Notes:

Per Larry Herrin:
!LINEAGE: Letter from Lyman C. Allen to Larry Herrin dated 30 March 1990
shows Peggy dying in the fall of 1812. William Claunch, her brother, was
appointed guardian of James H. Gilliland, Abel Gilliland and Christopher
Gilliland, "orphans of Robert Gilliland, dec'd."

!MARRIAGE: Pulaski Co., KY Marriage Bonds

CHRISTOPHER married DULEN SARAH on 20 Mar 1828 in Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky. SARAH was born about 1812. [Group Sheet]

1. GILLILAND OLIVIA MARY was born on 19 Jan 1830 in Pulaski County, Kentucky; died on 7 Jul 1889 in Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried in Gray's Branch, Taxewell County, Virginia.
2. GILLILAND WILLIAM was born about 1838 in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
3. GILLILAND ELVIRA was born about 1840 in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
4. GILLILAND LUCRETIA was born about 1842 in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
5. GILLILAND THOMAS was born about 1846 in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
6. GILLILAND JOHN was born about 1850 in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
7. GILLILAND CHRISTOPHER was born about 1854 in Pulaski County, Kentucky.

Notes:

Per Larry Herrin:
!BIRTH: Mrs. Martrue Hutchenson Greenwood (1970) "The Loving Irish - The
Gillilands" Holy Oaks Farm, Bluffdale, Tx.

!LINEAGE: Nita Tittle "Will of John Gilliland of Jefferson Co., Tenn.".

!MARRIAGE: 1984 Mormon IGI Records "Robert Gilliland married Peggy Claunch 29
Jul 1796, Lincoln County, Kentucky."

!RESIDENCE: North Carolina & (Tennessee), Pulaski and Lincoln Counties, KY

!DEATH: a) Letter from Lyman C. Allen to Larry Herrin dated 30 March 1990 shows
Robert dying in the spring or summer of 1804. FGS of Gene Clark shows him
dying in 1805.
b) Pulaski Co., KY Will Book 1, pg. 21, 23 Jul 1804
Sale of Personal Property of Robert Gilliland, dec'd. Among the buyers
were Christopher and William Clonch. Notes were owed to Robert Gilliland from
Christopher and Jeremiah Clonch, Jr. John Smith was appointed administrator.
Final settlement was on 4 Feb. 1808. Margaret Gilliland appears on the Pulaski
Co. Tax Rolls from 1805 to 1812. Gene Clark FGS shows him as dying in Lyon Co.
Kentucky in 1805.
c) Pulaski County Kentucky Will Book 1 page 12 Estate of Robert
Gilliland, dec'd (Abstracted by Larry Herrin)
d) Pulaski County Kentucky Will Book 1 page 14 Inventory of the sale of
the estate of Robert Gilliland, dec'd. (Abstracted by Larry Herrin)
e) Pulaski County Kentucky Will Book 1 page 55 Settlement of Estate of
Robert Gilliland, dec'd.
f) Pulaski County, Kentucky Court Order Book 2, page 368
g) Pulaski County, Kentucky Court Order Book 2, page 371
h) Pulaski County, Kentucky Court Order Book 2, page 458
i) Pulaski County, Kentucky Court Order Book 1, page 41.

