Re: George. b. ca. 1760, father of Baxter (?)
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Re: George. b. ca. 1760, father of Baxter (?)
James C. Gilbreath 3/28/05
James, the very first Gilbreath (with that spelling) that I have found is on a deed from James Gilbreath to James Hall.It's in Newberry County, South Carolina Deed Book C, page 310.The deed was dated Sept. 22, 1794 (a month before William Gilreath's will was written) and recorded June 10, 1795.I do not have a description of the land, though, so I can't be sure if it's part of William Gilreath's land or not.William did not leave land to a James Gilreath or Gilbreath in the will, but might have given or sold land to him earlier.James Hall, of course,is mentioned in William's will.
The first Gilreath I've found is William Gilreath (Sr.) in the muster roll of Oct. 8, 1754 in Granville County.I spent a couple of hours at the library this morning looking at some references I'd not had time to go over before, and found that this William Gilreath was very well-known in the Granville/Bute District and held several positions of (shall we say) esteem.He was a Grand Juror in both 1772 and 1775, a road overseer in 1778, a Sworn Chain Carrier for the county land surveyor in the 1750s and 1760s and ordered to "work under William Shearing, surveyor of a road" in 1770.I think his name was really Gilreath, without the "b" and that it was added inadvertently by census takers and other officials later.Even though I cannot find any instance of the Gilreath and Galbraith families being connected, people with both those surnames resided in the same areas at the same time (actually, there weren't too many other places to go back then!
I've found some Galbrath/Galbreath/Galbraith men in Newberry County, South Carolina at the same time as the Gilreaths, but the Galbrath men were devout Quakers and lived in Quaker settlements tending to keep to themselves.
The more I look into these guys, the more I tend to think that our mutual George was the son of William Gilreath, and that his father was either George or Alexander Gilreith of Scotland.He just doesn't fit with James Galbraith's family, in location or even in naming his children.He had no Bertrams, no Andrews, no Elizabeths.He did, however had a George and an Alexander.Jesse's a mystery!
------Juli
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Re: George. b. ca. 1760, father of Baxter (?)
James C. Gilbreath 3/28/05