Gornto Family Connection 

Brief Gornto Family History: Jamestown to Florida

Brinto, to Gornto and Garnto

Nancy Elizabeth Gornto B: 1833 in Lowndes, GA  D: 1916 Alachua Cty, FL. M: 01/12/1851 to Emanuel Waters. Nancy Elizabeth, daughter of David Gornto, son of Nathan Gornto, son of John Jr. son of John Sr.

Seal of the Virginia Company

The Virginia Company dispatched 144 men and boys on three ships which left England in December of 1606 and arrived in Virginia in May 13, 1607. Three English ships The Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery with approximately 144 settlers and sailors, landed and planted the first permanent English colony in North America. Established by the Virginia Company of London this settlement would be called Jamestown, after King James I. On June 15, 1607 the fleet commander Captain Christopher Newport will return to England leaving 104 settlers.

The Susan Constant, at 120 tons, was the largest of the three ships led by Capt. Christopher Newport. She carried 71 colonists and was about 116 feet long. The Godspeed, led by Capt. Bartholomew Gosnold, carried 39 passengers and 13 sailors. She was a 40 ton brigantine about 68 feet long. The Discovery was a 20-ton “fly boat” which took part in six expeditions in search of the Northwest.

Discovery, Susan Constant and Godspeed

 Names A-H of 144 Passengers to Virginia in 1607

Following are names of the colonists who reached Virginia in 1607 aboard the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery. Occupations are given for these Jamestown founders. https://suite.io/rosemary-e-bachelor/1bz825d 

The Gornto family in America traces back to the founding of Jamestown in 1607 by the Virginia Company. Edward Brinto[n] (Gornto) was the first Gornto ancestor in the new world. Edward is listed among the original settlers of Jamestown as a soldier & a "mason." Additionally, from colonial narratives of the time (Observations By Master George Percy, 1607), he served as a loyal soldier under Captain John Smith. Edward must have known Pocahontas. In fact, during one of Captain Smith's expeditions to Powhatan's people, Edward Brinton was left behind at the Indian Village to shoot birds for Powhatan. Edward is listed as "Grindon" [yet another spelling variant] in Patents Granted to Settlers in Virginia. There, he is listed in 1626 as having 150 planted acres by patent in the territory of Tappahama, over against James' Cittie. Edward went on to have two sons (William and John). 

John Smith's Jamestown Map of 1607

Both brothers are listed in the "Quit Rent Rolls" for Virginia in 1704. They are listed as Wm Grinto, of Princess Anne County, and John Gornto respectively, sworn to before Will Robinson Clerk in April 1705. It is from William's family that most Gorntos draw their lineage. William had a son name John who according to Virginia Apprentice records was a shoemaker in Princess Anne Cty, VA. His son John (Jr.) married Rhoda Jarrott and eventually moved to Onslow Cty, NC some time after the Revolutionary War (appx. 1785-1790).

John Jr.'s son Nathaniel Gornto married Easter Burnett (16 Oct. 1802). Nathaniel's sister married Easter Burnett's brother and became the first Gorntos to move to Georgia. Nathaniel and Easter soon sold most of their land in North Carolina and moved to Georgia. They lived in Bulloch, Lowndes and Irwin Counties in Georgia. Most of the contemporary Gorntos are descended from Nathaniel and his family. A number of Nathaniel's descendants eventually made their way into Florida...

Gornto Family History & Connection To Emanuel Waters

John Norden's 1593 map of London

1~Edward Brinto Gornto B: London England. (Elizabethan England often conjures images of the Royal Court with splendid costumes, banquets and extravagant entertainment. But for many people life was very different. During the 16th Century the population rose dramatically and this, added to other economic pressures, meant that an increasing number of people were unable to support themselves. Elizabethan England faced a mounting economic problem as the poor became poorer, and a growing army of vagabonds and beggars roamed the streets and countryside. In an attempt to curb the problem, the government passed a series of strict Poor Laws. country was also hit by a number of poor harvests, particularly in the 1590s, which put increasing pressure on a limited supply of food. The resulting rise in food prices led, in some cases, to starvation amongst those who could not afford to pay. It is, however, a tribute to their lasting success that two of the Acts, from 1597 and 1601, endured until well into the nineteenth Century). On May 14, 1607, the Jamestown Settlement Colony was established on the mainland of North America. Arrived on three ships, the Susan Constant, the Discovery and the Godspeed. Edward Brinto arrived and was a mason & soldier at the Colony. The name has gone through many adjustments: Brinto, to Gornto and Garnto.  

