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| Birth: | 17 JAN 1745 in Lancaster County, PA |
| Death: | 18 NOV 1834 in Christian County, KY 20 |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | James Gilmour b. ABT 1722 in Ulster, Ireland |
| Mother: | Ann Unknown b. in Ulster, Ireland |
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Departure: ABT 1755 in From Lancaster County, PA with parents to Augusta County, VA
Military: 1774 in the Indian Wars served as Sergeant under Col. Christy and C. Lewis
Military: 1776 in the War of the American Revolution served as Indian spy under Captain Gray and Col. Christy
Military: BET 1777 AND 1781 in the War of the American Revolution served in Col. Preston's Virginia Regiment; Fought in Battle of Haw River, NC
Property: 11 FEB 1780 in Grant of 400 acres on Hanging Fork, Dix River, Lincoln County, KY from state of Virginia for service in the Revolutionary War
Property: 16 JUN 1780 in Grant of 500 acres on Hanging Fork, Dix River, Lincoln County, KY from state of Virginia for service in the Revolutionary War
Arrival: 1780 in Montgomery County, VA from Augusta County, VA
Arrival: 1781 in Lincoln County, KY from Montgomery County, VA
Property: 7 MAY 1783 in Grant Amended to add an additional 1040 acres on Hanging Fork, Dix River, Lincoln County, KY from state of Virginia for service in the Revolutionary War
Property: 6 JUL 1784 in Grant of 370 acres on Hanging Fork, Dix River, Lincoln County, KY from state of Virginia for service in the Revolutionary War
Property: 6 JUL 1784 in Grant of 570 acres near Hanging Fork, Dix River, Lincoln County, KY from state of Virginia for service in the Revolutionary War
Property: 17 JUL 1784 in Grant of 536 acres on Hanging Fork, Dix River, Lincoln County, KY from state of Virginia for service in the Revolutionary War
Property: 20 JUN 1796 in Sale of 165 acres on Hanging Fork, Dix River, Lincoln County, KY to Thomas and Taliaferro Bronaugh
Property: 17 MAY 1797 in Sale of 164 acres on Hanging Fork, Dix River, Lincoln County, KY to Thomas and Taliaferro Bronaugh
Property: 16 JUL 1799 in Sale of 80 acres on Hanging Fork, Dix River, Lincoln County, KY to Thomas and Taliaferro Bronaugh
Property: 28 JUN 1800 in Sale of 82 acres on Hanging Fork, Dix River, Lincoln County, KY to Thomas and Taliaferro Bronaugh
Property: 7 JUL 1801 in Sale of 82 acres on Hanging Fork, Dix River, Lincoln County, KY to Thomas and Taliaferro Bronaugh
Property: 20 JUN 1803 in Sale of 82 acres on Hanging Fork, Dix River, Lincoln County, KY to Thomas and Taliaferro Bronaugh
Property: 28 JUL 1804 in Sale of 82 acres on Hanging Fork, Dix River, Lincoln County, KY to Thomas and Taliaferro Bronaugh
Property: 24 MAY 1805 in Sale of 82 acres on Hanging Fork, Dix River, Lincoln County, KY to Thomas and Taliaferro Bronaugh
Property: 4 APR 1806 in Sale of 82 acres on Hanging Fork, Dix River, Lincoln County, KY to Thomas and Taliaferro Bronaugh
Property: 4 AUG 1807 in Sale of 82 acres on Hanging Fork, Dix River, Lincoln County, KY to Thomas and Taliaferro Bronaugh
Property: 25 AUG 1808 in Sale of 82 acres on Hanging Fork, Dix River, Lincoln County, KY to Thomas and Taliaferro Bronaugh
Property: 21 JUN 1809 in Sale of 82 acres on Hanging Fork, Dix River, Lincoln County, KY to Thomas and Taliaferro Bronaugh
Census: 1810 in Lincoln County, KY
Arrival: 1815 in Christian County, KY from Lincoln County
Attribute: BET 1816 AND 1834 in Ruling Elder of First Presbyterian Church near Sinking Spring, Christian County, Ky
Census: 1820 in Hopkinsville, Christian County, KY
Census: 1830 in Christian County, KY
Military: 1832 in Pension granted for Revolutionary War claim #S 30432 as resident of Christian County, KY
Religion: Presbyterian
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- Title: American Revolutionary War Pension S30432 September 1832
Source Text: JAMES GILMOUR, Pension #S 30432 for service in Virginia and Indian Wars, applied for at Christian County, Kentucky 3 September 1832 at age 87 on January 1832. SUMMARY: according to father's family register he was born 17 January 1745 in Pennsylvania and as a child moved to Augusta County, VA where he lived until grown. In 1780 he moved to Montgomery County, Virginia was drafted under Colonel Preston. He moved to Kentucky and settled in Lincoln County in the fall of 1782 where he lived until 1815, then moved to Christian County. --------------------------------------------------------- MY TRANSCRIPTION OF THE ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN PENSION APPLICATION (available in the Christian County History Library) IS AS FOLLOWS: "State of Kentucky, Christian County: On this 3rd day of September 1832, personally appeared in open court before the justices of the Christian County Court naco littori.
