Born in Amherst, Amherst, Colony of Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Devereux Gilliam
and Edith (Ellis) Gilliam
Sister of
William Gilliam, Susanna Harding (Gilliam) Dunlap, Mary (Gilliam) Lavender and Bethena (Gilliam) Ellis
Wife of
George Roulston
— married
4 May 1794 in Knox, Tennessee
Wife of
William Moore
— married
1806 in Carthage, Smith, Tennessee, United States
Descendants 
Died
at about age 47
in Bradley, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Jul 2014
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Biography
After George died in 1804, Elizabeth married William Moore, 2 Oct 1806, Knox Tennessee
Possible children with Roulston (there may be more):
- George W. (1795–1859) - m. Julia Meroney
- Rachel Burwell (1804–1890) - m. James Beckwith
Sources
- First-hand information as remembered by Jim Sneed, Thursday, July 17, 2014.
See also:
- Tennessee Marriage Record - marriage to Roullston
- Tennessee Marriage Records - marriage to Moore.
- "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ48-NXS : 9 March 2021), George Roulstone and Eliz Gillaem, 01 May 1794; citing Knox, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,205,064.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/229974596/elizabeth-j-moore: accessed 12 September 2022), memorial page for Elizabeth J. Gilliam Moore (1773–30 Oct 1824), Find a Grave Memorial ID 229974596, citing William Moore Cemetery, Carthage Junction, Smith County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Census taker (contributor 46879037) .
- Tennessee Republican, Carthage, Tenn., Monday, November 8, 1924, page 3, col. 4, located at Tennessee State Archives.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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 Elizabeth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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 Elizabeth:
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~1.56%
Denney Miller
:
23andMe, GEDmatch NW4081195 [compare]
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~0.78%
Connie Davis :
23andMe, GEDmatch AH478342C1 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A429310 [compare], Ancestry member connieldavis
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch AH478342C1 [compare]
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Meredith Montgomery :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Ted McDuffee :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
J Molder :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A926832 [compare], Ancestry member JEM
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~0.78%
Jon Davis :
AncestryDNA
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MyHeritage DNA
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Categories: Amherst County, Virginia
"William M. Moore married Elizabeth J. (Gilliam) Raulston, shortly after 2 Oct 1806. Elizabeth J. Gilliam was first married to George Raulston, on 1 May 1793. Per the Family Bible of James B. Beckwith "George Roulstone Father of R. B. Beckwith died Aug 4th AD 1804."
Elizabeth is considered Tennessee's first woman newspaper publisher after her first husband George Raulston died, she continued the publication of the Knoxville Gazette and in 1806, she became Public Printer, Tennessee's first woman office holder. In the summer of 1808, Elizabeth and her second husband William Moore moved the plant to Carthage in Smith Co., where it continued publication.
Elizabeth Gilliam was d/o Devereux Gilliam and Edith Ellis."
edited by Larry Jones