DAVID GENTRY & DOROTHY GORDON

Who are David Gentry and Dorothy Gordon? Where do they come from and where are their parents? Is David Gentry in the household with Allen Gentry in Ashe County, North Carolina in 1840? If not there, then where is he? If you can help please email me, Susan Farmer at sfarmer@goldsword.com.

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KNOWN INFORMATION

David & Lufana David & Dorothy
Dorothy & Mr. Ragsdale Dorothy & Mr. Burdine
Dorothy & David Dorothy & William

  1. David Gentry (ca1805 NC - 1852 VA) married/1 Lufana Smallwood (?)

    1. Ephraim Gentry

    2. James Gentry

    3. Elizabeth Gentry (19 Apr 1836 Wautauga Co. NC - 12 Jan 1916 Dickenson Co. VA) -- married William Walter Beverly (3 Mar 1836/46 - 6 Jan 1921) son of Elijah and Nancy (Hamilton) Beverly

        31. Frank Monroe Beverly 2 Jan 1857 - 1 Jul 1928 m. Mary Jane Flemming
        32. Nathan Elijah Beverly b. 15 Jul 1859
        33. David Walter Beverly b.3 Mar 1862
        34. Julia Ann Beverly 11 Nov 1868 - 1911 m. _____ Vanover
        35. William Beverly b. 25 Feb 1871 m. Fannie Watts 20 Nov 1918
        36. Jane Beverly

    4. Janet (Jennie) Virginia Gentry (1833 NC - Dickenson Co., VA) married (Rev.) Mathew S. Dotson (1832 - 1885 Dickenson Co. VA)

        41. Simon P. "Son" Dotson married Mary Jane Mullins
        42. Mary Dotson married Floyd Stanley
        43. Ardelia Dotson married Robin Beverly
        44. Elizabeth Dotson married/1 Jake Bumgardner

    5. Janet (Jennie) Virginia Gentry (1833 NC - Dickenson Co., VA) married/2 Tom Hawkins

        David Russell "Pet" Dotson married Malissa Mullins

    6. Dorothy Gordon (b. ca1809 NC/Tazewell Co./Wythe Co.) with/1 Mr. Ragsdale

      1. Elizabeth F Gordon (1833 Wythe Co. - 1903) married John Baker (1833 Russell Co. - 7 Jun 1890) son of Richard and Abagail (Beverly) Baker

          11. William Jackson Baker married Mary "Polly" Mullins
          12. James Henderson Baker married Caroline ???
          13. John Baker, Jr. married Tina Mullins
          14. Richard Gaston Baker born 1856
          15. Joseph Baker married ?? Colley
          16. Bob Baker
          17. Frances Baker married ?? Vanover
          18. Martha Baker married Sumpter Colley
          19. Alva Baker married Jackson Lane
          1A. Helen Baker married Garr Robinson
          1B. Caroline Jane Baker born 1854
          1C. Ada D. Baker

      2. Caroline Jane Gordon born 1837 Wythe Co. married/1 Bill Belcher in Russell Co. -- married/2 James Lykins on 17 Dec 1875 (she says then b. Scott Co.)
          21. Elihu Belcher
          22. George H. Belcher
          23. Hop Belcher
          24. Doc Belcher
          25. Jenny Belcher m. James H. Stallard, Jr.
          26. Sallie Belcher
          27. Callie Belcher
          28. Ellender Virginia Belcher m. Billy Ison

    7. Dorothy Gordon (b. ca1809 NC/Tazewell Co. /Wythe Co.) with/2 Mr. Burdine

      1. James Gaston "Dick" Gordon (27 Jul 1840 VA - 5 Jan 1918) married 10 Oct 1877 to Sarah Stallard (b. 8 Sep 1857) daughter of David F & Susannah (Baker) Stallard

          11. William Duncan Gordon
          12. Laura E. Gordon

      2. Mary Helen Gordon (b. 22 Dec 1840 Scott Co. VA - 11 Mar 1903) married 14 Nov 1860 to James Harmon Powers (20 Mar 1838 - 11 Dec 1917) son of James S. and Elizabeth (Moore) Powers

          21. James Powers
          22. Matilda "T" Powers married O. B. "Bass" Bond
          23. William Powers
          24. Margaret Powers
          25. Elbert Powers
          26. Lizzie Powers
          26. Laurabelle Powers married W. P. Kennedy
          27. Julia Powers married R. P. Dotson
          28. Gertie Powers James D. Hill
          29. Mollie Powers
          2A. Hugh W. Powers married Lou Dotson

    8. Dorothy Gordon (b. ca1809 NC/Tazewell Co./Wythe Co.) married/1 David Gentry on 30 Nov 1842

      1. Sarah A Gentry (1844 VA - 1884) married Lovell Baker on 26 Mar 1867 son of Samuel Patrick and Malinda (Estepp) Baker

      2. Nancy Margaret Gentry (b. 20 Jun 1846 Scott Co.) married Richard Baker (22 Feb 1846 Wise Co. VA - 19 Mar 1941) on 8 Feb 1866 son of Richard & Abagail (Beverly) Baker

          21. Jimmy Baker
          22. Bradley Baker
          23. Caledonia Baker

        1. William Bradford Gentry (30 Nov 1849 Scott Co. - 11 Apr 1925) married Oliva Layne (17 Mar 1852 Russell Co. - 15 Jan 1945) on 3 Nov 1870 dau of Jackson & Sallie Ritchie Layne

