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William Gamble

Male 1786 - 1854  (68 years)


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  • Name William Gamble 
    Born 14 Feb 1786  , Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 13 Jul 1854  , Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Liberty United Methodist Church Cemetery, Hackneyville, Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3756  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family 1 Martha Adair,   b. Bef 1800, of Duncan Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. From 1819 to 1820, of, Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 19 years) 
    Married Bef Aug 1818  of, Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1851  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Finney,   b. 5 May 1803, , Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jul 1851, , Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years) 
    Married Bef 1822  of Duncan Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1842  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Censuses:
      1830 US: Laurens Co., South Carolina, p. 217, on same page is James Adair.
      William Gamble, males: 2(0-5), 1(5-10), 1(10-15), 1(15-20), 1(20-30), 1(40-50); females: 1(0-5), 1(10-15), 1(20-30), 2(60-70).

      1850 US: Talladega District, Talladega, Alabama, 5 Dec 1850, p. 221 of 278, family #1535:
      William Gamble, 63, farmer, SC.
      Mary Gamble, 46, SC.
      George M. Gamble, 24, physician, $500, SC.
      John B. Gamble, 20, student, SC.
      Frances R. Gamble, f, 11, AL.
      Lucretia Gamble, 8, AL.
      Mary S. (or L.) Gamble, 4, AL.
      Nancy Finney, 79, SC (presumably mother-in-law).
      Elizabeth Dillard, 73, SC. (Tombstone in same cemetery as William states: "Elizabeth Dillard Eldest Sisster of W.M. Gamble Sr. Born Laurence District S.C. 1759 d. 5-25-1860.")
      Andrew Blackston, 33, cousin, GA.

      2. 1850 Slave Schedules for Talledega, Talladega, Alabama, show over 39 slaves owned by William Gamble and even more with his son George M. Gamble.

