Gwaltneys In America: The Clearinghouse for Gwaltney Family History

Welcome to the Gwaltney family!

Wednesday, February 27, 2008--A Nation-wide Gwaltney/Gaultney/Galtney/Gwattney/ Gwartney/Gortney Reunion is in the Works!  There are plans underway to have a national Gwaltney family reunion to be held in Virginia in late July or early August.  Please contact me for more details!

Friday, April 20, 2007: This website wishes to remember Matthew G. Gwaltney who was killed during the tragic shooting at Virginia Tech on Monday, April 16, 2007.  Matthew was age 24 and a graduate student at Virginia Tech. He was from Chester, VA. May God's peace and comfort be with all those who are affected by this loss of young life.

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This is a website devoted to the accumulation and preservation of the Gwaltney family history in America. While there are Gwaltney's who have traced their individual lines back several generations, our goal here is to discover and provide information about the general Gwaltney population in the United States. While all Gwaltneys in America seem to have originated from Surry County, Virginia, migration patterns took them into North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Then into Texas and Mississippi, and ... eventually scattered all over this great country.

This is a website devoted to them all.

(Oh, by the way, the photograph above is of my momma, May Helen Gwaltney of Obion County, Tennesee, taken about 1958 when she was 16.)

General Overview

The Vision and the Motivation

In all honesty, this labor of love began as a spiritual journey for me. I was very curious about the spiritual heritage of--not only my immediate Gwaltney family, but the Gwaltney Family en masse. My inspiration came from God's promise in Deuteronomy 7:9:

"Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; He is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commands." (NIV)

I have seen the hand of God upon my family and was curious about my past generations. Had there been a great-grandmother or a great-great grandfather who had prayed for God's grace to be upon their family and upon their generations? Thus my inquiry into the Gwaltneys was a research into who they were as a spiritual nation.

And thus I began--not just seeking to know my momma's Gwaltney family from Obion County, TN, but all the way back to the beginning--with Thomas Gwaltney, himself, the first Gwaltney in America. There is a lot I still don't know. But I've come to understand this family a lot just by talking with others, researching, and by keeping my ears open.

If You Would Like to Contact Me or Make a Family History Inquiry

I would appreciate hearing from you so that we could share our Gwaltney family information. You may email me at jbkoonce@hotmail.com.  If you would prefer to talk on the phone, please email me and I'd be glad to send you a number at which to contact me.  Have a great day! j