Glasgow Surname Project

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Emoline (Gilliam) Glasgow

1859 – after 1940

Gilliam-3564 · 1 mapped association

Newberry County, South Carolina, United States→South Carolina, United States
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1Mapped records
2Close relations
8Evidence items
0Candidate leads
Birth
1859 · Newberry County, South Carolina, United States
Death
after 1940 · South Carolina, United States
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
George Glasgow
Children
Boisey Glasgow
Gender
Female
WikiTree
Gilliam-3564
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Mapped descendants
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Paternal grandfather positionBoisey Glasgow (1901)
Maternal grandfather positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Maternal grandmother positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Paternal grandmother positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles

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Automated leads use birth surnames—not married surnames—as parental eligibility, role-specific biological age limits, bounded and approximate-date uncertainty, household chronology, specific time-aware localities, mapped distance, tenancy succession, migration destinations and sex-aware Scottish naming positions across generations. People already attached as the subject's parents stay in the identity summary and are excluded from this alternative-candidate list, regardless of relationship confidence. The main calibration uses clues available on disconnected profiles; existing parent and sibling links are retained as comparison context rather than treated as transferable evidence. Common ordered names and grandparent-to-child echoes receive a small non-zero weight, so a John or James match can support several independent criteria without producing a lead alone. Rare names, repeated bearers and bundles across otherwise distinct branches receive substantially more weight according to catalogue frequency. An exact migration place is weighted by its rarity and repetition across both branches; a shared destination country is worth only one point. Extra weight is added only when at least three independent clue types converge: naming, locality, specific migration, household chronology or collateral networks. Sparse profiles retain a clearly labelled chronology-only fallback instead of disappearing. Countries, states, counties and research clusters do not count as a shared locality, and fallback, broad representative or kin-inferred coordinates are excluded from distance scoring. Shared descendant profiles are removed before branch-name comparison. A candidate already recorded as a parent-in-law is excluded. A confident or independently supported parent is treated as settled; uncertain and unassessed attachments remain open to alternative comparison. A different linked parent, an uncle/aunt or grandparent path, and a matching existing child profile prevent an alternative from being classified as a strong direct-parent lead until the underlying tree conflict or duplicate is resolved. Familiar forms such as Bessie are normalised. Surname remains an eligibility filter worth zero points.

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No sufficiently similar same-name person is currently indexed.

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Dates are eligibility gates, not merely deductions: chronologically impossible people are excluded. Dates, places, spouses, parent certainty and children's profiles and names are then compared. A high score is a prompt to inspect records, not a merge recommendation.

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Life and record timelineChronological mapped occurrences and their underlying sources.1 record
b. 1859

Profile-stated birthplace: Newberry County, South Carolina, United States

Newberry County, South Carolina, United States

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Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.3 claims
6Derivative
1Tree Only
1Unknown

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Research questionsOpen problems, missing bridges and the next records to inspect.0 open

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Sources and provenanceStructured citations and source-quality classifications.8 sources

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  1. unknown [https://www.loc.gov/resource/mesn.142] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Emoline Glasgow - Vol. 14, South Carolina, Part 2; pages 134-135 images 138-139 of 350.
  2. derivative "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8RP-1MF : Tue Mar 05 05:58:36 UTC 2024), Entry for Charley Gilliam and Frances Gilliam, 1870. [Enumerated as Emma here.]
  3. derivative "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6SG-4FD : Mon Mar 11 00:57:06 UTC 2024), Entry for George Glasgow and Emma Glasgow, 1880.
  4. derivative "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3TD-8P9 : Thu Apr 11 17:56:44 UTC 2024), Entry for Geo Glasgow and Emaline Glasgow, 1900.
  5. derivative "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M68F-KRP : Wed Jul 10 03:57:57 UTC 2024), Entry for Emmaline Gloscow and Boisey Gloscow, 1920.
  6. derivative "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPZM-L97 : Sun Mar 10 04:40:31 UTC 2024), Entry for Emaline Glasgow, 1930.
  7. derivative "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4D1-VQJ : Thu Jul 18 02:45:52 UTC 2024), Entry for Boysie Glasgow and Emma Lou Glasgow, 1940.
  8. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Gilliam-3564
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WikiTree profile information

