James Goyne b. 1755

(Y2) YDNA Group

PARENTS:

Presumed son of John Going – it appears James Goyne is likely the son of  John Going b. abt 1705 who m. Mary Keith. John Going’s family is the only known Going family living in Lunenburg Co, Va at the time of his birth. Additionally, James Goyne’s descendants are almost an exact match of other descendants of John Going b. abt 1705 who married Mary Keith. It is possible he could be a grandson – (maybe a child of John Going Jr. b abt 1730-35, but the most likely choice is John Going Sr).

• John Gowen b. btw 1705 – d. aft. 1769, married Mary Keith (child of Cornelius Keith) (confirmed child of William b. 1682)

CHILDREN born to James Goyne and Mary Goyne include:

• John Goyne born July 5, 1776
• Sarah Goyne born about 1789

CHILDREN born to James Goyne and Heather O’Brien Goyne are believed to include:

• James Goins born about 1793
• Wiley Williamson Goynes born December 2, 1799

SIBLINGS:

Presumed:

• Susannah Gowen Hubbard b. 1731 (confirmed child of John Going)
• William Goyne b. 1733 (confirmed child of John Going)
• John Gowen Jr. b. abt 1735 m. Nancy Duncan (confirmed child of John Going)
• Sarah Going b. abt 1741 (presumed child of John Going)
• Amos Goyen b. 1744 (presumed child of John Going)
• Drury Goyen b. 1749 (presumed child of John Going)
• James Goyne b. 1755 (presumed child of John Going)

(Note: James Goyne’s great granddaughter, Susan Dickerson, wrote that James Goyne had 4 brothers who also served in the Revolution – the above men appear to possibly be those siblings – William, John, Amos, Drury & James).

PLACES JAMES GOYNE LIVED: 

According to his Pension Application, James Goyne lived in the following places at the approximate times noted below:

1755 – born in Lunenburg Co, Va (says Mulenburg Va – but Mecklenburg didn’t exist yet – so had to be Lunenburg where Mecklenburg was created)
1776-1784 – Camden District, SC (was living in Camden in 1776 and left in 1784)
1784-1789 Burk Co, Ga (lived there 5 years)
1789-1791 Warren Co, Ga (lived there 2 years)
1791-1795 Washington Co, Ga (lived there 5 years)
1795-1798 Hancock Co, Ga (lived there 3 years)
1798-1803 St Helena Parish, La (lived there 5 years)
1803-1805 Lawrence Co, MS (lived there 2 years)
1805-1834 Copiah Co, MS (lived there until 1834)
1834-1836 (and beyond?) Kemper Co, MS (moved to Kemper in 1834, and filled out Rev War Pension App in 1836).

FACTS:

Gowen Manuscript info:  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gowenrf/nl199010.pdf

Gowen Research Foundation Newsletter Volume 2, No. 2 October 1990

James Goyne Served the Revolution in Carolina

James Goyne, son of Mary Goyne, was born May 30, 1755 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, according to the research of Velma S. Brassell Beuerle, a descendant of Flint, Michigan. (Note:  The Revolutionary War application actually says “Mulenburg” which does not exist.  It may have meant Lunenburg, or Mecklenburg, but since Mecklenburg wasn’t created until 1764 (out of Lunenburg) it must mean “Lunenburg” – see original at bottom of page). 

Other members of the Goyne family appeared in Mecklenburg County at the same time. Bryan Goyne, believed to be a son of Mary Goyne and a brother to James Goyne, was born about 1757, probably in Mecklenburg County also.  (Note: Lunenburg is correct county for time – Mecklenburg not created until 1764 . . . out of Lunenburg).

(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)

The descendants of Mary Goyne spelled the name in various ways. Generally, in Mississippi the surname became “Guynes.” In Louisiana, “Goins” predominated, while in Virginia and Kentucky, “Gowan” was generally adopted.

James Goyne removed to Camden District, South Carolina and served there as a Revolutionary soldier in a militia company commanded by Capt. John Smith in the regiment of Col. John Winn, according to “Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files” abstracted by Virgil D. White.

James Goyne was married about 1775 to Heather O’Brien, according to the research of Margaret Frances Goynes Olson, a descendant of Corpus Christi, Texas.

After independence, James Goyne moved to Georgia, living successively in Burke, Warren and Washington counties.

Following his Georgia residence, he apparently lived in Tennessee in 1803. He removed to Louisiana and lived at Calcasieu in 1810. He received a land grant there in neutral territory which later became Vernon Parish.

In 1817 James Goyne was living in Hinds [later Copiah] County, Mississippi, according to “Mississippi Revolutionary Soldiers.” He continued to live there in 1823 and 1825 and appeared in Kemper County, Mississippi in 1834, according to Mrs. Beuerle. She is a “double descendant” of James Goyne, having two of his sons, John Goyne and James Goins, as her ancestors.

James Goyne made a declaration regarding his Revolutionary service in Kemper County May 18, 1836:

“On this 18th day of May, 1836, personally appeared before me, George Coatter, Judge of Circuit Court (the same being a court of record) now sitting in and for said county, James Goyne, a resident of said county of Kemper and state of Mississippi. Aged about eighty-one years. Who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein often stated. That he lived in Camden District, state of South Carolina, at which place some time in June, 1776 when he was drafted to go to Charleston in order to intercept the British Fleet that was expected to land there under Col. John Wynn in Capt. John Smith’s Company of militia, Lt. William Daugherty. And rendezvoused at Winnsborough in said state at the time last above mentioned and marched to Charleston and was stationed there together with said company to guard the town and after being there about a month he was marched back and dismissed about the last of July, 1776 having served about six weeks but received no written discharge–and that afterward on the last of January–as near as he can recollect– he was again drafted under the same officers as above in Camden District, South Carolina where he then resided and rendezvoused at Winnsborough.

At the same time and was moved immediately to Charleston where he was stationed some time when said company joined General Ash from North Carolina and was then marched to Pluresburgh (?) near Savannah at which place he was stationed about eight days. When he was again dismissed or discharged and returned home about the last of February, 1779–having served about one month during which service he was in no engagement nor did he receive any written discharge–and that after remaining at home about four days he again entered the service of the U, S. as a drafted soldier under Col. John Wynn in Captain Francis Gedwells Company of Militia Lieutenant William Daugherty and rendezvoused at Winnsborough about the first of March 1779 near which place this declarent then resided and from where he was marched to Savannah then near Augusta at which place he volunteered to go to Georgia to fight the Indians and put himself under Captain John Nixon and Col. Hamarm (?) and was marched to Nightsborough (?) and from there to Falsom Fort on Abuchy (?) river and from which place the Indians retreated and were pursued by said company and overtaken and a skirmish ensued in which seventeen Indians and two white men were killed and Major Ross was killed in the part of the re______ (?) .

From there he was marched to Augusta and crossing the river they Joined their former companions– at which place they remained some time from where he was marched to Augusta together with the rest of the forces and joined General Lincoln about four miles below that plain– and marched down the river and crossing at Lummertins (?) ferry marched to Bains Bridge (?) near the head of Ashley river where they remained some time–and there to stones (?) at the big rice fields to meet the British who were encamped there–at which place he remained some time–and when his term of service expired he was discharged some time in June, 1779–but received no written discharge having served at this time three months and some days–from where he returned to Camden District where he continued to live until some time in June the precise time he cannot recollect–at which time he volunteered to go to the assistance of General Greene at the siege of Ninety-Six put himself under Captain Charles Reeves in Col. Edward Lacys Lieut. Col. Patrick McGreffe and Major John O’Lears regiment of volunteers we met together on the road about fourteen miles from Winnsborough at the time last mentioned we then marched to Congaree River there we rested and endeavored to intercept Lord Rawdon on his march from Ninety-Six to Charleston. He retreated to Orangeburg and encamped there we had joined General Greene’s army before we got to Orangeburg.

We then marched to the Eutaw Springs. We then (joined) General Sumters Army and marched to a church about thirty miles from Charleston at which place we were attacked by a British troop of horse (?). We had a skirmish in which they were defeated we killed one and took seven prisoners who that night set fire to the church and fled we pursued them to —–(?). We there had a fight in which we lost about forty killed and wounded.

They retained possession of the houses we were not able to dislodge them. We then marched to Santee, crossed and then to Sumters ponds. We lay there some time and were then discharged about the first of September, 1781. He got no written discharge. He served at that time months and a half. He continued to live at the same place till about the first of June, 1782. at time he was drafted to keep the Tories in Edisto in subjection. They met at Owensborough at the time last mentioned he was under the command of Lieut. Charles Picket and Major O’Dear. They then marched to Edisto at Youngs Compound and were there stationed. They took some Tory women and sent them to Charleston. They lay there one month and was there discharged.

He got no written discharge. He served in the whole nine months and ten days for which he claims pension. He has no testamentary evidence and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. He knows no clergyman whose testimony he can procure who could testify to the report of his service. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declared that his name is not on the pension roll of agency of any state.

He was born in (Note: document says “Mulenburg” – see original below.  Must have been Lunenburg since Mecklenburg did not exist until 1764 . . . created out of Lunenburg) Mecklenburgh County, Virginia, on the 30th of May 1755. He has a record of his age at home in his bible. He has lived since the Revolutionary War in the following places. He lived in Camden District till about 1784 and then moved to Burke County, Georgia, lived there about five years then to Warren County, Georgia, lived there about two years then to Washington County, Georgia, lived there about five years then to Hancock County, lived there about three years, moved to Louisiana in St. Helena parish, lived there about five years then to Lawrence lived there about two years and from there to Copiah County, Mississippi where he resided until December, 1834 when he removed to Kemper County aforesaid where he now resides–

He was called into service in the name of the aforesaid and never served as a substitute. He was acquainted with Col Bratens Regiment of Militia, Col. Wade Hamptons troop of Cavalry, also with Major Boykins Troops of Cavalry and with Col. Lee and Washingtons Troops of Cavalry that he never received a commission or written discharge during the Revolutionary war. He also states that there is no clergyman in his neighborhood to whom he is known but that Hugh McDonald, William Herbert, William Brister and Ridings Sessums are well acquainted with him in his present neighborhood and can testify as to his reputation and character for truth. Sworn to and subscribed in open Court May 18, 1836. Lewis Stovall, Clerk James Goyne (signature)

Also, Hugh McDonald, William Herbert, Ridings Sessums and William Brister, residents of County of Kemper and State of Mississippi hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Goyne who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be 80 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Subscribed in open court May 18, 1836. Hugh McDonald William Herbert William Brister

And the said George Coatter declares it as his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and said court further certifies that it appears to him that Hugh McDonald, William Herbert and William Brister who are signed to the foregoing certificate are residents of the said county and that they are credible persons and that these statements are entitled to credit. George Coatter now presiding in the sixth Judicial District Mississippi including the County of Kemper.”

The foregoing was copied from a reproduction of the original with little or no changes of spelling, punctuation, phrasing, etc. James Goyne received a Revolutionary War pension, No. 30770 July 22, 1836. An abstract of his pension record appeared in “Mississippi Genealogical Exchange,” Volume 3, published in 1959
Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/24498:1995?ssrc=pt&tid=69705632&pid=34229170814.

Children born to him include:
John Goyne born July 5, 1776
Sarah Goyne born about 1789
James Goins born about 1790
Wiley Williamson Goynes born December 2, 1799

John Goyne, son of James Goyne, was born July 5, 1776, according to “Mississippi Revolutionary Soldiers.” His birth was in Camden District. He was married, probably in Georgia, December 8, 1800 to Matilda Hall who was born August 12, 1783 in North Carolina, according to Velma S. Brassell Beuerle. She was the daughter of Henry Hall and Mary Jane Ross Hall. It is believed that John Goyne and Matilda Hall Goyne accompanied his father in a move to Tennessee about 1803 and then to Calcasieu Parish where they were located in 1810.

John Goyne was commissioned a captain in the Louisiana militia during the War of 1812 which ended with the Battle of New Orleans January 8, 1815. In 1817 they were living in Hinds County, Mississippi. “John Goynes” appeared in the Copiah County tax list of 1823, the first year of the county’s existence, it having been carved from Hinds County in that year. He paid $2.25 tax on “one poll and two slaves.” The family farm was located seven miles east of Hazelhurst, Mississippi.

“Briant Goynes,” his son and Ancous [Angus?] Goynes also appeared in the tax list, each paying 75c for “one poll.” Also appearing in the 1823 tax list of Copiah County was “Wiley W. Goynes,” brother to John Goyne. “Wiley Goynes” appeared as the head of a household in the 1830 census of adjoining Lawrence County: “Goynes, Wiley white male 20-40 white female 20-40 white male 0-10 white male 0-10 white female 0-10 white female over 60” Wiley W. Goynes had removed from Lawrence County to Kemper District, Mississippi on the Alabama state line by the time of the 1840 census. Four members of the family were engaged in agriculture. In that year his household was listed on page 6 as: “Goynes, Wiley white male 40-50 white female 30-40 white male 10-15 white male 10-15 white female 10-15 white male 5-10 white female 5-10 white male 0-5 white male 0-5 white female 0-5” During the Civil War “Wiley W. Goynes, Co. B, First Louisiana Infantry Regiment,” perhaps a son of the householder above was killed in a battle near Lynchburg, Virginia. He was buried in Lynchburg Cemetery, according to “Behind the Old Brick Wall” by Evelyn Lee Moore.

Generally, the family name was changed to “Guynes” in 1833, according to “Guynes Family History” written by John A. Sands who gave no reason for the surname change. John Guynes died August 15, 1840. Matilda Hall Guynes was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1840 census of Copiah County, page 116. She was the owner of 10 slaves, five of whom where engaged in agriculture: “Guynes, Matilda white female 50-60 white male 15-20 white female 10-15” Matilda Guynes died January 26, 1865. They were buried near Georgetown, Mississippi in Copiah County.

