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Facts and Events
Gordon White was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Revolutionary War Pension Information
Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 6, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :
- White, Gordon, born 5/18/1761; entered service 1777 in Augusta County, Virginia, where resided Long Meadow, in Virginia Regiment; moved 1818 to Blount County, Tennessee where pensioned in 1834; James Caruthers affidavit there then age 73 said he knew soldier in Augusta County, Virgina when they were boys; soldier died 2/23/1835; married 1789-90 Ann, daughter of John Diddle, Augusta County, Virginia; widow died 4/26/1842; their children's births: Ibby/Ibbe 5/31/1791 (md. W. Hutchinson), Peggy 8/23/93 (md. James W. Rogers), Ann 3/15/96 (drowned 7/27/1797), John 9/4/98, Sally 1/27/1803 (md. Joseph Henderson, Ann Gordon 5/10/1807 (md. John Houston) & Sophronia/Sophey 2/1810 (md. Jefferson Stone; children of Peggy & James W. Rogers: Thomas, Sarah, Ann, Gordon, Baskins & Jane White; soldier's son John, administrator of mother's estate. Applied for pension 1845 in Blount County, Tennessee, for self & surviving siblings Ibby (resided Blount County, Indiana), Sally/Sarah (resided Greene County, Tennessee), Ann Gordon (resided Texas), & Sophronia (resided Blount County, Tennessee), & for above listed children of dec'd Peggy & her dec'd husband James Rogers, children's pension application rejected. F-R11432, R2553.
References
- ↑ Find A Grave.
Gordon White BIRTH 18 May 1761 Augusta County, Virginia, USA DEATH 23 Feb 1835 (aged 73) Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee, USA BURIAL Logans Chapel Cemetery Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee, USA
Gordon White was born May 18 1761 in Augusta County, Virginia. Married Ann Diddle, daughter of John Diddle of Augusta County by the Reverend John McCue a Presbyterian Clergyman from Tinkling Springs. They had 7 children, all born in Augusta County, Virginia. Ibby "Hutchison", Margaret (Peggy) Rogers, Ann, John D, Sarah Drucella (Sally) "Henderson", Ann Gordon "Houston", and Sophronia (Sophey) "Stone". The family moved to Blount County Tennessee in the year 1818. Mr Gordon was a Revolutionary War Veteran serving under the command of Captian Alexander Hall 1781. Died Feburary 23 1835 Blount County, Tennessee.
Family History Related Notes: Gordon White b-abt 1761 and Isabell White b-abt 1765 were brother and sister, their parents being Isaac Sr. White and Jane Champbell of Augusta Co, Va. Isabella White married William Hutchison. William Hutchison, a brother of Eleanor Hutchison that married Joseph Henderson m-1794 Augusta. A son of Joseph Henderson and Eleanor Hutchison "Joseph Henderson Jr" married Sarah D. White, daughter of Gordon.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38650207/gordon-white
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