Eliza McFerrin was born circa 1813 at Tennessee.2 She was the daughter of James McFerrin and Jane Campbell Berry.3 Eliza McFerrin married Samuel B. Gilliland, son of John Gilliland and Sarah Berry, in 1837.1 Eliza McFerrin was probably the female age 20 to 29 listed in the household of her husband, Samuel B. Gilliland, in the 1840 Federal Census of Tipton County, Tennessee.4 Eliza McFerrin and Samuel B. Gilliland appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Shelby County, Tennessee, enumerated 30 November 1850. Their children Ann, Sarah, James McFerrin, John and Kit were listed as living with them.2
Children of Eliza McFerrin and Samuel B. Gilliland
◦Ann Gilliland2 b. c 1840
◦Sarah Gilliland2 b. c 1843
◦James McFerrin Gilliland2 b. 14 Dec 1844, d. 24 Dec 1895
◦John Gilliland2 b. c 1848
◦Kit Gilliland2 b. c Aug 1850
◦Ella L. Gilliland5 b. 28 Sep 1852, d. 11 Sep 1889
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