The Prestons, Johnsons, Dosses & Nulls, KY, OH, VA, and WV:Information about NATHAN (NATHANIAL) GILLILAND
NATHAN (NATHANIAL) GILLILAND (b. Abt. 1720, d. Aft. 1773)
Notes for NATHAN (NATHANIAL) GILLILAND:
ource: http://users.boardnation.com/~gillilandtrails/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=25
Here's a no-frills picture of my Gilliland line.
1. John or James Gilliland, born in Scotland abt 1638, is purported to be the first direct Gilliland ancestor of my line. (Unverified)
2. Then comes his son John Gilliland, born abt 1665; in 1685 John marries Agnes Craig (b 1670a) of Saltcoats, Ayreshire, Scotland.
3. Their son Samuel is born in 1694 in Scotland. Samuel marries Elizabeth Smith (exact date unknown).
4. The Gilliland family is then "resettled", along with so many other lowland Scots, to Northern Ireland where son Nathan Gilliland is born 1720-25.
After Nathan's birth the Gillilands leave for America, arriving first in PA then migrating down the Old Wagon Road to Augusta County, VA. Some have estimated the date of this emigration from Ireland to be around 1730.
5. Nathan is recorded as having married a Jane Donahue in Augusta Co, VA sometime before 1749 (probably 1745).
6. The next Samuel Gilliland, born abt 1750, is a son of Nathan and Jane. In 1775 he marries Elizabeth Jane Edmonston (b 1750 or 54) in Bath, Virginia.
Samuel and Elizabeth give birth to yet another Samuel Gilliland, born 1787 in Greenbrier, VA. (Now WV)
7. Samuel 1787 marries Sarah Krouskop, (b 1796) in Pickaway County, Ohio in 1813.
8. George Gilliland is the son of Samuel and Sarah. He is born 1/7/1814 in Pickaway, Oh and marries Julina Canter (b 1818 in Jackson County), daughter of John Canter and Barbara Walls, in 1837.
9. Among George and Julina's children is Washington A. Gilliland, my great-grandfather, born 1841 in Jackson County, OH. Washington marries Huldah Elizabeth Brown (b 1846) in 1867. Their children were Jennie, George Franklin, Charles (Charley) and Aida.
10. George Franklin Gilliland (b. 1871) is my grandfather; he moved to Scioto County and married Mary Dice. Their children were Warren, Helen, Margaret and my own mother, Thelma Gilliland.
And there you have it. The broader picture is too much of a tome to post here but hopefully in the not-too-distant future I'll add a feature where we can post family tree files. In the meanwhile, please feel free to provide a brief background of your own Gilliland family tree.
NATHAN APPEARS IN THE AUGUSTA CO, VA RECORDS IN 1751 WHEN HE
BOUGHT 383.5 ACRES OF LAND FROM JOHN LYNN WHICH LYNN PATENTED
IN 1749 FROM THE BEVERLY PATENT. IN 1764 NATHAN PAID TITHE ON
AN ADDITIONAL 332.5 ACRES OF LAND. HE LAST APPEARS IN THE
COUNTY RECORDS ON MAY 18, 1783 WHERE IT IS NOTED THAT HE IS
ABOUT TO MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY. THIS APPARENTLY IS WHEN HE
LEFT FOR GREENBRIAR COUNTY. SOUCE--GILLILAND HISTORY BY SYLVIA
YOUNG, SELF PUBLISHED IN 1976, MOLINE, ILL.
REFN: 601
LDS: File #0848629 indicates Nathan was hired hand in building a road
from Young's Mills to Buchanan's Mills in Augusta Co. VA. on 8/20/1752.
DEEDS: John Lynn, Jr. to Nathan Gillilan; 383 1/2 a.; Augusta Co. VA DB
4, pg 173; recorded 11/28/1751
8-22-1765, Nathan deposed that John Graham in the Calfpasture, hired an orphan
boy named Thomas May, 8 years, again
ID: I49210
Name: Nathan Gilliland 1
Sex: M
Birth: BEF. 1725 in Ireland
Birth: BEF. 1725 in , , , Ireland 1
Death: AFT. 1773 in Augusta Co., VA
Death: AFT. 1773 in , Augusta Co, VA 1
Marriage 1 Jane Donahue b: BEF. 1725
Married: BEF. 1749 in Augusta Co, VA? 1
Children
James Gillilan b: 16 MAR 1749 in Augusta Co., VA
Catherine Gilliland b: ABT. 1746
Samuel Gilliland b: ABT. 1755 in , Augusta Co, VA
William Gilliland b: ABT. 1758 in , Greenbrier Co, WV
Elizabeth Gilliland b: ABT. 1760 in , , VA?
He is listed in the 1790 federal census in Greenbrier, VA.
Note: Nathan bought 383.5 acres from John Lynn, Jr. in Augusta Co., VA. He is listed in the 1790 federal census in Greenbrier, VA. Source: http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dlovegrove&id=I3052
Note: I have found that he was born in Ireland and in Pennsylvania, so I am not sure where Nathaniel was born. http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2810222&id=I1734
LDS: File #0848629 indicates Nathan was hired hand in building a road
from Young's Mills to Buchanan's Mills in Augusta Co. VA. on 8/20/1752.
DEEDS: John Lynn, Jr. to Nathan Gillilan; 383 1/2 a.; Augusta Co. VA DB
4, pg 173; recorded 11/28/1751
More About NATHAN (NATHANIAL) GILLILAND:
Date born 2: 1720578
Date born 3: 1720578
Date born 4: 1720578
Died 2: 1789, Greenbriar, VA.578
Died 3: 1789, Greenbriar, VA.578
Died 4: 1789, Greenbriar, VA.578
More About NATHAN (NATHANIAL) GILLILAND and Jane Jean Donahue:
Marriage: Abt. 1745, Augusta Co, VA.579
Children of NATHAN (NATHANIAL) GILLILAND and Jane Jean Donahue are: