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Free Research > G > Gillihan > Family StoryUse the free genealogy search to quickly discover your family history or share your own! Earliest Ancestor~William Gillihan
Our earliest GILLIHAN ancestor is William GILLIHAN. there is speculation of who William's Father was but no documentation to prove it so we start with William.......William was born between 1744 and 1750 in Delaware or Virginia. - His first wife was Nancy WALKER, daughter of, William WALKER of Virginia. They were married about 1782 in Washington Co. NC. - Second wife was; Frances TADLOCK, b. about 1757, married, June 10, 1787. Frances died, Oct. 17, 1843 in Polk Co. Missouri.
MILITARY SERVICE IN REVOLUTIONARY WAR, #S-38731, National Archives, 3 years service. Enlisted for 1 year in Virginia in the Spring of 1775, served 9 months. Re-enlisted for 3 years in Georgia and served in the state of SC. He was in the Battle of Savannah. He was a Private in a Company commanded by Captain Jarvis in the 5th. Regiment under Colonel Fluger of the SC line. William was discharged between 1 and 2 years at Charleston some months before the end of the War. After the War, William received a bounty land grant of 260 acres in SC, in the county of Greenville, on the banks of the Saulda River in 1790. A military pension of $8.00 per month commenced Sept. 27, 1819. William was one of the early pioneers of Washington Co. NC. which later became a part of Tennessee. These early settlers had no government and no protection from the Indians. They petitioned the State of NC. calling their area the State of Franklin. One of the signers of this petition was WILLIAM GILLIHAN. In the 1790 Census of Greenville, Dist. SC. William had a family of 2 males over 16, 2 males under 16 and 3 females. William was taxed in 1800 in Christian Co. Kentucky. William sold his land about 1800 and went to Tennesse with his Son, Clement. They settled in the Club Springs are of Smith Co. They were living there when William applied for his pension. William is buried in Smith Co. in the Club Springs area. His first Wife, Nancy Walker, Son, Clement and other members of the family are buried there in a family plot. The location has been long lost to present family members.
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