This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gillespie Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CiY.2ACEB/1387 Message Board Post: Hello all: I recently read a book about Charles Fremont, the famous American West explorer. He was directed by President Polk (a Gillespie Clan member)to open up a passage to California and Oregon. He was assisted in California by Col. Archibald Gillespie. Becaue of the James K. Polk connection and possible family ties, I've got a serious hunch that this Archibald was connected to my Thomas/Naomi Gillespie line but I haven't really found much info about him. Does anyone on the Gillespie List have any info regarding this Archibald Gillespie? Thanks Rick Gillespie, DC