Children born to John Goyne and Matilda Hall Goyne are believed to include:

Bryant W. Goyne born November 23, 1801
Henry Hall Goyne born April 18, 1803
James Goyne born July 25, 1805
Mary “Polly” Goyne born February 28, 1807
Priscilla Goyne born about 1808
Wyatt Goyne born March 22, 1809
George Ross[?] Goyne born about 1810
Elbert Goyne born about 1811
Sarah Goyne born about 1814
John Goyne, Jr. born February 26, 1813
Nancy Goyne born about 1817
Harmon Goyne born about 1820
Matilda Goyne born about 1823
Alzada Goyne born about 1826

SOURCES: 

1775 James Goyne was married about 1775 to Heather O’Brien, according to the research of Margaret Frances Goynes Olson, a descendant of Corpus Christi, Texas. James Goyne removed to Camden District, South Carolina and served there as a Revolutionary soldier in a militia company commanded by Capt. John Smith in the regiment of Col. John Winn, according to “Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files” abstracted by Virgil D. White. Camden Dist, SC

1776 – James Goyne was first called to serve in the Fairfield County, South Carolina militia in 1776. His granddaughter, Susan Goynes Dickerson, stated in a newspaper interview in 1905 that her grandfather and his four brothers had served in the Revolution. This suggests that a mix of Going brothers and cousins moved from Orange County, North Carolina to Fairfield County, South Carolina by 1776.

1776 – 1784 – (was resident of Camden Dist, SC during this time) James Goyne made a declaration regarding his Revolutionary service applying for Rev War Pens. in Kemper County, MS on May 18, 1836: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1995/images/MIUSA1775D_135684-00748?pId=24498

“On this 18th day of May, 1836, personally appeared before me, George Coatter, Judge of Circuit Court (the same being a court of record) now sitting in and for said county, James Goyne, a resident of said county of Kemper and state of Mississippi. Aged about eighty-one years. Who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein often stated. That he lived in Camden District, state of South Carolina, at which place some time in June, 1776 when he was drafted to go to Charleston in order to intercept the British Fleet that was expected to land there under Col. John Wynn in Capt. John Smith’s Company of militia, Lt. William Daugherty. And rendezvoused at Winnsborough in said state at the time last above mentioned and marched to Charleston and was stationed there together with said company to guard the town and after being there about a month he was marched back and dismissed about the last of July, 1776 having served about six weeks but received no written discharge–and that afterward on the last of January– https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29942412?h=642a42   –  as near as he can recollect– he was again drafted under the same officers as above in Camden District, South Carolina where he then resided and rendezvoused at Winnsborough.

At the same time and was moved immediately to Charleston where he was stationed some time when said company joined General Ash from North Carolina and was then marched to Pluresburgh (?) near Savannah at which place he was stationed about eight days. When he was again dismissed or discharged and returned home about the last of February, 1779–having served about one month during which service he was in no engagement nor did he receive any written discharge–and that after remaining at home about four days he again entered the service of the U, S. as a drafted soldier under Col. John Wynn in Captain Francis Gedwells Company of Militia Lieutenant William Daugherty and rendezvoused at Winnsborough about the first of March 1779 near which place this declarent then resided and from where he was marched to Savannah then near Augusta at which place he volunteered to go to Georgia to fight the Indians and put himself under Captain John Nixon and Col. Hamarm (?) and was marched to Nightsborough (?) and from there to Falsom Fort on Abuchy (?) river and from which place the Indians retreated and were pursued by said company and overtaken and a skirmish ensued in which seventeen Indians and two white men were killed and Major Ross was killed in the part of the re______ (?) .

From there he was marched to Augusta and crossing the river they Joined their former companions– at which place they remained some time from where he was marched to Augusta together with the rest of the forces and joined General Lincoln about four miles below that plain– and marched down the river and crossing at Lummertins (?) ferry marched to Bains Bridge (?) near the head of Ashley river where they remained some time–and there to Stono at the big https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29942478?h=439899 –   

rice fields to meet the British who were encamped there–at which place he remained some time–and when his term of service expired he was discharged some time in June, 1779–but received no written discharge having served at this time three months and some days–from where he returned to Camden District where he continued to live until some time in June the precise time he cannot recollect–at which time he volunteered to go to the assistance of General Greene at the siege of Ninety-Six put himself under Captain Charles Reeves in Col. Edward Lacys Lieut. Col. Patrick McGreffe and Major John O’Lears regiment of volunteers we met together on the road about fourteen miles from Winnsborough at the time last mentioned we then marched to Congaree River there we rested and endeavored to intercept Lord Rawdon on his march from Ninety-Six to Charleston. He retreated to Orangeburg and encamped there we had joined General Greene’s army before we got to Orangeburg.

We then marched to the Eutaw Springs. We then (joined) General Sumters Army and marched to a church about thirty miles from Charleston at which place we were attacked by a British troop of horse (?). We had a skirmish in which they were defeated we killed one and took seven prisoners who that night set fire to the church and fled we pursued them to —–(?). We there had a fight in which we lost about forty killed and wounded.

They retained possession of the houses we were not able to dislodge them. We then marched to Santee, crossed and then to Sumters ponds. We lay there some time and were then discharged about the first of September, 1781. He got no written discharge. He served at that time months and a half. He continued to live at the same place till about the first of June, 1782. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29942500?h=89ae98  

at time he was drafted to keep the Tories in Edisto in subjection. They met at Owensborough at the time last mentioned he was under the command of Lieut. Charles Picket and Major O’Dear. They then marched to Edisto at Youngs Compound and were there stationed. They took some Tory women and sent them to Charleston. They lay there one month and was there discharged.

He got no written discharge. He served in the whole nine months and ten days for which he claims pension. He has no testamentary evidence and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. He knows no clergyman whose testimony he can procure who could testify to the report of his service. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declared that his name is not on the pension roll of agency of any state.

He was born in (Note: document says “Mulenburg” – see original below.  Must have been Lunenburg since Mecklenburg did not exist until 1764 . . . created out of Lunenburg) Mulenburgh County, Virginia, on the 30th of May 1755. He has a record of his age at home in his bible. He has lived since the Revolutionary War in the following places. He lived in Camden District till about 1784 and then moved to Burke County, Georgia, lived there about five years then to Warren County, Georgia, lived there about two years then to Washington County, Georgia, lived there about five years then to Hancock County, lived there about three years, moved to Louisiana in St. Helena parish, lived there about five years then to Lawrence lived there about two years https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29942537?h=969d7c

and from there to Copiah County, Mississippi where he resided until December, 1834 when he removed to Kemper County aforesaid where he now resides– He was called into service in the name of the aforesaid and never served as a substitute. He was acquainted with Col Bratens Regiment of Militia, Col. Wade Hamptons troop of Cavalry, also with Major Boykins Troops of Cavalry and with Col. Lee and Washingtons Troops of Cavalry that he never received a commission or written discharge during the Revolutionary war. He also states that there is no clergyman in his neighborhood to whom he is known but that Hugh McDonald, William Herbert, William Brister and Ridings Sessums are well acquainted with him in his present neighborhood and can testify as to his reputation and character for truth. Sworn to and subscribed in open Court May 18, 1836. Lewis Stovall, Clerk.  James Goyne (signature) https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29942549?h=c96e0b

Also, Hugh McDonald, William Herbert, Ridings Sessums and William Brister, residents of County of Kemper and State of Mississippi hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Goyne who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be 80 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Subscribed in open court May 18, 1836. Hugh McDonald William Herbert William Brister https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29942549?h=c96e0b

And the said George Coatter declares it as his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and said court further certifies that it appears to him that Hugh McDonald, William Herbert and William Brister who are signed to the foregoing certificate are residents of the said county and that they are credible persons and that these statements are entitled to credit. George Coatter now presiding in the sixth Judicial District Mississippi including the County of Kemper.” https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29942549?h=c96e0b ; https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29942569?h=f9d0fa

The foregoing was copied from a reproduction of the original with little or no changes of spelling, punctuation, phrasing, etc. James Goyne received a Revolutionary War pension, No. 30770 July 22, 1836. An abstract of his pension record appeared in “Mississippi Genealogical Exchange,” Volume 3, published in 1959.

Children born to James Goyne include:
John Goyne born July 5, 1776
Sarah Goyne born about 1789
James Goins born about 1790
Wiley Williamson Goynes born December 2, 1799

1776 July 5 – James Goyne, John Goyne – son born
John Goyne, son of James Goyne, was born July 5, 1776, according to “Mississippi Revolutionary Soldiers.” His birth was in Camden District. Camden Dist, SC

1779, 1781, 1782 – James Gowen – Rev War indents:  The State of South Carolina issued a stub indent to “Mr. James Gowen for 9:5:1 sterling for forage and rations for Continentals, State Troops and Militia in 1779, 1781 and 1782,” ac­cording to the research of Mary Alice Seyle, G.R.S. of Greenville, South Carolina. Greenville Co, SC.  Gowen Manuscript:  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gowenrf/gowenms014.htm

1791 James Going was listed in Capt. Simmon’s District of Wilkes County.
James Going – 1
https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/tax/id/5688/rec/340

1791: Georgia Tax Index 1789-1799
James Going – Capt. Smiths Dist., 1791

1792 James Goyne was listed in Capt. Simmon’s District of Wilkes County.

1792 – Tax digest. Wilkes Co, Ga
Capt Simmons’ district, Wilkes County, Cole Alexander’s battalion for 1792
29 James Goyne
“Georgia, Tax Digests, 1787-1900”, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKV-532J-M?cc=4130006 : 18 July 2022), > image 1 of 1. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKV-532J-M?i=137&cc=4130006&cat=307125

1794-1804: James Goyne was listed in the inventory of the estate of William Minor, Jr. [undated, but between 1794 and 1804] in Hancock County.
A List of Ballances due William Minor Jr decd found on last ledger:
James Goyne – 42.14.78
Court of Ordinary Wills & Estates Records. Book 1794-1804. pg. 237. Hancock Co, Ga
“Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893L-5JBD?cc=1999178&wc=9SYY-92Q%3A267654601%2C267757601 : 20 May 2014), Hancock > Wills and administration records 1794-1807 vol A-4A > image 152 of 580; citing Houston County Probate Court Judge, Georgia.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893L-5JBD?i=220&cc=1999178&cat=214887

1796 Nov 2 – James Goyne appeared in the records of Hancock Co, Georgia. James Goyne was a purchaser at the estate sale of Meredith Price in early 1797 in Hancock County, Georgia according to “The Georgia Genealogy Magazine,” Winter 1974, p. 141].
1796 Nov 2 – Amt Sales part of the Estate of Meredeth Price decd brot from pg 137.
James Goyne – two saws and rests – 3.12 and 1/2
Court of Ordinary Wills & Estates Records. Book 1794-1804. pgs. 137 & 165. Hancock Co, Ga
“Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93L-5XJ9?cc=1999178&wc=9SYY-92Q%3A267654601%2C267757601 : 20 May 2014), Hancock > Wills and administration records 1794-1807 vol A-4A > image 113 of 580; citing Houston County Probate Court Judge, Georgia.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93L-5XJ9?i=181&cc=1999178&cat=214887

[1801 K] Captain William Coats District
General Note: Lot, as in Town Lot, is spelled Lott more often than not. All lots in Town of Washington, unless otherwise noted. 151 – James Goings, 153 – Thomas Going

1802 Tax Returns of Capt. William’s District, Hancock County: John Goyn and James Goyn-no entries except tax of 31½ cents each. [1802 Tax Returns, Records of Hancock Co., verified by the Nancy Hart Chapter, DAR, Milledgeville, GA, Georgia Society DAR, 1940-42]”. Hancock County, Georgia.

1802 Aug 25, Petition to Congress by Citizens of the Mississippi Territory. Pray that a land office be opened, and other subjects:
Signers to Petition, Sect 27: JOHN GOYNER
Signers to Petition, Sect 28: THOMAS GOWIN
(Carter, Clarence Edwin. The Territorial Papers of the United States, Vol V, The Territory of Mississippi, 1798-1817, GOP: 1937, p. 174)

– 1804 March 11 – James W. Gowen was referred to as a resident of Black Creek, New Feliciana Parish in a power of attorney document dated March 31, 1804, according to “Spanish West Florida Records,” Vol. 11.

1806 May 29 – … I James Jackson of new Feliciana of the one part have nominated, constituted and appointed – and do herby constitute and appoint James McElroy of New Feliciana of the other part, my true and lawful attorney … to ask demand and receive from the general intendency, Surveyor General office, or other Department wherever they grant or title inform for the tract of land whereon I made a clearing laying on Black Creek and adjoining land of James W Gowen …
Description: Volume(s) 09-12 (1803-1807) Vol. 11, p 53
Spanish West Florida, U.S., Archives of the Spanish Government, 1782-1816 [database on-line].
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29959895?h=f1dc8c

1810 – James Goyne listed as a settler making a claim by settlement and purchase. His son, John Goyne is listed on the same page as arriving in 1800. Next to him is James Hall who married James Goyne’s daughter, Sarah Goyne, they arrived in 1810, all making claims by settlement and purchase. St Helena Parish, LA. Claims West of Pearl River
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 – 1875
American State Papers, House of Representatives, 14th Congress, 1st Session
Public Lands: Volume 3. Page 67 of 820
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsp&fileName=030/llsp030.db&Page=67

1810 James Goyne “claimed improvement on the east side of the Amite River, about three miles below the line of demarcation. He settled there in 1810 and has cultivated the land continually,” according to “Calendar of State Papers, Crosby.”

