St. Clair County People of Interest
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DR. TAYLOR GARDNER GILLIAM (1790 – 1853/56)
First Justice of the Peace for Sumner Co., TN. Listed on 1850 St. Clair Co., MO
Census as a physician.
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1819 Taxable Property List, Sumner Co., TN:
Tailor G. Gilliam
1821 Taxable Property List, Sumner Co., TN:
Taylor Gillum
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1838 Scholastic Population, Sumner Co., TN:
Common School Commission, District No. 15
Taylor G. Gilliam, 4 children
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1830 Sumner Co., TN Census;
Taylor G. Gillum
Males: 2 under age 5; 1 age 30-40
Females: 1 under age 5; 2 age 5-10; 1 age 15-20; 1 age 20-30
1840 Sumner Co., TN Census:
Taylor Gilliam
Males: 2 under age 5; 2 age 10-15; 1 age 40-50
Females: 1 age 5-10; 1 age 10-15; 2 age 15-20; 1 age 30-40
Male slaves: 1 age 19-24
Female slaves: 1 age 10-24; 1 age 55-100
Agriculture: 4 in household
1850 St. Clair Co., MO Census – District No. 79 Being:
Line 28, 2 October
318/318 Taylor G. Gilliam, age 53, male, Physician, $5011 real estate, born VA
Mary, age 49, female, born VA
Thosi G., age 25, male, farmer, born TN
James M., age 22, male, farmer, born TN
Mary Ann J., age 17, female, born TN, attended school
Jonathan W., age 13, male, born TN, attended school
Wm. C.B., age 11, male, born TN, attended school
Taylor W., age 8, male, born TN
James T. Turner, age 5, male, born TN
Mary M. Turner, age 2, female, born MO
1850 St. Clair Co., MO Slave Schedule:
Page 5, Column 2, Line 21
Taylor G. Gilliam
1 28 year old black male
1 20 year old black female
1 14 year old black female
1 11 year old black female
1860 St. Clair Co., MO Census – Monegaw Township:
Page 152, Line 12, 13 September, Monegaw Post Office
1067/1018 Elizabeth W. Gilliam, age 55, female, farmer, $1500 real estate, $150
personal estate, born VA
James E. Patterson, age 24, male, laborer, $300 personal, born MO
George G. Matlock, age 8, male, born MO, attended school
1860 Yolo Co., CA Census – Cottonwood Twp.:
Page 107, line 40, 17 July, Buckeye Post Office
857/857 J.W. Gilliam, age 22, male, farmer, born TN
Thomas Gilliam, age 33, male, farmer, $200 real estate, $1535 personal, born TN
1870 St. Clair Co., MO Census - Chalk Level Township:
Page 7, Line 2, 23 June, Taberville Post Office
39/39 Turner, Rebecca, age 48, white female, keeping house, $1500 real estate,
$433 personal estate, born TN
Benjamin, age 18, white male, works on farm, born MO, attended school
Gustaves, age 14, white male, born MO, attended school
Wm., age 12, white male, born MO, attended school
Newman, Huf., age 38, white male, farm hand, $830 personal, born TN, over age 21
Geo., age 70, white male, farmer, born VA
Powhattan, age 35, white male, born TN, over age 21
Nancy, age 70, white female, keeping house, born TN
Elizabeth, age 26, white female, house work, born TN
Leticia, age 24, white female, born TN
1870 Blanco Co., TX Census – Precinct No. 2:
Page 19, 10 & 11 August, Westbrook Post Office
132/131 William Gilliam, age 30, white male, farmer, $400 real estate, $447
personal estate, born TN, over age 21
Lydia, age 26, white female, keeping house, born OH
John, age 3, white male, born TX
Thomas, age 8/12, white male, born TX, born in November
1880 St. Clair Co., MO Census – Monegan Township:
Dist. 6, ED 229, Page 11, 23 June
89/93 Turner, Rebecca, white female, age 60, widowed, born TN, both parents born
NC
Benjamin, white male, age 28, son, married, farmer, born MO, both parents born
TN
William, white male, age 21, son, single, farmer, born MO, both parents born TN
Louan, white female, age 23, daughter-in-law, married, keeping house, born MO,
both parents born MO
Charles, white male, age 4, grandson, born MO, both parents born MO
1880 Tehama Co., CA Census – Paskenta Township:
Dist. 3, ED 146, Page 14, Line 17, 19 & 20 June
111/117 Gilliam, William C.B., white male, age 40, married, farmer, born TN,
parents born VA
Lydia C., white female, age 36, wife, married, keeping house, born MO, father
born VA, mother born MO
James M., white male, age 13, son, attended school, born TN, father born TN,
mother born MO
Thomas W.G., white male, age 11, son, single, attended school, born TX, father
born TN, mother born MO
1910 Grayson Co., TX Census – Precinct 2:
Dist. 4, ED 75, Page 7A, 23 April
Living on Denison and Bonham Rd.
