My husbands grand father was John Gilliam married to Martha Cornett, they lived in Gordon , Ky Letcher Co. same county that Whitesburg has. I have been trying to do this line my self. Thanks Carol/Barker/Hall Cumberland, Ky. Harlan Co. carol@ure.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Back" <jx2back@bright.net> To: <VALEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 10:54 pm Subject: [VALEE] Rollcall > Hello All. > > My surname in Lee County is Gilliam > > I have a perplexing problem that has bothered my family for years. My > Grandfather was Hascue George Gilliam b. 1883 in Lee County, Va. He > married my grandmother sometime in the early 1920's in Lee County Ky > (second marriage for both). He never spoke much at all to any of his > family about his early years in Virginia. He ran away from home when he > was about 15 (Would have been 7 in 1890, 17 in 1900 so the census is no > real help) The only information that we know for certain is that he had > a sister named Olie (my aunt was named for her) He may have had two > brothers, John and Monroe. His father's name may have been William > (Bill) and his mother was Rhoda. The family may have lived in Greenburg > or Greensboro PA for a time. Olie was living in PA and married to a > Sweragin? sometime in the late 1910's. As you can see, we do not have > much to go on. Any ideas? I haven't taken the time to really do any > research. My uncle Willard lived in Whitesburg Ky, and tried several > time to look into this, but with little success. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated > > Jim > > > ==== VALEE Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the list send your message to <VALEE-L-request@rootsweb.com> for individual list messages; <VALEE-D-request@rootsweb.com> for digest messages. Then put the word unsubscribe in the subject line and send your message. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >