Thomas Gillespie, Sr.^{[1, 2]}

1719 - 1796  (77 years)

• Name	Thomas Gillespie
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	1719
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Dec 1796	Rowan Co., N. Carolina
  Buried	Thyatira Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mill Bridge, Rowan Co., NC
  Person ID	I23677	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2022

  
  

  Family	Naomi Thompson,   b. 1728,   d. 1796, Rowan Co., N. Carolina  (Age 68 years)
  Married	Abt 1749	Likely Rowan Co., NC
  Children	+ 1. Isaac Lemuel Gillespie,   b. 28 Mar 1750, North Carolina Colony ,   d. 1826, Williamson Co., Tennessee  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2022
  Family ID	F9001	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21347030/thomas-gillespie. Thomas Gillespie Sr. Birth 1719 Death 13 Dec 1796 (aged 76?77) Burial: Thyatira Presbyterian Church Cemetery Mill Bridge, Rowan County, North Carolina Plot Shared single grave with spouse This was printed in the North Carolina Journal Halifax NC 09 January 1797 Died at 2 PM on Tuesday, the 13th December, Mrs. Naomi Gillespie aged 69; and at 10 the same evening, Mr. Thomas Gillespie aged 78. They were the first settlers in Rowan (County), on the West-Side of the Yadkin River, and had lived in the bridled bonds of love and matrimonial friendship; For the space of 55(?) years. Their descendants amount to 65 of whom six sons carried them to their place of interment where they were deposited in the same grave, and in the same coffin. The history of North Carolina, perhaps, has never furnished a similar instance since its first settlement. Thomas and Naomi Gillespie migrated into Rowan County North Carolina. They were the first white family west of the Yadkin River. The Gillespie farm was on Sills Creek. (The "Carolina Cradle," page 41, footnote 107.) Thomas Gillespie served in the Revolutionary War. He would have been in his late fifties then. He was appointed Sessor in Capt. William Armstrong's Company in 1777. He served as a Commissary in the war under General Rutherford and received quite a lot of bounty land after the war for his service in what is now Tennessee. According to one source, he bought up other bounty land in the same areas. Naomi and Thomas Gillespie had ten children. Most of his sons are listed as serving in the Revolutionary War. Five of Thomas' sons received part of his land in his will, however some of his sons had also received bounty land as reward for their own service in the war. Thomas Gillespie made his will on 15 November 1796 in Rowan County, North Carolina. It is recorded in Will Book G, pages 3 and 4. In it he names his children and disposes of his property. Witnessed by Thomas Irvin and Philip Palmer. A Thyatira Presbyterian Church booklet reads, "Died at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday the 15th of December, 1796, Mrs. Naomi Gillespie, aged 69; at 10 O'clock the same evening, Thomas Gillespie aged 76. Their six sons carried them to the grave and buried them in the same casket. Son of Robert Gillespie. [S275] Lyman Chalkley, Lyman Chalkley, Chronicles of the Scotch-search.txt. AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS. ORDER BOOK No. XIV. August 18, 1769. (25) James Gamwell vs. Thos. Gillespie. ? ^Abates by plaintiff's death. Gillespies found in Augusta Co., Virginia Colony Gillaspy (Gillespy), Alex. 9181. Gillespy. Allen. 451. Gillespy, Daniel, 219. Gillespy, Elizabeth, 218^ 388. Gtllespjr, Jacob, 168, 483. Gillespie, James, 978. 388^ 897. 411, 417. Gillespy, Tohn, 177, 818^ 949^ 989. Gillespy, Mary. 315. Gtllesapey, Mathew, 531. Gillespy, Robert, 315. 599. Gillespy, Samuel. 397. Gillespy, Simon, 480. Gillespie, Thomas, 158. 960. Gillespy, Wm.. 808. 818^ 819. 907. 489. [S18] Family Search, LDS, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LRPR-SDJ/thomas-gillespie-sr.-1719-1796. Thomas Gillespie Sr. Male1719?1796 Naomi Thompson Female1728?1796 Marriage 1 January 1745 Augusta, Virginia Children (10) James Gillespie, 1745?1787 Martha Gillespie, 1747?1797 Isaac Lemuel Gillespie, 1750?1826 George Gillespie, 1751?1818 Lydia Naomi Bone Gillespie, 1754?1828 Thomas Gillespie Jr., 1755?1828 Alexander Gillespie, 1759?1804 Robert Gillespie, 1760?1842 David Gillespie, 1761?1835 John Gillespie, 1762?1825