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Descendants of Jonathan Washington Gillam




Generation No. 1


1. Jonathan Washington2 Gillam (-----1) was born 1753 in Lancaster Co., PA1, and died March 24, 1835 in Alpine, Fayette Co., IN1. He married (1) Sarah Vardaman Abt 1783 in New Hanover Church, nr Allegheny Co., PA. She was born 1760 in Lancaster Co., PA, and died September 03, 1799 in Fayette Co., IN. He married (2) Mary Carwile Abt 1805. She was born Abt 1780 in Fayette Co., PA, and died May 19, 1867 in IN.

Notes for Jonathan Washington Gillam:
Jonathan Gillam is listed as a PVT in D.A.R. Patriot Index, 1966.

Please note in "DAR Library Catalog, Vol. 1, 'Family Histories & Genealogy, 1982' " the following entry:

04996 GILLAM - Crider, Edward C.
Genealogy of the Jonathan Gillam Family
1938 190p.
20cm x 27cm typescript

Much information for Jonathan Gillam, his wives, and his sons, daughters, and their following generations was taken from the above booklet as provided from the library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington DC. They are hereby given credit for all information about Jonathan Gillam, his wives, and his descendents.

The above cited Genealolgy by Edward Crider lists the Revolutionary War pension claim of Jonathan Gillam. His pension claim number was S-16824. His record has been used by, and may be used by, appropriate descendents for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Following is from an article in "Persimmon Hill" (Cowboy Hall of Fame Magazine, Vol. 6, August 1976). The article is titled:
"Jonathan Gillam and The White Man's Burden," by C.L. Sonnichsen (who in 1990 lived in Tucson Arizona, and who after 1972 was editor of 'Journal of Arizona History' and the director of publications for the Arizona Historical Society.) Jonathan Gillam was the great-great-great grandfather of C.L. (Charles Leyland) Sonnichsen. C.L. Sonnichsen was born 20 Sep 1901 in Fonda IA; and he died 29 Jun 1991 in Tucson AZ. His obituary is in several books listing writers, and he was a quite famous writer, primarily about the American West and Indians.
A portion of this article quotes from a story told by Jonathan Gillam:
"I was born in Lancaster County in Pennsylvania, was bound out by my father when four years old to one David Reed. When fifteen, my neighbors gave me a pair of shoes which were the first I ever had. Having no learning, I was told that when these circumstances happened, I was of the age above stated. My Master Reed moved from Lancaster over the mountains and settled on Col. Washington's land about three years before the Revolutionary War. From all the information I possess of my birth it was in the year 1753 as I believe myself to be now 79....."

"The Family of Jonathan Gillam Genealogy," (which correspondence from Adelene Gillam Smith states was provided by Mrs. Donald Wilfred Weaver of Forrest, Ohio) says: "...it is thought that he (Jonathan) had 3 brothers, John, James and Thomas."

Much of the Gillam research has been done by:
Mary A. Gillam Old
British Columbia, Canada
e-mail: (old mail address deleted. New address unknown)
her websites in 1998 were:
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/o/l/d/Mary-A-Old/index.html
http://www2.awinc.com/users/mold/index.html












More About Jonathan Washington Gillam:
Burial: March 1835, Columbia Twp, Fayette Co., IN
Fact 6: born Lancaster PA from WFT#2 #3263
Fact 7: D.A.R. Patriot Index 1966 says "PVT."
Fact 8: middle name "Washington" from Mary A (Gillam) Old, Kelowna BC.

Notes for Sarah Vardaman:
Please note that the spelling Vardaman is from LDS Church records. Record as shown in WFT#2 3263 shows the spelling as Vandaman. Early 1800's census records from PA show no names with the spelling Vandaman, but do show the spelling Vardaman. It is assumed that LDS recorded spelling is correct, and WFT#2 3263 has incorrect spelling.
     
Children of Jonathan Gillam and Sarah Vardaman are:
2. i.   Sarah3 Gillam, b. 1783, Lancaster Co., PA; d. November 01, 1826, Fayette Co., IN.
3. ii.   John M. Gillam, b. September 02, 1785, probably Allegheny Co., PA; d. June 17, 1856, White Co., Jasper, IN.
4. iii.   Thomas Gillam, b. July 22, 1787, Fayette Co., Washington, PA; d. March 08, 1856, Carroll Co., IN.
5. iv.   David Gillam, b. May 12, 1789, PA; d. March 08, 1856, MO.
6. v.   Jonathan Gillam, b. June 04, 1791, Lancaster Co., PA; d. May 09, 1832, Carroll Co., IN.
7. vi.   William Gillam, b. March 28, 1793, PA; d. May 1826, Fayette Co., IN.
8. vii.   Robert Gillam, b. June 09, 1795, PA; d. 1838, Carroll Co., IN.
  viii.   Mary Gillam, b. March 14, 1797; d. Aft. 1865; m. David Carnes, November 25, 1817, Richmond, Wayne Co., IN; b. 1795; d. Deceased.
9. ix.   Isaac Gillam, b. October 09, 1798, Lancaster, PENNSYLVANIA; d. 1832, Clark Co., OH.
10. x.   Lettie Gillam, b. September 02, 1799, KY; d. September 05, 1877, Marshall Co., IN.
  xi.   Elizabeth Gillam, b. Stillborn; d. Deceased.
  Notes for Elizabeth Gillam:
From Edward C Crider's "Genealogy of the Jonathan Gillam Family."

  xii.   Rebecca Gillam, b. Stillborn; d. Deceased.
  Notes for Rebecca Gillam:
From Edward C Crider's "Genealogy of the Jonathan Gillam Family."

     
Children of Jonathan Gillam and Mary Carwile are:
11. xiii.   Nancy3 Gillam, b. September 07, 1807; d. November 01, 1877, Marshall Co., IN.
  xiv.   Martha Gillam, b. November 22, 1809; d. Deceased.
12. xv.   Rainey Gillam, b. November 17, 1811, Franklin Co., IN; d. June 05, 1866, Jasper Co., IL.
13. xvi.   Benjamin Johnson Gillam, b. May 13, 1814, Franklin Co., IN (now Fayette Co., IN); d. November 11, 1869, Randolph Co., IN.
14. xvii.   Jane Gillam, b. December 07, 1816, Franklin Co., IN; d. March 11, 1877, Johnson Co., IA.
15. xviii.   Peter Gillam, b. July 26, 1821, Fayette Co., IN; d. February 28, 1864, Tipton, IN.


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