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source c):
At a Court held for Pulaski County on Monday the 23rd day of July 1804
Recorded by Teste Will Fox, Clk
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source d): pd S d
Christopher Claunch one sorrell 27.48
John Smith sorrel mare 17 2
Stailing Mclemore _____ 10 16
Person Smith one sorry colt 6 13
Wm Feas one pair of book legs 12
Charles Westerman putting knife 9
Boone drawing knife 6 1
Richard Gentry to 3 w buckles 5
Charles Westerman cash B 6 4
Do sheep sherr 3
Do one bear skin 8
Do one bag skin 4
Sanden McKinsey one gun 2 9 6
Mis Gilliland pair skins 1 6
Levine Arnet leather 13
Jonathan Richardson leather sunders 8 8
Richard Gentry sunder leather 10 6
Mis Gilliland some leather 4 6
Ralph Williams 12 5
William Claunch rasors and sunders 4 1 6
Amos Barnes tools 6
Wiat Adkins one tub 4 6
Ralph Williams Sunders 3 9
James Claunch to plow & __ 19 6
Charles Westerman lock chains 1 5
Do one pot 7 3 4
Do one sow 13
Do one lowin 2
Mis Gilliland pot & sunders 13
Do one saddle and bridle 9
Do bed and sunders 3 12
Do some wool, glasses and sunders 13
Wm Love one pot 12
Abner Marean one skillet 10
John Smith one matock 9
James Nees to hogs and bed stid 17
Starting McMore Sunders 16 4
John Puchmet 3 gees 9
Amos Barnes 7 head of sheep 3 5
David Dardston two hogs 1 13
Mis Gilliland one cow & calf & sow 1 3
William Laws three shotes 3
Margaret Gilliland, Admr
John Smith Admr
Court held at Pulaski County 23rd day of July 1804. Recorded estate of
Robert Gilliland.
Teste Will Fox, Clk
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source e):
At a Court held for Pulaski County on Monday the 24th day of February
1809.
Will Fox, Clk.
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source f):
September Court 1810
Ordered that John Smith & Margaret Gilliland to appoint guardians to Henry
Gilliland, Abel Gilliland Christopher Gilliland orphans of Robert
Gilliland Deceased and It is Ordered that they enter into bond on the
Clerk's office of this Court with Thomas McGuire & Aaron Lawson their
Securities is the penalty of three thousand Dollars within thirty days
conditioned as the law directs.
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source g):
November Court 1810.
Ordered that the order appointing John Smith and Margaret Gilliland Guar-
dians to the orphan children of Robert Gilliland Deceased as named in said
Order be received and that they enter into Bond in the Clerk's office with
Thomas McGuire & Aaron Lawson their Securities conditioned as the law
directs.
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source h):
December Court 1812
Ordered that William Clonch be appointed guardian to James Harvey
Gilliland Abel Gilliland & Christopher Gilliland sons of Robert Gilliland
Deceased whereupon the said William Clonch together with Joseph Erwine
& Samuel Vanhook his securities entered into and acknowledged Bond in the
penal sum of one thousand Dollars conditioned as the law directs.
-
On the motion of Margaret Vanhook late Margaret Gilliland and also her
present husband Samuel Vanhook came into Court relinquishes & Disclaims
unto the heirs of Robert Gilliland Deceased her former Husband (to wit)
James Harvey Gilliland, Abel Gilliland & Christopher Gilliland sons &
Heirs aforesaid of said Deceased their thirds or Dower in and to all
the landed Estate of said Robert Gilliland Deceased which is entered of
Record an the motion of the said Margaret & Samuel Vanhook.
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source i):
26 Dec 1803
2. Peggy Gilliland and John Smith made bond of L200 as administrators of
estate of Robert Gilliland. William Sloane, John Evans, David McKinsey
and Ralph Williams appointed to inventory and appraise estate.
!TAX LIST:
The names of Robert Gilliland and William Clonsh appear on the 1797-8 Poll
Tax List of Lincoln County.

ROBERT married CLAUNCH MARGARET (PEGGY) after 29 Jul 1796 in Lincoln County, Kentucky. MARGARET (daughter of CLAUNCH JEREMIAH and UNKNOWN JANE) was born after 1782 in Virginia; died in 1812 in Pulaski County, Kentucky; was buried in 1812 in Pulaski County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Per Larry Herrin:
!BIRTH: Aft 1782 based on Pulaski County, KY Vital Statistics for the death
of Christpher Clonch, her older brother. Christopher was 75 years old when
he died on 9 Jun 1857 = 1782. His birth place is listed as Virginia.

!MARRIAGE: Kentucky Marriage Records show Robert Gilliland married Peggy
Claunch 29 JUL 1796 in Lincoln Co., KY from Mormon IGI Records of Kentucky.
Peggy Gilliland married Samuel Van Hook in 1812, Book 1 Page 42.

!RESIDENCE: Virginia and Pulaski Co., KY

!DEATH: Letter from Lyman C. Allen to Larry Herrin dated 30 March 1990 shows
Peggy dying in the fall of 1812. William Claunch, her brother, was appointed
guardian of James H. Gilliland, Abel Gilliland and Christopher Gilliland,
"orphans of Robert Gilliland, dec'd."

Notes:

Per Larry Herrin:
!BIRTH: Dr. Mary L. Gilliland of Los Angeles, CA.
b. 1745 d. 1795 Jefferson Co., TN m. Elizabeth Young

!LINEAGE: "Texas Society DAR Roster of Revolutionary Ancestors".

Gilliland, John, b. ca. 1725 in Virginia; will dated March 24, 1795, Jefferson
County, Tennessee; married circa 1773 to Elizabeth Young who was born circa
1752 in Pennsylvania; died after spring, 1795.
Service: Soldier at the Battle of Kings Mountain, also a Delegate to the State
of Franklin. He was a faithful friend of Col. Sevier. Ref.: "The History of the
Lost State of Franklin", by Williams. We find John Gilliland listed as a
delegate, p. 96, vo.____, pp. 59-61 and 174-236 by "Kings Mountain Men", by
K.K. White. Served in North Carolina.
Children: 1. Robert
2. John
3. James
4. Priscilla
5. Mary, married Samuel Wear
6. Abel
7. Harvey
8. Isaac
9. Eli, born 1784, married Kaziah Haynie
10. Johan
11. daughter, married ________ Welch

!MILITARY: a) Kegley, M. B. (1974). "Soldiers of Fincastle County Virginia
1774", page 47.
b) Bates, L.W. (1974). "Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the
American Revolution Buried in Tennessee", page 157.

source a):
Capt. Robert Doak's Company
Jno. Gillihan 3 days 0p:4s:6d
Jno. Gullion 3 days 0p:4s:6d
source b):
Gilleland, John (b c 1725/d p. 3-24-1795) Served under Sevier - wounded
and pensioned - 1782 living at the mouth of Pigeon River. Was in State of
Franklin. C S Sold. NC, buried Old Salem (2) Washington Co., Unmarked. m.
Elizabeth Young, dau. of Robert & Mary Young.

!RESIDENCE: Came to Jonesboro, Shanandoah Valley, TN in 1785. Lived at one
time in Rockbridge Co., VA, home of his f-i-l Robert Young.

!POLITICAL: a) Ray, Worth S. (1960). "Tennessee Cousins". Genealogical
Publishing: Baltimore.
b) Williams, S.C. (1933). "History of the Lost State of Franklin",
Press of the Pioneers: New York.
c) Howell, R.B. (1956). "The Committees of Safety of Westmoreland
and Fincastle", page 82 & 95, Virginia State Library: Richmond

source a):
John Gilliland was the Constable of the first Washington County, North
Carolina Court (after the Wautauga Settlement in Tennessee), February 23, 1778.

page 100. John Gilliland was a member of the first Grand Jury of Jefferson
County, Tennessee in 1792. All the Grand Jury Members had historical
significance in the founding of Tennessee.

page 159. John Gilliland an Early Settler in Cocke County
John Gilliland was one of the early settlers near the mouth of Big Pigeon was
John Gilliland, who made a crop of corn on his land in 1783, and a year or two
later brought his large family to the place, where he continued to live until
the time of his death about 1788-9. He left a large family of children,
including eight who were sons. He took an active part in the organization of
the State of Franklin and was a member of the convention of 1785 who wrote the
Constitution of the new State. John Gilliland donated fifty acres of land for
the first county seat of Cocke County. It was called Newport. The commissioners
appointed to locate it and superintend the erection of the county buildings
were: Henry Reagan, William Job, John Coffee, Peter Fine, John Keeney, Reps
Jones, John McLaughlin.

