Kate’s notes:  I have no firm information on the identity of the J. N. Gilliland referred to in this news item. To complicate matters, the “Day County” of old Oklahoma Territory was split into land now incorporated within Ellis, Rogers Mills and Woodward counties.
   Any additional information on this family would be appreciated.

The Colville Examiner
Colville, Washington
9 May, 1908

   J. N. Gilliland and family, who have lived during the winter six miles northeast of town, left on Monday morning for Day County, Oklahoma, where they will reside. There are nine in the family and they make the trip overland, which will take about four months.

-transcription by Kate Maynard, 2012