For information: This just came from another list. It is marriage records for Weakley Co., Tennessee. Groom: J. W. Gillespie and Bride: M. A. Gardner were married Jan. 12, 1876. Hope that it might help with a piece of the puzzle for someone. Glenda Cook Melson Descendant of Capt. Thomas Gillespie (b. 17550 and Margaret Virginia Vance Gillespie and settled in "Irish Bottom" or "Limestone Area" in East Tennessee (Knox Co.). Looking for their ancestry. eir ancestry.