Submitted by JoAnn Mason Curbo, Great-Great Granddaughter
Newton Jasper Gilliland, son of James Thomas Gilliland and Jane Bryant, was born October 4, 1844 in Bond County, Illinois. Newton’s first marriage was to Nancy J. Fox on September 19, 1867 in Hunt County, Texas. Later Newton was married to Sarah Malinda Byrd on March 15, 1883 in Brown County, Texas.
Newton enlisted in the Confederate States Army in 1862 at Benton County, Arkansas in Arkansas Company A Regiment: 1st Choctaw and Chickasaw Mounted Rifles, Cooper’s Battalion, Selvage’s Company. Private Gilliland was discharged from his military service in May 1865 at Boggy Depot, Indian Nation (present-day Oklahoma).
N. J. Gilliland’s Confederate Soldier’s Pension Application No. 17838, dated October 1909, was approved February 28, 1910. His personal and real property was assessed at $140.00. Newton made his mark on the application because he could not write.
Newton Jasper Gilliland died August 3, 1921 in Tolar, Hood County, Texas and was buried in Strouds Creek Cemetery in Hood County.
War Department Records 01/17/ 1910
Name N. J. Gilliland not found on rolls of Company A 1st Choctaw & Chickasaw Mounted Rifles Confederate States Army.
Mortuary Warrant Record 09/03/1921
Total amount allowed: $91.85
1 Casket 75.00, Shroud 15.00, Union Suit 1.25, Hose .60
Central Genealogical Society Volume 1 – 9 1976, Record of Confederate Mortuary Warrants for Hood County, Texas
On September 7, 1921 Sarah M. Gilliland applied as No. 4405. She is listed as claimant and Newton Jasper Gilliland is listed as Pensioner with the file No. 17838. The request is for $30.00.
Newton Jasper Gilliland’s death certificate is indexed as: Jasper, Newton Gilliland.
Attorney William Elton Gilliland, grandson of Newton Jasper Gilliland, born in 1919, lives in Odessa, Texas. He has pictures of Newton and his children taken about 1920. I have a picture of Newton and his first wife, Nancy J. Fox.
JoAnn Mason Curbo, great-great granddaughter of Newton Jasper Gilliland, lives in Lorenzo, Texas – 14 miles east of Lubbock in the Texas Panhandle. You can visit JoAnn and learn the history of her family’s third-generation specialty farm equipment business, the Lorenzo Manufacturing Company.
JoAnn has documented the Newton Jasper GILLILAND line back to 1715 in Ireland. Following is the lineage starting in 1844:
Descendants of Newton Jasper Gilliland
1 [6] Newton Jasper GILLILAND b: October 04, 1844 in Bond Co, IL d: August 03, 1921 in Tolar, Hood Co., TX
.. +Nancy J FOX b: Abt. 1851 in Green Co.?, IL m: September 19, 1867 in Hunt Co., TX d: 1879 in Brown Co.? TX
….. 2 William Thomas GILLILAND b: March 06, 1869 in Grayson Co, TX d: July 24, 1947 in Tolar, Hood Co., TX
……… +Lee Ola WATSON b: December 1867 in GA m: December 22, 1895 in Hood Co., TX d: 1956 in Tolar, Hood Co., TX
………… 3 Albert Floyd GILLILAND b: December 30, 1896 in Tolar, Hood Co., TX d: July 1971 in Big Springs, Howard Co., TX
……………. +Rosa Lee WOOD b: 1902 in TX m: March 27, 1918 in Hood Co., TX
………… 3 Claude Newton GILLILAND b: May 26, 1899 in Tolar, Hood Co, TX d: May 19, 1985 in Granbury, Hood Co., TX
……………. +Edna I WILLIAMS b: June 20, 1903 m: March 08, 1926 in Hood Co., TX d: February 02, 1986
………… 3 Ralph H GILLILAND b: September 12, 1902 in Tolar, Hood Co., TX d: July 1969 in Howard Co., Big Springs, TX
………… 3 Marvin Ray GILLILAND b: June 03, 1904 in Tolar, Hood Co., TX d: June 12, 1991 in Lea Co., Hobbs, NM
