Robert B. Gillson

Birth Date

1820-05-29

Death Date

1895-11-03

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Frankfort, Kentucky, carriage maker and merchant. New York native. Son of Livon Jillson and Flora Jillson. Married to Emma Barstow Jillson in Franklin County, Kentucky, on November 23, 1854. Father of Olney Jillson, Nella Jillson, and Robert Jillson. Carriage maker in Boonville, New York, in 1850. Merchant in Frankfort, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Frankfort in 1860. Employed Margaret Sullivan as a servant in Frankfort in 1860. Employed William T. Egbert as a clerk in Frankfort in 1860. Merchant in Franklin County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, New York, Oneida County, Boonville, p. 169B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 247.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 98B.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Franklin County, KY, July 1863, p. 7.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994034, Franklin County Marriages.
"Robert B. Jillson (1820-1895)," Find A Grave, Memorial 126982150, accessed September 23, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126982150.

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