JAMES GILMOUR, a resident of said County, State aged eighty seven years the 17th January 1832 who being found duly sworn according to the law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress paper [??living to??] 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officer and lived as herein states: That agreeably to his Father's family register he was born on the 17th January 1745 in the state of Pennsylvania and when just a child was removed to New Virginia Augusta County where he resided until he was grown. The first military service he ever performed for his country was before he was of age to be involved---he substituted and served a tour at Fort Ferment on the head of the Bull Pasture River in Augusta County, VA . March 1764 was Drafted and sent to Dickinson Fort on the Cow Pasture Augusta County, VA where he served a tour. The same Fall he joined a volunteer company under the Command of Col. Al Neil he marched to Pittsburg where he joined Col. Bogart, Crossed the River there & marched down the River 130 miles & held a treaty with the Indians--he continued to reside on the frontiers of Virginia until the Spring of 1775 when he comes to Kentucky and planted corn the same summer at Boonsborough on the Kentucky River----In the Spring of 1776 he returned to the Holston [River] and met the man going to Muster to be Drafted as the Trader had come in and given information that the whole Cherokee nation was coming against them in that Settlement on the Holston River and that day with these seven men had a Battle with Indians near the long island on the Holston River----The monday following myself and Isaac Butler were appointed spies for Bryans Fort on Holston River near where the south and middle forks intersect----under the Command of Capt. Gray --- we entered the service in May to the best of my recollection --- the Friday after I entered the service Butler and myself traced a party of Indians around four houses that had been plundered the same day and traced out their camp in the evening ----- gave information at the Fort and Capt. Gray attacked them the next morning before day and killed six Indians in this engagement. I continued to spy for the same fort until the fall of the same year when Col. Christy commanded a regiment of men and marched against the Cherokee towns. He chose me as a spy for his army and I continued in the service until he marched to their Towns and held a treaty with them and returned in November to the best of my recollection that ended my spying service. In the year 1780, ( I ) then moved to Montgomery County, VA where I was drafted some time in the year 1781, under the Command of Col. Preston to go a tour againt Cornwallis. We marched to North Carolina where we had a skirmish with the British army on Haw River about eight days before the Battle of Guilford [Courthouse]. Col. Preston's Regt got so dispersed that he can not get them collected in time to join the American Army before the Battle of Guilford (Courthouse) ----- I have no recollection of the length of this tour nor do I recollect the names of the Commandant of Companies to which I belonged. Col. Preston had eight killed in that engagement ---- I removed to Kentucky in the fall of 1782 and settled in Lincoln County where I resided until the year 1815 when I removed to Christian County where I now & have ever since resided. My wages as a spy were five shillings per day and I served in that capacity until November of the same year --- I have on my Declaration above stating in its proper place one other tour of service ---- I performed from the frontier of Va under Col. Christy in the capacity of Sergeant --- Col. Lewis was Commander in Chief and had a Battle with the Indians at the point between the Kanawha and the Ohio Rivers. I was not in the engagement but was left at the [???levels???] of Greenbriar to take care of the magazine and the Invalid until the Army should return".
