On to Marion County, Tennessee
Special thanks to Ida Smith and the Marion County Tennessee History & Genealogy website, for their research assistance in completing this post. Hinchea Gilliam (1775-1858) was born in Sussex County, Virginia in 1775, one of the sixth generation of Gilliams in North America, and the sixth of John Gilliam’s (1745-1825) nine children. He would be the last in our line of our direct ancestors to be born in Virginia. As discussed in the previous blog post, Next Stop: Tennessee , Hinchea’s father, John, moved from the James River Basin in Virginia about the time he obtained his land grant in Hawkins County, Tennessee in 1791. As Hinchea would have been approximately 16 years old at the time, he likely moved to Hawkins County with his father. At the time of the move, Hawkins County would have been considered to be the frontier west of the State of North Carolina that would become a part of the State of Tennessee in 1796. Further details about the location of the family pr...