William Gillespie

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William Gillespie

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Birthplace: Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States
Death: October 22, 1794 (40-41)
Paint Lick, Garrard, Kentucky, United States (Mortally wounded in a duel with General Thomas Kennedy outside the Kennedy plantation [Paint Lick, Garrard Co. Kentucky] after an argument over a card game. Dies of wound next day)
Immediate Family:

Son of George Gillespie and Mary Faris Gillespie
Husband of Nancy Ann Hudson
Father of Anne Byrd; Lewis H. Gillespie; Wilson G. Gillispie; Gabriel Gillispie; Joshua Gillispie and 9 others
Brother of Frances "Fanny" Cartwright; Leticia Moore Bowling; Sherod Moore Gillespie; Lucy Hudson; George Gillespie, Jr. and 12 others

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William Gillespie's Timeline

1753
1753
Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States
1768
January 1768
Watauga, Watauga, North Carolina, USA
1773
1773
Knox County, Tennessee
1774
1774
1778
1778
1779
January 28, 1779
Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States
1781
March 2, 1781
Virginia, Colonial America
1782
August 20, 1782
Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States
1783
1783
Amherst, VA