1758 Daniel Going of Bedford Co, Va. (Y3)

Daniel Going b. 1758   (Also see:  http://66.43.23.5/thread.aspx?o=0&m=120.4&p=surnames.goin ) Daniel Gowen was married about 1783, wife’s name believed to be “Ann.” Karen L. Cooper suggests that her maiden name was “Preston” and that she was born about 1757.

Parents:

William Gowen and Annester Gowen

Children:

Isham Gowen b. 1786 m. Susan “Sookie” Bratcher

Siblings:

William Gowen b. 1757 d. Oct 7, 1815 in Williamson Co, TN married Jemimah Burns
Daniel Gowen b. 1758-1838 m. Ann Preston
Joseph Gowen b. 1760 – 1822 m. Judith Pollard
Isham Gowen b. 1765 – 1800 m. Anne Burns (marriage Feb 14, 1785)
James Gowen b. 1771 – 1819
Jeremiah Gowen b. 1775 m. Susanna ? Gowen b. 1780 in Va.
Elizabeth Gowen b. 1779-1859 m. John Gower (marriage Dec 22, 1795)
Nancy Gowen b. 1776-1857 m. Henry Vanover (marriage Aug 28, 1795)

(The following appear to possibly be children of William Gowen born 1730, but could possibly be grandchildren).

Manoah Gowen b. abt 1778 m. Ketura Crain (marriage Dec 30, 1803) (Note:  Manoah Gowen moved from Bedford County, Va, to Madison County, KY with this group).
Micajah Gowen b. 1784 m. Polly Crain (marriage Oct 26, 1804)

Info from Gowen Manuscript (parts could be wrong, will correct if needed as I review): 

“In February 1777, Daniel Going enlisted to serve in the Revolutionary War for a period of two years.  He served in the company commanded by Capt. Gross Scruggs which was part of the Fifth Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. Josiah Parker.

Scruggs’ company was raised in Bedford County, according to “Virginia Soldiers of 1776” by Louis B. Burgess.

Daniel stated in his pension application that he fought in the Battle of Brandywine which took place on Brandywine Creek, in southeastern Pennsylvania September 11, 1777.  This skirmish took place at the Old Kennett Meeting House of the Quakers.  The building was still standing in April 2000.

On the morning of September 11, British and Hessian troops began marching east along the ‘Great Road’ [now Route 1], advancing on the Colonial troops positioned where the road crossed Brandywine Creek.  The first shots of the battle took place at a tavern where the British were repulsed. The British called for reinforcements and ran down the road to take cover behind the stone walls on the Old Kennett Meeting House grounds.  The battle was fought at mid-morning around the meeting house while the pacifist Quakers continued to hold their midweek service.  One of the Quakers later wrote, ‘While there was much noise and confusion without, all was quiet and peaceful within.’

From the church, the battle continued for three miles to what is now Battlefield Park.  Eventually the British pushed the Colonials back, but not before suffering heavy losses.

Daniel Going also mentions the Battle of Germantown [suburb of Philadelphia] fought on October 4, 1777 in his pension application.  At that time, the Fifth Virginia, serving under Gen. George Washington, went into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Daniel Going was discharged there after one year of service.”

In 1782, Daniel Goyn witnessed Stanley Gower’s Last Will and Testament.

Abstract of will:

In the name of God Amen. I Standly Goer of Bedford County am very sick and weak of body but in perfect sence and memory doe make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament. First I commend my sole to Almighty God that gave its and my body to be burreyd in a desent manner at the discresion of my Exectors.

First I lend to my dearly beloved wife Ann Goer the land and plantation where I now live two negro boys Ben and Will and all my household furniture and stock during her widowhood or life and my will and desir is after her marreg or death that my eldest son John Craley Goer shall have half my land and the negro Ben with half my household good and stock and my will and desire is that my son Standly Goer shall have the other half of my land and the negro Will with the other half of my household goods and stock. But at
the time my two sons shall receive which is above mention they shall pay my daughter Nancy Timson Goer the som of thirty five pound a peace on Spacy and I doe apoint my dearly beloved wife, William Reed, and THomas Lumpkins my executors to see this Will satisfied as witnessed my hand and seaal this 24th day of May 1782.

Signed:   Stanlay Gower

Teste:
Jas Hilson
Joseph Barrington
Daniel S. Goyn

At a court held for Bedford County the 23rd day of December 1782 this Last Will and Testament of Standley Goer deceased was proved by the oaths of James Hilson, Joseph Barrington, and Daniel Goyn witnessed thereto subscribed and ordered to be recorded and on the motion of Thomas Lumpkin Genl. one of the executtors therein named who made oath thereto certificate is granted him for obtaining probate thereof in due form giving security whereupon he together with Samuel Clayton and John Hook his securities entered into and acknowledged their bond in the penalty of one thousand pounds for the said executors due and faithful administration of the said decedents estate and performance of his will. Liberty being reserved the other executors in the said will mentioned to join in the probate thereof when they shall think fit.

