Ancestry of Al Gore

compiled from various sources, some of whom, notably Michael Pollock (mpollock@mindspring.com), Kees van den Berg (kkees@worldonline.nl), Dawna Lund (DawnaJL@aol.com), and Raymond L. Maris (raymond@maris.net) can be publicly acknowledged.






William Addams Reitwiesner

wargs@wargs.com


Ancestry of Al Gore
1 Albert Arnold ("Al") Gore, Jr., b. Washington, D.C. 31 March 1948, US Representative from Tennessee 1977-1985, US Senator from Tennessee 1985-1993, US Vice President 1993-2001
m. National Cathedral, Washington, D. C., 19 May 1970
Mary Elizabeth ("Tipper") Aitcheson, b. Washington, D. C., 19 Aug. 1948, dau. of John Kenneth Aitcheson Jr. and of Margaret Ann Carlson.
Further details of her ancestry can be found here.
PARENTS
2 Albert Arnold Gore, Sr., b. Granville, Jackson Co., Tenn. 26 Dec. 1907, living with parents Smith Co., Tenn., 1920, U.S. Representative from 1939 to 1953, U.S. Senator from 1953 to 1971, d. Carthage, Tenn., 5 Dec. 1998, bur. Grave 3, Lot 18, Section C, in the Smith Co., Tenn., cemetery
m. Tompkinsville, Ky., 17 April 1937
3 Pauline LaFon, b. Weakley Co., Tenn. 1913, living with parents Weakley Co., Tenn., 1920, d. Carthage, Tenn., 15 Dec. 2004
GRANDPARENTS
4 Allen Gore, b. Carthage, Smith Co., Tenn. 20 May 1869, living Smith Co., Tenn., 1900, living Smith Co., Tenn., 1920, d. Carthage, Smith Co., Tenn., 3 March 1956, bur. Ridgewood Cem., Carthage
m. by ca. 1895
5 Margie Denny, b. Smith Co., Tenn., 23 Oct. 1878, living with husband Smith Co., Tenn., 1900, living with husband Smith Co., Tenn., 1920, d. Carthage, Smith Co., Tenn., 10 July 1963, bur. beside her husband, Ridgewood Cem., Carthage, Tenn
6 Walter L. LaFon, b. Tenn. 29 Sept. 1887, living with parents Weakley Co., Tenn. 1900, living Weakley Co., Tenn. 1920, d. 1950
m. Craighead Co., Arkansas 7 May 1905
7 Maude Gatlin, b. Brookland, Craighead Co., Arkansas 22 Dec. 1887, living with husband Weakley Co., Tenn., 1920, d. Weakley Co., Tenn. 16 Dec. 1971, bur. Hollywood Cem., Jackson, Madison Co., Tenn.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
8 Charles Claiborn Gore, b. Overton Co., Tenn. 16 Jan. 1840, living Overton Co., Tenn. 1860, d. Smith Co., Tenn., 12 Sept. 1912, bur. Bennett Cem., rem. to Dixon Springs, Smith Co., Tenn.
m. Smith Co., Tenn. 11 Jan. 1859
9 Elizabeth Robinson, b. ca. 1838 (per death cert., which gives "don't know" as birthplace) or (Macoupin Co.?) Illinois ca. 1843, living with husband Overton Co., Tenn., 1860, where she was described as ae. 15 (thus b. 1845) and born in Tennessee living as widow Overton Co., Tenn., 1920, d. Livingston, Overton Co., Tenn. 3 March 1924, ae. 86, bur. Dixon Springs Cem., Smith Co., Tenn.
10 Wiley Brown Denny, b. Smith Co., Tenn. ca. 1841, living with parents Smith Co., Tenn. 1860, living with later wife at New Middleton, Smith Co., Tenn. 1920, d. Brush Creek, Tenn., 17 Feb. 1922
m. Smith Co., Tenn. 18 Sept. 1864
11 [Sarah] Elizabeth Waggoner, b. Tenn. (Johnson Co.?) 26 Aug. 1846, living with parents Smith Co., Tenn., 1860, d. Tenn. 9 Sept. 1888
12 Simpson Whit LaFon, b. Tenn. 22 Sept. 1855, living with parents Henry Co., Tenn., 1860, living Weakley Co., Tenn., 1900, d. Henry Co., Tenn. 26 Sept. 1910, bur. Bethany Cem., Henry Co., Tenn.
m. Weakley Co., Tenn., 2 June 1881
13 Luna M./E[ffee] Stephenson, b. Weakley Co., Tenn., 11 Jan. 1867, living with husband Weakley Co., Tenn. 1900, living as widow Weakley Co., Tenn., 1920, d. Palmersville, Henry Co., Tenn. 12 March 1938, bur. Bethany Cem., Henry Co., Tenn.
14 Thomas T. Gatlin, b. Hardeman Co., Tenn. 11 Oct. 1849, living with parents Henderson Co., Tenn., 1860, d. Brookland, Craighead Co., Arkansas 1 Aug. 1896, bur. Pineland Cem. in Brookland
m. [1882 or 1884]
15 Claudia McNeil, b. Greene Co., Arkansas 20 Aug. 1856, d. Arkansas 1893
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
