Ric, Do your Gordon's come from Giles Co TN before moving to Williamson co, TX? Are they from the "Gordons of the Deep South"? Hurston Anderson ----- Original Message ----- From: Ric <fdg@flash.net> To: <TXWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2000 6:53 PM Subject: [TXWILLIA] thank you...thank you > So far, this is what I've been able to put together thanks to many of > you out there: > > Andrew Gordon (my cousin) and his wife, Eliza Goff, came to Texas in the > early 1850's and brought their children (and in some cases, > Grandchildren) to eastern Williamson Co. The two had eleven children of > which one baby boy, Robert McDonald Gordon, died at the age of 6 months > and is buried in Tennessee, five girls and five boys that survived to > maturity. Of those five boys, two have been identified to have died > during the fight for Southern independence, William Henry "Harry" > Gordon, killed on skirmish line near New Hope Church, Georgia, and was > buried on the battle field. He had recently been transferred to this > regiment from the 8th Texas Cavalry, Company "A" which he had joined > from Burleson County, Texas, and when shot said to his brother ( Gen. > George Washington Gordon ), "Tell father (who was living in Williamson > Co. at the time) that I died in a glorious cause", his last words, taken > from "Military Annals of Tennessee", vol.1, page 298: a chapter written > by Gen. George W. Gordon; David Martin Gordon who had joined the 8th > Texas Cavalry, Company "A" , Terry's Texas Rangers from Burleson County, > Texas and was killed in action as a Private at Pulaski, Giles County, > Tennessee, two that may well have fought for the 4th Texas (not found > yet), and one son that returned to Tennessee to become a rather famous > General and gentleman, General George Washington Gordon, who headed up > the Eleventh Tennessee Infantry. > > I do believe I have a lot here to be proud of and I'm anxious to find > the information on the other two brothers, John Goff Gordon and Andrew > Franklin Gordon. > > Fred (Ric) Gordon > of Williamson Co., Texas > >