I'm sorry, but our Hughs do not seem to match. [email protected]

To [email protected] I see you are interested in a Hugh Gordon born 1740. I am trying to find the origins and parentage of my ggg-grandfather Hugh Gordon, born South Carolina, 1788. Any clues for me? Bill Gordon

I am not new, either--just been away for awhile. My brick wall is my gr.grandfather, Thomas Jefferson Gordon b. abt. 1843/45 [Ala. ?]. Married Lucrettia Bushnell in Louisiana abt. 1865 [St. Landry Parish]. They settled in Calcasieu Parish, LA and raised 5 children, including my grandfather, William Cornelius Gordon b. 1869 who married Laurastine Marcantel. Our courthouse in Calcasieu Parish burned down in 1910 and all our precious documents were lost. Story in our family says; my grandfather, William C., used to take journeys "across the river" to visit his relatives. He would be gone several days, catching rides as he could, and it was understood that he crossed the Mississippi River--so this would most likely be into Mississippi. 1870 Census[ LA] gives Thomas Jefferson's place of birth as Alabama. Thomas Jefferson and Lucrettia's children were named James, Thomas Samuel, William Cornelius,John, Madora, Idolph and Adolph[twins]. James and Thomas Samuel died young. Looking for the parents of Thomas Jefferson Gordon. Ethel.

Norma, To whom was your Rosanna married to. Was Gordon her married name or maiden name.There is a Rosanna Gordon who was married to John Gordon Jr. She was his second wife. They lived in Copiah County, MS. Sheila

Sheila, You have found my brick wall. I have no idea who John's parents or grandparents were. I have only been on my Gordon family trail for a short time. More time and research will happen. So more later. Pat

I am not new to the list, but have a brick wall it seems, I am desperately trying to find the parents of my Great, Great, Grandmother, ROSANNA GORDON. She was born in Camden, Tennessee in 1836. There must be someone out there who knows of a GORDON family in Camden in the 1830's. Can anyone help me? I am about to give up. Thanks for any and all help. Norma [email protected]

Does Posey's will name any children? Margaret McCleskey, Arlington, TX [email protected] wrote: > > The will of William Gordon .State of SC 96th Dist. Date April 19,1781 > Recorded n Boob AB,pages 50&51. Names wife Elizabeth and children: William, > John, Posey,and Cassy Gordon, > Aug 26,1809 deed of sale by Posey Gordron of Union Dirstrict , SC To > Burwell Chick. This was the tract of land willed to Posey by his father > William. > Also land records in Land Office Montgomery, AL on Posey]s Greene county , > AL land > Posey's Will recorded in Green County,AL signed Nov 8,1830 probated Apro; > 10,1831. > Sheila

--part1_5e1b439a.247a1b54_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_5e1b439a.247a1b54_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: [email protected] From: [email protected] Full-name: Gesslr Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 23:00:11 EDT Subject: Re: Posey Gordon/Gordons of the Deep South To: [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows sub 11 I have not seen the will of Posey Gordon.However Erminire(author of the Gordons of the Deep South) said this"James Sims, deceased, Nov.12,1832 names Elizabeth Gordon(Posey's wife) guardian to William Gordon, age 20, Drucilla Gordon, age 17, John Gordon. age 16, Albert Gordon, age 12, Samuel Gordon, age 10, Emeline Gordon, age 9, Amanda Gordon, age 7, Harriett Gordon, age 5, Josey(should have been Posey) Gordon age 2,minor heirs of their deceased grandfather James Sims. Securities Jefferson Gordon, Jesse Gordon." ' Erminie also list Mary Ann Gordon b Nov.20,1811 GA died Aug.10, 1836 Greene County, AL m. Feb16,1828 Humphrey Stephenson Book A,P.83 Greene County, AL as a child of Posey and Elizabeth Sims Gordon. Mary Ann Gordon Stephenson left two small children when she died. These two children, John and Mary Ann Stephenson were living in the home of Josiah Collins in 1850(Census Records) Drusilla Gordon had married Josiah Collins in 1835. Hope this helps you. Sheila --part1_5e1b439a.247a1b54_boundary--

