THE GETTYSBURG TIMES
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1939

Backgrounds of Adams County
by B. F. MACPHERSON
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No. 102 --- “Here Lies Buried”

   Last week, due to a typographical error, our column carried the number and title of the column for July 29. The title for last week was “A Few Corrections” and the number was “101.” We hope this will not confuse any of our readers.
   Last week we concluded our sketch by listing four of the children of Samuel and Eleanor (Vance) Gilliland. Today we give the entire family, including the four children previously mentioned.
   1. Anne Gilliland, born August 20, 1786, died --?, married Daniel Gibbony.
   2. Jane Gilliland, born July 20, 1789, died -- ? married --? Harlin.
   3. John Gilliland, born June 6, 1791, died --?, unmarried.
   4. Samuel Gilliland, born June 13, 1793, died--? unmarried.
   5. Sarah Gilliland, born January 16, 1796, died March 27, 1862, married Fleming Gilliland, her first cousin.
   6. Mary Gilliland, born October 24, 1797, died --? married --? Biggs.
   7. Ezekial Gilliland, born May 8, 1800, died --? unmarried.
   8. David Gilliland, born November 19, 1802, died --? married --? --? Went to Tennessee.
   9. Hannah Lovenia Gilliland, born November 12, 1804, died --? married? Thun.
   10. Eliza Eleanor Gilliland, born July 20, 1806, died --? unmarried.
   11. Maria Gilliland, born September 7, 1808, died--? unmarried.
   As we have seen, David, the eighth child of Samuel and Eleanor (Vance) Gilliland, went to Tennessee and family tradition tells us that his sisters Eliza Eleanor, Hannah Lovenia and Maria followed him there.
   William Gilliland, the younger brother of Samuel, was born January 12, 1753 and died July 7, 1831.  He was first married to Catherine Fleming who was born in 1753 and died August 13, 1798.  This first wife was a daughter of William and Mary (Kerr) Fleming and she was married to William Gilliland on April 10, 1777.  William Gilliland was married for the second time on June 23, 1807, to Mary Galbraith.
   William and Catherine (Fleming) Gilliland were the parents of seven children as follows:
   1. John Gilliland born May 2, 1778, died Aril 7, 1831, married first Elizabeth McIlvain on May 21, 1807, and she died July 11, 1808; married second Margaret McCurdy on May 9, 1816, and she died November 25, 1848.
   2. Samuel Gilliland, born July 31, 1780, died December 16, 1817, married on January 26, to Elizabeth Tate. Samuel Gilliland attended Dickinson college and studied medicine. He served in the United States Navy from 1809 to 1812. He transferred to the Army and served with the 16th infantry on the Canadian border during the War of 1812.
   3. James Gilliland, born January 7, 1783, died July 15, 1819, at Alabama. He attended Dickinson college and became a lawyer. Married Elizabeth McClellan, who after his death returned to her home here. She survived him by many years and is buried in the McClellan plot in the Evergreen cemetery,
   4. William Gilliland, born December 24, 1784, died August 26, 1864; married on April 23, 1807, to Jane Neely, born 1788, died August 27, 1820.
   5. George Gilliland, born March 30, 1787. died October 9, 1859.
   6. Fleming Gilliland, born September 1, 1789, died February 23, 1860, married on December 31, 1816, to his first cousin, Sarah Gilliland, a daughter of Samuel and Eleanor (Vance) Gilliland. The wife Sarah was born January 16, 1796 and died March 27, 1862.
   7. Joseph Gilliland, born November 23, 1791, died September 1844, unmarried, attended Dicksinson college and studied medicine.
   Samuel and William Gilliland, the sons of John and Jane Gilliland, the pioneers, both served in the Revolution and in the second volume, sixth series of the Pennsylvania archives we find their records as follows: The fourth Battalion of the York county militia was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel William Gilliland, and his brother Samuel was First Lieutenant in the First Company of this Battalion.
   We found the obituary of William Gilliland in the old newspaper files and we quote it in part:
   “Died on the 7th inst. (July 7, 1831) William Gilliland, esq., in the 79th year of his age. His youthful ardor was identified by the spirit of 1776. He felt for his country’s wrongs, and as a soldier of the Revolution, assisted in maintaining its rights, and securing its liberty and independence. He served as a Justice of the Peace and as a member of the State Legislature for many years and later acted as Associate Judge of the county. The deceased was a member of the Presbyterian church.”

-- transcription by Kate Maynard, 2010