David Gillespie (surveyor)
David Gillespie | |
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| North Carolina Councilor of State | |
| In office December 6, 1817 – December 1824 | |
| Member of the North Carolina House of Commons from Bladen County | |
| In office November 16, 1812 – December 25, 1813 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Brown James Owen |
| Succeeded by | James J. Cummings John Sellers |
| In office November 16, 1807 – December 18, 1807 | |
| Preceded by | Amos Richardson |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Brown James Owen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 5, 1774 Duplin County, Province of North Carolina |
| Died | September 28, 1829 (aged 55) Bladen County, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Burial place | Carvers, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
| Spouse |
Sarah Street (m. 1802) |
| Children | 12 |
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| Alma mater | University of North Carolina |
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| Military service | |
| Branch/service | U.S. Army North Carolina militia |
| Rank | Second Major |
| Unit | First Brigade, 4th Regiment |
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David B. Gillespie (April 5, 1774 – September 28, 1829) was an American land surveyor and politician. He was the first person granted a document in the nature of a diploma from what is today the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received the document prior to leaving the university in 1796 to assist the astronomer Andrew Ellicott with determining the Southern boundary of the United States after the 1795 Treaty of San Lorenzo with Spain. Gillespie was a member of the North Carolina House of Commons from Bladen County, served on the North Carolina Council of State, and in the North Carolina militia as a second major in the War of 1812.