STATEMENT FROM THE INSCRIBER FOR JAMES GILMOUR FOLLOWS:
"He never had any written discharge - he is certain that his whole service was more than two years as herein states. That he is now very inferm and not able to labour - he has herein stated all he now recollects on return and returns this declaration as a full answer to all the Interogators put by the Department . He by [ four unintelligible words] whatever to a pension of annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state in the United States."
Sworn to and subscribed the day signed aforesaid JAMES GILMOUR [his mark]" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This is followed by a sworn statement from Thomas Caldwell & Jacob Sherill (who stated that) "They were acquainted with him and 'we believe him..... PLEASE NOTE: The original pension application is available at the Library of the Kentucky Historical Society and throughout this application his name is spelled "GILMOUR"
Confidence: 3
- Title: Marriage Records of Lincoln County, Kentucky 1781-1792
Source Text: According to Lincoln County, Kentucky marriage records a JAMES GILMORE married a MARTHA MCKELSON [also shown as McKelser] on 06 July 1782. On this same date there is a record of a JAMES GILMORE who married a MARTHA MCELWEE. I have a copy of the original handwritten bond which was sent me by Joann Kartak who is a descendant of the JAMES GILMORE who married MARTHA ANN MCELWEE in Lincoln County, Kentucky on that date. In looking at the original handwriting, MARTHA's last name looks like either MC ELWEE than MCKELSON and that is probably why there are two listings on that date for the marriage of JAMES GILMORE who was from the Rockbridge GILMORE family in Virginia. The Rockbridge GILMORE's are not related to our GILMOURS. This JAMES and MARTHA [MCELWEE} GILMORE settled in that portion of Lincoln County, Kentucky which became Pulaski County after it was formed and there is solid documentation to support this including the dates and place of their setllment and the birthdates of their children there. So... this is is NOT our JAMES GILMOUR whose first spouse remains unknown..
Confidence: 3
- Title: Gilmore History by Miss Virginia Laurie
Page: 28
Source Text: According to this source, "JAMES GILMORE [GILMOUR] was born in Lancaster Co., PA 1/17/1745 and went with the family to live in Augusta Co., VA. in 1748. He served several tours of duty during the Revolution. His first tour was as a substitute with the Augusta Co. militia before he became of age to be enrolled. In March 1764, he was drafted and marched to Pittsburg against the Indians. He continued to live on the frontiers of Virginia until 1765, when he went to Kentucky and planted corn the same summer at Boonesboro on the Kentucky River. In 1780, he moved to Montgomery Co., VA where he was drafted in 1781. Moved to Lincoln Co., KY in the fall of 1782 and resided there until 1815 when he moved to Christian County. He applied for a pension 9/3/1832 and on 8/21/1833, he received the sum of $25.83 per annum with back pay of $103.32. PLEASE NOTE: All of the above is taken from his pension application on file in Washington, D.C.. It is evident from this that like his brother JOHN, he too had left home prior to the family's removal from Augusta County. Lincoln County, KY records show he owned several tracts of land presumably granted for his services in the War. Two marriage records on file list JAMES to MARTHA McKELSON 7/6/1782 and JAMES GILMORE to LASEY LODDEN 2/20/1789. One or both of these may be the above JAMES, but we cannot be certain. JAMES is believed to have had one son JAMES."
Confidence: 2
- Title: DAR Revolution Lineage Books , Vol. 109, page 259
Source Text: Per DAR ID Number: 108847: "JAMES GILMOUR [1745-1834] served as Indian spy, and sergeant, Virginia Line, 1781. He was born in Pennsylvania; died in Christian County, KY.
