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Subject:Re: REBECCA GILSTRAP b. 8/8/1826--ANCESTORS?
Post Date:June 02, 2008 at 05:55:15
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Any way this is what I have in my notes.
For Rebecca:
The Republican Leader, Aug 3, 1888, springville, Springs--Mrs Rebecca York who died in Mitchell last friday was buried here in the Gilstrap graveyard, Saturday. Her disease was cancer of the stomach. Obituaries Selected Newspapers of Washington Co In 1819-1899, compiled and edited by James Bolding, prepared for Washington Co Historical society, Salem, 1992. VolV (T-Z), p 2457.

BUR:       Gilstrap cemetery, located on Richard's former farm near Salem, Howard Twp, IN. Others buried in this cemetery include his 2nd wife, Nancy (Wright); his son, John and John's 1st wife, Abigail (Colglazier) Gilstrap; his daughter, Matilda (Gilstrap) Slagle; and his granddaughter, Rebecca (Gilstrap) York and her husband, David York. Each couple shares a monument, but Matilda's husband's name is not on the stone with hers.
       Directions to the cemetery, located in NW 1/4 of Sec 8/Twp 1N/R3E (9.3 miles from the Courthouse). From the Courthouse drive north on N. Main St. 0.2 miles to intersection of SR 56, turn left, go 7.3 miles to intersection of W Washington School Rd, turn left, go 1.4 miles to intersection of Vincennes Trail, turn left, go 0.3 miles to a farm lane on the left, turn left, go 0.1 miles to Gilstrap cemetery. It is on the left (north) side of Vincennes Trail at the top of a small hill in the middle of an agricultural field [p 13 of Howard Twp Cemeteries].


For William: Name spelled with two "LL" in marriage records of Washington Co, IN.

For Richard:
1790 census Newbern District, Beauford Co NC
Head of household: Gilstrap, Richard
FWM over 16 including heads of family- 1
FWM under 161
FWF including heads of family-1

Married Feb 6th 1788 to Mary Truett. 2nd, 24 Mar 1797, wife Nancy Wright died in 1860.
Data from daughters of the American revolution, Christopher Harris Chapter, Salen Indiana. Vol 3.
Nancy Wright is the daughter of Benjamin and Barbara (Morgan ) Wright.
Richard and family lived in Wayne Co. KY from 1805/06 until 1089/09 when they came to the northwest territory which later became the state of Indiana.
Washington Co. IN.
Buried in private cemetary on farm
Some record reflect birth date of June 6th 1768 and death on Dec 8, 1836
Birth and Death date taken from gravestone , 6 May 1768--16 Dec 1835.
(Mary Elizabeth Fowler)

HIST:        From the WA Co IN Historical Society, Salem, IN Gilstrap family file: On 19 Oct 1796 Richard's widowed mother, Mary, sold the "home place" in New Bern district and went to Roan [Rowan] Co NC where Richard lived. He acquired land in KY by grant in 1805 (in Pulaski and Wayne counties in KY); sold KY land in 1809 and entered land in Clark Co (later Washington Co) IN. Richard and Nancy came to IN while it was still part of the Northwest Territory. "In 1809 Richard Gilstrap came and settled in what is known as the Jacob Click place on Blue River lying in section one in Howard Twp..." [From Pioneer Pickings articles published in the Salem Democrat between 1876-1881; item e-mailed to me by John K. Davis <jkdavis3@juno.com> on 13 Dec 1999.

BLM       IN land numbers from Wash Co Hist Soc for Richard Gilstrap, in chronological order from left to right:
00336 - 1809;       01015 - 1811;       01430 - 1811;        01482 - 1811;       01896 - 1812;       02483 - 1813; 04393 - 1815;       04892 - 1815       10270 - 1816       10271 - 1816       11522 - 1817       11986 - 1817; 13466 - 1817       [BLM = Bureau of Land Management].

