Ancestry of
Jimmy Carter

39th U.S. President

Mary Ida Nicholson

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• • Grandmother of Jimmy Carter — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 7 
  • Father:
  • Nathaniel Nunn Nicholson 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Elizabeth Dawson   
  • Birth Date:
  • 10 Feb 1871 
  • Birth Location:
  • Chattahoochee County, Georgia 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 16 May 1951 
  • Death Location:
  • Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee 
  • Burial Date:
  • 16 May 1951 
  • Burial Location:
  • Harmony Cemetery, Richland, Stewart, Georgia 
  • Spouse Name:
  • James Jackson Gordy
  • Marriage Date:
  • 6 Sep 1888 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Chattahoochee County, Georgia 
  • Child:

  (Bessie) Lillian Gordy (Ahnentafel No:3 )

• Sources for Mary Ida Nicholson

  • ¹ Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1828-1978, Marriage record for James J Gordy and Mary Ida Nicholson.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 06/07/2014).
  • ³ Tennessee, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1965, Death certificate for Mary Ida Nicholson.
  • ⁴ Tennessee, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955, Death record for Mary Ida Gordy.
  • ⁵ 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).
  • ⁶ Brogan, Hugh and Charles Mosley, American Presidential Families, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company (1993), 727.
  • ⁷ Carter, Jeff, Ancestors of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, Inc. (2012), 94.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 151.
  • ⁹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 165.
  • ¹⁰ Wikipedia, "Lillian Gordy Carter", (accessed 09/11/2012).