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.
My father's mother's mother's mother's father's mother's mother's mother's father. (7G Grandfather)
Taken from the book Historic Williamson County Old Homes and Sites by Virginia Bowman submitted by LindaMooreMora
Parents of ten children which six were sons
REV WAR SOLDIER He was given a land grant of 4,000 acres in Williamson Co. TN but never came here/
They were buried within ten feet of John and Jean Gracy Knox and other kin of President Polk also. Also Robert Gillespie.
Four of the Gillespie sons later came to Williamson Co. TN
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.
My father's mother's mother's mother's father's mother's mother's mother's father. (7G Grandfather)
Taken from the book Historic Williamson County Old Homes and Sites by Virginia Bowman submitted by LindaMooreMora
Parents of ten children which six were sons
REV WAR SOLDIER He was given a land grant of 4,000 acres in Williamson Co. TN but never came here/
They were buried within ten feet of John and Jean Gracy Knox and other kin of President Polk also. Also Robert Gillespie.
Four of the Gillespie sons later came to Williamson Co. TN
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.
My father's mother's mother's mother's father's mother's mother's mother's father. (7G Grandfather)
Taken from the book Historic Williamson County Old Homes and Sites by Virginia Bowman submitted by LindaMooreMora
Parents of ten children which six were sons
REV WAR SOLDIER He was given a land grant of 4,000 acres in Williamson Co. TN but never came here/
They were buried within ten feet of John and Jean Gracy Knox and other kin of President Polk also. Also Robert Gillespie.
Four of the Gillespie sons later came to Williamson Co. TN
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.
My father's mother's mother's mother's father's mother's mother's mother's father. (7G Grandfather)
Taken from the book Historic Williamson County Old Homes and Sites by Virginia Bowman submitted by LindaMooreMora
Parents of ten children which six were sons
REV WAR SOLDIER He was given a land grant of 4,000 acres in Williamson Co. TN but never came here/
They were buried within ten feet of John and Jean Gracy Knox and other kin of President Polk also. Also Robert Gillespie.
Four of the Gillespie sons later came to Williamson Co. TN
Inscription
"They were through life friends dear and kin[d]
One day to death these friends consign'd
Farwell this world with all its toils
No more with thee weel groan
Weel soar aloft above the skies
To enjoy our Father's throne."
