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John Lewis Gilcrease

Birth
South Carolina, USA
Death
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Born February 25, 1795, in South Carolina, USA as John Lewis Gilcrease, to father Minor Gilcrease (1765, 1832) and mother Margaret Jeter 'Peggy' Gilcrease (1775, ?).
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Of note, the 'Lousiana Purchase' was concluded on April 30, 1803, when John Lewis Gilcrease was 8 years old.
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The 1810 US census lists a 'John Gilchrist' as residing at Goffstown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA.

John Lewis would have been 17 years old when the War Of 1812 began. He would have been 20 when it concluded.
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Note: War Of 1812; 1812 - 1815; due to the continued practice of 'conscription' by the British navy on US navy and civilian shipping, the US declared war on England.
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John Lewis Gilcrease then travelled to Indiana. On January 11, 1820, in Honey Township, Vigo, Indiana, USA, son Charles Greene Gilchrist (1820, 1872), was born. John Lewis Gilcrease would have been 25 years old.

He then married one Sarah Jemima Pinkston (b. 1808 - New Hampshire, USA), on August 7, 1826, in Vigo County, Indiana, USA. He was 31 years old, she was 18.

Born February 25, 1795, in South Carolina, USA as John Lewis Gilcrease, to father Minor Gilcrease (1765, 1832) and mother Margaret Jeter 'Peggy' Gilcrease (1775, ?).
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Of note, the 'Lousiana Purchase' was concluded on April 30, 1803, when John Lewis Gilcrease was 8 years old.
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The 1810 US census lists a 'John Gilchrist' as residing at Goffstown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA.

John Lewis would have been 17 years old when the War Of 1812 began. He would have been 20 when it concluded.
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Note: War Of 1812; 1812 - 1815; due to the continued practice of 'conscription' by the British navy on US navy and civilian shipping, the US declared war on England.
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John Lewis Gilcrease then travelled to Indiana. On January 11, 1820, in Honey Township, Vigo, Indiana, USA, son Charles Greene Gilchrist (1820, 1872), was born. John Lewis Gilcrease would have been 25 years old.

He then married one Sarah Jemima Pinkston (b. 1808 - New Hampshire, USA), on August 7, 1826, in Vigo County, Indiana, USA. He was 31 years old, she was 18.



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