16 Mounce Gore, b. ca. 1810, d. Windle, Tenn. 1849, bur. Shiloh Cem., Windle, Roaring River, Tenn.
m. Overton Co., Tenn., ca. 1834
17 Rebecca Simcock, b. Overton Co., Tenn. 1815 (her tombstone says, apparently in error, that she was b. in 1810), living in Overton Co., Tenn., 1860, d. Overton Co., Tenn. Dec. 1867, bur. Shiloh Cem., Windle, Roaring River, with husband and their dau. Samantha Wilson
18 [Joseph] Allen Robinson, b. Defeated Creek, Smith Co., Tenn. 1811, d. Smith Co., Tenn. 19 March 1882
m. by 1835
19 Martha Stanford, b. North Carolina ca. 1815, d. Defeated Creek, Tenn. July 1859
20 Wiley Denny, b. [Granville Co.?] North Carolina ca. 1791-94, living Smith Co., Tenn. 1860, d. Smith Co., Tenn. between 20 March 1854 (date of will) and April 1869 (date of probate)
m. ca. 1817
21 Clary Enoch, b. North Carolina ca. 1800, living with husband Smith Co., Tenn., 1860, d. Smith Co., Tenn. 4 May 1887 "while crossing a field and was killed by a vicious ram"
22 Jacob Waggoner, b. ca. 1803, living Smith Co., Tenn. 1860 (owning 16 slaves), d. 1893
m. by 24 Sept. 1834
23 Celia ----, b. 7 May 1808, living with husband Smith Co., Tenn., 1860, d. Smith Co., Tenn. 23 Oct. 1878, bur. Waggoner Cem., Smith Co., Tenn
24 Emanuel M. LaFon, b. North Carolina 7 June 1826 (7 Jan. 1826 on g.s.), living Henry Co., Tenn. 1860, d. Henry Co., Tenn. 5 June 1891, bur. Bethany Cem., Henry Co., Tenn. (bur. as "A.M." LaFon)
m.
25 Louisa J. Alexander, b. North Carolina 26 March 1827, living with husband Henry Co., Tenn., 1860 (b. S.C.), living with son (William) in Henry Co., Tenn. 1900, d. Henry Co., Tenn. 10 May 1906, bur. as "L.J. Lafon", Bethany Cem., Henry Co.,
26 Malcus Adonia "Mack" Stephenson, b. Wake Co., N.C. 23 June 1838, living with father Weakley Co., Tenn., 1860, living Weakley Co., Tenn. 1900, d. Weakley Co., Tenn. 10 Feb. 1916 (obit headlined "The Passing Away of a Noble Patriot"), bur. Zions Hill Cem., Weakley Co., Tenn.
m. Weakley Co., Tenn. 6 May 1863
27 Annie Eliza Joyner alias Stunston, b. Weakley Co., Tenn. 10 March 1848, living with husband Weakley Co., Tenn. 1900, d. Weakley Co., Tenn. 27 Nov. 1902, bur. with husband
28 William Gatlin, b. Clarksburg, Tenn. ca. 1818, living Henderson Co., Tenn. 1860 (b. N.C.),
m. Carroll Co., Tenn. 21 Aug. 1842
29 Angeline Box, b. Clarksburg, Tenn. ca. 1827, living with husband Henderson Co., Tenn., 1860,
30 Larkin Baker McNeill, b. Claiborn Co., Tenn. 26 Jan. 1819, d. Nettleton, Craighead Co., Ark. 11 June 1903, bur. Clarks Chapel Cemetery, Green Co., Ark
m. Randolph, Georgia, 7 March 1849
31 Frances Elizabeth Thompson, b. Pulaski Co., Ga., 29 Sept. 1828, d. Paragould, Greene Co., Ark., Jan. 1880, bur. Clarks Chapel Cemetery, Green Co., Ark
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
32 Isaac Gore, b. Shenandoah Co., Va. 27 Sept. 1782, d. Overton Co., Tenn. 1847-1850
m.
33 Elizabeth "Nettie" Simcoe
34 John Simcock or Simcoke, a Quaker, b. New Jersey 1772, d. West River twp., Randolph Co., Indiana 11 July 1853
m. Grayson Co., Va. (marr. bond 27 Sept. 1796), separated (but not divorced) by 1829
35 Hope "Hopie" Bryant, b. Grayson Co., Va. ca. 1781, married, Overton Co., Tenn., 15 Aug. 1829, Michael C. A. Hall, who sued her for divorce in Sept. 1831 on the basis that she had never been divorced from John Simcock and from another (unnamed) husband, living Overton Co., Tenn. 1850, bur. Overton Co., Tenn.
36 Samuel Robinson, b. Cumberland Co., Va. 28 Dec. 1765, will dated 16 Sept. 1826, probated Aug. 1827, d. Smith Co., Tenn. 1827, bur. Horseshoe Bend, Smith Co., Tenn., removed to Dixon Springs Cem., Smith Co., Tenn.
m. Cumberland Co., Va. 22 Aug. 1788
37 Mary Frances "Frankey" Brown, living 16 Sept. 1826, d. ca. 1830s-40s
38 Jonathan Stanford, possibly the man of this name in Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina in 1810 who was b. ca. 1786
m.
39 ----