Confidence: 2
- Title: Christian County, KY Will Book H pg 335-337 LDS Film#0464795
Source Text: "JAMES GILMOUR Will of 1829: I, JAMES GILMOUR, of Christian County, Kentucky, being old, weak & infirm of body, but of sound and disposing mind, and knowing also, that men must die, have thought it best by will to make a disposition of such property as I own to take effect upon my death. I desire then that my body, after death, be properly interred and that my Executor hereinafter named pay all & every the debts I owe. I further will that my Executor so soon after my death as convenient may sell my tract of land in Christian County and on Little River upon such reasonable credit as shall ensure the best price for it, and that the money arising from this sale, thereof be equally divided between my three sons, JAMES GILMOUR, GEORGE GILMOUR and ALEXANDER GILMOUR. For the purpose of collecting a debt which has long been owing me by my son GEORGE GILMOUR, I have not long since caused an Execution to be issued from the Clerk's Office of the Christian Circuit Court against his estate by virtue of which the tract of land on which he now resides, was sold and other property. The land is bounded as follows -- It is part of a certain tract deeded by Johua Gates to JAMES & GEORGE GILMOUR containing two hundred and thirty two 1/2 acres lying on the waters of the Little River and beginning at three black Jacks, thence South 223 poles to a stake, passing at 215 poles two black jacks 7 a post Oak, thence West 167 3/4 poles to a stake & three hickories and a black jack pointer, thence North 221 1/2 poles to four small hickories, thence North 89 1/2 degrees East 167 3/4 poles to the beginning. This land I purchased at Sheriff's sale, as the deed of John Buckner, Deputy Sheriff to me will show. I also purchased under the same execution, the following property: 4 horses, one yoke of steers, one waggon, three cows, four feather beds and furniture, nine sheep, one bureau, four ploughs, 3 sets of gear, 15 head of hogs, the crop of corn & eight common chairs -- the whole of which land, agreeable to the boundaries herein specified and the whole of which articles of personal property together with a negro girl named Matilday purchased also, under said execution, I give and bequeath to my grandchildren, JAMES L. GILMOUR, JOHN W. GILMOUR, ALEXANDER M. GILMOUR, THOMAS E. GILMOUR, ROBERT B. GILMOUR, ELEANOR J. GILMOUR, MARY F. GILMOUR, the children of the said GEORGE GILMOUR to them & their heirs forever -- and if any of them shall die without issue living at the time of their death, their portion of said property to continue & go to the survivor or survivors, in exactly equal shares. The Bal of the debt due me by my son GEORGE I also give to my said Grandchildren to be by them collected, if after they shall have arrived at the age of twenty one years, they shall choose to do so. I appoint my son GEORGE GILMOUR executor of this my last will & testament and require of him that he carry the same into full effect, herby revoking all other & former wills by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 25th day of Sept 1829. {signature} JAMES GILMOUR {seal} Signed, sealed, acknowledged & published in our presents R. Webber...Jacob Sherrill CODICIL (dated 25 May 1832) I, JAMES GILOMOUR, Sr. of Christian County and State of Kentucky being old and infirm of body, but of sound and disposing mind think proper to change my will of 25 Sept 1829 owing to the change in my son GEORGE GILMOUR situation. I give by this supplement will and bequeath to my son GEORGE GILMOUR, all the property that I have devised to my grandchildren JAMES L. GILMOUR, JOHN W. GILMOUR, ALEXANDER M. GILMOUR, THOMAS L. GILMOUR, ROBERT B. GILMOUR, ELEANOR J. GILMOUR, MARY F. GILMOUR, in my above mentioned will including the land and chattles with the exception of the negro girl Matilda, which I sold, and including the balance of the execution named in my former will, to him and his heirs forevere hereby revoking that part of my will of the above date that relates to my above named grandchildren. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 25 May 1832. {signature} James {his mark} Gilmour Acknowledged by Jacob Sherrill and Nathan Adams. Commonwealth of Kentucky 2 Dec 1834: County of Christian -- To Wit -- I Abraham Stites the Clerk of the County Court of Christian County do hereby certify that this will and Codicil of James Gilmour, dec'd was on this day produced in Court & the said Will was proven to be the last Will of the said James Gilmour by the Oath of Augustin Webber a subscribing witness & the Codicil was in like manner proven as the law directs by the Oath of Nathan Adams being a witness to said Codicil & said Will & Codicil were ordered to be recorded -- whereupon the said Will & Codicil together with the foregoing certificate have been admitted to record accordingly -- Given under my hand the 2nd of December 1834. Attest...Abraham Stites {signature}." Note: the last name was spelled "Gilmour" throughout this Will.
