Isaac Gillham Sr. (1757 - 1845)

Born 10 Nov 1757 in Great Calf Pasture, Augusta County, Virginia Colony

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Died 16 Sep 1845 at age 87 in Wanda, Madison County, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Isaac Gillham, son of Thomas Gillham Sr. moved to Illinois along with several of his brothers from South Carolina after the Revolutionary War around the turn of the century. Isaac Gillham married Jane Kirkpatrick. ^[1] He settled in the Nameoki Township of Madison County, Illinois and his children were Thomas, William, John, James, Isaac Jr., Margaret, Susan and Jane. ^[2]

Isaac Gillham's revolutionary war application can be found on the National Archives (NARA) website here: NARA RECORD: eRevolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,270, Isaac Gillham, S.C. . Others named in his pension application paperwork include William Gillham Esq. (abt.1751-1825), John Gillham (1756-1834), Thomas Gillham Jr. (1749-1828), and others.

Isaac's death notice was published in the Alton Weekly Telegraph newspaper of Alton, Illinois dated Saturday, March 15, 1845, on Page 3 which is before the date of death on his grave marker. Newspapers Clip: 131429776 ^[3]

Transcription of Death Notice: "We regret to notice the death of Mr. Isaac Gillham - another of the Gillham family, in the American Bottom, in this county. This makes the fourth brother that has been carried off within a few months. They were among the oldest settles in the county, and justly esteemed as among our worthiest and most respectable citizens"

Research Notes

Isaac Gillham stated he was born 10 Nov 1757 in his pension application.

His grave marker, placed by Daughters of the American Revolution as a memorial many years after his death, gives birth date as 17 October 1757. ^[4]

Even if Isaac had given his modern Gregorian calendar birth date, the Julian calendar birth date would be 30 October 1757, not 17 October 1757.

Sources

1. ↑ *Charles Springer of Cranehook-on-the-Delaware : his descendants and allied families; Springer, Jessie Evelyn, Edwardsville, Illinois: [1959]; Chapter XIV: The Gillham Family in America (Page 274); Internet Archive; Available at: https://archive.org/details/charlesspringero00spri
2. ↑ "Nameoki Township" (no date). Madison County ILGenWeb; Whalen-family.org. Bev Bauser, Coordinator. Available at: https://ilmadison.whalen-family.org/townships/nameoki_township.html (Accessed: May 16, 2023).
3. ↑ Death Notice: Alton Weekly Telegraph, March 15, 1845, Page 3. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/alton-weekly-telegraph-death-of-isaac-gi/131429776/ : accessed September 11, 2023), clip page for Death of Isaac Gillham (1757-1845) by user kristina_morsman
4. ↑ * Burial: "Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots", Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; Volume: 2; Serial: 12842-2; Volume: 3, Ancestry Record 4110 #20820 (accessed 30 September 2023), Name: Isaac Gillham; Cemetery: Wanda Cem; Location: South Roxann, Madison Co IL 67.

• 1790 Census: "1790 United States Federal Census", The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: York, South Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 11; Page: 199; Family History Library Film: 0568151, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 5058 #395371 (accessed 28 September 2023), Name: Isaac Gillham; Home in 1790 (City, County, State): York, South Carolina; Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1; Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 3; Free White Persons - Females: 3; Number of Household Members: 7.
• 1800 Census: "U.S., Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820", Document: Territorial Papers of the US; Volume Number: Vol 7; Page Number: 144; Family Number: 80, Ancestry Record 2234 #14941 (accessed 28 September 2023), Name: Isaac Gillham; Gender: M (Male); State: Illinois; Locality: Indiana Territory; County: Randolph or St Clair County; Residence Year: 1800; Household Remarks: Name on memorial to Congress, referred 9 Nov 1803, by inhabitants of St. Clair and Randolph Counties seeking (in light of the new Louisiana Purchase) to be divided from the Indiana Territory and made.
• Graves, Will, "Pension Application of Isaac Gillham S32270", Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements (Online: revwarapps.org, 2012)
• Klingel, Charles, "Grave marker for Isaac Gillham", JPEG image, Find A Grave (Online: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2012), [Original grave marker located Wanda Cemetery, South Roxana, Illinois, USA]
• Lineage Book: "North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000", Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 142 : 1918, Page 103; Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61157 #3606695 (accessed 19 October 2023), Name: Isaac Gillham; Gender: Male; Age: 88; Birth Date: 1757; Birth Place: Augusta County, VA; First Marriage Date: 1786; Death Date: 1845; Death Place: Madison County, Ill; Spouse: Jane Kirkpatrick; Child: James Gillham.
• Gillham, W. Clark, "The Family of Thomas Gillham", microfilm 1321309 Item 5, (Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1986)
• https://ilmadison.whalen-family.org/townships/nameoki_township.html
• Military: "U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900", Original data: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1995 #69477 (accessed 28 September 2023), Name: Isaac Gillham; Pension Year: 1833; Application State: Illinois; Applicant Designation: Survivor's Pension Application File; Archive Publication Number: M804; Archive Roll Number: 1075; Total Pages in Packet: 31.
• Military: "U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872", The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 8, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1116 #33304 (accessed 30 September 2023), Name: Isaac Gillham; Year range: 1831-1848; Pension Office Place: Illinois, USA.