Annette, Thanks a lot for the info! It helped answer a lot of questions. How did you go about getting the pay stubs from the archives? I have sent for a Form 80 so I can get military records for William and Eli. Are there other forms? Don At 10:33 PM 6/7/99 -0700, you wrote: >Don > >My ggrandfather was Wm. M Gilpin, brother of your James. Here is what I >have on the Gilpin family: (I trust this will work even though it is not in >Word format). > >Descendants of Isaac Gilpin > > > > >Generation No. 1 > > >1. ISAAC1 GILPIN was born Abt. 1745, and died in Winchester, Frederick >County, Va. He married ANN MARIE (?). > >Notes for ISAAC GILPIN: > >Resided in Winchester, Frederick Co. Va. > >Ostensibly served in Revolutionary War and died of small pox. No records >have been found of his service. > > >Children of ISAAC GILPIN and ANN (?) are: > >2. i. ENOCH2 GILPIN, b. Abt. 1775, Virginia. > >ii. SAMUEL GILPIN. > >iii. ELIAS GILPIN, b. Abt. 1781. > >iv. ELI GILPIN, b. October 24, 1779. > > > >Generation No. 2 > > >2. ENOCH2 GILPIN (ISAAC1) was born Abt. 1775 in Virginia. He married (1) >RACHEL BOSTON. He married (2) ELVIRA HICKMAN February 07, 1864. > >Notes for ENOCH GILPIN: > >Lived in Laurens District, South Carolina in 1810. Resided in Overton >County, Tenn, in 1820. Then moved to Cambell Co., Tenn., and subsequently to >Scott county, Tennessee where he was engaged in the turpentine business. He >tapped pine trees to make turpentine. His descendents live in Tennessee and >Southern Kentucky. Gilpin Kentucky is named after the family. "History of >the Gilpins". > >1850 Census shows the following Gilpins in Casey County: > >Ambrose, Eli, Enoch, Harison (sp?), James, and Ruthy > >Notes for ELVIRA HICKMAN: > >Buried in Glenwood Cemetary > >Source Lewis C. Gilpin, Liberty Ky. > > >Children of ENOCH GILPIN and RACHEL BOSTON are: > >3. i. ELI3 GILPIN, b. 1810, Kentucky; d. 1887, Casey County, Kentucky. > >ii. CHRISTOPHER GILPIN. > >iii. ANNA GILPIN. > >iv. MARGARET GILPIN(?), b. 1814. > >v. SARAH GILPIN(?), b. 1815. > >vi. WILLIAM GILPIN(?), b. 1816. > >Notes for WILLIAM GILPIN(?): > >1820 Census shows a William and a James Gilpin in Adair County. (?) > >vii. ENOCH GILPIN, b. 1820. > >Notes for ENOCH GILPIN: > >Shows up in Casey County 1850 census. > >viii. SUSAN GILPIN. > >ix. SAMUEL GILPIN, b. 1827. > > > >Generation No. 3 > > >3. ELI3 GILPIN (ENOCH2, ISAAC1) was born 1810 in Kentucky, and died 1887 in >Casey County, Kentucky. He married (1) REBECCA PASSMORE March 13, 1834 in >Russell County, Ky. He married (2) ELMIRA HECKMAN February 01, 1864 in Casey >County, Ky. > >Notes for ELI GILPIN: > >I. Resided in Wayne County in 1835. Moved to Russell County, ky. from Wayne >Co. Moved to Casey Co in 1848 from Russell County. > >II. According to Casey County Library Genealogy section. Served in the Civil >war. Enlisted Just 27, 1861 as a Private in Co. A. First Kentucky Cav. >(Records Received.) > >III. Buried in Trace Fork Cemetery, Casey County, Ky. > >Notes for REBECCA PASSMORE: > >Age given as 40 in 1850 Casey County census. > >Maiden name listed as "Kahn" on death certificate for William Gilpin. Also >source for birthplace. > > > > >Children of ELI GILPIN and REBECCA PASSMORE are: > >4. i. WILLIAM M.4 GILPIN, b. July 03, 1833, Wayne Co. Ky; d. May 24, 1911, >Trace Fork, Casey County, Ky. > >ii. JAMES GILPIN, b. 1834; m. ELIZABETH THOMAS. > >Notes for JAMES GILPIN: > >Buried in Trace Fork Ce metery. Gave information when married that he was >born in > >Wayne County. > >iii. NANCY GILPIN, b. 1840. > >Notes for NANCY GILPIN: > >Age listed as 10 in Casey County 1850 census. > > > >Generation No. 4 > > >4. WILLIAM M.4 GILPIN (ELI3, ENOCH2, ISAAC1) was born July 03, 1833 in Wayne >Co. Ky, and died May 24, 1911 in Trace Fork, Casey County, Ky. He married >MARGARET JANE "PEGGY" THOMAS March 30, 1856, daughter of EVAN THOMAS and >MARGARET ROBERTS. > >Notes for WILLIAM M. GILPIN: > >I. Probably born in Wayne County since the family was there in 1835. >However, could possibly have been in Russel County, Ky. Came to Casey Co in >1848 at age of 12.* Age discrepancy exists between 1850 Casey County Census >and Muster In Rolls for military enlistment. 1850 census lists William as 14 >(born 1836). Muster-in rolls, however, list his age as 28 in 1862 (born >1834). > >II. Information taken from US Adjutant General Roster of the Civil War, >Huntsville Library: Corporal William Gilpin, Co F, Eighth Kentucky Volunteer >Cavalry. Enrolled August 5, 1862; mustered in September 8, 1862 in >Russellville, Ky., for one year; mustered out September 17,1863, at Lebanon, >Ky. Currently hold pay slips received from US Archives confirming enlistment >information. > >III. First Postmaster Shackleford P.O. -- 16 June 1887 - 31 August 1887 > >Gilpin P.O. from 31 August 1887* > > > >IV. Buried in Old Trace Fork Cemetery > > > > > > > > > >*Information provided by Imogene Gilpin Brummit > > > > > >More About WILLIAM M. GILPIN: > >Fact 1: Abt. 1861, Cpl. Co F, 8th Ky Cavalry > >Notes for MARGARET JANE "PEGGY" THOMAS: > >Buried in Old Trace Fork Cemetery. > > >Children of WILLIAM GILPIN and MARGARET THOMAS are: > >i. MARY ELLEN5 GILPIN, m. WILLIAM CARROL TOMS, April 18, 1880, Casey County, >Ky. > >ii. ELZIA J GILPIN, b. 1860, Gilpin, Ky; d. 1941, Casey County, Ky; m. >VALEREA GERALDINE ROBERTS. > >iii. FRANCIS MARION GILPIN, m. MARY HELEN HENDERSON. > >iv. JAMES M GILPIN, m. LYDIA WESLEY. > >v. JOSEPH G GILPIN. > >Notes for JOSEPH G GILPIN: > >This name shows in only one roster of Wm Gilpin's children. Provided by >Pauline Gilpin Sharp. > > > > > >Anything before Enoch Gilpin is pure speculation. We would like to think >that we are related to the Gilpins of PA who were among the first families >of America. That, however, has never been proven. > > >Annette > >



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