Generation No. 1

1. JOHN HOPKINS³ GILLIAM (JAMES², JOHN¹) was born Bet. 1774 - 1775 in VA, and died Bef. May 1840 in Sumner Co. , TN. He married LUCY BENNETT October 03, 1805 in Prince Edward Co., VA, daughter of WILLIAM BENNETT and CATHERINE BARNETT.

   Notes for JOHN HOPKINS GILLIAM:
   3 Oct 1805 - Prince Edward Co., VA - John H. Gilliam married Lucy Bennett, dau of William Bennett
   1810-1816 - John and Lucy lived in Prince Edward Co., VA
   1818 Sumner Co., TN Tax List - John Gilliam - no land
   18 May 1818 - Sumner Co., TN - John Gilliam purchased 127 acres on Trammell Creek from Elisha Marcum
   1819 Sumner Co., TN Tax List - John Gilliam - 127 acres and 8 poles on Waters of Trammell
   1820 Sumner Co., TN Tax List - John Gilliam - 127 acres on Trammel Creek
   1820 Sumner Co., TN Census - 1M45+, 1M10-16, 3M0-10, 1F26-45, 1F0-10, 2 slaves
   1821 Sumner Co., TN Tax List - John Gillom - 127 acres Trammel Creek
   1824 Sumner Co., TN Tax List - John Gilliam - 127 acres - 0 white, 1 black
   1830 Sumner Co., TN Census - John Gilliam - 1M20-30, 1M15-20, 1M10-15, 2M5-10, 1F40-50, 1F20-30, 1F15-20, 1F0-5, 3 slaves
   1838 Sumner Co., TN Tax List - John Gilliam 200 acres, 1 slave
   27 Jan 1840 - Sumner Co., TN - John H. Gilliam's noncuperative will was written, naming his wife, Lucy, and "my children" (not named).
   1 May 1840 - Sumner Co., TN - Estate sale for John H. Gilliam, Decd. His son, James Gilliam, was administrator of his estate.
   1840 Sumner Co., TN Census - John Gilliam had died prior to date of census. This is his household. 2M20-30, 1M15-20, 1M5-10, 1F30-40, 1F20-30, 1F10-15
   1850 Sumner Co., TN Census - Lucy Gilliam and her two youngest children, Barnet H. and Lucy Ann Gilliam, were living District 15 next dwelling to John's brother, Stephen Gilliam. Lucy Gilliam, widow, 891-382, Farmer, $300.
   March 1852 - Siloam Baptist Church membership lists shows this as the death date of Lucy Gilliam.
   1857 - Sumner Co., TN - The land belonging to John H. and Lucy (Bennett) Gilliam, both deceased, was sold by their heirs. Most of their living children and the children of their deceased son signed the deed.

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   Children of JOHN GILLIAM and LUCY BENNETT are:

   1. CATHERINE L. ⁴ GILLIAM, b. Abt. 1806, VA; d. Aft. 1870, Living Richmond Station, Sumner, TN; m. BALES, Abt. 1831, Prob Sumner Co. , TN.
   2. WILLIAM BENNETT GILLIAM, b. Bet. 1806 - 1810, VA; d. November 16, 1836, Seminole War; m. LUCINDA F. DAVIS, July 21, 1832, Sumner Co. , TN.

      Notes for WILLIAM BENNETT GILLIAM:
      William Bennett Gilliam, son of John H. and Lucy Bennett Gilliam, served in the Seminole War ( Old Sumner by Walter Durham). Relatives said he died on 16 Nov 1836 in the Creek Wars. This was probably the Seminole War. William Gilliam is listed on Seminole War Muster Roll of Captain Joseph G. Meador Company of the Second Regiment, First Brigade of Tennessee Mounted Militia, commanded by William Trousdale, and ordered into service of the United States from the 15th day of June 1836 to 14 January 1837. His brother John Gilliam was also listed on this muster roll.

      William's sons, M.P. and W.T. Gilliam, signed the estate deed of John H. and Lucy Bennett Gilliam, in 1857 in Sumner County, Tennessee, on behalf of William's share of his parents' estate.

      Washington Thompson Gilliam was listed on the 1858 Allen Co., KY tax list as having 1 hog valued at $100, $25 gold, and two cows. He was on the 1859 tax list, same county, with 1 hog valued at $175 and 1 Jenny valued at $200.

   3. FRANCES H. GILLIAM, b. Bet. 1810 - 1815, VA; d. Bef. 1857; m. ISAAC SULLIVAN, April 07, 1832, Sumner Co. , TN.

      Notes for FRANCES H. GILLIAM:
      Frances did not sign the 1857 deed as an heir of John H. and Lucy Bennett Gilliam. Apparently other heirs did not sign also. In 1834 Isaac Sullivan made several purchases from the estate sale of John's parents, James and Frances Hopkins Gilliam. Frances is obviously a granddaughter of James and Frances, and John is the only son who could be her father.

   4. JAMES GILLIAM, b. March 06, 1812, Probably Prince Edward Co., VA; d. December 25, 1859, Trammel, Allen Co., KY; m. (1) ELIZA DAVIS, April 22, 1830, Sumner County, TN - 1st wife; m. (2) JANE MARKUM, December 31, 1851, Allen Co., KY.

