Solomon Gaskins

1810 - 1850  (39 years)

• Name	Solomon Gaskins  [1]
  Birth	1810
  Birth	15 Nov 1810	Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Possessions	1834	Gallia, Ohio, USA
  	Purchased land in Gallia Co. from President Andrew Jackson. The land office was in Chillocothe at the time. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3SK-XDYX-L?view=fullText&keywords=Solomon%20Gaskins&lang=en&groupId=
  Possessions	1840	Gallia, Ohio, USA
  	He obtained it in 1837 and it was finalized in 1840: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLX-29PJ-Q?view=fullText&keywords=Solomon%20Gaskins&lang=en&groupId=
  Residence	1840	Racoon, Gallia, Ohio, USA   [4]
  Death	7 Nov 1850	Clermont, Ohio, United States
  Death	Bef 1854
  Name	Solomon Gaskins  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Person ID	I7649	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Bartholomew Gaskins,   b. 1762, Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 1850, , Gallia, OH (Age 88 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Rachel Ward Woods,   b. Abt 1770, Bedford Co., Virginia d. 1840, West Virginia, USA (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	Bef 1787	VA
  Marriage	7 May 1793	, Bedford, VA, USA   [11]
  Married	8 May 1848	Raccoon, Gallia, Ohio, United States
  Family ID	F1091	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Danner,   b. 1812, Virginia d. 1906 (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	25 Mar 1832	Clermont, Ohio, USA   [8, 9]
  Family ID	F1405	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Nancy Gaskins,   b. Abt 1811, Virginia d. 1900, Springfield, Gallia, Ohio, USA (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1838	of Gallia Co., OH, USA
  Children	1. Rose Gaskins,   b. 1850, Ohio Twp, Gallia County, Ohio, USA d. 1850, Ohio Twp, Gallia County, Ohio, USA (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Bartholomew George Gaskins,   b. 1849, Racoon, Gallia County, Ohio, USA d. 1880 (Age 31 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1406	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  He lives in Raccon Twp., Gallia Co., OH near the other children of Bartholomew Gaskins and fits this son by age from the 1820 census. In the 1840 census for Raccoon Twp., Gallia Co., OH, he is listed between 20 and 30 with a wife the se and two daughters under age 5. I can't find him in any other census for Ohio or elsewhere. (CL-563)

  
  

• Sources

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