      3. From Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":3100461" of Jeff Gamble entitled "Gamble Ancestry" email jgambl02@juno.com 23 Oct 2005:
      "Mary Finney; Birth: 1803 in Laurens County, South Carolina; Death: 6 Jul 1851 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama; Burial: 1851 Liberty United Methodist Church, Hackneyville; Note:
      Tombstone transcript: "Mary C. Gamble, Consort of William Gamble, Born in the Laurence District S.C. 1803, d. 7-6-1851 52 years."
      "William Gamble; Birth: 1786 in Laurens County, South Carolina; Death: 13 Jul 1854 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama; Burial: 1854 Liberty United Methodist Church, Hackneyville. Notes:
      On December 2, 1811, Benj. Lewis sold 104 acres of land to Wiliam Gamble for $60 [Laurens Co. Deed Bk J, p. 265]. William Gamble plat for 22 acres on Duncan's Creek, Laurens District February 20, 1816 [SC plat index]. On May 7, 1818, William Gamble sold 183 acres of land on Duncan's Creek to John Brown for $700. Land being part of three tracts of land, one part granted to James Gamble and the other granted to Wm. Price and the third tract granted to William Gamble. Filed Jan 1, 1819 [Laurens Co. Deed Bk K, p. 231]. On September 6, 1819 James Adair sold 185 acres of land on Miller's Fork of Duncan's Creek to William Gamble for $825 [Laurens Co. Deed Bk K, p. 235]. On July 16, 1821, Christopher Gamble sold 70 acres of land to William Gamble for $400. Land being part of a tract of land originally granted to James Gamble on the waters of Duncan Creek on the south side of Miller fork.[Laurens Co. Deed Bk L, p. 36]. On March 1, 1824, Isaac Gamble sold 199 acres of land on Duncan Creek to William Gamble for $160. Land lying on Brown's Creek, a branch or fork of Duncan's Creek. [Laurens Co. Deed Bk L, p. 153]. William moved from South Carolina to Alabama between 1830 and 1837. Purchased 40 acres from the Mardisville land office on September 5, 1837. Land located at the south west quarter of the north east quarter of section 9, township 22-S, range 7-E in Talledega County, Alabama. Purchased 40 acres from the Mardisville land office on September 5, 1837. Land located at the north west quarter of the south east quarter of section 9, township 22-S, range 7-E in Talledega County, Alabama. Purchased 80 acres from the Mardisville land office on September 5, 1837. Land located at the east half of the north west quarter of section 9, township 22-S, range 7-E in Talledega County, Alabama. Purchased 80 acres from the Mardisville land office on September 5, 1837. Land located at the east half of the north east quarter of section 17, township 22-S, range 7-E in Talledega County, Alabama. Purchased 80 acres from the Mardisville land office on September 1, 1839. Land located at the west half of the north east quarter of section 8, township 22-S, range 7-E in Talledega County, Alabama. Purchased 160 acres from the Mardisville land office on September 1, 1839. Land located at the south west quarter of section 15, township 22-S, range 7-E in Talledega County, Alabama. Purchased 40 acres from the Mardisville land office on January 10, 1839. Land located at the north east quarter of the north east quarter of section 8, township 22-S, range 7-E in Talledega County, Alabama. Will of William Gamble August 1854. Wife Mary. Lists Children: Martha Garrent, James A. Gamble, George M Gamble, Ellon Ross, John B Gamble, Nancy Thomas, Frances Gamble, Lucretia Gamble, Louezer Gamble. Tombstone Transcript: "William Gamble, husband of Mary Gamble, born in Laurence District S.C. 1786, d. 7-13-1854, 69 years."
      Father: James Gamble; b: Bef. 1755. Mother: Rachel ???; b: Bet. 1756 and 1774. Marriage 1 Martha Adair; Children: Martha Gamble.
      Marriage 2 Mary Finney; b: 1803 in Laurens County, South Carolina; Children:
      Ellen Gamble
      James Anderson Gamble; b: 1822 in Laurens County, South Carolina
      George Marion Gamble; b: 16 Feb 1824 in Laurens County, South Carolina
      John Bluxford Gamble; b: Abt 1830 in Laurens County, South Carolina
      Nancy Gamble; b: Abt 1830 in Laurens County, South Carolina
      Francis Gamble; b: Abt 1839 in Talledega County, Alabama
      Lucretia Gamble; b: Abt 1845 in Talledega County, Alabama
      Mary Louisa Gamble; b: 20 May 1846 in Talledega County, Alabama
      Sources: Title: Tombstone, Liberty United Methodist Church, Hackneyville, Tallapoosa, Alabama."

