Hardy Gilliam Moves to Texas
In a previous post, we discussed Hardy and Jane (Nixon) Gilliam's move from Tennessee to Arkansas in 1852. We believe that in doing so, Hardy likely followed his siblings, Elizabeth Jane (Gilliam) Ferguson and Wiley Blount Gilliam and their families. Hardy's sons, Thomas Jefferson Gilliam and John Tillman Gilliam both fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War and returned to Arkansas after Lee's surrender in 1865. NOTE: For the rest of this blog post, I will refer to John Tillman Gilliam as "JT" and Thomas Jefferson Gilliam as "TJ". TJ married Martha Fallen in 1869. In 1870 census, with daughter Sarah Jane, TJ and Martha are listed living in the home of William and Frances Pruitt, in Clark Township, Pope County Arkansas, near the town of Dover, Arkansas. H ardy and Jane’s daughter Margaret died in Arkansas 1869. Their son Alexander Hamilton Gilliam died in Arkansas in 1875. In 1877, at the age of 58 or 59, Hardy Gilliam moved