GILSTRAP

This page outlines the Gilstrap family in America. More details can be found at the The GILSTRAP Project history pages.

1. Peter Gilstrap, Sr. (c. 1705 - 1767/68)

The children of Peter Gilstrap, Sr. and Rachel Aydelott were probably:

daughter Gilstrap - married Mr. WILLIAMS
William Gilstrap - d. 1758 in Maryland.
Peter Gilstrap, Jr., (RevWar) - b. before 1736, d. 1796, m. Mary Jane, thought to be BRIGHT.
John Gilstrap, (RevWar) - b. before 1736, dc. 1806 in Georgia.
Idolet Gilstrap, (RevWar) - see the next section.
David Gilstrap - b. before 1755 - may have married Joice CLEMENTS.

2. Idolet Gilstrap, (RevWar), (1737 - 1803)

The children of Idolet Gilstrap and Eve Chance were probably:

Henry Gilstrap - b. 1760-1770, d. 1830-1840 Burke County, GA, married and had children.
John Gilstrap, (War1812) - see the next section.
James Gilstrap - b. after 1774, d. 1822 Pulaski County, GA, married Mary and had children.
Daughter Gilstrap - b. before 1786.
Daughter Gilstrap - b. before 1786.
William Gilstrap - b. 1774-1775, d. 1840 Burke County, GA, may have married Miss WALLACE.
Daughter Gilstrap - b. before 1786
Isaac Gilstrap - b. 1774-1790, d. before 1800.
Elizabeth Gilstrap - b. 1783, d. 1850 Laurens County, GA, married John SCARBOROUGH and had children.
Daughter Gilstrap - b. before 1786.
Jeremiah Gilstrap, (War1812) - bc. 1786, d. 1818 Pulaski County, GA, married Nancy Ann HAMPILTON and had children.
Peter J. Gilstrap - b. 28 MAY 1798, d. 8 APR 1881 Lee or Russell County, AL, married 3 times and had children.
Levin Gilstrap, (War1812) - b. 1793-1794, d. before 1862 Jackson County, FL, married Elizabeth "Betsy" BYNUM and had children.

3. John Gilstrap, (War of 1812), (1772 - 1841)

The children of John Gilstrap and Catherine Gray were:

John Bryant Gilstrap - b. 1802-1804, d. 1843 Jasper County, GA. Never married.
Elmyra H. Gilstrap - b. 14 OCT 1806, d. 6 JUL 1879 Jasper County, GA, married Henry WALKER and had children.
Lucinda Ann Gilstrap - b. 21 JAN 1811, d. 15 JUN 1848 Jasper County, GA, married Wiley PHILLIPS and had children.
Rocky Annis Gilstrap - b. 19 MAY 1814, d. 14 APR 1888 Cherokee County, TX, married Wyatt R. SMITH and had children.
James Calvin Gilstrap, (Indian Wars, CSA) - b. 28 AUG 1816, d. 11 FEB 1871 Williamson County, TX, married Caroline H BETTS and Nancy Pauline JACKSON and had children with both.
Agnes J. Gilstrap - bc 1820, d. before 6 SEP 1842 Jasper County, GA, married Jackson HARWELL and had children.
Jeremiah Madison Gilstrap, (CSA) - see the next section.
Elizabeth "Emily" F. Gilstrap - bc 1826, d. 15 JUL 1845 Jasper County, GA, married Littleberry HINES and had children.

