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DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS GILLHAM, SR (1710-1785) Updated February 4, 2005	Herbert Joseph Gillham 2700 Highway 67 (Missouri Ave.) Granite City, IL 62040-2029 United States 618-877-5859 HJGLM@EMAIL.MSN.COM
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I AM SEEKING DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS GILLHAM, SR. WHO IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN BORN IN IRELAND AROUND 1710 AND BELIEVED TO HAVE DIED IN YORK COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN 1785 AND 1800. HE SUPPOSEDLY CAME TO AMERICA AROUND 1730 WITH HIS FIRST WIFE, MARY MEADE, AND BETWEEN ONE AND FOUR OF HIS CHILDREN WITH HER: CHARLES, EZEKIEL, MARY & NANCY. AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS FIRST WIFE, HE MARRIED 2ND MARGARET CAMPBELL BY WHOM HE HAD SEVEN ADDITIONAL CHILDREN: SUSANNAH, SARAH, THOMAS, JR., JAMES, WILLIAM, JOHN AND ISAAC. THOMAS, SR., HIS SONS, 2 SONS IN LAW AND AT LEAST ONE GRANDCHILD SERVED WITH SC MILITIA DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED, THANKS TO THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF DR. ERNIE RUSSELL, A PROFESSOR EMERITUS AT MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY AND A LOCAL HISTORIAN, DR. JERRY WEST IN SHARON, SC, A STONE HONORING THOMAS GILLHAM, SR'S SERVICE AS A REVOLUTIONARY WAR PATRIOT HAS BEEN PLACED IN THE BULLOCK CREEK CEMETERY NEAR SHARON, SC AS OF 2/1/2005, I HAVE A DATABASE OF OVER 56,000 NAMES, OF WHICH ABOUT 26,000 ARE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY DESCENDED FROM THOMAS, SR., THE BALANCE ARE OF NUMEROUS GILLHAM AND VARIANT SPELLINGS OF THE NAME WHO HAVE NO KNOWN TIES TO THIS LINE OF GILLHAMS, HOWEVER, IN THE HOPES THAT SOME MAY EVENTUALLY TIED TO HIM, ALL INPUT IS PLACED IN MY DATABASE. YOUR INPUT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. CAN WE HELP EACH OTHER BY SHARING INFORMATION? IF SO, PLEASE CONTACT ME VIA E-MAIL OR SNAIL MAIL.

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