  1~Peter Edward Brinto/Gornto B: 1605/1615 England D: 1653 Jamestown, VA

     1~John Brinto/Gornto B: 1640apx D: 09/05/1694

     2~William Brinto/Gornto B: 1643 VA D: 1706apx Princess Anne Cty, VA M: 1663 Mary                     Elizabeth Lovett  B: 1650 Norfolk, VA 

Princess Anne County, 1754 Eastern Shore Chapel

   1~Peter Gornto B:   D: 1722

   2~Mary Gornto B:  1685apx  D

   3~Elizabeth Gornto B: 1690apx   D:

   4~Margaret Grinto/Gornto B: 1700apx   D:

   5~John Gornto Sr. B: 1693 Princess Anne County, VA  D: 1754 Onslow Cty, NC M: 1720            Mary Bonney 1706- . 

1~Arthur Gornto B: 1725 D:   M: Mary~ 1725-

1~William Gornto B: 1750 D: 1817 M: Mary Malbone 1755-

1~Mary Gornto B: 1765 D: 1835 M: George Washihnton Daniell M2: James Bonney 1780-

2~Arthur Gornto 1776- M: Susanna Moore 1775-  M2: Anne Rainey 1775-

1~Mary Gornto 1797- M: William King 1790-

2~William Gornto 1798-  M: Cloey Berry 1790-

3~David Gornto 1810-  M1: Betsy Flanagan 1810- M2: Mary Garrison 1819-

1~William Thomas Gornto 1833-1901 M: Priscilla C Perry 1842-1872

1~Mary Vashti Gornto 1861-1941

2~Milton Devaney Gornto 1864-1938

3~Walter D Gornto 1865- 

4~Jane Eliza Gornto 1868-1941

5~James Gornto 1868-

4~Henry Gornto 1812-1874 M1: Amey Gornto 1830-1886 M2: Susan Jane Jones 1820-

1~Georginia Rebecca Gornto 1848 - 1921

2~Reuben Gornto 1852-1904

3~William Henry Gornto 1854-

4~Anna E Gornto 1857-1935

5~Sarah A Gornto 1860-1932

6~Mary Margaret Gornto 1864-1941

7~Eleanor Gornto 1869-1886

3~Betsey Gornto 1780-

4~William Gornto 1781-1833 M: Lydia 1780-

1~Carroline Gornto 1820-

2~Margaret Gornto 1820-

3~Mary Gornto 1825-

4~Mitchell Gornto 1825-

5~Frankey Gornto 1786-1817 M: Enoch Rainey 1785-1818

6~Nancy Gornto 1793- M: Jonathon Ackiss 1790-

7~John Gornto 1798-1870 M: Anne Cason 1810-

1~Napoleon Gornto 1829-

2~William C Gornto 1832-1872

3~Georgiana Gornto 1838-

4~Martha Gornto 1839-1887

5~John C Gornto 1841-1903

6~Wilson B Gornto 1845-1889

7~Sidney T Gornto 1847-

8~James P Gornto 1849-

9~Henrietta Gornto 1856-

8~Sally Gornto 1798-

9~Pagey Gornto 1801-

2~James Gornto 1764-1808 M: Mary Malbone 1770-1831

1~Polly Gornto 1790- M: Richard Daudge 1790-

2~James Gornto 1794-

3~Anne Gornto 1797- M: David Riggs 1785- M2: James Flanagan 1790-

4~John H Gornto 1800-1851 M: Sarah Ann Fisher 1800-1851

1~Eliza Ann Gornto 1830-

2~Amey Gornto 1830-1886

3~Phillip Gornto 1820-1902

4~Reuben Gornto B: 05/26/1826 Norfolk, Virginia D: 07/08/1902 Norfolk, Virginia M: Margaret Ann Simpson

1~Estelle L. Gornto 1866-1931 M: Cobb

2~Benjamin R. Gornto 1868-Unknown

3~Harry Clifton Gornto 1874-1965

4~John Wesley Gornto 1876-1941 M: Emma Susan Edmonds B: 1875 VA

1~Claude A. Gornto

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5~Lydia Gornto 1806- M: William Salmons 1803-1854

6~Frankey Gornto 1808-

2~John Jr Gornto B: 1750apx Onslow Cty, NC D: 1790   M: 1777 Rhonda Jarrott  B: 1755 D: 

1~Hannah Gornto B: 1780 D: 12/08/1854 Clay Cty, FL   M: Daniel Burnett B: 1771 D: 1846. Daniel Burnett and wife, Hannah, along with Nathan Gornto, all of Bulloch Cty, Georgia, made deed to Elijah Taylor of Onslow, County, NC, 01/02/1816 for 235 acres, on Cowhead Creek on east side of New River, adjoining Daniel and John Gornto,  "being all the land that fell to the grantors by the death of their uncle, John Jarrott, deceased". Deed executed in Bulloch County, Georgia, and recorded in Onslow in deed book 7, Page 74

2~David Gornto B:     D:     M: 

3~Nathan L. Gornto B: 09/17/1779, in Onslow County, the son of John and Rhoda Jarrott Gornto and grandson of John and Mary Gornto of Onslow County. D: 10/22/1861 Old Town, FL. M: 10/16/1802,  Bullock Cty to Easter Elizabeth Burnett B: 1781 in Onslow County. D: 12/13/1864 Fayetteville Cemetery, Dixie Cty, FL  (Dixie County was created in 1921 from the southern portion of Lafayette County).   

