Powhatan Deeds | Gilliams of Virginia

Powhatan County, VA Deeds
Updated November 24, 2022

Overview
James Gilliam of Cumberland County, VA first purchases land in Powhatan County in 1804. James and his descendants maintain and presence in Powhatan for the next one years. James owns “Somerset” near Ballsville, John Gilliam owns “Maiden’s Adventure,” Richard James Gilliam owns “Spring Valley,” “Buena Vista,” “Pleasant’s Island” and the tract at the “Foundry.” The Foundry Tract is now a golf course. According to the Foundry’s website, it was the site where Robert E. Lee encamped on his way home from Appomattox.

Other Gilliams mentioned in Powhatan land records include Marshall Madison Gilliam of Buckingham and later Richmond, Thomas Willson Gilliam and Ada A. Campbell, his wife, and a Joseph and Ellen Gilliam.

Grantee Index

Year of Record	Grantee	Grantor	Instrument	Book	Page
1804	James Gilliam	Joseph McLaurine	Deed	3	219
1804	James Gilliam	Thomas Davenport	Deed	3	220
1804	James Gilliam	John Steger	Deed	3	257
1809	John Gilliam	Richard Harris	Deed	4	74
1822	John Gilliam	Edward Johnson	Deed	8	18
1824	John Gilliam	John Robertson	Deed	9	67
1826	John Gilliam	Thomas Pemberton	Deed	9	244
1840	John Gilliam	Francis J. Smith	Deed	14	425
1840	John Gilliam	Robert Poore	Asgmt	14	427
1840	John Gilliam	Samuel Pleasants	Deed	14	428
1840	John Gilliam	Wm. S. Dance	Release	14	433
1842	John Gilliam	Reuben Ragland	Deed	15	187
1842	John Gilliam	Loftin N. Ellett	Release	15	216
1842	John Gilliam	Samuel Pleasants	Deed	15	227
1843	John Gilliam	Susan M. Bass	Deed of Trust	16	135
1843	John Gilliam	James E. Mayo	Deed	16	137
1844	John Gilliam	James P. Poore	Deed	16	422
1849	Richard J. Gilliam	John F. Lay	Deed of Trust	18	42
1850	Richard J. Gilliam	John F. Lay	Deed of Trust	18	180
1850	John Gilliam	Daniel Stringer	Deed	18	308
1851	Richard J. Gilliam	John J. Flournoy, Jr.	Deed of Trust	18	445
1851	Richard J. Gilliam	Robert W. Nelson	Deed and Plat	18	476
1852	John Gilliam	William S. Dance	Release	18	573
1852	John Gilliam	William A. Turpin	Release	18	575
1852	John Gilliam	John Robertson	Release	18	594
1854	Lucy A. Gilliam and Susan E. Gillam	Fabius M. Lawson	Deed	19	188
1857	John Gilliam, Elizabeth T. Gilliam, William T. Gilliam, James D. Gilliam, Polly Gilliam	Lucian Minor	Release	20	30
1869	Joseph Gilliam	John N. Woodfin	Deed	21	269
1876	Marshall M Gilliam	Benjamin H. Frayser	Deed of Trust	23	69
1881	Robert Gilliam, Jr	Robert Y. Jones	Deed of Trust	24	294
1881	Robert Gilliam, Jr	Robert Y. Jones	Deed of Trust	24	297
1884	R. H. Gilliam	John B. Harvie	Deed of Trust	25	298
1885	Robert Gilliam, Jr	W. J. McDowell	Deed of Trust	25	491
1890	R. H. Gilliam	J. O. Scott	Deed of Trust	27	583
1891	John Gilliam	James A. Tilman	Deed of Trust	28	73
1893	John Gilliam	William Whitlock	Deed of Trust	28	494

