Emsey Gillispie b. 1816 Tazewell Co., VA d. 21 Mar 1893 Racine, Boone Co., WV; burial: Alum Creek, Kanawha Co., WV: Forney & Clark Genealogy Pages

1816 - 1893 (77 years)

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Name	Emsey Gillispie
Birth	1816	Tazewell Co., VA
Gender	Male
Death	21 Mar 1893	Racine, Boone Co., WV; burial: Alum Creek, Kanawha Co., WV
Person ID	I7502	forneyclark
Last Modified	12 Apr 2024

Father	Theophilus (Emsey line) Gillespie, b. ABT. 1776, Bath, Augusta, VA d. 28 Feb 1863, Logan Co., (West) VA (Age ~ 87 years)
Mother	Polly McCarroll, b. BEF. 1778
Marriage	9 Jun 1796	Bath Co., VA
Family ID	F4094	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Cornelia Elizabeth Gillespie, b. 27 Jul 1826, Bull Creek, Boone Co., (West) VA d. 1 Aug 1882 (Age 56 years)

Marriage 8 Jan 1846

Children

	1. James Dryden Gillispie, b. 28 Sep 1847, Boone Co., (West) VA d. 17 Feb 1930, Racine, Boone Co., WV; burial: Bloomingrose, Boone Co., WV (Age 82 years)
	2. Charles Henry Gillispie, b. 1849 d. 1898 (Age 49 years)
	3. Mary Jane Gillispie, b. 5 Oct 1851, Kanawha Co., (West) VA d. 7 Mar 1907, Burial: Mechanics & Miners Cem., Bloomingrose, Boone Co., WV (Age 55 years)
	4. Susan Catherine Gillespie, b. 7 Sep 1854, Kanawha Co., WV d. 1900 (Age 45 years)
	5. Albert Gallatin "A. G." (twin) Gillispie, b. 3 Jan 1857, Kanawha Co., (West) VA d. 3 Sep 1939, Dorothy, Clear Fork, Raleigh Co., WV; burial: Ashford, Boone Co., WV (Age 82 years)
	6. Samuel Hayes (twin) Gillispie, b. 3 Jan 1857, Cole River, Kanawha Co., WV d. 4 Feb 1938, Racine, Boone Co., WV; burial: Bloomingrose, Boone Co., WV (Age 81 years)
	7. Lettice Brown "Lettie" Gillispie, b. 20 Jun 1860 d. 5 Aug 1959, Seth, Boone Co., WV; burial: Seth, Boone Co., WV (Age 99 years)
	8. Malinda Margaret Gillispie, b. 1 Jul 1863, Kanawha Co., WV d. 15 Feb 1953, Spencer, Roane Co., WV; burial: Spencer, Roane Co., WV (Age 89 years)
	9. Robert Peal Gillispie, b. 15 Apr 1867, Brouland, Kanawha Co., WV d. 1 Mar 1956, South Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV; burial: Hudson Cem., Kanawha Co., WV (Age 88 years)
	10. Phillip Poindexter Gillispie, b. 24 Jun 1870, Alum Creek, Kanawha Co., WV d. 1 Feb 1947, Racine, Boone Co., WV; burial: Bloomingrose, Boone Co., WV (Age 76 years)

Family ID F2979 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 12 Apr 2024

