSF-9XG : accessed 30 May 2016), Drucilla Gillespie in entry for William T Hudson and Charlotte R Gillespie, 17 Oct 1882; citing Rowan, North Carolina, United States, county courthouses, North Carolina; FHL microfilm 1,760,526. Master Listing Source: Y FSFTID 9XDM-4N4
• Source: Drucilla Gillespie in entry for James Rockwell Moore and Esther D Gillespie, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 " Note: "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFSF-22M : accessed 30 May 2016), Drucilla Gillespie in entry for James Rockwell Moore and Esther D Gillespie, 22 May 1879; citing Rowan, North Carolina, United States, county courthouses, North Carolina; FHL microfilm 1,760,526. Master Listing Source: Y FSFTID 9X8F-4S3</span?
• Source: Elizabeth in entry for Flora Elizabeth Moore, "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930" Note: "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F3ZM-GSR : accessed 30 May 2016), Elizabeth in entry for Flora Elizabeth Moore, 30 Mar 1930; citing Cool Springs, Iredell, North Carolina, reference fn 1406 cn 58, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,943,022. Master Listing Source: Y FSFTID 9X8X-LKS
• Source: Drusiller Gillespie in entry for George Elkins Moore and Elizabeth Flore Gillespie, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 " Note: "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFSF-2V5 : accessed 8 June 2016), Drusiller Gillespie in entry for George Elkins Moore and Elizabeth Flore Gillespie, 24 Feb 1874; citing Rowan, North Carolina, United States, county courthouses, North Carolina; FHL microfilm 1,760,526. Master Listing Source: Y FSFTID 9F4J-PQ7