William Blair Gornto Sr.
William Blair Gornto Sr. appears in household 15 of the 1900 Barney census as the head. Open the household dossier.
Family and settler connections
Joel Gornto
Path: Joel Gornto → William Blair Gornto Sr.
Grade: Strong Probable
Evidence: The 1850 Lowndes census places five-year-old William in Joel and Mary Gornto's household; Joel's antebellum regional presence is independently supported.
Open issue: The census does not state relationships and the exact 1826 arrival is later family testimony.
Evidence grades
- Census- or vital-record supported: recent parent-child steps are named or placed in compatible households by census, marriage, death, or comparable records.
- Secondary-supported: a compiled genealogy supplies one or more early generations while local records independently establish the people involved.
- Strong probable: the relationship is well supported, but one part of the settler claim still lacks direct settlement-era proof.
Each generation is judged separately. Marriage, surname, proximity, or a shared household does not by itself establish descent.