………… 3 Bernice Wilbur GILLILAND b: September 12, 1906 in Tolar, Hood Co., TX
………… 3 Dean Lanier GILLILAND b: February 08, 1909 in Tolar, Hood Co, TX d: September 04, 1997 in Waco, McLennan Co., TX
……………. +Edna UNKNOWN
………… 3 Lena Fay GILLILAND b: 1914 in Tolar, Hood Co, TX
……………. +Unknown CAPPS
………… 3 Jessie GILLILAND b: 1915 in Tolar, Hood Co, TX
….. 2 D Green GILLILAND b: 1870 in Grayson Co., TX d: 1870 in Grayson Co., TX
….. 2 [1] Margaret Elizabeth GILLILAND b: November 1873 in Grayson or Brown Co., TX d: December 02, 1957 in Young Co., TX
……… +John J BYRD m: October 29, 1891 in Brown Co., TX
………… 3 Willie V BYRD b: June 1891
….. *2nd Husband of [1] Margaret Elizabeth Gilliland:
……… +Joseph Douglas ELKINS b: December 1873 in Hill Co., TX m: July 18, 1897 in Shackelford Co., TX d: February 21, 1948 in Young Co., TX
………… 3 Clarence Douglas ELKINS b: July 08, 1898 in Albany, Shackelford Co., TX d: August 1967 in Newcastle, Young Co., TX
……………. +Atha SALYARS b: 1905 in Mingus, Palo Pinto Co., TX
………… 3 Tony Chester ELKINS b: August 03, 1900 in Strawn, Palo Pinto Co., TX d: February 1987 in Spur, Dickens Co., TX
……………. +Lois Lorain WHITE b: September 23, 1903 in Strawn, Palo Pinto Co., TX m: October 11, 1917 in Strawn, Palo Pinto Co., TX d: March 18, 1996 in Spur, Dickens Co., TX
………… 3 Walter ELKINS b: September 08, 1902 in Palo Pinto Co., TX d: June 1969 in Sweetwater, Nolan Co., TX
………… 3 Minnie ELKINS b: 1906 in Palo Pinto Co., TX
……………. +George BROWN
………… 3 Katie Mae ELKINS b: 1908 in Palo Pinto Co., TX
……………. +Mike MILO
………… 3 [2] Blanton ELKINS b: 1916 in Palo Pinto Co., TX
……………. +Tha (Faye) DEAN
………… *2nd Wife of [2] Blanton Elkins:
……………. +Pearl BLOCH
….. 2 Mary Jane GILLILAND b: July 21, 1876 in Grayson or Brown Co., TX d: May 24, 1947 in Spur, Dickens Co., TX
……… +William Thomas ELKINS b: May 04, 1876 in Hill Co., TX m: September 02, 1894 in Hunt Co., TX? d: January 21, 1953 in Sweetwater, Nolan Co., TX
………… 3 Sara Katherine ELKINS b: August 08, 1895 in Albany, Shackelford Co., TX d: January 20, 1963 in Snyder, Scurry Co., TX
……………. +Sammy Taylor TIRRELL b: December 26, 1900 in , Rowan Co., KY m: Abt. 1920 in Fisher Co. ?, TX d: June 22, 1944 in Roscoe, Nolan Co., TX
………… 3 Annie Elizabeth ELKINS b: August 24, 1897 in Santo, Palo Pinto Co., TX d: December 22, 1980 in Kermit, Winkler Co., TX
……………. +John Henry ALGOOD b: August 20, 1899 in Waxahachie, Ellis Co., TX m: August 25, 1921 in Roby, Fisher Co., TX d: February 14, 1978 in Kermit, Winkler Co., TX
………… 3 Josephine Estella ELKINS b: January 11, 1900 in Albany, Shackelford Co., TX d: March 04, 1974 in Artesia, Eddy Co., NM
……………. +Samuel Arthur WILSON b: December 09, 1898 in Hewitt, Carter, OK m: November 16, 1919 in Sweetwater, Noland Co., TX d: August 02, 1954 in Artesia, Eddy Co., NM
………… 3 William Newton ELKINS b: September 08, 1902 in Palo Pinto Co., TX d: June 20, 1969 in Sweetwater, Nolan Co., TX
……………. +Allie ROGERS m: Abt. 1925 in Fisher or Nolan Co, TX d: Abt. 1974 in Sweetwater, Noland Co., TX
………… 3 [3] Mollie Lucy ELKINS b: September 19, 1905 in Palo Pinto Co., TX d: December 02, 1988 in Lubbock, Lubbock Co., TX
……………. +Paul REID b: 1904 in AL m: Abt. 1926 in Garza Co.?, TX d: Abt. 1958 in Levelland, Hockley Co., TX
………… *2nd Husband of [3] Mollie Lucy Elkins:
……………. +George GOTHRA m: Abt. 1965
………… *3rd Husband of [3] Mollie Lucy Elkins:
……………. +Tom WILLS m: Abt. 1975