source b):
The only record extant of the members who composed this convention is that
shown by a protest against this action signed by nineteen of the delegates:
David Campbell, Samuel Houston, John Tipton, John Ward, Robert Love, William
Cox, David Craig, James Montgomery, John Strain, Robert Allison, David Looney,
John Blair, James White, Samuel Newell, John Gilliland, James Stuart, George
Maxwell, Joseph Tipton, and Peter Parkinson.

source c):
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page 82
February 23, 1776
At a meeting of the Committee at Mr. James McGavocks.
"Resolved that John Gillihan, ought to be pd. Three pound(s) for carrying
Lead from the Lead mines of New River to Fort Pendleton, Exclusive of Ten
shillings deducted for 30 lb. Lead lost."

page 95
June 11, 1776
At a meeting of the Committee for Fincastle County held at Fort Chiswell
June 11, 1776.
"Ordered that Capt. Shelby pay five pounds for the 300 w. of Lead sold him
and his Brother Cap. John Shelby belonging to this Committee, and the pay
for the carriage is to Lie over untill it is Known whether or no the Com-
mittee of safety pays Gillihan for the Carraige from the mines to Holston,
which money the sd. Cap. Shelbie pd. William Preston in part of the money
he advanced to Hatfield for powder for this County the above Lead had been
Borrowed from Ephraim Dunlap.
The Committee Adjd.
Wm. Preston Chairman"
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!DEATH: a) "Robert Young, Sr., Patriot and Pioneer", page 70.
b) "Will of John Gilliland, Jefferson Co., TN, Will Book I 1792-1810, pp
1 & 2:
c) "In the Shadow of the Smokies", page 680, Smoky Mountain Historical
Society, Sevierville, TN.

source b):
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In the name of God Amen I John Gilliland of the County of Jefferson
territory of the United States South the river Ohio being sick and weak in
body but of sound mind and memory and knowing it is appointed for all men
once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament, that is
principally and first of all I assign my soul into the hands of Almighty
God who gave it to me and my body I recommend to the earth to be burried
at the discretion of my executors nothing doubting but at the great day
of Judgement when the secrets of all hearts shall be revealed I shall re-
ceive the same again by the mighty power of God, and my worldly estate I
give and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
Imp. I give and bequeath unto my loving wife Elizabeth Gilliland all and
every part of my household furniture also one equal third part of my
stock, also one third part of the rent after my debts are paid to be at
her disposal during her natural life for the supporting and tuition of
those that are of nonage, but at the day of her death to dispose to the
Legatees as she shall see cause. Imp. I give and bequeath unto my son
Robert sixty pounds out of the revenue at the end of three years after the
end of the lease to be in property at the judgement of two men. Imp. I
give and bequeath unto my son John the island at the upper end of the pre-
mises and as much of the back land adjoining as will make it an equal
allotment with the rest of the Legatees to enter into possession of the
at the end of the lease provided he pays in proportion to the Legatees
if any die.

Imp. I give and bequeath unto my son James all my wearing apparel over
and above his equal proportion with the Rest of the Legatees.

Imp. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Priscilla, my son James, my
daughter Mary, my son Able, my son Harvey, my son Isaac, my son Eli, my
son Josiah all and every portion of land to be equally divided amongst
the above mentioned Legatees my son Robert Gilliland excepted to be laid
out in equal lotts in quality and quantity by two or three disinterested
persons to be nominated by Joseph Hamilton and John McNabb or John
Gilliland, Junr or any two of them the Legatees to draw lotts out - in
their equal portions and that Executors hereafter mentioned to make deeds
to the Legatees.

Imp. And it is my will and desire that my Grandson John Welch shall have
one hundred Dollars expended in education provided he lives with the
family until of age or at such place as the Executors shall chuse. Also,
it is my will that the different deed or deeds be made to the Legatees
above mentioned on or before the end of the lease.

I hereby make and ordain my worthy friends Joseph Hamilton and John
Gilliland Executors of this my last will and testament. In witness
whereof I the said John Gilliland have to this will and testament set
my hand and seal this 24th day of March 1795. Signed sealed published and
declared by the said John Gilliland the testator as his last will and
testamnent in the presence of us who were present at the signing and
sealing thereof.

