Will of Thomas Gardner Military History Sterling C. Gardner
Descendants of
Jasper Gardner
Generation
No. 1
1. JASPER1 GARDNER was born 1675 in
Scotland. He married UNKNOWN.
Note: The Gardners were a Sept of Clan Gordon
Child of JASPER GARDNER and UNKNOWN
is:
2. i. JEAN2
GARDNER, b. 1696, Probably Scotland.
Generation
No. 2
2. JEAN2 GARDNER (JASPER1) was born 1696 in
Probably Scotland. He married MARY
PRYOR.
Child of JEAN GARDNER and MARY PRYOR
is:
3. i. THOMAS3
GARDNER, b. August 08, 1721; d. November 10, 1773, Halifax North Carolina.
Generation
No. 3
3. THOMAS3 GARDNER (JEAN2, JASPER1) was born
August 08, 1721, and died November 10, 1773 in Halifax North Carolina. He married MARTHA WALLER 1741-1742 in North
Carolina.
Children of THOMAS GARDNER and MARTHA
WALLER are:
4. i. STERLING(SR.)4
GARDNER, b. May 05, 1762, Edgecombe County, North Carolina; d. 1843.
ii. PRYOR
GARDNER, b. January 19, 1758, Edgecombe County, North Carolina; d. February 01,
1827, Warren County Georgia.
iii. BETTY
GARDNER, b. November 15, 1742.
iv. WILLIAM
GARDNER, b. May 06, 1744, Edgecombe County, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1830.
v. THOMAS
GARDNER, b. January 17, 1745/46, Edgecombe County, North Carolina; d. 1760.
vi. JOHN
DANIEL GARDNER, b. December 11, 1748, Edgecombe County, North Carolina; d.
1796, Kershaw County, South Carolina.
vii. GEORGE
GARDNER, b. November 30, 1750, Edgecombe County, North Carolina.
viii. CHRISTOPHER
GARDNER, b. October 26, 1752; d. 1760.
ix. KEMP
GARDNER, b. July 05, 1754, Edgecombe County, North Carolina.
x. THOMAS(2ND)
GARDNER, b. March 16, 1756, Kershaw District, North Carolina; d. November 15,
1815, Camden, North Carolina.
xi. MARY
GARDNER, b. November 18, 1762.
Generation
No. 4
4. STERLING(SR.)4 GARDNER (THOMAS3, JEAN2,
JASPER1) was born May 05, 1762 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, and died
1843. He married MARY POLLY NEAL,
daughter of THOMAS NEAL and SARA LOYLESS.
Notes for
STERLING(SR.) GARDNER:
Sterling
Gardner Sr. was a Reveloutionary War Soldier
Children of STERLING(SR.) GARDNER and
MARY NEAL are:
5. i. JOHN5
GARDNER, b. November 17, 1801, Warren County Georgia; d. October 31, 1879,
Booneville, Prentiss Co., Mississippi.
ii. CAROLINE
GARDNER, b. June 15, 1803, Warren County Georgia; m. LAWRENCE SMITH.
iii. FANNIE
B. GARDNER, b. May 05, 1805; d. March 23, 1880, Barnsville Georgia.
iv. STERLING(JR.),
b. August 13, 1828, Warren County Georgia; d. 1834.
v. SUSAN
GARDNER, b. February 12, 1811, Warren County Georgia; m. DAVIS JENKINS.
vi. MARY
ROSE GARDNER, b. January 04, 1815, Warren County Georgia.
vii. DRUCILLA
GARDNER, b. Unknown; m. UNKNOWN IVEY.
Notes for
DRUCILLA GARDNER:
Drucilla may
be incorrect her name might haven been precisilla
viii. THOMAS
N. GARDNER, b. Unknown; d. 1836, Dallas County, Alabama.
ix. ELIZABETH
GARDNER, b. Unknown.
x. MARTHA
GARDNER, b. Unknown.
Generation
No. 5
5. JOHN5 GARDNER (STERLING(SR.)4, THOMAS3,
JEAN2, JASPER1) was born November 17, 1801 in Warren County Georgia, and died
October 31, 1879 in Booneville, Prentiss Co., Mississippi. He married EMELINE BEALL April 11, 1822 in
Warren County Georgia, daughter of ROBERT BEALL and ELIZABETH JENKINS.
