NameAdderson Gordon
Deathbef 1827
Documentation
Adderson Gordon is listed in the 1814 will of his father. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 18, pages 22–23.]
The estate of Alfred B. Gordon in account with Philip Montague, administrator, from 1827 to 1828 was settled on 28 January 1827 by Was: H Purkins. Mentions “sum due me as guardian of Robert W. S. Gordon from A. B. Gordon for a specific Legacy, also for said Roberts proportion of this Bro: Addisons Estate…” [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 21, page 185.]
In about 1827, Henry C. Boughan an infant by Thomas Boughan his father a next friend complained to the Essex County Chancery Court that Alfred Gordon died in 1826 an infant without issue, leaving your orator who is the only child of Matilda Boughan a deceased sister and Robert Gordon a brother his only heirs at law. That Alfred died seised of a tract of land of about 280 acres that would if divided be worth more than $300 to each heir. He therefore requests division of the land. The answer of Robert Gordon by Philip Montague his guardian assents to the division. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 37, item 37-H-22.]
For general information about Adderson Gordon, see: Gothberg, Carol J., John and Amy Gatewood, and Their Descendants 1666–1986. Baltimore: Gateway Press Inc., 1987, page 165.