Sue Gilbert, I believe I have some additional information on your William Gordon. Lee Gordon Buffalo, New York +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ William Gordon - ------------------------------ Born 11 March, 1826, Camdus, Ireland, died before 1900, burial Bethsalem Presbyterian Cemetery, Winston County, Mississippi, father, Robert Gordon, mother, Elizabeth _______. Age about 13 when he arrived in United States at South Carolina. Married Rebecca Eliza Jane Farrar in 1850 in Fairfield District, South Carolina. Rebecca Eliza Jane Farrar, born in South Carolina, burial Bethsalem Presbyterian Cemetery, Winston County, Mississippi, father, William M. Farrar, mother, Mary Eliza Micou. Children of William Gordon and Rebecca Eliza Jane Farrar William Francis Gordon, born 1852 (1853) in South Carolina. Married Sarah Jane Dunbar 7 April 1874. Robert Alexander Gordon, born 12 May, 1853, died 18 May, 1927. Married Narcissus Elizabeth "Lizzie" Quarles 4 August, 1874, Winston County, Mississippi. 'Matt' 'Martha' Gordon, born 1855 Choctaw County, Mississippi. Married Patrick Ryan. A baby girl - Ryan reportedly buried outside the Mt. Zion Church Cemetery, Choctaw County, Mississippi. Margaret Ann Gordon, born 1856, Choctaw, Mississippi. Married ___________. Mary 'May' Ellen Gordon, born 1859, Choctaw County, Mississippi. Married (?) Hunt.

Bill Gordon: Where in Illinois did your line finally settle. My line left Georgia in 1839 and settled in Henderson County, Ill. My ggggrandfather was George Gordon. I am trying to find out if he had any other members of his fathers family that came from Scotland with them in 1774. Chuck Gordon

I just subscribed today so am new at the protocol here. My Gordon line are Scotch-Irish. Are any of you members related to the John Gordon line from Rathfryland and Banbridge in County Down, Ireland? This John was born sometime before 1732 and md Mary__?__. Their 3 children were: John, Mary and Janet; the family was of Tullyconnaught in Seapatrick parish. John (the elder's) probate is dated 1778 and the executors were Geo. Mullholland and Walter Crawford; witnesses were John Knox, Thomas Cumming and John Egar. Mary, the daughter, md a man whose surname was Kelton, n.f.i. Janet the daughter md Samuel Gordon of Glaskerbeg, near Banbridge. The younger John was born abt 1755 and died in 1836 in County Down, in Ireland. He md 1792 at Banbridge, Co. Down, Eliz. Boggs, dau. of Hans Boggs of Loughbrickland. Executors for John, the younger's will, were Rev. Alex Orr, Thomas Woods and Andrew Mulligan. John, the younger and wife Eliz (Boggs) had 7 children, some of whom came to the US in the 19th century: James Arhcibald of Tullyconnaugth and Banbridge--unmd. Hans who became a surgeon--he was of Tullyconnaught, Banbridge and Dublin Jane (my line) born abt 1803 who md Hance Cumming in in1831 at Banbridge and came to the US--to NY City and soon after to Ontario, Canada to what is present-day Brant Co.--they went to Waukesha Co, WI in 1845; she died in 1846 Mary who md David Graham and had no ch. Eliz. - unmd Sarah who md John Hodge of New York -the had no ch. John b. abt 1803 and d. 1861; md Eliz. Nelson. They had a huge family: John, David, Annie, Eliz., Bessie, Sarah (who md Jos. McGladdery) , Emily )who md Hugh Graham), John, Robert, Mary (who md Isaac Barr) and others. I have other Gordon lines from County Down, who appear to be related. I'd like to hear from anyone with ties to County Down, Ireland and/or who recognize a link to this line. Carol Ashby

