My great great great grandmother. Also my great great great grand half-aunt through half-sister Mary Ann Elam. * indicates a direct ancestor.
Born: 18 Nov. 1759. 5
Parents: JAMES ELAM* AND SARAH (UNKNOWN)
Married: 29 Aug. 1781, Chesterfield Co., VA. 1
Death: unknown.
Notes:
Sally (widow) listed in the 1820 Federal Census, Caswell,NC, as over age 44, with three females age 16-26, one female age 26-44, with five persons of the household involved in agriculture; slaves: two males 14 or under, two males age 14-25, two males age 26-44, one female 14 or under, one female age 14-25, one female age 26-44, and one female over 44.
Listed in Baugh Bible as the wife of William Gordon, father of Jane Baugh, who was the wife of Peter Baugh. Mentioned in the will of her father as Sally Gordon.
Spouse: WILLIAM GORDON* d. about 1820, Caswell Co., NC.
CHILDREN OF WILLIAM GORDON AND SALLY ELAM 2:
(aside from being ancestors, aunts, or uncles, these children are also my 1st half-cousins four times removed through Sally's half-sister, Mary Ann Elam)
WILLIAM GORDON
PHOEBE GORDON
ALEXANDER GORDON m. Susan Johnston, Caswell Co. NC, 5 Nov. 1807. 3
ELIZABETH "BETSEY" GORDON m. John Van hook, Caswell Co., NC, 14 Dec. 1807. 4
JAMES ELAM GORDON b. about 1792, VA.
HANNAH CROSS GORDON
JANE P. GORDON* b. 1 May 1798, North Carolina.
JOHN GORDON m. Florinda Ward.
Sources:
1. Dodd, Jordan, Virginia Marriages to 1800 [database on-line], Provo, UT, The Generations Network, Inc., 1997; original data: electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Virginia.
2. Mentioned in their father's will.
3. "Marriage and Death Notices, From Raleigh Register and North Carolina State Gazette, 1799-1825," compiled by Carrie L. Broughton, Clearfield Co., 1942-44, 1989.
4. State of North Carolina; an Index to Marriage Bonds Filed in the North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977.
5. Elam Family Bible Record, 1727-1845, Bible Records Collection, Library of Virginia Digital Collection, contributed by Joan Renfrow.
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