116/118 Gilliam, Thomas W., head, white male, age 40, married 13 years, 1st
marriage, born TX, both parents born MO, speaks English, farmer, general
farming, can read & write, renting farm, farm # 102
Fannie A., wife, white female, age 32, married 13 years, 1st marriage, 4
children, 2 living, born VA, both parents born VA, speaks English, no
occupation, can read & write
William W., son, white male, age 10, single, born TX, father born TX, mother
born VA, speaks English, farm laborer, home farm, can read & write
Ollie L., daughter, white female, age 8, single, born TX, father born TX, mother
born VA, speaks English, no occupation, attended school
Gilliam, Basil, nephew, white male, age 18, single, born TX, both parents born
TX, speaks English, farm laborer, home farm, can read & write, not attending
school
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Family Search Ancestral Files:
Taylor G. Gilliam, born @1798 Powhatan, Virginia; son of James & Francis
(Hopkins) Gilliam. Married Mary Meador on 10 July 1820 Powhatan, Virginia.
Taylor Gardner Gilliam, born @ 1790 Virginia; died 1853/1856 Osceola, St. Clair
Co., Missouri. Buried Osceola, St. Clair Co., Missouri.
Married 10 Jul 1820 Sumner Co, Tennessee to Mary Meador.
Parents: James & Frances (Hopkins) Gilliam.
Wife's Name: Mary Meador, born 1801 Cumberland Co., Virginia; died 1850 Osceola,
St. Clair Co., Missouri. Buried St. Clair Co., Missouri.
Parents: Thomas S. & Frances (Gilmore) Meador.
Children:
1. Frances A., born @1819 Sumner Co., TN.
2. Emily Ann, born @1821 Sumner Co., TN; died 1847/1850 St. Clair Co., MO.
3. Malvina Louisa, born @1823 Sumner Co., TN.
4. Thomas G., born @1825 Sumner Co., TN.
5. James M., born @1828 Sumner Co., TN.
6. Mary Ann J., born @1833 Sumner Co., TN.
7. Jonathan W., born @1837 Sumner Co., TN.
8. William C. B., born @1839 Sumner Co., TN.
9. Taylor W., born @1842 Sumner Co., TN.
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Rootsweb:
Emily Ann Gilliam - daughter of Taylor Gardner and Mary Meador Gilliam; married
Martin D. Turner, son of Yancy and Mary Dillon Turner. When Emily died 6 Feb
1849 in Osceola, MO, Martin D. married a Rebecca Terry in 1850/1851, possible
connection to the Gilliam family also. Rebecca & three boys are on 1870 census
of Chalk Level Twp St. Clair Co., MO. She is 48, children age 18, 14, 12, born
in MO. This is probably Rebecca Terry Turner in Monegaw, St. Clair Co., MO 1880
census.
Taylor Gardner Gilliam, born @1790 in Prince Edward Co., Virginia; died @1855 in
Osceola, St. Clair Co., Missouri.
Father: James Gilliam, born 1750 in Goochland Parish, Pawhatan Co., Virginia.
Mother: Frances Hopkins, born 1754 in Goochland Parish, Pawhatan Co, Virginia.
Marriage 1 - Martha E. Meador, born 1801 in Cumberland Co., Virginia;
married 10 JUL 1820 in Sumner County, Tennessee.
Children:
Frances A. Gilliam, born @1820 in Sumner Co., Tennessee.
Emily Ann Gilliam, born 9 SEP 1823 in Sumner Co., Tennessee.
Malvina Louisa Gilliam, born @1823 in Sumner Co., Tennessee.
Thomas G. Gilliam, born @1825 in Sumner Co., Tennessee.
James M. Gilliam, born @1828 in Sumner Co., Tennessee.
Mary Ann J. Gilliam, born @1833 in Sumner Co., Tennessee.
Jonathan W. Gilliam, born @1837 in Sumner Co., Tennessee.
William C. B. Gilliam, born @1839 in Sumner Co., Tennessee.
Taylor W. Gilliam, born @1842 in Sumner Co., Tennessee.
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James and Frances Hopkins GILLIAM, by Nancy Webb Wood:
Taylor Gardner Gilliam, born @1797 VA, died 1853-6 Osceola, St. Clair, MO,
married Mary Meador on 10 Jul 1820 Sumner Co., TN.
Taylor G. Gilliam was the first Justice of Peace for Macon County, Tennessee,
which was established from Smith and Sumner Counties.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/gilliam2.htm
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International Genealogical Index:
Thomas G. Gilliam – Elizabeth P. Terry, 14 April 1870 St. Clair Co., MO. Batch
M515161
William Gilliam – Lyddia Beaver, 15 April 1866, St. Clair Co., MO. Batch M515161
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St. Clair Co., MO Cemetery Records:
Terry/Shoemaker Cemetery
Gilliam, Elizabeth D., born @1824; no death date.
Gilliam, Mary F., born @1852; no death date.
Gilliam, Maud, (SH&SG), no date of birth; died 1880.
Gilliam, Sarah Frances, born @1859, died September 1929.
Gilliam, Sarah P., born @1838; no death date.
Benton Green Cemetery
Gilliam, Mellissa J., born 1862, died 1941.
Gilliam, William, born 1839, died 1923.
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