Joseph Walter GILLEY [Parents] was born 18 May 1871 in Cannon Co., TN. He died 25 Dec 1964 in Cannon Co., TN and was buried in Gilley Hill Cemetery. Joseph married Thursey MCBRIDE.
Thursey MCBRIDE [Parents] was born 7 May 1882. She died 11 Sep 1940 in Cannon Co., TN and was buried in Gilley Hill Cemetery. Thursey married Joseph Walter GILLEY.
They had the following children:
F i Sarah Pearl GILLEY was born 1919 and died 1941.
Jesse GILLEY [scrapbook] was born 1773 in VA. He died 26 Dec 1855 in Cannon Co., TN and was buried in Old Hopewell Cemetery. Jesse married Dorcus/Darcus.
From Frances Simmons:
Mary abt. 1798
Lucinda 1801 Franklin County,GA
Sarah 1804 d; 1855
Malinda 1805
Caleb H. 1806
Simeon 1809
Peterson 1811
Jess H. Jr. 1814
Elizabeth 1810Lucinda 1801 is Lucinda Bush and Nancy M. Mother( Lucinda Gilley is my ggg-grandmother) Lucinda and Caleb 1806 are brother and sister.
Jesse H. Gilley Jr. 1814, married my g- grandparents Mary Elizabeth and Sam.MEMBERS OF
THE BAPTIST CHURCH AT HOPEWELL
NEAR BRADYVILLE, (CANNON CO.) TN
(1833-1851)
Extracted and transcribed from the Original Records by
Janice M.Price
27219 La Rose Dr.
Warren, MI 48093
CONSTITUTIONAPRIL 1833, SATURDAY BEFORE THE SECOND SUNDAY
WE WHOSE NAMES ARE UNDERNEATH SUBSCRIBED, DO COVENANT TO LIVE TOGETHER AS A BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHRIST AT HOPEWELL MEETING HOUSE. RECEIVING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT AS THE WORD OF GOD, AND THE ONLY RULE OF FAITH AND PRACTICE. A MAJORITY SHALL RULE IN ALL CASES, EXCEPT IN THE RECEPTION OF MEMBERS, WHICH SHALL BE DONE BY THE UNANIMOUS VOICE OF THE WHOLE.
(ORIGINAL MEMBERS)
JESSE GILLEY
DARCUS GILLEY
ELIZABETH GILLEY (MARKED DECEASED)
PETERSON GILLEY
THOMAS Y. WHITFIELD
JANE CATHRON (MARKED DECEASED)
FANNY CRITTENTON (MARKED DECEASED)
SARAH SWEET (MARKED DECEASED)
MARY JONAGAN [JERNIGAN?]
ELIZABETH GRAY
"WE WHOSE NAMES ARE ABOVE SUBSCRIBED, WERE THIS DAY CONSTITUTED A BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHRIST AT HOPEWELL MEETING HOUSE. BY WILLIAM KEEL AND JOHN HARRIS"
(EVIDENTLY WHEN THESE PEOPLE LATER DIED THEY JUST MARKED IT HERE)
1834
WILLIS WHITFIELD
SIMEON GILLEY
JAMES SUTTON (MADE PASTOR OF CHURCH OCT.11,1834)
1835
BROTHER HARRIS
SISTER HARRIS
RALPH KNIGHT
SISTER HOLT
BROTHER WILLIAM RING
SISTER RING
1836
PRUDENCE LEWIS
ELIZABETH RING
THOMAS RING
ELIZABETH GREEN
ELIZABETH BYNUM
ELIZABETH CRITTENDON
SARAH SWEET
NANCY RING
HENRIETTA ESPY
LOUIZA BYNUM
1837
