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Sources consulted for the biography of:William Gilliam ( –d. 1893)
Primary Sources
- United States Census Schedules, Prince George Co., 1850 (age ten), Prince George Co., 1860 (age nineteen), Prince George Co., 1870 (age thirty), Prince George Co., 1880 (age thirty-eight), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- Prince George Co. Deed Books, 29:115–116, 30:563–564, 31:126–127.
- Date of death at age fifty-five in New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795–1949, New York Department of Health.
Secondary Sources
- Luther Porter Jackson, Negro Office-Holders in Virginia, 1865–1895 (1945), 18.
- Francis Earle Lutz, The Prince George–Hopewell Story (1957), 201.
Political Career
- Secretary of the Commonwealth, Election Records, 1776–1941, No. 4 (1871) and No. 6 (1873), State Government Records Collection, Record Group 13, Library of Virginia.
- Richmond Daily Dispatch, Jan. 27, 1872 (first quotation).
- Richmond Daily State Journal, April 17, 1872; June 17, 1872; Oct. 4, 1873.
- Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia (1874–1875 sess.), 28 (second quotation).
- Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia (1875–1876 sess.), 271–280 (majority and minority reports on disputed 1875 election).
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