Welcome, Verne! The following is from the Transylvania Co. Heritage, which I know you can't always take as gospel. "John Gillespie, son of William and Mary Gillespie, was born in Virginia. He was married in Botetort Co., Va. on 8-13-1779 to Jane Harvey, born 4-17-1762, daughter of William and Rebecca Caruthers Harvey. John fought in the Revolutionary War, and following the war, John, wife Jane, his parents and other members of the family left Virginia and traveled to the Pendleton District of South Carolina. After living a few years on Georges Creek, near the present town of Easley, SC, John moved again, this time to East For, near the town of Rosman, in what is now Transylvania Co. John was a gun maker by grade, and after building a house on East Fork, he also built a gun shop where he and his three sons made the famous Gillespie Long Rifles. John Gillespie's gunworks were on a hill west of the river, at what became the Harve Whitmire place. Jane Harvey Gillespie died in 1808 and John died in 1822. They are buried in the Gillespie family cemetery near the East Fork Baptist Church. John and Jane were the parents of six children. Rebecca Gillespie, born 7-30-1780, married Noah Kennemur on 3-6-1800. Rebecca and Noah moved to SC and reared a family of 4 sons and 6 daughters. Mary Gillespie was born 2-7-1783 and never married, date of death unknown. William Gillespie was born 12-28-1785, was married to Millie Davis. Matthew Gillespie was born 7-23-1788, was married to Elizabeth Sitton. Robert Harvey Gillespie was born 2-1-1791, was married 5-3-1812 to Sara Aiken. Isabel Gillespie was born 3-30-1796 and was married 12-25-1812 to Lawrence Sitton." The author lists family bible records, courthouse records, cemetery records, census records and church records as sources for this article. This from another article: "Bascomb Gillespie (7-9-1859 to 8-7-1951) married Mary Lmma Gravley (11-7-1877 to 2-18-1964) in 1899. They lived most of their married life in the Gillespie home at East Fork. Bascomb was a farmer and served as Register of Deeds for Transylvania Co. Bass and Lemma had 9 children: Eva Marie Gillespie (10-5-1899 to 3-12-1982) married Franklin Boyd McGuire, Sr. Ollie Gillespie (2-12-02 to 1-10-1953) married Jack Heath. Kate Clyne Gillespie (4-8-04 to 1-7-1987) married Clyde Brown. Charlie Lee Gillespie (4-13-07 to 3-25-1992) married Margaret McKinney. William Wallace "Doc" Gillespie (10-30-09 to 3-21-1988) married Gwen Grooms. Jackson Alexander Gillespie (11-10-14 to 12-28-1965) married Farrow Suddeth. Ralph Bascum Gillespie (3-4-18 to 5-2-1973) married Katie Donaldson. Mary Elizabeth Gillespie (9-18-16) married Clyde Galloway. Julia Ann Gillespie (10-4-20 to 8-22-1972) married Woodrow Roberts. All of Bass and Lemma's children stayed in western NC except for Ralph, who lived in Florida." Another article states that Joseph Gravley, b. 1803, (son of John Gravley and Margaret Ballenger) and his wife Elizabeth Ann Gilstrap, were the first Gravleys to move into Transylvania Co. and settle in the East Fork section. Their children were: Lumford Ballenger who married Nancy Naomi Winchester, John Hensley who married Hester Winchester, Ben Crenshaw, Louis, Charity who married a Galloway, Sarah who married Kensey Redman, Joseph McNalley who married Sarah Cooper. Sorry this is so long, but perhaps it will helps some.