Dataset: ONT_Glasco_2026-08-18T16_05.json · generated 2026-08-20

Machine-readable dossier

WikiTree biography, citations and relationship snapshot

Gilliam-3564 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2025-04-18.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Newberry County, South Carolina, United StatesWikiTree profile field
death—South Carolina, United StatesWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsCharlieGilliam-35681822-00-00 · South Carolina, United States · 0000-00-00
ParentsFrancesGilliam-35691825-00-00 · South Carolina, United States · 0000-00-00
ChildrenBoisey GlasgowGlasgow-29561901-00-00 · South Carolina, United States · 0000-00-00
SiblingsAmandaGilliam-35701849-00-00 · South Carolina, United States · 0000-00-00
SiblingsLauraGilliam-35711857-00-00 · South Carolina, United States · 0000-00-00
SiblingsMarthaGilliam-35721859-00-00 · South Carolina, United States · 0000-00-00
SiblingsGistGilliam-35731863-00-00 · South Carolina, United States · 0000-00-00
SiblingsPinkGilliam-35741864-00-00 · South Carolina, United States · 0000-00-00
SiblingsMaryGilliam-35751865-00-00 · South Carolina, United States · 0000-00-00
SiblingsFannieGilliam-35761867-00-00 · South Carolina, United States · 0000-00-00
SpousesGeorge GlasgowGlasgow-29551840-04-00 · South Carolina, United States · 1915-00-00 · Newberry, South Carolina, United States · 1890-00-00

Profile categories

1880 US Census, Newberry County, South Carolina 1880_US_Census,_Newberry_County,_South_Carolina Newberry County, South Carolina, Slave Narratives Newberry_County,_South_Carolina,_Slave_Narratives USBH Heritage Exchange USBH_Heritage_Exchange

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Emoline was born in 1859. She passed away after 1940.
  • "I was born in Newberry County, South Carolina, Near Indian Creek above Jalapa. My mammy and pa was Charlie and Frances Gilliam. We belonged to Marse Pettus and Harriet Gilliam who had a big plantation. I married George Glasgow in the yard of Reid place.' Interview: Emoline Glasgow was interviewed in Newberry, South Carolina by G. L. Summer as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are made available by the Library of Congress. Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Emoline Glasgow - Vol. 14, South Carolina, Part 2; pages 134-135 images 138-139 of 350.

  • The 1900 census says Geo and Emaline have been married 10 years. She has no children. Sources

  • "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6SG-4FD : Mon Mar 11 00:57:06 UTC 2024), Entry for George Glasgow and Emma Glasgow, 1880.
  • "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3TD-8P9 : Thu Apr 11 17:56:44 UTC 2024), Entry for Geo Glasgow and Emaline Glasgow, 1900.
  • "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M68F-KRP : Wed Jul 10 03:57:57 UTC 2024), Entry for Emmaline Gloscow and Boisey Gloscow, 1920.
  • "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPZM-L97 : Sun Mar 10 04:40:31 UTC 2024), Entry for Emaline Glasgow, 1930.
  • "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4D1-VQJ : Thu Jul 18 02:45:52 UTC 2024), Entry for Boysie Glasgow and Emma Lou Glasgow, 1940.

Profile source citations

  1. [https://www.loc.gov/resource/mesn.142] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Emoline Glasgow - Vol. 14, South Carolina, Part 2; pages 134-135 images 138-139 of 350. source link 1
  2. "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8RP-1MF : Tue Mar 05 05:58:36 UTC 2024), Entry for Charley Gilliam and Frances Gilliam, 1870. [Enumerated as Emma here.] source link 1
  3. "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6SG-4FD : Mon Mar 11 00:57:06 UTC 2024), Entry for George Glasgow and Emma Glasgow, 1880. source link 1
  4. "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3TD-8P9 : Thu Apr 11 17:56:44 UTC 2024), Entry for Geo Glasgow and Emaline Glasgow, 1900. source link 1
  5. "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M68F-KRP : Wed Jul 10 03:57:57 UTC 2024), Entry for Emmaline Gloscow and Boisey Gloscow, 1920. source link 1
  6. "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPZM-L97 : Sun Mar 10 04:40:31 UTC 2024), Entry for Emaline Glasgow, 1930. source link 1
  7. "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4D1-VQJ : Thu Jul 18 02:45:52 UTC 2024), Entry for Boysie Glasgow and Emma Lou Glasgow, 1940. source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
Emoline was born in 1859. She passed away after 1940.