Children of JOHN GARDNER and EMELINE
BEALL are:
6. i. STERLING
CAPERS6 GARDNER, b. August 24, 1830, Warren County Georgia; d. July 15, 1887,
Unknown.
ii. ROBERT
BEALL GARDNER, b. November 11, 1824, Warren County Georgia; d. August 17, 1870,
Booneville, Prentiss Co., Mississippi.
iii. THOMAS
NEAL GARDNER, b. January 15, 1827; m. (1) UNKNOWN KITCHEN; m. (2) UNKNOWN
BAILEY.
iv. JOHN
JR. GARDNER, b. August 13, 1828.
v. JOHN
BRANTLEY GARDNER, b. June 11, 1834, Upson County Georgia; d. 1898, Barnesville,
Pike County, Georgia.
vi. JAMES
HIGHTOWER GARDNER, b. 1836.
vii. MARY
NEAL GARDNER, b. January 15, 1823, Warren County Georgia; d. September 30,
1904, Booneville, Prentiss Co., Mississippi.
viii. CAROLINE
NARCISSA GARDNER, b. February 24, 1832, Barnesville, Pike County, Georgia; d.
1892, Texas.
ix. SARA
MELISSA GARDNER, b. February 24, 1832.
Generation
No. 6
6. STERLING CAPERS6 GARDNER (JOHN5, STERLING(SR.)4,
THOMAS3, JEAN2, JASPER1) was born August 24, 1830 in Warren County Georgia, and
died July 15, 1887 in Unknown. He
married LUCINDA ADELINE HIGHTOWER July 29, 1854, daughter of JOHN HIGHTOWER and
CHARLOTTE GIBSON.
Notes for
STERLING CAPERS GARDNER:
Sterling
Capers Gardner served with Company "C" 32nd Mississippi Infantry
During the Civil War. The 32nd
Mississippi Infantry Regiment was assembled at Iuka and mustered into
Confederate service at Philadelphia, Mississippi, during the summer of 1862. Its members were recruited in Tishomingo,
Lee, Prentiss, and Alcorn counties. The
unit was assigned to General S.A.M. Wood's and Lowrey's Brigade and
participated in the difficult campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from
Chickamauga to Atlanta was with Hood in Tennessee, and saw action in North
Carolina. During the Murfreesboro
Campaign this unit was detailed to guard the stations and bridges on the
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. For
a time the regiment was consolidated with the 45th Regiment and in the fight at
Chickamauga lost 25 killed and 141 wounded and at Tunnell Hill reported 18
casualties. In December the 32nd/45th
totalled 515 men and 387 arms. At the
Battle of Atlanta the 32nd had 18 killed, 45 wounded, and 23 missing. Only a remnant surrendered in April,
1865. The field officers were Colonels
Mark P. Lowrey and William H.H. Tison, and Majors F.C. Karr and J.W. Swinney.
Children of STERLING GARDNER and
LUCINDA HIGHTOWER are:
7. i. STERLING
SMITH7 GARDNER, b. April 08, 1859, Pike County Georgia; d. 1897.
ii. CHURCHILL
GIBSON GARDNER, b. May 1855.
iii. WILLIAM
HANSON GARDNER, b. April 08, 1859, Pike County Georgia; d. 1934.
iv. THOMAS
EMORY GARDNER, b. 1862.
v. JESSE
BRAMLITT GARDNER, b. December 08, 1870, Booneville, Prentiss Co., Mississippi.
Generation
No. 7
7. STERLING SMITH7 GARDNER (STERLING CAPERS6,
JOHN5, STERLING(SR.)4, THOMAS3, JEAN2, JASPER1) was born April 08, 1859 in Pike
County Georgia, and died 1897. He
married (1) MARY ELIZABETH MILLER. He
married (2) ELIZA OLIVIA STEPHENS October 18, 1900 in Rogers, Texas.
Children of STERLING GARDNER and MARY
MILLER are:
8. i. EMMA
LAVATA8 GARDNER, b. September 14, 1884, Booneville, Prentiss Co., Mississippi.
