POSSIBLE children of Thomas Gill and Mary Wilson Gill Note that there is a lot of "educated guessing" here. Only Allen Jerry Gill, William F. Gill, and James W. Gill are documented as children. I believe we may be able to document Edward Gill as a son from the 1880 census (whenever I get around to checking it!!)
Can anyone find Mary Wilson Gill definitively in the 1850 and 1860 census? She was definitely alive. This may identify another child. I believe the only possibility for her in 1850 is in Telfair County, and it appears that there may have been an earlier connection there, through James Gill, who appears to be another son of John Gill who died in 1822 in Barnwell Co., SC.
1. Male Gill child born 1801-04 present in 1810 and 1820 census. His presence implies that Thomas was born <1780-3, if 21 when this child born. Mary Wilson is present with Reddin Wilson in 1800, but apparently not in 1810, so this could be her son, and not necessarily that of a first (different) wife.
2. Elizabeth (Eliza) Gill born c1811 in S.C. (census) from the 1820 and 1830 censuses it may be concluded that she was born 1811 to 15. Her assumed mother, Mary Gill, is with her in the 1850 census in Telfair Co. Georgia, listed as "Elisa" with Samual Downing born c1783 NC, farmer. This is based upon the fact that there is no other possibility for Mary Wilson Gill anywhere else, and her children are known to be scattered in 1850. Barnwell records clearly state that Mary was alive somewhere, as she did not die until 1863. Eliza Downing is the only possibility that I can find, and she fits the census data acceptably! The search for Mary Gill in 1850 and 1860 is worth repeating with new census for 1850 and 1860. This Mary Gill may be associated with the Telfair Co. Gills, and this is a different branch of the same family. 1. Renatus Downing (m) b c1832 SC. 2. Samuel Downing b c1834 Lowndes Co., GA (on border with FL) 3. Susannah Downing b c1834 Lowndes Co. 4. George Downing b c1835 Lowndes Co. 5. Jackson Downing b c1836 Lowndes Co. 6. William Downing b c1838 Telfair Co., GA.
3. Female Gill born c1811-15 present in the 1820 census and not thereafter.
4. Female Gill born c1811-15. 4 females Gill are present in the 1820 census, and only 2 show up thereafter, born 1811-15, so two presumably died or were married before 1830.
5. Male Gill born 1811-15 present in the 1820 and 1830 census.
6. James W. Gill, born c1818 SC died between 1863 and 1870, is known to be a son from Barnwell Co., S.C. probate records. James was named for his great-great grandfather. He is present in the 1820 and 1830 census (and either he or male #5 in 1840) with an inferred birth range of 1816-20. James W. Gill is positively identified in the 1860 census in Hamilton county, Florida on the basis of children's names: 1. William, 2. Mary Ann, 3. Thomas, 4. James, 5. Jeremiah, and 6. Martha. This could only be more positive if Jeremiah was actually Allen Jerry (in fact this was his name)! 1850, James W. Gill was in Hamilton County, Fla. farming, married to Mahaliah Moody, who was born in Georgia c1828. Presumably he met her in Thomas County, or on one of their treks, and they moved to Florida between 1846 and 1848 (on the basis of census statement of where their children were born). James W. Gill had a BLM land grant in Hamilton Co. FL 16 June 1856. Oral tradition has it that: "Mahala Moody Gill was killed by the Indians in 1860. Her house was burned and all that was found was a bloody apron outside on a mound of dirt. She was homebound with a new baby but told her son,Thomas K. Gill, age 9, to take the little baby and go to the cornfields where the family was working and tell them the Indians were raiding and for all to go directly to the fort, Janice Strauss thinks this was in Hamilton Co Florida.
In the 1860 census, he was in the same place with $600 in real estate, $400 personal, with the six children whose names are so striking. Apparently James W. Gill died after 1 August 1863, when he was listed in Barnwell probate records as having received his distributive share of his mother's estate ($44.75), he may have been killed while serving with the Confederate army (no record of this). Two of his sons, Jeremiah ("Jerry, Jr.") and Andrew, were living with Allen Jerry Gill in the 1870 census (nephews). There may be a Confederate record of James. One Thomas Gill enlisted 4 March 1862 from Thomas County Georgia. This Thomas must have been another of the elder Thomas' sons (assumed to be #13), "detailed as a wagonner", taken as a POW, and died in a Confederate hospital on 5 July 1864. Mixed in with Thomas' records is one for a James Gill, who was also a "wagonner" in June 1862. We may speculate that this was James W. Gill. (1/2). Known Children of James W. Gill and Mahalia
7. Female Gill born 1816-20, Julia? Gill born c1820, identified in the 1820 and 1830 census. Perhaps this is Julia Gill, 30 years of age (born c1820), listed with Patty Kersh, 60, in the Barnwell Co. census in 1850 page 430, although I haven't a clue as to how Kersh's are related to our family. They were early neighbors in what is now Allendale County, Lower Three Runs area.
8. John C. Gill b c1825 "SC.", farmer in Hamilton Co., Fla. in 1860, $00 real, $100 personal, married Nancy b c1824 SC. (in census listed as male born 1821 to 1825 present in the 1830 census, but not 1840). No documentation for him. He is in the right place, and has the right age.
