Gilliam family
Family
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1528
Overview
Includes genealogy and Civil War records collected by Roy Bird Cook of Lewis County, West Virginia. Series 1 through 5 were compiled by Marcellus W. Zimmerman. They include correspondence, church records, academic records, genealogical records, research manuscripts, and clippings regarding primarily the genealogy and history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County, and the life and career of Confederate Brigadier General Alexander W. Reynolds. Series 6 through 8 were collected by Roy Bird Cook....
Dates:
1774, 1822-1943
Todd Gilliam, Civil War Soldier, Autobiography
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3231
Overview
Typescript autobiography of Dr. Todd Gilliam probably transcribed in association with his son Robert Lee Gilliam whose name also appears on the volume cover. Dr. Gilliam, an Ohio native, mentions his Civil War service in the WV 2nd. Cavalry in great detail including the exact dates for his experiences in that regiment. He mentions (p. 222) that this portion of his memoir is based on a pocket diary kept during the war. The rest of the manuscript contains few definite dates but does mention...
Dates:
1861-1897
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- Academies and Institutes. 1
- Accounting 1
- Cedar Creek, Battle of, Va., 1864 1
- Cemeteries 1
- Cemeteries -- Recording 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 2nd Cavalry. 1
- Civil War - raids and raiders. 1
- Civil War - veterans - Union. 1
- Civil War -- War diaries 1
- Education 1
- Egypt 1
- Frontier and pioneer life 1
- Genealogy 1
- Georgia 1
- Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 1
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859 1
- Indians, North American. 1
- Lewisburg (W. Va.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Marriage records 1
- Methodist Episcopal Church. 1
- Military camps 1
- Pioneers 1
- Presbyterian Church. 1
- Registers of births, etc 1
- Roads -- West Virginia 1
- Schools 1
- Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842 1
- Slaves and slavery. 1
- Taverns (Inns) 1
- Tennessee 1
- Toll roads -- West Virginia 1
- Transportation 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans 1
- Vicksburg (Miss.) 1
- Women -- Education -- United States 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1 + ∧ less
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