William
Gordon
Born about in Kentucky, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Gordon Jr.
and Elizabeth (Grayson) Davis
Brother of
Mary (Gordon) Smelser, Nancy (Gordon) Martin, Ambrose Gordon, James Gordon, John Gordon III, Janetta Gordon, Elizabeth (Gordon) Talbot, Benjamin Davis [half], Thomas G Davis [half], Rebecca Priscilla Davis [half] and Israel Davis [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
William Gordon Lived in Kentucky County, VA
William was born about 1779. He is the son of John Gordon and Elizabeth Grayson.
Estate of John Gordon, Deceased, appraised. Elizabeth Davis, Late widow of John Gordon, deceased, allotted her part. Teste, John Thompson, Newton Curd, Jacob Woodson. Date Oct 10, 1797. Division of now 15 years dead Father's personal estate (Slaves) between Mother and children who now are of age. Eight Children were named each allotted their share; Ambrose Gordon; John & James Gordon; Elizabeth and Janetta Gordon; William Gordon; Mary Gordon, now wife of Paulser Smelser; Nancy Gordon, wife of Abner Martin. Date Oct 1797 This date would have been when his last child became an adult and his personal property (slaves) could be divided between them[1]
....the present McGarys of Hopkins County, were emigrants from the Harrodsburg settlement and Mercer County. So were Bounds Ashby and Paran Cardwell and so were the brothers John and William Gordon, whose father, Captain John Gordon, died in the Battle of Blue Licks, August 19, 1782. They came from their preemption, "Pleasant Fields" on Shawnee Run, in Mercer County, with their mother and step-father, Joseph Davis and their brothers-in-law Abner Martin and Paulser Smelser, and their half-brothers Benjamin and Thomas G. Davis. John Gordon was a skilled surveyor, a deputy under his brother-in-law Edmund Talbott, surveyor of Henderson County, and practiced his profession and farmed on Sugar Creek.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Kentucky Probate Records, 1727-1990 Lincoln > Will records, Index, 1791-1804, Vol. B, pages 201 & 202 [1]
- ↑ M.K. Gordon. History of Hopkins County Kentucky. Madisonville, Ky.] : [Hopkins County Times], [ Reprint 1954 ] Chapter 3, p16.
Family history book, Christian County, Kentucky By Lon Arneld Bostick pg 76 William Gordon born 1779
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Edie (Tatom) Osterhues 
:
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~1.56%
John Schollars :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A485266 [compare], Ancestry member Maryblincoe56
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Peggy Jones :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member chip504
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~1.56%
Harold Jones :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LF9059980 [compare], Ancestry member htjones518
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~1.56%
Joe Tatom :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A602836 [compare]
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Cindy (Ortgies) Anderson :
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A434343 [compare]
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Teresa Leming :
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Cathy Porter :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A768165 [compare], Ancestry member CAT454_U4a2
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B6183
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~0.39%
Mason Emerson :
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