Updated November 25, 2022
Overview
The GILLIAMs found in the Court Orders of Bedford County are chiefly the descendants of William and Mary Jarratt GILLIAM. It is believed that Mary and William GILLIAM, the executors of William GILLIAM, 1774, is Mary Jarratt GILLIAM and William GILLIAM, Jr.
References to Martin King have been included as he married Martha GILLIAM, daughter of James GILLIAM of Littleton Parish, Cumberland.
| Date | Order | Date | Book | Page |
29 Jul 1755 | GILLIAM vs. Napier | 1754-1761 | 1B | 38 |
26 Jul 1757 | GILLIAM vs. Napier | 1754-1761 | 1B | 80 |
28 Sep 1757 | GILLIAM vs. Napier | 1754-1761 | 1B | 83 |
Feb 1765 | GILLIAM vs. Dixon | 1763-1771 | 3 | 175 |
Mar 1765 | GILLIAM vs. Dixon | 1763-1771 | 3 | 191 |
Mar 1765 | GILLIAM vs. Candler | 1763-1771 | 3 | 192 |
May 1765 | GILLIAM vs. Dixon | 1763-1771 | 3 | 203 |
May 1765 | GILLIAM vs. Candler | 1763-1771 | 3 | 204 |
Jun 1765 | GILLIAM vs. Candler | 1763-1771 | 3 | 212 |
Jun 1765 | GILLIAM vs. Dixon | 1763-1771 | 3 | 212 |
Jul 1765 | Rex vs. Gilliam dismt | 1763-1771 | 3 | 219 |
Aug 1765 | GILLIAM vs. Dixon | 1763-1771 | 3 | 228 |
Aug 1765 | GILLIAM vs. Candler | 1763-1771 | 3 | 229 |
28 Jul 1769 | William GILLIAM alld 2 days att for the plaintiff and travelling 26 miles twice | 1763-1771 | 3 | 549 |
3 Oct 1770 | Martin King and John Hook? For William Donald Jr. | 1771-1772 | 4 | 125 |
23 Mar 1773 | GILLUM vs. Adams | 1772-1774 | 5A | 78 |
25 May 1773 | GILLUM vs. Adams | 1772-1774 | 5A | 106 |
23 Aug 1773 | Martin King, Edward Brite (Bright) of Bedford, 150 acres on Reedy Creek of James River | 1772-1774 | 5A | 118 |
28 Jun 1773 | Guilham vs. Adams | 1772-1774 | 5A | 124 |
Mar 1774 | William Guilham vs. Robert Adams | 1774-1774 | 5B | 133 |
May 1774 | Mary and William GILLIAM, Exors. of William GILLIAM vs. Walter Middleton and William Butler | 1774-1774 | 5B | 344 |
Mar 1774 | Guilham vs. Adams | 1774-1784 | 6 | 31 |
May 1774? | GILLIAM’s Exors vs. Middleton | 1774-1784 | 6 | 72 |
25 May 1778 | GILLIAM vs. Rodgers, discontinued | 1774-1784 | 6 | 157 |
27 Jul 1778 | GILLIAM’s Exors vs. Middleton | 1774-1784 | 6 | 170 |
28 Sep 1778 | Account of Ensign Zachariah GILLIAM | 1774-1784 | 6 | 187 |
1 Oct 1778 | Guilham Exors vs. Middleton | 1774-1784 | 6 | 198 |
27 Jul 1779 | Guilham Exors vs. Middleton | 1774-1784 | 6 | 243 |
22 Nov 1779 | Account of 2nd Lieut. Zachariah GILLIAM | 1774-1784 | 6 | 264 |
23 May 1780 | Richard GILLIAM appointed to survey of road from top of ridge to opposite Winston’s Quarter to Davis Ferry | 1774-1784 | 6 | 284 |
26 Jun 1782 | Richard GILLIAM appointed to survey road from Carrs? Meeting House to Trent’s Ferry Road near Thomas Dogherty’s (Daughtery) | 1774-1784 | 6 | 286 |
23 Oct 1780 | Richard GILLUM qualifies as Administrator of Zachariah GILLUM, decd, who made oath thereunto and gave surety | 1774-1784 | 6 | 304 |
22 Jan 1781 | On motion of Guy Smith, Under-sheriff, ordered Philip Waterfield and Reuben Slaughter appraise in room of Joseph Poindexter and Edmund Cobb | 1774-1784 | 6 | 307 |
