Sarah
Gilley
Born about in Georgia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jesse H Gilley
and Dorcas (Unknown) Gilley
Sister of
Mary (Gilley) Whittemore, Lucinda (Gilley) Bush, Malinda (Gilley) Whitfield, Caleb H Gilley, Simeon Gilley, Peterson Gilley, Jesse H. Gilley and Elizabeth Gilley
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 50
in Cannon, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Jul 2023
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Biography
Sarah was born in Georgia, in about 1804, to Jesse Gilley and Dorcus (possibly a Petersen).[1] Her tombstone gives a precise birthdate of November 27.[2] She is not known to have ever married or had children, and is marked "idiotic" on her parents' 1850 census. Sarah died on July 15, 1855, and is buried at Hopewell Cemetery in Cannon County, Tennessee, near her parents.
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD4-7MZ : 23 December 2020), Sarah Gilly in household of J Gilly, Cannon, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ FindAGrave memorial 87314132 for Sarah Gilley.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
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~3.12%
Susie Rowney
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A722444 [compare], Ancestry member S_Rowney_Brookshire
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~1.56%
David Bush :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AW1626488 [compare], yourDNAportal SYL4066b3dd, Ancestry member g_sjbush
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Kelly (Burns) Richard :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H253643 [compare]
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Erica Trail :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Ashley Jones :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch AK1759286 [compare], yourDNAportal ELI6dad82fd, FTDNA kit #980282
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