Nathan moved to Bullock County, Georgia, from Onslow County about 1800-1802, along with Enoch Godfrey, Joseph Sheppard, Daniel Sheppard, John and Daniel Burnett and others. She had moved with her widnowed mother and brothers, John and Daniel, to Bullock County shortly before 1802. Nathan Gornto with his family removed to Irwin County , Ga , from Bullock County in 1819 or early 1820. There he served as tax collector from 1825-1826, Justice Of The Peace from 1827-1831, and Trustee of the Poor in 1827. He moved in 1830 to Lowndes County, Georgia, where he served as Justice of the Peace 1834-1845. Nathan served as a private under Capt. Robert D. Bradley in the 13th Regiment Florida Militia, in the Indian War from 12/28/1837 to 02/11/1838. His sons, Elijah D. and David were also privates in the same company. After the death of his daughter, Ellender, in 1847, Nathan moved to Madison County, Florida. After his children were all grown and married, he and his wife moved back to Brooks County, Ga (cut from Lowndes County, Ga in 1858), and made their home with their son, Joel, until the smallpox epidemic in the fall of 1860, in which Joel died. Nathan and his wife then hurried away to Florida and made their home with another son, David, in LaFayette County. Nathan Gornto died there Oct. 22, 1861. His wife died there Dec. 13, 1864. They were buried in the Fayetteville Cemetery, in present Dixie County, Florida. 

1~David Gornto (son of Nathan) B: 11/01/1805 Bulloch Cty D: 05/08/1864  M: 11/20/1827 GA, to Eliza Ann Allen in Irwin Cty, GA, Daughter of James Allen, Sheriff of Irwin Cty and Ferbie. B: 11/22/1811 NC D: 12/01/1871 FL. Fayetteville Cemetery, Dixie County. David Gornto was a private under Capt. Robert D. Bradley, 13th Regiment, Florida Militia, 12/28/1837 to 02/11/1838, in the Seminole Indian War.  David moved with his family to Madison, where he homesteaded lands and made his home in 1841.  01/26/1867, he moved once again to the new Lafayette County, later Dixie County. 

1~Hannah Gornto B: 1830 Lowndes, GA D: 1870 Alachua, Fl. M: 09/08/1847 William P Lightfoot 1830-  .

2~Nancy Elizabeth Gornto  B: 1833 in Lowndes, GA D: 1916 Fayetteville Cemetery, Gilchrist, Fl. M: 01/12/1851 Emanuel Waters B: 12/12/1829 GA  D: 09/05/1895 Townsend Cemetery, Gilchrist, Fl, son of William Waters and Cecilia Brewton. Emanuel was a Confederate soldier who enlisted May 15, 1862 at the Confederate Camp in Huston, Fl. He died because of an injury he received during the battle of The Wilderness in May 1864.

1~John Henry Waters B: 06'04/1854 D: 11/14/1933

2~Minor Thomas Waters B: 1865 D: 1928

3~John Jarrett Gornto B: 03/25/1835 in Lowndes, GA   D: 01/01/1892 Died from a gunshot wound. Perry, FL, trying to settle an argument between two of the big cattlemen in Taylor County, Fl. He enlisted with Company C, Florida 7th Infantry Regiment on April 25, 1862 at Gainesville, Fl. He received a disability discharge from Company C, 7th Infantry Regiment Florida on Aug. 9 1862, CSA. He served in Captain Stubbs Regiment of Munnerlyn's Battalion, from March 1864 till May 1865. . M: 04/04/1861  W. B. Davis M2: 06/22/1864 to Sarah Ann Tucker B: 04/01/1847 D: 01/08/1924, d/o Elijah and Margery Tucker. 

1~John Mitchell Gornto 1865-1930 M: Minnie Lee Goodbread 1872-1923

1~William Edward Gornto 1899-1904

2~David Madison Gornto 1866-1933 M1: Minnie E. Knight 1868-1921 M2: Mary E. Fordham 1875-1930 M3: 1930 Ammie E Fordham 1886-1960

1~Ruby Gornto 1894-1931 M: Baker

4~Mary Miriam Gornto B: 09/26/1838 in Lowndes, GA   D:  07/04/1865    M: 04/04/1861 William Barnett Davis 1834-1901 M2: 06/22/1864 to S. A. Tucker in Lafayette Cty, FL

1~Florida Eugenia Davis 1862–1916 M: 1886 Samuel Hiram Peacock 1849–1923.

