John
W.
Gilliam
Born about in Rhea County, Tennessee
Ancestors 
Son of Nathaniel M Gilliam
and Sarah Styles (Davis) Gilliam
Brother of
James Dudley Gilliam, William Stanton Gilliam, George Madison Gilliam, Cooper Gilliam, Richard Archibald Gilliam, Mary Elizabeth (Gilliam) Rogers, Aleatha (Gilliam) Dodson and Jesse Thompson Gilliam
Husband of
Dulcenia (Everett) Gilliam
— married
30 Jun 1854 in Rhea County, Tennessee
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 34
in Cumberland Gap, Claiborne County, Tennessee
Profile last modified
| Created 26 May 2019
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Biography
John was born about 1828. He was the son of Nathaniel Gilliam and Sallie Davis.
On Feb 25, 1862, John enrolled as a private in Company B of the 5th Regiment of the East Tennessee Infantry Volunteers of the United States Army. He was taken ill with diarrhea in June 1862 at Camp Pine Knot, Ky and died in Field Hospital at Cumberland Gap, Tenn., Aug. 20, 1862.
He passed away in 1862.
Sources
- Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans, ca. 1861 - ca. 1910 Tennessee Infantry Regiment 5 Company B, Gilliam, John W, 35 pages.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Smitty Smith 
:
23andMe
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Dan Smith :
23andMe
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~3.12%
Don Giddens :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A684385 [compare], Ancestry member Don_Giddens_of_Texas
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~0.39%
Rosa McGinnis :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A836863 [compare], Ancestry member MATNEY_ROSA
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