Burwell Gilliam (1720 - bef. 1800)

Born 9 Aug 1720 in Surry County, Virginia Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Johnson) Gilliam — married 1741 in Surry County, Virginia Colony

Descendants

Died before Sep 1800 before age 80 in Northampton, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Burwell Gilliam was a Virginia colonist.

Burwell was born in 1720 and died about 1800.

Burwell Gilliam married Ann Johnson, daughter of Moses Johnson who mentioned granddaughter Ann Gilliam, daughter of Burwell Gilliam, in his 1763 will in Sussex County.

Burwell and Ann sold all the land he inherited from his father, John Gilliam, to Waddell Johnson of St. Andrew’s Parish, Brunswick County, in 1763.

They were evidently preparing to move to North Carolina.

In the 1790 census Burwell was in Northampton, North Carolina, United States. ^[1]

Burwell left a will in Northampton County, N.C., naming children Adams Gilliam, Patty Folks, Frankie Gale, William, Wyatt, and Moses Gilliam, Nancy Norwood, Rebecca Alley, and grandson Burwell Gilliam, the son of Wyatt. His wife, Nancy, was an executor (will dated 13 Nov. 1799 and proved Sept. 1800). ^[2]

Timeline

Birth
9 Aug 1720 • Surry County, VA

Will of John Gilliam
9 Aug 1738 • Surry County, VA
Itum: I gieve & bequave to my Son Burrell all the Land I hold on the South side of the great branch next to Charles Maybreay containing about one hundred and fifty Acreys to him & his Heirs for ever allso I gieve to my Son Burrell one Negro Boy named Jimm

Land Processioning
8 Mar 1744 • Albemarle Parish, Surry County, VA
Land from mouth of Raccoon Swamp so to mouth of Little Swamp, thence up Little Swamp to Stoke's road, thence Stoak's Road to Hunting Quarter, then Hunting Quarter to Nottaway River, to the beginning: Col Benj Harrison, Chas Gillam . . . Burrell Gilliam

Marriage
abt 1744
Ann "Nancy" JOHNSON
(–1811)

Land Processioning
28 Jan 1748 • Albemarle Parish, Surry County, VA
Land from Isle of Whight line to Stoke's Road, from Little Swamp to Nottaway River up to mouth of Hunting Quarter Swamp: Charles Gillam, Burwell Gillam, Anselm Gillam in room of Sarah Gillam, Thos Dunn, Richard Felts, Ralph Magee, Charles Mannry . . .

Deed: Francis Hutchings to William Longbottom
16 May 1749 • Surry County, VA
20 pounds, 70 acres in Albemarle Parish and bounded by Racoon Swamp and Robert Webb, Jr. Sig: Francis [his X mark] Hutchings. Wit: Silvanus Stokes, Burrell Gillam, and Benjamin Wyche. Rec: 16 May 1749 ^[3]

Godparent to Niece Priscilla Gilliam, Daughter of Levi Gilliam
8 Apr 1750 • Albemarle Parish, Surry County, Colony of Virginia
Godparents: Burril Gilliam, Priscilla Loftin[?], Lydia Gilliam^[4]

Death of Fortune Gilliam
20 Oct 1753 • Sussex County, VA
Burwell Gilliam reported to Rev. Willie of Albemarle Parish that his grandmother Fortune Gilliam died 20 October 1753

County Formation
1753
Sussex County was formed from Surry County

Will of Walter Gilliam
28 Apr 1758 • Southampton County, VA
Wit: Burrell Gilliam, William Hutchings, Arthur Foster

Parish Register
7 Jan 1759 • Albemarle Parish, Sussex County, VA
__bbe, born 7 Jan 1759, Albemarle Parish, Surry County, VA Owner Burwell Gilliam, reported by Burwell Gilliam

Land Processioning
6 Aug 1759 • Nottoway Church, Albemarle Parish, Sussex County, VA
Hinchea Gilliam and Burrell Gilliam are appointed to process all the lands between Nottoway River, the Rackoon, and Hunting Quarter Swamps so along Loftin's Mill Path to the Little Swamp

Deed: Burrill Gilliam to Waddell Johnson
1763 • Sussex County, VA
Burwell and Ann sold all the land he inherited from his father, John Gilliam, to Waddell Johnson of St. Andrew’s Parish, Brunswick County. ^[5]

Will of William Jones
24 Sep 1784 • Northampton County, NC
. . . I give unto my son William Jones, a tract of land . . . in the fork of Cane Creek, as followeth, beginning at the head of Burwell Gilliam's spring branch, thence down the said branch to a north prong of Cane Creek . . . ^[6]

Taxes
1786 • Northampton County, NC
Burwell Gilliam, Northampton County, Lashley's District

Residence
1790 • Northampton, North Carolina, United States
Census

Will of William Folks
25 Aug 1795 • Northampton County, NC
Wits: John Rosser, Burrill GILLIAM Rec: December Court 1795 Northampton County, NC 1759-1808 ^[7]

Will of Burrell Gilliam
13 Nov 1799 • Northampton County, NC

Death
bef Sep 1800 • Northampton County, NC

Administration of Will of Burrell Gilliam
Mar 1814 • Northampton County, NC
Administration with will annexed grtd. to Joseph Norwood, Mar. Ct., 1814. Account of sale by the admr., June Ct., 1814. Estate ordered settled with the admr., Mar. Ct., 1816. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ 1790 Census: "United States Census, 1790", citing Page: 563; Affiliate Publication Number: M637; Line: 17367, FamilySearch Record: XHK1-DQ7 (accessed 3 November 2022) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYY8-34HG, Burwell Gilliam in Northampton, North Carolina, United States.
2. ↑ Southside Virginia Genealogies, John W. Pritchett, GENEALOGICAL PUBLISHING CO., INC. Baltimore, Maryland
3. ↑ Surry County, VA, Deed Book 5, page 391
4. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4C-2J
5. ↑ Sussex County Deed Book B, 1759-63, p. 413 .
6. ↑ Will Book 1, page 336
7. ↑ Genealogical Abstracts of Wills, Northampton County, NC, Will Book 2, page 94
8. ↑ Probate records, Northampton Co., NC, Mar. Ct., 1813, p 67.

• Southside Virginia Families, Volume 2 Author: John Bennett Boddie. Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com, 1966. Page 81 - 82.