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    1. [KILGORE] Robert Kilgore & Margaret Spencer---Head's Up
    2. Vickie Miller
    3. As long as we're on the subject of the Charles & Robert Kilgore lines; I thought I'd let you know that there is a new supposed lineage out there that's been posted to Rootsweb and is starting to make the rounds. It goes: Robert Kilgore born c1716 Christening 18 Mar 1716 Kilmany, Fife, Scotland Marriage Margaret Spencer b c1721 or 2 Apr 1721 in Echt, Aberdeen, Scotland Children: Elizabeth Kilgore b. c1743 Thomas Kilgore b. c1744 Charles Kilgore b. 18 Jan 1744 Hiram Kilgore b. c1745 Robert Kilgore b. c1746 Drumoak, Aberdeen, Scotland William Kilgore b.c1747 James Kilgore b. c1748 Source listed is LDS: Ancestral File #: 10TG-D1S I encountered this about a year ago and now after checking up on it again-I see there are several more entries with this info-so it's really starting to get around. I don't remember who first posted it-but I wrote that person and I asked them to please revise this info as there are errors -but to no avail. I pointed out that Charles Kilgore's birth date according to his son's Bible records was 1740. While I haven't proved it, Robert Kilgore shows every indication of having been born prior to 1740. Look at the math-Charles Kilgore who married Avarilla Simpson stated that he was born 1764 or 1764 (he couldn't remember which-he was also illiterate). He is believed and accepted to be the son of Robert & Winnie Clayton Kilgore although it hasn't been documented. This would mean that Robert was all of 17 or 18 when Charles was born-this simply doesn't work. Most of the additional names are obviously meant to be the so-called 5 Kilgore brothers -plus one. The William Kilgore referred to here is probably the William Kilgore who was born c1726 and was listed in 1755 with a wife and 3 children in Augusta District Georgia. I pointed this out too-also the fact that no proof has ever been found to document that James, William, Robert, Hiram & Charles were brothers. This lineage has this Robert Kilgore born 1716 as the son of John Kilgore who died in 1731 Chester Co PA-this would be the John Kilgore who died virtually a penniless pauper and was not the father of James Kilgore who married Elizabeth Jack. This then ties into the James Kilgore line of both PA & Scotland-that this Robert was James of PA's brother and that James was the s/o John who died in 1731 and that John was the s/o James-all of which has been proven false-so here we go again. Amazing how persistent this stuff is!!! I just looked at another of these entries and it lists Robert, Charles, Elizabeth, Thomas, Hiram, William, Ralph & James (some with different birth dates now) and they have my Charles listed as ADOPTED!!!! All are sons of Robert & Margaret Spencer Kilgore and he's the son of John Kilgore & Elspeth Howeson and though this one doesn't list the date of death for John-this is the same John others list as dying in Chester Co PA in 1731.

    09/09/2008 03:17:41