IDOLET GILSTRAP

Family Group Sheet

Subject* Idolet GILSTRAP (RevWar)

Birth: between 1724 and 1763 ¹

Birth* after __ ___ 1736 Somerset County, MD (His birth year is estimated so that he is not age 18 by 1754 when his brothers served in the militia).²

Marriage* before __ ___ 1767 Craven County, NC.³

Death: __ ___ 1777 (Idolet Gilstrap was killed in a Battle under General Baron DeKalb, some variations include "in the Battle of Camden (SC)" but that was in 1780. This story seems to have started with Abner Lee Gilstrap's history written in 1877. That history has several mistakes and this might be one more. There are no records to show that Idolet died during the War. There are no records showing that there was younger Idolet Gilstrap to carry on the name into Georgia. The records seem to show that there was one Idolet Gilstrap and that he lived until 1803).^4,5

Death* before 1 OCT 1803 Burke County, GA.⁶

Probate* 1 OCT 1803 Burke County, GA (Notice Given: On the first Monday in January next, application will be made in Burke County for the establishment of a Nuncupative will made by Idolet Gilstrap of the said County, deceased. - by John Gilstrap 29 SEP).⁷

Father* Peter GILSTRAP Sr. (circa 1705-OCT 1767-28 APR 1768)

Mother* Rachel AYDELOTT (circa 1710- )

Spouse* Eve CHANCE^3,3,3

Name-Marr: __ ___ ____ GILSTRAP

Birth* say __ ___ 1750 (estimate for 1767 marriage date).

Death* before __ ___ 1820

Father* William CHANCE (2 MAR 1705/6-18 JAN 1767)

Mother* Elizabeth OLDFIELD (2 FEB 1718/19-after 11 AUG 1766)

Probable and Actual Children of Idolet and Eve GILSTRAP:

2. M John GILSTRAP (War1812)

Birth: circa __ ___ 1765 (Born in Burke County, Georgia).^12,13

Birth* circa __ ___ 1772 Craven County, NC.^14,15,16

Marriage* 3 OCT 1805 Catharine 'Kate' GREY (10 FEB 1786-26 JUL 1853), daughter of Mathias GRAY; Burke County, GA.^17,18

Probate* 14 JAN 1822 Jeremiah GILSTRAP (War1812) (circa 1786-before 4 MAY 1818); Pulaski County, GA (Notes list a pair of boys shoes $1.25, 3 pr sm shoes $4.50).¹⁹

Probate* 6 MAY 1822 Samuel HART (before 1775-before 22 MAR 1822); Pulaski County, GA (John Hambleton, William McCormick, Anne H Hart, James McCormick were Admins of the estate of Samuel Hart. Needham Stephens and John Gilstrap were securities for $4,000).²⁰

Probate: 1 JAN 1823 Jeremiah GILSTRAP (War1812) (circa 1786-before 4 MAY 1818); Pulaski County, GA (John Gilstrap guardian of orphans of Jeremiah Gilstrap dec'd: Board of Polly $48; board of Evaline $36, paid to Nancy Hart. [Assume this means that the other two children have died - NGM]).²¹

Death: __ ___ 1835 ¹³

Death* before 5 JUL 1841 Jasper County, GA.²²

Probate* 28 JUL 1841 Jasper County, GA (Appraisal).²³

Probate: between 1842 and 1844 Jasper County, GA (Annual Returns).²⁴

4. F Daughter GILSTRAP⁸

Birth* before __ ___ 1786 Craven or Jones County, NC.²⁶

6. M William GILSTRAP

Birth* between 1774 and 1775 Craven County, NC.^27,28

Birth: between 1780 and 1790 Jones County, NC.²⁹

Marriage* between 1791 and 1804 Miss ?WALLIS? (between 1775 and 1794- ), daughter of Absalom WALLIS (RevWar) and Elizabeth (--?--)

Death* before 5 FEB 1840 Burke County, GA.³⁰

Probate* 5 FEB 1840 Wiley GILSTRAP (between 1804 and 1810-before NOV 1839); Meriwether County, GA (Amounts of property received of Benjamin E. Gilstrap of the estate of William Gilstrap formerly of Burk County, dec'd, as guardian for William, Angalina,& Wiley Gilstrap of Wiley Gilstrap of Meriwether County dec'd: Lands in Burk County - 408 acres; lands in Richmond County 138 acres; Lands in Burk County sold by order of Court 5 JAN 1841 for $122 due 1 JAN 1842. Lands in Richmond County unsold. Rec'd for rent of plantation in Burk County due 1 JAN 1841 $782 - [Rec'd notes amounts listed then - ] Final estate value $1982.75).³⁰

