Joyce, What information do you have on Archibald? Date of birth? There are many of us searching for information on where our Archibald came from, roughly at the same time frame. Our Archibald appears in Granville County NC sometime around the 1770s I think. Here is a bit of what we know: Approximate dob 1758 Abstracts of Granville County NC> 9236 November court, 1810 J. C. Russel to Thomas Cooke, deed for 304 acres which was part of Archibald Gordon Tract. Granville County Kinfolks, p 267 Entry in deed Book2,p377 Dennis T Paschall Bill of Sale to Howel Gordan, son of Archibald Gordon, Sr. Dec 4 1824 1830 census indicates both Archibald Gordon , Sr. and Archibald Gordon Jr. resided in Granville County. In Archibald Sr. household there resided four people- 1 male 5-10; 1 male between 10-15; 1 female between 50-60. Nov. 5, 1849 State of NC. Granville County, Willis Gordon is named executor of Archibald Gordon"s estate. Two other listed not identified. Clerk of the Court Book? page 134 Clerk of Superior Court. Settlement of Archibald Gordon"s accounts dated Dec6 1851. Administrator Willis Gordon. Following appeared on 07 February 1878 in THE CARTHAGIAN, a Moore Co., NC, newspaper. Letter from Mamie Lee Gordon Rehu, daughter of James Henry Gordon, granddaughter of Calvin Gordon.) dated 24 Sept 1930 to Rev. Gordon. Mrs. Rehu states she has a copy of an item taken from the Oxford, NC TORCHLIGHT (now in print) that states "Archie Gordon, Revolutionary soldier who has numerous descendants in the county was the father of 27 boys (one wife, Caroline Gordon - 7 of whom were born within 24 months - at the Whig convention which assembled in Raleigh in 1840 old Archie was escorted thru the streets in a four horse carriage with a flag floating over it bearing the inscription 'Archie Gordon the Whig father of 27 Whig sons'". There are MANY people searching for information on our Archibald, and it would be nice to find the step back in time. Look forward to hearing more from you. Any details you have may help to narrow the search. Henry County VA is not very far from Granville County NC. Bill Gordon --- [email protected] wrote: > On his RW pension application, Richard Gordon stated > that he was born in > Henry Co., VA, on 17 Apr 1766. That was actually > Pittsylvania County at that > time, and Archibald, Samuel, and the Rev Alexander > Gordon can all be found in > that county at that time. Any one of these three > may have been Richard > Gordon's father, but I've been unable to locate them > after they left Henry > County shortly after Richard's birth year. > > In 1781, Richard volunteered into the militia from > Wilkes Co., NC, and served > under Beverly, Herndon, and McDowell, all of whom > were at King's Mountain the > year before, along with William Fork, who may have > become Richard Gordon's > father-in-law in the Powell Valley of VA in about > 1786. > > Does anyone know of the where-abouts of Archibald, > Samuel, and the Rev. > Alexander Gordon after they left Henry County, VA? > > Were they associated with the Gordons of Wilkes Co., > NC? > > Were they later associated with the Gordons in > Robertson Co., TN? > > Thanks for your thoughts. > > Joyce > > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com