When Lewis H. Gillespie was born on 28 January 1779, in Amherst, Virginia, United States, his father, William Gillespie, was 22 and his mother, Ann Hudson, was 24. He married Mary Mullins on 13 February 1800, in Madison, Kentucky, United States. He lived in Madison, Kentucky, United States for about 40 years. He died before April 1855, in Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, United States.
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Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Historical Boundaries 1784: Lincoln, Virginia, United States 1786: Madison, Virginia, United States 1792: Madison, Kentucky, United States
Scottish and Irish (Donegal): shortened Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Easbuig, borrowed into Irish as Mac Giolla Easpaig, a patronymic from a personal name meaning ‘servant of the bishop’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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