Probate* 5 FEB 1840 Meriwether County, GA (Property received of Benjamin E. Gilstrap, exec. of the estate of William Gilstrap formerly of Burke County, dec'd, as guardian of William, Angeline, and Wiley Gilstrap, minors of Wiley Gilstrap dec'd..... Rent of plantation in Burke County... Tuition paid to Wm I. Chappel, board paid to Wm S. Black for Wm, Angeline, and Wiley for 12 months).³⁰

8. M Isaac GILSTRAP³²

Birth* between 1774 and 1790 NC.³³

Birth: __ ___ 1782 Jones County, NC.^34,33

Death* before __ ___ 1800

10. M Edward GILSTRAP (US Army)³⁹

Birth* __ ___ 1793 Newbern, Rutledge, NC (NOTE: I am not sure what Rutledge refers to - NGM JUNE 2013).^40,39

12. M Jeremiah GILSTRAP (War1812)⁸

Birth* circa __ ___ 1786 Jones County, NC.⁴¹

Marriage* __ ___ ____ Ann HAMPILTON (between 1775 and 1794- )

Death* before 4 MAY 1818 Pulaski County, GA.⁴²

Probate: 4 MAY 1818 Pulaski County, GA.⁴³

Probate: __ ___ 1819 Pulaski County, GA (Appraisement of Estate Book B Pgs 195-196 14 DEC 1819 Appraisement dated 21 APR 1819 Entered in Book E Pg 164 23 APR 1825 - orphans and g'dian Return recorded Book C Page 178, 7 DEC 1821 1822 Return Book E p 45 1825 Return Book E Pg 108).⁴⁴

Probate: 14 DEC 1819 Pulaski County, GA (The estate of Jeremiah Gilstrap was sold. buyers listed include: Sanders Coalson, Samuel Hart, John Gilstrp, John Yates, Henry Hart. The estate totalled $275.75 1/2).⁴⁵

Probate* 7 DEC 1821 Pulaski County, GA (For 1819: The estate of Jeremiah Gilstrap: A note to H. Gilstrap and interest $36.20. Returned by John Gilstrap).⁴⁶

Probate* 14 JAN 1822 John GILSTRAP (War1812) (circa 1772-before 5 JUL 1841); Pulaski County, GA (Notes list a pair of boys shoes $1.25, 3 pr sm shoes $4.50).¹⁹

Probate* __ ___ 1823 Samuel HART (before 1775-before 22 MAR 1822) (John Gilstrap, guardian, paid Samuel Hart for board and tuition $152.40).¹⁹

Probate: 1 JAN 1823 John GILSTRAP (War1812) (circa 1772-before 5 JUL 1841); Pulaski County, GA (John Gilstrap guardian of orphans of Jeremiah Gilstrap dec'd: Board of Polly $48; board of Evaline $36, paid to Nancy Hart. [Assume this means that the other two children have died - NGM]).²¹

14. M Levin GILSTRAP (War1812)⁵⁷

Birth* __ ___ 1794 Jones County, NC.^58,59,60,57

Marriage* 11 JAN 1821 Elizabeth "Betsey" DEWITT (between 1793 and 1805-before 1863), daughter of Lewis DEWITT and Zilpha (--?--); Pulaski County, GA (by John A. Williams, J. I. C).^{61,36,51,38,52,62}

Death* before __ ___ 1862 Jackson County, FL.⁶³

Endnotes

1. 1784 - 1787 North Carolina State Census, Jones County: #229 Idolet Gilstrap.

2. Murtie June Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South 1732 - 1774 (Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1983). Hereinafter cited as Colonial Soldiers of the South.

3. FamilyHistory.com Message Boards, online http://www.FamilyHistory.com, Chance Message Board: "Chances- Md., NC, Ga., La., Texas" by Earlayne Chance, echance@ktc.com, July 2000. Hereinafter cited as FamilyHistory.com.

4. Hoyte Sessions Gilstrap, "Research: Hoyte Sessions Gilstrap" (Odessa TX). Shared results of Hoyte Gilstrap's years of research., Story may have started with Dora Wiseman (File#1302). Hereinafter cited as "Research of Hoyte S. Gilstrap."

5. Gilstrap Family by W. J. Gilstrap, Memoirs., c. 1948, Nancy Gilstrap Mann, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX.

