John Gowen b. abt 1732 – Brunswick Co, Va 1739 bound to Ralph Jackson
Parents: Unknown. Possibly Ambrose Going.
- Ambrose Going b. abt. 1703
Children: Unknown
- Unknown
Siblings: (Note: Sibling info is speculation at this time. No confirmation yet).
- William Gowen4 b. abt 1726 of Truro Parish, Prince William Co, Va (In 1737 bound to John Straughan in Prince William Co, Va)
- Cave Gowen4 b. abt 1727 (In 1734 bound to James Vaughan in Brunswick, Va).
- Drury Gowen4 b. abt 1729 (In 1740 bound to Ralph Jackson in Brunswick, Va).
- Elsoner Gowen4 b. abt 1730 (In 1740 bound to Ralph Jackson in Brunswick, Va).
- Thomas Gowen4 b. abt 1731 (In 1736 bound to Ralph Jackson in Brunswick, Va).
- John Gowen4 b. abt 1732 (In 1736 bound to Ralph Jackson in Brunswick, Va).
- James Gowen4 b. abt 1733 (living in Brunswick Co, Va by 1757)
For additional information see these pages on this site:
- Virginia – Goochland County – 1700s to early 1800s
- Virginia – Buckingham County – 1700s to early 1800s
- Brunswick Co, Va (created in 1720 from Prince George County)
- Greensville Co, Va (created from Brunswick in 1781)
- North Carolina – Northampton County (created in 1741)
(Below are different Going, Goyen, Gowen related sources for those people were in the Virginia, North Carolina, or South Carolina areas in the early 1700’s to early 1800’s)

Map of North Carolina and Virginia border area and locations of families living in those areas (click to enlarge)
1734 June 6 upon the motion of James Vaughan Jr it is ordered that Cave Gowen a boy about seven years of age be bound to him by the Church Wardens. Brunswick Court Orders Bk 1, pg. 66. Brunswick Co, Va. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9PH-CKNQ?i=52&cat=274982 , https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9085/007646075_00354?pid=1234808&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D9085%26h%3D1234808%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DTqH928%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=TqH928&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=007644234_00053

1734 June 6 motion granted to James Vaughan to have Cave Gowen age 7 bound to him in Brunswick Co Va
1739 July 5 ordered that John and Thomas Going be bound by the Church Wardens as the law directs to Ralph Jackson. Brunswick Court Orders pg 254. Brunswick County, Virginia.
1740 April 3 ordered that Eleanar Going and Drury Going sons to Mary Gowing be bound as the law directs to Ralph Jackson untill they shall arive to the age of twenty one years. according to Order Book 1, page 302. Va. Court Order – Brunswick Co.
1758 Mar 28 – Name: John Gowen
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 28 Mar 1758
Marriage Place: St James Northam Parish, Goochland,Virginia
Spouse: Agnes Harlow
FHL Film Number: 975.5 V2D
Ancestry.com. Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014.
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60214&h=3853452&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=kUu4213&_phstart=successSource
1766 Personal tax list. Goochland Co Va
Ca. 1766-1770 List of Wright Mourland – Goochland Co Va.
Precinct of Wright Moreland
John Going 2
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List of Joseph Woodson
Will Guinn 1
Moses Going 1
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/goochcolonial.htm
1769 Personal tax list. Goochland Co Va
List of Richard D. Hines
William Going, Samuel Going 2
Robert Page … William Going … 6
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List of Wright Moreland
Philip Going 1
William Going 3
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Berry Going wart served
John Going summoned on wit
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List of Jesse Payne
Moses Going 1
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/goochcolonial.htm
1788B personal property tax records Buckingham County, Va
William Goyne 1 tithe, 2 horses (image 4) – May 30, 1788
John Goyne (Exempt), 1 horse (image 4) – May 30, 1788
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHW-B3GM?i=142&cat=406616
1790 – Land tax books. Buckingham Co, Va
John Gowing – 63 acres
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS46-YBCP?i=94&cat=408775
1791 Buckingham Co petition with John Gowing signature
http://interactive.ancestry.com/6131/VGS_1994_01_01_0268/521176332?backurl=ht1788
1791 – Land tax books. Buckingham Co, Va
John Goyan – 63 acres
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS46-YBCF?i=113&cat=408775
1792 – Land tax books. Buckingham Co, Va
John Goyan – 63 acres
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS46-YBW1?i=136&cat=408775
1793A personal property tax records Buckingham County, Va
Josias Jones land property list 1793 in Dist No. 2
William Goyan 2 tithes, 3 horses (image 3)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHW-B386?i=219&cat=406616
1793 – Land tax books. Buckingham Co, Va
John Goyan – 60 acres
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS46-YBWM?i=153&cat=408775
1794 personal property tax records Buckingham County, Va
Josias Jones land property list 1794 in Dist No. 2
William Goan 2 tithes, 3 horses (image 3)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHW-B34X?i=236&cat=406616
1794 – Land tax books. Buckingham Co, Va
John Going – 63 acres