Confidence: 3
- Title: Marriage Records of Lincoln County, Kentucky 1781-1792
Source Text: According to this source, JAMES GILMORE [Gilmour] married LOSEY LODDEN on Feb 20, 1789. This marriage followed the death of JAMES' first wife whose name is unknown.
Confidence: 3
- Title: Old Kentucky Grant Book, Kentucky Hist. Soc Vol # 1
Source Text: KHS Vol 1, Original Survey # 243 [Survey Book 1; page 113], dated 3/23/1781, in Lincoln County, KY, shows JAMES GILMOUR with 1000 acres. Watercourse: Town Fk. Salt R. Grant Date is June 1, 1782. Original Book: 1 and page : 509-510.
Subsequent grants were for 370 acres in Hanging Fork, Lincoln County on 7-6-1784; 536 acres in Hanging Fork, Lincoln County on 7-17-1784 and for additional 570 acres on 7-6-1784.
Confidence: 3
- Title: John Smith Gilmore by Bean Blossom
Source Text: According to this source: "JAMES GILMORE was born in Lancaster Co., Pa 1/17/1745 and went with the family to Augusta Co., VA. in 1748. He served several tours of duty during the Revolution. His first tour was with the Augusta Co. militia before he came of age to be enrolled. In March 1764, he was drafted and marched to Pittsburg against the Indians. He continued to live on the frontiers of Virginia until 1775, when he went to Kentucky and planted corn the same summer at Boonesboro on the Kentucky River. In 1780, he moved to Montgomery Co., VA where he was drafted in 1781. Moved to Lincoln Co., KY in the fall of 1782 and resided there until 1815 when he moved to Christian County. He applied for a pension 9/3/1832 and on 8/21/1833, he received the sum of $25.83 per annum with back pay of $103.32. All of the above is taken from his pension application on file in Washington, D.C. It is evident from this that like his brother John, he too had left home prior to his family's removal to Augusta Co. Lincoln Co., KY records show he owned several tracts of land presumably granted for his services in the War.
MY COMMENT: Although much of the Bean Blossom Document is filled with errors, this information matches family and other documented information for our JAMES GILMOUR.
Confidence: 1
- Title: DAR Records for Pension Dept Revolutionary War Claim
Source Text: DAR records state that JAMES GILMOUR served "from 1774 for 3 months as Segeant under Col. Christy & C. Lewis. From May 1776, served for 6 months, as an Indian Spy under Captain Gray and Colonel Christy, was in skirmish. Also, having moved to Montgomery County, VA, he served 2 months in 1781, as pvt. in Colonel Preston's Regiment and was in the Battle of Haw River, NC
Confidence: 2
- Title: 1830 US Census for Christian County, KY
Source Text: The 1830 US Census taken in Kentucky cites our JAMES GILMOUR [spelled GILMORE in the report] and family as living next to TALIAFERRO BRONAUGH in Christian County, Kentucky [Unknown Townships]. JAMES GILMOUR's grandson, JOHN WILSON GILMOUR [ born 1813 and son of JAMES GILMOUR's son, GEORGE GILMOUR and his wife, POLLY TERRELL [HICKMAN] GILMOUR married TALIAFERRO BRONAUGH's daughter JANE ALEXANDER BRONAUGH in 1833. The 1830 US Census for Christian County, KY is available in Ancestry.Com and is located on microfilm roll M 19-35 page 25.
