 |
| (click to enlarge) |
Samuel Johnson Gambill was born December 27, 1811, died on November 2, 1889, and is buried in the Gambill Family Cemetery on Gambill Creek Road in Wilkes County, North Carolina.
He was named for his grandfather, Captain Samuel Johnson, who was wounded at the Battle of King's Mountain during the Revolutionary War.
Samuel J. Gambill was a member of Company J, North Carolina Volunteers, who participated in the Indian Removal of 1838.
He married Elizabeth Shumate on January 24, 1841. Their children were: Polly Gambill Johnson, William Bourne Gambill, Chloe Ann Gambill Johnson, John S. Gambill, Marcus Scott Gambill, Bynum E. Gambill, and Martha E. Gambill.
No comments:
Post a Comment
If you don't have one of the accounts listed, you can select "Anonymous" - but please add your name so I will know who is commenting.