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS46-YBQV?i=172&cat=408775
1795A personal property tax records Buckingham County, Va
Tithes and taxable property in Dist No 1 in Buckingham 1795
Moses Going (exempt) 1 horse (image 5) – July 17, 1795
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHW-B3NG?i=245&cat=406616
1795B personal property tax records Buckingham County, Va
Josias Jones land property list 1795 in Dist No. 2
William Goyan 2 tithes, 2 horses (image 3) – March 24, 1795
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHW-B333?i=254&cat=406616
1795 – Land tax books. Buckingham Co, Va
John Going – 63 acres
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS46-YBSR?i=206&cat=408775
1796B personal property tax records Buckingham County, Va
Josias Jones land property list 1796 in Dist No. 2
William Going 2 tithes, 2 horses (image 4)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHW-B3LL?i=273&cat=406616
1796 – Land tax books. Buckingham Co, Va
John Going – 63 acres
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS46-YBSY?i=220&cat=408775
1797B personal property tax records Buckingham County, Va
Josias Jones land property list 1797 in Dist No. 2
William Goyan 2 tithes, 4 horses (image 4)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHW-BSGY?i=291&cat=406616
1797 – Land tax books. Buckingham Co, Va
John Goin – 63 acres
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS46-YBMC?i=257&cat=408775
1798B personal property tax records Buckingham County, Va
Josias Jones land property list 1798 in Dist No. 2
William Goyan and J. Goyan 2 tithes, 3 horses (image 5)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHW-B3WM?i=313&cat=406616
1798 – Land tax books. Buckingham Co, Va
John Going – 63 acres
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS46-YYBL?i=268&cat=408775
1799B personal property tax records Buckingham County, Va
A list of taxable property in District No. 2 for the year 1799
William Goyan and son 2 tithes, 2 horses (image 4)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHW-BSRQ?i=337&cat=406616
1799 – Land tax books. Buckingham Co, Va
John Going – 63 acres
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS46-YYYM?i=306&cat=408775
1800B personal property tax records Buckingham County, Va
A list of taxable property in District No. 2 for the year 1800
William Goyan and son 2 tithes, 2 horses (image 4)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHW-BSV2?i=362&cat=406616
1800 – Land tax books. Buckingham Co, Va
John Gowen – 150 acres
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS46-YYRS?i=317&cat=408775
1801B personal property tax records Buckingham County, Va
Josias Jones list of taxable property for the year 1801
William Goyan and son 2 tithes, 2 horses (image 8) – Apr 4, 1801
James Goyan 1 tithe (image 8) – Apr 4, 1801
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHW-BS5T?i=384&cat=406616
1801 – Land tax books. Buckingham Co, Va
John Goin – 63 acres
William Goin – 282 acres
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS46-YYPL?i=344&cat=408775
1802B personal property tax records Buckingham County, Va
Josias Jones list of taxable property for the year 1802
James Goyan 1 tithe (image 4) – June 5, 1802
William Goyan 1 tithe, 2 horses (image 4) – June 5, 1802
Jordan Goyan 1 tithe, 1 horse (image 4) – June 5, 1802
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHW-B913?i=420&cat=406616
1802 – Land tax books. Buckingham Co, Va
John Going – 63 acres
William Going – 282 acres
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS46-YYPS?i=371&cat=408775
1803B personal property tax records Buckingham County, Va
Josias Jones land property list 1803 in Dist No. 2
William Goyan and son 2 tithes, 4 horses (image 3)
James Goyan 1 tithes (image 3)
http://www.binnsgenealogy.com
1803 – Land tax books. Buckingham Co, Va
John Going – 63 acre
William Going – 282 acres
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS46-YYP7?i=397&cat=408775
1804B personal property tax records Buckingham County, Va
Josias Jones land property list 1804 in Dist No. 2
William Goyan 1 tithe, 3 horses (image 3) – Apr 7, 1804
Jordin Goyan 1 tithe, 1 horse (image 3) – Apr 7, 1804
James Goyan 1 tithe (image 3) – Apr 7, 1804
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHW-BSJW?i=473&cat=406616
1804 – Land tax books. Buckingham Co, Va
John Going (no thumb) 63 acres
William Going – 282 acres
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS35-ZSPX-Z?i=29&cat=408775
1804 March 16 – Page 149
Jones Phipps; 40 ac.; March 16, 1804; joining lines of John Wright, William Gowing, and William Chick.
Buckingham County, Virginia Surveyor’s Plat Book 1762-1858 – Second Edition
Transcribed and Edited By Eric G. Grundset
1805B personal property tax records Buckingham County, Va
Josias Jones land property list 1805
William Goyan 1 tithe, 3 horses (image 2) – Apr 6, 1805
Jordin Goyan 1 tithe, 1 horse (image 2) – Apr 6, 1805
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James Goyan 1 tithe (image 3) – June 1, 1805
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHW-B9RD?i=497&cat=406616
1805 – Land tax books. Buckingham Co, Va
John Goin (no thumb) – 63 acres
William Going – 282 acres
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS35-ZSPX-K?i=43&cat=408775