Individual Details
Capt Gideon Spencer
(27 May 1760 - 8 May 1822)
Events
| Birth | 27 May 1760 | Aspenwall, Virginia, British America |  | ||
| Military | 1778 - 79 | Ensign; Lieutenant Colonel 26th VA regiment in Revoluntionary War | | ||
| Military | Sep 1779 | ensign - Charlotte, Virginia | | ||
| Tax List | 1782 | Charlotte, Virginia | | ||
| Tax List | 1782 | Charlotte, Virginia | | ||
| Census | 1782 | Charlotte, Virginia | | ||
| Tax List | 1783 | Charlotte, Virginia | | ||
| Tax List | 1784 | Charlotte, Virginia | | ||
| Marriage | 17 Sep 1786 or 21 Sep 1786 | Charlotte, Virginia, United States - Catherine Clements | | ||
| Census | 1790 | ||||
| Signature | 1795 | Charlotte, Virginia | | ||
| Court | 8 Apr 1795 | Charlotte County, Virginia, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 5 Sep 1796 | Catherine Clements | | ||
| Census | 1800 | ||||
| Marriage | 20 Feb 1805 | by Rev Mister Watkins, Powhatan, Virginia, United States - Nancy Ann Porter | | ||
| Religion | 17 Apr 1808 | joined Briery Psybertarian Church - Prince Edward, Virginia | | ||
| Census | 1810 | Charlotte, Virginia, United States | | ||
| Court | 9 Apr 1812 | Richmond. Virginia | | ||
| Census | 7 Aug 1820 | Charlotte, Virginia, United States | | ||
| Will | 23 Apr 1822 | Charlotte, Virginia, United States | | ||
| Death | 8 May 1822 | Charlotte, Virginia, United States | | ||
| Property | 11 Jan 1833 | patent number 7300 for 2,666 2/3 acres; given to his children | |
Families
| Spouse | Catherine Clements (1747 - 1802) |
| Child | Mace Clements Spencer (1788 - 1850) |
| Child | Capt Sion Gideon Spencer (1792 - 1877) |
| Child | Pitman Clements Spencer (1793 - 1860) |
| Child | Thomas Flournoy Spencer Capt (1794 - 1865) |
| Child | Mary A. Clements Spencer (1796 - 1822) |
| Child | Harriett Pierce Spencer (1800 - 1822) |
| Child | Elizabeth Julia Spencer ( - 1818) |
| Spouse | Nancy Ann Porter (1784 - ) |
| Child | Edwin Jefferson Spencer (1806 - ) |
| Child | Isaac Porter Spencer (1808 - 1822) |
| Child | Caroline Matilda Spencer (1810 - 1856) |
| Child | Ann Elizabeth Spencer (1812 - ) |
| Child | Mariah Louisa Spencer (1817 - ) |
| Child | Julia Frances Spencer (1819 - 1857) |
| Father | Thomas Spencer Sr (1721 - 1793) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Julia Flournoy (1721 - 1793) |
| Sibling | Mary Spencer (1742 - 1829) |
| Sibling | Sion Spencer (1744 - 1775) |
| Sibling | Lt John Spencer (1745 - 1828) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Julia Spencer (1747 - 1831) |
| Sibling | Ann Spencer (1749 - 1793) |
| Sibling | Lieut/Col Thomas Spencer Jr (1751 - 1806) |
| Sibling | Martha Owen Spencer (1753 - 1793) |
| Sibling | Samuel Flournoy Spencer (1755 - 1838) |
| Sibling | Judith "Julia" Spencer (1757 - 1793) |
Endnotes
1. Pedigree Resource File Familysearch.
2. Elizabeth Maxwell Steele Clary - typed paged - maybe copied from her Bible ca 1970's.
3. William Gideon Spencer, US Sons of American Revolution Membership Application, 1889-1970. Record for Sarah A Bouldin 1922.
4. Colonial Families, Volume VI, Spencer Family, Page 425 Genealogy.com Library. Spencer family..
5. , W.S. Clary of Greensboro, NC; Genealogy > 2 Roddey - Scot-Irish > Clary > From Bob Roddey; privately held by me, , 2023. a list of family names with their birth, death and marriage dates. Possibly from a Clary Family Bible. Put together by W.S Clary.. W.S. Clary to Bob Roddey to me.
6. JAC Chandler, EG Swem, William and Amary College Quarterly: Historical Magazine, Vol 2, Series 2 (Williamsburg, VA: William and Mary College, published Quarterly, 1922), 88, 1778-79.
7. Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LLD, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography: Volume V (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), image 452, page 866.
8. "Revolutionary War Pension and BountyLand Warrant Application Files," digital images, Fold3 (www.fold3.com: accessed 25 May 2020), p 17, military service and heirs.
9. "Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrants Application Files, Virginia," digital images, Fold3 (www.fold3.com: accessed 25 May 2020), p. 71, Gideon Spencer, deceased, pension file.
10. DAR Packet on Gideon Spencer with Application of M242707;" National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Genealogical Research System, digital image (http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/ : 8 Jul 2017), document 6795547; Access only available at DAR Library, Washington, DC., 12.
11. Henry W Rigby, Early Spencers of Virginia (N.p.: self-published, 1986, available at Virginia State Library), 1.
12. H.W de Krafft, "Militia Officers [Revoluntionary War]," The William and Mary Quarterly Historical Magazine, 2 (April 1922): 88.
