, This week-end descendants of Solomon ISRAEL (1717-1790 Wilkes Co NC) and his wife, Mary Johnson (married in New York) will be gathering in Corvallis, Oregon (July 31-Aug 1). Many of these families originally settled in Polk County, Oregon.

Oregon Pioneer Families that descend from this couple are:
Leander Newton Belieu & wife, Sarah Liggett (pioneers of 1845)
Michael B. Belieu & wife, Eliza Jane Hill (pioneers of 1845)
John Tilson Belieu & wife, Elizabeth Collet (pioneers of 1864)
Sarah J Belieu & husband, Reason Davis (pioneers of 1864)
James Larkin Belieu & wife, Margaret A. Gage (pioneers of 1844)
John Harrison Lewis & wife, Ellen Gilliam (pioneers of 1847)
Andrew Jackson Gilliam & wife, Sarah Clay (pioneers of 1847)
William D. Gilliam & wife, Sarah Beers (he is a pioneer of 1844)
Lavina Gilliam Nash (emigrant by 1880)
Sarah Gilliam & husband, William Shaw (pioneers of 1844)
Cornelius Gilliam & wife, Mary Crawford (pioneers of 1844) **My Ancestors**
Mitchell Porter Gilliam & wife, Sarah Hagey (he is a pioneer of 1844)
Lucy J Taylor & husband William J. Headrick (she was in Oregon by 1850)
Henrietta Taylor & husband, Green McCafferty (she was in Oregon by 1850)
Nancy Gilliam & husband, John Nichols (pioneers of 1844)
William Henry Helms & wife, Mary Nordyke (he was in Oregon by 1850)
Anthony H. "Pike" Helms & wife, Mary Jane Paul (he was in Oregon by 1875)
Mitchell Gilliam & wife, Henrietta Taylor (pioneers of 1844)
William "Mack" Turner & wife, Mary Jane Waters (he was in Oregon by 1871 when they married)


I'm happy to share information about the reunion if there are other relatives wanting more details.

Denise Sproed Merritt