[email protected] wrote: > > I have been monitoring all of the Gordon info but did not see that it > possibly would connect with mine until you mentioned that the Gordon's in the > Gordons of the Deep South mentioned that this John Gordon came from VA.Would > you please check and see if the book mentions a Hugh Gordon b. 1740 who > married a Mary Owens/ I would appreciate an answer. > [email protected] No Hugh Gordon

[email protected] wrote: > > Hi I was wondering since Govin was a strange name would there possibly be an > Oden B. Gordon in this book you mention. If you wouldn't mind checking I > would so much appreciate it. > Oden B. GORDON married Rebecca Talbot had at least one son Robert L. Gordon > born approx 1890. Thanks so much Ü > Lisa Not in the book. Harold

I have been reading the mail regarding Gordon's in SC who went to AL and MS. Although I have not found my ancestor among them, it seems possible that they were related. Here is my "problem" ancestor: William Gordon b. ca 1825 in Ireland. He was in Fairfield District, SC in the 1850 census, aged 25. His mother, Elizabeth, aged 50, was in the household with him and his wife, Elizabeth Jane Farrar. We do not know his father's name or any siblings. However, we do believe he had a brother, Robert, b. ca 1820 in Ireland. Robert and William and their wives were members of Old Lebanon Church then both went to Winston/Choctaw County, MS and became members of Bethsalem Presbyterian Church. William's wife, Elizabeth Jane Farrar, was a daughter of William Farrar. Her mother was from Ireland. My theory is that our Gordon's went to SC where they already had relatives. According to the family, they went from Ireland to SC in the 1830's. If anyone has any info or ideas, I would appreciate hearing them. Thanks in advance. Sue

Bill Gordon wrote: > > Pat Spencer: > > You mention several things in your recent post that catch my interest. > First, what is the book "Gordon's of the Deep South." My Gordon line > began in South Carolina, then went to ALabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and > finally to Illinois during the Civil War. I am surely interested in > finding someone who has this book so that I might request a couple of > quick lookups. > > Secondly, you say your gg-grandfather is John H. Gordon. If he was a > physician in Bond county Illinois (b.1842 in AL, d.1929 in IL) then I > have much information for you and we are related. > > Bill Gordon I have a copy. What look up do you need? Harold

Jim. I would love any information on the line that you can give me and I appreciate every bit of it. We have some pic of the family but mostly the line out of Henson Cole Senior.. is it Hentson or Henson??? that has me puzzled Have found it two ways.. One census from Olney, Jack county Texas had Sarah Evans and Hencoup Cole Tucker living there in 1890's LOL so now what do you think.. Have some of the Williams line also.. did youever make it into that site on the net it is Micheal Wayne Cregan's ancestors and located at http://www.cpamom.com/mwc/cregan.htm that has some on it . thanks for offering more information.. I would love anything as we are just getting this together... Sandy ---------- > From: John P. Mullen <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: > Date: Saturday, May 22, 1999 9:53 PM > > Hello Tom, > > I appreciate the offer. I don't know much at this time, but I've sent for my > gggrandmother's birth certificate. That should give me some more information > on Ella and may indicate where she was living when my gggrandmother was born. > If it is OK with you, I get in touch after I get that info. > > Thanks > > John Mullen > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Saturday, May 22, 1999 4:31 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: > > > > > > John, > > > > I live in Boston and could do some research for you. Do you have any idea > > what part of Boston Ella lived in? > > > > Tom Gordon > > > > >

RAYVAN---No Hugh Gordon in Gordons of the Deep South. Sorry.

