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Theophilus (Emsey line) Gillespie

Male 1776 - 1863  (~ 87 years)


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  • Name Theophilus (Emsey line) Gillespie 
    Birth ABT. 1776  Bath, Augusta, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 28 Feb 1863  Logan Co., (West) VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I10380  forneyclark
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2024 

    Family Polly McCarroll,   b. BEF. 1778 
    Marriage 9 Jun 1796  Bath Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Emsey Gillispie,   b. 1816, Tazewell Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1893, Racine, Boone Co., WV; burial: Alum Creek, Kanawha Co., WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F4093  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Source:
      Donna Forney Clark:
      Since Theophilus Gillespie, son of Elizabeth Unknown Gillespie (b. 1746) & Samuel Gillespie (b. 1845), appears twice in our database, his descendents with Mary Champe are recorded under the other listing of his name: Theophilus (see notes) Gillespie.

      Source:
      SEE DOROTHY JANE AYERS BUCKLEY'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
      http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/u/c/Dorothy-J-Buckley/
      Dorothy Jane Ayers Buckley:
      Mary Toney b: 1799 in Kanawha County, West Virginia d: Unknown
      ....... +Theophilus Gillespie b: Abt. 1776 d: 1861

      Source:
      Lynn Weaver:
      Robert Lee Toney, Sr
      Birth: 19 Oct 1810
      Kanawha County, Virginia
      Death: 15 May 1890
      Boone County
      Spouse
      Penedamia Alvina Foster
      Birth: 02 May 1811
      Kanawa County
      Death: 01 Oct 1855
      Blooming Rose, Boone County

      Daughter of Robert Lee Toney, Sr & Penedamia Alvina Foster
      Mary Elizabeth Toney
      Birth: 9 May 1844
      Peytona, Boone, West Virginia
      Death: 26 Feb 1913
      Putnam, West Virginia
      Spouse
      Joseph Albert (Jacob) Fowler
      Birth: 1833
      Burning Springs, Wirt, West Virginia
      Death: 12 Apr 1883
      Yawkey, Lincoln, West Virginia

      PARENTS OF JOSEPH ALBERT (JOCOB) FOWLER
      Thomas R. Fowler
      Birth: 1790
      Bath, Augusta, Virginia, USA
      Death: 1840
      Boone Cty, (West) Virginia
      Spouse
      Elizabeth Gillespie
      Birth: Aug 1805
      Bath Cty, Virginia
      Death: After:1880
      Boone, West Virginia, USA

      PARENTS OF Elizabeth Gillespie
      THEOPHILUS GILLESPIE
      Birth: 1776
      Bath, Augusta, Virginia, USA
      Death: 28 Feb 1863
      Logan, West Virginia, USA
      Spouse
      MARY CHAMPE
      Birth: 1770
      Bath, Augusta, Virginia, USA
      Death: 1850
      Boone, West Virginia, USA

      Source:
      Melissa Dungey via Mary Jane Vandale Wood:
      The Will of Samuel Gillaspy
      Kanawha County, VA (WV)
      27 June 1812
      Deed Book F, page 53
      In the name of God Amen! I Samuel Gillaspy of the County of Kanawha and State of Virginia, living through the abundant mercy and goodness of God, though weak in body yet of sound mind and perfect memory, and understanding do constitute this my last will and testament and desire it may be used by all as such.
      Imprimus - I most humbly bequeath my soul to God my maker, beseeching his most gracious acceptance of it, through all sufficient merits and meditation of my most compassionate Redeemer Jesus Christ Amen! Imprimus - I give my body to the Earth from whence it was taken, in full assurance of its resurrection from thence at the last day. As for my burial I desire it may be decent, without pomp at the discretion of my dear wife, who I doubt not will manage it with all requisite prudence.
      As to my worldly Estate I will and positively order that all my debts be paid. Item - I give to my dear and loving wife and to her assigns forever all my property consisting of Viz: two sorrel mares and wagon & gears and log chain, six head of sheep, seven head of cattle, thirty head of hogs, together with all household and kitchen furniture, and all my plantation tools: four hoes, two axes, and three plows, also the crop now growing. She paying the following legacies Viz: to Theophillus Gillaspy, one shilling, to Peggy Williams, wife of John Williams, one shilling, to Nelly Lain, wife of Lewis Lain, one shilling, to Jean Gillaspy, one shilling, to Betsy Gillaspy, one shilling, to Samuel Gillaspy, one shilling, to Sally Gillaspy, one shilling, to Billy Gillaspy, one shilling, to John Gillaspy, one shilling, all of them my sons and daughters.
      Lastly I do constitute and appoint my dear wife Elizabeth and my son Samuel Gillaspy, Executrix & Executor of this my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the twenty seventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twelve.
      Witness -
      William F. Styles
      Samuel Handley
      George Blake
      Samuel Gillaspy (his mark)
      (Seal)
      At a Court held for Kanawha County the 11th day of August 1812 - This last will and testament of Samuel Gillaspy, deceased, was proved by oaths of William F. Styles and George Blake, two of the witnesses thereto, and ordered to be recorded.

