Charles was in America by 1720 and lived in Salisbury, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in the 1730's. He is recorded as being a blacksmith in Henrico County, Virginia and was in Abermarle County, Virginia by 1746. Charles and Isabella appear in court records in Abermarle County in March, 1748 with witnesses Stephen Heard and John Gilmore. Charles had four known children and was probably married twice. His known children were Charles, Jane, Stephen and John. After John Gilmore died, it is believed that Jane Heard Gilmore came with her children to Georgia as she received two land grants in Burke County, Georgia in 1786 and 1788.
There was a very close connection between the Heards and Gilmores. They apparently traveled from Virginia to North Carolina to Georgia together. There are many, many marriages between Heards and Gilmores with the same given names being carried down to each generation and Gilmore and Heard being used as middle names. |
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