Hi I am sorry I did not keep the original posting on Govin question. Hope this helps, I found it in Ancestry.com. (not my line) Kathy in California ** South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 5 Pp. 327-335: 25 Oct 1766, Henry Anderson & wf Ruth of SC, to Gabriel Anderson, Blacksmith of same, (lease s 10, release £ 100), land on S side Enoree otherwise Collins River, on a branch called Indian Creek, including part of a survey formerly made for Abraham Anderson, adj. Gabriel Anderson, John Hatfield, surveyed by Edward Musgrove, 28 Jan 1766…Hen Anderson (LS), Ruth Anderson (LS), Wit: Govin Gordon, Jean Anderson, Wm Hamilton. Proved in Berkly County, 2 May 1768 by Govin Gordon, before Wedw Musgrove, JP. Rec. 29 May 1771. ** 1790-1870 Mississippi Census Index Year Surname Given Name (s) County State Page Township or Other Info Record Type Database ID# 1850 GORDON GOVIN* Newton County MS 745 No Township Listed Slave Schedule MS 1850 Slave Schedule MS4658613 1850 GORDON GOVIN Newton County MS 156 No Township Listed Federal Population Schedule MS 1850 Federal Census Index MSS5a668266 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, May 22, 1999 6:49 PM Subject: Govin Gordon > Susan,there were Govins(family name) in SC when Major Thomas Gordon died in >1808.Among administrations papers in the Estate of Thomas Gordson was a >voucher."Note on or before the first day of Jan. I promise to pay Lucy Govin >$12.25 for value received of her." Signed Aug.1808 Thomas Gordon >Joseph Govin signed receipt for payment by Eli Gordon, date May 20,1810. > >I presume that the Govin family must have been close friends, or it is >possible they were kin for William and Elizabeth ? Gordon to name a son for >them. God bless, Sheila >

L. Hurston Anderson wrote: > > Sheila, > > I know we have communicated before about Posey Gordon who was my > gggrandfather, but I wonder if we could exchange some auxiliary data about > other relatives? Do you have an FTW file or Gedcom? I would be delighted > to share mine with you. Also, I haven't been very genealogically active > lately, having been really busy. Is all this on-line somewhere? For > instance, after Posey and family got to Greene County, AL what happened to > his children since he and wife (Elizabeth Simms) died so young? I know > where Elizabeth Emmaline ended, but not any of the others. > > And, where the heck does the name Posey come from, anyway. Sons are often > named for relatives, but there are no Posey's that I know of. Maybe they > were with General Posey (purported illegitimate son of George Washington) in > the Rev War. I don't know enough about his command nor where Willim served > other than statement that he was a Capt in Brandon's Regiment. Any ideas? > > I really need to fill in more on the Gordons and would appreciate the help. > I really can't trace my Andersons back past 1756, and apparently to VA. My > connection is that Elizabeth (Posey's daughter) married Uriah Hardy Anderson > my gggrandfather. > > Have a great day, > > Hurston Anderson > > >Lordie, my eyes are crossing and brain is in a whirl after reading about all > >those Gordons!!!! Give me some names, we had a few SC Gordons in Ga but I > >don't think for long. One, Posey Gordon lived there for a while but we never > >found out where. Also have a "lost" Gordon. Thomas Gordon Jr. last word > >from him was a letter in the file of his mothers estate papers. Talked about > >everything under the sun, including the weather but no about about where he > >was!!!!!! I do have a bunch of info. Sheila > > > > Hello shila I have only two of Posey Gordon's children. One and unknown Grodon who married Ann Campbell. Two, Drucilla E Grodon who married Josiah Collins. This is the first I have heard of Elizabeth and Uriah Anderson. I would like to know more about the Andersons. I have a John Gordon b c1715 who married a Ruth. Ruth had another marriage to a Abraham Anderson. I have a Rachael Stennis b1816 married to James Alexander in Greenville Co SC. Some of the Stennis family moved to Kemper Co Mississippi which is next to Green Co Alabama. I have a John Anderson who's son was William Pinckney Anderson b c1856. William married Mary Cornilia Peden. The peden family was from Greenville Co SC and many of them also settled in kemper Co Ms. I have a Martha Anderson b1806 in SC married allen newton Mayes b1804 Franklin Co Ga. They married in Cobb Co Ga. The Mayes family also relocated to Green co Alabama and Lauderdale Co Mississippi. I have Olive D Anderson b c1827 married John M Harrison. While this is not my main line Harrison family they did also move to lauderdale and Newton Co Mississippi. They were from Spartanburg Co SC. I would like to know if your Anderson are related to mine. Thanks Harold Harrison

John, Sounds good to me. Let me know when you have the info. Tom