Ancestry of
Berry Gordy

Founder of Motown Records

Rebecca Radney

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• • 3rd Great-grandmother of Berry Gordy — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 35 
  • Father:
  • William Radney 
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
  • 15 Oct 1773 
  • Birth Location:
  • Sussex County, Delaware 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 3 Mar 1851 
  • Death Location:
  • Cusseta, Chattahoochee, Georgia 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Cusseta City Cemetery, Cusseta, Chattahoochee, Georgia 
  • Spouse Name:
  • John R. Scott
  • Marriage Date:
  • 21 Nov 1802 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Sussex County, Delaware 
  • Child:

  Mary Scott (Ahnentafel No:17 )

• Sources for Rebecca Radney

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 06/07/2014).
  • ² New England Ancestors Magazine, 2004, Vol. 5, No. 2, p. 42.
  • 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), 726-727.
  • ⁵ Carter, Jeff, Ancestors of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, Inc. (2012), 89.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 167.

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