Early resident

Born:

December 23, 1759, Cumberland, Pennsylvania

Died:

November 30, 1843, Mecca, Park County, Indiana

Buried:

Hixon Cemetery near Mecca, Indiana

Notes:

•  Documented evidence Joseph was in the area now known as Madison County as early as 1808. - Record

•  Joseph Gormley married Margaret Slowne Aug. 6, 1818 in Madison County. - MCRC

•  Census of Madison County (Enumeration taken Jan, 1809):
     Free White Males Under 21 - 5
     Free White Males Over 21 - 1
     Free White Females Under 21 - 1
     Free White Females Over 21 -3
     Total of Free White Inhabitants - 10
     Total Slaves - 0 - Brantley

•  "It is believed Joseph lived in Alabama for twenty years and during this time his family had grown and his wife died. Some of his children continued to live in Alabama but his oldest son James moved to Indiana in 1827, where he administered the estate of a member of the 'Cronk' family relatives of his wife. In 1829 Joseph feeling perhaps a belated urge of wanderlust or perhaps just a need for family, sold his land to Joseph Kelly 22 December 1829 and moved to Indiana." - Genealogy.com


Related Links:

•  Brantley - Three Capitals: A Book About the First Three Capitals of Alabama St. Stevens, Huntsville & Cahawba, by William H. Brantley, 1947, 1976, page 216.

•  Genealogy.com - Compilation of biographical and genealogical information.

•  MCRC - Madison County Records Center

•  Rankin Family File - John P. Rankin has collected information for files on significant families of Madison County. He has 10 items in the Gormley Family File.

•  Record - A Dream Come True: The Story of Madison County and Incidentially of Alabama and the United States, Volume II, by James Record, 1978, page 524.

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