Confidence: 2
- Title: History of Christian County, Kentucky
Page: 294 & 295
Source Text: The book, "County of Christian, Historical and Biographical" Vol. I. was edited by WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN and published by F. A. Battey Publishing Company in 1884, Chicago and Louisville. On pages 294 and 295 there is a discussion about the first Presbyterian Church in Christian County. JAMES GILMOUR was one of its founders and a ruling elder. The text from this source follows: "The church history of Garrettsburg and Lafayette Precincts dates back almost to the settlement of the whites... "The following sketch of the old Presbyterian Church was furnished us by Mr. J.A. Boyd, and will be of considerable interest: Between the years 1814 and 1816, a large number of families, including the Stevensons, Sherrills, McKenzies, GILMOURS, Ewings, Boyds, BRONAUGHs, Callisons etc....and settled in Christian County, Ky. Having the blood of Scotch Covenanters in their veins, they brought with them the Presbyterian faith and formed what was probably the first Presbyterian Church south of Green River, in the southern part of Christian County, near where is known Sinking Spring, located on the farm now owned by Benjamin Coleman, about the year 1817 or 1818. The congregation had no regular place of worship, but met usually at a schoolhouse near the Sinking Spring, and sometimes at the farmhouse of its respective members. It was organized under the pastoral superintendence of Rev. William E. Stuart, and his first Ruling Elders were JAMES GILMOUR and James Stevenson, with about thirty members. One of the Ruling Elders, JAMES GILMOUR, was probably the first Presbyterian who settled in southern Kentucky, his church membership extending through more than sixty years. He died in his ninetieth year in 1834. After an existence of about twelve years the church, then known as the Union Society of Sinking Spring, built a log church at Blue Water about one mile south of Sinking Spring, which was called Blue Water Church, and was solemnly dedicated to the service of God on the second Sunday in May 1830, with Rev. Thomas Caldwell as Pastor, and Robert Callison, JAMES GILMOUR, James Stevenson, Jacob Sherrill and GEORGE GILMOUR as Ruling Elders and Deacons, and with a membership of thirty five persons. The church prospered under the pastoral care of Rev. Mr. Caldwell until his death, which occurred Nov. 5, 1843. After Mr. Caldwell's death, Rev. W. D. Jones became pastor, with W. McKenzie, John W. Ewing and William L. Stevenson as additional members of the session. Subsequently, Moses Boyd, Dr. J. D. Metcalf and T. P. World were added to the corps of Elders. The church records, which are vague and badly kept, do not show how long Mr. Jones retained his pastorate, but he was succeeded by Rev. William Hamilton about 1837. About the year 1831, a new church was erected in Lafayette and the congregation at Blue Water removed to that point, where they continued to worship under the pastoral care of Rev. William Hamilton, Rev. B. H. McCown, Rev. F. G. Stahan, Rev. Frazer, Rev. S. W. Lockett, Rev. T. J. Bracken and Rev. W. Duncan, until within the last few years, when the church became unsafe and was sold. The proceeds together with general subscriptions on the part of many excellent people, were invented in the new church in which we now worship. The records of this church organization show that its highest membership in 1850 and numbered seventy eight persons, and its lowest in 1873, and numbered eighteen persons. Being first known as the Union Society of Sinking Spring, next as Blue Water Church, next as Lafayette Church, it is now known as 'McKenzie's Chapel or Kirk' in honor of W. W. McKenzie, who was present at the organization and who has been a member of it since 1829. He has been for more than half a century a Ruling Elder in its service. Ther present Elders are W. W. McKenzie and J. A. Boyd."
Confidence: 3
- Title: 1820 US Census Hopkinsville, Christian County, KY
Source Text: JAMES GILMOUR was listed in the 1820 US Census Report as JAMES GILMORE who resided with his family in Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky. According to this report there was 1 male over 45 who was JAMES GILMOUR; 1 male between the ages of 26 & 45 who was his son JAMES GEORGE GILMOUR {born 1784]; 1 male between the ages of 16 and 26 who was probably his son, ALEXANDER GILMOUR who was born in 1790; 1 male below the age of 10 who was probably WILLIAM WHITLEY GILMOUR, the son of JAMES GEORGE GILMOUR who was born in 1815 There were 3 women who were listed; 1 who was between 26 and 45 yrs who was probably the wife of JAMES GEORGE GILMOUR, MARY ELLEN "Polly" {WHITLEY} GILMOUR; 1 female between the age of 10 to 16 who may be a daughter of JAMES GILMOUR and his second wife LOSEY LODDEN; and 1 female under the age of 10 who was probably JANE ELIZABETH GILMOUR, daughter of JAMES GEORGE GILMOUR; she was born in 1819] Source: Hopkinsville, Christian County, KY Roll: M33_20; Page 45; Image 51. Living nearby in Hopkinsville was TALIAFERRO BRONAUGH [listed as TOLIVER BERNAU] and his family.