1814 Apr 23 – Louisiana, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1718-1925
Name: Sally Goynes
[Sarah Guynes]
Spouse: James Hall
Marriage Date: 23 Apr 1814
Marriage County: St Helena in the Louisiana, Compiled Marriages, 1728-1850
Ancestry.com. Louisiana, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1728-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
Original data: Dodd, Jordan R, et. al.. Early American Marriages: Louisiana to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers, 19xx.
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29959285?h=4486b3

1820 US Census Name: [James Guin]
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): St Helena, Louisiana
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons – Males – 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 45 and over: 1
Number of Persons – Engaged in Agriculture: 3
Free White Persons – Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total All Persons – White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 3
1820 U S Census; Census Place: St Helena, Louisiana; Page: 356; NARA Roll: M33_30; Image: 071
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29959136?h=7b90c0

1820 US Census Name:[John Goynes]
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): St Helena, Louisiana
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons – Males – Under 10: 2
Free White Persons – Males – 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons – Males – 16 thru 18: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons – Females – Under 10: 2
Free White Persons – Females – 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons – Females – 26 thru 44: 1
Slaves – Females – 14 thru 25: 1
Number of Persons – Engaged in Agriculture: 9
Free White Persons – Under 16: 8
Free White Persons – Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 11
Total Slaves: 1
Total All Persons – White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 12
1820 U S Census; Census Place: St Helena, Louisiana; Page: 356; NARA Roll: M33_30; Image: 071
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29959167?h=cb2fe1

1821 April 30 – William Kinchen to John Guines, sheriff William Kinchen –
Whereas I William Kincham sheriff of the Parish of Saint Helena by virtue of a writ of fiefa to me directed against the goods and chattles lands and tenements of John J Burton and Samuel Burton, at the cust of John Guines did seize one certain negro woman and child called Milley and Isaac and having exposed the same to publick sale according to the law, John Guines the plaintiff became the purchaser thereof for the price of 500 dollars which I hereby acknowlede to have recorded … now therefore know all men by their presents that I the said Sheriff do in consideration of the premises and by virtue of the act in such cases made … set over to the said John Guines … the above negroes called Milly and Isaac … on the 4th day of May 1820 … set my hand and seal the 30th day of April 1821 …
Signed: William Kinchen sheriff of St Helena
Wit: Brittain Hall, Aaron Grinase
Notes: Succession Records, Vol A-D, 1820-1839. Volume A, p 25-26. St Helena Parish, Louisiana
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29956975?h=66242f (p. 25)
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29957007?h=ac5bd8 (p. 26)

1822 Hinds Co MS taxroll
John Goyne – 0 land, 1 poll, 0 free persons of color, 2 slaves.
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Hinds/1822/Combined/4

1822 May 9 – Wiley Goings and Martha Brister married. William Brister listed, by William Herbert, JP. Marriage records, Lawrence County, Mississippi, 1818-1838: compiled by Mrs. R. C. Upton and Mrs. J. E. DeLoach, pg. 13. Lawrence Co, MS
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/156198?availability=Family%20History%20Library

1823 Copiah Co MS taxroll
Amous Goynes (Amos Goynes)
John Goynes
Bryant Goynes
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1823/Combined/4

1824 Copiah Co MS taxroll
John Goynes
Bryant Goynes
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1824/Combined/14

1824 County Tax Rolls 1818-1902 – combined Lawrence Co, MS
Wylie Gwyne is listed, pg 11
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Lawrence/1824/Combined/11

1825 Copiah Co MS taxroll
Henry Goynes
Amos Goynes
John Goynes
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1825/Combined/13

1825 County Tax Rolls 1818-1902 – combined Lawrence Co, MS
Wylie Goings is listed, at Topesaw, 1 poll, pg 8
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Lawrence/1825/Combined/8

1825 March 9 – Patentee – John Guynes
Patentee GUYNES, JOHN
Patent Date 11/2/1961 (was supposed to be issued March 9, 1825 per record, so corrected in 1961)
Accession SER 1223754
Location Copiah County, MS
Township 10-N
Range 10-E
Section 5
Aliquot SE
Meridian Washington
Authority NA: Sale-Title 32 Chapter 7 (RS 2353 43 USC 672)
Longitude -90.2154467567987
Latitude 31.8640778234565
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1825 March 9 – Patentee – John GUYNES
Patent Date 3/9/1825
Accession STA MS0090__.110
Location Copiah County, MS
Township 10-N
Range 10-E
Section 6
Aliquot W½ SE
Meridian Washington
Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude -90.2344793672362
Latitude 31.8638457290842
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1825 March 9 – Patentee – John GUYNES
Patent Date 3/9/1825
Accession STA MS0090__.111
Location Copiah County, MS
Township 10-N
Range 10-E
Section 6
Aliquot E½ SW
Meridian Washington
Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude -90.2387099893595
Latitude 31.8638143816436
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1826 March 1 – Patentee – John GUYNES
Patent Date 5/1/1826
Accession STA MS0110__.200
Location Copiah County, MS
Township 10-N
Range 10-E
Section 5
Aliquot E½ NE
Meridian Washington
Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude -90.2133799229907
Latitude 31.8711815421895
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1826 March 24 – John Guynes to John Holden
… between John Guynes … and John Holden .. for and in consideration of $15 dollars paid … sell unto the said John Holden … land in Copiah County … a part of the E half of the SW quarter of Sec 6, TS10, R10E, … contain 10 acres … Signed: John Guynes. Wits: James Thomas, Henry H. Guynes. Deed bk B, p 156. Copiah Co, MS.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLL-B3DR-R?i=85&cat=253240

1826 March 24 – John Guynes to Timothy Brown …
… John Guynes … sell unto the said Timothy Brown … a certain tract of land in Copiah Co … a part of the E half of the SW quarter of Section 6 in TS10 … 69 acres ... Signed: John Guynes. Wit: James Thomas, Henry H Guynes. Deed bk B, p 165. Copiah Co, MS
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLL-B3DN-L?i=89&cat=253240

1827 County Tax Rolls 1818-1902 – combined Lawrence Co, MS
Wylie Gowens is listed, 1 white male, 2 cows/horses, pg 9
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Lawrence/1827/Combined/9

1828 Copiah Co MS taxroll
H H Guynes
Amos Guynes
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1828/Combined/7

1828 Copiah Co MS taxroll
Briant M Guynes
William Guynes
James Guynes
John Guaynes
Meredith Gawin
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1828/Combined/8

1828 County Tax Rolls 1818-1902 – combined Lawrence Co, MS
Wylie Goins is listed living at Lopasau, 1 poll. pg 9
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Lawrence/1828/Combined/9

1828 Jan 4 – Henry H Guynes from Benj Hagood bk C, p 161. Copiah Co, MS
… betw Benjamin Haigood … and Henry H Guynes of the County of Copiah and State of Mississippi … in consideration of the sum of $13 dollars … convey unto said Henry H Guynes … a lot … in the town of Georgetown in Copiah County being No. 23 containing half acre of land … and bounded on the north by Jackson St, on the E by Main St, on the South by Jefferson St, on the West by South St … Signed: Benjamin Haigood. Wit: Briant Guynes, Joseph Smith.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLL-B3DC-V?i=218&cat=253240

1828 Jan 5 – John Guynes from Benj Hagood bk C, p 166. Copiah Co, MS
… betw Benjamin Haigood of the County of Pike and State of Mississippi of the first part and John Guynes of the County of Copiah and State aforesaid … in consideration of $15 dollars … convey unto the said John Guynes … a certain lot of land … in the town of Georgetown in Copiah County … lot No. 30 bounded on the N by Jefferson St, on the E by Main St, on the S by the common and on the W by South St, containing 23,310 square feet of land … Signed: Benjamin Haigood. Wit: Thos Simpson, James Crofford.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLL-B3DC-8?i=220&cat=253240

1828 Jan 5 – Bryant Guynes fr Benj Hagood bk C, p 167. Copiah Co, MS.
… between Benjamin Haigood of the County of Pike and State of Mississippi of the first part and Briant Guynes of the County of Copiah … in consideration of the sum of $10 dollars has granted … unto the said Briant Guynes ... a certain lot of land … in the Town of Georgetown in Copiah County … as Lot No. 29 bounded on the N by Jefferson St, on the E by South St, on the South by the Common and on the W by Lafayette St containing a half acre of land …. Signed: Benjamin Haigood. Wit: Thos Simpson, John Guynes. 
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLL-B3DW-3?i=221&cat=253240

1829 Copiah Co MS taxroll
Brian Guines
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1829/Combined/18

1829 Copiah Co MS taxroll
Merida Gowin
James Guines
John Guines 
Henry Guines
Amos Guines
William Guines
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1829/Combined/19

1830 Copiah Co MS taxroll
Wm Guines
Bryan Guines
Henry H Guines
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1830/Combined/8

1830 Copiah Co MS taxroll
James Guines
Meredy Gowen
John Guines
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1830/Combined/9

1831 Copiah Co MS taxroll
John Guine
Briant Guine
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1831/Combined/7

1831 Copiah Co MS taxroll
Meredy Gowen
Henry Guines
Wiatt Guines
James Guines
Joseph Guiwn
William Guings
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1831/Combined/8

1832 Copiah Co MS taxroll
John Guines
Briant Guines
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1832/Combined/10

1832 Copiah Co MS taxroll
Henry Guines
James Guines
Whittenton Guines
Z B Guines
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1832/Combined/11

1833 Copiah Co MS taxroll
James Guines
John Guines (Snr)
Henry Guines
Bryant Guines
Wyatt Guines
Meradith Gouin
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1833/Combined/9

1834 Copiah Co MS taxroll
Meredith Gowen
John Gowen
Henry Guines
James Guins
John Guines Sr
Bryant Guines
Wyat Guines
John Guines Jr
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1834/Combined/10

1834 Jan 6 Merideth Gowin fr Sal Tracy – Deed bk D, p 115 Copiah Co, MS
… between Solomon Tracy of the first part and Meridith Gowin of the second part both of Copiah County and State of Mississippi …. the said Tracy for and in consideration of the sum of $1100 dollars to him in hand paid … sold unto the said Meridith Gowen … that lot or parcel of land lying and being in the County and State aforesaid bounded.. Lot 5 of Section 12, of TS 12 North, North of the thirty first degree of latitude in Range 5E, in the Dist of Choctaw and State of Mississippi containing 80 acres and also 40 acres adjoining the above on the West side by running on Lot Number 3 in Section 13, in TS12, of R5E and also by running the line through a lot of 30 acres adj the above on the North end deeded by John Marnick and by the said James Powel to Solomon Tracy by a line running north and south so far as to include the above named 40 acres, also west half of Section 12 in TS12 north of the 31st degree of latitude in Range 5E … west of the Pearl River containing 41 acres and three quarters of an acre … Signed: Solomon Tracy. Wit: A W Wallace. … wife of Solomon Tracy, Sarah Ann Tracy, relinquished her dower rights .. Copiah Co, MS.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-W193?i=65&cat=253240

1834 Feb 11 – Merideth Gowin to Sal Tracy – Deed bk D, p 123 Copiah Co, MS
… Meridith Gowin … in consideration of one dollar to me in hand paid … convey unto Solomon Tracy … all that lot or parcel of land lying and being in Copiah County and State of Mississippi … Lot 5 of Section 12, of TS 12 North, North of the thirty first degree of latitude in Range 5E, in the Dist of Choctaw and State of Mississippi containing 80 acres and also 40 acres adjoining the above on the West side by running on Lot Number 3 in Section 13, in TS12, of R5E and also by running on the Eighth adjoining the above on the North end by a North and South line so far as to include the above named 40 acres, also one half of lot Number 6 of Section 12 in Range 5E adjoining the first named 80 on the East side containing 41 acres and 75/100 of an acre …. I also convey unto the said S Tracy … two negroes, to wit, a negro man named Handy and a negro girl named Mary … the conditions above are such that if the said Meridith Gowin shall well and truly pay unto the sd Soloman Tracy the sum of $920 dollars … on or before the 1st day of January 1834, and $920 of like money on the 1st day of January 1836 and $20 dollars of like money on the 1st day of January 1837 … then the foregoing deed to the land and negroes to be null and void … Signed: Meridith Gowin. Wit: James Shannon, A W Wallace. Copiah Co, MS.  https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-W93Y-C?i=69&cat=253240

1834 Nov 26 – Wiley W Goyens etal to Darby Henly – transfer, Noxubee County Deed bk A, p 696
Wiley W Goyen and Isaac Parker are held firmly bound unto Darby Henly in the penal sum of $2000 good and lawful money for the payment of which sum we jointly and severally bind ourselves our heirs executors administrators and assigns forever … the condition … whereas the said Wiley W Goyen of Kemper County did under the provision of the late … law posed by the Congress of the United States on the 19 June last became entitled to a preemption claim of 160 acres of land, and whereas the said Wiley W Goyen did on this day and date at the Land Office in Columbus Mississippi enter at said office the E 1/2 NE 1/4 section 7, T 16, R 19E, now where the said Wiley W Goyens shall obtain a patent from the United States for the same in consideration of the sum of $325 dollars paid unto him by said Henly …. assigns the above named lot of land and shall make or cause to make unto said Henly or his assigns a good lawful and sufficient title of the United States to the above described tract or lot of land when this obligation to be null and void otherwise to remain in full force and virtue … Signed: Wiley W Goyen, Isaac Parker. Wit: A McIntyre. Recorded on Dec 5, 1837.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QY-6PQW?i=385&cat=250525

1834 Nov 26 – Wiley W Goyen to Nimrod N Nash – power of attorney, Noxubee County Deed bk A, p 697
I Wiley W Goyen of Kemper Co, MS appointed Nimrod N Nash of Lowndes, and Edmond T Bush of Noxubee Co, MS aforesaid my true and lawful attorneys … at the land office at Columbus … for the East half of the North East quarter of section seven of Township Sixteen of Range Nineteen East and for me and in my name to bargain grant sell and convey to Darby Henly the above named tract of land for the consideration of the sum of $325 dollars which the said Henly has this day paid … for me and in my name to seal, execute and delver a good and lawful deed of title of the United States unto the said Darby Henly … Signed: Wiley W. Goyen. Wit. A McIntyre. Noxubee Co, MS.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QY-6PQW?i=385&cat=250525

