Individual Details
(December, 1748 - Abt, 1835)
Joseph Gentry paid property tax in Washington County, North Carolina in 1778 and up until Tennessee became a state in 1796. He helped organize and support the first Roans Creek Church in the area (1792) before Tennessee became a state. He sold his property and iron ore forge site to Nat Taylor in late 1790 and moved to Rogers Creek, Wards Forge where he purchased 500 acres from land agent William Cunningham. The area became known as Gentry's Creek and Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee. He remained there until his death shortly after 1830. He gave his land as follows: In 1811, Benjamin 126 acres, William 181 acres and 1829 to David 193 acres, his last official act.
Events
| Birth | December, 1748 | Hanover County, Virginia | | | |
| Death | Abt, 1835 | Laurel Bloomery, Johnson County, Tennessee | | | |
| Marriage | | Winfred Oliver | | | |
| Burial | | unmarked grave at Gentry Spring, Laurel Bloomery, Johnson County, Tennessee | | | |
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