13. "Charlotte Co, VA, 1782 Tax List," database, USGenWeb Archives (http://www.vagenweb.org/: accessed 28 February 2021), Ahimaaz, Eleanor, Gedion, John, Mary, Thomas Senr, Thomas Jr, 1782.
14. "Charlotte Co, VA, Personal Property Tax Lists, 1782-1813," digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org: accessed 2 February 2021), im 16, Gideon Spencer; John Spencer; citing FHL microfilm 2024507.
15. Bureau of the Census, Heads of Families at the First Census, 1790: Records of the State Enumerations: 1782 to 1785 (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), image 11.
16. "Charlotte Co, VA, Personal Property Tax Lists, 1782-1813," digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org: accessed 2 February 2021), im 33, Gideon Spencer; John Spencer; citing FHL microfilm 2024507.
17. "Charlotte Co, VA, Personal Property Tax Lists, 1782-1813," digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org: accessed 2 February 2021), im 33, Gideon Spencer; John Spencer; citing FHL microfilm 2024507.
18. Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940 familysearch, Gedeon Spencer [gideon] film:30815, R1 P7.
19. Virginia Marriage to 1800 for clements, catherine, ancestry.com search Gideon Spencer.
20. Virginia, Marriages, 1660-1800, Ancestry.com, Gidion Spencer, Catherine Clements, .
21. Compiled by James W Douglas, A Manual for the Members of the Briery Presbyterian Church: Keysville, VA (Richmond, VA: J MacFarlan, Main Street, December 1828), 25 in pdf of book.
22. unknown, The Colonel Thomas Spencer, Jr. Family (Charlotte County, VA: unknown, unknown), V.
23. "Charlotte Co, VA Marriage registers, v. 1-3 1782-1940," digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org: accessed 11 June 2022), im 29, Gideon Spencer to Catharine Clements, 21 Sep 1786; citing FHL microfilm 7578846.
24. "Chancery Records Index," digital images, Virginia Memory (www.virginiamemory.com: accessed 2 March 2021), index number:1795-010, Elizabeth Speed etc vs John Spencer Exr of Thomas Spencer, 1795.
25. "Charlotte Co, VA, Will index 1765-1904 and Will books, v. 1-2, 1765-1805," digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 8 September 2022), im 411, Gedion Spencer heir of Thomas Spencer, 8 Apr 1795; citing FHL microfilm 30776.
26. Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LLD, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography: Volume V (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), image 452, page 866.
27. "Charlotte Co, VA, Marriage registers, v. 1-3 1782-1900," digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 28 February 2021), im 29, Gideon Spencer and Catharine Clements, 21 Sep 1786; citing FHL microfilm 30815.
28. Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters. Pension application of Gideon Spencer R9973.
29. Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940 familysearch, Gideon Spencer Film 33067.
30. 1860 US Federal Census, Powhatan, Virginia, , enumeration district (ED) My District, 66, Isaac P Spencer; digital images, ancestry.com ( : accessed 26 March 2013).
31. Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850 (online), Ann Porter and Gideon Spencer.
32. unknown, The Colonel Thomas Spencer, Jr. Family (Charlotte County, VA: unknown, unknown), V.
33. Henry W Rigby, Early Spencers of Virginia (N.p.: self-published, 1986, available at Virginia State Library), 1.
34. Compiled by James W Douglas, A Manual for the Members of the Briery Presbyterian Church: Keysville, VA (Richmond, VA: J MacFarlan, Main Street, December 1828), 6.
35. 1820 Census - Virginia>Charlotte>, Not Stated,p46 Gideon Spencer.
36. "Virginia Argus (Richmond, VA)," digital images, Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers (www.chroniclingamerican.loc.gov: accessed 27 February 2021), Gideon Spencer adm'r of Catharine his late wife vs. several including exec of Pittman Clements, his wife brother, 9 Apr 1812; citing Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA.
37. 1820 Census - Virginia>Charlotte>, Not stated, 26..
38. Clary Family Tree and Research Work, Paper Chart of Family Tree, research paper, 11/1/1936, photograph of the original taken 18 November 2012 and 21 April 2013 from Bettie Lobato and Bob Roddey by Ria Lobato, privately held by Edmund B Clary, , New York, New York. Family tree done by Edmund B Clary.
39. Charlotte Co., VA, Will Book 5: 128-9 Gideon Spencer, 23 Apr 1822; Circuit Court, Charlotte Court House.
40. "VA, Charlotte, Will books, v. 3-5, 1805-1825," database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org: accessed 21 March 2023), im 674-676, Will of Gideon Spencer 23 Apr 1822; citing FHL 30777.
41. Elizabeth Maxwell Steele Clary - typed paged - maybe copied from her Bible ca 1970's.
42. William Gideon Spencer, US Sons of American Revolution Membership Application, 1889-1970. Record for Sarah A Bouldin 1922.
43. Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters. Pension application of Gideon Spencer R9973.
44. unknown, The Colonel Thomas Spencer, Jr. Family (Charlotte County, VA: unknown, unknown), V.
45. , W.S. Clary of Greensboro, NC; Genealogy > 2 Roddey - Scot-Irish > Clary > From Bob Roddey; privately held by me, , 2023. a list of family names with their birth, death and marriage dates. Possibly from a Clary Family Bible. Put together by W.S Clary.. W.S. Clary to Bob Roddey to me.
46. Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh MD, MS, LITT.D, Revolutionary War Records: Volume 1, Virginia (Washington, D.C.: n.p., 1936), 116, 376 or [im 131, 392].