This is in reply to your info re Ky. Gorum/Gorham's. The Gorham family married into the family I have been doing research on - Burnoe/ Burnaugh/Burnaw/Burnau - Thomas Gorum (Gorham) Burnau married Elizabeth McCausland in Paris, Bourbon County, Ky.March 27, l8l7. They moved to Preble County, Ohio in the Fall of l8l9 according to family records. I do not know where her folks came from into Ky. or where the Gorhams were from - one researcher told me they were from Fauquier County, Va. - Do you have this information - I'll do some more looking in my files - thanks for sharing this information and hope what I have may help you a little. Virginia Burnau Callaway -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, January 27, 2000 12:58 PM Subject: [KYFAYETT] KY Gorham's >Hi, > >I'm new to the list and would like to let you know a little about me and what >I'm looking for. My name is Paula Gorham Fealko. I'm the daughter of: >Clarence Edward "Red" Gorham, Jr., b: 10-30-1927 LA d: 1-28-1993 LA -- son >of -- >Clarence Edward Gorham, Sr., b: 12-2-1906 LA d: 4-5-1979 LA -- son of -- >Wesley Harvey Gorham, b: 2-16-1856 LA d: 6-15-1941 LA -- son of -- >Sanford Gorham, b: 1812 KY d: after 1872 LA > >I have no idea what county Sanford was born in. He married in the mid 1830's >to a Mahulda Freeman, b: 6-9-1815 TN d: 9-9-1897 LA. Again no county known >for her birth or where they got married. They had 10 or 11 children. The >first, James, if he's theirs, b: 1836, is only mentioned in one census so >far. The second, John was born in KY in 1838. Nancy, 1840, Martha, 1841, >Harriet, 1843, Mary C., 1846, Robert Sanford, 1848, Aaron, 1849, George, 1851 >and Jesse, 1853, were born in TN. Wesley was the only one born in LA in 1856. > >In the 1850 Robertson Co. TN census we have the following: >Gorham, Sandford 31 KY Rb 315-42, Hulda 31 TN, John 12, Nancy 10, >Martha 9, Harriet 7, H. C. (actually M. C. for Mary) 4, Robt. 2, Aaron >1, Jas. 14. >(Sanford and Mahulda misstated their ages on this one.) > >Now, in this same census, we have William B. Gorham, b: ca 1788 in Fayette >Co., with his second family. Wife, Priscilla Pope Foreman, b: 10 Jun 1808 in >NC. Children: Susan, Caroline, Sarah, Martha Victoria, Thomas Marion, and >Buena Vista. >All born in Robertson Co. > >Also, William's son, John W. Gorham, b: ca 1820 in TN, from his first >marriage to Polly (Mary) Gunn of NC, is listed with his own family. Wife >Lydia Traughber, b: 1825 KY, and children, Robert, Mary and Monterey. Lydia >is the daughter of William Traughber and Permilia Gorham of Logan Co., KY. >Lydia and John were 3rd cousins. > >We haven't found solid proof yet, but we believe Sanford to be the oldest son >of William from his first marriage and therefore could be from Fayette Co. >We're trying to find any information available on Sanford and where he was >born and Fayette seems to be at the top of the list of possibilities. > >Here's what we have on his ancestors is this theory is correct. >Thomas Gorham, Sr., and Margaret Taylor Cotton, both died in Logan Co.: > John Gorham and Priscilla George?, both died in Fayette Co.: > George, d: 1849, buried at Gorham Grave, Coldstream Farm, Fayette, Co., > > married Nancy Graves, 9 Sep, 1808, in Fayette Co. > William B., born ca 1788 in Fayette Co. (Sanford's father) > Peggy, b: ca 1793, Fayette Co. > Thornton F., b: ca 1795, Fayette Co. > Letitia, b: ca 1796, Fayette Co., > Simpson C., b: ca 1798, Fayette Co. > married Lititia Boyd, 22 Oct 1829, Fayette Co., > married Delila Tompkin, 9 Nov 1840, Fayette Co., and > Frances C., b: ca 1800, Fayette Co. > >I'm sorry this is so long. The Gorham Family was a very large one and spread >out all over Kentucky. If you have any information that could help lead me >to proof about where Sanford was born, you would make a lot of Louisiana >Gorham's very happy. > >If you need more detailed information, like birthdates, etc., I have a lot >more available, but I'm trying to keep this to what I need from Fayette Co. >Also, I have a list of over 25 different ways the name Gorham was spelled. >The more common being Gorum, Goram, Goreham and Ghoram. > >One more thing. We think Mahulda may have been Cherokee. We haven't been >able to find anything on her family yet. I'm in the middle of the book >"Trail of Tears" and was wondering if that might have been a reason that >there's not much of a record on this family. I'm at the part where the >whites didn't want their daughters to marry Indians. But did they feel the >same about white men marrying Cherokee women? Most were of mixed blood by >this time anyway. > >Again, I'm sorry this is so long and I appreciate you for taking the time to >read it. I'm looking forward to being a part of this list and hopefully >contributing to it. > >Thanks, >Paula Gorham Fealko > > > > >==== KYFAYETT Mailing List ==== >Search the KYFAYETT List Archives: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=KYFAYETT > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >