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 > >