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Rev. Joel Gordon[1]

Male 1785 - 1867  (82 years)


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  • Name Joel Gordon 
    Prefix Rev. 
    Born Jun 17, 1783 OR 1785  King George county, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Mar 28, 1867  Washington county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • He was a Baptist minister, baptized at the Cartwright Baptist Church in the spring of 1800 and licensed as a minister in 1816 at Springfield.  He was a farmer and pastored at most of the Baptist churches in Washington, Green and Mercer Counties.
    Person ID I5419  mykindred
    Last Modified Oct 8, 2009 

    Father Hugh Gorden,   b. circa 1733, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 27, 1834, Washington county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 101 years) 
    Mother Sarah Owens,   b. circa 1747, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1831, Washington county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 84 years) 
    Married circa 1766  Fauquier county, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • They lived in King George County, Virginia until about 1787 when they moved to Fauquier county Virginia.  He bought 422 acres in Washington county Kentucky between Pleasant Run Creek and Beach Fork River in 1798.  Note from Mary Ann Hanson (3/35/99) of information of family Bible in possession of William May stating a birth date of April 9, 1807 for Sarah GORDON, dau of Hugh GORDON and Sarah OWENS, with her birthplace listed as "Wyeen and Queen, Virginia".
    Family ID F1949  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Nancy Bradburn,   b. circa 1788,   d. Bef 1827, Washington county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 38 years) 
    Married Jun 20, 1804  Fayette county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
    +1. Alvah Bradburn Gorden,   b. 1805, Washington county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1899, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
    +2. Elizabeth Gordon,   b. circa 1809, Washington county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Nathaniel Gordon,   b. circa 1810, Washington county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1848, Washington county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 37 years)
     4. William Gordon,   b. circa 1812, Washington county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y
     5. Hugh Johnson Gordon,   b. Washington county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1878, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. Joseph Thomas Gordon,   b. May 19, 1822, Washington county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 27, 1905, Washington county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F1982  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Susan G. Morris,   b. Jun 18, 1805, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 30, 1882, Washington county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married Mar 09, 1827  Washington county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Children 
     1. James R. Gordon,   b. 1828, Springfield, Washington county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 14, 1908  (Age 80 years)
    +2. Nancy Bradburn Gordon,   b. Mar 1837, Springfield, Washington county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 07, 1910, Washington county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years)
     3. John Smith Gordon,   b. 1841, Washington county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y
    Family ID F2773  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S85] Washington County, Kentucky Bicentennial History (Reliability: 1).

    2. [S85] Washington County, Kentucky Bicentennial History.

    3. [S86] Washington County, Kentucky, Marriage Records 1792, pg. 64 (record book 3-52).