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• 1860 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia, 13 June, Truckwheel District, PO Saunderstown, page 36 (scan 914), Hse #299, Fam #251
  William Forester 41 M Farmer born S Carolina [b abt 1839]
  Zenith Forester 37 F born S Carolina [b abt 1823] Cannot read or write
  Nancy M Forester 5 F born Georgia [b abt 1855]
  
  1870 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia, 25 July, PO Jasper, page 111 (scan 55), Hse/Fam #863
  Forester William 51 M W Farmer $200 Real Estate $200 Personal born S Carolina [b abt 1839]
  Forester Zenith 43 F W Keeping House born S Carolina [b abt 1827] Cannot read or write
  Forester Nancy M 14 F W Assisting in Keeping House born Georgia [b abt 1856]
  
  A few tidbits of information have been contributed by some family researchers.  The following gives us the name of Nancy's spouse and two children.  I have not included children in this database, but two are reported in the Forester/Jones genealogy, based on the 1880 census.
  
  Nancy M Forrester
  Birth 1855 in Pickens, Georgia, Death Unknown
  Parents:
  William M Forrester 1819 - 1894
  Zenith E Barnes 1824 - 1907
  Spouse Issac Newton Gamblin, Birth 1848 in Georgia
  Children:
  Mary Gamblin B: 1878
  Margaret Gamblin B: 1879
  --  Forester/Jones, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/19654117/person/1743533622?ssrc=&ftm=1
  
  Enumerated in the 1880 census in Lumpkin County, Georgia, Nancy and her husband Newton Gamblin are living next door to Newton's parents, Garard (Gerrard) and Priscilla, and on the other side of his parents is his brother James and family.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Lumpkin County, Georgia, 8 June, Nimblewill, Georgia Militia District 840, Enumeration District 143, page 11, Hse/Fam #94
  Gamlin [sic], Newton W M 27 Head Farmer GA SC SC
  Gamlin, Nancy M  W F 22 Wife Keeping House GA SC SC
  Gamlin, Mary W F 2 Dau GA GA GA
  Gamlin, Margaret W F 1 Dau GA GA GA

Sources

• 1. 1870 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia
  • 25 July, PO Jasper, page 111 (scan 55), Hse/Fam #863
• 2. 1860 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia
  • 13 June, Truckwheel District, PO Saunderstown, page 36 (scan 914), Hse #299, Fam #251
• 3. 1880 Federal Census, Lumpkin County, Georgia
  • 8 June, Nimblewill, Georgia Militia District 840, Enumeration District 143, page 11, Hse/Fam #94
• 4. Terri Smith Escamillo
• 5. Ancestry Trees
  • Forester/Jones, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/19654117/person/1743533622?ssrc=&ftm=1