Dear Gorhams, The following information was provided by the kindness of Margaret Kannensohn of Fayette Co., KY. GORHAM FAMILY CEMETERY 1875 Newtown Pike This cemetery is located on government-owned land. It is Coldstream Farm. Gorham, George 9/13/1786 - 8/18/1849* Gorham, George M. 9/1/1817 -2/21/1877 Gorham, Lydia Ann [Traugher] 4/22/1821 - 5/14/1900 w/o John W. Gorham Gorham, Margaret 12/30/1834 - 8/30/1874 Gorham, Nancy 8/5/1786 - 4/9/1878 w/o George Gorham Gorham, T. J. 6/5/1823 - 1/29/1875 Gorham, Theodore F. 3/27/1830 - 1/27/1896** Gorham, William 1/9/1820 - 10/26/1890 Gorham, William Jr. 10/12/1853 - 11/6/1912 Henderson, Ella B. 10/13/1892 6/5/1893 d/o G. & L. Henderson George Gorham was married twice: July 1, 1807 to Sarah/Sally Graves[1] and September 18, 1808[2] to Nancy Graves, who is buried here. His wives may have been sisters. [1] Fayette County Marriage Records: 1803-09, Vol. I. <ancestry.com> [2] Ibid. This cemetery was noted to have been in "excellent condition" in a 1979 Lexington Historic Preservation survey (FA 445). Ten gravesites were listed. An earlier survey had, however reported some 20 identifiable markers. The first currently known recorded acknowledgment of the cemetery is contained in a March 20, 1856, deed from Lewis H. Chrisman, executor of the estate of Alexander Lyle to William Adams (DB 32-295): ".exclusive of seven poles of Land.a Family Graveyard." The inventory for this cemetery was reported both by the Fayette County Genealogical Society in v. 2, # 2, pp. 62-63, and in DAR Inscriptions, pp. 80 & 86 & 120-124 (Lexington Public Library, Kentucky Room). *Cholera epidemic? **One T. F. Gorham married Miss Emily E. Ross in Fayette County, 12/18/1856. Kentucky Marriages: 1797 - 1865. C. The Kentucky Historical Society. Index copyright 1966. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Some surveyors have transcribed his first name as Thornton. In the District 1 1850 federal census of Fayette County KY, Nancy Gorham was the head of household. She was 60 years old. Included in the household were: G[eorge] M., age 34; W[illiam?], age 27; T . G./J?, age 25; Andrew 17; Hamblin, 14; B. [male], 14; S. A. [female] 23; Prissilla [sic], 20, and William Petry, 70, a "laborer." Pat Bishop Obrist