40 John B. Denny, b. [Granville Co.?] North Carolina before 1775, d. Smith Co., Tenn. in May 1847, will dated 13 May 1847, probated June 1847
m. by ca. 1793
41 Cary ----, b. N.C. ca. 1757, d. 1850
42 John Enoch
m.
43 ----
44 [poss.] Christopher Waggoner, b. Bucks Co., Penn. 20 June 1755, d. Humphrey Co., Tenn. post 27 Oct. 1834
m.
45 ----
46 ----
m.
47 ----
48 W[illiam] LaFon, b. North Carolina ca. 1784, living Weakley Co., Tenn. 1850
m.
49 Julia ---- b. North Carolina ca. 1794, living Weakley Co., Tenn. 1850
50 [prob.] Simpson Alexander, b. Union Co., South Carolina ca. 1795, living Henry Co., Tenn. 1850
m.
51 [prob.] Elizabeth ---, b. South Carolina ca. 1792, living Henry Co., Tenn. 1850 living Hamilton Co., Tenn. 1860 (b. Tenn),
52 Mann P[atterson] Stephenson, b. Wake Co., N.C. 19 May 1814, living Weakley Co., Tenn. 1860, d. Weakley Co., Tenn. 12 Dec. 1891
m. Wake Co., N.C. 4 April 1837
53 Sophia W. Todd, b. Wake Co., N.C.? 22 Dec. 1815, d. Weakley Co., Tenn. 27 Sept. 1846
54 Lewis Stunston, b. Weakley Co., Tenn. 20 Oct. 1821, d. 5 Jan. 1896, living Weakley Co., Tenn. 1860 (owning 6 slaves), m1. 1845 Louiza Anderson, m2. Anna
by non-marital liaison
55 Harriet L. Joyner, b. Weakley Co., Tenn. 16 Dec. 1832, living with son-in-law Weakley Co., Tenn. 1900, d. Weakley Co., Tenn. 6 Dec. 1906, unmarried
56 ---- Gatlin
m.
57 ----
58 James Box, b. Germany 1786, d. Clarksburg, Tenn
m.
59 Susanna ----, b. South Carolina 1790
60 George McNeill b. 21 Sept. 1786, d. 20 July 1870
m.
61 ----
62 ---- Thompson
m.
63 ----
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
64 John Gore, b. New Market, Shenandoah Co., Va. 17 March 1761, d. Overton Co., Tenn. 4 or 7 April 1834
m. Shenandoah Co., Va. 17 Dec. 1781
65 Elizabeth Grigsby/Grisby, b. ca. 1760-1, d. Overton Co., Tenn. after 3 Sept. 1838 when she was ae. 78
66 ---- Simcoe
m.
67 ----
68 John Simcock, b. Greenwich, Sussex Co., N.J., 5.10 mo.1747, d. Clinton Co., Ohio, 14 Apr. 1825
m. Kingwood Monthly Meeting, Hunterdon Co., N.J., 14 Nov. 1771
69 Mary Kelly, b. Kingwood, Hunterdon Co., N.J., ca. 1747, d. Clinton Co., Ohio, after 1825
70 John Bryant, b. Carteret Co., N.C. ca. 1742, of Grayson Co., Va., and of Westfield, N.C. Monthly Meeting, d. Grayson Co., Va., after 17.3 mo.1800 (date of will)
m. Carteret Meeting House, Carteret Co., N.C. 7.12 mo.1760
71 Lydia Allen, d. prob. Grayson Co., Va., after 1802
72 Hezekiah Robinson, of Cumberland Co., Va., b. Va., ca. 1734, d. after 24 Sept 1798
m.
73 Judith ----, of Cumberland Co., Va., fl. 1765
74 ---- [Brown]
m.
75 ----
76 ---- [Stanford]
m.
77 ----
78 ----
m.
79 ----
80 Benjamin Denny, b. Person Co., N.C. 1717, d. Person Co., N.C. 1797
m.
81 Barbara ---- , b. N.C. 1721
82 ----
m.
83 ----
84 ---- [Enoch]
m.
85 ----
86 ----
m.
87 ----
88 ---- [Waggoner]
m.
89 ----
90 ----
m.
91 ----
92 ----
m.
93 ----
94 ----
m.
95 ----
96 ---- [LaFon]
m.
97 ----
98 ----
m.
99 ----
100 ---- [Alexander]
m.
101 ----
102 ----
m.
103 ----
104 Jonathan Stephenson, b. Cumberland Co., N.C. 11 Jan. 1780, d. Weakley Co., Tenn. 27 Oct. 1851
m. Wake Co., N.C. 5 Sept. 1801
105 Nancy Kellam, b. Accomack Co., Va.? 11 Dec. 1780, d. Weakley Co., Tenn. 11 May ---- [1851]
106 Joshua Todd, of Wake Co., N.C., possibly later of Dallas Co., Alabama
m.
107 Sarah ----, b. Wake Co N.C. 1793
108 Henry Stunston, b. S.C. 10 Dec 1776, d. Weakley Co., Tenn., 27 Feb. 1846, bur. Stunston Cem., Weakley Co., Tenn.
m.
109 Elizabeth Hancock, b. S.C. 2 Dec. 1780, d. Weakley Co. 26 Sept 1838, bur. with her husband Stunston Cem., Weakley Co., Tenn.
110 ----
by non-marital liaison
111 Martha Joyner, b. N.C. 10 Jan. 1812, m. by 15 Feb. 1833 Frederick Lilliker (d. ca. 1835-1839) of Weakley Co., Tenn.
112 ---- [Gatlin]
m.
113 ----
114 ----
m.
115 ----
116 ---- [Box]
m.
117 ----
118 ----
m.
119 ----
120 ---- [McNeill]
m.
121 ----
122 ----
m.
123 ----
124 ---- [Thompson]
m.
125 ----
126 ----
m.
127 ----
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS

From this point forward, unknown ancestors will not be given numbers.
128 Henry Gore, b. Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Co., Va. 10 Sept. 1736, will dated 23 Apr 1785, proved Shenandoah Co., Va. 28 Apr 1791
m.
129 Margaret ----, b. ca. 1737
136 John Simcock, b. Abington Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Pa., 2.2mo.1723/4, d. New Bern, Craven Co., N.C., 1756
m. Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Hunterdon Co., N.J., 7.4mo.1744, later separated
137 Asenath Schooley, b. Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon Co., N.J., 18.4mo.1727, d. Newton, Sussex Co., N.J., 12 Dec. 1759, bur. 14 Dec. 1759
140 Nicholas Bryant, d. Carteret Co., N.C., 1769
reported in Core Sound, Carteret Co., N.C., Monthly Meeting, .9mo.1741, to have m.
141 Eleanor Martin, living 17.3mo.1762 when dismissed from Core Sound Monthly Meeting
208 David Stephenson, of Cumberland Co., and Swift Creek, Wake Co., N.C., b. ca. 1750, d. Wake Co., N.C., ca. Thursday 26 Feb. 1808 in 55th year
m.
209 Charity Pearson, b. 1758, d. Wake Co., N.C. 14 Jan. 1808
210 Smith Kellam, of Chatham Co., N.C., in 1793
m.
211 Mary ----
212 Moses Todd, of Salmon Creek, Bertie Co., N.C., and of Little River (now Mark's Creek township), Wake Co., N.C., b. Bertie Co., N.C., ca. 1743, d. Wake Co., N.C., 1816
m. by 24 Oct. 1776
213 Ann Filgo
222 [possibly] David Joyner, b. Surry Co., N.C., ca. 1770, d. Henry Co., Tenn., 1827
m.
223 [possibly] Mary ----, b. N.C. ca. 1780-1790
6/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
256 John Gore, b. Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Co., Va. ca. 1700, will dated 3 Sept. 1766, proved Culpeper Co., Va. 21 Dec. 1769
m. Middlesex Co., Va. 13 May 1725
257 Mary Maderas, b. Middlesex Co., Va., 24 Apr. 1707
272 John Simcock, b. Ridley Township, Chester Co., Pa., 23.7mo.1685, d. Kingwood Monthly Meeting, Hunterdon Co., N.J., 23.4mo.1773
left at liberty by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, 26.2mo.1706, to m.
273 Mary Waln, b. Middleton Township, Bucks Co., Pa., 7.4mo.1687, d. Kingwood Monthly Meeting, Hunterdon Co., N.J., 19.7mo.1771
274 Samuel Schooley, b. Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington Co., N.J., 25.12mo.1697/8, d. Newton, Sussex Co., N.J., 8 Feb. 1761, bur. Hardwick MM Cemetery, near Allamuchy, Warren Co., N.J., 10 Feb. 1761
m. Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington Co., N.J., 27.3mo.1725
275 Avis Holloway, b. Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington Co., N.J., 9.2mo.1706, d. Newton, Sussex Co., N.J., ca. 1785
282 John Martin, will proved Pasquotank Co., Va., 1741/2
m.
283 ----
418 Samuel Pearson, b. Baltimore, Md., 29 Oct. 1721, d. Wake Co., N.C., 4 May 1802
m. by 1766
419 Mary Simmons, b. 1734, d. Wake Co., N.C., 1822
420 Moses Kellam, of Hungars Parish, Northampton Co., Va., d. between 1 Nov. and 14 Dec. 1773
m. by 1766
421 Ann Smith
424 William Todd, of Bertie Co., N.C., d. 1769
m.
425 Katherine ----
426 Anthony Filgo, b. probably by 1725, d. Bertie Co., N.C., 1777
m. ca. 1748
427 Ann Cake
444 [possibly] John Joyner, b. Halifax Co., N.C., ca. 1750
m.
445 [possibly] ----
7/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
512 Joseph Gore, b. Lancaster or Middlesex Co., Va. ca. 1669, d. Middlesex Co., Va., 8 Dec. 1726
m.
513 Mary Allison, b. Oct. 1671, d. before 1709
514 Charles Madeiros
m.
515 Mary Beamon
544 Jacob Simcock, b. Stoke Acton, Cheshire, England, 6 Jan. 1658, d. Abington Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Pa., ca. 1737
m. Chester Monthly Meeting, Delaware Co., Pa., 15 Nov. 1684
545 Alice Maris, b. Inkberrow, Worcestershire, 17.8mo.1660, d. Ridley, Chester Co., Pa., 10.10mo.1726
546 Nicholas Waln, b. Burholme, Yorkshire, ca. 1650, arrived New Castle, Pa., 27.10mo.1682 on the Welcome, bur. Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Pa., 4 Feb. 1721/2
m. Slainmerow, Yorkshire, 1 Oct. 1673
547 Jane Turner
548 Thomas Schooley, b. Aston, West Riding, Yorkshire, 1650 passenger on the "fly-boat" Martha in 1677, d. Chesterfield. Burlington Co., March 1724
m. Burlington Co., N.J., 4 Oct. 1686
549 Sarah Parker, b. ca. 1668
550 John Holloway, b. Frome, Somerset, 3 Aug. 1686, d. Chesterfield, Burlington Co., N.J., 12 Feb. 1717
m. in N.J. in 1705
551 Mary Pharo, b. Nottingham, Burlington Co., N.J., 11 Sept. 1681, d. Chesterfield, Burlington Co., N.J., 12 Dec. 1749
842 Hewitt Smith, will proved 1766, Accomack Co., Va.
m.
843 Isabel ----, will proved 1773, Accomack Co., Va.
854 John Cake, d. ca. 1770/1
m. ca. 1748
855 Mary ----
888 [possibly] Joshua Joyner, will dated 27 Feb. 1768, Halifax Co., N.C.
m.
889 [possibly] Patience ----
8/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
1024 John Goare, d. Middlesex Co., Va., by 1677
m.
1025 Margaret ----, she later m2. George Ransome and then m3. John Ayscough
1026 David Allison, d. Old Rappahannock Co., Va., Feb. 1692
m.
1027 Joan ----
1028 Domingo Madeiros, b. ca. 1620/30 in either Portugal or the new colonies in America d. Middlesex Co., Va., before 1681
m.
1029 Elizabeth ----, who m2. 1681 Thomas Toseley
1088 John Simcock, b. Ridley, Cheshire, 1630, arrived on the Friendship (eighth of Penn's ships), d. Ridley, Chester Co., Pa., 27 March 1703
m. ca. 1658
1089 Elizabeth (possibly Budd), b. ca. 1635, d. Chester Co., Pa., after April 1703
1090 George Maris, b. Inkborough, Worcestershire, 2 Dec. 1632 d. Springfield Township, Chester Co., Pa., 15 Jan. 1705
m. 1659
1091 Alice ----, b. Inkborough, Worcestershire, 16 Jan. 1632, d. Springfield Township, Chester Co., Pa., 11 March 1699
1092 Richard Waln
m.
1093 Jane Rudd
1096 John Schooley, b. Easton-on-Hill, Northamptonshire, ca. 1609, d. Burlington Co., N.J., ca. 1695/6
m. Rotherham, Yorkshire, 23 Apr. 1633
1097 Elizabeth Fletcher, b. Rotherham, West Riding, Yorkshire, d. before 1660
1098 George Parker, b. ca. 1635, d. East Jersey, N.J.
m.
1099 Sarah ----, d. Northampton, Burlington Co., ca. 1720/1722
1102 James Pharo, of Great Drayton, Nottinghamshire, d. Nottingham, Burlington Co., N.J., May 1688, bur. Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington Co., N.J., 31 May 1688
m. Bawtry, Nottinghamshire, 13 Dec. 1673
1103 Anne Murfin, of Hains Greane, Nottinghamshire
1776 [possibly] Nathan Joyner, will dated 23 Feb. 1760, Halifax Co., N.C.
m.
1777 [possibly] Ann ----
9/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
2180 George Maris
m.
2181 Alice Collier
2192 Richard Scholey
m.
2193 ----
2194 Richard Fletcher
m.
2195 Alice ----




EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS



1920 Tennessee, Smith County, vol. 78, ED 116, sheet 6, line 33

                                                Father's     Mother's
              Age    Rel   Status  Birthplace   Birthplace   Birthplace
Gore Allen    51      H      M     Tennessee    Tennessee    Tennessee
     Margie   41      W      M     Tennessee    Tennessee    Tennessee
     Reggie   24      S            Tennessee    Tennessee    Tennessee
     Albert   12      S            Tennessee    Tennessee    Tennessee
     Bettie   10      D            Tennessee    Tennessee    Tennessee
     Grace     7      D            Tennessee    Tennessee    Tennessee

He was a farmer, general farming
Reggie was a laborer at a home farm

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1920 Tennessee, Overton County, vol. 63, ED 62, sheet 12, line 91

                                                   Father's     Mother's
                 Age    Rel   Status  Birthplace   Birthplace   Birthplace
Gore Elizabeth   78      H      W     Tennessee    Virginia     Virginia
     Charles C   33      S      S     Tennessee    Tennessee    Tennessee
     Lee Ann     45   cousin/   S     Tennessee    Tennessee    Tennessee
                     housekeeper

She had no occupation.
Charles was a lawyer, general practice
Lee Ann was a servant, private family

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1920 Tennessee, Smith County, New Middleton, vol. 78, ED 116, sheet 10, line 60

                                                    Father's     Mother's
                Age      Rel   Status  Birthplace   Birthplace   Birthplace
Dinney Brown    80        H      M     Tennessee    Tennessee    Tennessee
       Martha   52        W      M     Tennessee    Tennessee    Tennessee
       Rossie   21        S            Tennessee    Tennessee    Tennessee
Agee Alina       4 4/12   GD           Tennessee    Tennessee    Tennessee
Frye Ona M      17        GD           Tennessee    Tennessee    Tennessee

He was a farmer, general farming

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1920 Tennessee, Weakley County, vol. 87, ED 137, sheet 3, line 13

                                                   Father's     Mother's
                  Age   Rel   Status  Birthplace   Birthplace   Birthplace
Lafon Walter S    32     H      M     Tennessee    Tennessee    Tennessee
      Maude       32     W      M     Arkansas     Arkansas     Arkansas
      Verlie M    13     D            Arkansas     Tennessee    Arkansas
      Thelma      10     D            Arkansas     Tennessee    Arkansas
      Pauline      7     D            Tennessee    Tennessee    Arkansas
      Gibert       4     S            Tennessee    Tennessee    Arkansas
      Simp         1     S            Tennessee    Tennessee    Arkansas

He was a farmer, general farming

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1920 Tennessee, Weakley County, vol. 87, ED 137, sheet 12, line 41

                                                   Father's     Mother's
                  Age   Rel   Status  Birthplace   Birthplace   Birthplace
Lafon Luna E      58     H      W     Tennessee    Tennessee    Tennessee
      Florence    33     D      S     Tennessee    Tennessee    Tennessee

She had no occupation

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1900 Tennessee, Smith County, vol. 66, ED 100, sheet 6, line 82

                                                      Father's     Mother's
                 Rel Status     Born     Birthplace   Birthplace   Birthplace
Gore Allen       H   M 5       May 69    Tennessee    Tennessee    Tennessee
     Maggie      W   M 5 1 1   Oct 78    Tennessee    Tennessee    Tennessee
     Reggie      S             Dec 95    Tennessee    Tennessee    Tennessee

He was a farmer

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1900 Tennessee, Weakley County, vol. 74, ED 117, sheet 9, line 25

                                                      Father's     Mother's
                 Rel Status     Born     Birthplace   Birthplace   Birthplace
Lafan Simp       H   M 19      Sep 55    Tennessee    Tennessee    Tennessee
      Luna       W   M 19 6 6  Jan 67    Tennessee    Tennessee    Tennessee
      Whit       S             Sep 82    Tennessee    Tennessee    Tennessee
      Florence   D             Jan 85    Tennessee    Tennessee    Tennessee
      Watt R     S             Sep 87    Tennessee    Tennessee    Tennessee
      Annie L    D             Aug 89    Tennessee    Tennessee    Tennessee
      Ilar       S             Jun 92    Tennessee    Tennessee    Tennessee
      Carrie     D             Jul 95    Tennessee    Tennessee    Tennessee
Gardner Ed      Svt            Aug 45    Tennessee    Tennessee    Tennessee

He was a farmer
His oldest son was a farm laborer
his oldest daughter was a seamstress
the next two children were at school
Ed Gardner, a black, was a servant

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1900 Tennessee, Henry County, vol. 33, ED 68, sheet 11, line 18

                                                      Father's     Mother's
                 Rel Status     Born     Birthplace   Birthplace   Birthplace
Lafan William R  H   M 10      Oct 53    Tennessee    N Carolina   S Carolina
      Laura      W   M 10 3 3  Sep 72    Tennessee    Tennessee    Kentucky
      Lindy      D             Oct 91    Tennessee    Tennessee    Kentucky
      Manuel     S             Aug 93    Tennessee    Tennessee    Kentucky
      Audrey     D             Dec 95    Tennessee    Tennessee    Kentucky
      Louesy J   M   W    6 6  Apr 27    Tennessee    N Carolina   S Carolina

He was a farmer

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1900 Tennessee, Weakley County, vol. 74, ED 113, sheet 14, line 100

                                                        Father's    Mother's
                    Rel  Status    Born     Birthplace  Birthplace  Birthplace
Stephenson Mack A   H    M 37      Jan 38   N Carolina  N Carolina  N Carolina
           Lizia    W    M 37 9 8  Mar 48   Tennessee   Tennessee   Tennessee
           Floyd    S              Sep 74   Tennessee   N Carolina  Tennessee
           Lela E   D              Sep 79   Tennessee   N Carolina  Tennessee
           Jesse H  S              Oct 82   Tennessee   N Carolina  Tennessee
           Mary     D              Nov 87   Tennessee   N Carolina  Tennessee
Vincent Silas       Bo             May 76   Tennessee   Tennessee   Tennessee
Joiner Hairt        M L   W   1 1  Sep 30   Tennessee   Kentucky    Kentucky

He was a farmer
His sons, and his boarder, were farm laborers

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1860 Tennessee Free, Overton County, 2nd District, p. 186 [165], Line 21

                                      Real     Personal
               Age   Sex  Occupation Property  Property    Birthplace
Gore Rebeca     44    F                600       400       Virginia
     Overton    13    M                                    Tennessee
     Wilson      1    F                                    Tennessee
     Martella    1    F                                    Tennessee

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1860 Tennessee Free, Overton County, 3rd District, p. 197 [171], Line 23

                                      Real     Personal
               Age   Sex  Occupation Property  Property    Birthplace
Gore Claborn    19    M    Farmer      200        75       Tennessee
     Elizabeth  15    F                                    Tennessee
     Marion     5/12  M                                    Tennessee

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1860 Tennessee Free, Smith County, District 17, p. 49 [396], Line 19

                                        Real     Personal
               Age   Sex  Occupation   Property  Property    Birthplace
Denney Wiley    69    M    Farmer       1500       850       Virginia 
       Cary     59    F    Housekeeper                       North Carolina
       Amanda   19    F                                      Tennessee
       Brown    17    M    Laborer                           Tennessee
       Saml     15    M    Laborer                           Tennessee

