Ambrose Gordon

1751 - 1804  (53 years)

• Name	Ambrose Gordon
  Birth	1751	St. George's Parish, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Death	1804	Mercer County, Kentucky
  Person ID	I69110	Tree1
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John Gordon,   b. 1747, St. George's Parish, Spotsylvania County, Virginia d. 19 Aug 1782, Battle of Blue Licks, Nicholas County, Kentucky (Age 35 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Grayson,   b. 1750, St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia d. Abt 1814, Hopkins County, Kentucky (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	St. George's Parish, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
  Family ID	F36081	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Meade,   b. 30 Jul 1764, Bedford County, Virginia
  Family ID	F36083	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  === History of Boone Station State Historic Site http://parks.ky.gov/findparks/histparks/bs/history/ HARDSHIPS: Daniel Boone and his family endured many hardships while living at Boone’s Station. Both his son Israel, and nephew Thomas Boone were killed at the Battle of Blue Licks in 1781. Boone’s brother, Edward was killed in Bourbon County by American Indians. LOOSES LAND: By 1781, Boone’s claim to Boone Station proved to be worthless. He and other members of the settlement continued to live there for a brief period. However, by 1791 Boone Station had ceased to exist. In 1795, Robert Frank purchased 500 acres that included the Station site from Ambrose Gordon. Frank, and his wife Elizabeth became the first individuals to live on the land to have a clear legal title to the property. About 1795, Frank constructed a substantial stone dwelling on the site. By 1850 this structure had fallen into ruin, and soon disappeared. === http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gordon.html Gordon, William Washington (1796-1842) — of Savannah, Chatham County, Ga. Born in Screven County, Ga., January 17, 1796. Son of Ambrose Gordon (1751-1804) and Elizabeth (Meade) Gordon === http://files.usgwarchives dot net/ky/sgorin/military/bounty/kyr-211.txt TIP#211 – REVOLUTIONARY WAR BOUNTY RECIPIENTS - PART 3 ---------- Archived with permission of Sandi Gorin "sgorin@glasgow-ky.com" http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips This is a continuation of the officers and soldiers of Virginia who received bounty lands in Kentucky. Not all of them settled in Kentucky after the war and there is no way for me to verify that the following individuals actually came to Kentucky. These are taken from old Quisenberry records. According to the old records, Bounty lands were received primarily in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. Major-Generals received from 15,000 to 17,500 acres; Colonels normally received 8,888 acres; Lieutenant-Colonels normally received 6,666 acres; Majors normally received 5,333 acres; Surgeons and Surgeon’s Mates received from 2,666 to 8,000 acres; Captains usually received 4,666 acres and Lieutenants, Ensigns and Cornets received normally 2,666 acres. The following lists show those Virginia officers and soldiers who received bounty lands – however, no distinction is made as to in which state the land lay. Not all of them located in Kentucky. TIP#211 – REVOLUTIONARY WAR BOUNTY RECIPIENTS - PART LIEUTENANTS: David Allen, Edward Allen, John Allen, George Alexander, Nathaniel Anderson, Robert Anderson, John Archer, Joseph Archer, Peter Field Archer, Richard Archer, Arcib’ld Armstrong, Lemuel Arnold, Benjamin Ashby Lt (no first) Bacchus, Wood Baldwin, Daniel Ball, William Ballard, James Banks, James Barbee, John Barksdale, William Barnett, Samuel Baskerville, Henry Baylis, William Baylis, John Baynham, John Baytop, John Beck, Daniel Bedinger, Edward Beeson, Henry Bell, John Bell, Samuel Bell, William Berrnard, George Blackmore, Robert Bollins, John Bowen, Henry Bowyer, William Boyce, Charles