1834 Dec 19 – James Guynes and wife Marthy Ann Guynes to Thomas D Yates bk L, p 528 Copiah Co, MS
… between James Guynes and Marthy Ann Guynes of the County of Copiah and State of Mississippi of the one part and Thomas D Yates of the County and State afsd of the second part … in consideration of 400 dollars … paid by the said Thomas D Yates … confirmed unto the said Thomas D Yates … land in the County and State afsd …. the E 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of Section 4 Township 10 North of the 41st dectree of Latitude of Range 10 E, containing 78 acres and 3/100 of an acres … also the N 1/2 of the E 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Section 4 of Township 10 N of the 31st degree of Latitude of Range 10 E in the District of Choctaw and Mississippi containing 39 acres and 2/100 of an acre …
Signed: James Guynes, Martha Ann Guynes
Recorded on Oct 27, 1848 for record. (Yates sells deed in next record – looks like he just forgot to record it until 1848)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C331-C2G6?i=281&cat=253240

1835 Copiah Co MS taxroll
John Guines Senr
Briant Guines
Henry Guines
James Guines
Meradeth Gowan
John Gowan
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1835/Combined/8

1835 July 17 – (correction of above transaction betw Meredith Gowin and Solomon Tracy on June 6, 1834) – Deed bk D, p. 394. Copiah Co, MS.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-W9SX-R?i=158&cat=253240

1835 July 18 – Merideth Gowin to G W Grant – Deed bk D, p 395. Copiah Co, MS
… between Meredith Gowen and Nancy Gowen his wife of the one part and Go. W. Grant all of Copiah County, State of Mississippi of the other part … in consideration of the sum of $2760 dollars to the said Meredeth Gowen and wife in hand paid by said Geo W. Grant … confirm unto him said Geo W Grant the following described tracts or parcels of land …. at the SE corner of Lot No 5 on Sec line of Section 12, TS12, R5, ... running West along said section line to the NE corner of Lot 3, Sec 13, same TS and Range, thence S one hundred and sixty poles to the SE corner of said Lot 3, Sect 13, thence W … to a stake in lot 4 of Sect 1, thence E … and N … along the line of the above named Lot 5 … to the NW corner of the same, thence E … on the Fulghams land … to said Sect line between 12 and 13 … the land conveyed by Dr S Tracy to said Gowen also the S half of the Lot No 2 of said Sec 12 and likewise the S half of Lot No 2 of Sec 13 of same TS and Range ... containing 241 and 3/4 acres … Signed: Meredith Gowen, Nancy Gowen. Wit: James Speed. Copiah Co, MS.   https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-W9MV-8?i=159&cat=253240
Blk/Lot S½2 – GOWIN, MERIDETH
Blk/Lot 5 – ALLEN, WILEY
Blk/Lot 4 – DOBBS, JOHN
Blk/Lot 1 – FULGHAM, JOHN S
Blk/Lot N½2 – FULGHAM, JOHN S
Blk/Lot 3 – SUGG, WILLIAM
Blk/Lot 6 – TRACY, SOLOMON
Location Copiah County, MS
Meridian Washington
Township 12-N
Range 5-E
Section 12
Latitude 32.0266117207468
Longitude -90.6620560788933
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

? Date –
Blk/Lot S½ 2 – GOWIN, MEREDITH
Blk/Lot 1 – GRANT, GEORGE W
Blk/Lot N½2 – GRANT, GEORGE W
Blk/Lot 5 – HILL, JACOB K
Blk/Lot N½6 – HILL, JACOB K
Blk/Lot S½6 – HILL, JACOB K
Blk/Lot 4 – LLOYD, WILLIAM W
Blk/Lot 3 – POWELL, HARMAN
Location Copiah County, MS
Meridian Washington
Township 12-N
Range 5-E
Section 13
Latitude 32.0120280303708
Longitude -90.6621098499855
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1836 July 23 – Meredith Gowen, John M Gowin & Alexander McKaskill to Joseph G Anderson bk E, p 20 Copiah Co, MS
… this agreement … between Meredith Gowen, John M Gowin and Alexander McKaskill of the one part and Joseph G Anderson of the other … party of the second part, hath this day sold and conveyed to the said party of the first part the Hibernean Mills in the County of Copiah and 1/8ths of land appurtenant thereto for $16,000 to be paid in 4 equal and annual payments commencing on the 1st day of January 1837 … there is now a mortgage by the said Anderson to Robert Woods upon said mills and the 1/8th of land on which the same stands for 35 or 600 dollars, outstanding and unsatisfied which said mortgage has been assigned to Messrs. Whiting & Clark & Palmer & Southmayd in the City of New Orleans … in case the said Anderson shall not pay …said mortgage … before the 1st day of March next and in case said mortgage lien shall come against the said parties of the first part so as to disturb them in the peaceable possession of said property the said Anderson agrees to forfeit the 2d payment of $4000 for said premises which is to become due on the 1st day of January 1838 and to indemnify the said parties of the first part against all loss and damage that shall accrue thereby …
Signed: J G Anderson.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-W9MQ-B?i=274&cat=253240

1836 July 23 – Meredith Gowin, John M Gowin and Alexander McCaskill to Joseph G Anderson bk E, p 42 Copiah Co, MS (mortgage)
… between Meredith Gowin, John M Gowin and Alexander McCaskill of the first part and Joseph G Anderson of the other part … in consideration of the sum of $16,000 dollars … convey unto the said party of the second part … land situated in the County of Copiah in the State of Mississippi … the SW 1/4 and the N 1/2 of the W 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of Section 35, Township 2 of Range 3 W, and also the E 1/2 of the NW 1/4 and N 1/2 of the W 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of Section 2 in Township 1 of Range 3 W containing 320 acres … also the following described personal estate … on and about the above described premises to wit: 13 oxen, a road waggon, a carry log & hooks, 2 sets of blacksmith tools, a quantity of iron & steel, a gin head and feeder, a rail car, a double block and tackle, 5 cows and calves, 4 head of yearlings & 2 year olds between 100 and 200 head of hogs, a turning lathe & tools, a great quantity of joiners and carpenter tools, 4 mill saws, one crop cut saw, one boat, 7 shovels and spades, a grubbing hoe, a set of dressed lumber for a carry log, 2 patent ploughs, and 1 shover or bull tongue, 2 sets of horse harness, 5 weeding hoes, 5 Collins axes, 1 log chain, and one harrow, all the household and kitchen furniture, a large pair of Mill stones, a Jack Screw, a large and a small pair of steel yards, a scythe and cradle, 3 iron rakes, and a garden how, a large brass bell and hangings, a set of mill irons for hanging millstones, 6 ox yokes staples, rings and chains for the same, and 3 negro men named George, Christmas, and Henry … Provided however that the said parties of the first part have this day purchased of the said party of the second part all the above described real and personal estate and hath received a deed …. the consideration of 16,000 dollars payable … 4000 on the first day of Jan 1837 … 4000 on the 1st day of Jan 1838, 4000 on the 1st day of Jan 1839, and 4000 on the 1st day of Jan 1840 … if the parties of the first part shall well and punctually pay said several sums of money … then the above deed to be null and void …
Signed: M Gowin, John M Gowin, A McCaskill
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-W9S4-1?i=285&cat=253240

1836 July 23 – Meredith Gowen, John M Gowen and Alexander McCaskill to Joseph G Anderson Deed bk E, p 228 Copiah Co, MS
… between Meredith Gowen, John M Gowen and Alexander McCaskill of the County of Simpson in the State of MS of the one part, and Joseph G Anderson of the County of Copiah in said State of the other part … (another mortgage) … in consideration of the sale … of the Heberman Mills and 4/8ths of land with all the stock, tools etc thereto … in the County of Copiah … have granted … sold unto said party of the second part the following described Town Lot in the town of Westville in the County of Simpson, towit: Lot No. 28 according to the plat of said town … and also a negro man named Nat aged 40 yrs, a negro woman Gracy aged 35, Handy aged 22, Abby 20, Eliza 20, Mary 14, Judy 16 … (if mortgage paid timely then deed is void).
Signed: M Gowen, John M Gowen, A McCaskill
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-W9S5-5?i=388&cat=253240

1836 Sept 7 – Henry H Goyins and Mary Goyins  to Wilson and Treadwell bk E, p 108 Copiah Co, MS
… between Henry H Goyins and Mary Goyins of the one part and Joseph Wilson, Reuben H Tradewell of the other part all of the County and State above … Henry Goyins and Mary Goyins for and in consideration of the sum of 350 dollars … do grant bargain … unto the sd Joseph Wilson and Reuben H Tradewell …. land lying and being in the County above mentioned … the N West 1/4 of Section No 5 of Township 10, Range No 10 E containing 157 and 95/100 acres …
Signed: Henry Goyins, Mary Goyins
Wit: B Gresham
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-W937-9?i=326&cat=253240

1837 Copiah Co MS taxroll
Wiatt Guynes
Briant Guynes
Henry Guynes
William Goins
Meredith Gowan
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1837/Combined/9

1837 Copiah Co MS taxroll
John Guynes Snr
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1837/Combined/10

1837 Hinds Co MS taxroll
Thomas Gowen – 760 acres, 0 white polls, 0 free persons of color, 26 slaves.
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Hinds/1837/Combined/9

1837 Kemper Co MS taxroll
Wiley W Goines 
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Kemper/1837/Combined/6

1837 May 2 – Meredith Gowen and John M Gowen to Joseph G Anderson bk E p 280 Copiah Co, MS
… between Meredith Gowen and John M Gowen of the County of Copiah and State of Mississippi of the one part and Joseph G Anderson of the same place of the other part … whereas Meredith Gowen, John M Gowen and Alexander McCaskill of the County of Simpson and State afsd did on or about the 25th day of July 1836 purchased … land containing 1/2 Section of land … known as the Hibernean Mills situated on Turkey Creek in the County of Copiah … with negroes, cattle, hogs and various other species of property amounting to the sum of 16,000 dollars … and also goods wares and merchandise amounting to about 1800 or 1900 dollars … the said Meredith Gowen, John M Gowen and Alexander McCaskill were to make certain bills and notes … gave to the said Joseph G Anderson a mortgage on the said property … whereas the said Anderson released the said Alexander McCaskill from the said contract and mortgage at the request of said Meredith Gowin and John M Gowin … said Meredith Gowen had given no security for the payment of said goods, wares & merchandise … on or about the middle of Oct 1837 …. sell release and confirm unto the said Joesph G Anderson … a certain negro woman by the name of Kizzy dark complexion about 24 years of age, also one other negro woman by the name of Nelly and her child Eliza the woman about 21 years of age light complexion child about 4 months … if the said Meredith & John M Gowing …. pay unto the said Joseph G Anderson (the mortgage amounts previously agreed) … this agreement void …
Signed: Meredith Gowin, John M Gowin
Wit: Thomas Keller
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-WBVM?i=416&cat=253240

1838 Copiah Co MS taxroll
Wiatt Guynes
Briant Guynes
Henry Guynes
John Guynes
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1838/Combined/11

1838 Kemper Co MS taxroll
Wiley W Goynes
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Kemper/1838/Combined/6

1838 Lowndes Co MS taxroll
James Goin
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Lowndes/1838/Combined/16

1838 March – James Goyne receives payments for his Revolutionary War service from 1832 until March of 1838 when the last payment is sent.
The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 7
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29978254?h=8c63da

1839 Copiah Co MS taxroll
Wiatt Guines
Bryant Guinns
Henry Guians
John Guians
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1839/Combined/10

1839 Kemper Co MS taxroll
Wiley W Goynes
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Kemper/1839/Combined/6

1840 US Census Name: Bryant Guynes
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Copiah, Mississippi
Free White Persons – Males – Under 5: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 20 thru 29: 1
Slaves – Males – Under 10: 2
Slaves – Males – 10 thru 23: 1
Slaves – Females – 10 thru 23: 2
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 5
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1
Free White Persons – Under 20: 1
Free White Persons – 20 thru 49: 3
Total Free White Persons: 4
Total Slaves: 5
Total All Persons – Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 9
Year: 1840; Census Place: Copiah, Mississippi; Roll: 213; Page: 115; Family History Library Film: 0014840
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29963105?h=d26cc6

1840 US Census Name: Wiat Guynes
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Copiah, Mississippi
Free White Persons – Males – Under 5: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons – Females – Under 5: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons – Females – 20 thru 29: 1
Slaves – Females – 36 thru 54: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 2
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1
Free White Persons – Under 20: 4
Free White Persons – 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 6
Total Slaves: 1
Total All Persons – Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 7
Year: 1840; Census Place: Copiah, Mississippi; Roll: 213; Page: 116; Family History Library Film: 0014840
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29963110?h=021746

1840 US Census Name: Henry Guynes
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Copiah, Mississippi
Free White Persons – Males – Under 5: 2
Free White Persons – Males – 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons – Males – 10 thru 14: 2
Free White Persons – Males – 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons – Females – Under 5: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 30 thru 39: 1
Slaves – Males – Under 10: 1
Slaves – Females – Under 10: 2
Slaves – Females – 10 thru 23: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 2
Free White Persons – Under 20: 8
Free White Persons – 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 10
Total Slaves: 4
Total All Persons – Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 14
Year: 1840; Census Place: Copiah, Mississippi; Roll: 213; Page: 116; Family History Library Film: 0014840
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29963116?h=60eba3

