Charles Heard^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

Abt 1695 - Abt 1748  (53 years)

• Name	Charles Heard
  Birth	Abt 1695	North Ireland,,,
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1748	Abermarle County,,,Virginia
  Person ID	I7973	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2005

  
  

  Family ID

  F2720

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  Family	Isabella,   b. 1699   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. John Heard   d. Abt 1787, Wilkes County,,,Georgia   2. Stephen Heard,   b. Abt 1715, North Ireland,,, d. 29 Oct 1774, Pittsylvania County,,,Virginia (Age 59 years)   3. Charles S. Heard, Jr.,   b. Abt 1718   d. 1797, Wilkes County,,,Georgia (Age 79 years)   4. Jane Heard,   b. Abt 1720, Cumberland County,,,North Carolina d. 1777, Cumberland County,,,North Carolina (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F1986	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2005

  
  

• Notes

  Charles was in America by 1720 and lived in Salisbury, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in the 1730's. He is recorded as being a blacksmith in Henrico County, Virginia and was in Abermarle County, Virginia by 1746. Charles and Isabella appear in court records in Abermarle County in March, 1748 with witnesses Stephen Heard and John Gilmore. Charles had four known children and was probably married twice. His known children were Charles, Jane, Stephen and John. After John Gilmore died, it is believed that Jane Heard Gilmore came with her children to Georgia as she received two land grants in Burke County, Georgia in 1786 and 1788. There was a very close connection between the Heards and Gilmores. They apparently traveled from Virginia to North Carolina to Georgia together. There are many, many marriages between Heards and Gilmores with the same given names being carried down to each generation and Gilmore and Heard being used as middle names.

  
  

• Sources

  [S67] Gilmore, Delwyn, Gilmore Genealogy, (http://www. alumni.caltech.edu/~dlg/genealogy.html). [S178] Mary Ann Caldbeck, The Gilmore Family in Twiggs County, Georgia, (http://www.powow.com/sandyhodges/genea/gilmore.htm @NS182171@). [S132] Don McCarty, Manor, TX, McCarty-Smith GEDCOM file. [S81] World Family Tree Vol. 68, Tree #0371, Heard, (Tree #0371 @NS954981@).