Hi Trish, thank you for your email. My gr.grandfather Thomas Jefferson Gordon b. abt. 1843/45 m. Lucrettia Bushnell in Louisiana abt. 1865. On the 1870 census for Calcasieu Parish, LA his birthplace is listed as Alabama. However, on the 1880 it is listed as LA. Word in our family says his folks migrated from the Carolinas. I tend to believe he came from Alabama. I have had some success on my gr.grandmother, Lucrettia Bushnell here in LA--yet find no trace of Thomas Jefferson Gordon's ancestors. All help is appreciated and taken seriously. Thanks, Ethel.