Individual Details

Rebecca's father was Christopher Gardner, and Irishman born 1754, and came to America as a boy. Christopher served under Washington and was wounded at Brandwine, moving to Georgia after the Revolution. His first wife died leaving a daughter who married Richard Saye. Rebecca's mother was Sarah Simmons.

She had three brothers - Asa, John & Thomas. Asa moved to Mississippi, as did John. Thomas left a family living near Atlanta. Sarah also had 7 or 8 sisters and a half-sister, Margaret, who married Richard Saye.
Some of the sisters were: Elizabeth who married William Gillespie, Polly who married Lot Rowden, Clarissa who married Thomas Carothers, Catherine who married John Underwood, Nancy who married a Brawner.

Birth	10 Mar 1795
Marriage	16 Jun 1816	Jasper County, Georgia - Samuel Dodson
Death	4 Jan 1872	Summerville, Chattooga County, Georgia

Spouse	Samuel Dodson (1788 - 1879)
Child	George Washington Dodson (1840 - 1916)