      4. James Williams Petition listing the Adair family Patriots. Note that Thomas Adair's parents are the ones listed as number 4 (Joseph and Sarah) and his grandparents are number 3 (James and Eleanor). Most of the other Adairs were brothers or cousins. The petition has come to me from Mildred Brownlee's manuscript "Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina" and also from the "South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research," vol. 15, p. 32. James Williams was one of the most renowned Patriots of the Laurens area and this listing of signers of the petition of the area gives us a good source of patriots also associated with him. Col. James Williams and Capt. Josiah Greer were also military leaders of many of these same individuals during the 1778 American invasion of British East Florida per the source of Doctor George Ross' medical reimbursement papers quoted in this database under Rebecca Montgomery's notes. This petition typescript is item #5767, Manuscript Dept., Wm. M. Perkins Library at Duke University, Durham NC. Submitted by Mrs. Mary Ann McCrary and published with permission of the Manuscript Dept. This petition pre-dates the Battle of Kings Mountain (7 Oct 1780), as Col. James Williams was killed at that time. [NB: a second version of the petition was located in the South Carolina Library in 1999 and the gaps in the Duke University petition were filled in as indicated by brackets.] {Any notes or comments added by me are in these brackets.}
      "To his Excellen[cy John Rutledge, E]sq. Governor & Commander in Chief in & [over th]e state of South Carolina, the Honourable the privy Counsel, the Honourable the Senate & House of Representatives in General Assembly.
      Whereas we (the zealous friends to our country, and to all who love and distinguish themselves in her cause) do understand & are exceeding sorry to hear that there are false & [evilly designing] Accusations either lying on or about to shortly be laid against James Williams, our present Colonel in & over Little River Regiment, and designed (as we believe) by the private Enemies of our country to deprive us of so worthy a friend of his Country in general a good officer to us in particular & thereby do a very singular Piece of Service to the common enemies of America. We do briefly & anxiously remonstrate this: that we experimentally know Colo. James Williams to have been a zealous Patriot from the commencement of the America contest with Briten; and to have always stood foremost in every occasion when called upon to the defence of his country. We do further declare that we have never known said Colo. [Jas.].Williams to distress any individuals in the Regiment who voluntarily & judiciously, when legally called upon and commanded to the field, have turned out in the Defence if their Native Rights & Privileges together with that of their Country; & we do avow it from our knowledge, that whensoever Colo. Jas. Williams either directly or indirectly executed any distressing things, it was upon the stubborn & refractory, whose practices of obstinacy declare them inimical to their country: & and that this he did, as being last promissing Effort to reduce them to the dutiful obedience of loyal & fellow citizens. Without delaying you; we your humble Petitioners do earnestly beg that you will hear this our faithful Remonstrance & proceed with our respected Colo. James Williams & all such unjust & disaffected Clamours as may come before you against him, as your superior Judgements may direct: only begging leave to conclude with this one Remark, that doubtless you know that such clamours are frequently the necessary Effect of Disaffection to the Country.
      [Signed:] Robt. McCrery Lt. Colo.; George Davis, Capt.; Matthew McCrar[e]y, Lt.; George Young; Matthew Cunningham; Andrew McCrary; James Greer; [James Dillard]; [John Owens]; [Samuel Ewing]; [William Davis]; [Absolom Filby]; [John McCrary Sener]; [John McCrary Juner]; [Robert Long]; [Matthew McCrary]; [William Bean]; [John Williams J.P {note J.P. is crossed out}]; [Wm. Arthur Capt.]; Josiah Greer; Joseph Ramage; John Robinson; John Bourland; John Greer Juner; Isaac Adair; Jms. Adair; [Thos McCrery J.P.]; [James Ones]; [Andrew Ones]; [John Watson]; [Hughes Manford (?)]; [David Watson]; [Isaac Greer]; [James Ralley]; [John Ramage]; [John Glenn]; [John Jones (M L. (?)]; Henry Atwood; James Adair, Sr.; Joseph Adair Jr.; Joseph Adair; Benjamin Adair; Joseph Adair Sr.; James Adair Jr., son of James; [William Adair]; [John Finney]; [John Adair]; [John Adair Sener]; [James Craige]; [William Craig]; [James Howerton]; [Phillip Whitten]; [John Gray]; [John Greer]; [James Montgomery]; Thomas Ewing; William Blake; James Gamble; [Edward Stapleton]; [John Gamble]; [William Huddleston]; [James Huddleston]; [Alexander Adair]; [Benjamin Willson]; [Benja. Goodman]; [Daniel Williams]
      Suggested identification of the Adairs who signed this petition:
      1. Isaac Adair - Killed in Apr. 1781, left widow, Ruth.
      2. Jms. Adair - b. 1747, son of' Joseph Adair, Sr.; mar. Rebecca Montgomery.
      3. James Adair, Sr. - died before 1796; wife, Eleanor.
      4. Joseph Adair, Jr. - Son of above James & Eleanor; wife Sarah.
      5. Joseph Adair - died 1812; son of Joseph Adair, Sr.
      6. Benjamin Adair - died 1823; son of Joseph Adair, Sr.; wife Nancy.
      7. Joseph Adair, Sr. - died 1789-90; wife: Susannah.
      8. James Adair, Jr., son of James - son of James Adair & wife Eleanor; died 1818, wife Hannah.
      9. William Adair - died 1780-84. Estate administered 1784, Abbe. Wills, p. 10.
      10. John Adair - died 1813 in Ga., wife Jane; son of Joseph Adair; grandson of Joseph Adair, Sr.
      11. John Adair, Sr. - Killed in 1782, wife Sarah. Abbe. Wills, p. 10. Probable son of Joseph Adair, Sr. {Kerry's note: or maybe James Adair, Sr.}
      12. Alexander Adair - Scotch-Irish immigrant in 1767? See Protestant Immigrants to SC - Janie Revill, p. 74.
      {Note the above suggestions are as provided by Mildred Brownlee. I make the following additions of individuals related to the Adairs:
      13. James Gamble - father of William Gamble who marries Martha Adair, daughter of James Adair who was son of James Adair, Sr., the original settler and cooper.
      14. Robert Long - Son of Susannah Murdough from her first marriage before she married Joseph Adair the cooper.
      15. John Owens - Husband of Mary Long. Mary was the sister of Robert Long and a daughter of Susannah Murdough from her first marriage before Joseph Adair.
      16. John Ramage - Husband to Jean or Jane Adair, the daughter of Joseph Adair the cooper and his first wife Sarah Laferty.
      17. George Davis - Died 1781- 1783. First husband to Elizabeth Adair, daughter of Joseph Adair, Jr. and Elizabeth ___.
      18. James Montgomery - Father to Rebecca who married James Adair, the saddler and son of Joseph Adair the cooper. James' other daughter Isabella married Dr. George Ross who was a physician with many of the above in their East Florida expedition in the early days of the Rev. War.
      19. John Jones - There were two John Jones in the area at the time. One was the husband of Hannah Adair, daughter of James and Eleanor Adair. Unsure which John Jones this may be. Our John Jones died before Sep 1788."

