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Photo Albums Family Stories Family Bible Records Family Trees Historical and Biographical Sketches News Archives Correspondence Maps Marriage Records Property & Land Ownership Wills & Estates Census Records Birth Records Obituaries & Death Records Cemetery Records Military Records Veteran Gravesites Passenger Lists/Immigration Gilliland Slave Records and Registers Library and Archives Indices Ephemera & Magazines Miscellaneous

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Photo Albums

Alabama Family Albums

• Dawn Gilliland Bright: The History and Heritage of a Southern Gilliland Family

Kansas Family Albums

• Gilliland Farm at Johnson County, Kansas

Kentucky Family Albums

• The Kentucky Boys

Maryland Family Albums

• Emmitsburg, Maryland Veterans

New York Family Albums

• David Glenn's Album of William Gilliland

Ohio Family Albums

• Descendants of James Gillilan, Jr. and Margaret Boggs
• Kate Maynard's Gilliland Family Album
• The Warren and Catherine Reed Gilliland Family, Jackson County, Ohio
• Bill Gilliland Family Photos (Jackson County, Ohio)
• Unidentified Family Portraits

Pennsylvania Family Albums

• Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians

Texas Family Albums

• Word War II photo of Bonnie Gilleland (Forth Worth, Texas)

West Virginia Family Albums

• William S. Gilliland Cabin & Cemetery, Charleston, West Virginia
• Peggy Hollandsworth Lewis: Gillilan family of Greenbrier County, West Virginia

Canada

• From Jackson County, Ohio to Saskatchewan, Canada: The Family Album of Anne Gilliland Bristow

Journeys & Places

• On the Road Again.... Along the Gilliland Trail!
• Gilliland Observatory

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Family Stories

• A Visit to Gilliland Dairy Farm, Mabees Corner, Jackson County, Ohio
• The Pioneer Story of Beatrice & Tom Gilliland
• The Good Old Days

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Family Bible Records

• David R. P. Gilliland Family (Pennsylvania) (Word Doc)
• The Gilliland Family Bibles at the State Library of Virginia (West Virginia) (Word Doc)
• William Gilliland Jr, Family Bible (New York)
• The Belle Gilliland Family Bible (Ohio)
• The Hollandsworth Family Bible (Greenbrier, West Virginia)

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Family Trees

• Jacob Gilliland Family Notes (Pennsylvania) (Word Doc)
• Descendants of Nathan Gilliland (Augusta County, Virginia)
• Descendants of John Berrisford Gilleland (Jackson County, Ohio)
• Descendants of Alexander Gilliland
• Descendants of Nathan B. 'Nate' Gilliland (HarrisonTwp, Scioto County, Ohio)

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Correspondence

• Postcard to Lulu Gilliland, Beaver, Ohio, 1909
• Postcard to Mrs. John Gilleland, New Cambria, Missouri, 1906
• Letter from Joseph Gilliland to his sister Mary, Oil City, Pennsylvania, 1874
• Letter from William Gilliland, Ellisburg, Pennsylvania, 1858
• Letter written by Wm. B. Hubbard Regarding William Gilliland of Ohio, 1829

Maps

• 1875 Barton & Gibbs Scioto County, Ohio Townships
• 1887 Map of Greenbrier County, West Virginia
• 1886 Map of Augusta County, Virginia
• 1839 Map of Ayrshire, Scotland
• 1891 Map of Ireland

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Census Records

• Cedar County, Iowa Census (1850) (Word Doc)
• Ohio Census (1820) (Word Doc)
• Ohio Census (1830) (Word Doc)
• Charleston, South Carolina Census (1861) (Word Doc w/ photos)

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Birth Records

• Some West Virginia births, 1853-1910 (Word Doc)
• Some Gilliland births of London, England, 1812-1835 (Word Doc)

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Cemetery Records

Idaho Cemeteries

• Canyon Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Canyon County

Maryland Cemeteries

• Gillelan/Gilliland Tombstones, Frederick County (Word Doc)
• Emmitsburg Presbyterian Cemetery of Frederick County
• St. Elias Lutheran Church & Cemetery of Emmitsburg

Minnesota Cemeteries

• Gilliland & Gilland burials at Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis (Word Doc)

Mississippi Cemeteries

• New Cemetery Being Prepared On Highway East of Greenville An article from 1952 regarding Glen and Davis Gilleylen's development of the Greenville Memorial Gardens, Greenville, Mississippi (Word Doc)

Ohio Cemeteries

Columbus

• Columbus Area Cemeteries (Word Doc w/ photo)

