This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fletcher, Gilreath Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.wilkes/2419.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I do not know if there was a kinship relation, but the Gilreaths and Fletchers were close business associates in Wilkes from 1775/76 through at least 1805. James Fletcher Sr. left 1000 acres of land in Ashe Co. to the children of William Gilreath Jr.? We have yet to explain why. The Fletchers and Gilreaths lived close by on the Yadkin River just south east of present day Wilkesboro. They were active in claiming and trading land in the Wilkes, Ashe, and now Watauga County areas. The records indicate that they were likely close friends, and possibly there was a kinship suggested by James' 1805 Will. We can only speculate at the present time

Do you have any information on any of this Fletcher family coming to Cumberland Co KY. Barbara bkcoffey@insightbb.com -----Original Message----- From: ncwilkes-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ncwilkes-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of gc-gateway@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 2:34 PM To: NCWILKES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NCWILKES] HAYES/COFFEY/MOODY/FLETCHER/EDMISTEN/GREENE/BRYAN This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fletcher, Gilreath Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.count ies.wilkes/2419.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I do not know if there was a kinship relation, but the Gilreaths and Fletchers were close business associates in Wilkes from 1775/76 through at least 1805. James Fletcher Sr. left 1000 acres of land in Ashe Co. to the children of William Gilreath Jr.? We have yet to explain why. The Fletchers and Gilreaths lived close by on the Yadkin River just south east of present day Wilkesboro. They were active in claiming and trading land in the Wilkes, Ashe, and now Watauga County areas. The records indicate that they were likely close friends, and possibly there was a kinship suggested by James' 1805 Will. We can only speculate at the present time ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCWILKES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message