Lieutenant Basil Gaither

1751 - 1803  (52 years)

• Name	Basil Gaither  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Prefix	Lieutenant
  Alt. Birth	Abt 1748	Montgomery County, Maryland   [1]
  Born	1751	Frederick County, Maryland   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Military Award	30 Aug 1777	Montgomery County, Maryland   [4]
  	commison of lieutenant in Captain Briscoe's Company, Middle Battalion of Militia
  Military Award	12 Sep 1777	Montgomery County, Maryland   [4]
  	commission of captain
  Land Grant	1785	Mocksville, Davie, North Carolina   [4]
  	500 acres on Elisha's Creek
  Political	North Carolina   [4]
  	member of the upper house of the State Legislature
  Political	North Carolina   [4]
  	represented Rowan County in the lower house
  Died	Aug 1803	Rowan County, North Carolina   [1]
  Person ID	I33047	If the Legends Are True...
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2008

  
  

  Father	Edward Gaither,   b. 20 Dec 1714, All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland ,   d. Between 26 Mar 1777 and 11 Jun 1777, Montgomery County, Maryland  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Widow Eleanor Whittle,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F11645	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Watkins,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	20 Dec 1766  [1]
  Alt. Marriage	Abt 1773  [4]
  Move	1781	Iredell County, North Carolina   [4]
  Children	1. Eleanor Gaither,   b. 7 Jul 1769, Montgomery County, Maryland ,   d. 12 Oct 1825  (Age 56 years)   2. Nicholas Watkins Gaither,   b. Bef 1774,   d. 21 Jan 1824, Davie County, North Carolina  (Age ~ 50 years)   3. Walter Gaither,   b. Bef 1774, Montgomery County, Maryland ,   d. Between 22 Oct 1824 and 22 Nov 1825, Rowan County, North Carolina  (Age ~ 50 years)   4. Basil Gaither,   b. 21 Dec 1774, Montgomery County, Maryland ,   d. 1832, Tipton County, Tennessee  (Age 57 years) + 5. Gassaway Gaither,   b. 3 Jul 1778, Montgomery County, Maryland ,   d. 30 Sep 1847-28 Feb 1848, Davie County, North Carolina  (Age 69 years)   6. Nathan Gaither,   b. 15 Sep 1788, Mocksville, Davie, North Carolina ,   d. 12 Aug 1862, Columbia, Adair, Kentucky  (Age 73 years)   7. Betsy Gaither,   b. 26 Nov 1788, Davie County, North Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Martha Gaither,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2008
  Family ID	F11654	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S227] Fredric Z. Saunders, Fredric Z. Saunders, (Midvale, Utah: fzsaund@ix.netcom.com, 18 Nov 2006), Genealogy of Gaither Family of Virginia to Maryland to North Carolina (Reliability: 3). [S228] Ancestral Colonial Families, by Luther W. Welsh, (Independence, Missouri: Lambert Moon Print Company, 1928, 213 pages), page 202 (Reliability: 3). [S420] Anne Arundel Gentry, Harry Wright Newman, (Baltimore, Maryland: Maryland Pioneer Series, 1933), page 368 (Reliability: 4). [S420] Anne Arundel Gentry, Harry Wright Newman, (Baltimore, Maryland: Maryland Pioneer Series, 1933), page 374 (Reliability: 4).