"Big Foot" Alexander Wallace was born in Lexington, Virginia... not
Kentucky. The McDowell, Irvine and Campbell families settled in VA in what
became Rockbridge Co. and were neighbors of my Gilmore family. This link
may help you:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~evilsizer/vawills.html
VA Wills lists a Wallace, Peter- Rockbridge Co, Filed 9/5/1786; W, Martha;
S, John, Samuel,; D, Jean, Susannah; D, Eliza Gilmore
Elizabeth Wallace (d/o Peter) m. John (Cunningham) Gilmore ca. 1764.
They moved to Fayette (Jessamine) Co.Kentucky... possibly in 1784, which is
the year which they sold their land in Rockbridge Co. Va. No will was found
for John, but names of children from the wills Elizabeth Wallace Gilmore
and son John. In his will, John frees his slave, Solomon. Solomon, as a
young slave, had been left by John Gilmore Sr to John, Jr. and most probably
passed to John at the death of his father. (Source: Joanne Kartak, who
is a Gilmore desc.)
Will Abstracts Book A, Jessamine Co. KY (Source: Willie Bea Bradley <
[log in to unmask]> USGenWed-1998)
GILMORE, Elizabeth, Sept. 19, 1804, Dec. 1805.
Son: John. Daus: Genet
Gilmore, Susannah Gilmore, Elinor McCampbell,
Elizabeth Simpson, Martha
Burton. Ex: James Wallace (bro.), John Gilmore
(son), Wit: Samuel McDowell,
Abraham Cassel, Rohn Rusk.
Just a start, but these families have been well researched.
--Tom Gilmore
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Kay <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I want to thank all of you who wrote to me OFF list. I am going to write
> to the list as I believe the answer I receive might be of value to more
> people than just me.
>
> In checking my notes I see that the first of the Woods family that I know
> for sure came over from Ireland in 1729 on board the "John of Dublin" and
> their shipmates consisted of the families of McDowell-Irvine-Campbells to
> name just a few. Michael Woods - born in County Meath Ireland in 1684 was
> married to Mary Elizabeth Campbell. Michael and Mary brought with them
> nine(9) sons and three(3) daughters. The daughters are Martha Woods who
> married Peter Wallace whose Wallace line produced William "Big Foot"
> Alexander Wallace born April 3, 1817 at Lexington, Kentucky. Daughter #2
> was Sarah Woods who married Joseph Lapsley. Daughter #3 was Magdalene Woods
> who married John McDowell. I would like to know the names of the 9 Woods'
> sons. What I really need I think is Michael Woods or wife Mary Woods wills.
>
> I sure enough appreciated all your friendly hellos. Thanks, Kay
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