Thomas McCullough (abt. 1743)

Born about 14 Aug 1743 in Augusta Parish, Augusta, Colony of Virginia

Husband of Elizabeth (Gillespie) McCullough — married before 1772 in Augusta County, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Thomas was born 14 August 1743 in Augusta County, Virginia ^[1]

Family and Property

Apparently, he married Elizabeth Gillespie in Augusta Virginia ^[2] Thomas McCullough's land (Beverley Manor NE, 80 acres acquired from John, James and William Gillespie (sons of James Gillespie) in 1775) as shown on the map meticulously drawn by J.R. Hildebrand, cartographer. This map is copyrighted©, used by permission of John Hildebrand, son of J.R. Hildebrand, April, 2009. ^[3]

Research Notes

It seems Thomas's family might have arrived at the colonies from Atrium County, the majority of which is Belfast in Northern Ireland. Scots who had a healthy business relationship with the British emigrated to the colonies from Scotland to some arrangement of land as I think happened with the Gillespies from Falkirk. The McCulloughs may have been persecuted Highlanders who fled to Atrium. It looks like they arrived before Augusta County became a colony in 1733. It would be interesting to see if they were frontiersmen who settled in a dangerous Shenandoah Valley.

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.

Sources

1. ↑ Thomas McCullough [1] We Relate
2. ↑ Elizabeth Gillespie. [2] We Relate
3. ↑ Thomas McCullough [3] We Relate