(Excerpt from Leaves From The Family Tree, by Penelope Johnson Allen – written for the Chattanooga Times between 1933 and 1937)
Samuel Gamble served as justice of the peace for several years in Rhea County, before Meigs County was cut from it and took an active part in the affairs of the settlement along the Hiwassee River. His homestead was located on Gunstocker Creek at what is now known as the S. D. McCulley farm in the First Civil District of Meigs County.
Samuel Gamble was born in what is now East Tennessee in 1785 and died in Meigs County, Tennessee, Aug. 13, 1855; married Aug. 19, 1823 in Rhea (now Meigs) County, Tennessee. Matilda Rigg, who was born in Virginia Nov. 29, 1803; died in Meigs County Oct. 15, 1855.
They had issue:
(1) Child born Jan. 6, 1825
(2) Eliza Jane Gamble, born Jan. 8, 1826; died Oct. 1, 1830
(3) William Alexander Gamble, born Jan. 11, 1828; married Dec. 25, 1866 Margaret Foster
(4) Charles Rigg Gamble, born Dec. 18, 1829; married 1854 E. Camron
(5) Margaret Joanna Gamble, born Nov. 20, 1831 married Jan. 21, 1847, J. M. Campbell
(6) Charity Agnes Gamble, born Nov. 19, 1834; died Sept. 13, 1853; married J. N. Witt
(7) Robert Lapsley Gamble, born Dec. 10, 1836; married June 29, 1859, Permelia Elizabeth Tillery
(8) Mary Ann B. Gamble, born Dec. 23, 1838; married Feb. 21, 1860, W. R. Davis
(9) John C. Gamble, born April 11, 1841; married Sept. 13, 1866 Adelia L. Gamble
(10) Samuel H. Gamble, born Sept. 16, 1843; married Oct. 23, 1866 "Sen" Witt
The record of the Gamble family is taken from the family bibles of Samuel Gamble, an early citizen of Meigs County, and is of interest to the many descendants of the pioneer, Robert Gamble, Sr., father of Samuel Gamble, who emigrated from Virginia to what is now Tennessee shortly after the close of the Revolution and settled on the Holston River in Knox County.
Robert Gamble, Sr. was born in Ireland in July 1732, and came with his parents to America about the year 1735. He grew up in Augusta County, Virginia, where his parents settled, and where descendants of the original emigrant still live.
Robert Gamble, Sr. married Mary McElroy about the year 1755 and they were the parents of a large family of children.
A deposition regarding certain land in Augusta County, Virginia, and recorded in Chalkley's records of Augusta County, Volume 2, page 274, was made by Robert Gamble, Sr. on Oct. 25, 1806, in Knox County, Tennessee. Robert Gamble deposed that he know the land in question first in 1741 or 1742, when a man named Patterson lived on it, and that he (Gamble) had resided in the vicinity from 1737 to 1772. He stated that his age was then 74 years.
Samuel Gamble served as justice of the peace for several years in Rhea County, before Meigs County was cut from it and took an active part in the affairs of the settlement along the Hiwassee River. His homestead was located on Gunstocker Creek at what is now known as the S. D. McCulley farm in the First Civil District of Meigs County.
Samuel Gamble was born in what is now East Tennessee in 1785 and died in Meigs County, Tennessee, Aug. 13, 1855; married Aug. 19, 1823 in Rhea (now Meigs) County, Tennessee. Matilda Rigg, who was born in Virginia Nov. 29, 1803; died in Meigs County Oct. 15, 1855.
They had issue:
(1) Child born Jan. 6, 1825
(2) Eliza Jane Gamble, born Jan. 8, 1826; died Oct. 1, 1830
(3) William Alexander Gamble, born Jan. 11, 1828; married Dec. 25, 1866 Margaret Foster
(4) Charles Rigg Gamble, born Dec. 18, 1829; married 1854 E. Camron
(5) Margaret Joanna Gamble, born Nov. 20, 1831 married Jan. 21, 1847, J. M. Campbell
(6) Charity Agnes Gamble, born Nov. 19, 1834; died Sept. 13, 1853; married J. N. Witt
(7) Robert Lapsley Gamble, born Dec. 10, 1836; married June 29, 1859, Permelia Elizabeth Tillery
(8) Mary Ann B. Gamble, born Dec. 23, 1838; married Feb. 21, 1860, W. R. Davis
(9) John C. Gamble, born April 11, 1841; married Sept. 13, 1866 Adelia L. Gamble
(10) Samuel H. Gamble, born Sept. 16, 1843; married Oct. 23, 1866 "Sen" Witt
The record of the Gamble family is taken from the family bibles of Samuel Gamble, an early citizen of Meigs County, and is of interest to the many descendants of the pioneer, Robert Gamble, Sr., father of Samuel Gamble, who emigrated from Virginia to what is now Tennessee shortly after the close of the Revolution and settled on the Holston River in Knox County.
Robert Gamble, Sr. was born in Ireland in July 1732, and came with his parents to America about the year 1735. He grew up in Augusta County, Virginia, where his parents settled, and where descendants of the original emigrant still live.
Robert Gamble, Sr. married Mary McElroy about the year 1755 and they were the parents of a large family of children.
A deposition regarding certain land in Augusta County, Virginia, and recorded in Chalkley's records of Augusta County, Volume 2, page 274, was made by Robert Gamble, Sr. on Oct. 25, 1806, in Knox County, Tennessee. Robert Gamble deposed that he know the land in question first in 1741 or 1742, when a man named Patterson lived on it, and that he (Gamble) had resided in the vicinity from 1737 to 1772. He stated that his age was then 74 years.
