Sharon sorry the email I sent to Barbara and Warren was supposed to be sent to you.
I accidently deleted the first email sent the past week or so on the Gillespie family.
Would you be so kind if possible to email it to me ?
Thank You
Bettye Wingate
sharonmills(a)insightbb.com wrote:
Barbara and Warren,
You have much, much more on Gillaspys than I do. They are not a direct line for me, but I
am interested because some of them were in Morgan County where I live. I have very few
connections here.
I do have these notes from Jamie Kuss with her contact information at the end. The notes
include documentation, including a Morgan Co History and Genealogy Association newsletter
issue, which should still be available from the organization's website. So here they
are:
James Gillaspy married Mary Robinson on January 25Th, 1785 in Botetourt County, Virginia.
They were married by a Presbyterian Minister named Edward Crawford. They had seven known
children, 5 boys and two girls.
Mary Robinson's Mother was Elizabeth Fulton Robinson, with Fulton being her maiden
name. Elizabeth F. was the first born daughter of James and Mary Robinson Gillaspy. She
was named after her maternal grandmother, hence her full name being Elizabeth Fulton
Gillaspy. She was born in Botetourt County, Virgina 1788 The only other information I have
on Elizabeth is that she married William McWilliams on May 10, 1810, in Henry County,
Kentucky.
The other 6 six children of James and Mary Robinson Gillaspy are:
1. William Gillaspy b. July 20 1786
2. James Fulton Gillaspy b. c.1790
3. Robert Gillaspy b. Feb. 14, 1793
4. Jane Gillaspy b. c.1795
5. George Gillaspy b. January 25, 1797
6. Mary Gillaspy b. 1799 probably born Shelby Co. Ky.
James inherited 20 pounds from his fathers estate in 1798. He appears on the Shelby County
Kentucky tax list of 1797, which leaves me to believe he and his family already lived in
Kentucky when his father Robert died. We also find James in the tax list for Shelby Co.
Ky. dated August 7, 1800. But he is not listed anywhere after that. His wife Mary Robinson
Gillaspy appears in the 1801 and 1802 Shelby County, Ky. tax list. From 1803 to 1805 there
are no Gillaspy or variations. In the Shelby Co. Ky order book of Oc tober 1806, The court
grants Mary Robinson Gillaspy to administer her died husbands estate, with John James, and
John Gillaspie, as her security. The order states that James died about some 6 years ago,
which would be the last half of the year, 1800. This fits in with the fact we find James
in 1800, but not 1801. Mary and the children inventory and sell James property, and move
back to Virginia. Perhaps she and the children were in Virginia between 1803 and 1805,!
and they came back in 1806 to settle the estate. Before 1810 Mary and the children return
to Kentucky, in Henry County with other members of their family. Mary remarried a man
named James Connell, in Henry County, Ky. Her son George Gillaspy marries Catherine Smith
, on June 17, 1818 in Henry Co. Ky. (Although I have not been able to locate a death
record for Mary, other sources show she died about 1823 in Henry Co. Ky) This matches up
with the fact that in 1823 James and Mary Robinson Gillaspy's sons move to Johnson
County, Indiana. This includes William, Robert, George, and James F. Gillaspy.
Sources:
Buchanan and Gillespie of Southwest Virginia By: David Trimble 1992 Austin Texas
page 327-328
MCHAGA Vol.8 No. 1 Winter 2002 page 7
Personal Gillaspy Family genealogy from Richard Gillaspy CA 90807
Early Kentucky Marriages 1560 - 1900 Yates Publishing Co.
Mrs Jamie Kuss , zilla2(a)ameritech.net provided me with this information.
Sharon
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Barbara and Warren,
You have much, much more on Gillaspys than I do. They are not a direct line for me, but I
am interested because some of them were in Morgan County where I live. I have very few
connections here.
I do have these notes from Jamie Kuss with her contact information at the end. The notes
include documentation, including a Morgan Co History and Genealogy Association newsletter
issue, which should still be available from the organization's website. So here they
are:
James Gillaspy married Mary Robinson on January 25Th, 1785 in Botetourt County, Virginia.
They were married by a Presbyterian Minister named Edward Crawford. They had seven known
children, 5 boys and two girls.
Mary Robinson's Mother was Elizabeth Fulton Robinson, with Fulton being her maiden
name. Elizabeth F. was the first born daughter of James and Mary Robinson Gillaspy. She
was named after her maternal grandmother, hence her full name being Elizabeth Fulton
Gillaspy. She was born in Botetourt County, Virgina 1788 The only other information I have
on Elizabeth is that she married William McWilliams on May 10, 1810, in Henry County,
Kentucky.
The other 6 six children of James and Mary Robinson Gillaspy are:
1. William Gillaspy b. July 20 1786
2. James Fulton Gillaspy b. c.1790
3. Robert Gillaspy b. Feb. 14, 1793
4. Jane Gillaspy b. c.1795
5. George Gillaspy b. January 25, 1797
6. Mary Gillaspy b. 1799 probably born Shelby Co. Ky.
James inherited 20 pounds from his fathers estate in 1798. He appears on the Shelby County
Kentucky tax list of 1797, which leaves me to believe he and his family already lived in
Kentucky when his father Robert died. We also find James in the tax list for Shelby Co.
Ky. dated August 7, 1800. But he is not listed anywhere after that. His wife Mary
Robinson Gillaspy appears in the 1801 and 1802 Shelby County, Ky. tax list. From 1803 to
1805 there are no Gillaspy or variations. In the Shelby Co. Ky order book of Oc tober
1806, The court grants Mary Robinson Gillaspy to administer her died husbands estate, with
John James, and John Gillaspie, as her security. The order states that James died about
some 6 years ago, which would be the last half of the year, 1800. This fits in with the
fact we find James in 1800, but not 1801. Mary and the children inventory and sell James
property, and move back to Virginia. Perhaps she and the children were in Virginia
between 1803 and 1805, and they came back in 1806 to settle the estate. Before 1810 Mary
and the children return to Kentucky, in Henry County with other members of their family.
Mary remarried a man named James Connell, in Henry County, Ky. Her son George Gillaspy
marries Catherine Smith , on June 17, 1818 in Henry Co. Ky. (Although I have not been able
to locate a death record for Mary, other sources show she died about 1823 in Henry Co. Ky)
This matches up with the fact that in 1823 James and Mary Robinson Gillaspy's sons
move to Johnson County, Indiana. This includes William, Robert, George, and James F.
Gillaspy.
Sources:
Buchanan and Gillespie of Southwest Virginia By: David Trimble 1992 Austin Texas
page 327-328
MCHAGA Vol.8 No. 1 Winter 2002 page 7
Personal Gillaspy Family genealogy from Richard Gillaspy CA 90807
Early Kentucky Marriages 1560 - 1900 Yates Publishing Co.
Mrs Jamie Kuss , zilla2(a)ameritech.net provided me with this information.
Sharon