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Sarah Ann Gilliam (Israel)

Also Known As: "Bellieu", "Sally", "Sarah Ann", "Sally Gilliam Bellew", "Sally Israel", "Sarah Ann Israel Belieu"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Albemarle County, Virginia
Death: circa 1840 (72-81)
Clay County, Missouri, United States
Place of Burial: Missouri, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Michael Israel, Sr. and Sarah Israel
Wife of Bennett Belieu and Rev. Epaphroditus Gilliam
Mother of Patsy Bellew; Rev Micajah Belieu, Sr.; Jesse Israel Gilliam; Elizabeth Collet; Sarah “Sallie” Shaw and 8 others
Sister of Mary Epperson; John Israel; Jesse Israel; Johnson Israel; Solomon Wood Israel and 3 others

Occupation: Physician, surgeon, preacher, housewife
Managed by: John William Grimm
Last Updated:

About Sarah Ann Gilliam

Biography

Sarah Ann Gilliam (Israel) was born in 1763 in Albemarle County, Virginia. Her parents were Michael Israel, Sr. and Sarah Israel (Graves?). She was a Physician, surgeon, preacher, housewife. (Source, please?)

Sarah first married Bennett Belieu. Together they had two children:

  1. Patsy Bellew;
  2. Rev Micajah Belieu, Sr.;

Sarah later married Rev Epaphroditus Gilliam on June 14, 1822 in Clay County, Missouri, United States. Together they had the following children:

  1. Jesse Israel Gilliam;
  2. Elizabeth Gilliam;
  3. Sarah “Sallie” Shaw (Gilliam);
  4. Col Cornelius "Neal" Gilliam;
  5. Catherine Taylor (Gilliam);
  6. Robert Perry Gilliam;
  7. Eighty B. Harris (Gilliam);
  8. Mary Jane Moon (Gilliam);
  9. Nancy T. Nichols (Gilliam);
  10. Lewhettie Turner (Gilliam);
  11. Mitchell Gilliam.

She died circa 1840 in Clay County, Missouri, United States and was buried in Missouri, United States.



From “FamilySearch Memories”

“Sarah, often called Sallie, married a Ballew.

There has been a mystery about him and she heard that he was dead, leaving her a young widow with two children - Micajah Ballew and Patsy Ballew.
About 1790, Sarah married Epaphroditus Gilliam whom she had known in Albemarle County, Virginia.
Then, they lived near us in Wilkes County.
They heard about good cheap land west of the Blue Ridge, so, along with her brothers John and Jesse, they moved to land on the north fork of the Swannanoa River in Buncombe County. ...”


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Sarah Ann Gilliam's Timeline

1763
1763
Albemarle County, Virginia
1783
1783
Probably, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States
1785
1785
Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
1790
December 31, 1790
Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States
1793
May 12, 1793
Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
1796
May 1, 1796
Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
1798
April 13, 1798
Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
1800
1800
Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
1801
January 6, 1801
Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
1805
February 1, 1805
Tennessee, USA