25 Mar 1782? | Richard GILLUM, Acct form provision to army, 750 lb of beef . . . 2 pecks corn, 60 days post, 20 bushels wheat | 1774-1784 | 6 | 347b |
Mar 1783 | Appointed Robert Burton, Richard GILLIAM, Joseph Poindexter, Reuben Slaughter or any three appoint to allot Rebeckah Woodward her dower, Isaac Woodward, decd, intestate | 1782-1783 | 7 | 22 |
Jan 1783 | Richard GILLIAM, Ed Cobbs, Richard GILLIAM Robert Burton, Charles Clay, do view road from John Lewis Davies, blacksmith shop to David’s old Ferry Road at Perkins Quarter | 1782-1783 | 7 | 31 |
Aug 1783 | GILLUM vs. Burrus | 1782-1783 | 7 | 70 |
Mar 1784 | Charles Clay, Reuben Slaughter, Richard GILLIAM view road from corner of Capt. Slaughter’s fence round Thomas Williams Plantation, to the new road | 1784-1786 | 8 | 12 |
Mar 1784 | GILLUM vs. Burrass, not guilty | 1784-1786 | 8 | 12 |
May 1784 | GILLUM vs. Burrass, dismissed | 1784-1786 | 8 | 25 |
24 Jan 1785 | Order that Archelaus Hughes, John Dillard, Abraham Penn, and Devereaux GILLIAM of Henry County or any three to allot to Grizzel Smith her dower of estate of Samuel Smith | 1784-1786 | 8 | 97 |
Jul 1785 | Mary and Martha GILLIAM, travel two days attendance | 1784-1786 | 8 | 181 |
Sep 1785 | James Taylor administrator of Samuel Smith Decd, make account of before Archelaus Hughes, John Dillard, Abraham Penn, and Devereaux GILLIAM of Henry County | 1784-1786 | 8 | 197 |
Mar 1785 | Edward Cobb, Richard GILLIAM, Thomas __?, Reuben Slaughter view way for road from Cotton Town Road to Trent’s Ferry Road . . . | 1784-1786 | 8 | 231 |
May 1787 | Richard GILLIAM granted two days travel (Anthony vs. Gatewood) | 1786-1790 | 9 | 58 |
Mar 1788 | Richard GILLIAM granted two days travel | 1786-1790 | 9 | 142 |
May 1788 | Richard GILLIAM granted two days travel | 1786-1790 | 9 | 156 |
May 1788 | Richard GILLIAM granted one day travel | 1786-1790 | 9 | 172 |
Jun 1789 | Robert Burton, Reuben Slaughter, Richard GILLIAM, Edward Cobbs appraise estate and divide lands of Robert Hardwick | 1786-1790 | 9 | 225 |
Feb 1790 | Road hands of Richard GILLIAM work under Joseph Poindexter, surveyor | 1786-1790 | 9 | 348 |
Jun 1790 | King and Company vs. GILLIAM | 1790-1795 | 10 | 25 |
Mar 1792 | Richard GILLIAM injunction granted to stay judgment against him by Christopher Clark administrator of James Tait/Fair? until matter be heard. | 1790-1795 | 10 | 139 |
Nov 1792 | Richard GILLIAM vs. James Fair’s administrators | 1790-1795 | 10 | 189 |
Dec 1792 | Richard GILLIAM vs. James Fair, Clark administrator of goods, un-administered by Robert Donald, decd, administrator of James Fair, decd. | 1790-1795 | 10 | 195 |
13 Apr 1792 | Richard GILLIAM vs. James Fair’s administrators. Records certified | 1790-1795 | 10 | 225 |
Dec 1795 | Boller Clark, Richard GILLIAM, Richard Hopson, Richard Taylor appointed to view way for road from Joseph Poindexter’s Mill to Lynchburg Road below Sand Point | 1795-1795 | 11 | 52 |
Nov 1797 | Archelaus GILLIAM surety of peace bond, Barne? Bozzwell (Boswell), Charles Bozwell (Boswell) | 1795-1795 | 11 | 225 |
