Hurston, Try my homepage. http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/g/o/r/Fred-D-Gordon/ Fred Gordon of Texas "L. Hurston Anderson" wrote: > > Trish, > > I think I have a hit with you on the Gordon's in Giles County. If so they > are definitely part of the Gordons of the Deep South coming from Ruth and > John Gordon who moved from VA to Union District, SC fifty years > earlier...and then offspring went on west to AL, TN, etc. > > I would greatly like to make the connection with the Gordons of Greene Co, > AL...a connection which I am certain exists, but which I cannot prove. Do > you have any more info befoe Thomas Kennedy Gordon...especially forebears. > I believe Mont Gordon is quite near Brick Church, Giles County, TN where the > connections is more likely to be made...at least with my portion. > > Does any of this sound familiar. > > Hurston Anderson > > >Hello Bill, > > Gee, I'd like to think we are climbing the same tree - so to speak - > >but I'm afraid not. Here's my family in a nutshell. Thomas Kennedy > >Gordon(B. 6 April 1792, D 31 March 1880) of Mont Gordon, Giles County, > >Tennessee married Elizabeth Lane 24 February 1830. They had a bunch (10 or > >so ) of children. Their first son was David Marion Gordon B 15 February 1821 > >in Tennessee, D. 16 February 1902 in Coxey or Ripley, Limestone County, > >Alabama. This was my great grandfather. In 1856, David Marion married Sarah > >Frances Waters. They had a few children, too. > > > >Lille b. 1857 > >Margaret LUCRETIA b. 1859 > >Sarah Frances b. 1863 > >Thomas b. 1866 > >David M. Jr, b. 1867 > >William Wallace b 1869 his gr. granddaughter is into family history in > >a big way > >Malvina "MALLIE" b. 1871 > >Eula Lee b. 1874 > >CORA LEWIS GORDON (Abernathy) b. 1877 My grandmother. > > > >Sarah Waters Gordon died about 1882. > > > > > > Not much to run with, but hopefully you'll find a common thread. > >Please let me know if any of this makes sense to you. At the moment I'm > >searching for information about a Battle of Salem, possibly fought near > >Nashville. Grandfather David Marion Gordon was taken to a Nashville prison > >after that battle because he refused the oath of allegiance to the union. > > Best of luck in your quest. Please keep me in mind if you uncover > >any tidbits of knowledge. > > > >Trish > > > >