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Louisa Pocahontas <I>Gordon</I> Zollicoffer

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Louisa Pocahontas Gordon Zollicoffer

Birth
Hickman County, Tennessee, USA
Death
13 Jul 1857 (aged 38)
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
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Wife of Gen. Felix Kirk Zollicoffer .
Age 38, Sex F, Race W, Residence City, Disease Flux, Ref: Cemetery Records
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Louisa P. Gordon was born in her parents' home in what used to be called Gordons Ferry, Tennessee. Her father, John Gordon, operated a ferry on the Duck River, near the present Maury - Hickman County line as early as 1801. (The Gordon House and Duck River Ferry Site is located on the Natchez Trace Parkway at milepost 407.7.)

Name: Louisa P Gordon
Marriage Date: 24 Sep 1835
Marriage Place: Maury, Tennessee, USA
Spouse: Felix K Zollicoffer
Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002

Louisa Pocahontas Gordon Zollicoffer-- Louisa was a descendant of Pocahontas of Jamestown, Virginia, and she married Confederate General Felix Zollicoffer, the first Confederate general to die in the Western Theater of war. Although she gave birth to 13 children, only six survived. Her descendants still reside in the Nashville area today.
Source - Online bio The Nashville City Cemetery Association, Inc.. 2019

DIED
— In Nashville, on Monday last, Mrs. Louisa P. Zollicoffer, wife of Gen. F. K. Zollicoffer.
Weekly Clarksville chronicle, Tennessee, July 17, 1857, Page 2

NOTE: Pocahontas was claimed as an ancestor by Louisa Zollicoffer's Mother Dolly Cross, who named two of their eleven children Powhatan and Louisa Pocahontas, an irony considering her husband John Gordon's renown as an Indian Fighter.  Captain John Gordon served in the Revolutionary War, but he is more famous for fighting Indians in the Creek War in 1812 and the Seminole War in 1817. In both conflicts he served under General Andrew Jackson. (Ancestry.com Member Mabyn Shingleton originally shared this on 18 Aug 2013.)
Wife of Gen. Felix Kirk Zollicoffer .
Age 38, Sex F, Race W, Residence City, Disease Flux, Ref: Cemetery Records
———-
Louisa P. Gordon was born in her parents' home in what used to be called Gordons Ferry, Tennessee. Her father, John Gordon, operated a ferry on the Duck River, near the present Maury - Hickman County line as early as 1801. (The Gordon House and Duck River Ferry Site is located on the Natchez Trace Parkway at milepost 407.7.)

Name: Louisa P Gordon
Marriage Date: 24 Sep 1835
Marriage Place: Maury, Tennessee, USA
Spouse: Felix K Zollicoffer
Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002

Louisa Pocahontas Gordon Zollicoffer-- Louisa was a descendant of Pocahontas of Jamestown, Virginia, and she married Confederate General Felix Zollicoffer, the first Confederate general to die in the Western Theater of war. Although she gave birth to 13 children, only six survived. Her descendants still reside in the Nashville area today.
Source - Online bio The Nashville City Cemetery Association, Inc.. 2019

DIED
— In Nashville, on Monday last, Mrs. Louisa P. Zollicoffer, wife of Gen. F. K. Zollicoffer.
Weekly Clarksville chronicle, Tennessee, July 17, 1857, Page 2

NOTE: Pocahontas was claimed as an ancestor by Louisa Zollicoffer's Mother Dolly Cross, who named two of their eleven children Powhatan and Louisa Pocahontas, an irony considering her husband John Gordon's renown as an Indian Fighter.  Captain John Gordon served in the Revolutionary War, but he is more famous for fighting Indians in the Creek War in 1812 and the Seminole War in 1817. In both conflicts he served under General Andrew Jackson. (Ancestry.com Member Mabyn Shingleton originally shared this on 18 Aug 2013.)

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