John GILLEAN

                   CENSUS:
    1850 Federal census Chattanooga, Walker CO, GA. p. 426, l. 25; age 11, b. in TN; in school.
                  

                   CENSUS:
    1850 Federal Census Chattanooga Valley,  Walker CO GA, p. 426, l. 26; age 10, b in TN; in school.
NILITARY:
    #455 WALKER COUNTY, GEORGIA HERITAGE:  Served in Company I, 60th GA Inf, CSA, injured.
RESIDENCES:
    By 1880 in Polk County, AR with parents; mother accompanied him to Cooper, Delta Co, TX.
    BIRTH  -DEATH-BURIAL: Research of Bobby Luck, gg grandson; living
    with son
    Virgle Gerome Gillean at time of death.  Virgle applied for a
    mortuary warrant
    for burial expenses, rec'd $25.00 from Confederate Soldiers Pension.
    Doctor's affadavit states illness of 5 weeks duration prior to death.
CONFLICT:
    HISTORY   OF WALKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, p. 147 shows James
    GILLEAN  , J. H. GILLEAN, A. GILLEAN on "MUSTER ROLL OF THE WALKER
    INDEPENDANTS  . [sic]" Affidavit of J. H. GILLEAN in pension application file #25105 for brother W. E.
    GILLEAN  , there is this in Cross Int. - 1st "J. H. Gillean further states that he and W.E. Gillean were Brothers and that they each served in same Regiment." The Walker Independents were Company "C" of SIXTIETH GEORGIA
    INFANTRY   [from information packet from THE HAROLD B. SIMPSON CONFEDERATE RESEARCH
    CENTER  , HILL
    COUNTY   COLLEGE, Hillsboro, TX, (817) 582-2555 conflicts with WALKER
    COUNTY  
    HERITAGE   #455 above.
                  

                   CENSUS:
    1850 Federal census Chatooga, Walker Co. GA, p. 426, l. 27, age 8; born in TN;in school.
CONFLICT:
    WALKER   COUNTY, GEORGIA HERITAGE, 1833-1983 / Sherman D. Gibbs, editor; #455, photocopy in poss Sybil Chapman says birthplace was AL
MILITARY:
    Served in Compnny I, 60th Infantry, Georgia in Confederate forces of Georgia, captured at Spottsylvania 12 May 1864. Source photocopy above. Served in "Walker County Independents", which was not Company I
                  

                   CENSUS:
    1850 Federal census of Chattanooga Valley, Walker CO GA, p. 426, l. 28. age 7, born in AL, attended school uncertain about mark.
    MILITARY  -DEATH: Sherman D. Gibbs, ed WALKER COUNTY GEORGIA HERITAGE
    1833-1983
    #255 JOHN GILLEAN says Hiram A. Gillean served in Company I, 60th
    Georgia
    Infantry. photocopy in poss of Sybil THOMAS Chapman, FHL microfiche
    #6101101
CONFLICT:
    Death Cert File No. 382, Green Co, Arkansas Vital Statistics for Hiram A. Gillean in Poss of Sybil Thomas Chapman shows dob 1 Apr 1836, place Lafayette, Georgia, father John Gillean, birth place blank, mother Margarett J. Wier, birthplace Tenn. See census information above for conflict. Pension File, State of Arkansas in possession of Sybil Thomas Chapman, 1860 census of Walker Co, GA shows him 18 yrs old, married.  Other children of John Gillean and Sarah or Sally Ann Dyer acknowledged him as sibling in spite of conflicts in pension file according to researcher Bobby Luck, Silver City, NM. Did not serve in Company I, 60th Georgia Inf.
                  

                   CENSUS:
    1850 Federal census Chatooga, Walker Co GA, p. 426, l 30.; age 5, born in Miss
                  

                   CENSUS:
    1850 Federal census of Chattanooga Valley, Walker CO GA, p. 426, l. 31; age 4, born in AL
    RESIDENCE  -OCCUPATION: Lived and worked as postmaster in Polk
    county, AR,
    returned to GA before moving to FL according to researcher Bobby Luck.
                  

