Ancestry of
Berry Gordy

Founder of Motown Records

James Thomas Gordy

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• • Great-grandfather of Berry Gordy — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 8 
  • Father:
  • Wilson Gordy 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Scott   
  • Birth Date:
  • 13 Nov 1828 
  • Birth Location:
  • Baldwin County, Georgia 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 10 Oct 1889 
  • Death Location:
  • Cusseta, Chattahoochee, Georgia 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Cusseta City Cemetery, Cusseta, Chattahoochee, Georgia 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Esther Johnson
  • Marriage Date:
  • NOT MARRIED 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  Berry Gordy (Ahnentafel No:4 )

• Additional marriages for James Thomas Gordy

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  • Spouse:
  • Harriet Emily Helms
  • Marriage Date:
  • 26 Oct 1854
  • Marriage Location:
  • Chattahoochee County, Georgia

• Sources for James Thomas Gordy

  • ¹ Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950, Marriage record for James T Gordy and Harriet E Helms.
  • 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 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), 89, 91, 94.
  • ⁷ Hayter-Menzies, Grant, Lillian Carter: A Compassionate Life, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, Inc., Publishers (2015), 207.
  • 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), 166.
  • ¹⁰ Wikipedia, "Berry Gordy", (accessed 11/29/2014).

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