Thought I would share this with the list. Perhaps someone knows something about the Texas Ranger, Richard Addison Gillespie. Rick Gillespie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks, Larry. I think you mentioned that you had additional info beyond Thomas L. and Catherine Beard. If it is easy to send I would like to see it. My big fear right now is that I am jumping to too many conclusions regarding Samuel Huston Gillespie. It is all just so close but I hope I am not building myself up for a big letdown. I'll poke around the library regarding Richard Addison Gillespie. I believe he was in Texas during the Texas Revolution and was an attorney in Bastrop and Austin, but he was best known for his life with the Texas Rangers. He was very close friends to another famous Indian Fighter and Texas Ranger Samuel Walker, who the Colt Walker pistols were named for. Richard Addison was heroically killed in the battle of Vera Cruz, Mexico. His body was transported to San Antonio and is buried in an old cemetary there. Sam Walker was so close to RA Gillespie that his wish was to be buried next to his best friend. They are in fact buried together. Recently, the Texas Historical Society wanted to exhume Walker's body and move it to the State Cemetary in Austin where so many of the famous Texans are buried. The newspaper stated that the family of Walker were very upset with the State Historical Commission because of Walker's wishes to remain with Gillespie forever and they did not want to violate that wish so they left him next to Gillespie. Right now I have no info at all that links RA with my family but we Texans are absolutley obssessed with Texas History and to have a relative that fought in the Texas Revolution or with the Texas Rangers is the closest thing to royalty we have here in Texas!!! :) I'm hungry for whatever you have as long as you don't mind me bugging you about it. Thanks again. Rick -----Original Message----- From: Larry & Barb Thomas <[email protected]> To: Richard Gillespie, DC <[email protected]> Date: Monday, July 12, 1999 7:27 PM Subject: Re: Gillespie >Richard, > >Thats interesting, the Richard Addison Gillespie. Thomas L. only had two >sons to carry on the name. First was John Lewis Gillespie who's family >seems pretty well laid out. The second was George who died early and only >had one child, James Bryson, whom quite a bit has been researched about. > >Anyway, all the younger children went to Illinois a little after 1850. The >older ones went to Carroll/Henderson Co., TN. The Gillespies and the >Hall's had intermarried for some time, and Thomas' daughter Jane married >Addison B. Hall. Both Jane and Addison died and are buried in Henderson >Co., TN. I say interesting because Addison is not a common name. Also, >Richard is a name that is carried on in Thomas' father George's family. >George's wife, Mary Graham, father was Richard Graham. George and Mary's >brother Richard Jr. were in the Rev. together and fought in the battle of >Cowpens. > >Now there were no boys that went to Henderson Co., but we know that Thomas' >daughter Naomi Thompson married John Morgan Gillespie, her first cousin in >Maury Co. I know very little about Thomas' brother George's children, so >maybe thats another choice. Unfortunately, I don't have much on what >happen to several of the children of George and Mary Graham Gillespie. > >I know this doesn't help much, but that Addison name sure sticks and being >from Thomas L. and Catherine Beard Gillespie. Let me know what you want me >to send you if anything. > > >Larry >