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 1753 - 1822

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• Birth	1753	Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Apr 1822	Transylvania, North Carolina
  	Age: 69
  Person ID	I2716	Stewart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2007
  Family	Jane Harvey,   b. 17 Apr 1762, Botetourt County, Virginia ,   d. 26 Apr 1808, East Fork, Transylvania County, North Carolina
  Married	31 Aug 1779	Botetourt County, Virginia   [1]
  Notes	Source: http://genforum.genealogy.com/gillespie/messages/2323.html 5. JOHN2 GILLESPIE (*WILLIAM1) was born 1753 in Virginia, and died April 07, 1822 in Transylvania, North Carolina. He married JANE HARVEY August 31, 1779 in Botetourt County, Virginia, daughter of WILLIAM HARVEY and REBECCA CARUTHERS. She was born 1755 in Virginia.
  Children	1. Rebecca Gillespie,   b. 30 Jul 1780,   d. 28 Jul 1860   2. Mary Gillespie,   b. 7 Feb 1783   3. William Gillespie,   b. 28 Dec 1785,   d. 23 Sep 1851   4. Matthew Gillespie,   b. 23 Jul 1788, Pendelton County, South Carolina ,   d. 16 May 1871   5. Robert Harvey Gillespie,   b. 01 Feb 1791, Pendelton County, South Carolina ,   d. 29 May 1881   6. Isabel Gillespie,   b. 30 Mar 1796, Pendelton County, South Carolina ,   d. 30 May 1880
  Last Modified	05 Aug 2008
  Family ID	F900	Group Sheet

• Event Map		Event Birth - 1753 - Virginia Married - 31 Aug 1779 - Botetourt County, Virginia Died - Age: 69 - 7 Apr 1822 - Transylvania, North Carolina  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes	He was a gunsmith, as was his father. He found his way to George's Creek, near the present town of Easly, SC . From there he moved north to the East Fork of the French Broad River, between the present towns of Brevard and Rosman, in North Carolina. Source: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/GILLESPIE/2001-02/0981474752

• Sources

  [S94] Botetourt County, Virginia 1770-1897, Computer Indexed Marriage Records, Nicholas Russell Murray, (Hunting for Bears, Inc.), 33 (Reliability: 3).