(Excerpt from Leaves From The Family Tree, by Penelope Johnson Allen – written for the Chattanooga Times between 1933 and 1937)
Samuel Gamble served as justice of the peace for several years in Rhea County, before Meigs County was cut from it and took an active part in the affairs of the settlement along the Hiwassee River. His homestead was located on Gunstocker Creek at what is now known as the S. D. McCulley farm in the First Civil District of Meigs County.
Samuel Gamble was born in what is now East Tennessee in 1785 and died in Meigs County, Tennessee, Aug. 13, 1855; married Aug. 19, 1823 in Rhea (now Meigs) County, Tennessee. Matilda Rigg, who was born in Virginia Nov. 29, 1803; died in Meigs County Oct. 15, 1855.
They had issue:
(1) Child born Jan. 6, 1825
(2) Eliza Jane Gamble, born Jan. 8, 1826; died Oct. 1, 1830
(3) William Alexander Gamble, born Jan. 11, 1828; married Dec. 25, 1866 Margaret Foster
(4) Charles Rigg Gamble, born Dec. 18, 1829; married 1854 E. Camron
(5) Margaret Joanna Gamble, born Nov. 20, 1831 married Jan. 21, 1847, J. M. Campbell
(6) Charity Agnes Gamble, born Nov. 19, 1834; died Sept. 13, 1853; married J. N. Witt
(7) Robert Lapsley Gamble, born Dec. 10, 1836; married June 29, 1859, Permelia Elizabeth Tillery
(8) Mary Ann B. Gamble, born Dec. 23, 1838; married Feb. 21, 1860, W. R. Davis
(9) John C. Gamble, born April 11, 1841; married Sept. 13, 1866 Adelia L. Gamble
(10) Samuel H. Gamble, born Sept. 16, 1843; married Oct. 23, 1866 "Sen" Witt
The record of the Gamble family is taken from the family bibles of Samuel Gamble, an early citizen of Meigs County, and is of interest to the many descendants of the pioneer, Robert Gamble, Sr., father of Samuel Gamble, who emigrated from Virginia to what is now Tennessee shortly after the close of the Revolution and settled on the Holston River in Knox County.
Robert Gamble, Sr. was born in Ireland in July 1732, and came with his parents to America about the year 1735. He grew up in Augusta County, Virginia, where his parents settled, and where descendants of the original emigrant still live.
Robert Gamble, Sr. married Mary McElroy about the year 1755 and they were the parents of a large family of children.
A deposition regarding certain land in Augusta County, Virginia, and recorded in Chalkley's records of Augusta County, Volume 2, page 274, was made by Robert Gamble, Sr. on Oct. 25, 1806, in Knox County, Tennessee. Robert Gamble deposed that he know the land in question first in 1741 or 1742, when a man named Patterson lived on it, and that he (Gamble) had resided in the vicinity from 1737 to 1772. He stated that his age was then 74 years.
Samuel Gamble served as justice of the peace for several years in Rhea County, before Meigs County was cut from it and took an active part in the affairs of the settlement along the Hiwassee River. His homestead was located on Gunstocker Creek at what is now known as the S. D. McCulley farm in the First Civil District of Meigs County.
Samuel Gamble was born in what is now East Tennessee in 1785 and died in Meigs County, Tennessee, Aug. 13, 1855; married Aug. 19, 1823 in Rhea (now Meigs) County, Tennessee. Matilda Rigg, who was born in Virginia Nov. 29, 1803; died in Meigs County Oct. 15, 1855.
They had issue:
(1) Child born Jan. 6, 1825
(2) Eliza Jane Gamble, born Jan. 8, 1826; died Oct. 1, 1830
(3) William Alexander Gamble, born Jan. 11, 1828; married Dec. 25, 1866 Margaret Foster
(4) Charles Rigg Gamble, born Dec. 18, 1829; married 1854 E. Camron
(5) Margaret Joanna Gamble, born Nov. 20, 1831 married Jan. 21, 1847, J. M. Campbell
(6) Charity Agnes Gamble, born Nov. 19, 1834; died Sept. 13, 1853; married J. N. Witt
(7) Robert Lapsley Gamble, born Dec. 10, 1836; married June 29, 1859, Permelia Elizabeth Tillery
(8) Mary Ann B. Gamble, born Dec. 23, 1838; married Feb. 21, 1860, W. R. Davis
(9) John C. Gamble, born April 11, 1841; married Sept. 13, 1866 Adelia L. Gamble
(10) Samuel H. Gamble, born Sept. 16, 1843; married Oct. 23, 1866 "Sen" Witt
The record of the Gamble family is taken from the family bibles of Samuel Gamble, an early citizen of Meigs County, and is of interest to the many descendants of the pioneer, Robert Gamble, Sr., father of Samuel Gamble, who emigrated from Virginia to what is now Tennessee shortly after the close of the Revolution and settled on the Holston River in Knox County.
Robert Gamble, Sr. was born in Ireland in July 1732, and came with his parents to America about the year 1735. He grew up in Augusta County, Virginia, where his parents settled, and where descendants of the original emigrant still live.
Robert Gamble, Sr. married Mary McElroy about the year 1755 and they were the parents of a large family of children.
A deposition regarding certain land in Augusta County, Virginia, and recorded in Chalkley's records of Augusta County, Volume 2, page 274, was made by Robert Gamble, Sr. on Oct. 25, 1806, in Knox County, Tennessee. Robert Gamble deposed that he know the land in question first in 1741 or 1742, when a man named Patterson lived on it, and that he (Gamble) had resided in the vicinity from 1737 to 1772. He stated that his age was then 74 years.
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