Emoline Glasgow was interviewed about 1937 in Newberry, South Carolina about her life and her time as an enslaved person. 

 "I was born in Newberry County, South Carolina, Near Indian Creek above Jalapa. My mammy and pa was Charlie and Frances Gilliam. We belonged to Marse Pettus and Harriet Gilliam who had a big plantation. I married George Glasgow in the yard of Reid place.' Interview: Emoline Glasgow was interviewed in Newberry, South Carolina by G. L. Summer as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are made available by the Library of Congress. Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Emoline Glasgow - Vol. 14, South Carolina, Part 2; pages 134-135 images 138-139 of 350. 

Pettus and Harriet were Pettus Wales Gilliam (1827-1884) and Harriet (Wilson) Gilliam (1830-1879)

The 1900 census says Geo and Emaline have been married 10 years. She has no children.
Sources
* "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8RP-1MF : Tue Mar 05 05:58:36 UTC 2024), Entry for Charley Gilliam and Frances Gilliam, 1870. [Enumerated as Emma here. (https://www.loc.gov/resource/mesn.142])

* "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6SG-4FD : Mon Mar 11 00:57:06 UTC 2024), Entry for George Glasgow and Emma Glasgow, 1880.

* "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3TD-8P9 : Thu Apr 11 17:56:44 UTC 2024), Entry for Geo Glasgow and Emaline Glasgow, 1900.

* "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M68F-KRP : Wed Jul 10 03:57:57 UTC 2024), Entry for Emmaline Gloscow and Boisey Gloscow, 1920.

* "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPZM-L97 : Sun Mar 10 04:40:31 UTC 2024), Entry for Emaline Glasgow, 1930.

* "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4D1-VQJ : Thu Jul 18 02:45:52 UTC 2024), Entry for Boysie Glasgow and Emma Lou Glasgow, 1940.
Raw WikiTree biography markup
[[Category:1880 US Census, Newberry County, South Carolina]]
[[Category:Newberry County, South Carolina, Slave Narratives]]
[[Category:USBH Heritage Exchange]]
== Biography ==
{{African-American Sticker}}

Emoline was born in 1859.  She passed away after 1940.

Emoline Glasgow was interviewed about 1937 in Newberry, South Carolina about her life and her time as an enslaved person. 

    "I was born in Newberry County, South Carolina, Near Indian Creek above Jalapa. My mammy and pa was Charlie and Frances Gilliam. We belonged to '''Marse Pettus''' and '''Harriet Gilliam''' who had a big plantation. I married George Glasgow in the yard of Reid place.'  Interview: Emoline Glasgow was interviewed in Newberry, South Carolina by G. L. Summer as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are made available by the Library of Congress. <ref>[https://www.loc.gov/resource/mesn.142] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Emoline Glasgow  - Vol. 14, South Carolina, Part 2;  pages 134-135 images 138-139  of 350.</ref>

Pettus and Harriet were [[Gilliam-2121|Pettus Wales Gilliam (1827-1884)]] and [[Wilson-86656|Harriet (Wilson) Gilliam (1830-1879)]]

The 1900 census says Geo and Emaline have been married 10 years.  She has no children.


== Sources ==
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* "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8RP-1MF : Tue Mar 05 05:58:36 UTC 2024), Entry for Charley Gilliam and Frances Gilliam, 1870. [Enumerated as Emma here.]

* "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6SG-4FD : Mon Mar 11 00:57:06 UTC 2024), Entry for George Glasgow and Emma Glasgow, 1880.

* "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3TD-8P9 : Thu Apr 11 17:56:44 UTC 2024), Entry for Geo Glasgow and Emaline Glasgow, 1900.

* "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M68F-KRP : Wed Jul 10 03:57:57 UTC 2024), Entry for Emmaline Gloscow and Boisey Gloscow, 1920.

* "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPZM-L97 : Sun Mar 10 04:40:31 UTC 2024), Entry for Emaline Glasgow, 1930.

* "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4D1-VQJ : Thu Jul 18 02:45:52 UTC 2024), Entry for Boysie Glasgow and Emma Lou Glasgow, 1940.