6. The Augusta Chronicle, Augusta GA, 1 OCT 1803.

7. The Augusta Chronicle, Issue: 1 OCT 1803.

8. Kitt Carroll, "Research compiled by Kitt (Martin) Carroll.", 3 FEB 1998 (unknown compiler address). GEDCOM provided by Ron Gilstrap.. Hereinafter cited as "Research of Kitt Carroll."

9. 1820 Census, Georgia, Burke County: Henry Gilstrap Pg 13.

10. 1790 Census, North Carolina, Jones County: Henry Gilstrap.

11. 1830 Census, Georgia, Burke County: Henry Gilstrap, Page 129.

12. Wiley Jeptha Phillips, "Pedigree Chart by Wiley Jeptha Phillips, c 1920s", c1920 (GA). Received from Barbara Abernathy, JAN 1998. 211 E. Romana Street, Pensacola, FL 32501. hmaj@gulf.net.

13. Gilstrap, "Research of Hoyte S. Gilstrap", Shared results of Hoyte Gilstrap's years of research., Date Stamped 29 AUG 1994.

14. 1840 Census, Georgia, Jasper County: John Gilstrap, Pg 82.

15. 1830 Census, GA, Jasper County: John Gilstrap, Pg 380.

16. 1820 Census, GA, Pulaski County: John Gilstrap, Pg 99.

17. Letter from Wayne S. Maris (PO Drawer 1009, Fitzgerald GA 31750) to Nancy G. Mann, 12 AUG 1997; Nancy Gilstrap Mann (San Antonio, Bexar County, TX). Recollection of Greg and Jewel Smith of Griffin, TX. Photocopy shows dates of 12 MAY 1958 and 28 JUL 1970.

18. Marion Dewoody Pettigrew, Marks-Barnett families and their kin: including Anderson, Bennett, Bernard, Cargile, Crawford, Eubanks, Gaines, Harvie, Jamison, Matthews, Merwiether, Stark, Tomkins: also royal lines of many branches..., notes on numerous other families...; war records, deeds, wills, marriages and random notes, gleaned from southern history, court records, family Bibles, family letters, etc. (Macon, GA: J. W. Burke Co., 1939), Cargile Family, pgs 131-132, confused entry between Catherine and Rocky.. Hereinafter cited as Marks-Barnett families and their kin.

19. Pulaski County, Georgia, Annual Returns of Estates , Georgia Department of Archives and History, 330 Capitol Avenue SE, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA 30334, Book 1817-1841. Hereinafter cited as Pulaski Co., GA Annual Returns.

20. Myrick, compiler, Pulaski County, Georgia Administration and Guardian Bonds, DEC 1810 - MAR 1825 (n.p.: n.pub.). Hereinafter cited as Pulaski Co., GA Admin & Guardian Bonds, 1810 - 1825.

21. Pulaski Co., GA Annual Returns, Book 1823-1828.

22. Jasper County, Georgia, Will Books.: Will of John Gilstrap: Book 2, Page 84. Hereinafter cited as Jasper Co., GA Will Books.

23. Jasper County, Georgia, Index to Proceedings of Estates: John Gilstrap: Appraisal. Hereinafter cited as Jasper Co., GA Index to Probate Records.

24. Jasper Co., GA Index to Probate Records: John Gilstrap: Annual Returns.

25. 1850 Census, Georgia, Pulaski County: James Gilstrap Pg 263 #530.

26. Zae Hargett Gwynn, Abstracts of the Records of Jones County, North Carolina 1779-1868, Volume 1 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1998), 1786 Census. Hereinafter cited as Abstracts of Jones Co., NC Records.

27. 1790 Census, NC, Jones County; Idolet Gilstrap.

28. 1820 Census, GA, Burke County: William Gilstrap Pg 13.

29. 1830 Census, GA, Burke County: William Gilstrap, Pg 129.

30. Meriwether County, Georgia, Annual Returns Book: Book B Page 3. Hereinafter cited as Meriwether Co., GA Annual Returns.

31. 1790 Census, NC, Jones County: Idolet Gilstrap.

32. Sesame Club, Hughes Springs Histories (n.p.: n.pub., n.d.), JIMMY HARVE WAKEFIELD.

33. 1790 Census, NC, Jones County: Isaac Gilstrap.

34. 1850 Census, Alabama, Conecuh County: Isaac Giddrap Sr. Pg 370.

35. 1850 Mortality Schedule, Georgia, Laurens County, Georgia; Betsey Scarboro.

36. William R. Henry, Marriage Records of Pulaski County, Georgia 1810-1885 (Warner Robins GA: CGGS, 1996). Hereinafter cited as Marriages of Pulaski Co., GA.

