Robert Boaz Gordon

Brief Life History of Robert Boaz

When Robert Boaz Gordon was born in 1800, in Chester, South Carolina, United States, his father, Alexander Gordon, was 38 and his mother, Sarah Lee, was 35. He married Milly Pitts in November 1819, in Robertson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Lick Mountain, Conway, Arkansas, United States in 1850. He died on 3 August 1853, in Conway, Faulkner, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Grandview Cemetery, Grandview, Conway, Arkansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Boaz Gordon
1800–1853
Milly Pitts
1797–1869
Marriage: November 1819
John GORDON
1812–
Infant
1820–
Angeline Gordon
1821–1902
Alexander Gordon
1822–1864
Elzanna Gordon
1824–1860
Elvira Gordon
1827–1858
Eisora Gordon
1832–1900
Jane Gordon
1833–
Joseph Pitts Gordon
1833–1896
Jonathan James "John" Gordon
1837–1861
Missouri Gordon
1839–1894

Sources (2)

  • R B Gordon, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Robert Boaz Gordon, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from Gordon in Berwickshire, named with Welsh gor ‘spacious’ + din ‘fort’.

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Gourdon in Saône-et-Loire, so called from the Gallo-Roman personal name Gordus + the locative suffix -o, -ōnis.

English (of Norman origin): alternatively, said to be a nickname from a diminutive of Old French gourd ‘heavy, dull, sluggish’ (compare 8 below).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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1800 - 1853 Robert was born in 1800 Chester County SC to Alexander Gordon & Sarah Lee. His father fought in the Revolutionary War enlisting Aug 11, 1782 as a private in the 1st SC regiment for a perio …

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