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John "Squire John" Gillentine[1]

Male 1797 - 1870  (72 years)


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  • Name John "Squire John" Gillentine 
    Birth 16 Nov 1797  Grainger County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Merchant  [3, 4] 
    Death 2 Jul 1870  Van Buren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Gillentine Cemetery, Van Buren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I3332  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 18 Sep 2014 

    Father Nicholas Gillentine,   b. 1776, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 May 1824, McNairy County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Jane Terry,   b. 1779, (Anson County) North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jan 1839, McNairy County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 20 Oct 1796  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence (Family) Knox County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F6989  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary "Polly" Martin,   b. 15 Mar 1790, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1832, Van Buren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Marriage 2 May 1816  White County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
     1. Nicholas Martin Gillentine,   b. 13 Mar 1819, White County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 1865, Johnsville, Erath County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
     2. Micajah Terry "Cager T." Gillentine,   b. 8 Mar 1821, White County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 1905, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     3. Rachel Gillentine,   b. 9 Apr 1826, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jul 1895 (Age 69 years)
    Family ID F1294  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

    Family 2 Margaret Parker,   b. 9 May 1814, Commonwealth of Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jul 1895, Van Buren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 27 Nov 1834  (Van Buren County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. John W(hite) Gillentine,   b. 0___ 1838, (Van Buren County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Sep 1858, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 20 years)
     2. Arthur P. Gillentine,   b. (Van Buren County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Eleanor P. Gillentine,   b. 1840, (Van Buren County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Ellen Gillentine,   b. 0___ 1840, Van Buren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 0___ 1912, (Van Buren County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 72 years)
     5. Harrison Clay Gillentine,   b. 0Oct 1841, (Van Buren County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 0___ 1901, Van Buren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 59 years)
     6. George W. Gillentine,   b. 1844, (Van Buren County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. William T. Gillentine,   b. 1847, (Van Buren County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Elizabeth C. Gillentine,   b. 1849, (Van Buren County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Richard Leek Gillentine,   b. 28 Jan 1852, Gillentine, Van Buren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jan 1920, Hollis, Harmon County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F1295  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 Nov 1797 - Grainger County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 2 May 1816 - White County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 27 Nov 1834 - (Van Buren County) Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 2 Jul 1870 - Van Buren County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Gillentine Cemetery, Van Buren County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Squire John C. Gillentine #3332 born NOV 16 1797, Grainger Co., TN, occupation merchant, married (1) MAY 02, 1816, in White Co., TN, Mary "Polly" Martin #3333, born MAR 15 1790 in Virginia, STB daughter of a Martin father and a Ballard mother, died SEP 23 1832, (Warren Co., in Van Buren Co., TN where John had moved after leaving White Co., TN.

      My 3rd great-grandmother , Mary "Polly" Martin could only have died in White Co. or Van Buren Co. and I believe it was in Van Buren Co. that she died. I have no records of John in Warren Co. except that he built a turnpike there in 1847. He also built one in Van Buren Co. in 1847. He and his son Capt. Nicholas Martin Gillentine built turnpikes together until Nicholas left for Texas.

      From descendant Walter L. Hillis who maintains the cemetery where John and many of his family are buried: John came to Van Buren Co., TN early in eighteen hundred. He was the first Chairman of the Van Buren Co. Court. He and Harrison are buried in the Gillentine Cemetery located in the Piney Community of Van Buren Co. Joseph Arthur is buried in the Seitz Cemetery also in the Piney community.

      I have been maintaining the Gillentine Cemetery for the last few years. There are not many men descendants of Joseph Arthur left. There are not any Gillentine's left in Van Buren County, TN that I know of. If I can be of help, let me know. ), married (2) 27-NOV-1834, in (Van Buren Co.) TN, Margaret Parker #3334, born 09-MAY-1804, Grayson Co., VA, occupation seamstress, died 22-JUL-1895, (Van Buren Co.) TN, buried: 22-JUL-1895, Gillentine Cemetery, Van Buren Co., TN. John died JUL 02 1870, Van Buren Co., TN, buried: Gillentine Cemetery, Piney Community, Falls Creek State Park, Van Buren Co., TN. Note: check-out Van Buren County Marriage Book...DAH [3]
    • ...was one of the first settlers of the historic little town of Spencer. He figured largely in the affairs of his county. John Gillentine served as a justice of the peace for many years and was chairman of the county court for a long period of time. He was one of the promoters of Burritt College and the first president of the board of trustees of that college. He was a public-spirited man and did much to promote the civic affairs of his town and county.

      John Gillentine was reared in the Baptist faith. He belonged to that branch of the Baptists known in that country as "Hardshell Baptists." The Hardshell Baptist Church withdrew fellowship from him because he permitted the Separate Baptists to hold meetings in his house. After being dismissed from the Baptist Church he studied the Bible, and later became a member of the church of Christ. He reared his family in the fear of God and in the knowledge of his truth.

      The Gillentine family had left to it a rich legacy of a Christian father and mother. [2]
    • On April 24, 1843, John and Terry Gillentine sold a 96 acre tract to William Moore (who was a member and probably an elder at the Big Fork Baptist Church). This was part of the 139 acre tract on which Nicholas Gillentine (father of John & Terry) settled some time before 1812 (see map), on which the Big Fork Baptist Church was probably situated. [8]

  • Sources 
    1. [S28] "The Wiseman Family & Allied Lines, Vol. I", by Eugene Wiseman, published 1991, p. 361 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1110] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Gillentine&GSiman=1&GScid=98392&GRid=49080927&.

    3. [S353] Sue Tiffany's pedigree, submitted August 2, 2002, sunshine91070@yahoo.com.

    4. [S3623] "Gillentine-Barnes-Cantrell-Byars of Tennessee", by Bobbie Lynch (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S28] "The Wiseman Family & Allied Lines, Vol. I", by Eugene Wiseman, published 1991, p. 360 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S12545] "Nicholas Gillentine", Biography, http://www.danielhaston.com/places/big-spring-area/map.htm#NicholasGillentine, by Davi.

    7. [S49862] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/MCDK-233.

    8. [S50350] http://www.danielhaston.com/places/churches/bigfork/big-fork-cf-assn.htm.


  

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