GILLIAM/GILLAM/GILLUM GENEALOGY
Compiled by Glenn Gohr


The Gilliam Family can be found in colonial Virginia during the 1600s and 1700s, and I've found more than one branch of Gilliams who has married a Harris. The best source I've found regarding my earliest Gilliam ancestors has been The Douglas Register, a book found in most genealogy libraries with records kept by a Rev. Douglas who was over some of the Parishes where my Harris and Gilliam families lived. It includes the marriage of James Gilliam and Frances Hopkins and a number of other relatives in my line. It also has reference to my John Gilliam who married Sarah Farris/Ferris/Fairies.

Other spellings of the surname include GILLAM, GILLHAM, GUILLAUME, etc.

Here is my GILLIAM lineage (*Note that the generations prior to John Gilliam who married Sarah Farris are not proven to my satisfaction, although others have posted this possible lineage in various places on the internet):

  1. *William GILLAM, b.ca. 1608 England (Immigrated in 1635 to Virginia in the Constance) (not proven)
  2. *Jeffrey GILLAM (not proven)
  3. *Richard GILLIAM (GUILLAM), d. 15 Feb. 1713; md. Margaret ______, d. 12 Feb. 1728 (not proven)
  4. *John GILLIAM (GUILLAM), bapt. 25 Aug. 1687 New Kent Co., VA; md. unknown (not proven)
  5. John GILLIAM, b. 5 March 1712 New Kent Co., VA, d. 15 Sept. 1794 Goochland Co., VA; md. bef. 1750 possibly in Henrico Co., VA to Sarah FARRIS/Ferris/Fairies, d. 1807 Goochland Co., VA
  6. James GILLIAM, b. ca. 1750 Prince Edward Co., VA, d. 15 June 1821 Sumner Co., TN; md. 16 Dec. 1772 Goochland Co., VA to Frances HOPKINS, b. ca. 1750 Goochland Co., VA, d. 19 July 1823 Sumner Co., TN
  7. Martha Taylor GILLIAM, b. 3 Feb. 1786 Goochland Co., VA, d. 14 May 1860 Marshall Co., TN; md. 25 Dec. 1805 Prince Edward Co., VA to Gideon HARRIS, b. 30 July 1772 Prince Edward Co., VA, d. 26 Oct. 1860 Marshall Co., TN (both buried in HARRIS Family Cemetery in Marshall Co., TN)
  8. Gideon Lindsey HARRIS, b. 12 Dec. 1813 Wilson Co., TN, d. 11 March 1896 McNairy Co., TN (buried at Mars Hill Cemetery, McNairy Co., TN); md. 22 Nov. 1831 Maury Co., TN to Lucy Elizabeth LEDBETTER, b. 14 Dec. 1814 Chatham Co., NC, d. 11 April 1856 McNairy Co., TN (buried Ledbetter Cemetery, Hardin Co., TN)
  9. William Ashley HARRIS, b. 19 May 1849 Hardin Co., TN, d. 12 Mar. 1916 McNairy Co., TN; md. 18 Oct. 1868 McNairy Co., TN to Sarah Agatha LITTLEFIELD, b. 28 Oct. 1849 Jonesboro, MS, d. 7 Feb. 1940 Leapwood, McNairy Co., TN (both buried at Mars Hill Cemetery, McNairy Co., TN)
  10. James David HARRIS, b. 9 Jan. 1871 McNairy Co., TN, d. 22 Sept. 1938 Marlow, Stephens Co., OK (buried in Marlow Cemetery); md. 28 Oct. 1894 McNairy Co., TN to Docia Bell PYRON, b. 5 Oct. 1872 McNairy Co., TN, d. 1 Sept. 1944 Lyford, Willacy Co., TX (buried at Combes, Texas)
  11. William Earl HARRIS, b. 8 Aug. 1895 McNairy Co., TN, d. 5 Jan. 1967 Cortez, Montezuma Co., CO; md. 12 Dec. 1915 Parker Co., TX to Orpha Antonia Hazel GARVIN, b. 11 Nov. 1895 Jack Co., TX, d. 21 Dec. 1979 Cortez, Montezuma Co., CO *These are my grandparents.