      Source:
      SEE JOEL HAGER'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
      http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hagerj&id=I233645
      Joel Hager's Southern West Virginia Research:
      Joel Hager:
      ID: I233645
      Name: Samuel Gillespie
      Given Name: Samuel
      Surname: Gillespie
      Sex: M
      Birth: Abt 1745 in Augusta County, Virginia
      Death: 27 Jun 1812 in Bull Creek, Cole River, Kanawha County, (West) Virginia
      _UID: E1938718B4CB44B19ED21E65F5E32D139296
      Change Date: 3 Dec 2010 at 13:23
      Father: Thomas Galasby b: Abt 1709 in Melrose, Scotland
      Mother: Eleanor Bowen b: Abt 1719
      Marriage 1 Elizabeth Gillespie b: 10 Oct 1746 in Augusta County, Virginia
      Married: Bef 1776
      Change Date: 27 Nov 2010
      Children
      Theophilus Gillespie b: Abt 1776 in Augusta (Bath) County, Virginia
      Margaret 'Peggy' Gillespie b: Abt 1779 in Augusta (Bath) County, Virginia
      Nelly Gillespie b: Abt 1781 in Augusta (Bath) County, Virginia
      Jean Gillespie b: Abt 1785 in Augusta (Bath) County, Virginia
      Marriage 2 Elizabeth 'Betsy' Blake b: 10 Oct 1756 in Chester County, Pennsylvania
      Married: Bef 1797
      Change Date: 27 Nov 2010
      Children
      Elizabeth 'Betsey' Gillespie b: Abt 1789 in Augusta (Bath) County, Virginia
      John Gillespie b: Abt 1796 in Bath County, Virginia
      Samuel Gillespie b: 6 Feb 1797 in Bath County, Virginia
      Sarah 'Sally' Gillespie b: Abt 1798 in Bath County, Virginia
      William 'Billy' Gillespie b: Abt 1800 in Bath County, Virginia

      AND

      Source:
      SEE JOEL HAGER'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
      https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hagerjg%2Dnov2016&id=I264986
      Joel Hager's Southern West Virginia Research:
      Joel Hager:
      ID: I264986
      Name: Theophilus Gillespie
      Given Name: Theophilus
      Surname: Gillespie
      Name: Ophilus Gillespie
      Given Name: Ophilus
      Surname: Gillespie
      Sex: M
      Birth: Abt 1776 in Augusta (Bath) County, Virginia
      Death: Aft 1860 in Logan County, (West) Virginia
      Burial: Bull Creek At Mikes Branch, Boone County, West Virginia
      _UID: 840E8CEE78BB4826868A3417E2B0DDD14863
      Change Date: 20 Apr 2012 at 12:50
      Note: From MBG Genealogy: Theophilus Galasby, son of Samuel, was born in 1776. He died in Logan County after 1860 at the home of his niece, Nancy Gillispie Adkins (Aaron Adkins). He was recorded as being 85 years old in the 1860 Logan census. Wife Mary Champ, died before 1860. Samuel II, Theopolis, son James - about all old ones, maybe 20 buried at BulI Creek at Mikes Branch. Only one stone, that of James, marked. Can't find others, but know alI in two rows, including two Negro slaves buried beside James at his request - now called Holstein cemetery. As you go up the cemetery road, they lie just above the road - next to the road.

      Father: Samuel Gillespie b: Abt 1745 in Augusta County, Virginia
      Mother: Elizabeth Gillespie b: 10 Oct 1746 in Augusta County, Virginia

      Marriage 1 Polly McCarroll b: Bef 1778
      Married: 9 Jun 1796 in Bath County, Virginia
      Change Date: 8 Sep 2006

      Marriage 2 Mary Champe b: Aft 1776
      Married: Bef 1803
      Change Date: 8 Sep 2006
      Children
      Has Children Lettie Gillespie b: Abt 1804 in Bath County, Virginia
      Has Children Elizabeth Gillespie b: Aug 1805 in Bath County, Virginia
      Has Children Nancy Gillespie b: Abt 1810 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia
      Has Children James Madison Gillespie b: Abt 1811 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia

      Marriage 3 Mary Toney b: Abt 1799 in Bloomingrose, Kanawha (Boone) County, (West) Virginia
      Married: Aft 1850
      Change Date: 8 Sep 2006

      Source:
      http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maudenna/f1694.htm#f4786
      The Kanawha County Family Tree Project October 07, 2004
      Theophilus Gillespie & Mary (Mccarroll?) McCluskey
      Husband Theophilus Gillespie
      Born: Between 1770-1780 - Virginia 124,263
      Married: 9 Jun 1796 - Bath County, Virginia 39
      Noted events in his life were:
      Occupation, 1850 - Farmer
      Census, 1840 - Kanawha Co, VA #25-20
      Census, 1850 - Boone Co, VA #86-86
      Wife Mary (Mccarroll?) McCluskey 263
      Born: Bef 1780
      Died: Bef 1850 - Virginia 124
      Noted events in her life were:
      Census, 1840 - Kanawha Co, VA #25-20
      Children
      1 M Samuel Gillespie
      Born: Abt 1798 - Bath County, Virginia 32
      Spouse: Mary Jane McElvain (Bef 1805-Bef 1850) 263
      Marr: Abt 1820 - Kanawha County, Virginia 263
      2 F Elizabeth Gillespie 32
      Born: Abt 1802 - Bath County, Virginia 32
      Spouse: Thomas R. Fowler (Between 1790-Bef 1850) 32
      Marr: Not On Cd #229
      3 M James Gillespie
      Born: Abt 1812 - Virginia 5
      Spouse: Rachel (Unknown) Gillespie (Abt 1815- )
      Marr: Not On Cd #229
      4 M Emzy Gillespie
      Born: 1816 - Virginia 5
      Died: 21 Mar 1893
      Spouse: Cornelia Elizabeth Gillespie (1826-1882) 861
      Marr: 8 Jan 1846 - Not On Cd #229 861



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