1840 US Census Name: [Matilda Guynes]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Copiah, Mississippi
Free White Persons – Males – 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 50 thru 59: 1
Slaves – Males – Under 10: 3
Slaves – Males – 10 thru 23: 1
Slaves – Males – 36 thru 54: 1
Slaves – Females – Under 10: 1
Slaves – Females – 10 thru 23: 4
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 5
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1
Free White Persons – Under 20: 2
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total Slaves: 10
Total All Persons – Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 13
Year: 1840; Census Place: Copiah, Mississippi; Roll: 213; Page: 116; Family History Library Film: 0014840
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29963128?h=fa700d

1840 US Census Name: John Goens
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Copiah, Mississippi
Free White Persons – Males – 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons – Females – Under 5: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 20 thru 29: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 2
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1
Free White Persons – Under 20: 2
Free White Persons – 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 4
Total All Persons – Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 4
Year: 1840; Census Place: Copiah, Mississippi; Roll: 213; Page: 108; Family History Library Film: 0014840
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29963143?h=3b59ea

1840 US Census Name: George Guines
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Simpson, Mississippi
Free White Persons – Males – Under 5: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 10 thru 14: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons – Under 20: 2
Free White Persons – 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total All Persons – Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 3
Year: 1840; Census Place: Simpson, Mississippi; Roll: 217; Page: 220; Family History Library Film: 0014841
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29963151?h=a1b340

1840 US Census: Name: [Wiley W Goynes]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Kemper, Mississippi
Free White Persons – Males – Under 5: 2
Free White Persons – Males – 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 10 thru 14: 2
Free White Persons – Males – 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons – Females – Under 5: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 30 thru 39: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 4
Free White Persons – Under 20: 8
Free White Persons – 20 thru 49: 3
Total Free White Persons: 11
Total All Persons – Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 11
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=kUu1668&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=1840usfedcenancestry&gsln=Goin&gsln_x=NP_NN_NS&cp=12&msypn__ftp=kemper,%20mississippi,%20usa&msypn__ftp_x=1&msypn=1578&msypn_x=1&qh=V3FStLhcwNcPnKvfRWR73w%3D%3D&new=1&rank=1&redir=false&uidh=m37&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=1&h=3596330&recoff=33%2046&ml_rpos=2

1840 US Census: Name: Amos Goynes
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Kemper, Mississippi
Free White Persons – Males – 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 15 thru 19: 2
Free White Persons – Males – 50 thru 59: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons – Females – 40 thru 49: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 5
Free White Persons – Under 20: 6
Free White Persons – 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 8
Total All Persons – Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 8
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1840 Copiah Co MS taxroll
William Gowins
Ignitius L Gowing
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1840/Combined/9

1840 Copiah Co MS taxroll
John Gowins
Wyatt Guynes
Henry Guynes
John Guynes
Bryant Guynes
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1840/Combined/10

1840 Kemper Co MS taxroll
Wiley W Goynes
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Kemper/1840/Combined/10

1840 Feb term – On a petition of Hiram O Anderson ordered Letters of Administration on the Estate of Merideth Gowen late of Copiah County decd be granted to said Hiram O Anderson.
Ordered that a warrant of appraisement issue to Marke Wade, Thomas Stewart, James Smith, Israel Smith, and William Matheny to appraise the personal estate of Merideth Gowen decd.
Ordered that the admin of the Estate of Merideth Gowen decd cause publication to be made in the Southern Star a newspaper published in the Town of Gallatin for six weeks successively notifying all persons having claims against the said Estate to present them . . . within the time presented by law . . .
Ordered that the administrator of the Estate of Merideth Gowen be authorized to expose to the public sale on a credit of twelve months on the personal Estate of said decedent be given due notice of the time and place of sale according to law.
Ordered that a warrant of appraisement issue to Joseph O Person, Pasmore Hooper, William Sillers, John B Thrasher, George W Tharp to appraise certain negros belonging to the Estate of Merideth Gowen decd said to be in Claiborne County and that they report to the next term of the court. Probate Bk B, pg. 162-163. Copiah Co, MS. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QX-3NJJ?i=299&cc=2036959&cat=238642

1840 Feb 10 – Patentee – Bryant GUYNE
Patent Date 2/10/1840
Accession STA MS1890__.425
Location Copiah County, MS
Township 1-N
Range 1-E
Section 34
Aliquot NW NE
Meridian Choctaw
Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude -90.1829452873894
Latitude 31.8874835756967
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1840 Feb 10 – Patentee – Briant GUYNE
Patentee WHITTINGTON, BIRD
Patent Date 2/10/1840
Accession STA MS1890__.463
Location Copiah County, MS
Township 1-N
Range 1-E
Section 27
Aliquot SE
Meridian Choctaw
Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude -90.1808017525483
Latitude 31.8929281311627
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1840 Feb 10 – Patentee – William GOWEN
Patentee HERRALD, JAMES J
Patent Date 2/10/1840
Accession STA MS1920__.229
Location Copiah County, MS
Township 9-N
Range 5-E
Section 21
Aliquot NE
Meridian Washington
Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude -90.705673805502
Latitude 31.7385340510023
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1840 Feb 10 – Patentee – James GUYNES
Patent Date 2/10/1840
Accession STA MS1910__.027
Location Copiah County, MS
Township 10-N
Range 10-E
Section 4
Aliquot N½ E½ SE
Meridian Washington
Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude -90.196125004751
Latitude 31.866019800477
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1840 May 18 – Ordered that the appraisement bill of the personal property of Merideth Gowen decd in Copiah County be recd and filed for record.
Ordered that the appraisement bill of the personal property of Merideth Gowen decd in Claiborne Co be recd and filed for record. Probate Bk B, pg. 182. Copiah Co, MS. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QX-3N58?i=309&cc=2036959&cat=238642

1840 Nov term – Ordered that letters of administration issue to Briant M Guine and Henry H Guine on the estate of John Guine late of Copiah County decd, they having entered into bond in the penal sum of twenty thousand dollars with Moses D Norman and Benjamin T Haygood who are appointed of as their securities.
Ordered that a warrant of appraisement issue to Davis Barron, Timothy Brown, John T Moore, James C Hicks, and William Haynes to appraise the personal property of John Guine, late of Copiah County.
Ordered that the administrators of the Estate of John Guine decd cause publication to be made . . .
Ordered that the adminsitrators of the Estate of John Guine decd be authorized to expose to public sale on a credit of twelve months all the personal property of said decd they giving due notice of the time and place of such sale according to law. Probate Bk B, pg. 218-219. Copiah Co, MS. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QX-3JDT?i=328&cc=2036959&cat=238642

1840 Dec term – Ordered that the report of the commissioners appointed to set apart one year provision for the widow and children of John Guines decd be recd for record. Probate Bk B, pg. 224. Copiah Co, MS. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QX-3JGD?i=332&cc=2036959&cat=238642

1840 Dec term – John Wheat v Hiram Anderson. On petition filed of John Wheat. Ordered that citation issue to Sheriff of Claiborne Co, to summon Hiram O Anderson admin of Estate of Merideth Gowin late of Copiah County decd to be and personally appear before the Probate Court of Copiah County at the court house thereof on the third Monday of January next 1841 to show cause if any he can why he shall not give additional bond and security on said Estate. Probate Bk B, pg. 233. Copiah Co, MS. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89QX-3V3V?i=336&cc=2036959&cat=238642

1840 Dec 10 – Patentee – John GUYNES
Patent Date 12/10/1840
Accession STA MS2090__.392
Location Copiah County, MS
Township 10-N
Range 10-E
Section 5
Aliquot W½ NE
Meridian Washington
Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude -90.2175571738663
Latitude 31.8711494791292
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1840 Dec 10 – Patentee – John GUYNES
Patent Date 12/10/1840
Accession STA MS2090__.392
Location Copiah County, MS
Township 10-N
Range 10-E
Section 8
Aliquot W½ NE
Meridian Washington
Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude -90.2175277643666
Latitude 31.8568095951137
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1840 Dec 10 – Patentee – Briant GUYNES
Patent Date 12/10/1840
Accession STA MS2090__.437
Location Copiah County, MS
Township 1-N
Range 1-E
Section 35
Aliquot NW NW
Meridian Choctaw
Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude -90.1745629446993
Latitude 31.8875006905754
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1840 Dec 10 – Patentee – Briant GUYNES
Patent Date 12/10/1840
Accession STA MS2090__.437
Location Copiah County, MS
Township 1-N
Range 1-E
Section 34
Aliquot E½ NE
Meridian Choctaw
Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude -90.1787948921315
Latitude 31.8856727295307
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1840 Dec 10 – Patentee – Wiatt GUYNES
Patent Date12/10/1840
AccessionSTA MS2090__.435
LocationCopiah County, MS
Township10-N
Range9-E
Section1
AliquotE½SE
MeridianWashington
AuthorityApril 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude-90.2471453200636
Latitude31.8637724629706
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1840 Dec 10 – Patentee – Henry H GUYNES
Patent Date 12/10/1840
Accession STA MS2090__.391
Location Copiah County, MS
Township 10-N
Range 10-E
Section 5
Aliquot NW
Meridian Washington
Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude -90.2238278962989
Latitude 31.8711013473417
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1841 Copiah Co MS taxroll
Henry Goynes
Wyatt Goynes
Bryant Goynes
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1841/Combined/10

1841 Copiah Co MS taxroll
B Goynes admn of J Goynes
Mrs Matilda Goynes
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1841/Combined/11

1841 Kemper Co MS taxroll
W W Goyne
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Kemper/1841/Combined/11

1841 January term – John Wheat security v Hiram O Anderson admin. And now as this term of the Court. It appearing to the satisfaction of the court that citation has been duly served by the Sheriff of Claiborne County on the defendant Hiram O Anderson admin of the Estate of Merideth Gowin decd, and the said Hiram O Anderson having failed to give further and additional bond and security as required by the court, it is therefore ordered by the court that the said letters of administration heretofore granted to the said Hiram O Anderson admin be and the same are hereby revoked. Probate Bk B, pg. 236. Copiah Co, MS. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QX-3JJY?i=338&cc=2036959&cat=238642

1841 Jan term – Ordered that letters of admin in the Estate of Merideth Gowin late of Copiah County decd issue to Thomas Holliday he having entered into bond in the penal sum of twelve thousand dollars with William McGee and William Robinson who are approved securities.
Ordered that a warrant of appraisement issue to Johnathan Bush, Samuel H Aby, William D Hawkins, George R Kiger, and Rouland Johnson to appraise the personal property of Merideth Gowin deceased.
Ordered that the administrator of the Estate of Merideth Gowin decd cause publication in the Southern Star a news paper published in the Town of Gallatin for six weeks . . .
Ordered that the admin of the Estate of Merideth Gowin decd be authd to expose to public sale . . . the personal property of said decedent . . . Probate Bk B, pg. 239. Copiah Co, MS. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QX-3JVM?i=339&cc=2036959&cat=238642

(Additional pages in the Probate books for Merideth Gowen decd) – Copiah Co, MS
Notice of final settlement 306 (Minute Book C)
final account of H O Anderson 97  (Minute Book D)
Letters of admx to Nancy Gowen 332  (Minute Book C)
Passing claims of F Bush 172 (or 272)  (Minute Book C)   https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/238642?availability=Family%20History%20Library

1841 Feb term – Ordered that the warrant of appraisement on the Estate of John Guynes decd be received and filed for record.
Ordered that the report of the claims in favor of the Estate of John Guynes decd be received and filed for record. Probate Bk B, pg. 242. Copiah Co, MS. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QX-3J62?i=341&cc=2036959&cat=238642

1841 Feb 27 – Wiley W Goynes grant
Patent Date 2/27/1841
Accession STA MS1430__.020
Location Kemper County, MS
Township 10-N
Range 16-E
Section 24
Aliquot W½ SE
Meridian Choctaw
Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1841 March term – Ordered that the sale bill of the personal property of John Guynes decd be recd and filed for record. Probate Bk B, pg. 252. Copiah Co, MS. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QX-3JYS?i=346&cc=2036959&cat=238642

1841 May 25 – Patentee – John GUYNES
Patent Date 5/25/1841
Accession STA MS2070__.272
Location Copiah County, MS
Township 10-N
Range 10-E
Section 4
Aliquot NW SW
Meridian Washington
Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude -90.2090735916312
Latitude 31.8659304077587
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1841 May 25 – Patentee – John GUYNES
Patent Date 5/25/1841
Accession STA MS2070__.272
Location Copiah County, MS
Township 10-N
Range 10-E
Section 4
Aliquot SW NW
Meridian Washington
Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude -90.2091067235913
Latitude 31.8694476784016
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1841 June 25 – Patentee – Wiatt GUYNES
Patent Date6/25/1841
AccessionSTA MS2100__.070
LocationCopiah County, MS
Township10-N
Range9-E
Section12
AliquotNENE
MeridianWashington
AuthorityApril 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude-90.2471273733172
Latitude31.8582875012681
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1841 June 25 – Patentee – John M GOWAN
Patent Date 6/25/1841
Accession STA MS2100__.255
Location Copiah County, MS
Township 2-N
Range 3-W
Section 34
Aliquot NE SE
Meridian Choctaw
Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude -90.4868341855396
Latitude 31.9676000150401
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1841 June 25 – Patentee – John M. GOWAN
Patent Date 6/25/1841
Accession STA MS2100__.256
Location Copiah County, MS
Township 1-N
Range 3-W
Section 11
Aliquot SE NE
Meridian Choctaw
Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude -90.4696987494283
Latitude 31.9418337578973
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1842 Kemper Co MS taxroll
W W Goins
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Kemper/1842/Personal/15

1842 Sept term – W D Cooper v Est of John Guynes – account passed for $34.12. Probate Bk C, pg. 51. Copiah Co, MS.  https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QX-M9SM-R?i=32&cc=2036959&cat=238642

