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Thomas Meriwether Gilmer

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Thomas Meriwether Gilmer

Birth
James City County, Virginia, USA
Death
13 Jul 1817 (aged 54)
Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Vesta, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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He moved his family to the new Broad River settlement in north Georgia in 1783. They had a large plantation in the fertile Goosepond area in what became Oglethorpe Co.; they adjoined Gen. George Matthews on the east. He weighed about 200 poundS at age 18; over 300 later in life.
TMSI [3605]: M1221GGG-Grandson of Nicholas Meriwether
He moved his family to the new Broad River settlement in north Georgia in 1783. They had a large plantation in the fertile Goosepond area in what became Oglethorpe Co.; they adjoined Gen. George Matthews on the east. He weighed about 200 poundS at age 18; over 300 later in life.
TMSI [3605]: M1221GGG-Grandson of Nicholas Meriwether

Inscription

SACRED
to the memory of
THOMAS MERIWETHER GILMER
who departed the life on the 13th day of July 1817
in the 54th year of his age.

Leaving a Widow and nine children to lament their loss.

Rest man of God thy work was done the great the - price was won. Our loss we feel but was thy gain, torise secure from ever pain.



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