John Gilmore

1692 - 1759  (67 years)

• Name	John Gilmore  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	Aug 1692	Coleraine, Londonderry, Northern Ireland   [2]
  	(County Londonderry, Ireland)/(formerly County Derry in Ireland)
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	Abt 1700	Massachusetts, USA   [1, 3]
  	John Gilmore with Wife Agnes; Son Andrew; Son James; Son David; Daughter Agnes; Child Thankful; Daughter Nora/Colonial Massachusetts
  Death	10 Oct 1759	Kerr Creek, Augusta County, Virginia, USA   [2, 4]
  	Cause: Massacred by Shawnee Indians
  	John and Agnes were both killed in the Kerr Creek Massacre in Rockbridge County
  		News (Fatality)-GILMORE (Kerr Creek Massacre) Kerr Creek Massacre
  Burial	McKee Cemetery, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  		Historical Marker-Kerr's Creek Massacre Plaque marks the site of the first Kerr's Creek Massacre, 10 October 1759. The year, 1764, on the plaque is incorrect and is closer to the year of the second massacre occurring in July, 1763. + https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=107985
  Person ID	I22078	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Agnes Anderson Hamilton,   b. 11 Jan 1702, Coleraine, Londonderry, Northern Ireland d. 10 Oct 1759, Augusta County, Virginia, USA (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	11 Jan 1723	Coleraine, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
  	(formerly County Derry in Ireland)
  Children	1. James Gilmour, Sr,   b. Abt 1722, Coleraine, Londonderry, Northern Ireland d. Sep 1785, Augusta County, Virginia, USA (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F8574	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Aug 1692 - Coleraine, Londonderry, Northern Ireland Immigration - John Gilmore with Wife Agnes; Son Andrew; Son James; Son David; Daughter Agnes; Child Thankful; Daughter Nora/Colonial Massachusetts - Abt 1700 - Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 11 Jan 1723 - Coleraine, Londonderry, Northern Ireland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• News

  News (Fatality)-GILMORE (Kerr Creek Massacre) Kerr Creek Massacre

  
  

  Places

  Historical Marker-Kerr's Creek Massacre Plaque marks the site of the first Kerr's Creek Massacre, 10 October 1759. The year, 1764, on the plaque is incorrect and is closer to the year of the second massacre occurring in July, 1763. + https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=107985

  
  

• Sources

  [S582] Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1735-1795; Page Number: 13. [S7446] Find a Grave: GILMORE John (Indian Massacre-KIA) 1692-1759, John Gilmour Sr (KILLED IN ACTION). John Gilmore was born between 1690 - 1703 (dates vary) in current Northern Ireland or possibly "Coleraine, County Londonderry" (seek source). The Gilmore family was native to Scotland. John and his wife Agness "Anderson" (seek documentation of maiden name) left N. Ireland. They are believed to have settled in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, a Scots Irish settlement, in the early 1730's. They purchased 500 acres in then Augusta Co., Virginia on 22 Nov 1746, in another Scots Irish Settlement, where others from Lancaster Co. also settled. It was then on "Tees" creek and was later renamed, Kerrs Creek, which became Rockbridge Co., Virginia, as it is today. I understand that on 21 Nov 1745, John bought 500 acres on the north fork of Tees Creek from Benjamin Borden, Sr., in Augusta Co., Virginia Deed Book 1, p 220. Jerry & Joanne's Southern Connections list the source as Lyman Chalkey's book below, but it's not in Vol. 3, p 259, with the others. Chalkley skipped some records, maybe due to age. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156568832/john-gilmore [S582] Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), Place: Massachusetts; Year: 1700-1701; Page Number: 41. [S561] Ancestry.com, U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2014;). U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930