JANE BYFORD
BIDDY FORD
GORDON JONES
MARIAH JONES
ANNA JARNIGAN
JONATHON SMITH
WILLIAM RING-LETTER OF DISMISSAL NOV.1837
JONATHON SMITH -LETTER OF DISMISSAL DEC.1837
FRANCES CRITTENTON LETTER OF DISMISSAL DEC.1837
ELIZABETH RING -LETTER OF DISMISSAL DEC.1837
MARTHA HARRIS -LETTER OF DISMISSAL DEC.1837
1838
JOHN LOW
1839
BRO. HARRIS -LETTER OF DISMISSAL MAY 1839
SIS. SWEET-LETTER OF DISMISSAL MAY 1839
JESSE H. GILLEY
JESSE JARNIGAN
(LOTTY?) TABOUR
CATHRINE BROWN
REBECCA THOWER
FANNY THOWER
NANCY THOWER
BRANSTON JAMES
JAMES BROWN
SALLY BROWN
JAMES MARSHBANKS
LUCINDA HOLT
URIAH BUSH
DAVID LAMBERT
PURITY LAMBERT
PATSY LASITER
NANCY LASITER
LIDDA WILLIAM
LORINDA LENOX
MANERVA THOWER
1840
JESSE GORDON
KIDDY GORDON
MARY ANN ELLIS
CHARLOTTE TABOUR
CATHERINE FINLEY
MARY JERNIGAN
1841
SIS. MARSHBANKS
ELIZABETH SAGELEY
RAFORD KNIGHT-EXCLUDED
MARTHA GOODIN
NANCY LOWE
NANCY HOWARD
LOUISA JANE HOWARD
ELIZABETH BYNUM (NOW PERRY)-JOINED CAMALITES
1842
STERLING (BRESER?)
RECVD. PRUDENCE LEWIS -BY LETTER
ELIZABETH B. WILLIAMS
1843
ALEZANDER HOGWOOD & WIFE
EDWARD WILLIAMS
1846
SIMEON GILLEY-BROTHER GILLEY BEING LICENSED PREACHER OF THE- GOSPEL
SARAH GILLEY
REBECCA CAROLINE GILLEY (NOW DAVIS)
LISTED ELSEWHERE IN CHURCH RECORDS
1845
JOTHRAM LASITER
MARY LASITER
RILLY LASITER
MARTHA LASITER (PATSY)
BROTHER WILLIAM KEELE-PASTOR FOR THE YEAR
SILAS A. ROBINSON ASSISTANT CLERK
1846
MARY BRUCE
BRO. DERRYBERRY
LOUISA CAWTHON
MARY JANE HILL
SIMEON GILLEY MADE PREACHER BY WILLIAM KEELE
SILAS ROBINSON & JESSE JERNIGAN -DEACONS
SUSANNAH GRAY
ISAAC PARKER & MARY HIS WIFE-LETTER OF DISMISSAL
JOHN WEBBER
WILLIS BUSH
JOHN WILLIAMS
1847
JAMES MARSHBANKS & ELIZABETH HIS WIFE (ELIZABETH CROSSED OUT AND HARRIET PUT IN)-LETTERS OF DISMISSAL
MEMBERSHIP PAGES DATED JULY 1851
MALES
JESSE GILLEY
PETERSON GILLEY
THOMAS Y.WHITFIELD
JESSE JERNIGAN
STERLING BRUER?
SAMUEL GRAY
JAMES WHITFIELD
WILLIAM WHITFIELD
THOMAS MCCULLOUGH
SAMUEL M. GRAY
JAMES BURK
JAMES CAWTHON
ROBERT GORDON
JOSEPH GORDON
JACOB DERRYBERRY
WILLIAM BALTIMORE
WILLIAM BALTIMORE, SR.
ICAAC WIMBERLEY
BENJAMIN SMITH
JOHN BRUCE
SILAS A.ROBINSON
GEORGE GORDON
SAMUEL EADS
ELIJAN ATHA
IVY BUSH
ANDERSON LAMBERT
LIMUEL D. BUSH
CALEB BOND
ASA LEMMONS
SIMEON GILLEY
WILLIAM GRAY
ARCHABALD LEWIS
WILLIAM S. BROWN
JACKSON BROWN
JOHN THOMAS
FEMALES
DARCUS GILLEY
MARY JERNIGAN
PRUDENCE LASITER
NANCY RING
HENRIETTA ESPY
ANNA JERNIGAN
MARTHA LASITER
LIDDY WILLIAMS
KATHERINE FINLEY
MARY JERNIGAN
MARTHA GOODIN
DARCUS GILLEY, JUN.
