of Pickaway County, Ohio · from Virginia · documented from the public record
The family in the record
William Gill b. 1798
William Gill⚭ Nancy Winship
childrenWilliam Gill
Source: Biographical Record of Pickaway County, Ohio
Their story
What the record says
Titled 'Hon.'.
Father of subject William Gill (b. 1832).
Of old Virginia stock and Scotch-Irish extraction.
Born in Virginia, possibly about 1798.
An officer (captain) in the War of 1812, entrusted with escorting British prisoners to Chillicothe from the frontier, during which trip he first met his future wife Nancy Winship.
Married about 1817 and settled in Pickaway County.
NOTE: distinct from his son William Gill (b.1832).
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