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<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE> Gordon Family </TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#faebd7"> <H2><CENTER>Home for History</CENTER></H2> <center><h3>Gordon Family of Wilkes County</H3></center> <CENTER><h2><IMG SRC="home.jpg" BORDER=2><H2><STRONG></CENTER> <h4> Family tradition says that "Gordon the immigrant" was John George Gordon who arrived in Charleston South Carolina ca 1724 from Scotland. There is some confusion regarding his name. Some say he was Adam Gordon and others John George Gordon. The latter name is supported by an old Gordon family book "Vindiciae Pietatis" that includes a "JGG" signature. John George Gordon moved to Maryland and married Mary (or Sarah) Chapman ca 1727 in a somewhat "clandestine manner." Sarah Chapman was the niece of wealthy Dr. James Chapman and he opposed the marriage. John George Gordon was rather poor and Sarah's family was evidently at the opposite end of the financial spectrum.<P> The couple eloped and moved to Spottsylvania County, VA near Fredricksburg. John George Gordon was born about 1705/07 and died ca 1767 in Virginia and his widow and two sons Charles and George moved to Wilkes county ca 1774. Sarah Chapman was born about 1707 and died in North Carolina in 1795.<P> <HR> First Generation<BR> Children of John George Gordon m. Sarah Chapman<BR> Nathaniel Gordon<BR> Charles Gordon Sr (1730-1799) m. Mary Boswell Herndon (widow)<BR> John Gordon (1734)<BR> Sarah Gordon (1735)<BR> Elizabeth Gordon (1739)<BR> George Gordon (1743-1800) m. Sarah Herndon (1754-1842) (step-daughter of Charles Gordon, Sr)<P> (Note: Charles Gordon Sr adopted Widow Herndon's children in 1759, Spotsylvania County, VA. The Herndon children were Sarah, Joseph, Benjamin, and possibly others.) <HR> Second Generation<P> Children of Charles Gordon Sr. and Mary Boswell Herndon (widow)<BR> Charles Gordon Jr (?-1799) m. Mary Lenoir<BR> Chapman Gordon (1764-1812) m. Charity King<BR> Nathaniel C. Gordon (1764-1812) m. Nancy Gordon of Virginia (his cousin)<P> -----------<P> Children of George Gordon and Sarah Herndon<BR> Elizabeth Gordon (1777) m. David Witherspoon<BR> John Gordon (1779) m. Philadelphia Herndon, d/o Joseph Herndon) (this family moved to TN)<BR> Nancy Gordon m. Nathaniel C. Gordon (her cousin)<BR> Mary Gordon m. Dr. O'Reilly (moved to TN)<BR> Philadelphia Gordon m. Samuel Craig<BR> Nathaniel Gordon (1784-1829) m. Sarah Gwyn (1798-1889)<BR> (after Nathaniel's death, his widow married <a href="brown.html">Hamilton Brown</a>)<BR> Philadelphia Gordon m. Samuel Craig<BR> Sarah Chapman Gordon m. Benjamin Herndon Jr<BR> Rebecca Gordon m. Robert Church<P> George Gordon moved to Forsyth County, Ga. where he owned and operated a store.<P> <HR> Third Generation<P> Children of Chapman Gordon and Charity King<BR> Rebecca Gordon m. Thomas Napier<BR> Wiley Gordon <BR> James Harvey Gordon m. Caroline Gwyn (sister of Sarah Gwyn Gordon Brown) (moved to Georgia)<BR> Mary Basil Gordon m. <a href="brown.html">John Brown</a><BR> Myra Gordon<BR> Zachariah Herndon Gordon (1776) m. Melinda Cox<BR> Washington Gordon (1801) m. Elizabeth Bradshaw<P> ----------<P> Children of Charles Gordon Jr and Mary Lenoir<BR> Nancy Gordon (1793)<BR> Mary Boswell Gordon (1797-1887) m. John Dunlap<P> ----------<P> Children of Nathaniel Gordon and Sarah Gwyn<BR> Martha Lenoir Gordon (1821-1898) m. <a href="finley.html">Augustus W. Finley</a><BR> Brigadier General James Byron Gordon (1822-1864),<BR> (Served with J E B Stuart's Confederate cavalry, killed near Richmond<BR> Sarah Ann Gordon (1826-1907) m. <a href="finley.html">John Tate Finley</a><BR> Caroline Louisa Gordon (1828-1891) m. Dr. Frank H. Hackett<P> ---------<P> Children of Nathaniel C. Gordon and Nancy Gordon<BR> Thomas A. Gordon<BR> Richard C. Gordon<BR> Nathaniel Wesley Gordon<BR> Sarah Gordon<BR> John W. Gordon<P> <HR> Fourth Generation<P> Children of Zachariah Herndon Gordon and Melinda Cox<BR>Gov. John Brown Gordon (1832-1904) m. Fannie Haralson<BR> (John B. Gordon was a General in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and was with Lee at Appomattox. After the war he became Governor of Georgia.)<P> <HR> Sources<P> <EM>Early Settlers of Reddies River</EM>, Paul W. Gregory<P> The source for most of this information is "Happy Valley" by Thomas F. Hickerson and some Gordon Family notes by someone whose initials are "MCB" and I must confess I do not know the full name.-- <BR> Jim Deans, e-mail address: [email protected]<P> <HR> <CENTER><H3><a href="family.html">Home for History Family Pages </a></H3></CENTER> <CENTER><a href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncwilkes/"> Wilkes County NCGenWeb</a></CENTER><P> <h5> Faye Jarvis Moran, Webmaster<BR> [email protected]</h5><P></CENTER> </BODY> </HTML>