            31. James Merida Gentry (6 Jan 1872 - 28 Oct 1884)
            32. Ephraim J. G. Gentry (14 Feb 1874 - 28 Feb 1950) married/1 Nancy Jane      Roberson Married/2 Sareptha Vanover
            33. Joseph Milton Gentry (15 Jan 1876 - 18 Apr 1966) married Cora Alice Carico      (20 Aug 1885 - 6 Aug 1919)
            34. Causby L. Gentry (b. 30 Mar 1879) married William D. Stallard
            35. David L. Gentry (1881 - 21 Oct 1884)
            36. William Frank Gentry (b. 1882) married/1 Martha Branham married/2 Anna      Robbins Crabtree Miller
            37. Dorothy MyDora Gentry (b. 4 Jun 1884) married John Wesley Bevins
            38. Elbert Byron Gentry (b. 13 Dec 1888) married/1 Minnie Powers married/2      Pearl Stanley
            39. Colonel Pridemore Gentry (b. 28 Mar 1891) m. Gertie Stanley
            3A. Margaret Helen Gentry (b. 21 Apr 1893) married Anthony W. Stanley
            3B. George Dee P. Gentry (b. 27 Nov 1895) married Dorothy Jane Robinson

        2. Dorothy Gordon (b. ca1809 NC/Tazewell Co./Wythe Co.) married/2 William Mullins on 23 Mar 1858 son of Ambrose Mullins in Wise Co. (she says b. Tazewell Co. VA & dau of James Gordon)

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        3. CENSUS DATA

        1860 1850 1840

        1860 WISE CO VIRGINIA - HOUSEHOLD 409

        NAME AGE SEX

        		OCCUP BORN OTHER
        John Baker 27 M 350 80
        		VA Invalid
        Elizabeth F 26 F

        		Housekeeper VA
        William 8 M


        		VA In school
        Caroline J 6 F


        		VA
        Richard G 4 M


        		VA
        James H 2 M


        		VA
        Ada D 1.5 F


        		VA
        Nancy Gentry 14 F


        		VA In school
        Dorothy Gentry 48 F

        		Seamstress VA Cant read or write
        Mary H Gordon 19 F

        		do VA
        William B Gentry 10 M


        		VA



        1850 SCOTT CO VIRGINIA - HOUSEHOLD 840

        NAME AGE SEX OCCUP BORN OTHER
        David Gentry 48 M Farmer NC
        Dorothy 42 F
        		NC
        Jane (Gentry) 17 F
        		NC
        Elizabeth (Gentry) 13 F
        		NC In school
        James G (Gordon) 11 M
        		VA In school
        Mary (Gordon) 9 F
        		VA
        Sarah A (Gentry) 6 F
        		VA
        Nancy (Gentry) 3 F
        		VA
        W. B. (Gentry) 7/12 M
        		VA


        1840 CENSUS - DAVID GENTRY'S IN TN, VA, and NC 

        DAVID GENTRY        -----1------   11----------  

Augusta Co, VA      122--1         11----1   
Buncombe Co, NC     ---1--         ----1  
Johnson Co, TN      -1212-1        -111--1  
Overton Co, TN      21---1         ----1  
Overton Co, TN      -------1---1     
Ashe Co, NC         -1-1--         -21
        but due to birthplaces of David & Lufana's girls, we know he was in NC *and* the David Gentry in Augusta Co., VA is still there in 1850 so...

        1840 CENSUS - NORTH CAROLINA GENTRY'S THAT ARE CORRECT AGE 

        DAVID GENTRY        -----1------   11----------  

Allen (Ashe Co)     251--2         21---2   
Allen (Surrey Co)   2231-1         -2--1  
Allen (Person Co)   12---1         --22--1  
Ira (Tyree Co)      111--1         11---1  
John (Wilkes Co)    2-2--1         11-2-1  
William (Surry Co)  21---1         11---1  
Willie (Surry Co)   213--1         --1---1

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        QUICK REFERENCE

        1. David Gentry b. ca1805 NC d. 1852 VA m/1 Lufana Smallwood
          Ephraim Gentry
          James Gentry
          Elizabeth Gentry m. William Walter Beverly
          Janet (Jennie) Virginia Gentry m. Mathew Dotson

        2. Dorothy Gordon b. ca1809 NC/Tazewell Co. /Wythe Co. w/1 _____ Ragsdale
          Elizabeth F Gordon m. John Baker
          Caroline J Gordon m. Bill Belcher

        3. Dorothy Gordon b. ca1809 NC/Tazewell Co. /Wythe Co. w/2 ____ Burdine
          James Gaston "Dick" Gordon m. Sarah Stallard
          Mary Helen Gordon m. Harmon Powers

        4. Dorothy Gordon b. ca1809 NC/Tazewell Co. /Wythe Co. m/1 David Gentry on 30 Nov 1842
          Sarah A Gentry m. Lovell Baker
          Nancy Margaret Gentry m. Richard Baker
          William Bradford Gentry m. Oliva Layne

        5. Dorothy Gordon b. ca1809 NC/Tazewell Co. /Wythe Co. m/2 William Mullins on 23 Mar 1858 (son of Ambrose Mullins) in Wise Co.

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