MARY MOORE
SARAH GILLEY
LUCINDA SMITH
KATHERINE GILLY
MARY CURTICE
SARAH BUSH
SOPHRONO ESPY
RHODA ALLEN ROBINSON
NANCY GREEN
BELINDA WHITFIELD
RACHEL MCCULLOUGH
SARAH ANN LOWE
SEVINA GORDON
ANNA WILLIAMS
EMMA WEBBER
MARY BURK
NANCY LASITER
ELEANOR SAGELEY
MATILDA C. LONG
MARY E. LOWE
MARY GRAY
MANERVA TODD
SUSANNAH CARNAHAN
ELIZABETH DERRYBERRY
URSLEY T. GORDON
ELIZA M. GORDON
NANCY BALTIMORE
MARY LASITER
FERRIBA SMITH
JEMIMA GRAY
LOUIZA J. GRAY
UNICE TABOUR
MAHALA TENN.......?
MILLY BRUCE
RILLY LASITER
ELIZABETH E. ROBINSON
SARAH ATHA
MARY BYNUM
SARAH MARSHBANKS
MARY BROWN
MARGARET BULLARD
LOUIZA JERNIGAN
AQUILLA BUSH
JANE BUSH
NANCY BROWN
BETHENA JERNIGAN
JANE GILLEY (A BLACK)
MARGARET BROWN
SISTER CROSLIN
REBECCA LAMBERT
ZILPHA WILLIAMS
NANCY SMITH
HANNAH BRUER
REBECCA MCCULLOUGH
BELINDA MOORE
LUIZA J. CAWTHON
MATILDA S. CAWTHON
Dorcus/Darcus was born 15 Jun 1771 in VA Or MO. She died 9 Nov 1854 in Cannon Co., TN and was buried in Old Hopewell Cemetery. Dorcus/Darcus married Jesse GILLEY.
They had the following children:
M i Caleb H GILLEY was born 1806 and died Sep 1851. F ii Mary GILLEY was born about 1798 in GA. She died Unknown. F iii Lucinda GILLEY was born 1801 and died 1870. F iv Sarah GILLEY was born 27 Nov 1804 in GA. She died 15 Jul 1855 in Cannon Co., TN. F v Malinda GILLEY was born 1805 and died UNKNOWN. M vi Simeon GILLEY was born 1809 and died 1850/1860. F vii Elizabeth GILLEY was born 1810. She died Unknown. M viii Peterson GILLEY was born 11 Feb 1811 and died 13 Jul 1884. M ix Jesse H. GILLEY was born 1814 and died UNKNOWN.
William Peterson GILLEY [Parents] 1 was born 1828 in Rutherford Co., TN. He died 1860/1865. William married Martha LEMMONS.
William P. DID NOT DIE IN THE CIVIL WAR. Everyone, who died
during the war years, was not necessarily involved in the war. In William P.'s case, he caught and died of influenza, while riding a horse back and forth between a job in Rutherford, while living up on the ridge in Cannon Co., in the dead of winter.
Ref: An essay, dictated by his son Jesse Nathanial Gilley, to his grandson, several years later. I have a copy of the original handwritten manuscript.Jess Lewis
kr4oj@bellsouth.net
Martha LEMMONS [Parents] 1 was born 3 Feb 1828 in Warren Co., TN. She died after 1900. Martha married William Peterson GILLEY.
Other marriages:SMITH, Thomas
They had the following children:
M i John Caleb GILLEY was born 19 Oct 1848 and died 2 May 1915. M ii Jesse Nathaniel GILLEY was born Aug 1850 and died Unknown. F iii Nancy Isabella GILLEY was born Sep 1854 and died Unknown. M iv James H. GILLEY was born 1856 and died Unknown. F v Sarah Ann GILLEY was born 1859 and died Unknown. F vi Martha Emma GILLEY was born Feb 1861 and died Unknown. M vii William Peterson GILLEY Jr. was born 1863 and died Unknown.