      MARRIAGE:
      1. William and Mary had a son James who is buried in the same cemetery as they. His gravestone gives the following inscription: "James Gamble Husband of Irena Gamble Eldest son of Wm. & Mary Gamble b1822 d 5-4-1851 33 Years without Stain or Blemish on his Character." This would mean they were married no later than 1821.

      2. Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":2995972" of Debby Martinez email jmartinez2030@satx.rr.com 23 Oct 2005 reports one daughter from the marriage of William Gamble and Martha Adair who they named Martha Gamble. The database reports her as Martha "Patsy" J. Gamble, b. bet. 1818-1821 in Laurens Co., South Carolina and married to unknown spouse 1 Jan 1839 in Talladega County, Alabama. Other Worldconnect sites also report one daughter named Martha as well. This would lead to a conclusion that Martha Adair died young. The 1821 Court of Equity settling James Adair's estate notes that as of Aug 1818 when he died with a will, Martha, his daughter, was living. Hannah Brotherton Adair's will of 25 Oct 1826 notes her grandchild's name as Patsy Gamble but no mention of her deceased daughter Martha or her now remarried son-in-law William Gamble. William with his second wife had several children including a James whose tombstone in the same cemetery as his parents note as being born in 1822 to William and Mary. It would appear that Martha Adair probably died by 1820 after giving birth to one child.

      DEATH:
      1. Death is suggested to be in Tallapoosa Co. due their burial in that county; however, they were very large slave owners in the 1850 census in Talladega County. On the surface it would seem unlikely that they would have just recently moved at their ages and then present econonic circumstance, however, they did in fact move. William's will would have been probated in the county where he was living at the time of his death. Talledega Co. Deed Bk I page 356 states, "... and the said William Gamble did since that time and since said bond was executed removed to the county of Tallapoosa and has since departed this life ...". Here is a link to the deed. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSPL-1W3F-F?i=706&cat=522386

      BURIAL:
      1. Tombstone inscriptions are on the web at http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/tallapoosa/cemeteries/libertymeth.txt:
      "William Gamble Husband of Mary Gamble born in Laurence District S.C. 1786 d 7-13-1854 69 Years (this is inscribed on the top of the tomb) Uprightness."
      "Mary C. Gamble Consort of William Gamble born in the Laurence District S.C. 1803 d 7-6-1851 52 Years (this is inscribed on the top of the tomb also) Amiableness."
      There are also some descendants as well in the same cemetery.