Nathaniel Gist 
Nathaniel was born about 1707 in Baltimore Co., MD. Nathaniel's father was Richard Gist and his mother was Zipporah Murray. His paternal grandparents were Christopher Gist and Edith Cromwell; his maternal grandparents were James Murray and Jemina Morgan. He had three brothers and four sisters, named Christopher, William, Thomas, Edith, Jemima, Ruth and Sarah. He was the second oldest of the eight children. He died after 1787.General Notes
REFN: 2125
He resided at Gist's Search, Baltimore Co., MD, before moving to
Lunenburg Co., Va about 1745-1750 to the part which became Halifax Co. in
1752. He moved to Dan River, Rowan Co., North Carolina, by 1754 where he
served as a captain of the militia. His name appears as Gess, Gest,
Gist, Guess and Guest in various records. He returned to Virginia in
1756. In 1784, he lived with his son, Joshua, in western North Carolina
(the part which became eastern Tennessee). In December, 1787, Nathaniel
and his son, Joshua, were among those who signed the Petition of the
Inhabitants of the Western Country for the separation and erection of a
new state (State of Franklin).
Nathaniel & Mary Howard Gist may also have been the parents of Benjamin
Gist b. abt 1730.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b. in England d.>Feb 1691 in Baltimore Co., MD
- b.1684 in Baltimore Co., MD d.28 Aug 1741 in Baltimore Co., MD
- b.~ 1660 in England d.>23 May 1694 in Baltimore Co., MD
- b.~ 1707 in Baltimore Co., MD d.> 1787
- b.~ 1685 in Baltimore Co., MD d.>Aug 1759 in Baltimore Co., MD
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Details of Nathaniel's family with Mary Howard
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