LAND:        KY land grants Bk 4:490: 134 acres. Survey date 7/27/1805, Wayne Co; watercourse: Breaver/Beaver Creek, near the town of Monticello. In 1809 Richard sold this land to Simon Summers and bought land in Clark Co (later Wash Co) IN. From the Land Entries Tract Book for Washington County IN at the courthouse in Salem, IN.
       24 Dec 1810:        NE 1/4,        S12/T1N/R3E
       31 Jul 1813:         SE 1/4,        S1/T1N/R3E
       14 May 1815:         NE 1/4,        S6/T1N/R4E       [Pierce Twp]
       24 Dec 1816:         NE 1/4,        S12/T1N/R3E
       03 Jan 1817:         SW 1/4,        S1/T1N/R3E
       10 Dec 1817:        NW 1/4,        S1/T1N/R3E
       12 Aug 1818:         NE 1/4,        S8/T1N/R3E
       19 Feb 1827:        W 1/2, SE 1/4,        S36/T2N/R3E       [Washington Twp]

CEN:       1820: Richard, p 218: 0 2 1 1 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 [align numbers under columns on census form].
CRCH:       6 Aug 1825 - Bro. Richard Gilstrap appointed one of the Trustees of Mill Creek Meeting House.

WILL:       Abstract, Probate Court Minute Book B:309. Dated: 18 Nov 1833; probated 4 Jan 1836.
       Wife:        Nancy. Sons: mentioned (not named here - sons named in settlement of estate).
       Dtrs:        Rachel, Welthy, Levinia (a cripple); others not mentioned.
       Land:       NW 1/4 Sec 8, Twp 1N, R 3E.
       Exec:       Son, John Gilstrap and son-in-law Benjamin Davis
       Wit:       Peter Wright; Levi Humphrey; William Guy

DIED:        In 1835, not 1836; his will was probated on 4 Jan 1836. Dates also inscribed on his gravestone.
BUR:       Gilstrap cemetery, located on Richard's former farm near Salem, Howard Twp, IN. Others buried in this cemetery include his 2nd wife, Nancy (Wright); his son, John and John's 1st wife, Abigail (Colglazier) Gilstrap; his daughter, Matilda (Gilstrap) Slagle; and his granddaughter, Rebecca (Gilstrap) York and her husband, David York. Each couple shares a monument, but Matilda's husband's name is not on the stone with hers.
       Directions to the cemetery, located in NW 1/4 of Sec 8/Twp 1N/R3E (9.3 miles from the Courthouse). From the Courthouse drive north on N. Main St. 0.2 miles to intersection of SR 56, turn left, go 7.3 miles to intersection of W Washington School Rd, turn left, go 1.4 miles to intersection of Vincennes Trail, turn left, go 0.3 miles to a farm lane on the left, turn left, go 0.1 miles to Gilstrap cemetery. It is on the left (north) side of Vincennes Trail at the top of a small hill in the middle of an agricultural field [p 13 of Howard Twp Cemeteries].

MARY TRUITT:        Her date of death had to be prior to Richard's second marriage in May 1797.
"State of North Carolina, Craven county.
Know all men by these presents that we Richard Gilstrap and Benjamin Gilstrap are held openly bound to his excellency Samuel Johnston, Esq. governor of the State aforesaid in the sum of 400 pounds the payment thereof to be made to the said governor or to his successors we bind ourselves and heirs Executors and Administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this 6ht day of Feburary 1788. "
The condition of the above obligation is such that wereas the above bound Richard Gilstrap hath made application for a liscense for a marriage to be had and solemized between him and Mary Truhet (Truitt?). Now in this case it shall hereafter appear that there is not any lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage, then the above obligation to be void. Signed and sealed in presents of Wm. Bryan..
Rivhard Gilstrap & Benjamin Gilstrap ( from files of Zella Maud (Wiseman) Atkinson)

IGI: Family Group Record        FamilySearch™ Ancestral File v4.19

IGI: Husband's Name
       Richard GILSTRAP (AFN:JCH0-JL)        
       Born:        Abt 1765/1766               Place:        Of, Craven Co, Nc
       Married: 6 Feb 1788               Place:        Of, Craven Co, Nc
       Father:        Peter GILSTRAP (AFN:1J8Z-QQ)        Family
       Mother: Mary Jane BRIGHT (AFN:1J8Z-RW)        
Wife's Name
       Mary TREWHITT (AFN:JCH0-KR)        
       Born:        Abt 1768               Place:        Of, Craven Co, Nc
       Died:        Abt 1796               Place:        Of, Craven Co, Nc
       Married: 6 Feb 1788               Place:        Of, Craven Co, Nc
       Father:        Peter TRUITT (AFN:1DK9-CNV)        Family
       Mother: Mary Mrs TRUITT (AFN:1DK9-CP3)        
Children
1.        Sex        Name        
       M        William GILSTRAP (AFN:1DK9-CSP)        
       Born:        Abt 1793               Place:        Craven Co, Nc
2.        Sex        Name        
       M        Peter GILSTRAP (AFN:1DK9-CQ9)        
       Born:        12 May 1789               Place:        Craven Co, Nc
3.        Sex        Name        
       M        David GILSTRAP (AFN:1DK9-CRH)        
       Born:        Jun 1791               Place:        Craven Co, Nc

