Account with the estate of John Gordon, 1779.

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Account with the estate of John Gordon, 1779.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37521715

Account statement of medical expenses incurred by John Gordon from February 1778 through October 1779 submitted by Dr. Alexander Garden to John Torrans, Gordon's [brother-in-law? and] estate executor.

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South Carolina Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7394107

South Carolina Historical Society

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Torrans, John, ca. 1702-1780.

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Born in County Derry, Ireland and settled in Charleston, South Carolina in 1758 where he became a prosperous merchant. John Torrans married Elizabeth Blanche Smith (d. 1817), daughter of William Smith (1728-1793) of New York. Elizabeth Torran's sister Margaret Smith married Alexander Rose in 1779, and her sister Catherine Smith married John Gordon in 1767. John Torrans owned vessels with both Rose and Gordon (also Charleston merchants). Torrans may have been a British loyalist like ...

Garden, Alexander, 1730-1791

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Charleston and Prince William Parish, S.C. physician and naturalist. From the description of Account with the estate of John Gordon, 1779. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37521715 South Carolina plantation owner, physician, and naturalist, after whom Karl Linnaeus named the "Gardenia." Alexander Garden married Elizabeth Peronneau (d. 1805). Garden remained loyal to the Crown, although his son, Alexander Garden (1757-1829) supported the colonial c...

Gordon, John, d. ca. 1779

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