Contributed by Jean Evans of Dublin, VA — date of contribution unspecified.

The following Gourley names and dates were handwritten on the inside covers of an old arithmetic book in the possession of Jean Evans of Dublin, VA. The title of the book is

A New System of Mercantile Arithmetic; adapted to the Commerce of the United States, In Its Domestic and Foreign Relations; With Forms of Accounting and Other Writings Usually Occurring In Trade, by Michael Walsh, A.M. 1807.

Handwritten on the inside is “C McD Gourleys Book.”

The writing is very faded and spotted and difficult to read even with a magnifying glass. I have transcribed this to the best of my ability. Also, I have tried to put together the dates with the names since some of the records were made in the front and some in the back of the book.

C M D Gourley was born 23rd October 1792.

C McD Gourley was married 25th of Dec. 1827.

C. M D Gourley Died October 4th 1839.

Nancy Gourley was born 26th of April 1804.

Nancy Gourley died 5th Oct. 1840.

Lorina Gourley was born 15 May 1837.

Thomas Ricky Gourley was born March 11th 18 ____ & died 11th May 1841.

There is an entry here that is unreadable because of the ink from the previous bleeding through, but it looks like W ____ m McN G ____ was born the 23rd of March 1829. (The date is clear but not the name.)

Marcus Lafayette Gourley was born 19th April 1831.

David Nelson Gourley was born 25 January 1833.

Charles McDowell Gourley was born 3rd of April 1835.

Mary E. Gourley was married to James W. Kite on August 4th 1844.

Daniel Webster Kite was born Dec. 5th 1848.