Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameBenjamin GORDON 
695
695Birth Date1738
Birth PlacePrince William County, Virginia
Death Date1779 Age: 41
Death PlaceBerkeley, Newberry County, South Carolina
Burial PlaceMaybington, Newberry County, South Carolina, Gordon Cemetery
OccupationCherokee War (1760-61) Soldier; Revolutionary Soldier, Col Waters’ Regiment,
FatherJohn Joseph GORDON Sr. , 330 (1710-1756)
MotherRuth Emerson ANDREWS , 331 (1716-1779)
Notes for Benjamin GORDON
s/o John & Ruth Gordon.
Served in Cherokee War, 1760 & 1761, as private under Col. John Chevillette.
Served In Revolutionary War in Col. Waters' Regiment as private from the fall of Charleston to Anderson's return.
1st wife believed to be Mary Hannah Inman, 1771-1837. Also believed they had a son they names Levi Francis Gordon b. 1787.
Some kin have stated Ben died 1808 in while serving the in Rev. War under General Bernardo de Galvez who's forces captured British Pensacola, Mobile & Baton Rouge.
On Find A grave.
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John & Ruth Gordon move to SC from VA in 1749, receiving a Royal Land Grant from King
George Il of 460 ac. on the Collins/Enoree River at Avery's Ford in Newberry & Union Counties.
They brought a family of six sons and one daughter:
1)Thomas, 2)John, 3) Benjamin, 4) Ruth, 5) William, 6) Govin, 7) George. All six sons were in the
Rev. War. Thomas a Major. Three were in the Cherokee War under Col. John Chevillette.
Builders of the Gordon Fort on the Union Co. side of the Enoree River at the current day
county line @old Avery's Ford. this was adjacent to the Gordon Cemetery location.
http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/sc-north.html#new
Also builders of the bridge over the Tyger River that is still named Gordon's Bridge, CR
36/Tuckertown Rd.
Almost all of the descendants of John & Ruth Gordon connected via Find-a-Grave were taken
from "Gordon's of the Deep South" book by Ermimie Northcutt Marshall and her many
contacts. Robert
From Find A Grave on Ancestry by scuppy1.
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Served in Cherokee War, 1760 & 1761, as private under Col. John Chevillette.
Served In Revolutionary War in Col. Waters' Regiment as private from the fall of Charleston to Anderson's return.
1st wife believed to be Mary Hannah Inman, 1771-1837. Also believed they had a son they names Levi Francis Gordon b. 1787.
Some kin have stated Ben died 1808 in while serving the in Rev. War under General Bernardo de Galvez who's forces captured British Pensacola, Mobile & Baton Rouge.
On Find A grave.
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John & Ruth Gordon move to SC from VA in 1749, receiving a Royal Land Grant from King
George Il of 460 ac. on the Collins/Enoree River at Avery's Ford in Newberry & Union Counties.
They brought a family of six sons and one daughter:
1)Thomas, 2)John, 3) Benjamin, 4) Ruth, 5) William, 6) Govin, 7) George. All six sons were in the
Rev. War. Thomas a Major. Three were in the Cherokee War under Col. John Chevillette.
Builders of the Gordon Fort on the Union Co. side of the Enoree River at the current day
county line @old Avery's Ford. this was adjacent to the Gordon Cemetery location.
http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/sc-north.html#new
Also builders of the bridge over the Tyger River that is still named Gordon's Bridge, CR
36/Tuckertown Rd.
Almost all of the descendants of John & Ruth Gordon connected via Find-a-Grave were taken
from "Gordon's of the Deep South" book by Ermimie Northcutt Marshall and her many
contacts. Robert
From Find A Grave on Ancestry by scuppy1.
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