Gatewood, Sarah

Summary

Father: Richard Gatewood
Mother: Patience Reeves

Birth: abt 1727, Essex County, Virginia
Birth Source: Under age 21 in 1745 when her parents died because a guardian was appointed to administer her estate.

Death: about 1785 in Henry County, Virginia
Death Source: Undocumented

Spouse1: Waters Dunn

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Narrative

Children of Sarah Gatewood and Waters Dunn:

1. Millicent Dunn, b. 1746, m. William Satterwhite
2. Gatewood Dunn, b. c1750, m. Martha Swanson
3. Sarah Sallie Dunn, b. 1756, m. Richard Copeland
4. Elizabeth Gatewood Dunn, b. 1757
5. Richard Dunn, b. before 1760
6. Waters Dunn, Jr., b. c1755, m. Winifred MNU
7. William Dunn, b. before 1760
8. Clara Dunn, b. 1762, m. Thomas Richardson
9. Catherine Dunn, b. 1765, m. John Truman Briscoe in 1782
10. Happy Dunn, b. 1778

The above children are named in the 1800 will of Waters Dunn, Sr. which was probated in Columbia County, Georgia in 1803.

Waters Dunn was named one of the first commissioners of newly formed Pittsylvania County, Virginia in 1767.

In 1777, Waters Dunn Sr., Richard Dunn and Waters Dunn, Jr. were recorded on the tax lists of Pittsylvania County. Also 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.

From the Henry County, Virginia tax lists:
1778 - Waters Dunn, Waters Dunn, Jr. William Dunn, Richard Dunn
1779 - Waters Dunn, Waters Dunn, Jr., William Dunn, Richard Dunn
1780 - Waters Dunn, Waters Dunn Jr.

Sarah Gatewood Dunn died sometime before 1785, for after migrating to Georgia, Waters Dunn, Sr. married Ann Ferguson in 1786.

Research Notes

Marriage to Waters Dunn of Essex County seems to be widely accepted and valid, but there is no primary source documentation of the marriage.

Sources

1745 Will of Patience Gatewood, Essex County Will Book 7, pgs 389,390,391
1745 Guardianship of Sarah Gatewood, Essex County VA Will Book 7, pg. 379-380
1800 Will of Waters Dunn, Sr., Columbia County GA