This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GILLESPIE, FISHER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CiY.2ACEB/598.852.853.855.868.871.875.1 Message Board Post: My GILLESPIES originally came from Spartanburg & Transylvania Cty's in NC (near Ashville), AND later from Pickens & Oconee Counties in SC, later, GA (where BD was born) The family finally settled in TX ( & 2, OKLA ). Benjamin Daniel GILLESPIE parents were Daniel Campbell GILLESPIE & Amanda HOLMES (my 4-G parents) B.D. was b. October 7, 1835 in Troup County, GA & d. April 11, 1880. He m. Margaret Jane PALMER b. August 25, 1834 d. 1921. Both Benjamin Daniel & his wife are buried in Coryell County Texas, Village of The Grove @ Flint Creek Cemetery. GILLESPIE information "prior" to Benjamin Daniel GILLESPIE that I have was originally verbal (then written long before I was born & given to me 20-25 years ago ("story" format). Most information was told & written down by his wife & their children (birth/death family records). The only other information that I have for the GILLESPIES, comes from military records, (Civil War Veteran's site) & a photo (copy of tin-type) of B.D. wearing his Confederate uniform & of course, the information from his double headstone. The children of Margaret J. PALMER-GILLESPIE & Benjamin Daniel GILLESPIE were: 1. Amanda Elizabeth Ophelia GILLESPIE-BRAZZIL b 1859 d 1937** 2. T.L"Tallula"(Lula)GILLESPIE-STRICTLAND b 1860 d 1893** 3. Petrinella Jane GILLESPIE-FISHER (b. 12/ 1961 (Macon, GA d. 1941 in Bethany, Okla.) - buried in Hardeman Cty., TX (Chillicothe) next to her husband Jeptha Hester FISHER (MY G-Grands). 4. Leigh Daniel GILLESPIE b. 1869 d. 1945** 5. Infant son GILLESPIE b.& d. Sept. 27, 1872** 6. Bennie C. GILLESPIE b. 1873 & d. 1885 12 yrs. old **) ** All buried at Flint Creek Cemetery in Coryell County Tx. near parents. Any thing sound familiar to you? Linda in Texas