Updated November 25, 2022
Overview
This database is a compilation of Confederate Gilliam Veterans and their Widows found in the following Library of Virginia databases:
Confederate Disability Applications Database
The Virginia General Assembly enacted legislation, effective in 1867 and ending in 1894, to provide artificial limbs and other disability benefits to Virginia veterans of the Civil War.
To coordinate the program, and oversee the distribution of aid, the Assembly established the Board of Commissioners on Artificial Limbs. Injured soldiers submitted certificates from their county court stating that they were Virginia citizens, that they had lost a limb or had been otherwise disabled in the war, and what assistance they required. The veterans listed the command in which they served; included information on when, where, and how they were wounded; and provided details about their medical history.
These disability applications provide a strong sense of the Civil War's impact on individuals, families, and communities. In truth, many veterans found the postwar battle for economic survival and physical mobility nearly as difficult as the war itself.
Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows and Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows Electronic Card Index
The Virginia General Assembly passed Confederate pension acts in 1888, 1900, and 1902, and a series of supplementary acts between 1903 and 1934. The act of 1888 provided pensions to Confederate soldiers, sailors, and marines disabled in action and to the widows of those killed in action. Subsequent acts broadened the coverage to include all veterans, their widows and their unmarried or widowed daughters. The acts required that applicants be residents of Virginia. Later legislation included veterans or their survivors residing in the District of Columbia as well.
This collection consists of pension applications and amended applications filed by resident Virginia Confederate veterans and their widows. (Pension applications filed by veterans' sisters and daughters are not indexed.) The applications contain statements pertaining to the service record of the applicants and may include medical evaluations, information about the income and property of the veterans or their widows, and, in the case of widows, the date and place of marriages. The collection also includes claims submitted by more than five hundred African Americans who had worked as cooks, herdsmen, laborers, servants, or teamsters in the Confederate army.
Robert E. Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers' Home
On April 18, 1883 a group of concerned Confederate Veterans met in Richmond, Virginia, to form the Camp Lee Soldiers' Home (also called Confederate Soldiers' Home, Confederate Veterans Soldiers' Home, R. E. Lee Camp Soldiers' Home, Lee Camp Soldiers' Home, or Old Soldiers' Home) as a benevolent society to aid their needy former comrades. The Robert E. Lee Camp, No. 1, Confederate Veterans was incorporated March 13, 1884. In the year that followed, the camp raised funds and acquired land in Western Richmond for a home. The Home opened on January 1, 1885, and it was located in the corner of Grove Ave. and the Boulevard in Richmond, Virginia. Plagued by financial difficulties, they sought money from the state. In 1886, the General Assembly authorized a small annual appropriation which was increased in 1892 in return for the deed to the property. The home was under the Dept. of Public Welfare until it closed in 1941, upon the death of the last resident.
| Veteran | Wife | County | Date | Type of Doc |
| Robert Jones Gilliam | ? | 1902 | Camp Lee | |
| James L. Gilliam | Mary Jane | Albemarle | 1900 | Pension |
| Alexander P. Gillum | Albemarle | 1902 | Pension | |
| Daniel W. Gilliam | Mary C. | Alexandria | 1902 | Pension/Card |
| Cornelius Barnes Gilliam | Emma J. | Amherst | 1884 | Disabled |
| William A. Gilliam | Elizabeth | Amherst | 1883 | Disabled |
| John W. Gilliam | Amherst | 1883 | Disabled | |
| James Gilliam | Elizabeth | Amherst | 1926 | Pension/Card |
| James D. Gilliam | Lizzie | Amherst | 1900 | Pension/Card |
| Jno M. Gilliam | Amherst | 1888 | Pension/Card | |
| Cornelius Barnes Gilliam | Emma J. | Amherst | 1888 | Pension/Card |
| Charles H. Gilliam | Martha J. | Appomattox | 1902 | Pension |
| Charles H. Gilliam | Martha J. | Appomattox | 1900 | Pension |
| Robert H. Gilliam | Mary Ann | Buckingham | 1926 | Pension/Card |
| Edward Glover Gilliam | Mary C. | Campbell | 1883 | Disabled |
| William A. Gilman | Dinwiddie | 1899 | Camp Lee | |
| Robert G. Guilliams | Franklin | 1902 | Pension/Card | |
| James W. Guilliams | Franklin | 1902 | Pension/Card | |
| Jesse Guilliams | Franklin | 1900 | Pension/Card | |
| Henry H. Gilliam | Greenville | 1888 | Pension/Card | |
| John Wesley Gilman | Martha Ellen | Hanover | 1902 | Pension |
| Jno W. Gilliam | Henrico | 1902 | Pension/Card | |
| A. F. Gilliam | Lee | 1902 | Pension | |
| Samuel W. Gilham | Alice K. | Lynchburg | 1916 | Pension/Card |
| Charles Gilman | Mary E. | Montgomery | 1888 | Pension |
| D. W. Gilliam | Newport News | 1900 | Pension | |
| Thomas Mann Gillum | Sarah E. | Orange | 1902 | Pension |
| Thomas Mann Gillum | Sarah E. | Orange | 1902 | Pension/Card |
| Joseph H. Gilliam | Ada | Petersburg | 1902 | Pension |
| Joseph H. Gilliam | Ada | Petersburg | 1918 | Pension/Card |
| Joseph S Gilliam | Bertha A. | Portsmouth | 1926 | Pension/Card |
| William T. Gilliam | Never married | Powhatan | 1922 | Camp Lee |
| William T. Gilliam | Never married | Powhatan | 1922 | Pension/Card |
| Theophilus Field Gilliam | Mary P. | Prince George | 1928 | Pension/Card |
| Thaddeus A. Gilliam | Nettie | Richmond | 1883 | Disabled |
| Robert J. Gilliam | Richmond | 1902 | Pension | |
| James S. Gilliam | Elizabeth E. | Richmond | 1900 | Pension |
| Joseph Coleman Gilman | Mildred Frances | Richmond | 1902 | Pension |
| James Thomas Gilliam | Rebecca Jane | Richmond | 1928 | Pension/Card |
| James Thomas Gilliam | Rebecca Jane | Richmond | 1924 | Pension/Card |
| Robert A. Gilliam | Bettie B. | Richmond | 1920 | Pension/Card |
| John W. Gilham | Minnie | Richmond | 1916 | Pension/Card |
| Jesse Guilliams | Melia | Roanoke | 1902 | Pension |
| William S. Gilliam | Elizabeth | Scott | 1902 | Pension |
| Thomas H. Gilliam | Scott | 1900 | Pension | |
| Richard Gilliam | Polly | Scott | 1888 | Pension |
| Thomas Gilliam | Scott | 1902 | Pension/Card | |
| Peter P. Gilliam | Scott | 1902 | Pension/Card | |
| William S. Gilliam | Elizabeth | Scott | 1902 | Pension/Card |
| J. L. Gilliam | Scott | 1900 | Pension/Card | |
| William C. Gilliam | Warwick | 1895 | Camp Lee | |
| Richard Gillman | Wythe | 1900 | Pension | |
| Richard Benjamin Gilliam | Annie | York | 1918 | Pension/Card |
Sources
From the Library of Virginia
- Confederate Disability Applications and Receipts
- Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows
- Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows Electronic Card Index
- Robert E. Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers' Home Applications for Admission