John Guynes decd – Following entries are in Minute Book C. Copiah Co, MS (see link below)
citation to sell real estate 275
sale of real estate granted 294
report of sale and decree of t 316
notice of final settlement 443
notice of final settlement 22 (Minute Book D)
final settlement and allowance 41 (Minute Book D)
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/238642?availability=Family%20History%20Library

1843 Kemper Co MS taxroll
John Goins
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Kemper/1843/Personal/14

1843 Kemper Co MS taxroll
W W Gowins
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Kemper/1843/Personal/15

1844 Copiah Co MS taxroll
Henry H Guynes
Briant Guynes
Wiatt Guynes
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1844/Personal/9

1844 Kemper Co MS taxroll
W W Goynes
B C Goynes
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Kemper/1844/Personal/13

1844 June 5 – Wiley W Goynes grant
Patentee PARKER, ISAAC
Patentee GOYNES, WILEY W
Patent Date 6/5/1844
Accession STA MS1000__.227
Location Kemper County, MS
Township 11-N
Range 17-E
Section 33
Aliquot NW
Meridian Choctaw
Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1844 July 13 – Margaret E Gowan to A R Hennington bk K, p 537 Copiah Co, MS
… between Margarett E Gowan of the first part and A R Henington of the second part all of the County of Copiah and State of Mississippi … party of the first part … in consideration of the sum of 120 dollars … convey unto the said party of the second part … land being … Lot No. 6 bounded on the W by lands of J O Healey and Henry Henington, on the N by Lot No 9 on the E by Lot 4 & 7, on the S by Lot 5, the same tract that Margaret E Gowan drawed as her distributive share of the real estate of John Henington, late of said County decd containing 57 acres and 93/100ths of an acre of Section 17, Township 2 of Range 1 W all in County and State afsd …
Signed: Margaret E Gowan
Wit: Will Haley
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-72VC?i=589&cat=253240

1844 Nov term – Ordered that Henry H Guynes surviving administrator of the estate of John Guynes decd be authorized to give notice by posting up notices in three of the most public places in Copiah County the court house being one of his final settlement of said estate at the next January term of this court. Probate Bk C, pg 222. Copiah Co, MS. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QX-M99B-C?i=121&cc=2036959&cat=238642

1845 Copiah Co MS taxroll
Josiah Goins
Lewis Goins
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1845/Personal/10

1845 Copiah Co MS taxroll
Wiatt Guynes
Henry H Guynes
Mrs Matilda Guynes
Mrs Amanda Guynes
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1845/Personal/11

1845 Kemper Co MS taxroll
W W Goynes
John R Goynes
B C Goynes
Erasmus Goynes
A C Goynes
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Kemper/1845/Personal/12

1845 – Estate of Bryant M Guynes. Loose Probate Papers, Copiah County, MS. (beginning): https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99Q6-W24N?i=340&cc=2036959&cat=247756 (Starting here – at Estate of Bryant M Guynes – there are about 500 loose papers for various Guynes family members in the 1840s to 1860s – a BUNCH of info here if you need to sort out who is who, etc).

1845 Jan term – ordered that the final account of Henry H Guynes serving administrator of the estate of John Guynes deceased be received and filed for record. Probate Bk C, pg 251. Copiah Co, MS. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QX-M99D-Y?i=135&cc=2036959&cat=238642

1845 Feb term – Ordered that the report of Dower laid out to Matilda Guynes be received and filed for record. Probate Bk C, pg 253. Copiah Co, MS. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QX-M9SZ-D?i=136&cc=2036959&cat=238642

1845 March 3 – Henry H Guynes from Holliday bk L, p 424 Copiah Co, MS
… I Thomas Holliday, tax collector of Copiah County … sold the following … real estate, towit: the NE 1/4 & E 1/2 of NW 1/4 of Section 1 Township 10 Range 9 E & S 1/2 of SW 1/4 of Section 36, T1, Range 1 W at the property of Henry H Guynes for the taxes due thereon for the year 1844 … the sum of 19 dollars … where Henry H Guynes being the best bidder became the purchaser at the sum of 20 dollars … convey said lands to Henry H Guynes …. this 3d day of March 1845.
Signed: Thos Holliday, Tax Collector
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C331-C2KM?i=227&cat=253240

1845 Sept 1 – Henry Guynes admin to B F Haygood bk L, p 276 Copiah Co, MS
… between Henry H Guynes surviving admin of the estate of John Guynes decd of the County of Copiah and State of MS of the one part and Benj F Haygood of the County and State afsd of the second part … at a term of the Probate Court of said County … on the 3rd Monday in May 1845 … decreed that the said party of the first part should sell on a credit of 12 months from the day of sale all that tract of land known and described as … W 1/2 of the NE 1/4 and W 1/2 of the SE 1/4 and NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 and SE 1/4 of SE 1/4 of SE 1/4 in Section 5 in Township 10 of Range 10 E … also the W 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of Section 8 in Township 10 of Range 10 E containing 312 acres … in the County of Copiah afsd … did regularly give notice of the time and place of sale in a News Paper published in the Town of Gallatin in said County and State called the “Argus” … 6 weeks successively … commencing on the 12 day of June 1845 … ending the 19 day of July 1845 … at the late residence of John Guynes decd the same being on the premises hereby conveyed … the said B F Haygood then and there bid for the same the sum of 370 dollars … being the highest and best bid … struck of to him …. the said B F Haygood hath executed and delivered his note with Wyatt Guynes his … sucurity for payment …
Signed: H H Guynes, administrator etc.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C331-CVL8?i=149&cat=253240

1846 Kemper Co MS taxroll
W W Goyne
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Kemper/1846/Personal/15

1846 Kemper Co MS taxroll
John Goynes
B C Goynes
Erasmus Goynes
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Kemper/1846/Personal/16

1847 Kemper Co MS taxroll
B C Goynes
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Kemper/1847/Personal/14

1847 Kemper Co MS taxroll
John R Goynes
Erasmus Goynes
John Goynes
W W Goynes
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Kemper/1847/Personal/15

1848 Dec 1 – Providence Guynes from Hannay Cassity bk M, p 123 Copiah Co, MS
… between Hannah Cassity adminx of … William Cassity decd late of the County of Copiah and State of Mississippi of the one part and Providence Guynes of the same County and State of the other part … at a term of the Probate Court of said County … at the Court House on Monday the 21 day of March 1848 … ordered … the said party of the first part should sell on a credit of 1 year … a tract of land … in said County and described as the W 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Section 35 Township 1 of Range 1 W, the E 1/2 of SW 1/4 of same Section Township and Range, the E 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of the same Section Township and Range, and the W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 26 same Township and Range, containing … 320 acres … said Providence Guynes … bid for the same in the sum of 300 dollars … Providence Guynes hath executed and delivered her bond with Elbert Guynes as her joint security for the payment of the said sum of 300 dollars … confirm unto the said Providence Guynes … the above described tract of land …
Signed: Hannah Cassity, admx
Recorded Dec 16, 1850
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-WBHD?i=71&cat=253240

1850 US Census Name: Matilda Guynes
Gender: Female, Race: White
Age: 67, Birth Year: abt 1783
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Gallatin, Copiah, Mississippi, USA
Real Estate: 250
Line Number: 35, Dwelling Number: 553, Family Number: 553
Household Members Age
Matilda Guynes 67
Nicholas Finley 36
Alzada Finley 22
Albert G B Finley 4
John G Finley 2
Year: 1850; Census Place: Gallatin, Copiah, Mississippi; Roll: 371; Page: 247a
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29963156?h=7f052a

1850 US Census Name: B F Guynes
Gender: Male, Race: White
Age: 23, Birth Year: abt 1827
Birthplace: Mississippi
Home in 1850: Gallatin, Copiah, Mississippi, USA
Occupation: Farmer, Industry: Agriculture
Line Number: 28, Dwelling Number: 561, Family Number: 561
Household Members Age
B F Guynes 23
Martha J Guynes 19
Year: 1850; Census Place: Gallatin, Copiah, Mississippi; Roll: 371; Page: 247b
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29963165?h=386323

1850 US Census Name: Henry H Guynes
Gender: Male, Race: White
Age: 47, Birth Year: abt 1803
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1850: Gallatin, Copiah, Mississippi, USA
Occupation: Farmer, Industry: Agriculture
Real Estate: 1000
Line Number: 23, Dwelling Number: 587, Family Number: 587
Household Members Age
Henry H Guynes 47
Mary B Guynes 43
John Guynes 25
Calvin W Guynes 20
Nicholas L Guynes 18
William M Guynes 6
Felix R Guynes 4
Albert G B Guynes 2
Joshua P Guynes 13
Thomas A Guynes 6
Year: 1850; Census Place: Gallatin, Copiah, Mississippi; Roll: 371; Page: 249b
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29963169?h=f3ee43

1850 US Census Name: Wyatt Guynes
Gender: Male, Race: White
Age: 41, Birth Year: abt 1809
Birthplace: Louisiana
Home in 1850: Gallatin, Copiah, Mississippi, USA
Occupation: Farmer, Industry: Agriculture
Real Estate: 500, Line Number: 33, Dwelling Number: 588, Family Number: 588
Household Members Age
Wyatt Guynes 41
Sarah Guynes 37
Miranda P Guynes 16
Henry H Guynes 14
Nancy Guynes 12
John Guynes 9
Matilda Guynes 6
Delilah Guynes 4
B James M Guynes 2
Everett White 41
Year: 1850; Census Place: Gallatin, Copiah, Mississippi; Roll: 371; Page: 249b
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29963184?h=93696d

1850 US Census Name: Elbert Guynes
Gender: Male , Race: White
Age: 26, Birth Year: abt 1824
Birthplace: Mississippi
Home in 1850: Gallatin, Copiah, Mississippi, USA
Occupation: Farmer, Industry: Agriculture
Real Estate: 500, Line Number: 20, Dwelling Number: 624, Family Number: 624
Household Members Age
Elbert Guynes 26
Providence Guynes 22
B F Guynes 4
Allen P Guynes 2
William F Cassity 25
Year: 1850; Census Place: Gallatin, Copiah, Mississippi; Roll: 371; Page: 252a
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29963202?h=dcd13d

1850 US Census Name: Amanda Guynes
Gender: Male, Race: White
Age: 34, Birth Year: abt 1816
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1850: Gallatin, Copiah, Mississippi, USA
Real Estate: 600
Line Number: 28, Dwelling Number: 921, Family Number: 921
Household Members Age
Amanda Guynes 34
Matilda C Guynes 9
Saphronia Guynes 3
Narcissa Guynes 0
Year: 1850; Census Place: Gallatin, Copiah, Mississippi; Roll: 371; Page: 270a
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29963213?h=408e19

1850 US Census Name: Winston Guynes
Gender: Male, Race: White
Age: 21, Birth Year: abt 1829
Birthplace: Mississippi
Home in 1850: Scott, Mississippi, USA
Occupation: Laborer, Industry: Industry Not Reported
Line Number: 12, Dwelling Number: 34, Family Number: 34
Household Members Age
John M Finley 45
Nancy Finley 35
Martha C Finley 17
Nicholas Finley 15
Matilda J Finley 13
Mary B Finley 11
John G Finley 9
Elizabeth Finley 7
Henry H Finley 5
Nancy A Finley 3
Ann E Finley 1
Winston Guynes 21
Norvel R Guynes 16
Zachary M Guynes 11
James S Guynes 9
Year: 1850; Census Place: Scott, Mississippi; Roll: 381; Page: 256a
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29963274?h=ce0d3b

1850 US Census Name: Sarah Hall
[Sarah Guynes]
Gender: Female, Race: White
Age: 60, Birth Year: abt 1790
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1850: Lawrence, Mississippi, USA
Line Number: 1, Dwelling Number: 513, Family Number: 513
Household Members Age
James Hall 63
Sarah Hall 60
Polly Hall 22
Matilda Hall 20
Sarah Hall 16
Janey Herrington 20
Year: 1850; Census Place: Lawrence, Mississippi; Roll: 375; Page: 433b
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29963225?h=9b1b8b

1850 US Census Name: John Guynes
Gender: Male, Race: White
Age: 27, Birth Year: abt 1823
Birthplace: Louisiana
Home in 1850: Simpson, Mississippi, USA
Occupation: Farmer, Industry: Agriculture
Real Estate: 400
Line Number: 14, Dwelling Number: 320, Family Number: 320
Household Members Age
John Guynes 27
Susan Guynes 33
Bryant M Guynes 16
Soloma Guynes 14
Cyntha Guynes 13
Sophronia Guynes 10
George W Guynes 5
Julia A L Guynes 1
Year: 1850; Census Place: Simpson, Mississippi; Roll: 381; Page: 309b
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29963234?h=58dad4

1850 US Census Name: George Guynes
Gender: Male, Race: White
Age: 29, Birth Year: abt 1821
Birthplace: Louisiana
Home in 1850: Simpson, Mississippi, USA
Occupation: Farmer, Industry: Agriculture
Real Estate: 600, Line Number: 29, Dwelling Number: 322, Family Number: 322
Household Members Age
George Guynes 29
Julia Guynes 27
John R Guynes 11
Laurinda Guynes 8
Sarah C Guynes 6
Susan A L Guynes 3
Jeremiah M Guynes 1
Year: 1850; Census Place: Simpson, Mississippi; Roll: 381; Page: 309b
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29963240?h=6a9398

1850 US Census Name: John J Guion
Gender: Male, Race: White
Age: 47, Birth Year: abt 1803
Birthplace: Mississippi
Home in 1850: Hinds, Mississippi, USA
Occupation: Atty, Industry: Legal Services
Real Estate: 5000, Line Number: 36, Dwelling Number: 225, Family Number: 225
Household Members Age
John J Guion 47
Cornelia T Guion 33
Elena J Guion 14
Aura S Guion 12
Irena Guion 2
Cornelia Guion 0
Emma E Hicks 13
Year: 1850; Census Place: Hinds, Mississippi; Roll: 372; Page: 135a
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29963264?h=06a738