4. Jeremiah Madison Gilstrap, (CSA), (1821 - 1901)

The children of Jeremiah Madison Gilstrap and Sarah Ann Flemister were:

John W. Bryant Gilstrap, (CSA) - see next section.
Emma Catherine "Kate" Gilstrap - b. 14 JUL 1846, d. 11 AUG 1896 Cass or Morris County, TX, married John Wesley LEACH and had children.
William Calvin Gilstrap - b. 10 FEB 1849, d. 31 MAR 1928 Morris County, TX, married Isabella Kimble HART and Willie Lucy HAYGOOD and had children.
Ira Alonzo Gilstrap - b. 20 SEP 1851, d. 27 JUL 1929 Morris County, TX, married Jennie Bolton HOOD and had children.
Mary Ann Gilstrap - b. 7 MAR 1854, d. 6 MAY 1854 Jasper County, GA.
Cordelia Vilula "Lula" Gilstrap - b. 3 JUL 1855, d. 2 AUG 1924 Morris County, TX, married Thomas Bolova LILLEY and had children.
James Madison Gilstrap - b. 12 MAY 1858, d. 19 NOV 1916 Morris County, TX. Never married.
Rocky Elmira Gilstrap - b. 9 SEP 1860, d. 21 DEC 1882 Cass or Morris County, TX, married Thomas R or K STEVENS.
Thomas Jefferson Jackson Gilstrap - b. 17 FEB 1864, d. 31 MAY 1893 Cass or Morris County, TX.
Sarah Evilina "Eva" Gilstrap - b. 11 JAN 1867, d. 21 OCT 1905 Cass or Morris County, TX, married to David T. DRIVER.

5. John W. Bryant Gilstrap, (CSA), (1849-1880)

The children of John W. Bryant Gilstrap and Mary Ann Cunard were:

Lucy Gilstrap - b. NOV 1869 Jasper County, GA, d. DEC 1869 Jasper County, GA.
Olin Jamina Gilstrap - see the next section.

6. Olin Jamina Gilstrap, (1871 - 1908)

Olin Jamina Gilstrap was born on 10 April 1871 in Jasper County, GA. He moved to Texas with his parents in 1874, where he was orphaned by age 9. He returned to Jasper County, GA with his mother's brother Lucius CUNARD. By 1891, at age 20, Olin Gilstrap worked for the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in Americus, GA. His work took him to Lyons, GA where he met and married Carrie Elizabeth COLLINS on 7 January 1895 in Tattnall County, GA. See the COLLINS Family Page for information about her ancestors.

Olin Gilstrap was killed in a train wreck near Richland, Stewart County, GA, on 23 August 1908. He was the engineer of the train. The tracks were washed out and he could not tell. Only he and the fireman were killed, with no other parts of the train even derailing. Carrie Gilstrap moved her young family back to Lyons, now Toombs County, GA. Family stories variously tell that she became addicted to drugs, ran off with someone, or went to Texas to see about a family property there. She is said to have died away from Tattnall County on 25 June 1910. Stories vary from a death in Texas, to Mobile, AL. All agree that the body was being sent back to Georgia, but had to be put off the train (in either Birmingham or Montgomery, AL). I have had no luck in pinning this down any further. No death certificate exists in Texas or Alabama, and the Vidalia and Lyons newspapers no longer exist.

The children of Olin Jamina Gilstrap and Carrie Elizabeth Collins were:

James Harrell Gilstrap - bc 1896, dc 1896 Sumter County, GA.
John Estle Gilstrap, (WWI) - see the next section.
Ernest Lee Gilstrap, (WWI) - b. 8 APR 1899, d. 12 MAY 1964 Decatur County, GA, married Toxie COYLE and had a son.
Olin Jamina Gilstrap, Jr., (WWI) - b. 29 DEC 1900.
Mary Allene Gilstrap - b. 5 MAY 1905, d. JUN 1996, married Edward "Red" DUKE and had children.
Collins C. Gilstrap - b. 1 OCT 1907, d. 20 MAR 1968 Lee County, FL. I have few details about his life, but know that he had children.

7. John Estle Gilstrap, Sr., (WWI), (1896 - 1975)

The children of John Estle Gilstrap, Sr. and Matilene Holton are:

John Estle "Jack" Gilstrap, Jr., (WWII) - see the next section.
Mary Elizabeth Gilstrap - b. 1923, m. Melvin Gordon "Bud" JOYNER.

8. John Estle "Jack" Gilstrap, Jr., (WWII), (1921 - 1987)

This is my family, with family members who are still living.

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