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- On 3 January 1767, Francis Gillespie, planter, (son of James Gillespie
and Mary, one of the daughters of Francis Young), and Elizabeth his
wife, sold to Samuel Butler, gentleman, both of Craven Co., SC, for
350 pds. SC money, their undivided fourth part of 1100 acres (see
pages 363-376 for details regarding the 1100 acres formerly belonging
to Francis Young, grandfather of the said Francis Gillespie). Francis
Gillespie being entitled to the said fourth part of 1100 acres through
his mother, Mary, deceased, sells his share to Samuel Butler.
Witnesses: John Thompson, William Pegues. Before Claudius Pegues, J.
P. Recorded 23 January 1770 by Henry Rugeley, Deputy Register.
In 1769 Francis Gillespie was listed as one of the voters for St.
David's Parish near Long Bluff.
On May 22, 1772, a Memorial was exhibited by Samuel Butler to be
registered in the Auditor's office and persuant to an act of Assembly
in that case made & provided of a plantation or tract of land
containing 275 acres Situate in Craven County on the Peedee River and
is part of two tracts of Land of 700 acres granted the 24th of May
1745 to Francis Young grandfather to Francis Gillespie butting and
bounding NE on the Pee Dee river, NW on the Land of John Thompson Junr
Dec'd, partly on the said Thompson and partly on the said Young's
land, and SE on Mary Evan's Land and on all other sides uninhabited
lands and 500 acres originally granted 18 November 1747 to Andrew
Johnson, lying on the SW of the Pee Dee River, bounding NE & on all
three sides on Francis Young's land & conveyed by him [Andrew Johnson]
to Francis Young, which 275 acres of Land is part of the two tracts of
Land above mentioned which became vested in Francis Gillespie by
Intermarriage with Elizabeth his wife who conveyed the same by Lease
and Release and bearing the date respectively the 12(?) day of Jany
1767 to Samuel Butler the Memorialist Quit Rent of 3/Stg or
4/proclamation money per 100 acres. Also another plantation or tract
of Land containing 275 acres Situate as above (and is part of the two
tracts of 700 acres of Land) aforementioned which became vested in
John Flower by Intermarriage with Obedience his wife, one of the four
female heirs and partners who Sold & Conveyed the Same by Lease and
release bearing the date respectively the 1 and 2 days of Octr 1765 to
Samuel Butler the Memorialist Quit Rent 3/Stg or 4/pro money per 100
acres. In witness Whereof he hath hereunto Set his hand this 22 May
1772.
Francis was one of a group of men "from every part of the state who
met in Charleston on July 6, 1774 to consider lans to support Boston.
By account published by Comm. appt. by Boston to receive donations...
July 18,1778, it appears that those of South Carolina exceeded both in
money & supplies, any other, not excepting Mass. itself" (South
Carolinians in the Revolution, by Ervin).
On 3 January 1775, Alexander Gordon and his wife Mary and son Robert
Gordon of St. David's Parish, Craven Co, SC, sold to Thomas Lide of
the same place, planter, for 3500 pds. SC money, 546.5 acres: one
tract of land containing 300 acres on the northeast side of the Peedee
adj. lands now possessed by John Husbands on a creek commonly known by
the name of Hainer's or Husband's Creek and also, that plantation on
which I now live on the northeast side of the Peedee River, 246.5
acres 100 acres of which is adjacent to land now belonging to Francis
Gillespie, willed to Elizabeth Gordon and conveyed to me by Robert
Gordon, 50 acres formerly granted to John Ellerbe conveyed to me by
Edward Ellerbe adjacent to the lands mentioned, a tract of 96.5 acres
conveyed to me by William Black. Alexander Gordon (LS), Mary Gordon
(/) (LS), Robert Gordon (LS), Wit: Calvin Spencer, Sarah Foster (+).
Proved in Cheraw Dist. Before Charles Augustus Steward, J.P., by the
oath of Calvin Spencer, 4 January 1775. Recorded 3 April 1775 (SC
Deeds, Bk. Q-4, p. 264-267)
In 1776 Francis was elected a church officer of St. David's. Francis
Gillespie was one of the original benefactors of St. Davids Society,
which was established January 31, 1778 to promote public education in
St. David's Parish. The society was founded "purposely for the
establishing and founding a Public School in the said Parish for
educating youth of all Christian denominations being protestants in
the Latin and Greek Languages, writing, mathematics, arithmetic, and
other useful branches of Literature...." (Darlingtoniana: A History of
Darlington County, Eliza C. Ervin and Horace F. Rudisill, eds.)
.
In 1779 Francis is named on a Jury List for Cheraws District, which is
attached to Manuscript Act #1127, a new list to replace the one made
up in 1778 (South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. V, No.
1, Winter 1977, p.13)
According to a Bible in the possession of Miss Olivia Moore, of
Kollock, Marlboro Co, SC, Francis Gillespie was born in December
(torn, but probably 1744-1746). And from the same source, he died in
April 1780 (South Carolina Historical & Genealogical Magazine, Vol.
33, p. 177).
On November 25, 1783, John Husbands of St. David's Parish, SC, bought
90 acres, part of 200 acres granted to John Bury on Oct 6, 1748, for
700 Spanish milled dollars, adjacent to property of the heirs of
Francis Gillespie (Marlborough Co SC Deed Bk. A, p.7).
On May 25, 1786, Thomas Lide of Marlborough Co. Sold 246 acres on the
NE side of the PeeDee adjacent to the river and the estate of Francis
Gillespie dec'd. Recorded June 8,1786 (Marlborough Co Deed Bk. A,
p.22).
On January 10, 1787, John Brown of Marlborough Co. sold to Morgan
Brown 200 acres originally granted to John Berry on October 6, 1748,
land adjacent to Husband's Creek and James Gillespie, and the estate
of Francis Gillespie. Recorded June 5, 1787 (Marlborough Co. Deeds, Bk
A, p.136)
Francis Gillespie, as of May 2004, has been accepted as a D. A. R.
ancestor, thanks to cousin Sallie Cox. Others wishing to join the DAR
on Francis Gillespie can write the DAR and ask for a record copy of
her successful application, for $10 (as of 2004).
Biography: The Gillespie family Bible can be found at:
http://gen.culpepper.com/archives/sc/misc/gillespiebible.htm,
Principal=General James Gillespie Jr.
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1745 - 1780 (~ 34 years)