Robert Gammons (abt. 1808 - aft. 1840)

Born about 1808 in Tennessee, USA

Died after 1840 after about age 32 in Smith County, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

BIRTH / DEATH

Robert Gammons

Birth: between 1801-1810, per census in 1830, age 20-29

Birth: between 1801-1810, per census in 1840, age 30-39

Unsource birth: 1808

Birthplace: Tennessee, per son's (Harris Gammons) death record

Death: cannot locate after 1840

Last known location: Smith County, Tennessee

Place of death: unknown, but assumed to be Tennessee

Possible parents, based on age and location of 1820 census in Smith Co TN

Possible parents: James Gammon and Rhodey Horner

Possible parents: John Gammon and Mary Dixon

Note: Robert does not fit on John Gammon's 1820 census, so the most likely son of James Gammon.

MARRIAGE

Wfie: Mary Shrum

Married on/before 1825, per oldest child on 1830 census

Married on/before 1825, per Mary at age 13+

Assumption for marriage:

1928 death record for Harris Gammons, indicate parents Robert Gammons, Polly Shrum.

CENSUS / TIMELINE

1830 Census: Smith, Tennessee

Name: Robt Gammon

1 - Males - Under 5:

1 - Males - 20 thru 29: ...... [Robert]

1 - Females - 5 thru 9:

1 - Females - 15 thru 19: ... [Mary]

Total Free White Persons: 4

Total Slaves: 5

Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 9

1840 Census: Smith, Tennessee

Name: Robert Gammon

2 - Males - Under 5:

1 - Males - 5 thru 9: ......... [Harris]

1 - Males - 30 thru 39: ..... [Robert]

2 - Females - 5 thru 9:

1 - Females - 10 thru 14:

1 - Females - 20 thru 29: ... [Mary]

Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1

Total Free White Persons: 8

No Slaves

1840 Census Notes:

Appears on census page next to Mary's father, Peter Shrum.

1850: CANNOT locate Robert Gammons after 1840 census. Assume he died.

CHILDREN

CHILD:

Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955

Name: Harris Coleman Gammon

Birth Date: 28 Feb 1829

Birth Place: Tennessee

Death Date: 11-Dec-28

Death Place: Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee

Burial Date: 12-Dec-28

Burial Place: Nashville, Tennessee

Cemetery Name: Mt Olivet

Marital Status: Widowed

Occupation: Groceryman

Father's Name: Robert Gammon <-------

Father's Birth Place: Tennessee

Mother's Name: Polly Shrum <----------

Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee

FHL Film Number: 1876746

Other POSSIBLE Gammon children:

Peter J Gammons (1829 – 1891)

John Monroe Gammon (1835 – 1905)

Elizabeth Gammon (1841 – )

William Moses "Modie" Gammons (1842 – 1861)

Susan Gammon (1845 – )

Letitia Gammon (1846 – )

Rebecca Gammon (1847 – )

(Gammon children)

This Article Appeared In The Times, May 8, 1952, but was Not Actually Titled Cal’s Column

Transcribed by Janette West Grimes

Additional Data On Gammon Family

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnsmith/ccarticles/may8-DE-1952.htm

About 1916, I met in Nashville, Tennessee, Harris Coleman Gammon, born in Macon County in 1831, he said; had three full brothers, Peter, married five times; John, who had sons as follows: Jefferson, Carl, Pole and Robert Gammon; and Moses Gammon, called Mode Gammon, who was the father of Richard Alex Gammon, whom I visited on Goose Creek about 1934. Harris Coleman Gammon's wife was the former Cynthia Uhles. His sisters were: Susan, Elizabeth, Rebecca and Letitia. His father was Robert Gammon, born in the present Macon County. Robert's wife was Polly Shrum.

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