1850 US Census: Name: [John Goyne]
Age: 41, Birth Year: abt 1809
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1850: Kemper, Mississippi, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 566
Household Members:
Name Age
John Goyne 41
Elizabeth Goyne 35
Harrison Goyne 17
William Goyne 16
Adeline Goyne 13
John Goyne 10
Nancy Goyne 9
James Goyne 7
Sefina Goyne 8
George Goyne 2
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=kUu1672&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=1850usfedcenancestry&gsln=Gowen&gsln_x=NP_NN_NS&cp=12&msypn__ftp=kemper,%20mississippi,%20usa&msypn__ftp_x=1&msypn=1578&msypn_x=1&qh=mInpkMMIrz5p3hE7KbOMWg%3D%3D&new=1&rank=1&redir=false&uidh=m37&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=0&h=3452217&recoff=&ml_rpos=1

1850 US Census: Name: A C Goynes
Age: 38
Birth Year: abt 1812
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Kemper, Mississippi, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 1010
Household Members:
Name Age
Erasmus Goynes 20
Anna Goynes 27
Ellen Goynes 14
John Goynes 12
Susan Goynes 8
Jane Goynes 5
A C Goynes 38
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=kUu1672&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=1850usfedcenancestry&gsln=Gowen&gsln_x=NP_NN_NS&cp=12&msypn__ftp=kemper,%20mississippi,%20usa&msypn__ftp_x=1&msypn=1578&msypn_x=1&qh=mInpkMMIrz5p3hE7KbOMWg%3D%3D&new=1&rank=1&redir=false&uidh=m37&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=10&h=3454774&recoff=&ml_rpos=11

1850 Dec 5 – Patentee Erasmus C GOYNE
Patent Date 12/5/1850
Accession STA MS1510__.290
Location Kemper County, MS
Township 11-N
Range 15-E
Section 34
Aliquot SW SW
Meridian Choctaw
Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude -88.7580052987813
Latitude 32.7531265736973
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1850-53 B F Guynes and wife to Wm Galis bk M, p 370 Copiah Co, MS
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/253240?availability=Family%20History%20Library (NOT AVAILABLE YET)

1850-53 Amanda Guynes to C Trawick bk M, p 665 Copiah Co, MS
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/253240?availability=Family%20History%20Library (NOT AVAILABLE YET)

1851 July 15 A C Goyne killed in street fight in DeKalb, MS (Kemper Co, MS) per Times Picayune in New Orleans. The Daily Picayune.  July 15, 1851. p. 2. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives/?p_product=HA-TP&p_theme=histpaper&p_nbid=&p_action=doc&p_docid=123C8E2574E85924&s_lastnonissuequeryname=3&d_viewref=search&p_queryname=3&p_docnum=1&p_docref=v2:1223BCE5B718A166@HA-TP-122485B5E0FE0B80@2397319-12242BC968FC62C8@1-123C8E2574E85924@%5BMr.%20M.%20Spear%3B%20Mr.%20A.%20C.%20Goyne%5D&s_trackval=&s_subexpires=03/29/2017%206:51%20AM&s_dlid=DL0117032810512615317&s_accountid=AC0114060620555301780&s_referrer=&s_siteloc=&s_orderid=NB0117032810512415312&s_docsleft=49&s_docstart=50&s_docsbal=docs%20remaining:%2049&s_subterm=Subscription%20until:%2003/29/2017%206:51%20AM&s_ecproduct=SBK-D50&s_docsread=1&s_ecprodtype=TEST&s_upgradeable=no&s_username=Goyen1

1852 Copiah Co MS taxroll Copiah Co, MS
Joseph Going
Wyatt Guynes
Elbert Guynes
B F Guynes
C W Guynes
Mrs Matilda Guynes
Henry H Guynes
Amanda Guynes
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1852/Personal/13

1852 Copiah Co MS taxroll Copiah Co, MS
Henry Gowing
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1852/Personal/14

1852 Kemper Co MS taxroll
John R Goyne
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Kemper/1852/Personal/20

1852 Feb 12 – Bryant F Guynes and wife Martha J Guynes to Wm Gates bk M, p 370 Copiah Co, MS
… between Bryant F Guynes and Martha J Guynes his wife of the County of Copiah in the State of Mississippi of the first part and William Gates of the County and State afsd of the second part … in consideration of the sum of 50 dollars … confirm unto the said party of the second part … the right title or interest that we the said Bryant F Guynes and Martha J Guynes his wife has or might have … as the lawful heirs of the estate of Davis Barron decd in or to the Real Estate of said decd lying and being in said County, West of Pearl River in Township 1, Range 1 E …
Signed: B F Guynes, M J Guynes
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-WBPH?i=206&cat=253240

1853 May 2 – Amanda Guynes to C Trawick bk M, p 665 Copiah Co, MS
… I Amanda Guynes of the County of Copiah in the State of Mississippi am indebted to my duaghter and late ward Matilda Guynes by my final settlement as guardian of my said daughter with the Probate Court of said County in the sum of 1146 dollars and 50 cents and for an account of money received by me as guardian as afsd and which is not accounted for by me in said final settlement in the sum of 702 dollars and 60 cents making in all about the sum of 2147 and ___ cents … I am desireous to secure in payment of said indebtedness to my said daughter so far as my property extends … I the said Amanda Guynes in consideration of the premises as well as for and in consideration of the sum of 1 dollar …. paid by Cornelius Traweek of said County … convey unto the said Cornelius Traweek … the following described personal property towit 1 female slave of coper complexion aged about 26 named Hannah and her two children aged 6 and 4 and named Jerry and Poen … to hold the afore granted property … Cornelius Traweek …. for the purpose from the Probate Court County of said County by Elbert H Allen the present guardian of my said duaghter … convey said property to my said daughter in satisfaction ….
Signed: Amanda Guynes
Wit: C Traweek
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-WBLT?i=359&cat=253240

1853 May 5 – Patentee – Briant F. GUYNES
Warrantee LEROUX, LOUIS
Patent Date 5/5/1853
Accession MW 0692-199
Location Copiah County, MS
Township 10-N
Range 9-E
Section 2
Aliquot NE NE
Meridian Washington
Authority September 28, 1850: ScripWarrant Act of 1850 (9 Stat. 520)
Longitude -90.2644857499352
Latitude 31.8728213920115
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1853 Oct 25 – Henry H Guynes and wife Mary B Guynes to Traweek and Dodds bk N, p 79 Copiah Co, MS
… between Henry H Guynes and Mary Guynes his wife of the County of Copiah and State of Mississippi of the first part and A H Traweek & Thomas H Dodds …. the firm of Traweek & Dodds of the second part … in consideration of 100 dollars …. convey to the said Traweek & Dodds … land in the County and State afsd being the E 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of Section 6 Township 6 W north of Range 10 E containing 80 acres …
Signed: H H Guynes, Mary B Guynes
Wit: Elizabeth Guynes, C W Guynes
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVB-K958-P?i=46&cat=253240

1854 Oct 2 – John R. GOYNES
Warrantee MCKLEVAIN, ISAAC
Patent Date 10/2/1854
Accession MW 0818-121
Location Kemper County, MS
Township 11-N
Range 15-E
Section 14
Aliquot E½ SE
Meridian Choctaw
Authority September 28, 1850: ScripWarrant Act of 1850 (9 Stat. 520)
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1854 Nov 3 – Elbert Guynes & wife Providence to Isaac N Edwards bk N, p 177 Copiah Co, MS
… between Elbert Guynes and Providence Guynes his wife of the one part and Isaac N Edwards of the other part, all of the County of Copiah and State of Mississippi … in consideration of the sum of 1000 dollars convey unto the said party of the second part … all North of Copiah Creek of the W 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Section 35 Township 1 of Range 1 W, and all North of Copiah Creek of the E 1/2 of SW 1/4 of said Section Township and Range the E half of the NW 1/4 of the same Section Township and Range, and the W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 26 same Township and Range containing 220 acres …
Signed: Elbert Guynes, Providence Guynes
Wit: N G Norman, John Guynes
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVB-K95W-H?i=97&cat=253240

1855 – Estate of John Guynes decd. Loose Probate Papers, Copiah County, MS. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Q6-W2Z9?i=525&cc=2036959&cat=247756

1856 Copiah Co MS taxroll
N L Guynes
H H Guynes
Matilda Guynes
Joshua P Guynes
Thos A Guynes
C W Guynes
B F Guynes
Josiah Going
Sarah Guynes
Elbert Guynes
Amanda Guynes
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1856/Personal/15

1856 Copiah Co MS taxroll
John Guyens
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1856/Personal/16

1857 – Estate of James Guynes. Loose Probate Papers, Copiah County, MS. (beginning): https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9Q6-W25C?i=435&cc=2036959&cat=247756

1857 Oct 19 – Josiah Goins to Nicholas Guynes bk O, p 590 Copiah Co, MS
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVB-K95N-B?i=647&cat=253240

1858 Copiah Co MS taxroll
Josiah Going
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1858/Personal/20

1858 Copiah Co MS taxroll
H H Guynes Jr
B F Guynes
N L Guynes
C W Guynes
Elbert Guynes
H H Guynes Senr
Sarah Guynes
John Guynes
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1858/Personal/21

1859 Copiah Co MS taxroll
B F Guynes
C W Guynes
H H Guynes
Matilda Guynes
N L Guynes
Elbert Guynes
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1859/Personal/18

1859 Copiah Co MS taxroll
Josiah Goins
Sarah Guynes
H H Guynes Jr
http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/taxrolls/Copiah/1859/Personal/19

1859 March 1 – Patentee – Bryant F GUYNES
Patent Date 3/1/1859
Accession STA MS2190__.255
Location Copiah County, MS
Township 1-N
Range 1-W
Section 36
Aliquot S½ NW
Meridian Choctaw
Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude -90.2581343688269
Latitude 31.8837743614014
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1859 March 1 – Patentee – Josiah GOING
Patent Date 3/1/1859
Accession STA MS2190__.320
Location Copiah County, MS
Township 10-N
Range 9-E
Section 9
Aliquot SW NW
Meridian Washington
Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude -90.3110544409724
Latitude 31.8547586442242
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1859 March 1 – Patentee – Sarah GUYNES
Patent Date3/1/1859
AccessionSTA MS2190__.209
LocationCopiah County, MS
Township10-N
Range10-E
Section7
AliquotNWNW
MeridianWashington
AuthorityApril 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude-90.2429579729064
Latitude31.8583141857298
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1859 March 1 – Patentee – Nicholas L GUYNES
Patent Date 3/1/1859
Accession STA MS2190__.280
Location Copiah County, MS
Township 10-N
Range 10-E
Section 4
Aliquot SW SW
Meridian Washington
Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude -90.2090404596707
Latitude 31.8624131370764
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1859 March 1 – Patentee – Calvin W. GUYNES
Patent Date 3/1/1859
Accession STA MS2190__.251
Location Copiah County, MS
Township 1-N
Range 1-W
Section 36
Aliquot NE SW
Meridian Choctaw
Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude -90.2560700000511
Latitude 31.8801414973003
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1859 March 1 – Patentee – Henry H GUYNES
Patent Date 3/1/1859
Accession STA MS2180__.445
Location Copiah County, MS
Township 1-N
Range 1-W
Section 36
Aliquot SW SE
Meridian Choctaw
Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude -90.2517287279599
Latitude 31.8765157787939
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1859 March 1 – Patentee – Henry H. GUYNES
Patent Date3 /1/1859
Accession STA MS2190__.250
Location Copiah County, MS
Township 1-N
Range 1-W
Section 36
Aliquot NW SE
Meridian Choctaw
Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude -90.2516524206368
Latitude 31.8801500700466
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1859 March 1 – Patentee – Henry H. GUYNES
Patent Date 3/1/1859
Accession STA MS2190__.250
Location Copiah County, MS
Township 1-N
Range 1-W
Section 36
Aliquot SE SE
Meridian Choctaw
Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude -90.2472653713345
Latitude 31.8765262586957
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1859 Aug 10 – Patentee – Henry H. GUYNES
Patent Date 8/10/1859
Accession STA MS2210__.019
Location Copiah County, MS
Township 1-N
Range 1-W
Section 36
Aliquot W½ NE
Meridian Choctaw
Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude -90.2515381603189
Latitude 31.8855919497638
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1859 Aug 10 – Patentee – Bryant F. GUYNES
Patent Date 8/10/1859
Accession STA MS2210__.018
Location Copiah County, MS
Township 1-N
Range 1-W
Section 36
Aliquot N½ NW
Meridian Choctaw
Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Longitude -90.2579893957896
Latitude 31.8874115122609
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

1860 US Census: Name: Julia Goins
Age: 19
Birth Year: abt 1841
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Place: Alabama
Home in 1860: Kemper, Mississippi
Post Office: De Kalb
Dwelling Number: 995
Family Number: 995
Household Members:
Name Age
Perry Brittain 41
Groves Brittain 43
Julia Goins 19
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=kUu1679&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=1860usfedcenancestry&gsln=Goin&gsln_x=NP_NN_NS&cp=12&msypn__ftp=kemper,%20mississippi,%20usa&msypn__ftp_x=1&msypn=1578&msypn_x=1&qh=EIi0sGed90bbouUBVL9/RA%3D%3D&new=1&rank=1&redir=false&uidh=m37&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=0&h=38726947&recoff=&ml_rpos=1

1866 – Estate of Wyatt Guynes decd. Loose Probate Papers, Copiah County, MS. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99Q6-WK2Y?i=504&cc=2036959&cat=247756

