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Clayton Gilliam (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror)

b. 1812? d. 1879?

Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror. Virginia native. Married to Frances E. Dupuy Gilliam. Father of Henry A. Gilliam, William A. Gilliam, and Clifton Gilliam. Resident in Prince Edward County, Virginia, in 1840. Owned two enslaved persons in Prince Edward County in 1840. Farmer in Appomattox County in 1850. Owned eight enslaved persons in Appomattox County in 1850. Resident in Trigg County, Kentucky, in 1855. Owned two enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1855. Resident in Trigg County in 1857. Juror in the Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Thomas B. Wadlington in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on December 8, 1860. Resident in Caldwell County in 1865.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Virginia, Prince Edward County, Eastern District, p. 219A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Virginia, Appomattox County, p. 176B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Virginia, Appomattox County, p. 844-5.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, Haynes, p. 119A.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Mortality Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, Symsonia, p. 366.

Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994056, Trigg County Births, p. 2.

Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994056, Trigg County Births, p. 3.

Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 3, Caldwell County, Kentucky, 1865, p. 140.

KYR-0001-020-0001.

Citation

Gilliam, Clayton. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203754 (November 12, 2026).

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