Jos. Robinson John Gilliland (Seal)
John McNabb
John Netherton

Jefferson County Minutes, Book 1, p 77 - Probate John Gilliland, Sr. May
Session [1799] Proven by John McNabb and John Netherton subscribing
witnesses. Joseph Hamilton one of the excutors was qualified.
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source b):
Fort Wear Cemetery - John Gilliland (no dates)
Margaret Gilliland died 1820

(From "The Reminescences and Autobiography of John Wilkinson"):
John and Margaret Gilliland were the parents of Samuel Wear's second wife.
John was killed by Indians about 1790 and was buried at Fort Wear
Cemetery. Margaret, his wife, moved to South Alabama. Many years later
she returned to East Tennessee to visit her daughter, Col. Wear's widow.
Within eight miles of her daughter's home, she became very ill and died.
One of her last wishes was to be buried beside her husband in the Wear
Cemetery. In the years since John Gilliland's death, there had been many
burials in the cemetery and no one was alive who could recall which grave
was his. Finally, Frank, the old slave who had accompanied the Wear
family into the wilderness, and who had helped construct the fort and
house, "bethought himself" of a large tree which stood near the John
Gilliland grave. Thus Margaret Gilliland was laid to rest beside her husband afte r a lapse of many years.

!TAX LIST: Lister, B & B (1973). "Index to Early Tennessee Tax Lists", page 75.

Gillihand, Jno Greene County - 1783

!NOTE: Sevier, C. B. & Madden, N. S. (1961). "Sevier Family History".
Washington, D.C. page 349.

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Valentine Sevier and John Gilliland entered 1000 acres of land in Greene
County on the southeast side of Cumberland (River) along a branch that
falls into the north side of Tennessee River near Chickamauga towns
including a lead mine discovered by said John Gilliland, according to John
Armstrong's Warrant Book, entry 495, dated Oct. 27, 1783, warrant issued
June 25, 1784.
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JOHN married YOUNG ELIZABETH about 1773. ELIZABETH was born in 1755 in Pennsylvania; died before 1779 in Tennessee; was buried in Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Per Larry Herrin:
!BIRTH: 1991 Morman Ancestral Files on CD-ROM.

!RESIDENCE: Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee.

!LINEAGE: "Texas Society DAR Roster of Revolutionary Ancestors".

!RESIDENCE: Came to Jonesboro, Shanandoah Valley, TN in 1785. Lived at one
time in Rockbridge Co., VA, home of her father, Robert Young.

!DEATH: "In the Shadow of the Smokies", page 680, Smoky Mountain Historical
Society, Sevierville, TN.

John and Margaret Gilliland were the parents of Samuel Wear's second wife.
(Mary, born ca 1779), hence Elizabeth died before 1779 if the birth record
of Mary is correct.

Notes:

Per Larry Herrin;
!LINEAGE: a) per Lyman C. Allen 221 Circle Drive Las Vegas, NV 89101 8 Apr 1990
letter to Larry Herrin.
b) Claunch Family Book at Pulaski County, Kentucky Hist. Library

!BIRTH: ibid

!DEATH: ibid

!NOTES: ibid
"I have not been able to determine when Jeremiah moved to Ky., but it must
have been during the mid 1790's. They settled along Buck Creek in then Lincoln
County; later to become Pulaski County in 1799. In 1803, Jane Claunch received
a patent on 200 acres of land on Buck Creek and Flat Lick Creek by virtue of
having improved the same. This is the earliest record I have found of Claunch
ownership in Pulaski Co."

JEREMIAH married UNKNOWN JANE about 1775. JANE was born in 1756; died in Sep 1841 in Pulaski County, Kentucky; was buried in Sep 1841 in Shopville, Pulaski County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Per Larry Herirn:
!BIRTH: Application for Membership NSDAR #83387 Jeani Graham Folsom Peck
(about 1790)

!MARRIAGE: a) Application for Membership NSDAR #83387 Jeani Graham Folsom Peck
(Found in First Presbyterian Church Philadelphia, Pa. Oct. 3, 1742)
(Before 1752 a marriage occurring 8-3-1742 could be as ??? Oct 3,
1742).

