Note that this record states that Gabriel's father, Thomas Kilgore whose birth date is given as ca1759 had 3 brothers one of whom was shot through at the battle of King's Mountain-would seem to be referring to Robert Kilgore. In Goodspeed's History of Arkansas-Columbia County. D. L. Kilgore (Dawson Lea Kilgore s/o Gabriel Lea Kilgore) was included in their biography section: **D. L. Killgore physician, represented Columbia Co in General Assembly of AR b Robertson Co TN 1823, second child of Gabriel & Matilda (Moore) Killgore natives of NC. Gabriel moved to TN where he m 1819. A planter and slave owner and a resident of AR after 1850 until his death at 78, representative of Union Co in State Legislature, but in 1860, until his death in 1872, a resident of Columbia Co. Gabriel's father was Thomas Killgore Revolutionary Soldier, in Battle of King's Mountain where his brother was killed by his side. Gabriel's wife Matilda's father was Rev. William Moore of the Old School Presbyterian Church. Matilda d 1876 at 82 years. D. L. Killgore attended school TN, and at 21 years began study of medicine at Holly Springs MS where his father had moved in 1823, graduated from medical college Memphis, TN 1848-49, settled at Three Creeks, Union Co AR until 1803, (??) moved to Magnolia until after the war, to a farm six miles from Magnolia where he practiced until 1883, after which he lived in Magnolia. Joined Confederate Army in 1861, Captain of Columbia Guards, 6th Ark Reg of Infantry, later Major. In 1862 he resigned and returned home, raising Sec Ark Volunteers, elected Lieut Col was in battles of Farmington and Poison Springs, Mark's Mill and other battles, surrendered his command at Magnolia. After the war to purchase medicine he sold his gold watch in Shreveport La. Political career followed. He m Mary Pearce of Ripley MS 1847. she was d/o Joseph Pearce of Weakley Co TN. Children of D L and Mary: Pearce Killgore physician; Dawson L. Killgore physician d 1866; Albert S. Killgore atty of Magnolia. Pearce Killgore m Miss Bettie Farr of Magnolia. D. L. & Mary were Methodists 1 7/27 Note this entry states that Thomas Kilgore's brother was killed at King's Mountain-would seem to be referring to the Hiram Kilgore listed by Judge G. W. Kilgore. Question: Is this brother who was killed the same as the one who was shot through? Thomas Kilgore born c1759 h/o Phoebe Lea is listed with a brother named Charles Kilgore who married Unice Lea in 1796 Orange Co NC. It is believed that he was one of the two males listed in the 1786 NC state census in the household of Lydia Kilgore age under 16 making him born no earlier than 1770 and meaning he was about 10 when the battle of King's Mountain took place in 1780. These assertions made by Gabriel Lea Kilgore and D. L. Kilgore his son cast doubts on the 5 Kilgore brothers who purportedly came to America c1763. We know that it was Charles Kilgore born 1740 who was at the Battle of Kings Mountain not Charles Kilgore age 10 who later married Unice Lea in 1796 Orange Co NC. It's my opinion that the 5 men named Kilgore listed in the book found by G. W. Kilgore were presumed to be brothers but not proven-indeed evidence seems to refute that. Note too that we always presume that it was Robert Kilgore who married Winnie Clayton who was the Robert Kilgore referred to as one of the 5 Kilgore brothers and was the one who was shot through the body but survived. But, what if we're wrong?? Maybe it was the Bob Kilgore who was listed in 1797: 1797-March 11 Cherokee Country TN:List of names and employments of men residing in Cherokee country: Bob Kilgore "the worst of bad characters" (p329 Tennessee Passports). We know nothing more about him and in fact it's a presumption that Bob was a nickname for Robert-but what if this was in fact that Robert Kilgore who was at King's Mountain? What if this was one of the 3 brothers of Thomas Kilgore born c1759 who participated in the Rev. War and another was Hiram who was killed??? What if the other names, James, William & Charles were just that- names of men named Kilgore who were at the battle but weren't brothers??? It's believed though not proven that Charles & Robert Kilgore were likely the sons of a Robert Kilgore who was listed on 1750 tax list Granville Co NC. Both he and William Kilgore were listed near each other on 1751 tax list. Note: the name Thomas Kilgore does not appear on records so far found in NC until 1764. The 1751 tax list appears to be fairly complete. The 1755 tax list that Robert Kilgore appears on is believed to be a fragment of the original list. He's listed as Robert Kilgore and two sons -3.0 in 1755. It's my understanding that this means he had two sons in his household who were 16-21 years old. If Charles Kilgore were his son-he'd have been about 15 and shouldn't be either of the 2 males. I strongly believe that Robert Kilgore his presumed brother was born before Charles (evidence seems to support this) making him born before 1740 and he could very well be one of the males 16-21 years old. I believe that the other male was probably a Thomas Kilgore-probably the one who died in 1822 Robertson Co TN (whom I don't believe was 110 years old-yes, I know, he was listed in newspapers in TN as being 110 years at the time of his death and published in 1822 and his grandchildren believed he was 110 but this was a time of no record keeping and it's known that the Thomas Kilgore of 1822 was illiterate. I think that he somehow came to believe that he was much older than he was and that became a belief so strong that it was passed down as such and was printed as such at the time). The available evidence just doesn't support these believed facts about him. For instance, his supposed wife, Lydia was listed as head of household in Orange Co NC in 1786 -this means she was a widow-it doesn't mean that her husband was off in TN -if he was living-he was still the landowner and still head of household whether he was under their roof or in Timbukto he would still have been listed in census records as the head of household. For instance, why isn't Thomas listed on the early tax records? This is never explained by Thomas Kilgore's chief biographer, Evelyn Yates Carpenter. There are other questions not raised by his biographer that don't add up; however, I can't figure them out. I keep coming to the conclusion that we're somehow missing something or more likely that there was more than one Thomas Kilgore (which I believe and that there has been some confusing of facts and people by us later researchers.) A male age 16-21 in 1755 would have been born c1734-1739. The first time Thomas Kilgore appears in records in NC is 1764 -if he was a male 16-21 in 1755 he'd have been no older than 30 in 1764-about right to be listed on a road jury and obtaining land by 1766 and to have a child born c1759. If he was in fact born 1712-1715, he should have been getting land at about the same time as Robert Kilgore and appearing on earlier tax records-but he wasn't. If he was born c1712 he was 49 years old when Thomas was born-doesn't mean he didn't marry very late and start a family quite late but??? Vickie