1~Robert Eugene Peacock 1888–1888

2~Mary Ethel Peacock 1889–1889

3~Pearl Peacock 1890–1891

4~James Malory Peacock 1892–1896

5~Barnie Lee Peacock 1894–1939

6~Infant Daughter Peacock 1896–1896

7~Ione Peacock 1898–1899

8~Infant Son Peacock 1900–1900

9~Richmond Davis Peacock 1902–1944

10~Infant Son Peacock 1905–1905

5~Pvt. Thomas J. Gornto B:01/04/1841 Lowndes, GA   D: 12/31/1909   M1): 10/25/1866 Nancy A. Carter M2): Mary Elizabeth 1845-1881 M3): Georgia A Fuqua Bush Slaughter 1867-1943. Thomas served as a Private in Co. C, 4th Florida Infantry, CSA. He was buried in the Fayetteville Cemetery, Old Town, Dixie, Fl.

6~Pvt James Madison Gornto B: 1842 Madison, FL D: 12/10/1863 Rock Island, IL. Private James Mills Gornto enlisted on April 23, 1862 in Camp Lee, Fl. He fought in the Battle of Missionary Ridge on November 25, 1863 where he was captured. He was sent to Rock Island Barracks Military Prison in Illinois. It is possible that he died from his wounds but there was also a smallpox epidemic at the prison.

Enlisted 04/23/1862 Camp Lee FL, by Capt Dudley; 04/20 - 07/13/1863 muster-Absent/sick in Hosp Knoxville since 02/05/1863; 11/1863, 12/1863, 01/1864 & 02/1864 muster rolls-Absent/missing in Battle of Missionary Ridge/11/25/1863; POW/captured 11/25/1863, Battle of Missionary Ridge; 12/09/1863 sent to Rock Island Barracks Military Prison, Illinois from Louisville KY.

Fayetteville Cemetery Sign

7~Joel Joseph Gornto B: 1848 Madison, FL  D: 1849

8~Francis Marion Gornto B: 04/12/1849 D: 1959 Suwannee, Fl. M: 06/21/1873 Sallie C Fry.

9~Sarah Ann Gornto B: 1852 Madison, FL  D:   M: 08/24/1867 John Carter.

10~Eliza Jane Gornto  B: 1853 Madison, FL D: 1885 M: 06/24/1872 to George Washington A. McCollister in Lafayette Cty FL. 1853-1906, son of Asa Franklin McCollister and Jeannette/Jenette Tedder.  M2: 1886 Sallie Leonda Poore 1866-1958, daughter of Mumford Stokes Poore and Henrietta Beverett McLeod. He owned a farm of 160 acres in Dixie County, near the Suwannee River. 

1~Mary McCollister 1873-

2~Annie McCollister 1874-

3~David Washington McCollister 1876-1972 M1: 1899 Cynthia Lillion Bush 1870–1937 M2: Margaret Arcadie Mills 1889-1977.

1~Lovey A. McCollister 1907–1910.

4~George Freeland McCollister B: 05/02/1888 Branford, Fl D: 08/11/1966 St. Petersburg, Florida, Masonic Home.

5~Albert Montford McCollister B: 07/03/1890.

6~Asa Velpoe McCollister B: 08/14/1892 D: 02/06/1916 Jacksonville, Fl M: Mary Eugenia Townsend 1893–1973

7~Lewis Lee McCollister B: 11/25/1894, Branford, Florida D: 07/07/1974 Miami, Florida.

8~Jewel Leonda McCollister B: 09/18/1898 D: 11/29/1927 Dixie County, Florida

9~Pansy Lenora McCollister B: 12/17/1901 Branford, Florida D: 10/23/1970. 

10~Pearl Mae McCollister B: 03/13/1903 Branford, Fl  D: Gainesville, FL

11~Louella McCollister B: 09/22/1905 Hatchbend, FL D: 06/22/1990 Miami, Florida.

11~Anna Amanda B: 1853 Madison, FL D:  M: 10/12/1871 Thomas E. Tucker in Lafayette Cty FL

12~David Mitchell Gornto B: 05/20/1856 Madison, FL D: 01/22/1907 Rock Sink Baptist Church Cemetery Old Town, Dixie County, Fl. M: 1882 Mary Alice Delaney B: 06/20/1867 D: 11/18/1953 M2): 02/27/1889 to Mavis A Long 

1~Walter Gornto 1884-1899

2~Quinton Mitchell Gornto 1886-1966 M: Susie Anna Townsend 1886-1961.

