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Cornelius Gilliam (April 13, 1798 – March 24, 1848) was a pioneer of the U.S. state of Oregon who was best known as the commander of the volunteer forces against the Cayuse in the Cayuse War. A native of North Carolina, he served in the Black Hawk War and Seminole Wars before settling in Missouri. There he served in the militia against the Mormons, was a county sheriff, and a member of the Missouri State Senate before immigrating to the Oregon Country. ==Early life== Cornelius Gilliam was born in North Carolina on April 13, 1798.〔Corning, Howard M. (1989) ''Dictionary of Oregon History''. Binfords & Mort Publishing. p. 100.〕 Born in Buncombe County, he was the son of Epaphroditus and Sarah Ann (née Israel) Gilliam. In North Carolina he married Mary Crawford in 1820, and they had eight children, six of those daughters.〔 He fought in the against the Native Americans in 1832 during the Black Hawk War in the Midwest, and in 1837 in the Seminole Wars in Florida.〔(Rogue River War. ) GlobalSecurity.org, accessed September 25, 2007.〕 During the Seminole War he served as a captain.〔 Following the war he settled in Missouri where he continued his military service as a captain in the state militia during the battles with the Mormons in 1838.〔 That year he was elected to the Missouri Senate to represent District 12, and was re-elected in 1842 to represent District 10.〔(Missouri State Legislators 1820-2000. ) Missouri State Archives. Retrieved on May 23, 2009.〕 In Missouri, Gilliam was also the sheriff of Clay County.
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