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