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Thank
You
I would
like to thank the following people for their contributions,
corrections, enthusiasm, and most of all, their time. Without the
help of these people, this site would not be as interesting and not
nearly as informative as it is.
Oscar
Faris
While
on vacation in Franklin County, TN in the early 1970's I discovered a
book concerning the genealogy of the Faris Family compiled by Mr.
Faris at the library there. Much to my surprise and delight, I found
an entire section referencing my family and ancestors. From then on,
I was hooked!
Bessie
Burris Hunt
Who's
book, Ancestors and Descendants of Jonathan Burris and Mary
Jemima Boardman, and correspondence helped to open the way to
discovering many more ancestors and relatives.
Dennis
Gillespie
Dennis,
a descendant of George through his son William has graciously allowed
the inclusion of his copyrighted material on this site.
Patricia Short Makris
Wrote a
charming book about her home town and it's history. The Other Side of
Sewanee
gave me a glimpse into the life of my Great Grandfather Richard
Johnson Gillaspie.
Mary
Ann Mitchell
Mary's
husband, Leonard is a descendant of George through his daughter
Sally. Mary provided much appreciated information on the Cash line
and filled in many gaps for the children of George Jr. and Lewis
Gillaspie.
Sherry
Oakley Simmonds
The
ever widening branches of our family tree grew just a bit more with
my correspondence with Sherry. Correcting the connections between the
Gillaspies, Turners and Oakleys. (Thanks for the photos!)
Judy
Phillips
A
lifetime member of the Franklin County Historical Society and keeper
of the
TnGen
Franklin Co. web site. Through numerous e-mail correspondences,
Judy has helped to point me in the right direction many times in my
search for resource materials.
Carol
Holt
I
respectfully refer to Carol as "the graveyard lady". Carol has
located for me the resting places of many of my ancestors in Franklin
County.
Mary
Millus Johnson
Another
descendant of George through his daughter Elizabeth. Mary is a member
of the Amherst Baptist Church in Virginia and is the person who
helped me find the grave
site of
George Gillaspie.
WT and
Alice Wright
I met
WT Wright through Mary Millus Johnson. WT invited me to visit him and
his wife who live on land that has been in the Wright family for
generations and is where the grave
site of
George Gillaspie is located. Thank you WT and Alice for your
wonderful hospitality.
Joyce
Lesich
Another
great connection made via the Internet. Joyce lives in
Charlottesville, VA and sent the photos of Athlone
Plantation, the earliest documented home of George
Gillaspie.
I would
also like to thank all of my relatives for putting up with my
questions and requests.
Especially, my uncles Richard and Joe Gillespie, aunts Helen Gaines and Lula Mae Gillespie, cousins Eva Lewis and Jo Wilson,
my
mother
Bertha
Gillespie
and lastly
my wife
Janel for her love and understanding.
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