1~Stafford Mitchell Gornto 1917–1976
2~Ila Thelma Gornto Tomlinson 1919–2007
3~Quinton Mitchell Gornto 1921–2009

3~Minnie L. Gornto 1888-1968 M: 04/28/1909 John McAlpin Ackley 

1~Lloyd Neil Ackley 1914-2004

2~Edith Ackley 1917-1995 M: 1938 Lavaughn Arthur Sessions 1917-2013

4~Corrine Gornto 1891-1899

5~Earnest Clinton Gornto 1892-1970 Forest Meadows Memorial Park East Gainesville, Alachua County, FL M: 1916 Kathleen Thompson 1900-1962

1~Earnest Clifton Gornto 1917–2001 M: Audrey Law Gornto 1922–2018

6~Rosa Alice Gornto 1893-1988 M: 1911 Melos Bush 1883-1941

7~Ethel R. Gornto 1894-1983 M: George T Hatch 1890-1969

1~Mabry D. Hatch 1920-2008 S Sgt  US ArmyWorld War II M: Eleanor J Hatch 1933-1999

2~Leslie Sylvester Hatch 1922-2016 M: 1980 Ozelle Croft Skinner 1919–2015. He served his country in the United States Navy during World War II and then made his living as a carpenter and farmer. A Deacon of Suwannee Baptist Church.

1~Jeannie Hatch

2~Gary Hatch

3~Reba Hatch Shaw

4~Averial Hatch Kovalesky

5~Marylyn Hatch Montgomery

3~Ina Ruby Hatch 1927-2008 M1:1943 Thurston Robert Vann 1922–1989 M2: 1970 Rayford Virdoe Bagley 1922–2009

4~Hazel Hatch Carlton

8~Grace Gornto 1896-1982 M: Mack Sims 1889-1957

9~Lillie Drew Gornto 1899 Mallory D: 1984 M: 1921 Thomas Camden Knowles 1893-1952

2~Joel Ashley Gornto B: 11/27/1806 D: 10/22/1859 of smallpox. M: 07/04/1837 to Mary Joyce Blair B: 12/29/1810 D: 03/10/1889. Daughter of William & Mary Joyce Blair. Joel Gornto was 2nd Lieutenant of the militia in the 664th district, 1832-1837. Both are buried at Mount Zion Camp-Ground Church.

1~Nathan L. Gornto B: 1838 Brooks Cty Ga. M: 01/25/1863 Mary D. Strickland B: 1840 

2~Mary Miriam Gronto B: 1840 D: M: 09/23/1860 William C. Murdock B: 1840 

3~William Blair Gornto B: 1845 Lowndes Cty., GA; D: 1892 M: Martha J Taylor 1848-1906. CSA Co A 29th 

1~William Blair B: 1867 GA D: 1961 M: 1889 Mary Cordelia McRae 1862-1949

1~Fannie Caroline Gornto Wilkins 1897–1925

2~Joel Cornelius Gornto 1899–1976

3~John Colon Gornto 1901–1979

4~Henry C. Gornto 1903–1974

5~Henry Jasper Gornto 1905–1974

2~Ada Gornto 1874–1912 M: Frank Smith

1~Mattie Sue Smith 1902–1904

3~Lala Gornto Wade 1879–1926

4~Thomas Norwood Gornto 1880–1924 M: Mary E Ryals 1882-1924

5~Lee Ora Gornto 1882–1940 M: 1904 Buford Cromwell Eason 1886-1918, Flu Epidemic. She owned and managed a room and boarding house one block from the business area of Quitman to provide for the family.

1~Ora Lee Eason B: 08/23/1905 D: 05/05/1958 M: 05/01/1922 Leslie Watkins Clanton B: 1894 D: 1974

1~Betty Louise Clanton B: 07/27/1924 Quitman, Brooks County, GA D: 2018 M: 10/26/1945 Homer Cile Huff 1920-1967 Captain with the City of Albany, GA Fire Dept. M2: James York. During WWII, Mrs. York helped support our troops by working in the Macon Naval Ordinance Plant in Macon, GA which was known as “Reynolds Corp” and “The Fuse Plant” where bomb fuses were assembled along with detonators and trackers. Mrs. York was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. She was also a member of the Retired Army Officers Association. 

1~Robert Leslie Huff

2~Mary Carol Huff 1953-2018

2~Leslie Buford 'Buddy' Clanton B: 11/17/1926 Quitman, Brooks County, GA D: 08/07/2018. He was called 'LESLIE" in Sunday School; "Buford" during his school years; "L. B." while in the U.S. Navy; all other places just plain "Buddy".

1~Donna Gail Clanton M: Raymond Earl Winborne, Sr.

