Roxannah Adelaide Gardner

Roxannah married Robert M. Farthing on 5 Sep 1898. Robert and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Physician

Oliver married Margaret Young on 13 May 1858. Margaret (daughter of James Young and Blanton) was born on 30 Nov 1839; died on 26 Jul 1891 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Cemetery: Gardner Homestead, Cleveland County, NC

Notes:

From Clevelamd Gardner's notes: William Gardner and wife settled on Vaughn's Creek lying southeast and adjoining that of his father. Here the young Gardner aquired a large plantation lying on the east side of First Broad River and extending down the river below Double Shoals. This included the later home place of Dick and Schenck Spangler. His youngest daughter Nancy Gardner Crowder and her husband later lived here. This property was later owned by by Dick Spangler. During September 1847 William Gardner and all his family were ill with typhoid fever. William died on Sunday the 12th and his daughter Jane died the following Sunday. He was 46 and Jane was 17. They were buried next to each other on this farm.

Cemetery:
This cemetery can be reached from Lawndale, NC by going east on NC 182 until you are about out of Lawndale and then making a right turn onto Ball Park Road. Go out Ball Park Rd. about a mile until you start to go into a curve to the left and there you turn right onto Power House Road. Go about two tenths of a mile out this road and find a paved drive to the right. This drive has a gate that might or might not be closed. The cemetery is at the top oh the little hill on the right side of the road, There is junk all over the cemetery and several pretty large trees. There is evidence of several other graves but only two that can be read. This is one of those really sad cemeteries.

William married Rebecca Beam on 4 Sep 1827. Rebecca (daughter of Martin Beam, Sr. and Elizabeth Alexander) was born in 1806; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Blanton. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

From Clevelamd Gardner's notes: Thomas and Olive Gardner married and settled on the east side of the First Broad River and Magness Creek about 300 yards northeast of the John Harrelson home place and the Ham Williams homestead. This was in the part of Rutherford County that became Cleveland Co. in 1841. The old Lincolnton - Rutherford Stagecoach route ran through his land and crossed First Broad River on his land at a place called Gardner's Ford just below Lawndale. Thomas' youngest son, six grandsons and six great grandsons served in the Civil War. His son, four grandsons and two great grandsons were killed or died from war causes. One great grandson was MIA. There is a family tradition that Thomas may have been a preacher as he was called Elder Gardner. Thomas Gardner and his wife are buried in the Family cemetery on their plantation situated a quarter mile east of the home of the late Ralph Hord.

Land Entries in Rutherford County, N.C. 18 Nov 1794 100 acres on North side of Magness Creek bordered by his father's land and near Capt. Willison.

Thomas purchased at aucton a Negro woman who was brought from Virginia about the year of 1800. This woman had a child named Flora. Albert Hord of Shelby, a teacher and minister, is a half brother as they had the same father. Flora was left to Thomas' wife and thence to her daughters. Flora had four children: Jay Gardner Emma Gardner who married Bill Schenck son of Dick Schenck - a slave of Major Schenck's father. Alice Gardner was married Joe Goode Charlie Gardner who lived in Chicago, Ill

Thomas married Mary Olivine "Ollie" Martin on 25 Nov 1792 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Mary (daughter of Christopher Martin) was born in 1780; died on 29 Jul 1856 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; was buried in Cleveland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Farmer And Midwife

Notes:

From Clevelamd Gardner's notes: Olivine lived on the Catawba River before her marriage to Thomas. Upon the death of her husband, Olivine bought a farm lying between New Bethel Baptist Church and the Philidelphia Negro Church which joined the plantation of Colonel Grigg on the east. Here she and her two daughters resided until their deaths. Ollie was a midwife and it is said that this was the means she used to procure the money to purchase her new home and farm. ___________________________________________________________________ An original bill of sale has been located amoung papers of John Poston. This document is dated 31 May 1821. The bill of sale is for: one still ten hogsheads one singlein tub one doublin Cagg one singlein Cagg one Can flakstone It does not mention the price. The document is signed by Martin Gardner and Olive Gardner made her mark. This would indicate that Thomas Gardner has already died by this date. See notes under her daughter Elizabeth Gardner.

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• Cemetery: Beamsdale Farm Of David Elliott, Cleveland County, NC

Notes:

He settled in upper Cleveland County, Noth Carolina and built a mill in connection with his farm. He raised a large family...five sons and five daughters

Martin married Elizabeth Alexander on 18 Oct 1803 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Elizabeth and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]