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| Name | Lifespan | Where Born | |
| Alexander GILLESPIE | abt 1743-1839 | Ireland | |
| Additional Notes | Migration Steps | ||
| Alexander GILLESPIE served as a wagon driver in the Quartermaster Corps in South Carolina during the Revolutionary War [Audit Stub Indents, SC Archives]. He was a resident of Washington Co., GA in 1785 when he applied for a Headright Land Grant [land located in Wilkes Co., GA] and in Greene Co., GA when the grant was finalized in 1790 [ Bk. TTT, Pg. 319, Georgia Land Grants, GA State Archives]. He sold that land in 1792 and moved to Jackson Co., GA. Alexander received additional land in Jackson Co., GA in 1799 [Bk. BBBBB, Pg. 372, GA State Archives]. He and his wife, Sarah sold their land in Jackson Co., GA on 6 Nov 1811 [Deed Book F, Pg. 240] and in 1813 claimed a section of land in St. Tammany Parish, LA as ^an actual settler since August 1812^ [American State Papers, Public Lands; Vol. III, p. 6-76]. He was enumerated in Washington Par., LA in 1820 as 'Elick Gilaspy'[Pg. 189, Ln. 9]. He appeared on the 1830 Census of Copiah Co., MS [Pg. 120] and died there on 16 Nov 1839 [Estate File, Copiah Co., MS][Obituary in The Southern Star; Vol. 3, No.2; 7 Dec 1839]. |
to SC in abt 1776 to Washington County, GA in abt 1784 to Wilkes County, GA in 1785 to Greene County, GA in 1786 to Jackson County, GA in 1792 to St. Tammany Parish, LA in 1812 to Washington Parish, LA in 1819 to Copiah County, MS in abt 1823 | ||
| Researcher: Bob Martin | |||
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