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1860 Tennessee Free, Smith County, District 14, p. 20 [372], Line 36

                                         Real     Personal
                Age   Sex  Occupation   Property  Property    Birthplace
Wagner Jacob     57    M    Farmer       7000      10000      Tennessee
       Celia     52    F    Housekeeper                       Tennessee     
       Sarah E   13    F                                      Tennessee
House Elis       55    F                 1500       3000      Tennessee
Wagner Timmep     8    F                                      Tennessee
       Jacob H    7    M                                      Tennessee

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1860 Tennessee Slave, Smith County, District 14, p. 6 [275], col. 1, Line 30

                                   Number of
  Owner         Age   Sex   Race   Slave Houses
Wagner Jacob 
                 35    F     B        1
                 34    M     M        1
                 28    F     M        1
                 20    F     M
                 16    M     B
                 10    M     M
                  6    M     M
                  5    M     M
                  4    F     B
                  1    M     B
                 13    F     M
                 11    F     M
                  9    F     M
                  8    M     M
                  7    F     M
                  2    F     M

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1860 Tennessee Free, Henry County, District 12, p. 191 [426], Line 23

                                           Real     Personal
                  Age   Sex  Occupation   Property  Property    Birthplace
Lafon Amanoul      34    M    Farmer       1800        750      North Carolina
      Louisa       33    F                                      South Carolina
      Elizabeth C   8    F                                      Tennessee
      William R     6    M                                      Tennessee
      Simpson W     4    M                                      Tennessee
      Ann J         3    F                                      Tennessee
      Salind        1    F                                      Tennessee
      Sarah W      3/12  F                                      Tennessee

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1860 Tennessee Free, Hamilton County, District 7, p. 147 [44], Line 13

                                             Real     Personal
                    Age   Sex  Occupation   Property  Property    Birthplace
Alexander Elizabeth  69    F   Housewifery                        Tennessee
          Abagail    34    F                                      Tennessee
          Eliza C    32    F                                      Tennessee
          Mattea     29    F                                      Tennessee
          Samuel     26    M    Farming       600        800      Tennessee

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1860 Tennessee Free, Weakley County, District 1, p. 193 [322], Line 13

                                             Real     Personal
                    Age   Sex  Occupation   Property  Property    Birthplace
Stephenson M P       47    M    Farmer       2500       1000      North Carolina
           Malcus    22    M    Farmer                    50      North Carolina
           William O 20    M                                      North Carolina
           Henry K   18    M                                      North Carolina
           May E     17    F                                      North Carolina
Stephenson Wm        40    M                                      North Carolina

Wm Stephenson was "idiotic"

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1860 Tennessee Free, Weakley County, District 1, p. 181 [316], Line 23

                                           Real     Personal
                  Age   Sex  Occupation   Property  Property    Birthplace
Stunston Lewis     40    M    Farmer       12000      18000     Tennessee
         James     20    M                                      Tennessee
         Rufus     18    M                                      Tennessee

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1860 Tennessee Slave, Weakley County, District 1, p. 54 [440], col. 1, Line 20

                                   Number of
  Owner         Age   Sex   Race   Slave Houses
Stunston Lewis
                 17    M     B
                 18    F     B
                 13    M     B
                 12    M     B
                  8    M     B
                6/12   F     B        1

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1860 Tennessee Free, Henderson County, Civil District 8, p. 123 [243], Line 7

                                           Real     Personal
                  Age   Sex  Occupation   Property  Property    Birthplace
Gatlin Wm          42    M    Farmer        400        150      North Carolina
       Angelina    33    F                                      Tennessee
       S A         16    F                                      Tennessee
       W E         14    F                                      Tennessee
       T T         12    M                                      Tennessee
       S S         10    M                                      Tennessee
       M C          8    F                                      Tennessee
       M J          5    F                                      Tennessee
       S E          3    F                                      Tennessee
       M F          1    F                                      Tennessee

Both Wm and Angela were adults over 20 who could not read or write.

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NOTES






16 -- There were a number of different men named Mounce Gore living in Tennessee in the early 19th century. The relationships among several of them can be summarized as follows: 
                                       Henry Gore                    Mounce Byrd
                                          |                               |
                         ------------------------------------             |
                        |                                    |            |
                    John Gore                           Isaac Gore m. Ingabo Byrd
                        |                                          |
               --------------------                                |
              |                    |                               |
          Isaac Gore          Mounce Gore (1794-)          Mounce Gore (1793-1857)
              |                                                    |
              |                                                    |
     Mounce Gore (1810-1849)                               Mary Gore m. T H Butler
              |                                                    |
              |                                                    |
     Charles Claiborne Gore                                 Mounce Gore Butler
              |
              |
              v
           Al Gore
The name "Mounce" is unusual, as is "Ingabo", but Mounce Byrd (d. 1793) was a son of Andrew Byrd (d. 1750) and Magdalen Jones, daughter of Mounce Jones (Måns Jonasson, 1663-1727) and his wife Ingabo (Ingeborg Pedersdotter Lyckon, 1663-after 1727), emigrants from Sweden to Pennsylvania. Note that Al Gore is not descended from these Swedes.

Mounce Gore Butler (1849-1917), was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee.



