Carter Gilliam (1763 - 1833)

Born 26 Oct 1763 in Albemarle Parish, Sussex, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Green (Hancock) Gilliam — married 19 Jul 1782 in Sussex, Virginia, United States

Descendants

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Biography

Carter Gilliam (26 Oct. 1763), son of Anselm Gilliam, married Elizabeth Green Hancock in Southampton County 23 July 1782. A deed of 1788 identified her full name as Elizabeth Green Hancock.

Daughters of Carter Gilliam who married in Sussex County:

Rebecca Gilliam married Thomas Wrenn 5 March (bond) 1801.

Martha J. Gilliam, possibly Martha Johnson Gilliam, married James Butts 8 Dec. 1808. Richard C. Gilliam was surety. ^[1]

Timeline

Birth
26 Oct 1763 • Sussex County, VA

Marriage
19 Jul 1782 • Sussex County, VA
Elizabeth Green HANCOCK ^[2]

Deed: Robert Ivey to John Williamson
16 Oct 1784 • Southampton County, VA
Wit: Carter Gilliam, Richard Gilliam, Thomas Gilliam

Petition: Carter and Elizabeth Gilliam seek partition of slaves
Nov 1786 • Sussex County, VA
Carter and Elizabeth Gilliam seek the partition of slaves in the estate of Robert Jones, Elizabeth's late maternal grandfather. Jones devised three slaves and their increase "to the use of his Daughter Rebeckah Hancock for life;" after her death, . .

Petition: Elizabeth Gilliam and her husband ask that a guardian
Mar 1788 • Sussex County, VA
Elizabeth Gilliam & her husband ask that a guardian be appointed for Michael Wall Hancock, Elizabeth's brother & a minor. The petitioners seek a "partition of the said Land Slaves and other personal Estate of which their Brother Clement died with

Personal Property Tax
1789 • Sussex County, VA
Carter Gilliam

Qualification of Executors of John Clanton
8 Oct 1790 • Sussex County, VA
Burwell Loftin and Michale Bailey qualify as executors of John Clanton, decd with Carter Gilliam and Barham Moore as security.

Will of Hinchey Gilliam
29 Jan 1791 • Sussex County, VA
Witnesses John Williamson, Carter Gilliam, Anselm Gilliam

Deed: Joseph Reese to grandson Joseph Gilliam
7 Feb 1795 • Southampton County, VA
Negroes. Wit: John Williamson, Carter Gilliam

Personal Property Tax
1799 • Sussex County, VA
Carter Gilliam

Will of Sarah Collier
20 Mar 1802 • Sussex County, VA
Wit: Buckner Lanier, Carter Gilliam and Lucy Johnson

Deed: Ambrose Andrews and Sally to William P Westbrook
16 Jul 1803 • Southampton County, VA
Wit: Carter Gilliam, Priscilla Westbrook

Deed: John Collier to Benjamin Wrenn
18 Dec 1806 • Southampton County, VA
Wit: Carter Gilliam, Kinchen Jelks, Peyton Hutchins

Residence
1810 • Sussex, Sussex, Virginia, United States ^[3]

Deed: Carter Gilliam to Thomas Wrenn
1817 • Sussex County, VA
186 3/4 acres

Residence
1820 • Sussex, Virginia, United States ^[4]

Death
bef 25 Jan 1833

Obituary of Carter Gilliam
25 Jan 1833 • Richmond, VA ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Southside Virginia Genealogies, John W. Pritchett, GENEALOGICAL PUBLISHING CO., INC. Baltimore, Maryland
2. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1428993:60214?ssrc=pt&tid=50409290&pid=26439285919
3. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7613/images/4433430_00341?pId=833059
4. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7734/images/4185994_00113?pId=1071926
5. ↑ Richmond Whig, 25 Jan 1833 page 4

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