Dear Cousins, I finally decided to stop "lurking" and participate. I am originally from Pickens County, SC descended from the Galloways of the "Great Galloway Marker" at Old Toxaway Church. My greatgrandfather Edward Hope (married a Patterson, as did two of his siblings) is the son of Thomas Harrison and Elizabeth Glazener. My Gillespies and Gravleys, also Coopers and Cissons are from Transylvania County, so I am kin to quite a few of you. Let me hear from you if we're related. I really appreciate the help I have received from Judy Ballard, Linda Raxter, (I too enjoy her sense of humor; keep up the good work, Linda) and Phillip Sheppard in tracing my Galloways. Also thanks to Jeff McDaris from Brevard who filled in my missing Gillespie links. There are some surnames out there which are confusing. Is Rev. John Colby Galloway's wife Hannah Atkins or Aiken? And is William Galloway's wife Sarah "Harriet" Essary or Ussary? I have seen both of these names spelled either way on various Galloway Home Pages. I am still looking for the parents, siblings, descendents, etc. of Lemma Gravley (1877-1964) who married Bascombe Alexander (Bass) Gillespie in 1899. I think she was my Granddaddy Alfred McNalley Gravley's first cousin. His father was Joseph McNalley, son of Joseph L. I would really like to communicate with any descendents of either Joseph. Also, do any of you out there have any documentation on the early Gillespies in Transylvania County? I have been told that my earliest traced ancestor, "John Gillespie (of the famed Gillespie Rifle Gun) who married Jane Harvey, was a member of the First Group of Regulators at Yorktown, fighting with a rifle of his own making. After the war, he lived for a while near George's Creek (between Easley and Greenville, SC), helped found the city of Greensboro, NC, then settled in East Fork, Transylvania County, where he died in 1822." I'm not sure how much of this is accurate or just family legend. I was given this information over the phone, so I'm not even sure if I got it all down right. I would appreciate any information on these individuals. Verne Gravley Clubb Chester, VA