      Notes for JAMES GILLIAM:
      1830, Apr 22 - James Webb, son of Mary Gilliam Webb, witnessed their marriage in Sumner Co., TN
      1830 Sumner Co., TN census
      1836 - James Gilliam was in Seminole-Creek Indian War - Applied for bounty land in Allen Co., KY
      1840 - Allen Co., KY census
      1841 - James on tax list living Middlefork, Butlersville District, Allen, KY
      1847-1848 - James owned land with Richard B. Gilliam in Allen Co., KY
      1850 - Allen Co., KY census
      1851, Dec. 31 - James md. as his second wife, Jane Markum in Allen Co., KY
      1855-1856 - Todd Co., KY
      1858, Allen Co., KY tax list - 1 horse, 2 cows, 1 hog
      1860 - Jane and three daughters on Allen Co., KY census with John & Eliz. Wadkins household
      1870 - Jane and Eliza in Butlersville District, Allen Co., KY

   5. JOHN RICE GILLIAM, b. August 30, 1815, Prince Edward Co., VA; d. May 30, 1887, Pleasant Grove Cem., Sumner Co, TN; m. SARAH EDYTHE ROBERTSON, January 26, 1846, Sumner Co. , TN.

      Notes for JOHN RICE GILLIAM:
      1836, June 15 to January 14, 1837, Muster Roll of Captain Joseph G. Meador Company of the Second Regiment, First Brigade of Tenenssee Mounted Militia, commanded by Col. Wm. Trousdale. Seminole War - Sumner Co., TN - John Gilliam and William Gilliam listed.
      1838 - Sumner Co., TN tax list - 0 land, 1 poll
      1849, Sep 27 - Bought 55 acres on Waldron's Branch, Big Trammel, Sumner co., TN
      1850 - Bought 55 acres from Wm. Foster - Sumner Co., TN
      1850 - Sumner Co., TN census 887-318, Farmer $300 - lived 3rd house from Stephen R. Gilliam and 4th house from his mother, Lucy Gilliam
      1852, August 14 - Bought 46 3/4 acres in Sumner Co., TN
      1856, Feb. 19, on jury in Sumner Co., TN
      1860 - Sumner Co., Tn census #974
      1870 - Sumner Co., TN census, Richland Station, District 15, Farmer #120
      1880 - Sumner Co., TN census - #192, D. 12, 217-228, p. 25
      See Nimmo's History, p. 2

   6. LAFAYETTE W. GILLIAM, b. January 25, 1818, Sumner Co. , TN; d. January 06, 1892, Carter Cem., Bethpage, Sumner, TN; m. MARTHA E. MEADOR, September 21, 1841, Sumner County, TN.

      Notes for LAFAYETTE W. GILLIAM:
      1850 - Sumner Co., TN census - 698-354 Farmer
      1850 Sep. - Martha Gilliam joined Siloam Baptist Church
      1855-1861 - L.W. Gilliam on jury in Sumner Co., TN
      1867, July - L.W., Martha E., Mary F., L. Jane, and B.H. Gilliam were charter members of Bledsoe Creek Baptist Church located at Bransford, Sumner Co., TN.
      1870 - Sumner Co. TN census - 13th District, Gallatin - 80-80
      1874, Dec - J.P. Gilliam made profession of faith at Friendship Church at Trousdale, TN. John Phillip Gilliam was later a Primitive Baptist preacher (Kay Brown (Mrs. D.C.) of Ft. Worth, TX.
      History of Middle Tennessee Baptists, p. 456

   7. RICHARD B. GILLIAM, b. Abt. 1820, TN; d. 1874, Todd Co, KY; m. LOUISA E. CARPENTER, June 08, 1842, Sumner Co. , TN.

      Notes for RICHARD B. GILLIAM:
      1847 - Richard B. Gilliam jointly owned land with James Gilliam in Allen Co., KY
      1850 - Allen Co., KY census - p. 172, 1003/1013 - Farmer
      1860 - Todd Co., KY census, p. 163, 833/1144 - Farmer
      1870 - Todd Co., KY census, Sharon Grove, 4 Oct 1870, #11
      1880 - Todd Co., KY census - Louisa, widow #174, 18 Jun 1880
      1900 - Todd Co., KY census - Richard's children listed
      1900 - Todd Co,. KY census - Who is Ramner Gilliam, age 22, (b mar 1878) and wife, Mary E., age 19?

   8. BARNET H. GILLIAM, b. November 11, 1824, Sumner Co, TN; d. December 27, 1894, Carter Cem., Sumner Co. , TN; m. MARY E. TALLEY, January 21, 1858, Sumner County, TN.

      Notes for BARNET H. GILLIAM:
      1843, August - Barnet Gilliam joined Siloam Baptist Church, Macon Co., TN
      1850 - Sumner Co., TN census - Barnet living with his mother, Lucy Gilliam.
      1860 - Sumner Co., TN census, p. 91, 623, Farmer $900, $370
      1867, Sep 7 - B.H. Gilliam, charter member of Bledsoe Creek Baptist Church, Bransford, Sumner, TN
      1868, Jun 4 - James Talley sold 52 acres to Barnett Gilliam on Bledsoe Creek, Sumner Co., TN
      1870 - Sumner Co., TN census 162/162, District 13 on 22 Aug 1870
      1880 - Sumner Co., TN census p. 30, District 11 on June 23, 1880
      1895, November 21 - James L. and L.G. Gilliam sold one-half interest in 202 acres on Bledsoe Creek to Wm. B. Gilliam.

   9. LUCY ANN GILLIAM, b. Abt. 1826, Sumner Co., TN; d. Bef. 1870, Prob. Sumner Co., TN; m. EDWARD T. DUFFER, Bef. 1857, Prob Sumner Co., TN.

      Notes for EDWARD T. DUFFER: See Duffer file