Confidence: 3
- Title: 1835 Revolutionary War Pension Roll Christian County, KY
Source Text: According to this source, JAMES GILMOUR was placed on the Pension Roll in Christian County, KY on August 17, 1833 [commencement of pension May 4, 1831] for service on the Virginia line. Annual allowance stated as $51.66; back play calculated at $179.15.
Confidence: 3
- Title: Christian County, KY Deed Book R pg 290
Source Text: According to Mr. James Killebrew of the Christian County Kentucky Genealogical Society in a letter to me on 13 April 1984: "JAMES GILMOUR sold to GEORGE GILMOUR and POLLY his wife for 1 dollar a tract of land 232 1/2 acres on Waters of Little River being land Joshua Gates deeded to JAMES and GEORGE GILMOUR in partnership: date 9 Jan. 1829."
Confidence: 3
- Title: Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds, 1774 -1785
Source Text: According to this source , JAMES GILMOUR acquired the following land parcels in Hanging Fork, Dix River, Lincoln County, Kentucky: On 11 February 1780, 400 acres listed in Book A, page 13; On 15 June 1780, 500 acres on the Dicks River for his Military Service listed in Book A, page 133; On 7 May 1783, there is an "amended" acquisition for 1040 additional acres on Hanging Fork listed in Book 1, page 401. There are other entries for him as well.
Confidence: 3
- Title: Ron Stephens re: French Indian War of 1756-1763
Source Text: Under the terms of the proclamation of 1763, issued by England's King George III, soldiers who served in the French Indian War received bounty land warrants as payment for service. Because JAMES GILMOUR served in this war, beginning in 1764, he was entitled to land as stated in that proclamation and most probably claimed and received his land in Lincoln County, Kentucky for his service as an "Indian Spy" during this war.
Confidence: 3
- Title: Annals of Southwest Virginia
Source Text: According to the "Annals of Southwest Virginia", page 774, compiled by Lewis Preston Summers and published in 1929, on "4 June 1782" in the "Montgomery County {Virginia] Court, JAMES GILMORE made satisfactory proof to this Court that he obtained a preemption warrant from the regester (sic) of the land office about the First of April 1780 for one thousand acres of Land by virtue of Certificate from the Commissioners fro the distract (sic) Kentuckey & that the same togethere (sic) with the House he lived was Burned a few days after he recd it."
Confidence: 3
- Title: History of Kentucky, Volume II, Madison County, KY p. 519
Author: Lewis Collins
Publisher: Collins & Co., Covington, KY 1874
Source Text: According to this source in a letter from DANIEL BOONE to RICHARD HENDERSON date 1 April 1775, JAMES GILMORE [sic] was listed among those who planted corn at the site where the foundations of Boonesborough were laid that year. This was probably our JAMES GILMOUR and corroborates his statement about this in his pension application of 1832.
Confidence: 2
- Title: 1810 US Census Lincoln County, KY
Source Text: JAMES GILMORE {should be spelled GILMOUR] was listed in Lincoln County, Kentucky at the time of the 1810 U.S. Census. Listed are 1 male over the age of 45 who was JAMES GILMOUR [born 1745], 1 male between the age of 26 and 44 who have been a brother who is yet to be identified; two males under the age of 25; probably JAMES GEORGE GILMOUR who was born in 1782 and ALEXANDER GILMOUR who was born in 1790. There are two females cited who are between the age of 16 and 25: one of them is probably MARY ELLEN "Polly" {WHITLEY} GILMOUR who wasthe wife of JAMES GEORGE GILMOUR as they were married in 1809. The other female was probably a daughter of JAMES GILMOUR Sr. who has yet to be identified.
Confidence: 3
- Title: Christian County, KY Will Book H pg 335-337
Source Text: The date of death of 18 November 1834 is cited as the day the Will & Codicil of JAMES GILMOUR Sr. was recorded by the Clerk of the County of Christian County, KY.
Confidence: 3
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