Legacy
Giles married twice; first, Martha Peyton Tabb, in 1797; he built his 28-room house, "The Wigwam," for her. After she died in 1808, he married Frances Ann Gwynn in 1810. His surviving children, one son and two daughters, appear to have been from the second marriage.
Counties in two states were named in his honor. One in the state of Virginia, Giles County, Virginia, and one in the state of Tennessee, Giles County, Tennessee.
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