                   CENSUS:
    1850 Federal Census Chattanooga Valley, Walker CO GA, p. 426, l. 32; age 3, born in GA
CENSUS:
    1870 Federal Census Fricks Gap P O, Walker Co, GA, age 21, w, male, born in GA, on roll 180, page 221, from GRS 3.03, Copyright 1994, Automated Archives, Inc.
    DEATH  -BURIAL:  Information from Bobby Luck, Gillean researcher,
    died in a
    shoot-out, along with his father, at Waters, AR, now Pine Ridge,
    Montgomery,
    AR  .  Buried with father, at site, at one time rail fence around
    graves, no
    longer there or can't be found according to Bobby Luck.
                  

                   CENSUS:
    1850 Federal census Chattanooga Valley,  Walker CO GA, p. 426, l. 33; age 1/12, born in GA., not on 1860 census of family.
                  

                   CENSUS:
    1860 Federal Census of Duck Creek Post Office, Walker, GA, Wilson Dist., micro copy 653, Roll 139, page 707 shows Exer A, age 6, F, born in GA im household of John Gillean.  1870 Federal Census of Fricks Gap Post office, Walker, GA does not show Exer A. in household of John Gillean.
                  

                       BIRTH  -SPOUSE-RESIDENCE: According to Bobby Luck, born 1845, but not
    on 1850
    census so believe he's wrong; married Thomas Shelton, lived in Bastrop
    County, TX, with mother Sarah Ann Dyer Gillean at time of mother's
    death,
    conflicts Walker County Heritage information.
                  

                       Line 1942 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long:
    BIRT PLAC ,Tishomongo,Mississippi or Alabama

