Robert J/G. Gilliland, Private, Company F, 53rd Regiment Virginia Infantry, enlisted July 10, 1861 at Union Church for one year, recorded absent, sick at Suffolk, discharged as being over age 35, August 16, 1862,* conscripted and drafted February 5, 1863 at G. Station for 3 years, receipted for an issue of clothing and paid December 31, 1864, no further records

* Description: 38 year old Taylor, 5’ 10”, light complexion, blue eyes, gray hair, born in Prince Edward Co., Va.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia

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1870 United States Federal Census

Name: Robert Gilliland
Age in 1870: 46
Birth Year: abt 1824
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Banister, Halifax, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Halifax Court House
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert Gilliland 46 Taylor [sic]
Martha Gilliland 45
Mary Gilliland 15
Rebecca Gilliland 14
Martha Gilliland 11
Ella Gilliland 7
Hubbard Gilliland 3

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Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917

Name: Martha J Gilliland
[Martha J Hughes]
Birth Date: abt 1824
Birth Place: Halifax, Virginia
Death Date: 10 Jun 1881
Death Place: Halifax, Virginia
Death Age: 57
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Female
Father Name: Wm. Hughes
Mother Name: Polly Hughes
Spouse Name: Robt. J. Gilliland
FHL Film Number: 2056983

Ancestry.com. Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Marriage Date: 24 Feb 1846
Ancestry.com. Virginia, Marriages

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See also: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~elsinger/gilliland/p207.htm