1~Robert B. (Buddy) Winborne

3~Eva Ruth Clanton B: 04/26/1929 Albany, Dougherty County, GA D: 11/24/2004 M: Thomas Lamar Belcher B: 07/14/1927 Cuthbert Randolph Cty, GA D: 10/23/1999

1~Thomas Lamar Belcher, Jr  B: 03/23/1948 Albany, GA D: 07/29/2002 Augusta, GA

4~Annie Lee Clanton B: 01/09/1932 Albany, Dougherty County, GA. D: 09/27/2020 GA. M1: Charles D, Woodham B: 11/ 25/1929 Frostproof, FL D: 03/27/2019 Dallas, GA M2: 06/21/1970 William Glen Harvey B: 03/18/1936 in Abilene, Texas D: 09/19/2010, buried 09/22/2010 Round Mound Cemetery, Jones Co, Texas.

1~Charles Watkins Woodham B: 12/10/1952, Albany, GA D:  M: 04/07/1979 Sharon Ramona "Cissy" Hatcher B: 04/21/1953, Moultrie GA, D: 09/07/2017, Albany, GA

1~Bambi Woodham B: 06/20/1971, in Albany, GA   

2~Rebecca Ann Woodham B:12/10/1974 in Albany, GA D: 01/07/1978 in Albany, GA

2~Susan Lynn Woodham B: 12/10/1952 in Albany, GA D:  M: 05/16/1969 Bill Keith Coppenger B: 09/09/1946 in Tellico Plains, TN

1~Caleb Coppenger B: 02/28/1985)

3~Robyn Jean Woodham B: 10/07/1955 in Marietta, GA M1: 11/19/1970 Carl Eugene Cook B: 03/09/1954 Aiken, Aiken Co, SC Divorced 11/15/1977. M2: 1982 Derrell Lee Henry Divorced 1989.   

1~Shayna Lynn Cook B: 07/07/1971 in Albany, GA D: 12/20/1988 in Camilla, Georgia)   

2~Sherry Larae Cook B: 12/21/1975 in Albany, GA D:   M:   

3~Amanda Marie Cook B: 11/15/1977 in Pensacola, FL D:   M:    

01~Robin Leigh Henry B: 02/02/1983 in Albany, GA D:   M:

4~David Joel Woodham B: 05/09/1957 in Marietta, GA D:   M1: 05/22/1975 in Dallas, TX Divorced 09/06/1990 in Dallas, TX to Rosie Ann Diaz  B: 10/02/1952, Dallas, TX D:  M2: 03/02/2010 in Texas Teresa Prater  B: 12/31/1964 D:

1~James Daniel Woodham b: 01/29/1973 D:   M:

5~Glen Dougherty Woodham B: 01/07/1959 in Cummings, GA) D:    M:

01~Patricia Harvey

02~Teresa Harvey

2~Clifford Eason B: 12/02/1906 Quitman, GA D: 08/21/1926 Quitman, GA M: Spratling

3~Erma Eason B: 07/29/1913 Quitman, GA D: 04/21/1968 Albany, GA M1: Cecil Wallace M2: Ben Bruner M3: Frank Turner. She had no children.

4~Mary Thelma Eason B: 03/18/1918 Quitman, GA D: 04/06/2000 Corvallis, OR M: 12/20/1936 John Coke Jones   B: 1913 D: 1974 

6~John J. Gornto 1888–1906

7~William Calvin Gornto 1894–1987 M: Elizabeth Hodges 1899-1977

1~W. Calvin Gornto 1926–1985

2~Betty Marie Gornto Keith 1933–2017

4~Sibbiah Easter Gornto B: 03/10/1846 Brooks Cty, GA M1:1843 to John Lee  M2: 01/12/1865 John Thomas Seay

5~Hannah Elizabeth Gornto B: 07/07/1847 Lowndes Co., GA D: 08/14/1933 M: 11/23/1865 GA to Enoch Hall B: 1838 Telfair Cty GA D: Morven GA 3 children

1~Sion Hall B: 02/11/1868 D: 1942 M: Macedonia Westberry 

2~Enoch Hitch Hall B: 05/30/1878 D: 10/30/1973 M: Sarah Elizabeth Shiver 1885-1975

3~Joel Layman Hall  B: 04/11/1880 D: 05/07/1960 M: Margaret Becton 1878-1958

6~Rhoda Gornto  B: 1851 D:    M: James Dean   B: 1850 D: 

7~Martha Gornto B: 10/21/1851 D: 11/10/1934 M: Robert D Dean B: 1850 D: 

1~Katherine Dean 1886-1965 M: William Jackson Pippin 1883-1959

8~Joel Ashley Gornto II B: 1856  Lowndes Cty., GA  D: 1937  Lowndes Cty (Brooks Cty), GA  M: Camilla Heires B: 1857 D:  , daughter of Willian Heires. 

