Person:George Gaddy (8)

According to the Rhoton to Abshier letter of March 2003, Deedbook J70 (or perhaps J10), page 79, states that George and Elizabeth sold 100 acres on Ivie Creek branch of the James River with Bradley Reynolds and Benjamin Gaddie as witnesses. This was the earliest known land transaction in KY to a member of the Gaddie Clan. 309 1/2 acres on the north fork of Pitman Creek was sold to George Gaddie for fifty pounds, by a Mr. Owen Owens and his wife Jane, of Campbell County, VA. One of the witnesses was James Gaddy, one of George's sons.

George Sr. bequeathed to George Jr. some land on Fleming's Mountain (in Russel Parish, Bedford County, VA?) according to his father's will, which was probated on 26 September 1785. According to information contained in the Trudy Rhoton email/letter to J. Abshier in March 2003, George Jr. later owned land in Pitman Creek, Taylor County, Kentucky, near Locust Lick (out on Hwy 210 near the quarry). In fact, according to information researched by Mr. Talbott R. Allen Sr., which is filed in the "Kentucky Room" family files in the Taylor County, KY library, the earliest deed for Kentucky land to someone in the Gaddie clan was recorded in Green County in 1801. A Mr. Owen Owens deeded George Gaddie 300 acres of land on Pitman Creek.

Elizabeth, the first wife, may have also married Amos Thorp (or Tharp), but it is not certain. The first wife also reportedly died after 1795, but before 1808, in Taylor County Kentucky, and is buried in Gaddie Cemetery #5 in Taylor County, Kentucky.

George Jr. deeded to George III all of his land and personal property, one-half outright and the other half to be kept in trust for his half-brother Zeptha, who was of unsound mind. The will stated that if Zeptha should ever regain his mental health, he should be given his portion of the estate. The will specified that George II was to care for Zeptha and if Zeptha never recovered and died, Zeptha's portion of the estate would revert to George III.

1. ↑ Gaddy, George, Will, Testator, dated 25 March 1785.
2. ↑ Tina Lentz: tml731@@bellsouth.net. Letter (email ) from Tina Lentz to Jerry D. Abshier. (dated 23 March 2003).
3. ↑ Trudy Rhoton, egaddie@@msn.com. Letter from Ms. G. E. Trudy Rhoton to Jerry Abshier. (dated 26 March 2003).
4. ↑ Trudy Rhoton, egaddie@@msn.com. Letter from Ms. G. E. Trudy Rhoton to Jerry Abshier. (dated 26 March 2003).
5. ↑ Trudy Rhoton, egaddie@@msn.com. Letter from Ms. G. E. Trudy Rhoton to Jerry Abshier. (dated 26 March 2003).
6. ↑ Trudy Rhoton, egaddie@@msn.com. Letter from Ms. G. E. Trudy Rhoton to Jerry Abshier. (dated 26 March 2003).
7. ↑ Bedford Co., Virginia, Deed Book
   book J70 (or J10?) page 79.
8. ↑ .

   Mr. Talbott R. Allen, Sr. researched this informatio and his findings
   are on fiel in the family files contained in the "Kentucky Room" at
   the Taylor County, KY Library.

9. ↑ Gaddy, George to Owens; Sale of Land, Greensburg, Kentucky.
10. ↑ Trudy Rhoton, egaddie@@msn.com. Letter from Ms. G. E. Trudy Rhoton to Jerry Abshier. (dated 26 March 2003).