Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameElizabeth ANDERSON 
Birth Date1739
Death Date1809 Age: 70
Spouses
Birth Date1739
Birth PlacePrince William County, Virginia
Death Date22 Oct 1808 Age: 69
Death PlaceBerkeley, Newberry County, South Carolina
Burial PlaceMaybington, Newberry County, South Carolina, Gordon Cemetery
OccupationRevolutionary War Major Virginia
FatherJohn Joseph GORDON Sr. , 330 (1710-1756)
MotherRuth Emerson ANDREWS , 331 (1716-1779)
Family ID8776
Marr Date1754
Notes for Elizabeth ANDERSON
d/o Abraham Anderson and his 1st wife although "Gordon's of the Deep South" has this statement "Thomas Gordon had married Elizabeth before his father's death in 1756. Family traditions from several sources are that his wife was Elizabeth Caldwell, daughter of John Caldwell". John Caldwell owned land adjoining the Gordon land.
On Find A Grave.
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On Find A Grave.
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Notes for Thomas (Spouse 1)
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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h/o Elizabeth Anderson. Parent(s) of Ruth Gordon who married Major Samuel Otterson. I am not positive he is buried here, but he was buried in Newbery County and was a Presbyterian. He is probably buried somewhere between the Enoree and Tyger River.
The Gordons and Ottersons were neighbors.
Major Otterson fought alongside Capt. Govin Gordon in the swamps of SC against the British and won.
Major Thomas Gordon served in the 2nd Spartan Regiment under Col. Brandon. SAR#33992. In his Annuals of Newberry, SC, Judge O'Neal says that Major Thomas Gordon probably won his commission in the Cherokee War.
Thomas Gordon (46519470)
Suggested edit: Sheriffs of Newberry: 1785, Thomas Gordon
Served in the Revolutionary War. He was the son of John Gordon, one of the earliest settlers of the Dutch Fork between Enoree and Tyger Rivers. His duties were entered at the first County Court, held at the house of Col. Robert Rutherford on September 5, 1785 for a two year term. On receiving the office of sheriff he appointed Benjamin Gordon as his deputy. Thomas Gordon was justice of the peace in 1775, tax assessor and collector in 1769 and again in 1784-1786 and senator in 1781. From Genealogy Trails by Edith Greisser.
Contributor: Robert Abney (48473675) • robtabney@gmail.com
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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h/o Elizabeth Anderson. Parent(s) of Ruth Gordon who married Major Samuel Otterson. I am not positive he is buried here, but he was buried in Newbery County and was a Presbyterian. He is probably buried somewhere between the Enoree and Tyger River.
The Gordons and Ottersons were neighbors.
Major Otterson fought alongside Capt. Govin Gordon in the swamps of SC against the British and won.
Major Thomas Gordon served in the 2nd Spartan Regiment under Col. Brandon. SAR#33992. In his Annuals of Newberry, SC, Judge O'Neal says that Major Thomas Gordon probably won his commission in the Cherokee War.
Thomas Gordon (46519470)
Suggested edit: Sheriffs of Newberry: 1785, Thomas Gordon
Served in the Revolutionary War. He was the son of John Gordon, one of the earliest settlers of the Dutch Fork between Enoree and Tyger Rivers. His duties were entered at the first County Court, held at the house of Col. Robert Rutherford on September 5, 1785 for a two year term. On receiving the office of sheriff he appointed Benjamin Gordon as his deputy. Thomas Gordon was justice of the peace in 1775, tax assessor and collector in 1769 and again in 1784-1786 and senator in 1781. From Genealogy Trails by Edith Greisser.
Contributor: Robert Abney (48473675) • robtabney@gmail.com
On Find A Grave.
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