OBITUARY:
    W. E. Gillean, 86 year-old Confederate Veteran, was found dead at 5:45 p.m. Monday {8 Dec 1930) in his little home in the yard of the home of his daughter, Mrs. G. E. Fleeman, 900 Lancaster St., (Big Spring, Howard, TX) with a pistol wound in his head. [par] A bullet from a 32 caliber pistol entered the roof of Mr. Gillean's mouth, coming out at the top of his head.  The slug landed in the ceiling.  [par] The Civil War veteran was sitting in his rocking chair, facing a north window, when his body was discovered by Mr. Fleeman, who had gone to the house to summon him for supper.  [par] According to Mr. Fleeman, Mr. Gillean had failed to eat any lunch, but had informed the family he felt badly.  Officials expressed the opinion he was shot about 4 p.m. [par] Mr. Fleeman could assign no reason for the act.  Justice of the Peace Cecil C. Collings conducted an inquest and returned a verdict of suicide. [par]  He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Fleeman, Big Spring, and Mrs. Fannie Thomas, Houston, and two sons, E.B. and R.L. Gillean, Garden City route, Big Spring. His wife preceded him in death 29 years ago.  [par]  Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Eberley Chapel, the Rev. W. G. Bailey, pastor of the First Methodist church, conducting.  Burial will be in the Mt. Olive cemetery.  [par]  The body of the aged veteran, clad in the immaculate grey of the Southern Confederacy, lies in state at the funeral home today, the Southern Cross of Honor placed over the heart.  [par]  Mr. Gillean was prominent in the battle waged for "the lost cause," having "gone to war" when 18 years old.  He enlisted in a Georgia company Feb. 1, 1862 at Lafayette. [par]  His army duties carried him to Savannah, Ga., and to Stanton, Virginia. His regiment was first in the Laughton brigade, the Ewell division of the Stonewall Jackson corps.  [par]  He was in the seven-day fight around Richmond, participated in both battles of Fredericksburg, and the battle of Chancellorville, and was in the march to the Potomac.  This march carried him through Maryland and on to Gettysburg, Pa., where he fought for three days. [par]  His career carried him on to the march toward the Spottsylvania Courthouse, over the historic grounds of Chancellorville.  [par]  On the first day, Mr. Gillean's cause saw 16,000 of Grant's men left dead on the field, while Lee was losing 9,000.  [par]  He was with General Early at Harper's Ferry.  He was wounded twice during the war, once at Fredericksburg, and once at Winchester.  He was shot in the right arm and forced to walk 100 miles to a hospital."  Photocopy from BIG SPRING HERALD in poss. of Sybil Thomas Chapman who was told that her great-grandfather was going blind and did not wish to lose his independence or to be a burden by her father.
CENSUS:
    1850 Federal census of Chattanooga Valley, Walker, GA, p. 426, l. 29 shows Wiliam E. Gillean, 6, m, w, born in Ala; 1860 Federal census of Duck Creek, Wilson Dist., GA Microfilm 653, Roll 139, page 707 shows William E. Gillean, 15, m, w, born in Ala.;   1880 Federal census of Enum. Dist #187, Wilson's or 943, Walker, GA., enumerator: R. Wardlaw taken 4 June 1880, shows dwelling #110, family #110, Gillean, William E. 35, m, w, farming, born in Miss, parents' birthplaces unknown;   1900 Federal census of Ellis,
    TX  , Enum. Dist. #13, W. N.C. Phariss, dwelling # 279, family # 282 shows Giilean, William Elliott, head w, m, b.18 Aug 1844, 55, m, 33 yrs married, born in Miss, both parents born in Miss., occupation farmer.;  1910 Federal census of Victoria County, TX in family #455 of son-in-law William S. Thomas, line 41, pg 179 m,w, age 68, wd. born in Mississippi, parents' birthplaces unknown, speaks English, farm laborer, home farm, working on own account, not out of work on Apr 15, 1910, 0 wks out of work year 1909, able to read, able to write,. Photocopies of 1850 and 1910 census in poss of Sybil Thomas Chapman.  Other censuses worksheets of granddaughter Georgia Belle FLEEMAN Landiss.
    MILITARY  -RESIDENCE:  Soldier's Application for Pension A-25105
    photocopy in
    poss of Sybil Thomas Chapman, filed Nov. 9, 1913, approved Dec. 1,
    1913,
    pension allowed from Mar. 1, 1914, deposition signed by William E.
    Gillean on
    8th day of November, 1913 states he enlisted in April 1862,
    discharged on
    surrender at close of war, on furlough at the time of surrender,
    being wounded,
    born in Tishomingo Co., Miss., lived in Texas since 1881, in
    Victoria County,
    since 1902, had income less than three hundred dollars per annum
    from any
    source.  W, G, Stoner, county tax assessor certified on 8th day of
    November
    1913 that Wm. E. Gillean owned property of assessed value of six
    hundred
    dollars.   Rec'd pension, entered Confederate home twice, left twice.
    REPRODUCED   FROM THE HOLDINGS OF THE TEXAS STATE ARCHIVES, available
    from Texas
    State Library, cost $2.41 in 1996.
    SIXTIETH   GEORGIA INFANTRY, capsule history available as part of a
    packet
    from THE HAROLD B. SIMPSON CONFEDERATE RESEARCH CENTER, HILL
    COLLEGE  , P.O. Box
    619, Hillsboro, TX 76645 enumerates 59 battles and/or campaigns that
    the
    regiment participated in up to the Sept. 19, 1864 battle at
    Winchester where
    a bone in his right arm was shattered. [told to William Otho
    GILLEAN  , Sr.
    Waxahachie, TX, 18 Mar 1921.  Sent to Georgia Belle FLEEMAN Landiss
    by William
    Otho, Jr., San Antonio, TX, copy in poss of Sybil Thomas Chapman.]
    "When
    wounded in right arm I had to march 100 miles to hospital and
    started with 4
    hardtacks {crackers).  The second day about 12 o'clock I came to a
    spring, here
    I got a drink and there being some good willow shade here, I slept,
    with my
    wounded arm {which had not been dressed since on the battle field}
    in the
    spring branch.  During that time the blow flies had got into my arm.
    When I
    reached the hospital I had worms in my arm.  Took gangrene (blood
    poision).
    The surgeon wanted to cut it off but I refused and now I have my arm
    as good as
    ever."
LAND:
    VICTORIA   COUNTY DEED RECORDS, VOL. 46, p. 164/5; sale to W. E. Gillean by H. Gervais, 50 a. for $400 cash on 25 day of Jan. A.D. 1902. Land in "Sumpter Turner survey, being part of lots 111, 112, 113 and 114 according to a map and plan of subdision of certain lands made by Wm. A Woo