1906 Nov 1 – Patentee GOYNE, JOSEPH
Patentee GOYNE, WILLIAM R
Patentee GOYNE, JULIA C
Warrantee GOYNE, ANDREW C
Patentee KEESEE, WILLIAM P
Patent Date 11/1/1906
Accession MW 0547-199
Location Kemper County, MS
Township 11-N
Range 16-E
Section 26
Aliquot NE SE
Meridian Choctaw
Authority March 3, 1855: ScripWarrant Act of 1855 (10 Stat. 701)
Longitude -88.6244089820095
Latitude 32.7709644027141
https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#

Bryant M Guynes – (Probate Minute Book Entries in Minute Book C) Copiah Co, MS.
relinquishment of M C Gowing 218
letters of admn to Wyatt Guynes 219
coms appointed to set of provisions 219
coms report of years 254
appraisement bill 254
sale bill list of claims 272
passing ac DC Lawreck 274
Passing notes Davis Barron 305
Passing act B L Haigood 314
Passing act HH Guynes admx to to him ? 331
To make tittle to negro Maninaa 331
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/238642?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Bryant M Guynes decd
report of negro heir for the year 1846 360
passing act A Catching 364
passing act West a Bell 366
passing act N Nicholson 391
coms appt to divide estate 446
notice of final settlement 446
letters of guard to Ms Amanda Guynes 446
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Bryant M Guynes decd – (Probate Minute Book Entries in Minute Book C) Copiah Co, MS.
notice of final settlement 22
final account and decree 42
coms rept of division 43
annual acct guardian 181
order of allowance to A Walsh 294
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Gowen Manuscript Info on James Goyne, part 2:  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gowenrf/gowenms005.htm

LUNENBURG COUNTY, VIRGINIA, Part B

James Goyne, son of Mary Goyne, was born May 30, 1755 in Lunenburg County, Virginia, according to the research of Velma S. Brassell Beuerle, a descendant of Flint, Michigan.  In his pension application written May 18, 1836 in Kemper County, Mississippi, James Goyne stated that he was born in 1755 in “Mulenburg County, Virginia,” according to the copy made by the court clerk.  Col. Carroll Heard Goyne, Editorial Boardmember of Shreveport, Louisiana, wrote in July 1995:

“This spelling is suggestive of either Mecklenburg or Lunenburg County.  Since Mecklenburg was formed from Lunenburg County in 1765, it would appear that James was born in the part of Lunenburg that became Mecklenburg County.  In 1748 this area of Lunenburg County was the tax district of Capt. Lewis Delony.  In 1749 it was the tax district of Capt. William Howard.  In 1751 and 1752 it was the tax district of Capt. Field Jefferson.  From these tax lists it appears the senior Going/Goin/Gowin in this district was named John.  Other names appearing on these tax lists beginning in 1751 were William; and in 1752 Joseph, according to “Sunlight on the Southside” by Landon C. Bell.”

Other members of the Goyne family appeared in Lunenburg County at the same time.  Bryan Goyne, regarded as a son of Mary Goyne and a brother to James Goyne, was born about 1757, probably in Lunenburg County also.  Several members of the Gowen family of the Northern Neck of Virginia migrated southward in 1747 to Lunenburg County also.  The southern part of Lunenburg County which lay below the Meherrin River was organized in 1764 as Mecklenburg County.

The descendants of Mary Goyne spelled the name in various ways.  Generally, in Mississippi the surname became “Guynes.” In Louisiana, “Goins” predominated, while in Vir­ginia and Kentucky, “Gowan” was generally adopted.

James Goyne removed to Camden District, South Carolina and served there as a Revolutionary soldier in a militia company commanded by Capt. John Smith in the regiment of Col. John Winn, according to “Genealogical Abstracts of Revolution­ary War Pension Files” abstracted by Virgil D. White.

Col. Goyne wrote:

“In his Revolutionary War Pension Application, James Goyne stated that he served in the militia of Camden District, South Carolina.  James stated that his militia unit rendezvoused at Winnsboro, near which place he resided.  He stated that he served under Col. John Winn.  This proves that James lived in Fairfield County, South Carolina.

James Goyne told where he lived prior to his arrival in Kemper County, Mississippi.  He left Camden District, South Carolina about 1784, and went to live in Burke County, Georgia where he lived for about five years [left in 1789]; then to Warren County, Georgia where he lived for about two years [left in 1791]; then to Washington County, Georgia for about five years [left in 1796]; then to Hancock County, Georgia for about three years [left in 1799]; then moved to St. Elena [Helena] Parish, Louisiana for about five years [left in 1804]; then to Lawrence County, Mississippi for about two years [left in 1806]; then to Copiah County, Mis­sissippi where he resided until December 1834; then moved to Kemper County, Mississippi.

Following James’ guidance, one can find him in the records of Georgia.  In 1791 and 1792 he was listed in Capt. Simmon’s District of Wilkes County.  He was listed in the inventory of the estate of William Minor, Jr. [undated, but between 1794 and 1804] in Hancock County.  The 1802 tax returns of Hancock County list James and John Goyn in Capt. Williams’ District, according to the research of Frank Parker Hudson of Atlanta.

James can be found in the land records of Louisiana.  He received land “by settlement” in the Florida Parishes [St. Helena Parish] of Louisiana in 1810, according to “American State Papers.”  James Goyne signed his pension application in an unsteady, yet clear, hand.”

James Goyne was married about 1775, wife’s name believed to be Mary.  After independence, James Goyne moved to Georgia, living successively in Burke, Warren and Washington counties.  Warren County was formed in 1793 with land from Wilkes, Columbia and Richmond Counties.

It is believed that James Goyne and Mary Goyne became estranged about 1791 and that he was remarried to Heather O’Brien.  Mary Goyne apparently went to live with her son, John Goyne.

Wilkes County was the early residence of William Goyne, “Moses & Agnes Going” and “Jesse Going.”  They appeared on the tax rolls of Warren County in 1793, the first year of the county’s existence.  “Moses Going,” a Revolutionary soldier from Virginia declared on oath that he had also “served as a soldier under Capt. James Gunn in Col. Byrd’s regiment in 1760,” according to “Virginia Historical Magazine.”

Details of the lives of these individuals and descendants can be found in the Wilkes County, Georgia section of the manuscript.

Following his Georgia residence, James Goyne apparently lived in Tennessee in 1803.  He removed to Louisiana and lived in Calcasieu Parish in 1810.  He received a land grant there in neutral territory which later became Vernon Parish.  James Goyne “claimed improvement on the east side of the Amite River, about three miles below the line of demarcation.  He settled there in 1810 and has cultivated the land continually,” according to “Calendar of State Papers, Crosby.”

In 1817 James Goyne was living in Hinds [later Copiah] County, Mississippi, according to “Mississippi Revolution­ary Soldiers.”  He continued to live there in 1823 and 1825 and appeared in Kemper County, Mississippi in 1834, ac­cording to Mrs. Beuerle.  She is a “double descendant” of James Goyne, having two of his sons, John Goyne and James Goins, as her ancestors.

James Goyne made a declaration regarding his Revolutionary service in Kemper County May 18, 1836:

“On this 18th day of May, 1836, personally appeared before me, George Coatter, Judge of Circuit Court [the same being a court of record] now sitting in and for said county, James Goyne, a resident of said county of Kemper and state of Mississippi.  Aged about eighty-one years. Who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein often stated.  That he lived in Camden District, state of South Carolina, at which place some time in June, 1776 when he was drafted to go to Charleston in order to intercept the British Fleet that was expected to land there under Col. John Wynn in Capt. John Smith’s Company of militia, Lt. William Daugherty.  And rendezvoused at Winnsborough in said state at the time last above men­tioned and marched to Charleston and was stationed there together with said company to guard the town and after being there about a month he was marched back and dismissed about the last of July, 1776 having served about six weeks but received no written discharge–and that afterward on the last of January–as near as he can recollect–he was again drafted under the same officers as above in Camden District, South Car­olina where he then resided and rendezvoused at Winnsborough at the same time and was moved immediately to Charleston where he was stationed some time when said company joined General Ash [John Ashe] from North Carolina and was then marched to Pluresburgh [Plainsburgh?] near Savannah at which place he was stationed about eight days. He was again dismissed or discharged and returned home about the last of February, 1779–having served about one month during which service he was in no engagement nor did he receive any written discharge.

After remaining at home about four days he again en­tered the service of the U, S. as a drafted soldier under Col. John Wynn in Capt. Francis Tedwells Company of Militia Lt. William Daugherty and rendezvoused at Winnsborough about the first of March 1779 near which place this declarent then resided and from where he was marched to Savannah then near Augusta at which place he volunteered to go to Georgia to fight the Indians and put himself under Capt. John Nixon and Col. Hamarm (?) and was marched to Nightsborough (?) and from there to Falsom Fort on Abuchy (?) River and from which place the Indians re­treated and were pursued by said company and over­taken and a skirmish ensued in which seventeen Indians and two white men were killed and Maj. Ross was killed in the part of the re______ (?).

From there he was marched to Augusta and crossing the river they joined their former companions–at which place they remained some time.  From there he was marched to Augusta together with the rest of the forces and joined Gen. Lincoln [Benjamin Lincoln] about four miles below that plain–and marched down the [Savannah] River and crossing at Lummertins (?) [Lumberton] ferry marched to Bains Bridge (?) near the head of Ashley River where they remained some time–and there to stones (?) at the big rice fields to meet the British who were encamped there–at which place he remained some time–and when his term of service expired he was discharged some time in June, 1779–but received no written discharge having served at this time three months and some days–from where he returned to Camden District where he continued to live until some time in June the precise time he cannot recollect–at which time he volunteered to go to the assistance of General Greene at the siege of Ninety-Six put himself under Capt. Charles Reeves in Col. Edward Lacys Lieut. Col. Patrick McGreffe and Maj. John O’Lears regiment of volunteers.

We met together on the road about fourteen miles from Winnsborough at the time last mentioned we then marched to Congaree River there we rested and endeavored to intercept [Francis] Lord Rawdon on his march from Ninety-Six to Charleston.  He retreated to Orangeburg and encamped there.  We had joined General Greene’s army before we got to Orangeburg.  We then marched to the Eutaw Springs. We then [joined] General Sumters Army [Thomas “Gamecock” Sumter] and marched to a church about thirty miles from Charleston at which place we were attacked by a British troop of horse [?].  We had a skirmish in which they were defeated; we killed one and took seven prisoners who that night set fire to the church and fled; we pursued them to —–(?).  We there had a fight in which we lost about forty killed and wounded.  They retained possession of the houses; we were not able to dislodge them.

We then marched to Santee, crossed and then to Sumters ponds.  We lay there some time and were then discharged about the first of September, 1781.  He got no written discharge.  He served at that time ___ months and a half.  He continued to live at the same place till about the first of June, 1782 at which time he was drafted to keep the Tories in Edisto in subjection.  They met at Owensborough at the time last mentioned; he was under the command of Lieut. Charles Picket and Maj. O’Dear.  They then marched to Edisto at Youngs Cowpens and were there stationed.  They took some Tory women and sent them to Charleston.  They lay there one month and was there discharged.  He got no written discharge.  He served at that time one month.

He served in the whole nine months and ten days for which he claims pension.  He has no testamentary evi­dence, and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.  He knows no clergyman whose testimony he can procure who could testify to the report of his service.  He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declared that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.  He was born in Mecklenburgh County, Virginia, on the 30th of May 1755. He has a record of his age at home in his bible.  He has lived since the Revolutionary War in the following places.  He lived in Camden District till about 1784 and then moved to Burke County, Georgia, lived there about five years then to Warren County, Georgia, lived there about two years then to Wash­ington County, Georgia, lived there about five years then to Hancock County, lived there about three years, moved to Louisiana in St. Helena parish, lived there about five years then to Lawrence lived there about two years and from there to Copiah County, Mississippi where he resided until December, 1824 when he removed to Kemper County aforesaid where he now resides.

He was called into service in the name of the aforesaid and never served as a substitute.  He was acquainted with Col. Bratens Regiment of Militia, Col. Wade Hamptons troop of Cavalry, also with Maj. Boykins Troops of Cavalry and with Col. Lee and Washingtons Troops of Cavalry that he never received a commission or written discharge during the Revolutionary war.  He also states that there is no clergyman in his neighborhood to whom he is known but that Hugh Mc­Donald, William Herbert, William Brister and Ridings Sessums are well acquainted with him in his present neighborhood and can testify as to his reputation and character for truth.

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court May 18, 1836.

Lewis Stovall, Clerk

James Goyne [signature]

Also, Hugh McDonald, William Herbert, Ridings Ses­sums and William Brister, residents of County of Kem­per and State of Mississippi hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Goyne who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be 80 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a sol­dier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opin­ion.

Subscribed in open court May 18, 1836.

Hugh McDonald, William Herbert, William Brister

And the said George Coatter declares it as his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and said court further certifies that it appears to him that Hugh McDonald, William Herbert and William Brister who are signed to the foregoing certificate are residents of the said county and that they are credible persons and that these statements are entitled to credit.

George Coatter

now presiding in the sixth Judicial District Mississippi including the County of Kemper.”

The foregoing was copied from a reproduction of the original with little or no changes of spelling, punctuation, phrasing, etc.

James Goyne received a Revolutionary War pension, No. 30770 July 22, 1836.  An abstract of his pension record ap­peared in “Mississippi Genealogical Exchange,” Volume 3, published in 1959.

An interview was held in 1905 with Susan Goynes Dickerson of Live Oak County, Texas at age 80.  She was a great-granddaughter of John Goyne.  In the newspaper account she stated that she knew her great-grandfather and that he and his four brothers had served in the Revolutionary War.

Children born to James Goyne and Mary Goyne include:

John Goyne                                                        born July 5, 1776

Sarah Goyne                                                      born about 1789

Children born to James Goyne and Heather O’Brien Goyne are believed to include:

James Goins                                                     born about 1793

Wiley Williamson Goynes                              born December 2, 1799

See News Article:

News Article about Susan Goynes Dickerson