3~Hannah Gornto B: 02/22/1809 Bulloch Cty, GA  D: 1846  M: 11/08/1838  Lowndes Cty GA to William McLeod B: 12/15/1811 Bryan Cty. D: 12/05/1886. Williams father was born in Scotland and his mother in Georgia. He served in Florida's Indian wars from 06/16/1837 to 12/18/1837 with the 15th Georgia Volunteers under Capt. John Hill. He served as Clerk of the Superior Court in Colquitt Cty., GA in 1856 and 1858. He was 5 feet, 10 inches tall with gray eyes, dark hair, and a light complexion. He served as Clerk of the Superior Court in Colquitt Co., GA in 1856 and 1858. In 1860 he was living in Valdosta with his wife, five children, and three boarders. He moved his family to Hernando Cty., FL about 1863, homesteading what became known as the "McLeod Settlement." This later became the community of Trilby. He remarried in 1846 to Tomsie Ann Wilson, who raised the children as her own.

1~Mary Jane McLeod  B: 10/07/1839 D: 08/09/1906 M: Charles William Croft  B: 1836  D: 1919  FL   12 children

2~William C. McLeod  B: 1842

3~David McLeod         B: 1845 

4~Ellender Gornto B: 04/11/1811  Bulloch Cty, GA  D: 12/21/1847 Brooks Cty, GA.  Never married: had a child. 

1~Esther Elizabeth Gornto Ellison  B: 03/12/1836 Lowndes Cty, GA D: 06/25/1915 Live Oak, Suwannee Cty Fl 

5~Polly H. Gornto B: 02/18/1813  Bulloch Cty GA D: 05/11/1822 Bulloch Cty GA

6~John J. Gornto B: 05/08/1815 Bulloch Cty GA. D: 1867 M: 12/07/1835, to Jane Blair 1815-1840, d/o William Blair and Mary Joyce. M2: 04/19/1846 to Martha Jane Connell 1829-1918, d/o James Isaac Connell. 

1~William Gornto 1836-

2~Eliza C Gornto 1851-1880

3~Martha L Gornto  B: 1852 D:   M: Joseph A. Sturdivant B: 1842   5 children:

1~Joseph Sturdivant B: 1866

2~Robert Sturdivant B: 01/31/1871 D:

3~Minnie Agnes Sturdivant B: 06/15/1874 D:

4~Arthur J. Sturdivant B:11/18/1876  D: 06/18/1876  M: 11/25/1902 to Effie Estelle Visage

1~Vermell Sturdivant B: 08/23/1903  D: 02/04/1939  M:  06/25/1925 to Leslie Leonard Lewis

1~Muriel E. Lewis

5~Francis G. Sturdivant     B: 1880 D:   M:

4~Rosenah Rosa M. Gornto B: 06/18/1855 D: 1940 M: 12/19/1883 to Volucy M. Seckinger 1855-

1~Lemuel J. Seckinger B: 10/  /1885

2~Ellen Seckinger 1888-

3~Pauline Seckinger 1889-1962

4~Minnie Seckinger 1892-1963

5~Alymr Seckinger 1895-

6~Vosco Seckinger 1896-1963

7~Nina Seckinger 1899-1983

7~William Gornto 1816-1817

8~Elijah Dowling Gornto I B: 09/03/1817 Bulloch Cty, GA  D: 12/06/1886 Antioch Cemetery Suwannee Cty, FL M: 12/18/1838 to Susan Ann Allen.  B: 1821 D: 1913  

1~James D. Gornto B: 03/29/1841 Lowndes Cty Ga D: 1863 in a Yankee Prison in TN. 

2~Mitchell C. Gornto B: 08/26/1843 Lowndes Cty Ga D: 01/02/1863 Murfeesboro, TN. He served as a private in the War Between the States in Co. C, 4th Florida Infantry. According to the war records, he enrolled on May 11, 1862 at the age of 19 years, in Jacksonville, Fl.  He died January 2, 1863 of casualties of Preston’s Brigade in the battles in front of Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 31, 1862 to January 2, 1863.

3~William George Washington Gornto  B: 04/02/1846 Lowndes Cty GA D: 01/17/1935 in Grandin, FL  M: 07/05/1863 Madison Cty FL to Vivenia Eugenia Patterson, daughter of John & Sarah Smith Patterson B: 10/01/1847 D: 06/13/1929 Grandin, FL. Mr. Gornto served during the Civil War with the First Florida Light Artillery and was but 17 miles from General Lee's headquarters when he surrendered. In fact, he participated in one battle after the surrender, he stated, as news of the end of the war had not reached his company. For 50 years, Mr. Gornto was a railroad man, retiring in 1910 to enter the grocery business at Grandin. At the time of William’s death, he was the only surviving Confederate soldier of Putnam Co., Fl. Both of them are buried in Paran Baptist Church Cemetery, Putnam, Fl.

