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