This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gilliland Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1769 Message Board Post: During her retirement, Mabel Bridges (4/6/1891 - 4/18/1976), using a card file, gathered notes on the earliest of the pioneers in Fremont county. I'm copying the following from Mabel's notes: 1.--1853: Land Entry for James Gilliland for the north half of the northwest quarter of section 5 township 69 range 40, dated Sept. 6, 1853. 2.--1854: Fremont county Census, "Sidney township" James Gilliland....3m....2f...1 voter...1 militia....no aliens 3.--1856: Iowa State Census, Fremont county, "Monroe township" James Gilliland....44....Ohio....18 years in the State Mary...................29....NC.......18 Susan..................8.....Iowa......8 John....................5.....Iowa Andrew................3.....Iowa Clarinda...............1.....lowa