Jan 1798 | Richard GILLIAM, landowner summoned. Road from Tabernacle Meeting House to Joseph Poindexter, Benjamin Robinson, Samuel Cobb, Robert Cobb, Edmund Cobb, Francis Meriweather, Robert Hawkins, Lance Woodward, Richard GILLIAM, Hannah Bullock, William Turpin, | 1795-1795 | 11 | 238 |
22 Apr 1799 | Mary GILLIAM qualifies as executrix of Richard GILLIAM | 1795-1795 | 11 | 324 |
22 Apr 1799 | Richard GILLIAM’s will probated. Executrix qualifies | 1795-1795 | 11 | 324 |
22 Apr 1799 | Richard GILLIAM’s will proved and recorded. Mary GILLIAM, executrix. | 1795-1795 | 11 | 325 |
22 Apr 1799 | Mary GILLIAM qualifies as guardian of Richard | 1795-1795 | 11 | 325 |
22 Apr 1799 | Richard GILLIAM chooses Mary GILLIAM as guardian, Richard’s guardian qualifies | 1795-1795 | 11 | 325 |
Jun 1799 | Inventory of Richard GILLIAM | 1795-1795 | 11 | 338 |
28 Jun 1802 | Mary GILLIAM Exor. of Richard GILLIAM, account ordered recorded | 1799-1803 | 12 | 279 |
28 Jun 1802 | Richard GILLIAM Exor. of Richard GILLIAM, account order recorded | 1799-1803 | 12 | 279 |
Aug 1804 | GILLIAM vs. Bullock | 1803-1806 | 13 | 131 |
Nov 1804 | GILLIAM vs. Bullock, £26.13.8 damages | 1803-1806 | 13 | 158 |
Jun 1809 | Archibald GILLIAM? Emancipation granted him to stay all further proceeds on a judgment at law and recover against him in this court by Zachary Tate who made oath | 1808-1811 | 15 | 102 |
Mar 1813 | GILLIAM vs. Snider | 1811-1815 | 16 | 159 |
Aug 1813 | GILLIAM vs. Snider returned verdict for the plaintiff for 14 pounds 2 shillings with damages and interest on 12 pounds from 14 Oct until payment | 1811-1815 | 16 | 209 |
Mar 1814 | GILLIAM vs. Wade returned a verdict $80 with interest from 13 Nov 1812 | 1811-1815 | 16 | 258 |
Mar 1814 | GILLIAM vs. Wade motion for new trial over ruled | 1811-1815 | 16 | 263 |
24 Jul 1816 | GILLIAM vs. Tate | 1815-1820 | 17 | 211 |
23 Sep 1816 | GILLIAM vs. Tate | 1815-1820 | 17 | 276 |
May 1818 | On motion of Dabney Poindexter certificate is granted him for obtaining letters of administration of estate of Mary Gilliam, decd, who made oath and bond and security | 1815-1820 | 17 | 469 |
Jul 1818 | Inventory, etc of the estate of Mary Gilliam decd returned | 1815-1820 | 17 | 498 |
Mar 1820 | Ordered that James Martin, Joseph Slaughter, ___ Johnson, John Gills, or any three do settle the estate of Mary Gilliam, decd and report | 1815-1820 | 17 | 753 |
26 Nov 1824 | Gilliams Exor. vs. Hawkins | 1823-1825 | 19 | 236 |
May 1825 | Gilliams Exor. vs. Hawkins | 1825-1826 | 20 | 43 |
20 Aug 1825 | On motion of Leonard Goff ordered two: GILLIAM King, Joseph Crews, Thomas Page appointed to view way for an alteration of road | 1825-1826 | 20 | 114 |
24 Mar 1828 | Gilliam King vs. Pleasant Jeter | 1826-1828 | 21 | 53 |
2 Aug 1827 | Gilliam King vs. Pleasant Jeter | 1826-1828 | 21 | 170 |
Aug 1827 | Gilliam King vs. Pleasant Jeter | 1826-1828 | 21 | 184 |
Jan 1828 | Gilliam King vs Pleasant Jeter. Proceedings stayed on judgment obtained by him | 1826-1828 | 21 | 232 |
Sources
- Bedford County, VA, Order Books