Alexander was born in 1758.
Will of Alexander Gordon. Oglethorpe Co., GA, Original Estate Records (File 209-2-1), written 23 Apr 1813, codicil written 4 May 1816, proved 17 Jun 1816. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8635/images/007702297_01137?pId=871536
my beloved wife Susannah Gordon
my son in law Samuel Gardner (sic)
my daughter Francis (sic) Roy Bullock “wife of the said Hawkins”
my grandsons, viz, the sons of Hawkins Bullock by his present wife.
… “each of my grand daughters, the children of my daughter Frances Roy as they come of age, or marry…”
my grand son John Gordon Bullock
Exrs: my friends Robert Gillespie, Joel Barnett, Thomas W Cobb
Wit: Wm H Crawford, Morton Bledsoe, Susanh. Crawford
Codicil proved 1 Jul 1816 by Jno. Gerardine, Phil. H. Burford. I can’t find the codicil in the original estate records folder, but it is included in the clerk’s copy of the will - Oglethorpe Co., GA, WB B, pp. 129-131. [1]
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