Jackson County

• Some Jackson County Tombstones
• Fairmount Cemetery (Jackson) Burial List, January 2007 (Word Doc)
• Hamilton-McCoy Cemetery and Church, Hamilton Township
• Mr. Horeb Cemetery and Church, Jefferson Township
• Stephenson Cemetery, Hamilton Township
• Grahamsville Cemetery, Scioto Township

Lawrence County

• White Cottage Cemetery, South Point

Pike County

• Stockdale Cemetery, Marion Township

Scioto County

• Scioto Cemetery, North of Lucasville
• Bennett Cemetery of Minford
• Old Shumway Cemetery of Harrison Township
• Mt. Joy Church and Cemetery of Rarden Township
• Greenlawn Cemetery of Portsmouth
• Index to Gilliland Burials at Memorial Burial Park (Word Doc)

Pennsylvania Cemeteries

• Allegheny County Tombstones

Virginia Cemeteries

• Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond

West Virginia Cemeteries

• William S. Gilliland Cabin & Cemetery, Charleston
• Rosewood Cemetery, Greenbrier County
• Lewisburg Cemetery, Greenbrier County
• Frankford Cemetery, Greenbrier County
• Mountain Gate Cemetery, Renick, Greenbrier County

Cemeteries in Other Countries

• AUSTRALIA: Gilliland & Gilleland Burials of Queensland and Western Australia (Word Doc)

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Military Records

• Library of Congress, Veterans History Project: Gillilands and Gillands (Word Doc)
• Gilliland Union Veterans of Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee and Arkansas (including Gillilan, Gilland, Gilleland and Gillelan surnames) (Word Doc)
• James Gilliland, Revolutionary War Veteran of New York (Word Doc)
• WWII Gilliland Vets from Jackson County, Ohio
• This document was transcribed from the original material by Sharon Hobart and may not to be posted elsewhere without her expressed permission.
  The Revolutionary War Pension File of James Gillilan of Greenbrier Co., West Virginia (PDF)

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Veteran Gravesites

• Canadian Virtual War Memorial (Word Doc)
• Commonwealth Wargraves Commission (Word Doc)

Results from U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs, Gravesite Locator:

• Veterans Gravesites: Gilliland (A-J First Names) (Word Doc)
• Veterans Gravesites: Gilliland (K-Z First Names) (Word Doc)
• Veterans Gravesites: Gilleland (Word Doc)
• Veterans Gravesites: Gillilan (Word Doc)
• Veterans Gravesites: Gillelan, Gilliean, Gilleylen (Word Doc)

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Passenger Lists/Immigration

• Immigrants to the Port of New York during the period of the Irish Famine, 1/12/1846 - 12/31/1851 (Word Doc)
• Gilliland Immigrations to New York 1820-1913 (Word Doc)
• Philadelphia Passenger List (Word Doc)

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Library and Archives Indices & Directories

• Library of Congress: Gilliland Records (Word Doc)
• Library of Congress: Gillilan Records (Word Doc)
• Library of Congress: Gilleland/Gilleylen/Gilland Records (Word Doc)
• New Jersey State Archives: Gilliland Records (Word Doc)
• UK National Archives: Gilliland Records (Word Doc)
• State Library of Virginia: Gilleland Records (Word Doc)
• Indiana State Library: Gilliland Records (Word Doc)
• Arizona Historical Foundation: Charles L. Gilliland Photo Collection
• Ohio Imprints and Directories of the 1800's (Word Doc)
• 1903-1904 Directory of Bartholomew County, Indiana (Word Doc)
• 1909 Memphis (TN) City Directory (Word Doc)
• The 1907 & 1909 Adrian, Michigan Directories (Word Doc)
• Marriage and death announcements available via the New Castle, Pennsylvania Public Library (Word Doc)

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Ephemera & Magazines

• Gilliland Garage Postcards
• Roy Gilliland Farm (Successful Farming magazine cover story)
• Jim Gilliland and the murder of Albert Fountain (True West magazine article) (PDF)
• Gilliland Groves ad and postcard
• World War II U.S.O. Canteen
• Postcard of B. D. Gilliland, Director of the Black Hussar Band
• Program of the Plattsburgh, New York Centennial Celebration, 1914
• Gilliland's Liniment Card, late 1800s
• Wolf bounty scrip to Nathen Gilliland, Ohio, 1812

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Miscellaneous

• Chester County, Pennsylvania Records (Word Doc)
• Frederick County, Maryland Records (Word Doc)
• The Gillilands: a Bibliography (Word Doc)
• Inventors and Inventions

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