Dunn, Gatewood

Summary

Father: Waters Dunn, Sr.
Mother: Sarah Gatewood

Birth: c1750, probably Essex County, Virginia
Birth Source:

Death: before 1826, Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Death Source: Oglethorpe County GA Will Book B, p. 271, will probated January 1826

Spouse1: Martha "Patsy" Swanson, m. 16 Oct 1785 in Henry County, Virginia

Narrative

Children of Gatewood Dunn and Martha Swanson:

1. Anna Dunn, b. 1777, m. William Tuggle on 9 Dec 1797
2. Elizabeth Betsy Dunn, b. 18 April 1784, m. William Baldwin Copeland on 12 May 1800
3. Sarah "Sally" Dunn, b. 1787, m. Littleberry Kinnebrew on 11 Apr 1807
4. Mary Polly Dunn, b. c1785, m. Waters M. Dunn, Sr. on 19 Feb 1806

In 1777, in the newly formed Henry County, Virginia, the following persons renounced allegiance to Great Britain, swearing allegiance to the Commonwealth of Virginia - Waters Dunn, Gatewood Dunn, Richard Dunn and Waters Dunn, Jr.

Gatewood Dunn in tax records:
1782 Gatewood Dunn appears on Tax list Henry Co. VA
1791 Gatewood Dunn appears on Wilkes Co. GA Tax list
1796 Gatewood Dunn appears on Tax list for Oglethorpe Co. GA

1789 Wilkes Co. Ga. William Swanson & Mary his wife deed over to Gatewood Dunn 105 acres on North Fork of Little River.

In 1816, Gatewood Dunn of Oglethorpe Co. GA, in right of his wife formerly Patsy Swanson, deeds over to James Swanson her interest in estate of her father William Swanson.

Research Notes

Narrative includes research of Robert Ellis, descendant of Gatewood Dunn (son of Richard Dunn) and Elizabeth Rosseau.

Sources

Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, online database at Ancestry.com
Tax Lists of Henry VA, Wilkes and Oglethorpe GA
Oglethorp County GA Will Book B, p. 271
Georgia, Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850, online database at Ancestry.com
Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978, online database at Ancestry.com (children's marriages)