Ancestry of
Jimmy Carter

39th U.S. President

James Jackson Gordy

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• • Grandfather of Jimmy Carter — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 6 
  • Father:
  • James Thomas Gordy 
  • Mother:
  • Harriet Emily Helms   
  • Birth Date:
  • 25 Oct 1863 
  • Birth Location:
  • Chattahoochee County, Georgia 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 16 Jan 1948 
  • Death Location:
  • Americus, Sumter, Georgia 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Harmony Cemetery, Richland, Stewart, Georgia 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Ida Nicholson
  • Marriage Date:
  • 6 Sep 1888 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Chattahoochee County, Georgia 
  • Child:

  (Bessie) Lillian Gordy (Ahnentafel No:3 )

• Sources for James Jackson Gordy

  • ¹ Georgia, U.S., Death Index, 1919-1998, Death record for James J Gordy.
  • ² Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1828-1978, Marriage record for James J Gordy and Mary Ida Nicholson.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 06/07/2014).
  • ⁴ Brayton, John Anderson, "Notable Kin - Carter, Helms, and Presley: A Foray into the Piedmont Non-Plantation South", www.americanancestors.org/carter-helms-and-presley, (accessed 06/09/2014).
  • ⁵ Brogan, Hugh and Charles Mosley, American Presidential Families, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company (1993), 727.
  • ⁶ Carter, Jeff, Ancestors of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, Inc. (2012), 94.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 151.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 165.
  • ⁹ Wikipedia, "Lillian Gordy Carter", (accessed 09/11/2012).