544 & 545 have other descendants, such as: 

Jacob Simcock m. Alice Maris
.Sarah Simcock m. Samuel Worthington
 .Samuel Worthington m. Margaret ----
  .John Worthington m. Elizabeth Davis
   .Rhoda Worthington m. Graves Spearman
    .Zora Elizabeth Spearman m. Richard FIeld Adams
     .Silas Graves Adams m. Frances Elizabeth Valentine
      .Grady Henry Ward Adams m. Sallie Maude Roberts
       .Joyce Adams m. Curtis Simpson
        .Joe Simpson m. Tina Ann Drew
         .JESSICA SIMPSON (b. 1980)
         .ASHLEE SIMPSON (b. 1984)




1090 & 1091 have other descendants, such as: 

George Maris m. Alice ----
.Ann Maris m. John Worrilow
|.Sarah Worrilow m. Nicholas Pyle
| .Mary Pyle m. John Newlin
|  .James Newlin m. Deborah Lindley
|   .Jonathan Newlin m. Mary Lindley
|    .Joel Newlin m. Parmelia Adeline Moore
|     .Elizabeth Jane Newlin m. Samuel B. Bird
|      .Claude Bird m. Helen Autumn Henson
|       .Claude Joseph Bird m. Georgia Kerns
|        .LARRY JOE BIRD (b. 1956)
.Elizabeth Maris m. John Mendenhall
|.Aaron Mendenhall m. Rose Peirson
||.Lydia Mary Mendenhall m. Joshua Mendenhall
|| .Jemima Mendenhall m. Thomas Vickers
||  .Martha Vickers m. William Milhous
||   .Joshua Vickers Milhous m. Elizabeth Price Griffith
||    .Franklin Milhous m. Almira Park Burdg
||     .Hannah Milhous m. Francis Anthony Nixon
||      .RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON (1913-1994), US President
|.John Mendenhall m. Susannah Peirson
||.John Mendenhall m. ----
|||.Anne Mendenhall m. James Moon
||| .Hannah Moon m. Edward Bass
|||  .Aaron Bass m. Malenda Wooton
|||   .Pitsy Bass m. William Jesse Ladd
|||    .Nancy Adeline Ladd m. J. Walter Long
|||     .Maud Long m. Clarence Thomas Ford
|||      .TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD (1919-1991)
||.Mordecai Mendenhall m. Charity Grubb Beeson
|| .Richard Mendenhall m. Jane Thornbrugh
||  .John Mendenhall m. Ruth Brown
||   .Margaret Mendenhall m. Athenacius Barnett
||    .Jesse Barnett m. Maria Ballard
||     .Phebe Barnett m. Thomas Nixon Jones
||      .Lindley Murray Jones m. Ada Armstrong
||       .Lindley Armstrong ("SPIKE") JONES (1911-1965)
|.Rose Mendenhall m. James Packer
| .Eli Packer m. Elizabeth Vickers
| |.Moses Packer m. Hannah Packer (below)
| | .James Packer m. Esther Griner/Crider
| |  .ALFERD PACKER (1842-1907)
| .Job Packer m. Hannah Lamborn
|  .Hannah Packer m. Moses Packer (above)
.Richard Maris m. Elizabeth Hayes
 .Joseph Maris m. Ann Shipley
  .Elizabeth Maris m. Enoch Taylor
   .Hannah Taylor m. Samuel Laycock
    .Mary Ann Bonsell Laycock m. Isaac Cody
     .WILLIAM FREDERICK CODY (1846-1917)








FURTHER NOTES




The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) publishes a Patriot Index, a list of persons whose honorable service in the cause of independence during the American Revolution renders their female descendants eligible for membership in the NSDAR. Several ancestors of Al Gore appear in the Patriot Index, including:


    John Gore (number 64)
    Samuel Pearson (number 418)
    Hezekiah Robinson (number 72)
    David Stephenson (number 208)
    Moses Todd (number 212)

While Mr. Gore is not eligible for membership in the NSDAR (by not being female), he is eligible for membership in the equivalent organization for men, the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.















FURTHER NOTES




Several persons have claimed that the author Gore Vidal is related to Al Gore. While it's true that all of us are related, it doesn't appear that Al Gore and Gore Vidal share any traceable Gore ancestors.

Eugene Luther Vidal, Jr., alias "Gore Vidal", was born in Washington, D. C., on 3 October 1925, the son of Eugene Luther Vidal and Nina Gore, daughter of Sen. Thomas Pryor Gore, U.S. Senator from Oklahoma 1907-1921 and 1931-1937 by his wife Nina Kay. The National Cyclopedia of American Biography, in Vol. XXXVI [1950], on p. 22, says that Sen. Thomas Gore was a son of Thomas Madison Gore and Caroline Elizabeth Wingo, a grandson of Ezekiel Fletcher Gore and Mary Green, a great-grandson of Thomas T. Gore and Nancy Sanders, and a great-great-grandson of James Gore, who came from Ireland about 1775 and settled in Frederick County, Maryland.

As shown above, Vice President Al Gore's immigrant Gore ancestor was John Goare of Middlesex County, Virginia, who arrived before 1677. If there was any connection between James Gore and John Goare, it would have to have been before they emigrated (separately) to North America, but their origins are (currently) unknown.





SOURCES CONSULTED AND CITED


See above.



William Addams Reitwiesner

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