1~Charles Gornto  B: 1869

2~Arie Gornto   B: 1870 Albany, Daugherty, GA

3~Allie Gornto B: 1872

4~Frank Gornto B: 02/14/1874

5~Ida Adelia Gornto B: 07/17/1876 D: 02/21/1960 M: 1896 Abraham Elijah Ellis 1870-1931

1~Viola Guendolia Ellis 1900-1960 M: Ralph Charley Cheshire 1900-1938

2~Francis Dorman Ellis 1906-1983

6~William Dowman Gornto B: 10/02/1879 Columbia, FL D: 08/15/1967 Grandin, FL  M: Mattie Dehlia King  B: 08/02/1872   D: 12/10/1942.

7~Drucilla Gornto  B: 08/17/1880 Wellborn, FL D: 11/18/1960 M: George R Williamson B: 1851 D: 1927

1~William David Williamson 1907-1959

8~Molly Rebecca Gornto B: 01/28/1883 D: 09/29/1971 M: John L Chesser 1875-1934

1~Devrel L Chesser 1901-1949 M: Blanche R 1894-1969

9~Ada Summerfield Gornto B: 06/21/1888 FL D: 1980  M: Robert L. Brooks B: 1881  D: 1961

10~Louise Brooks 1928-2015 M: 1947 James Everett Breeden 1924-1986. Louise was a 1945 Valedictorian graduate of Williston High School, had a longstanding career at Perkins State Bank, Williston, FL beginning at the age of 15 and retiring in 1993, fifty years later as Vice-President. Ms. Breeden remained serving as a member of the Board of Directors for 15 years following her retirement.

5~Francis Marion Gornto B: 04/12/1849 D: Suwanee Cty, FL  M: 06/21/1873 Sallie C. Fry

1~Willaim Howard

2~James Francis

3~Oscar Beatty

4~Minnie Maude

5~Mattie Virginia

6~Wilbur Gornto

7~Susie Gornto

8~Blanche Gornto

9~Harry F. Gornto

10~Bertha B. Gornto

11~Frankie Evelyn Gornto

6~Martha P. Gornto B: 07/05/1853 Madison Cty FL    D:

7~Mary J. Gornto B: 07/05/1853  Madison Cty FL    D:

8~John Mills Gornto B:04/03/1858 Madison Cty FL D: 06/23/1930 Williston, Levy, Fl M: 03/03/1882  to Lydia Ella Epperson 1863-1898. M2: Mattie Helvenston 1862-1942

1~ Pearl R. Gornto B: 

2~R.E. Gornto B: 

3~Ira Epperson Gornto B: 1886 D: 1918, Suresnes American Cemetery SuresnesIle-de-France Region, France. Pvt 326 Bn Tank corps.

4~John M. Gornto B: 1889 D:   He served in the Florida House of Representatives 1911-1913 for Lafayette County and then in the Florida Senate for the 12th district from 1915-1917.

5~Frank Gornto B:

6~Julia Gornto B: 

7~Elijah Dowling Gornto B: 1899  D:   M:

8~Montaque Gornto B: 

9~May Gornto B: 

10~Leon  Helvenston Gornto 1902-1950

9~Susan America Gornto B: 1860 Madison Cty, FL M: 01/30/1883 William  Luther Whitfield B: 06/07/1857 GA D: 12/19/1911 FL, son of John Whitfield and Rebecca Williams.

10~Florida V Gornto 1861-

11~Elijah Dowling Gornto II B: 1863-

9~Elizabeth H. Gornto  B: 08/25/1821 Irwin Cty GA  M:  03/30/1843, to Simeon Duggar Allen B: 1820.

10~James Burnett Gornto B: 05/17/1824. D: 04/15/1901 Quitman, Brooks, GA M: 07/28/1840 Valdosta, GA, to Peggy (Margaret) Ann Blanton B: 03/01/1819 Sampson Cty, NC. M:2) Lavicy Mehala Dean 1929-1909 M:3)  02/10/1849  to  Levicy Mehala Dean. B: 1825

1~James Everett Gornto M: Fannie H. Lightfoot

3~Frances Gornto 1732-

4~Elizabeth Gornto 1733-

5~Margaret Gornto 1734-1775 M: Charles Henley 1735-

1~Henry Henley 1760-

2~Thomas Henley 1765-

6~Amey Gornto

7~Lydia/Lidea Gornto 1735-

Many of the Gornto ancestors fought in America's 19th century wars. Gorntos fought in the Seminole Wars and a number also served the Confederacy during the Civil War.

Paran Baptist Church Cemetery

 ~ Paran Cemetery ~

For more in-depth family history for William & Vivenia Eugenia Patterson Gornto visit: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/o/r/Gary-R-Gornto/index.html

 Think there could be any connection to this branch of Brinton's? http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lynnvr/brinton_family.htm 

Cable ferry at Old Town - Dixie County 1956

John M. Gornto