Randy, you mentioned the Gillespies as being gunsmiths. A past post on this list referred to the "Gillespie Rifle". Is there some connection? I'll try to look up who posted that info. I requested that he send me info on the gun via snail mail but so far he hasn't responded. Rick -----Original Message----- From: Randy <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, September 10, 1999 10:33 AM Subject: [GILLESPIE] Gillespies Pennsylvania, NC and SC >Here is some information I have on Gillespies; I am interested in >information earlier and also dates if any one knows about this line. > > >Genealogy of the Gillespies ?? to 1999. These Gillespies were gunsmiths and >came to Mills River, NC after traveling with Daniel Boone into NC from >Pennsylvania. > >Great Great Grandfather Matthew Gillespie married Elizabeth Sitton. They had >three sons; Wilson, Harvey, and Philip. Philip served in the Civil War and >did not return home. Settled in Mills River, NC. > >Great Grandfather Harvey William Gillespie married Mary Jane Shipman and to >them was born ?? children. Their daughter Mary Elizabeth was born Nov >29,1897. > >My Grandmother Mary Elizabeth Gillespie married Charles Hobson Wilson on Oct >1,1914 and born to them were 4 sons and 5 daughters. Their names were Fred, >Donald C., Charles, Paul K., Grace, Ruth, Nellie, Dorothy, and Martha. >Charlie Wilson died Oct 18,1967 . Mary Elizabeth Wilson died April 3, 1987 . >Both are buried in Cedar Shoals Baptist Church cemetery near Woodruff, SC. > >My mother, Nellie Panzy Wilson, married J.D. Rice on July 3, 1950 in >Laurens, SC. They have lived in Greenville,SC the entire time. Born to them >were two (2) sons; Randy Lynn Rice born October 21, 1953 and Raymond Lee >Rice born March 2, 1956. > >Randy L. Rice >Network Administrator/Webmaster >Information Technology Department >Greenville Water System >864-241-6064 > > >==== GILLESPIE Mailing List ==== >Support the USGenWeb Project! >http://www.usgenweb.org/ >