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John W. Gillis (Caldwell co., Ky, job worker.)

b. 1831?

Caldwell County, Kentucky, job worker. Tennessee native. Son of Thomas Gillis and Feraby Gillis. Married to Elvira Gillis. Father of Serena Gillis, Elizabeth Gillis, Sarah E. Gillis, and Thomas Gillis. Resident in Roane County, Tennessee, in 1850. Job worker in Princeton, Kentucky, in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Roane County, Subdivision 20, p. 376A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 117-18.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Missouri, Dunklin County, Freeborn, p. 590D.

Citation

Gillis, John W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211662 (November 12, 2026).

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