Eve, My great grandfather was Robert Monroe Gillespie, b. Sep. 8, 1844 in Kaufman, TN per his death certificate. I have been unable to find either a county or a town called Kaufman in TN. While I have no way of knowing whether your Thomas Monroe Gillespie and my Robert Monroe Gillespie are related, it is interesting to note that both had the same middle name and were also from TN. According to research notes dating from the 1950s (which differ from recently discovered bible records) and given to me by a cousin, my gg grandfather was John H. Gillespie, b. March 17, 1813 who m. Sallie E.?, also b. 1813. Listed in these notes are the following children; Mary E. Gillespie, b. 1832 James W. Gillespie, b. 1836 John D. Gillesie, b. 1838 William J. Gillespie, b. 1838 Clarkie E. Gillespie, b. 1840 Charles E. Gillespie, b. 1840 Ruth H. Gillespie, b. 1840 Cynthia J. Gillespie, b. 1842 Robert Monroe Gillespie, b. Sep. 8, 1844, Kaufman, TN, d. Oct. 28, 1929 in Water Valley, TX who married Elizabeth Lillian Cunningham, b. Mar. 23, 1858, d. June 19, 1930 in Fort Worth, TX. At first, I believed that my cousin's wife (now deceased) combined families as two of the children are born in 1838 and three are born in 1840 per her notes. However, Robert Monroe Gillespie's family bible dated 1882 reflects slightly different middle initials and corrected birth dates. I have only recently had the opportunity to examine the bible and have not yet finished deciphering the old handwriting or would post here. If you think we might have a connection, please let me know. Jeri -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of eve@websown.com Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 6:11 PM To: GILLESPIE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Gillespie TN IL MO CA This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gillespie, Hunter, Mahurin, Bingham, Tracy Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CiY.2ACEB/1285 Message Board Post: Family story says that the Gillespie brothers all with families had a very heated meeting in regards to the Civil War. I do not know how many brothers, but some went North, some went South and our Family went West. If anyone out there has a story like this passed down please let me know. Thomas Monroe Gillespie DOB March 17 1821 he left that meeting with a wife Nancy E Hunter DOB July 28, 1820 and 14 children mostly born in IL or MO I am looking for all family members, these are the children: WILLIAM DOB 5 OCT 1840 SAMUEL DOB 7 JAN 1843 JOHN DOB 7 AUG 1844 THOMAS DOB 18 AUG 1846 DERVEY OR DERBEY DOB 3 JUL 1847 *JAMES DOB 11 SEP 1848 IL NANCY DOB 26 APR 1850 WASHINGTON DOB 16 APR 1852 MARGARET DOB 3 JAN 1854 FRANKLIN DOB 7 APR 1855 LAYFAYETTE DOB 5 JUN 1856 BENJAMIN DOB 11 MAY 1858 NATHANIEL WILSON DOB 1 MAY 1850 or1860 HARRIET AMANDA DOB 27 FEB 1863 If any of these names ring a bell please let me know. Thamk you, Eve ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237