Acton Yancy GILLEY [Parents] [scrapbook] was born 9 Oct 1832 in TN. He died 24 Aug 1886 in Warren CO., TN and was buried 1 in Wilson Chapel Cemetery, Warren Co., TN. Acton married Rebecca WILSON.
Rebecca WILSON died UNKNOWN. She married Acton Yancy GILLEY.
B.D. WHITAMORE died UNKNOWN. He married Isabella C. GILLEY on 3 Jul 1856.
Isabella C. GILLEY [Parents] was born 1830/1835. She died UNKNOWN. Isabella married B.D. WHITAMORE on 3 Jul 1856.
Jesse Benjamin GILLEY [Parents] [scrapbook] 1, 2 was born 12 Mar 1835 in Cannon Co., TN. He died 29 Jun 1908 in Cannon Co., TN and was buried in Gilley Hill Cemetery. Jesse married Melvine BUSH on 26 Mar 1854 in Coffee Co, Tennessee.
Melvine BUSH [Parents] [scrapbook] was born 14 Apr 1835 in TN. She died 13 Mar 1904 in Cannon Co., TN and was buried in Gilley Hill Cemetery. Melvine married Jesse Benjamin GILLEY on 26 Mar 1854 in Coffee Co, Tennessee.
They had the following children:
F i Malinda Victoria GILLEY was born 18 Feb 1855 and died 25 Mar 1940. M ii William Timothy GILLEY was born 15 Sep 1858 and died 12 Jun 1914. M iii James Wesley GILLEY was born 9 Jun 1860 and died 27 Mar 1930. F iv Mary E. GILLEY was born 24 Oct 1862 and died 8 Feb 1913. M v Lemuel Peyton GILLEY was born 3 Nov 1865 and died 26 Feb 1941. F vi Martha J. GILLEY was born 1870 and died Unknown. M vii Walter C. GILLEY was born 29 Mar 1874. He died 26 Feb 1880 and was buried in Gilley Hill Cemetery, Cannon Co., TN.
John W. GILLEY [Parents] was born 1840. He died 1 25 Apr 1904 in Warren Co., TN. John married Martha WILSON on 23 Jan 1862 in Warren Co., TN.
Martha WILSON died UNKNOWN. She married John W. GILLEY on 23 Jan 1862 in Warren Co., TN.
Belinda Or Melinda GILLEY [Parents] was born 1848. He died 30 Apr 1928 and was buried 1 in McCrary Cemetery, Rutherford Co., TN. Belinda married J.H. MCCRARY on 17 May 1866.
J.H. MCCRARY died UNKNOWN. She married Belinda Or Melinda GILLEY on 17 May 1866.
Simeon GILLEY [Parents] was born 1809 in Rutherford Co., TN. He died 1850/1860 in Coffee/Cannon Co. TN. Simeon married Sarah BYNUM on 6 May 1835 in Rutherford Co. TN.
1850 United States Federal Census > Tennessee > Coffee > District 1
Simeon Gilley 41 TN
Sarah 31
Dorcus 18
John 13
Elizabeth 12
Jesse 10
Samuel 8
William 6
Zachariah 4
Edmond 1Name: Sarah Gilley
Age in 1860: 43
Birth Year: abt 1817
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1860: Cannon, Tennessee
Gender: Female
Post Office: Bradyville
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members: Name Age
Sarah Gilley 43
J H Gilley 17
Zach Gilley 13
Marion Gilley 81870 United States Federal Census > Texas > Fannin > Precinct 4
Sarah Gilley 52
Zachariah 23
Redman 20 (Could this actually be Edmond?)
Sarah BYNUM was born 1818 in TN. She died UNKNOWN. Sarah married Simeon GILLEY on 6 May 1835 in Rutherford Co. TN.
They had the following children:
Thomas Y WHITFIELD died Unknown. He married Malinda GILLEY on 4 Jan 1826.
Malinda GILLEY [Parents] was born 1805 in TN Or GA. She died UNKNOWN. Malinda married Thomas Y WHITFIELD on 4 Jan 1826.