Ancestry of
Jimmy Carter

39th U.S. President

Wilson Gordy

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Jimmy Carter — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 24 
  • Father:
  • Peter Gordy III 
  • Mother:
  • Ruth Wilson   
  • Birth Date:
  • 30 Jan 1801 
  • Birth Location:
  • Baldwin County, Georgia 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 21 Jun 1890 
  • Death Location:
  • Cusseta, Chattahoochee, Georgia 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Mount Olive Cemetery, Cusseta, Chattahoochee, Georgia 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Scott
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 Nov 1825 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Baldwin, Baldwin Co., Georgia 
  • Child:

  James Thomas Gordy (Ahnentafel No:12 )

• Additional marriages for Wilson Gordy

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  • Spouse:
  • Martha J. Sheffield
  • Marriage Date:
  • 23 Apr 1882
  • Marriage Location:
  • Chattahoochee County, Georgia

• Sources for Wilson Gordy

  • ¹ Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967, Marriage record for Wilson Gordy and Mary Scott.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 06/07/2014).
  • ³ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, DAR #99741, Application for Scott Atkinson Gordy.
  • ⁴ Brogan, Hugh and Charles Mosley, American Presidential Families, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company (1993), 727.
  • ⁵ Carter, Jeff, Ancestors of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, Inc. (2012), 87, 89-91.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 166.