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Thomas Mcgimsey

Birth
Death
1845 (aged 72–73)
Burial
Chestnut Hill, Ashe County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Thomas MCGIMSEY,

b. May 5, 1772;

d. abt. 1845

Thomas McGimsey represented Ashe County in the State Legislature, 1807-1809.

Married Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Cox, Aug. 25, 1800, Ashe Co., NC
b. Aug. 10, 1771, Botetourt Co., VA;
d Jan. 22, 1820, Ashe Co., NC;

NOTE SENATOR HOUSE OF REPS
1807 John Calloway Richard Williams, Thomas McGimsey
1808 John Calloway Richard Williams, Bedent Baird
1809 John Calloway Richard Williams, Thomas McGimsey


NOTE
According to Footprints in the Sands of Time by Dr. Aras B. Cox (1900),
"Captain John COX and his brother, David, moved to Grayson county and settled on New River about ten miles west of Grayson Old Court House.
John COX was captian of the Regulators of this part of the state during the Revolutionary War …
In after years he moved to the mouth of Cranberry Creek, Ashe County, NC, south fork of New River, made and cultivated a large farm and raised live stock, and where, when life's arduous toils were over, was buried in the family graveyard …
They had two sons, James and Joshua.
James COX married Widow TERRELL,
Joshua COX married a Miss RICHARDSON.
Their daughters married as follows:
Catherine married Henry HARDIN,
Cynthia married William GAMBILL,
Jane married Canada RICHARDSON,
another daughter (name unknown) married Thomas MCGIMPSEY, and another daughter (name unknown) married a Mr. BAKER."

Thomas MCGIMSEY,

b. May 5, 1772;

d. abt. 1845

Thomas McGimsey represented Ashe County in the State Legislature, 1807-1809.

Married Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Cox, Aug. 25, 1800, Ashe Co., NC
b. Aug. 10, 1771, Botetourt Co., VA;
d Jan. 22, 1820, Ashe Co., NC;

NOTE SENATOR HOUSE OF REPS
1807 John Calloway Richard Williams, Thomas McGimsey
1808 John Calloway Richard Williams, Bedent Baird
1809 John Calloway Richard Williams, Thomas McGimsey


NOTE
According to Footprints in the Sands of Time by Dr. Aras B. Cox (1900),
"Captain John COX and his brother, David, moved to Grayson county and settled on New River about ten miles west of Grayson Old Court House.
John COX was captian of the Regulators of this part of the state during the Revolutionary War …
In after years he moved to the mouth of Cranberry Creek, Ashe County, NC, south fork of New River, made and cultivated a large farm and raised live stock, and where, when life's arduous toils were over, was buried in the family graveyard …
They had two sons, James and Joshua.
James COX married Widow TERRELL,
Joshua COX married a Miss RICHARDSON.
Their daughters married as follows:
Catherine married Henry HARDIN,
Cynthia married William GAMBILL,
Jane married Canada RICHARDSON,
another daughter (name unknown) married Thomas MCGIMPSEY, and another daughter (name unknown) married a Mr. BAKER."



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