!LINEAGE: Dr. Mary L. Gilliland records of Los Angeles, CA.
"TSDAR Membership Roster & Soldiers" (1961)

John Gilliland -- Born c-1706, Amtrin Co., Ireland; Died c-1790, Chester Co.,
Pa.; Married Oct. 3, 1742, Hester Romar, born in Holland.

John Gilliland was a Patriot. (Fifth Penn. Archives, Vol. V. p. 452). He
resided in Pennsylvania during the Revolution.

The Children of John Gilliland1. Jane, born Oct. 15, 1754, died Dec. 21, 1849, married Jame s Shields, born
July 12, 1757, died Aug. 23, 1840.

2. John

3. Jacob

!MILITARY: a) Dr. Mary L. Gilliland records.
b) Application for Membership NSDAR #83387 Jeani Graham Folsom Peck

source a):
Served in the Revolutionary War as Commander at an observation post in
1774.

source b):
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At a meeting of the citizens of Chester Co. held at Chester Oct 20 1774 a
committee of Observation was appointed to carry into execution the
association of the roll continental congress. Among the names we find
is one John Gilleland.
(See Fifth Penn Archives vol 5, p 452).
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!DEATH: b) Application for Membership NSDAR #83387 Jeani Graham Folsom Peck

source b):
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The death of John Gilliland occurred in the following manner. When on his
from his house in Penn. to reach his daughter in Frederic Co Md he rode
into a mill pond to water his horse (a ????? year old it is Md).
In some way he fell from his horse and was drowned in shallow water.
When found his horse was standing by him. He still holding the reins in
his hand. In his pocket he carried a large silver watch which, tradition
informs us, was still running when the body was removed from the water.
The watch is now owned by his great, great grandson, James C. Taylor
Uniontown Tennessee.
The marriage record of John Gilliland and Hester Romar is found at
First Presbyterian Church Philadelphia Pa.
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JOHN married ROMME HESTER (ROMAR) on 3 Oct 1742 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. HESTER died after 1800 in Frederick County, Maryland. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Per Larry Herrin:
!LINEAGE: Francis James Dallet, Archivist, Univ. of Pennsylvania. Letter dated
27 May 1975 (copy in my possession).

!DEATH: Meade, Guthrie (1990), "Lord John Gilliland Family", 10th page, Meade:
Franfort, Ky.

The only people of this name appearing in the 1800 Maryland Census are
Margaret Gillalan [p. 163] & Hestor Gillerlin [p. 180], both residing in
Frederick Co., but no John. There is little doubt that Hestor was the
widow of John Gilliland (1706-1790), who resided in Chester Co., Pa., at
least as early as 1765 and probably died in Frederick Co., Md.

We know that John died on the way from Chester Co., Md to his daughter's
in Frederick Co., Md, but we don't know exactly where (my note, L.
Herrin; see notes for John Gilliland).

Notes:

Per Larry Herrin:
!LINEAGE: a) per Lyman C. Allen 221 Circle Drive Las Vegas, NV 89101 8 Apr 1990
letter to Larry Herrin.
b) Claunch Family Book at Pulaski County Hist. Library

!NOTES: ibid
"There were two or three Jeremiah Claunches living in Southwest Virginia
about the same time. It has been difficult to separate and identify each of
them. At this point I am speculating that "our" Jeremiah was the son of
Jeremiah and Margaret Claunch who moved to Mecklinburg Co., Va. to FincastleCo. which becam e Montgomery Co. in 1776. Montgomery Co. was subdivided many
times and the Claunches are found in different counties as the areas were
redefined. Their original lands are now in the present-day Carrol Co., Va."

JEREMIAH married UNKNOWN MARGARET. MARGARET was buried in Carrol County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Per Larry Herrin:
!LINEAGE: per Lyman C. Allen 221 Circle Drive Las Vegas, NV 89101 8 Apr 1990
letter to Larry Herrin.