Is anyone researching these families? Am looking for Descendants as well as ancestors. 1. THOMAS GILLESPIE (DAVIDA, THOMASB, JOHNC, THOMASD) was born 24 August, 1818, and died 17 January, 1885. He married JANE STROUD 1838 in Henry County, Georgia. Children of THOMAS GILLESPIE and JANE STROUD are: 2. i. WILLIAM HENRY GILLESPIE, b. 26 August, 1841, Henry County, Georgia; d. 1863, Battle of the Crater, Petersburg, Virginia. ii. ELIZA JANE GILLESPIE, b. 1843; m. JAMES F. THOMAS, 23 May, 1861, Coosa County, AL. iii. JAMES MANSON GILLESPIE, b. 10 June, 1844; d. 17 May, 1894; m. FRANCIS CREW. 3. iv. DAVID ANDERSON GILLESPIE, b. 22 July, 1845, Henry County, Georgia; d. 17 May, 1894, Coosa County, Alabama. v. ELIZABETH GILLESPIE, b. 1847. vi. JEREMIAH GILLESPIE, b. 1851. vii. SALLIE GILLESPIE, b. 1854. viii. MARTHA GILLESPIE, b. 1855. Generation No. 2 2. WILLIAM HENRY GILLESPIE (THOMAS1, DAVIDA, THOMASB, JOHNC, THOMASD) was born 26 August, 1841 in Henry County, Georgia, and died 1863 in Battle of the Crater, Petersburg, Virginia. He married EMILY CATHERNE THOMAS Abt. 1861. Child of WILLIAM GILLESPIE and EMILY THOMAS is: i. WILLIAM J. GILLESPIE, b. 21 April, 1863, Alabama; d. 1931; m. WILLIE BELLE BOWMAN. 3. DAVID ANDERSON2 GILLESPIE (THOMAS1, DAVIDA, THOMASB, JOHNC, THOMASD) was born 22 July, 1845 in Henry County, Georgia, and died 17 May, 1894 in Coosa County, Alabama. He married (1) ELIZABETH TERRELL Abt. 1861. He married (2) EMILY CATHERNE THOMAS Abt. 1866. Children of DAVID GILLESPIE and EMILY THOMAS are: i. GEORGIA GILLESPIE, b. 20 February, 1867, Coosa County, Alabama; d. 27 June, 1894, Coosa County, Alabama. ii. MARIETTA A. GILLESPIE, b. May 1868; m. JOHN F. LECROY. iii. ANN ELIZA GILLESPIE, b. Abt. 1871; m. WILLIAM H. ALLEN. iv. THOMAS JEFFERSON GILLESPIE, b. 19 April, 1872. v. CAROLINE FRANCIS GILLESPIE, b. 02 September, 1874. vi. FRANCIS E. C. GILLESPIE, b. 02 September, 1874. vii. EMILY E. GILLESPIE, b. Abt. 1876; m. SOLOMAN T. DUKE. viii. JULIA V. GILLESPIE, b. 1877; d. October 1952, Clanton, Chilton County, Alabama; m. JAMES B. WAITES. ix. WALTER HENRY GILLESPIE, b. 22 September, 1879; d. July 1965, Alabama; m. ROXIE ANN KELLEY. x. JOHN SAMUEL HUNTER GILLESPIE, b. 23 November, 1883, Coosa County, Alabama; d. 04 April, 1971, Chilton County, Alabama; m. LIZZIE VICTORIA WILLINGHAM, 11 June, 1911, Coosa County, Alabama.