They appear together on the 1850[1] and 1860[2] census in Tattnall County, Georgia with their children.
By 1870[3], the whole family moved to Florida, possibly Bradford or Clay County.
In 1880[4], most of the family was back in Georgia.
He is mentioned on the death record of his son Clemen T. (incorrectly identified as 'Clementine' on the death certificate) Gordon[5], John Wesley Gordon, Jr.[6], daughter Missouri in 1923[7], and son Crawford F. Gordon in 1937[8].
United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZY6-YBB : 12 April 2016), John Gorden, Tattnall county, Tattnall, Georgia, United States; citing family 154, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNZZ-5KL : 12 April 2016), Joseph W Garden, Florida, United States; citing p. 9, family 63, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,627.
United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8GJ-MRH : 11 August 2017), John W Gordan, District 275, Montgomery, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 78, sheet 214C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0159; FHL microfilm 1,254,159.
Florida Deaths, 1877-1939, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP8B-5VG : 9 March 2018), John W. Gordon in entry for Clementine Gordon, 22 Oct 1919; citing Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, reference 9800; FHL microfilm 2,116,813.
Georgia Deaths, 1928-1942, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJXM-JY9W : 11 March 2018), John W Gordon in entry for John Westey Gordon, 11 Apr 1933; citing , Montgomery, Georgia, United States, Georgia State Archives, Morrow.
Georgia Deaths, 1928-1942, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJX9-ZCS2 : 1 August 2019), John Garden in entry for Crawford F Gorden, 11 Dec 1937; citing Lyons, Toombs, Georgia, United States, Georgia State Archives, Morrow.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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