Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
NameJob Gorby
Birthabt 1760, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Death1841, Hiramsburg, Noble County, Ohio
BurialCoal Ridge, Noble County, Ohio
FatherThomas Gorby (~1730->1814)
MotherElizabeth Allman (~1740-~1824)
Spouses
Birth3 Jun 1776, Lancaster, York County, Pennsylvania
Death1856, Hiramsburg, Noble County, Ohio
BurialCoal Ridge, Noble County, Ohio
FatherJohn Richmond (1737-1814)
MotherHannah “Anna” Smith (1745-1815)
Marriagebef 1793
Notes for Job Gorby
9
Children:
Eli Gorby b: 1794
Levi Gorby b: 1794 - Has No Children
Elizabeth Gorby b: 1796 in Washington Co, PA - Has No Children
Hannah Gorby b: 1798 in Washington Co, PA - Has No Children
Eli Gorby b: 20 Oct 1800 in Greene Co, PA - Has No Children
John Gorby b: 1802 in Greene Co, PA Or Ohio Co, VA - Has No Children
Thomas Gorby b: 6 Oct 1804 in Majorsville, Ohio Co, VA - Has Children
Levi Gorby b: 1806 in Ohio Co, VA - Has Children
Martha Gorby b: 30 Jun 1808 in Ohio Co, VA - Has Children
David Gorby b: 15 Jun 1810 in On Wheeling Creek, Ohio Co, VA - Has Children
Nancy Gorby b: 23 Oct 1812 in Majorsville, Ohio Co, VA - Has No Children
Rachel Gorby b: 21 Jun 1815 in Ohio Co, VA - Has Children
Payroll of a Company of Washington Co, PA Mil., Capt. John Campbell, actual service of Frontier Rangers by order of Absalom Baird, Esq., Lieut. of said Com. of Washington Co., served 34 days. Private $3.00 per month, received $3.40. Ser. 6, Vol. I, P. 593, PA Archives.
Records show him in Westmoreland Co, PA in 1783, in Fayette Co, PA in 1785, in Washington Co, PA in 1788, and in Greene Co, PA in 1798. Sometime later he moved to Ohio Co, then Virginia, and his homestead is still standing in or near Majorsville, WV, near the Greene Co, PA line.
Courthouse records show Job Gorby owning land in Washington Co and Greene Co, PA, in Ohio Co, VA, and in Noble Co, OH. According to these records, he did much buying and selling of land. There are records of a few forced sales. As late as 1815 he was still owning land in Washington Co and Greene Co, PA, but had moved to VA before 1804, as his son Thomas was born in VA in 1804.
On September 23, 1816, he settled on a farm near Hiramsburg, Noble Co, OH, where he lived until his death. On September 23 and 24, 1916, a reunion of his descendants was held on this farm, celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of his settling there. Over three hundred descendants attended.
The home which Job Gorby built on this farm is not standing, but at his death his son David bought the farm, and the red brick house which he built is still standing. The farm is now owned by strangers.
Some time before 1793, Job Gorby married Hanna Richmond. At the time of their marriage, her family lived in Washington Co, PA, not far from West Alexander.
According to some of the older Gorbys of the fourth and fifth generations, Job Gorby served as a scout in the War of 1812 and he is listed as a member of the Frontier Rangers from Washington Co, PA in 1792.
Job Gorby and Hannah Gorby are both buried in an old cemetery on top of a hill near Coal Ridge, OH, on the Cambridge-Marietta highway.
Three of Job Gorby's great-grandsons, through Hannah Mason, married three of his sister Hannah Parson's great-granddaughters: Robert Spencer Lee McKimmie m. Isadore Parsons, Webster McKimmie m. Henrietta Parsons and John McKimmie m. Margaret Jane Parsons.
Children:
Eli Gorby b: 1794
Levi Gorby b: 1794 - Has No Children
Elizabeth Gorby b: 1796 in Washington Co, PA - Has No Children
Hannah Gorby b: 1798 in Washington Co, PA - Has No Children
Eli Gorby b: 20 Oct 1800 in Greene Co, PA - Has No Children
John Gorby b: 1802 in Greene Co, PA Or Ohio Co, VA - Has No Children
Thomas Gorby b: 6 Oct 1804 in Majorsville, Ohio Co, VA - Has Children
Levi Gorby b: 1806 in Ohio Co, VA - Has Children
Martha Gorby b: 30 Jun 1808 in Ohio Co, VA - Has Children
David Gorby b: 15 Jun 1810 in On Wheeling Creek, Ohio Co, VA - Has Children
Nancy Gorby b: 23 Oct 1812 in Majorsville, Ohio Co, VA - Has No Children
Rachel Gorby b: 21 Jun 1815 in Ohio Co, VA - Has Children
Payroll of a Company of Washington Co, PA Mil., Capt. John Campbell, actual service of Frontier Rangers by order of Absalom Baird, Esq., Lieut. of said Com. of Washington Co., served 34 days. Private $3.00 per month, received $3.40. Ser. 6, Vol. I, P. 593, PA Archives.
Records show him in Westmoreland Co, PA in 1783, in Fayette Co, PA in 1785, in Washington Co, PA in 1788, and in Greene Co, PA in 1798. Sometime later he moved to Ohio Co, then Virginia, and his homestead is still standing in or near Majorsville, WV, near the Greene Co, PA line.
Courthouse records show Job Gorby owning land in Washington Co and Greene Co, PA, in Ohio Co, VA, and in Noble Co, OH. According to these records, he did much buying and selling of land. There are records of a few forced sales. As late as 1815 he was still owning land in Washington Co and Greene Co, PA, but had moved to VA before 1804, as his son Thomas was born in VA in 1804.
On September 23, 1816, he settled on a farm near Hiramsburg, Noble Co, OH, where he lived until his death. On September 23 and 24, 1916, a reunion of his descendants was held on this farm, celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of his settling there. Over three hundred descendants attended.
The home which Job Gorby built on this farm is not standing, but at his death his son David bought the farm, and the red brick house which he built is still standing. The farm is now owned by strangers.
Some time before 1793, Job Gorby married Hanna Richmond. At the time of their marriage, her family lived in Washington Co, PA, not far from West Alexander.
According to some of the older Gorbys of the fourth and fifth generations, Job Gorby served as a scout in the War of 1812 and he is listed as a member of the Frontier Rangers from Washington Co, PA in 1792.
Job Gorby and Hannah Gorby are both buried in an old cemetery on top of a hill near Coal Ridge, OH, on the Cambridge-Marietta highway.
Three of Job Gorby's great-grandsons, through Hannah Mason, married three of his sister Hannah Parson's great-granddaughters: Robert Spencer Lee McKimmie m. Isadore Parsons, Webster McKimmie m. Henrietta Parsons and John McKimmie m. Margaret Jane Parsons.