D. 1966 Carrizo Springs,
Dimmit County, Tx. Buried Mount Hope
ii. UNK
CHILD GARDNER, b. 1878, Booneville, Prentiss Co., Mississippi; d. 1878,
Booneville, Prentiss Co., Mississippi.
iii. CORA
LEE GARDNER, b. December 21, 1879, Booneville, Prentiss Co., Mississippi; d.
November 11, 1901.
iv. LUELLA
GARDNER, b. August 05, 1882, Booneville, Prentiss Co., Mississippi.
v. MAMIE
ETTA GARDNER, b. October 09, 1886, Booneville, Prentiss Co., Mississippi.
vi. BUELAH
GARDNER, b. January 25, 1891.
vii. OLLIE
CLYDE GARDNER, b. May 31, 1893.
viii. LENA
GARDNER, b. November 19, 1895.
ix. WALTER
CURTIS GARDNER, b. October 10, 1897.
x. UNKNOWN
CHILD GARDNER, b. Unknown.
xi. BENNIE
STERLING GARDNER, b. January 18, 1889; d. June 25, 1894.
Generation
No. 8
8. EMMA LAVATA8 GARDNER (STERLING SMITH7, STERLING
CAPERS6, JOHN5, STERLING(SR.)4, THOMAS3, JEAN2, JASPER1) was born September 14,
1884 in Booneville, Prentiss Co., Mississippi.
She married JAMES EGBERT FORBUS 1901, son of WILLIAM FORBUS and
PARTHINIA BOWMAN.
Children of EMMA GARDNER and JAMES
FORBUS are:
9. i. OWEN
EGBERT9 FORBUS, b. 1915, Texas; d. 1975, Lagarto, Texas.
ii. J.T.
FORBUS, b. 1908.
iii. RUTHELL
FORBUS, b. 1903.
iv. MARGARET
FORBUS, b. Unknown.
Generation
No. 9
9. OWEN EGBERT9 FORBUS (EMMA LAVATA8 GARDNER,
STERLING SMITH7, STERLING CAPERS6, JOHN5, STERLING(SR.)4, THOMAS3, JEAN2,
JASPER1) was born 1915 in Texas, and died 1975 in Lagarto, Texas. He married DOROTHY LOUISE TEAGUE 1939 in
Texas, daughter of GERALD TEAGUE and IONE COCKRELL.
Children of OWEN FORBUS and DOROTHY
TEAGUE are:
10. i. JERRY
OWEN10 FORBUS, b. 1942, Ballinger, Runnells County, Texas.
11. ii. GEORGE
RANDALL FORBUS, b. 1944, American Fort, Utah.
12. iii. CHARLES
ROSS FORBUS, b. 1948, Austin, Travis County, Texas.
Generation
No. 10
10. JERRY OWEN10 FORBUS (OWEN EGBERT9, EMMA
LAVATA8 GARDNER, STERLING SMITH7, STERLING CAPERS6, JOHN5, STERLING(SR.)4,
THOMAS3, JEAN2, JASPER1) was born 1940 in Ballinger, Runnells County,
Texas. He married MARY LUCILLE WAGNER
1969 in McAllen, Hildago County, Texas.
Children of JERRY FORBUS and MARY
WAGNER are:
i. JEFFERY
OWEN11 FORBUS, b. 1970, Austin, Travis County, Texas.
ii. MARISSA
LEA FORBUS, b. 1975, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.
iii. MARCELENE
ANN FORBUS, b. 1980, Tarrent County, Texas.
iv. JARED
OWEN FORBUS, b. 1984, Tarrent County, Texas.
11. GEORGE RANDALL10 FORBUS (OWEN EGBERT9, EMMA
LAVATA8 GARDNER, STERLING SMITH7, STERLING CAPERS6, JOHN5, STERLING(SR.)4,
THOMAS3, JEAN2, JASPER1) was born 1944 in American Fort, Utah. He married DELORES PATRICIA HAMILL 1963 in
Corpus Christi, Texas, daughter of JOHN HAMILL and ELIZABETH PAVLIK.