9. William F. Gill c1826-(1863-66), was born c1826 in Georgia and is identified by proximity with James W. Gill in Hamilton County, Florida in the 1850 and 1860 censuses, and is listed in Barnwell probate records. The Barnwell probate record shows him as William "T." Gill, but the Florida land records clearly identify him as William F. Gill. Apparently the clerk neglected to cross the "F." He named his second born son James. William is present with Thomas in the 1830 census but not 1840, yielding a census birth range of 1826-30. It is not clear if William F. and Allen Jerry were twins or not; but they were very close in age. William was with James Hendry and family in the 1850 census in Hamilton Co., Fla. Could this be a brother in law? He appears in the same location married to Elizabeth (Coulter) b c1835 in the 1860 census. He was listed as farming with $1500 in real estate, and $1000 in personal estate, about twice the estate of his older brother, how did he manage that? Perhaps he inherited it through his wife, a time honored tradition! William F. Gill had two BLM land grants in 1860, 2 April 1860 and 1 October 1860. Since William "T." Gill is listed as having been paid his distributive share of his mother's estate ($44.75) on 1 August 1863, he was alive at that date. William Gill presumably died after 1863 and before 1866, when Elizabeth Coulter Gill, his widow, married second Archibald Hendry in 1866 (note that William Gill was living with James Hendry in 1850). He was definitely deceased by 1869 when his estate was probated in Hamilton Co. Archibald and Elizabeth moved down to the Polk/Manatee County Florida area and both are buried in the Ft. Green cemetery in Hardee County, Florida.
Roland Carlton thinks he has found his grave: I am still trying to find more on William F. Gill. I have located a grave of William Gill, west of Jasper, Fl. I am pretty sure it is his. It is unmarked on private property. Along with this grave is a Charity Gill and a Johnnie Gill. also unmarked. Johnnie Gill may have been his brother, #8 above. (FOC: Charity Gill may be the Charity Gill who appears in the Georgia census in 1830 in Screven Co., GA, just across the Savannah River from Allendale.) They are locateed about 7 miles south of where William and Elizabeth lived in Hamilton County. I have gotten a copy of the book of Cemeteries of Hamilton County, Fl. There is a Gill, Dora B-sept 6, 1892 D-Aug. 19, 1937 in another Cemetery. The William Gill information was supplied by a Mr. Goolsby (81 yrs. old in 2000) whom I have contacted but the only information he could supply was the three names. My next trip up I plan to visit more with him.
According to family oral tradition, he served in the civil war, consistent with no children born after 1861. Children listed in the 1860 census:
10. Allen Jerry Gill born 24 July 1827 was with his father in the 1830 census but not in 1840 yielding a census birth range of 1826 to 1830. He was with his uncle, John Wilson, in Barnwell county, S.C. in 1850, and probably with him as well in 1840. Allen Jerry Gill has two Bureau of Land Management land grants in Hamilton Co., FL, near those of James W. and William F. Gill, one signed 1 July 1857 and the second 21 January 1893. He served in the CSA Army, Co. D, 3rd S.C. Cavalry. He may have served in a local capacity, as he is not listed as serving in any major battles (worthy of further inquiry). His unit was also known as the 2nd S.C. cavalry, formerly known as the 8th Battalion of the S.C. Cavalry, also known as the 2nd and Colcock's Cavalry. Allen Jerry Gill entered and surrendered as a private (card #44196727, USNA).
11. Carolina Gill born c1829, 21 years of age in the 1850 census with a W.R. unintelligible in Edgefield Co. with a motley assortment of people. Was she a sister of Allen Jerry Gill's?
12. Harriett Gill born c1832 in Florida, identified in the 1850 census with her brother, James W. Gill, tenuous, admittedly, but a female is in the 1840 census with an implied census birth range of 1831-35.
13. Martha Gill was born c1835 in Florida, present in the 1840 census with an implied birth range of 1836-40. Martha appeared with James W. Gill, and he named a daughter Martha.
14. Edward Gill, born 1838 died 1895 (either he or James W. Gill is present with "S.M. Gill" in the 1840 census in Fla.). I believe this is Edward Gill, who had a land grant in Florida near James W., William F., and Allen J. Gill. Edward Gill had a BLM land grant in Hamilton Co., FL 1 April 1862. If he is the Edward Gill in the 1860 Hamilton Co. census, born 1838, married to Mary Gill born 1837, with son James Gill born 1853, then Edward was the last born, and the Thomas Gill of Thomas Co., GA belongs to somebody else. Edward Gill #A00073, 10 Regt. Inf., Wife: Nepsey Cheshire, Hamilton County, Florida 1903--8 pages in file (thanks to Ceya Minder)
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The 1900 census shows Allen Jerry Gill on a farm in Pasco County, Florida, District 2 (outside of Dade City), 73 years old, owning his farm free of mortgage. Living with him was a niece, Eliza Gill, 26 years old, born June 1874. Eliza, as neice, was the daughter of one of his brothers. William T. Gill died between 1863 and 1866, and James W. Gill before 1870. What brother was her father?????? Clues this good are hard to come by in this family. We need to follow this one up! I think this has to be one of these two following who are unidentified: Can we find a Gill in the 1880 census, with daughter Eliza age 6, who fits one of these birth ranges, either born: 1. Male Gill child born 1801-04 present in 1810 and 1820 census. His presence implies that Thomas was born <1780-3, if 21 when this child born. Mary Wilson is present with Reddin Wilson in 1800, but apparently not in 1810, so this could be her son, and not necessarily that of a first (different) wife. This son would have been c72 when Eliza was born! 5. Male Gill born 1811-15 present in the 1820 and 1830 censuses (either he or James W. Gill is present with "S.M. Gill" (before in 1840 in Fla.). {I believe this is Edward Gill??} This one would have been c62 when she was born! Either way, this will make an interesting additional documented addition to our sparsely documented family.
Hopewell Cemetery, Hampton Co., SC. unknown markers
1. "MOTHER" Annie G. Gill Sept 15 1872 died June 6 1923 (no idea who she is)
2. Robert Ivey Gill Nov. 29 1896, Feb. 24 1947.
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