The couple eloped and moved to Spottsylvania County, VA near Fredricksburg. John George Gordon was born about 1705/07 and died ca 1767 in Virginia and his widow and two sons Charles and George moved to Wilkes county ca 1774. Sarah Chapman was born about 1707 and died in North Carolina in 1795.
(Note: Charles Gordon Sr adopted Widow Herndon's children in 1759, Spotsylvania County, VA. The Herndon children were Sarah, Joseph, Benjamin, and possibly others.)
Children of Charles Gordon Sr. and Mary Boswell Herndon (widow)
Charles Gordon Jr (?-1799) m. Mary Lenoir
Chapman Gordon (1764-1812) m. Charity King
Nathaniel C. Gordon (1764-1812) m. Nancy Gordon of Virginia (his cousin)
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Children of George Gordon and Sarah Herndon
Elizabeth Gordon (1777) m. David Witherspoon
John Gordon (1779) m. Philadelphia Herndon, d/o Joseph Herndon) (this family moved to TN)
Nancy Gordon m. Nathaniel C. Gordon (her cousin)
Mary Gordon m. Dr. O'Reilly (moved to TN)
Philadelphia Gordon m. Samuel Craig
Nathaniel Gordon (1784-1829) m. Sarah Gwyn (1798-1889)
(after Nathaniel's death, his widow married Hamilton Brown)
Philadelphia Gordon m. Samuel Craig
Sarah Chapman Gordon m. Benjamin Herndon Jr
Rebecca Gordon m. Robert Church
George Gordon moved to Forsyth County, Ga. where he owned and operated a store.
Children of Chapman Gordon and Charity King
Rebecca Gordon m. Thomas Napier
Wiley Gordon
James Harvey Gordon m. Caroline Gwyn (sister of Sarah Gwyn Gordon Brown) (moved to Georgia)
Mary Basil Gordon m. John Brown
Myra Gordon
Zachariah Herndon Gordon (1776) m. Melinda Cox
Washington Gordon (1801) m. Elizabeth Bradshaw
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Children of Charles Gordon Jr and Mary Lenoir
Nancy Gordon (1793)
Mary Boswell Gordon (1797-1887) m. John Dunlap
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Children of Nathaniel Gordon and Sarah Gwyn
Martha Lenoir Gordon (1821-1898) m. Augustus W. Finley
Brigadier General James Byron Gordon (1822-1864),
(Served with J E B Stuart's Confederate cavalry, killed near Richmond
Sarah Ann Gordon (1826-1907) m. John Tate Finley
Caroline Louisa Gordon (1828-1891) m. Dr. Frank H. Hackett
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Children of Nathaniel C. Gordon and Nancy Gordon
Thomas A. Gordon
Richard C. Gordon
Nathaniel Wesley Gordon
Sarah Gordon
John W. Gordon
Children of Zachariah Herndon Gordon and Melinda Cox
Gov. John Brown Gordon (1832-1904) m. Fannie Haralson
(John B. Gordon was a General in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and was with Lee at Appomattox. After the war he became Governor of Georgia.)
Early Settlers of Reddies River, Paul W. Gregory
The source for most of this information is "Happy Valley" by Thomas F. Hickerson and some Gordon Family notes by someone whose initials are "MCB" and I must confess I do not know the full name.--
Jim Deans, e-mail address: deans@io.com