Children of GEORGE FORBUS and DELORES
HAMILL are:
i. DEBORAH
LYNN11 FORBUS, b. 1963, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, California; m. ORLANDO
SALAZAR.
13. ii. GERALD
ROSS FORBUS, b. 1964, Albany, Georgia.
iii. JOHN
JEROME FORBUS, b. 1964, Albany, Georgia.
14. iv. STEPHEN
CARL FORBUS, b. 1965, Albany, Georgia.
15. v. JOANNA
MARIE FORBUS, b. 1969, Corpus Christi, Texas.
12. CHARLES ROSS7 FORBUS (BAKER) (OWEN EGBERT6, EMMA LAVATA5 GARDNER,
STERLING SMITH4, STERLING CAPERS3, EMELINE2 BEALL, ROBERT1) was born 1948 in
Austin, Travis County, Texas. He married
CAROL.
Children of CHARLES FORBUS (BAKER) and
CAROL are:
i. GREGORY
ALAN BAKER, b. 28 Dec 1976 Portsmouth, Virginia
ii. MATT
GORDON BAKER, b. 1 July 1976 Lubbock, Texas
iii. KYLE
ROSS BAKER, b. 4 May 1908 Waco Texas
GREGORY ALAN
BAKER married SHERRI ULRICH
Children
i. SETH AUSTIN BAKER,
b. 12 March 2000 Lewisville, Texas
ii. MAKENNA
NICOLE BAKER, b. 9 November 2002 Lewisville, Texas
MATT GORDON
BAKER married WENDY LITTLETON
Children
i. KALYN
MARIE BAKER, b, 1 July 2002 Austin, Texas
ii. JETT
GORDON BAKER, b. 16 January 2007 Austin, Texas
Generation No.
11
13. GERALD ROSS11 FORBUS (GEORGE RANDALL10, OWEN
EGBERT9, EMMA LAVATA8 GARDNER, STERLING SMITH7, STERLING CAPERS6, JOHN5,
STERLING(SR.)4, THOMAS3, JEAN2, JASPER1) was born 1964 in Albany, Georgia. He married IRENE RIVERA 1986 in Corpus
Christi, Texas.
Children of GERALD FORBUS and IRENE
RIVERA are:
i. CHRISTINE
DIANE12 FORBUS, b. 1987, Corpus Christi, Texas.
ii. GERALD
ROSS FORBUS , JR., b. 1990, Corpus Christi, Texas.
14. STEPHEN CARL11 FORBUS (GEORGE RANDALL10, OWEN
EGBERT9, EMMA LAVATA8 GARDNER, STERLING SMITH7, STERLING CAPERS6, JOHN5,
STERLING(SR.)4, THOMAS3, JEAN2, JASPER1) was born 1965 in Albany, Georgia.
Child of STEPHEN CARL FORBUS is:
i. THOMAS
FRANCIS12 FORBUS, b. 1997, Jacksonville, Florida.
15. JOANNA MARIE11 FORBUS (GEORGE RANDALL10, OWEN
EGBERT9, EMMA LAVATA8 GARDNER, STERLING SMITH7, STERLING CAPERS6, JOHN5,
STERLING(SR.)4, THOMAS3, JEAN2, JASPER1) was born 1969 in Corpus Christi,
Texas. She married ALAN WAYNE PEARCE.
Children of JOANNA FORBUS and ALAN
PEARCE are:
i. JONATHAN
WAYNE12 PEARCE, b. 1990, Corpus Christi, Texas.
ii. JORDAN
MCLIN PEARCE, b. 2000, Corpus Christi, Texas.
Halifax
County, NC - Will of Thomas Gardner - 1777
In the name of
God Amen, I, Thomas Gardner, being very sick and weak of body but of sound mind
and perfect memory, Praise God, do think fit to
make and
ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following Vis:
First I
recommend my soul to Almight God which gave it me helping through the merits of
my ever blessed Saviour to receive a free pardon and
remission of
all my sins.
