Devereux Gilliam
Birth 1743
Virginia, USA
Death 1809 (aged 65–66)
Knox County, Tennessee, USA
Burial Gilliam Station Cemetery
Knox County, Tennessee, USA
Devereux Gilliam was born about 1743, a son of William and Mary [Jarratt} Gilliam of New Kent County, Virginia. Devereux was a Revolutionary War soldier in the Battle of King's Mountain, an early major American victory. Devereux joined up with Hamon Critz' Company of Henry County Militia in 1781, which was from his neighborhood in Virginia, and a part of Wm. Penn's Regiment. They marched to the assistance of Gen. Nathaniel Greene and took part in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in March, 1781. They also were involved in the Battle of 96, which was a "last stand" that ran the British finally out of the Carolinas in late 1781. He returned to Henry County raising crops and his family until 1791 when he received a land grant from North Carolina for land in Hawkins County, [Tennessee] at the forks of the French Broad and Holston Rivers. He built a blockhouse there named Gilliam's Station, and moved his family near an infant Knoxville, living out his life at the forks of the river. Years later, the mound that Gilliam's Station was built on was opened and many historic artifacts were found, as is often the case. Devereux died in 1809 and was buried at the small private family cemetery near Gilliam Station. It is said he was fond of the hunt and of his dogs.
Children:
William, Charles, Elizabeth (George Roulstone, 1st newspaper publisher in TN), Susanna (Dunlap), Mary [Polly] (Ray, Lavender), Bethenia (Josiah Shelton Ellis), Charlotte (Caldwell).
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