If you have queries concerning the GILLIAM surname, you may post these at the Gilliam Family Genealogy List which is a part of the Rootsweb e-mail discussion lists. It offers free queries and discussion on the Gilliam surname and variant spellings. The list manager is Anna Hanson.

To subscribe, send an e-mail to: [email protected]
Leave subject line blank (This will be ignored).
In the body of the message type: subscribe

Then a welcome message will be sent telling how to post messages. Once you are subscribed, you may send a query to everyone on the list by sending e-mail to: [email protected]

Archived postings to the GILLIAM e-mail list can be found on the WEB at:

    https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/

When prompted, type in GILLIAM for the name of the list. A second screen will appear where you can choose a year and type in a search word(s). If you type in GILLIAM you would probably get all the previous postings to the list. You can also type in a person's name instead or a locality to narrow your search. If you wish to do a search by date, try entering it in quotation marks with the day and then the month as "01 Mar" using single digit dates preceded by a zero and only the first three letters of the month.




Also, if interested in the variant spelling of GILLAM, there is a separate surname list for the GILLAM spelling. That e-mail discussion list is also managed by Rootsweb and the list manager is Mary A. Old.

To subscribe, send an e-mail to: [email protected]
Leave subject line blank (This will be ignored).
In the body of the message type: subscribe

Then a welcome message will be sent telling how to post messages. Once you are subscribed, you may send a query to everyone on the list by sending e-mail to: [email protected]



ROOTSWEB GILLIAM MESSAGE BOARDS

There are several Message Boards on Rootsweb which are set up for the GILLIAM surname. These boards are for posting information in the following categories: BIBLE, BIOGRAPHY, BIRTH, CEMETERY, CENSUS, DEATH, DEED, IMMIGRATION, LOOKUP, MARRIAGE, MILITARY, OBITUARY, PENSION, QUERIES, and WILLS. The search perameters and drop down screen on the main page allow you to do a key word search or to view all postings according to one of the above categories. Click on the icon below to access the Gilliam Message Boards.

Query Post a query (or information from any one of the above categories) on any GILLIAM name or related family. Please give dates, and locations they lived. Try to give as much information as possible.


An online genealogy forum for posting queries has also been set up specifically for the GILLIAM family on GenForum. It can be found at the following address:

    http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/gilliam


An online genealogy forum for posting queries has also been set up specifically for the GILLAM family on GenForum. It can be found at the following address:

    http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/gillam


An online genealogy forum for posting queries has also been set up specifically for the GILLUM family on GenForum. It can be found at the following address:

    http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/gillum

***Note***During the Fall of 1998, GenForum combined with Family Tree Maker, which means that all queries and information posted to that site becomes the property of Family Tree Maker. This is still a good site to look up information and get contact names for the GILLIAM/GILLAM/GILLUM lines you are searching, but be advised that if you now post a new query or a response to something on that site, chances are that sometime in the future Family Tree Maker will include that information on a CD-ROM which they will sell for profit to anyone who is interested. I do not like the idea of someone else using my hard researched information and ideas and selling them for a profit without my knowledge. This same practice is evident on all of the Family Tree Maker pages which are found on the internet, if you will read the disclaimer notices on those pages. I recommend the Family Tree Maker pages as good look up pages, but I don't recommend posting information there. Similar things can be said for Ancestry.com and MyFamily.com which are connected to each other and seek to make a profit from genealogical materials on the internet.



Mary A. Old also publishes a quarterly newsletter called Gillams Galore which covers all Gillam/Gilliam/Gillham families in the U.S. and Canada.


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Last updated November 10, 2004.


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