Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameGovin GORDON Sr. 
695
695Birth Date1747
Birth PlaceFairfax County, Virginia
Death Date1814 Age: 67
Death PlaceJones County, Georgia
Burial PlaceBlountsville, Jones County, Georgia, Blountsville Baptist Church Cemetery
OccupationRevolutionary Soldier, Lieut. Of Horses, Captain McKeys' Company
FatherJohn Joseph GORDON Sr. , 330 (1710-1756)
MotherRuth Emerson ANDREWS , 331 (1716-1779)
Spouses
Birth Date23 Nov 1749
Birth PlaceFairfax County, Virginia
Death Date9 Aug 1835 Age: 85
Death PlaceGreene County, Alabama
Family ID8780
Notes for Govin GORDON Sr.
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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unmarked, burial per family records. Govin owned 202 acres of land on Cedar Creek in Jones Co., GA in 1811.
Govin Gordon, served 52 days as Lieut. of Horses, Captain McKeys' Company; 61 days as Captain of Foot,; 223 days as Captain of Horse in Col. Brandon's 2nd Spartan Regiment.
Notes from "Gordon's of the Deep South" book by E. Northcutt. & Ralph
Gordon's home page.
On Find A Grave.
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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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unmarked, burial per family records. Govin owned 202 acres of land on Cedar Creek in Jones Co., GA in 1811.
Govin Gordon, served 52 days as Lieut. of Horses, Captain McKeys' Company; 61 days as Captain of Foot,; 223 days as Captain of Horse in Col. Brandon's 2nd Spartan Regiment.
Notes from "Gordon's of the Deep South" book by E. Northcutt. & Ralph
Gordon's home page.
On Find A Grave.
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Notes for Sarah (Spouse 1)
buried in either Greene or Hale County.
Sarah Gordon, widow of Govin Gordon, moved to Greene Co., Alabama with her two daughters, Violet Chandler & Ruthy Gary and son Govin, Jr.
On Find A Grave.
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Sarah Gordon, widow of Govin Gordon, moved to Greene Co., Alabama with her two daughters, Violet Chandler & Ruthy Gary and son Govin, Jr.
On Find A Grave.
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