Bradford, Robert Breckinridge, Jos. Barton/Britton, James Broaddus, Edmund Brooke, Francis Brooke, James Brooke, John Brooke, Walker Brookes, Jacob Brown, Robert Brown, John Brownlee, Thomas Buffoot, Rice Bullock, William B Bunting, James Burton, Hutchins Burton, Samuel Butler Archibald Campbell, Samuel Campbell, William Campbell, Luke Cannon, Martin Carney, John Carroll, Clement Carrington, George Carrington, John Carson, Richard Claiborne, Edmund Clark, Richard Clarke, William Clarke, Matthew Clay, Phillip Clayton, Samuel Cobbs, Thomas Collier, Jacob Coleman, Samuel Coleman, Wyatt Coleman, Robert Cooper, William Connor, Joseph Conway, Philip Courtney, Thomas Coverly, Robert Cowne, John Crawford, Robert Craddock, John Crute, Nicholas Currell, Thomas Custis Richard Dandridge, Robert S. Dandridge, Nathaniel Darby, W Darville/Dawville, Opie Davenport, Henry Dawson, James Delaplane, John Dent, Dudley Digges, Thomas Drake, John Drew, John Drummond, Robert Dudley, John Due, Jonathan Dye. Philip Easton, Richard Ewaston, Benj. Admonson, Philip Eflin, Robert Elliott, John Emmerson, Charles Erskine, William Eskridge, John Eustace, William Evans, Alexander Ewing Griffin Fauntleroy, Henry Field, Michael Fiely, Peregrine Fitzhugh, William Fitzhugh, John Fleet, John Foster, Richard Foster, Robert Foster, Simpson Foster, John Fowke, Falvey Frazier. John Galloway, Benjamin Garnett, Churchill Gibbs, Harrod Gibbs, John Gibson, John Giles, H. Gillaham, James Gilmore, Thomas Glasscock, Stephen Goodwin, AMBROSE GORDON, Arthur Gordon, John Gratton, William Graves, Francis Gray, William Gray, Francis Green, Robert Greene, William Gregory, George Guthrie John Hackley, James Hamilton, Holland Haney, John Hardiman, John Hargis, John Harris, John Harris, Battle Harrison, James Harrison, John Harrison, Lawrence Harrison, Richard Harrison, William B. Harrison, James Harper, John Hawkins, John Heth, Peter Higgins, Wm. Higginbotham, George Hite, Isaac Hite, Joseph Hite, James Hockaday, Philip Hockaday, Philip Hoffman, Samuel Hogg, George Holland, T. Holmes, James Holt, William Holt, Thos. C. Hoomes, John Hooper, Vasahael B. Howard, Lewis Howell, Henry Hughes, Jasper Hughes, John Humphries, Thomas Hungerford John Johnson, Peter Johnson, John Jolliff, Albrighton Jones, Charles Jones, Reuben Joynes, Robt. Kays/Keyes, Isiam Keith, Abraham Keller, James Kennedy, John Kennon, Elisha King, Robert Kirk, Thomas Lanier, Elias Langham, John Lapsley, Benjamin Lawson, John Leigh, Andrew Lewis, E. Lewis, Thomas Lewis, John Linton, Edward Lloyd, Reuben Long, James Lovell, John W. Ludiman, Wm. I. Ludiman, Lewis Lunsford. John McDowell, William McTuire, James McNutt, David Mann, Lawrence Manning, Isaiah Marks, Thomas Martin, John Marston, John Massenburgh, Abraham Maury, William Meade, John Meanly, James Meriwether, James Meriwether, George Mensier/Menzies, Henry Micon, David Miller, Javan Miller, Thomas Miller, Robert Mitchell, John Mills, James Montgomery, Jacob Moon, Jacob Moore, John Moore, William Moore, Spencer Morgan, James Morton, Benjamin Mosely, Alvin Mountjoy, Rodham Moxley, William Moxley John Nelson, Roger Nelson, Pierce Noland, George Norwell, Richard M. Owens === http://files.usgwarchives.org/ky/legis/legis.txt Extracts of Kentucky Assembly Records (1792 - 1799) Contributed by Bettie Kain thru Ky-Footsteps, V01 #153 - 158 12 Dec 1799 Authorized sales of lends of Ambrose Gordon, late of Mercer Co. Mentions his father John Gordon === http://harrodsburgky.com/walking_driving_tour.pdf John Gordon’s Station: (1490 Shakertown Road; Kentucky Highway 33) This is the site of John and Elizabeth Grayson Gordon’s second station, with the first station becoming the property of Stephen Trigg. John Gordon was killed at the Battle of Blue Licks, and his land was inherited by his son Ambrose Gordon. The site for Shawnee Run Baptist Church, organized in 1788 under Reverend John Rice, was deeded from this property. This was the parent church to many area congregations.