37. "Burke County Record," They Were Here, Vol 7, No 2, No. 2, Vol. 7 (June 1967). Hereinafter cited as "Burke County Record."

38. The Georgia Researcher (published 1963-1965): Vol. 2. No. 4.

39. Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780's-1917, US Army Enlistments; Register of Enlistments in the US Army, 1798-1914; Accessed online via Ancestry.com (Washington, DC: National Archives), National Archives Microfilm Publication M233, 81 rolls, Edward Gilstrap, #630.

40. Public Land Records: BLM Land Patents. Online http://www.blm.gov, Arkansas, #907.

41. Silas E. Lucas Jr., The Second or 1807 Land Lottery of Georgia (Vidalia GA: Georgia Genealogical Reprints, 1968), Under 21 when registered in 1806. Hereinafter cited as 1807 GA Land Lottery.

42. Pulaski County, Georgia, Will Books.: Will Book A, Page 21. Hereinafter cited as Pulaski Co., GA Will Books.

43. Lee G. Barrow, Early Court Records of Pulaski County, Georgia 1809-1825 (Greenville SC: Southern Historical Press, 1994). Hereinafter cited as Early Court Records of Pulaski Co., GA.

44. Pulaski County, Georgia, Loose Estate Papers 1800-1938, GAT-GRA, Microfilm #1819653. Hereinafter cited as Pulaski Co., GA Loose Estates.

45. Barrow, Early Court Records of Pulaski Co., GA, Accounts Sold Book B, Pg 196-197.

46. Pulaski Co., GA Annual Returns, Book 1817-1841, page 178.

47. Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780's-1917; Accessed online via Ancestry.com, National Archives Microfilm Publication M233, 81 rolls, Peter Gilstrap/Gillstrap, #682.

48. 1850 Census, AL., Russell County: Peter Gilstrap Pg 97.

49. Ann Knighton, "Research Notes Collected by Ann Knighton", OCT 1999 (2674, Redland Road, Wetumpka, AL 36093). flash2@gateway.net, Family Bible of D. L. Folsom. Hereinafter cited as "Research: Ann Knighton."

50. Pulaski County, Georgia Marriage Books: Book 1810-1851, pg 79. Hereinafter cited as Pulaski Co., GA Marriage Books.

51. Hawkinsville Chapter DAR, History of Pulaski & Bleckley Counties, Georgia, 1808-1956, Volumes 1 & 2 (Macon GA: JW Burke Company, 1958). Hereinafter cited as History of Pulaski & Bleckley Co, GA.

52. unknown author, History of Pulaski County, Georgia: an Official History (GA: W. W. Brown Publishing Company, c. 1935), p. 491. Hereinafter cited as History of Pulaski Co., GA.

53. Muscogee County, Georgia Marriage Books. Hereinafter cited as Muscogee Co., GA Marriages.

54. Brøderbund Software, Marriage Index: Georgia 1754 - 1850. CD #226., CD-ROM (Novato CA: Brøderbund Software, Inc., 1995), Marriage Records. Hereinafter cited as Marriage Index: GA 1754-1850.

55. 1860 Census, Alabama, Russell County: P. J. Gilstrap Pg 1008.

56. Gilstrap Family., Family Bible of Levada Hillyer. Including Gilstrap and Fields, Lost, . Hereinafter cited as Family Bible of L. Hillyer.

57. Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780's-1917; Accessed online via Ancestry.com, National Archives Microfilm Publication M233, 81 rolls, Levin Gilstrap, #2217.

58. 1860 Census, Florida., Jackson County: Levin Gilstrap Pg 781 #385.

59. US GENWEB Page: Jackson County, Florida, online http://www.usgenweb.com, 1850 Census, Levin Gilstrap, #382. Hereinafter cited as Jackson Co, FL GENWEB.

60. 1840 Census, Florida, Jackson County: Levin Gilstrap Pg 186.

61. Automated Archives Inc., Marriage Records: Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, CD #3., CD-ROM (Novato CA: Brøderbund, Inc., 1994), Marriage Records. Hereinafter cited as CD #3: Marriages AL, GA, SC.

62. Pulaski Co., GA Marriage Books: Book 1810-1851, pg 15.

63. Email: US GenWeb Project, Lookup Volunteer Response, e-mail message to Nancy G. Mann, SMartin583@aol.com, 6 MAR 1999: No longer on the tax rolls.. Hereinafter cited as "Email: US GenWeb Lookup."