My body I
commit to the earth to be decently Interred at the discretion of my
Executors hereafter named and as for my
worldy estate which it hath
pleased
Almighty God to bestow upon me I leave as followeth
In Primis I
give and bequeath to my three sons George, John, and Sterling Gardner all my
Lands and will to be equally divided among them only my son Sterling to have my
dwelling place and George to have the part in the road and John to have over
the Marsh Swamp. Also I give to my son
George one
Negro girl named Dinah. Also I give to
my son Sterling one Negro girl named Suca they and their increase to them and
their heirs
forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son William Gardner
one Negro boy named James also one Negro fellow named Harry to him and his
heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son Camp Gardner
one Negro boy named Bristoll and one ditto named Lewis to him and his heirs
forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son Thomas Gardner
one Negro boy named Peter also one Negro woman named Winney she and her
increase from this day (with the said Peter) to him and his heirs forever, also
my lot in Winton.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son Pryor Gardner
one Negro fellow named Sam one Negro woman named Cate she and her increase from
this day (with the said Sam) to him and his heirs forever. My will and desire is that my beloved son
William Gardner shall receive his said Negroes, I have above given him on the
twenty fourth day of December 1773 and that the other children receive their
Negroes above given them at the day of marriage or when they attain to the age
of twenty one years and if either of my said children should die without heir
lawfully begotten that their part shall be equally divided amongst the living.
Item: I give all my other estate both royal and
personal to be sold and the money equally divided among my seven sons Viz:
William, John, George, Camp, Pryor, Thomas, and Sterling Gardner.
Lastly I
appoint my beloved wife Martha Gardner and my son William Gardner and my son
Sterling Gardner full, whole and sole executors of this
my last will
and testament revoking all other will in wills heretofore by me made and
acknowledge this to be my last will and no other. In witness
whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and seal this 9th day of November One Thousand Seven
Hundred Seventy and Three.
Thos. Gardner (Seal)
Signed,
sealed & C
In presence
of Wm. Hargrove, George Gardner, Thomas Haile
Halifax S s.
C May Court 1777. Then this Will was
exhibited in open Court
by the
Executors and proved by George Gardner a witness thereto in due
form of Law Whereupon
Martha Gardner qualified as executrix thereto and
in motion
Ordid to be recorded.
Test.
B. McCulloch C. Ct.
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Sterling Capers Gardner
Sterling Capers Gardner
Confederate States Army
1 May 1862 - 1865
Enlisted:
Company C, 32nd Mississippi Infantry at Iuka Mississippi
(Company C was known as the Tishomingo Rebels)
Highest Rank:
Private
Accepted into
Confederate Service:
Summer of 1862 at Philadelphia Mississippi
Assigned to:
Army of Tennessee, General Pierre Gustave Toutant
Beauregard
Wood’s Brigade - Brigadier General Sterling
Alexander Martin Wood
Battles:
Shiloh, Tennessee 6-7 April
1862
Cornith, Mississippi, 29
April - 10 June 1862
Glasgow, Kentucky
18 September 1862
Perryville, Kentucky 8 October 1862
Stone’s River
(Murfreesboro), Tennessee 30 December 1862 - 3 January 1863
Chickamauga, Georgia, 19-20
September 1863
Chattanooga, Tennessee, 24
November 1863
Missionary Ridge 25 November 63
Ringgold Gap, Georgia 26 November 63
Atlanta Campaign 3 May - 8
September 1864
Snake Creek Gap, Georgia 5-11 May 1864
Resaca, Georgia 13-16 May 1864
Calhoun, Georgia 17-19 May 1864
Rocky Face Ridge 7-15 May 64
Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, 22 June 1864
New Hope Church, Georgia, 25-29 Jun 1864
Peachtree Creek, Georgia 21 July 1864
Battle of Atlanta, 22 July 1864
Brigaded with
5th Mississippi Infantry
8th Mississippi Infantry
32nd Mississippi Infantry*
45 Mississippi Infantry *
Hawkin’s Battalion
16th Alabama Infantry
32nd Alabama Infantry
45th Alabama Infantry
* the 45th Mississippi was consolidated with the 32nd.
Captured at the Battle of
Atlanta, 22 July 1864. First sent to
Louisville Kentucky as a Prisoner of war, then
transferred to
Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio.
Camp Chase, Columbus Ohio
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