Updated November 25, 2022
Background
Wyatt GILLIAM, the son of Burrell GILLIAM and Ann Johnson was born in Albemarle Parish. In the 1790s and 1800s he is found in Northampton County, NC, just across the state line from Brunswick County, VA. He is said to have married Molly Pearson.
The people in the area below were just above the North Carolina line.
1787 Brunswick County, Virginia -- (South of the Meherrin River)
Meherrin Parish -- District of James Fletcher, Commissioner
William Allen (of Surry)
Sterling Capell, as overseer with William Allen
William Allen (of Surry)
John Moss, as overseer with William Allen.
Burwell Barker
Thomas Bathshears
Thomas Bathshears, Jr.
Jeremiah Bently
John Barker
Hinchey Barker
John Cato
Howell Chappell (Prince George)
Simone Clements
George Collier
John Dupree
Thomas Delbridge
Joseph Davis
James Edmunds
John Edmunds
Joseph Ezell
Stephen Ellis
Buckner Ezell
Thomas Claiborne
William Ezell,
Charles Webb, as overseer with William Ezell
Archebill Ezell
John Ezell
Thomas Edmunds
Benjamin Ezell
Davis Ezell
Jesse Freeman
Edward Freeman
John Garner
Samuel Garner
Briggs Goodrich
Jesse Hirt, charged to Micajah Webb
Micajah Webb, Jr.
Wyatt GILLAM
James Vaughun
Randolph Vaughun
John Vick, Sr.
John Vick
Howell Vick
John Williamson
Joseph Williamson
Benjamin Warren
William Walton
Sarah Washington
Isaac Walton
John Walton, Sr.
John Walton, Jr.
Daniel Walton
William Ward
Rowland Williams
John Longbottom
William L Longbottom with John Longbottom
William Mason
Nathaniel Mason
Owen Myrick
Matthew Myrick
Henry Mangum
Joseph Mason
Sarah Mason, widow
Christopher Mason
John Moss
Richard Mason
John Mason
Thomas Marriot, Sr.
Thomas Marriot, Jr.
David Moss
Meridith Moss
John Nicholson
William Owens
Joel Prince
Littleberry Robertson
James Rawlins
Nathaniel Robertson
William Robertson
William Rainey
Drury Walton
David Walton
Thomas Walton
Henry Walton
John Webb
Stephen White with Blumore? White.
Edmund Webb
Micajah Webb
On June 22, the following people were visited by the tax man. This indicates that these people lived in close proximity to each other.
Thomas Claiborne
William Ezell
Patrick Hall
Benjamin Jackson
John Jeffries
Shadrack Jeffries
John Mason
Richard Mason
William Mason
John Moss
William Rainey
Charles Webb
The next day, June 23, the tax man visited these:
Elizabeth Adams
William Allen
Sterling Capell
Elizabeth Heathesek?
Simon Lane
Lockett Mitchell
James Rawlings
On the 23rd, which may have been the same day.
John Cato
Hale Clauton
Jesse Hirt
Micajah Webb
Micajah Webb, Jr.
Richard Woodroof
These neighbors have only question marks by their names.
John Moss
Daniel Walton
George Walton
Henry Walton
John Walton, Jr.
Thomas Washington
Edmund Webb
John Webb
John White with George Woodroof
Blumore White
George White
Stephen White
John Barker
Hinchey Barker
William Allen
Thomas Bathshears, Jr.
William Batt
On June 24th:
Presley Garner
William Gee
Frederick Huskey
Lewis Jackson
Sources
- BinnsGenealogy.com. County Tax Lists.