American Revolution Ancestor of James Rule Watson
Josias Gamble (!760,Chester, Pa.- 1823, Blount Co. TN) buried at Eubesia Presbyterian Church on U.S. 411 in Blount Co. TN near Gamble's Fort and Maryville.
Josias served as a private in the Virginia Militia. He married his cousin Anne Gamwell (June 24, 1755, Chester, Pa.-Oct. 9, 1801, Blount Co., TN) on Oct. 8,1772 in Pa. After the War Josias had a business using oxen trains to haul merchandise into Tennessee over the Mountain Passes. He had a Fort and farm near Maryville, TN.
Today there is still a Gamble reunion. His grandson was a Union Calvary Colonel throughout the Civil war enlisting Tennesseans. The grandson served as chief justice in Maryville for many years. The grandchildren and great grandchildren of Josias complied a book in 1911 to celebrate the impact he had on the community and his family. Josias was one of the very first commercial traders in the East Tennessee area.
Children of Josias Gamble were; John, Andrew, Mary, Moses, Alexander, David, Alexander Breckenridge, and Hettie