………… 3 Lora Alto ELKINS b: January 23, 1908 in Santo, Palo Pinto Co., TX d: 1994 in Wilson, Carter Co., OK
……………. +Hannibal Henry WILSON b: August 04, 1901 in Carter Co., OK m: December 16, 1929 in Spur, Dickens Co., TX d: 1988 in Wilson, Carter Co., OK
………… 3 [4] Gladys Lorine ELKINS b: August 20, 1910 in Santo, Palo Pinto Co, TX d: July 17, 1984 in Lubbock, Lubbock Co., TX
……………. +Roy “Blackie” BENNETT
………… *2nd Husband of [4] Gladys Lorine Elkins:
……………. +Bert PETTY m: May 15, 1927 in Post, Garza Co., TX
………… *3rd Husband of [4] Gladys Lorine Elkins:
……………. +Houston Artist SMITH b: May 19, 1909 in Hale Co., TX m: December 16, 1929 in Spur, Dickens Co., TX d: June 07, 1973 in Lubbock, Lubbock Co., TX
………… 3 Tommie Lee ELKINS b: July 08, 1915 in Gordon, Palo Pinto Co., TX d: December 16, 1958 in Vet Hosp, Big Spring, Howard Co, TX
……………. +Beulh Inez WRIGHT b: 1920 in TX m: Abt. 1938 in probably Dickens Co., TX
………… 3 [5] Mildred O’Neal ELKINS b: February 26, 1916 in Mingus, Palo Pinto Co., Tx
……………. +Aroy Wilsey POWELL b: 1914 in Stamford, TX m: April 30, 1933 in Dicken Co., TX
………… *2nd Husband of [5] Mildred O’Neal Elkins:
……………. +Foy HILLERY m: Abt. 1940
………… *3rd Husband of [5] Mildred O’Neal Elkins:
……………. +Bert DAHL m: 1959 in CA
….. 2 Minnie GILLILAND b: Abt. 1879 in Grayson or Brown Co., TX d: in Salem, Pike Co.? , AR
……… +PHILLIPS m: in AR
*2nd Wife of [6] Newton Jasper Gilliland:
.. +Sarah Malinda BYRD b: September 27, 1858 in Stone Co., MO m: March 15, 1883 in Brown Co., TX d: September 20, 1928 in Sweetwater, Nolan Co, TX
….. 2 Charles M GILLILAND b: June 1883 in Brown Co., TX
……… +Mamie MUSICK b: 1885 in TX m: December 20, 1903 in Hood Co., TX
………… 3 Rudy GILLILAND b: September 02, 1904 in Tolar, Hood Co., TX
………… 3 unknown GILLILAND b: August 02, 1906 in Tolar, Hood Co., TX
………… 3 Virgi Henry GILLILAND b: August 02, 1906 in Hood Co., TX
………… 3 Osie Merel GILLILAND b: February 29, 1908 in Hood Co., TX d: December 1980 in Harris Co., Bellaire, TX
………… 3 Jasper GILLILAND b: 1909 in Hood Co., TX d: August 03, 1921 in Hood Co., TX
….. 2 John Larkin GILLILAND b: August 18, 1887 in Brown or Hood Co? TX d: March 10, 1939 in Hood Co., TX
……… +Ella B PETERS b: October 05, 1890 in TX m: Abt. 1903 d: September 20, 1954 in Tolar, Hood, Co., TX
………… 3 Unknown GILLILAND b: July 09, 1903 in Tolar, Hood Co., TX
………… 3 Unknown GILLILAND b: December 20, 1906 in Tolar, Hood Co., TX
………… 3 Floyd GILLILAND b: 1908 in Tolar, Hood Co., TX
………… 3 Arvin GILLILAND b: September 08, 1909 in Tolar, Hood Co., TX d: July 1971 in Dallas, Dallas Co., TX
………… 3 Dale GILLILAND b: 1914 in Tolar, Hood Co., TX
……………. +Lena ALEXANDER m: November 17, 1933 in Hood Co., TX
….. 2 Jessie L GILLILAND b: April 06, 1889 in Hood Co.? TX d: December 1967 in Sweetwater, Nolan Co., TX
……… +Mary LOWE b: 1891 in TX m: Abt. 1910 in Palo Pinto Co.?, TX
………… 3 Jean GILLILAND
……………. +Carl MARKHAM
………… 3 Edna Carl GILLILAND b: June 23, 1912 in Hood Co., TX
………… 3 Female GILLILAND b: June 25, 1912 in Palo Pinto Co?., TX
………… 3 Elmer GILLILAND b: 1913
….. 2 Oscar Newton GILLILAND b: September 1895 in Hood Co., TX d: Abt. 1965 in Harlington, Cameron Co., TX
……… +Ruth Tabitha PELTS m: December 10, 1917 in Hood Co., TX
………… 3 Jewel GILLILAND
………… 3 Female GILLILAND b: November 09, 1918 in Hood Co., TX d: November 09, 1918 in Hood Co., TX
………… 3 Harvey GILLILAND b: November 26, 1919 in Tolar, Hood Co., TX
………… 3 Edwin GILLILAND b: 1920 in Tolar, Hood Co., TX