Notes

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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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Source:
SEE SELINA PRIESTLY'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1119959&id=I2089
Priestley/Gillispie:
Selina Priestley:
ID: I2089
Name: Emsey GILLISPIE
Sex: M
Birth: 1816 in Tazewell County, Va
Death: 1893 in Boone County, WV
Occupation: Ran a steam mill used for grinding corn, 1861-1865, mouth of Brier Creek
Occupation: Caretaker of Lock 6 on Coal River, one mile above mouth of Brier Creek
Change Date: 26 SEP 2000
Marriage 1 Cornelia Elizabeth GILLISPIE b: 27 JUL 1826 in Bull Creek, Boone County, WV
Married: 1846
Children
James Dryden GILLISPIE b: 1846
Charles Henry GILLISPIE b: 1849
Mary Jane GILLISPIE b: 1851
Susan Catherine GILLISPIE b: 1854
Albert Gallatin (A. G.) GILLISPIE b: 1857
Samuel Hayes GILLISPIE b: 1857
Lettuce GILLISPIE b: 22 JUN 1860
Melinda Margaret GILLISPIE b: 1 JUL 1863
Robert Peal GILLISPIE b: 15 APR 1867
Phillip Poindexter GILLISPIE b: 1870
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Source:
SEE JOEL HAGER'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hagerj&id=I18544
Joel Hager's Southern West Virginia Research:
Joel Hager:
ID: I18544
Name: Emsey Gillespie
Given Name: Emsey
Surname: Gillespie
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1816 in Tazewell County, Virginia
Death: Abt 1893 in Boone County, West Virginia
_UID: EF83B377E860434C95C7A80787EF528DD302
Change Date: 25 Jan 2006 at 18:49
Note: (FROM MURL GILLISPIE concerning Emsey Gillespie):
Occupation: Ran a steam mill used for grinding corn, 1861-1865, mouth of Brier Creek
Occupation: Caretaker of Lock 6 on Coal River, one mile above mouth of Brier Creek
MBG: Emsey Gillispie, my grandfather, has a long remained the mystery in our family. All we know is he said he came to Coal River by way of Tazewell, Virginia to Malden, W.Va . to work as a cooper (barrel maker) in the salt works, and brought two sisters with him. One married an Adkins in Logan County, W.Va., and the other one married a Mays who lived across the road from what is now Angel Terrace. Born in 1816, he probably got to Malden in 1840, then to Coal River , where he married Cornelia Elizabeth Gillispie, daughter of Samuel Gillispie the 2nd. There he worked as a lockmaster at lock 6, just below the mouth of Fork Creek, until the steamboats quit running on Coal River. In my opinion he was the son or grandson of Phillip Gillispie, the gun maker whose father Matthew had come from Pennsylvania by Way of England. The family made the famous Pennsylvania long rifle. Moved to near Asheville, N.C. and I think they scattered from there to Augusta County, Virginia. Several came over the mountains going to new settlements in Greenbrier Co. and the Kanawha Valley. Emsey had a son named Phillip and Emsey was famous as a rifle shot. His oldest son James was a frequent visitor at our house and he had a distinct English accent. I think this family emigrated From Melrose, Scotland to England where work was plentiful and there was a ready sale for guns, rather than go to Ireland. They came to America for the same reason: a market for their product and trade. They were still Scotsmen. Uncle James died at Peytona, W.Va., in 1930. MURL B. GILLISPIE May 3, 1980
And again from MBG Genealogy: In 1879 when my grandpa Emsey and wife, Sam,
Robert P and Phil moved to Alum Creek from Holly Hurst (mouth Fork Creek) they used a horse and sled. From Bee Tree Mountain down to the Junior High School there was no road - they used the Creek bed. Before that there was a lane from the DeBoard form - now about where high school is to the Zicafoose farm -Watt Childress place near Hopewell Church and a lane from near high school out to Barton place, now Charles Henry Gillispie.
Father: Unknown Gillespie b: Bef 1796
Marriage 1 Cornelia Elizabeth Gillespie b: 27 Jul 1826 in Bull Creek, Kanawha (Boone) County, (West) Virginia
Married: Abt 1846
Change Date: 25 Sep 2005
Children
James Dryden Gillespie b: Abt 1846 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia
Charles Henry Gillespie b: Abt 1849 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia
Mary Jane Gillespie b: Oct 1851 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia
Susan Catherine Gillespie b: Abt 1854 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia
Albert Gallatin (Twin) Gillespie b: Jan 1857 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia
Samuel Hayes (Twin) Gillespie b: Jan 1857 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia
Lettice 'Lettie' Brown Gillespie b: 22 Jun 1860 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia
Melinda Margaret Gillespie b: 1 Jul 1863 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia
Robert Peal Gillispie b: 15 Apr 1867 in Kanawha County, West Virginia
Phillip Poindexter Gillespie b: Jul 1869 in Kanawha County, West Virginia
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Source:
Lynn Weaver:
ABOUT EMSEY GILLESPIE

ON THE 1870 CENSUS EMSEY GILLESPIE NAME IS EMERY.

1850 United States Federal Census
about Emzy Gillispie
Name: Emzy Gillispie
Age: 32
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1818
Birth Place: Virginia
Gender: Male
Home in 1850(City,County,State): District 29, Kanawha, Virginia
Household Members: Name Age
Caroline E Gillispie 23
Charles H Gillispie 1
Emzy Gillispie 32
James D Gillispie 3

1860 United States Federal Census
about Empsie Gillespie
Name: Empsie Gillespie
Age in 1860: 43
Birth Year: abt 1817
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: Kanawha, Virginia
Gender: Male
Post Office: Kanawha Court House
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members: Name Age
Empsie Gillespie 43
Cornelia Gillespie 30
James D Gillespie 14
Charles H Gillespie 11
Mary J Gillespie 8
Susan Gillespie 5
Albert C Gillespie 3
Samuel H Gillespie 3

1870 United States Federal Census
about Emery Galaspie
Name: Emery Galaspie
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1815
Age in 1870: 55
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Washington, Kanawha, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: View Image
Post Office: Coalsmouth
Household Members: Name Age
Emery Galaspie 55
Cornelia E Galaspie 44
James D Galaspie 24
Charles H Galaspie 21
Mary J Galaspie 18
Susan C Galaspie 16
Albert G Galaspie 13
Samuel H Galaspie 13
Lotta B Galaspie 10
Malinda Galaspie 7
Robert F Galaspie 3
Emery Galaspie 1/12

1880 United States Federal Census
about Euney Gillaspie
Name: Euney Gillaspie
Home in 1880: Kanawha, West Virginia
Age: 64
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1816
Birthplace: Virginia
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Cornelia E.
Father's birthplace: Virginia
Mother's birthplace: Virginia
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Cannot read/write:
Household Members: Name Age
Euney Gillaspie 64
Cornelia E. Gillaspie 53
Charles H. Gillaspie 30
Samuel H. Gillaspie 23
Albert G. Gillaspie 23
Lettie B. Gillaspie 19
Malinda M. Gillaspie 16
Robert P. Gillaspie 13
Philip P. Gillaspie 9
Mary Stover 78

DEATH RECORD OF EMSEY GILLESPIE
NAME Emsey Gillespie Male
DEATH DATE 21 Mar 1893
DEATH PLACE Racine, West Virginia
BIRTH DATE 1816
BIRTH PLACE Virginia
AGE AT DEATH 77 years
MARITAL STATUS Widowed
OCCUPATION Farmer
BURIAL PLACE Alum Creek
BURIAL DATE 23 Mar 1893
FATHER NAME
MOTHER NAME
GSU FILM NUMBER 570602
DIGITAL GS NUMBER 4228480
IMAGE NUMBER v 1 p 30
REFERENCE NUMBER County Records
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