Grantor Index

Year of Record	Grantor	Grantee	Instrument	Book	Page
1799	Robert Gilliam	Robert Taylor	Bill of Sale	2	630
1810	John and Mary Gilliam	Samuel Hobson	Deed	4	165
1816	John and Mary Gilliam, Susanna Gilliam	Littleberry H Mosby	Deed	6	93
1822	John and Mary Gilliam	Thomas Taylor	Deed of Trust	8	20
1823	John Gilliam	Wm S. Dance	Deed of Trust	8	314
1826	John and Mary Gilliam	Thomas Pemberton	Deed	9	242
1835	John and Mary Gilliam	James River Co	Deed and Plat	13	37
1836	John Gilliam	William O Harding	Deed	13	243
1846	John Gilliam	Wm C. Flournoy	Pers	17	190
1851	Richard J. Gilliam	Jno F. Lay	Deed of trust	18	477
1852	Richard J. and Catherine E. Gilliam	Lucian Minor	Deed of Trust	18	527
1852	Richard J. Gilliam	Wm B Ball	Pers	18	559
1853	Richard H. Gilliam	Louisa T. Flippen	Deed	19	55
1854	John Gilliam	Fabius M. Lawson	Deed	19	187
1854	Richard J. and Catherine E. Gilliam	John F. Lay	Release	19	207
1856	Lucy A. Gilliam and Susan E. Gilliam	Robert Y Jones	Deed	19	442
1857	Lucy A. Gilliam	Wm Overton	Mar Cont	20	69
1869	Joe and Ellen Gilliam	R. J. Mosby	Deed of Trust	21	270
1869	John Gilliam	George B Adkins	Deed of Trust	21	316
1869	John Gilliam	Christopher C McRae	Deed of Trust	21	322
1870	John and Bettie M. Gilliam	John P. Taylor	Agreement	21	382
1870	Catherine E. Gilliam	Homestead Deed		21	414
1870	John Gilliam	Homestead Deed		21	415
1870	Joseph and Ellen Gilliam	James A. Tilman	Deed	21	426
1871	Catherine E. Gilliam and William T., James D., Pollie J. Gilliam	N. D. Cosby	Bill of Sale	21	480
1871	John and W. T. Gilliam	N. D. Cosby Admr.	Bill of Sale	21	504
1871	Catherine E. Gilliam and Pollie Gilliam	John F. Lay	Deed of Trust	22	20
1872	John Gilliam	Willis J. Dance	Pers	22	75
1873	John Gilliam	A. L. Putzel	Pers	22	215
1874	James D. Gilliam and William T. Gilliam	Willis J. Dance	Deed of Trust	22	378
1878	Marshall M. Gilliam	William Turpin	Deed	23	455
1879	Marshall M. Gilliam	Ellen Cox	Release	23	471
1880	Marshall M. Gilliam	Richard B. Chaffin	Deed	24	12
1881	Marshall M. Gilliam	L. W. Cosby	Release	24	272
1881	James D. Gilliam	John Swann	Deed	24	447
1884	John Gilliam	Thomas M. Miller	Pers	25	255
1885	Robert Gilliam, Jr.	Robert Y. Jones	Release	R-1	8
1887	R. J. Gilliam, Est	John H. Guy	Deed	26	273
1894	John Gilliam	W. D. Wilkinson	Lease	29	54
1895	Robert Gilliam	W. J. McDowell	Release	R-1	91
1896	Ada A and T. W. Gilliam	C. M. Walker and Co	Lien	29	437
1897	Ada A and T. W. Gilliam	C. M. Walker and Co	Agreement	29	526
1899	Robert H. Gililam	J. O. Scott	Release	R-1	146
1901	Catherine E. Gilliam, Estate	W. T. Gilliam, et al	Deed	31	104
1901	Richard J. Gilliam	Sally G. Mayo	Deed	31	110
1901	Wm. T. Gilliam	Sally G. Mayo	Deed	31	110
1901	Catherine E. Gilliam, Bettie M. Gilliam, R. J. Gilliam, Estate	M. F. Swann	Decree	31	125
1904	Ada A and T W Gilliam	James Kinnier	Deed	32	235
1904	John Gilliam	J. Burrell Adkins	Deed	32	266

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