Born about in Granville County, Colony of North Carolina
Ancestors 
Daughter of Harris Gilliam
and Elizabeth (Jordan) Gilliam
Sister of
Jordan Gilliam, Susanna (Gilliam) Cole, Harbert Gilliam, Martha Patsy (Gilliam) Self, Elizabeth (Gilliam) Pearce, Amey (Gilliam) Tate and William Gilliam
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 87
in Granville, North Carolina, United States
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Biography
Sarah was born about 1756. She was the daughter of Harris Gilliam and Elizabeth Jordan. She passed away in 1843.
Sarah married Capt James Ross, whose pension is on file. The pension gives James' and Sarah's death dates and states that Patsy Gilliam Adcock is the sole heir. [1]
Timeline
Birth
abt 1756 • Granville County, NC
Marriage
abt 1777
James ROSS
(–1841)
Daughter Martha is born in 1777 per 1850 Census.
Will of Harris Gilliam
18 Oct 1803 • Wake County, NC
Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Ross and her heirs all the property that I have hereafter lent her
Death
8 Feb 1843 • Granville County, NC
Pension application of James Ross R9020
Sources
- ↑ Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Pensions. https://revwarapps.org/r9020.pdf
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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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~1.56%
Al Selph
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Mary (Grissom) Dreer :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A219140 [compare], Ancestry member sdreer
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