For Nancy:
Indianapolis, Ind. Pages 223-224:
THE CHRISTIAN RECORD, Vol. IV, No 7, July 1860, Elijah Goodwin, Editor & Pub.,

Obituaries: Brother Goodwin;
It becomes my duty to record the death of one of our most ancient sisters, Sister Nancy, widow of Richard Gilstrap. She was the daughter of Benjamin Wright, born in Roan County N.C. on the 4th day fo May 1779, was married in the same county on the 24th day of May 1797, was imersed by Elder
William Summers in Wayne Co., Ky. in the year 1806 and became a member of the Separate or Free Will Baptist, (this church never had any confession of Faith or Discipline, besides the Bible).
She was one of the first members to embrace the Reformation and continued a faithful member of the Church of Christ at Middlecreek, Washington Co., Ind., until the day of her death.
She died on the 10th day of April, 1860, being 80 years, 11 months and 6 days old. She always attended the Lord's house whenever opportunity permitted.
She was very devotional and zealous in religion. But she is no more. "Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord from hernceforth; yea , saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labor, and their works do follow them."
She is gone to the grave, but 'twere wrong to deplore her,
When Christ was her ransom, her guard, and her guide;
He brought her, He took her and soon will restore her
Where death has no power since the Savior has died.
Jacob Wright
Salem, Indiana, May 15th 1860.

Emigrated from North Carolina to Putnam Co IN, Lived there until 1832, when they moved to Newton Co IN.
Ltr W.D. Gilstrap to Mrs D. C. Atkinson, Chicago Il, Postmarked, Racine MO March 18th, 1927.
W.D. Gilstrap's Golden Rule Store
Groceries, Dry Goods, Shoes and Hardware

Court Records, Washington County Indiana Page 185, Book A, Wills, Guardian's Bonds, etc. Oct 11, 1860
John Gilstrap made Administrator of the estate of Nancy Gilstrap, Dec'd
James B. Wilson, Clerk
Notes for NANCY ANN WRIGHT:

OBIT:       The Christian Record, Elijah Goodwin, Ed & Pub, Vol 4# 7 Jul 1860, pp 223-4: "...death of Nancy, widow of Richard Gilstrap, d/o Benjamin Wright, b in Roan Co NC 4th day of May 1779, married same Co 24th day May 1797... immersed by Elder William Summers in Wayne Co KY in 1806 ... member of Church of Christ at Mill Creek (Wash Co) until her death. She died 10 Apr 1860, 80y/11m/6ds. Signed Jacob Wright, Salem IN 15 May 1860. [Buried in Gilstrap family cemetery, Howard Twp, Washington Co IN, with Richard].

COURT:       Estate papers Wash Co IN Will Bk A:185, 11 Oct 1860: name living children and grandchildren.        Common Pleas Minute Bk C:584-587: John Gilstrap (son) requests John Davis be made plaintiff with himself to administrator her estate. He also petitions court to partition NW 1/4, Sec 8/Twp 1-N/R 3-E. Ibid, p 604: Court rules lands not susceptible to partition and orders it be sold, less a piece of ground for buying grounds containing 1728 square feet.
       Common Pleas Minute Bk D:436, 13 Aug 1862: John Gilstrap, administrator, to make partial distribution on 14 Aug 1862 - names heirs and amounts distributed to each.

More info extracted from my files:
Rebecca's father is the nephew of Ellender Gilstrap. William apparently married his cousin Nancy (dau of Ellender Gilstrap and Hardy Johnson. Wiliam and Nancy had the same grandparents but different parents.

Clear anything up or just confuse you more ???