When Robert Rome Gilliland was born in 1748, in Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, John James Gilliland, was 42 and his mother, Hester Roome-Rome, was 26. He married Sarah Elizabeth Stewart in 1772, in Dauphin, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Rockingham, North Carolina, United States for about 30 years. He died after 1830, in Decatur, Indiana, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Historical Boundaries: 1822: Decatur, Indiana, United States
Scottish and Irish (Ulster): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Fhaolain (Scottish) or Mac Giolla Fhaoláin (Irish) ‘son of the servant of St. Faolán (Fillan)’. Compare McClellan .
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