John Gillham (1756 - 1834)

Born 4 Jan 1756 in Calf Pasture, Augusta County, Virginia Colony

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Died 13 Dec 1834 at age 78 in South Roxana, Madison, Illinois, United States of America

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Biography

Lieutenant John Gillham served with South Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

John Gillham is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A044758.

John Gill(h)am is DAR Patriot Ancestor #: A044758. He served as a Lieutenant with Colonel Thomas Brandon and Lt Colonel Wm Farr in the South Carolina Militia. His Birth: 1-4-1756 Augusta County, Virginia. His Death: 12-13-1834. His Pension Number: *S32269. His Spouse: Sarah Clark. Children in file: James who m. Polly Good; John who m. Phebe Dunnagan; Ryderus C who m. 1) Susannah Brown 2) Loruhama Patterson Stockton.^[1]

Children listed on Find A Grave:

1. Margaret Gillham Brown 1776–1851
2. Ann Gillham Dunnagan 1778–1838
3. James Harvey Gillham 1781–1867
4. Ryderus Clark Gillham 1783–1846
5. Sarah Gillham Brown 1787 – unknown
6. Charles Gillham 1789–1849
7. Mary Gillham Cox 1795–1848
8. Elizabeth Gillham Cox 1795–1852
9. John Gillham 1798–1835
10. William Gillham 1802–1854. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 14 March 2021), "Record of John Gillham", Ancestor # A044758.
2. ↑ Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=5085687&PIpi=383703

• Graves, Will, "Pension Application of John Gillham S32269", Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements (Online: http://revwarapps.org, 2012), <http://revwarapps.org/s32270.pdf>
• Klingel, Charles, "Grave marker for John Gillham", FindAGrave (Online: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2012), [Original grave marker located Wanda Cemetery, South Roxana, Illinois, USA],
• Gillham, W. Clark, "The Family of Thomas Gillham", microfilm #1321309 Item 5, (Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1986)
• Charles Springer of Cranehook-on-the-Delaware : his descendants and allied families; Springer, Jessie Evelyn, Edwardsville, Illinois: [1959]; Chapter XIII (Page 245) & Chapter XIV: The Gillham Family in America (Page 271-288); Internet Archive; Available at: https://archive.org/details/charlesspringero00spri
• Our 150 years, 1812-1962 : in commemoration of the Madison County Sesquicentennial; [1962]. Flagg, James S; Edwardsville, Ill. : East 10 Publishing Co., Inc. (Page 9) Available at: https://archive.org/details/our150years1812100flag (Accessed: May 14, 2023).
• https://ilmadison.whalen-family.org/county_history/county_history.html