Teste: James Stetoe C C

Stanley Gower was born in Richmond Co VA and died 1782 in Bedford Co VA.  He married Nancy Ann CRAWLEY. They had children:

1) Nancy Timson Gower,
2) John Craley Gower (who married Elizabeth Gowin – Daniel Gowen’s sister), and
3) Stanley Gower Jr.

Daniel Going returned to Bedford County.  “Daniel Going, white male over 21,” first appeared as a taxpayer in Bedford County in 1783, paying a tax on “1 horse and 3 cows.”

Daniel Gowen was married about 1783, wife’s name believed to be “Ann.”  Karen L. Cooper suggests that her maiden name was “Preston” and that she was born about 1757  “Dan Gowing” and “Mrs. Ann Gowen” were purchasers at an estate sale October 10, 1783 in Bedford County.

About 1785, William Gowan made a declaration to the Bedford County Court that he had lost an Auditor’s Warrant which had belonged to Daniel Going.  The bankrupt Continental Congress was not financially able to pay the Revolutionary soldiers at the end of the war and issued Auditor’s Warrants as promissory notes for future payment.  The various states faced financial difficulties as well.

His declaration, recorded in Court Minutes Book 8, page 78, read:

“Bedford County
Virginia Court Records

William Gowing came into court and made oath that he had an Auditor’s Warrant for £4:16s and some odd pence which did belong to Daniel Gowing and he lost the same.  That he has not directly or indirectly received any satisfaction for the same which is ordered to be certified to the Auditors of Pub. Accts.  Memo Bond given with Wm. Hand [his fee] in Pen[alty?] of £9:12:0”

On February 6, 1787, William Gowan returned to court to repeat his affidavit and to renew the bond:

“William Gowing came into court and made oath that he had an Auditor’s Warrant for £4:16s and some odd pence for the services of Daniel Gowing from the Auditor of Public Accounts bearing date of 3d Dec. 1782 and that he lost the same.  That he has not directly or indirectly received any satisfaction for the same which is ordered to be certified etc . . . Memo bond given in the penalty of £9:12:0”

In 1786 Daniel Going was recorded as a “white male over 21” with “2 horses and 3 cows.”

On May 7, 1787 “Daniel Going, white male over 21” was assessed taxes on “2 horses.”  On April 29, 1788 “Daniel Gowin” was assessed as “1 white male over 21.” On May 30, 1789 “Daniel Gowin” was assessed on “1 white male over 21” by William Pate.  On July 3, 1790, Pate assessed “Daniel Goin” on “1 poll.”  On April 25, 1791, Matthew Pate assessed “Daniel Goin” on “1 poll.” “Daniel Gowin” was assessed taxes July 10, 1792.

On May 28, 1793, “Daniel Gowin, 1 poll” and “Isham Gowin, 1 poll” appeared on the Bedford County tax rolls.

“Daniel Gowing” was assessed June 20, 1794, and “Daniel Goen” was assessed April 4, 1795.  “Daniel Gowin” was assessed March 21, 1796, and “Daniel Gowen” was assessed on “1 tithe” on April 8, 1797.

“Daniel Going” was one of the men who posted bond when items were sold from the estate of Maryann Franklin in Bedford County November 22, 1794.  The bond was “examined by the Bedford County Court September 19, 1797 and returned July 23, 1798,” suggesting that Daniel Going remained there at that time.

It appears that James, Isham and Daniel may have been in Botetourt County, Va at some times – or at least considered to be in Botetourt County, Va (adjacent to Bedford Co, Va), as they appear on the tax lists in 1791 for Isham, and 1798 for Daniel – years they don’t show on Bedford Co, Va tax lists. Possibly they lived near the border of these counties. James Gowen shows up in Bedford County, Va’s tax lists in 1791 and 1792 (years he does not show up in Botetourt Co, Va), but then shows up in Botetourt Co, Va tax lists 1795, 1796, 1797, and 1798:

Tax Lists of Botetourt Co Va (1791-1798 are years Gowens show up):
– 1791 A
Isem Gowen 1 tithe 2 horses [frame 172]
– 1795 A
Gowing, James 1 tithe 1 horse [frame 241]
– 1796 A, List of Robert Harris
Gowin, James 1 tithe 2 horses
– 1797 A
Gowen, James 1 tithe 3 horses
– 1798 A
Gowing, James 2 tithes 2 horses [frame 319]
Gowing, Daniell 1 tithe 1 horse
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/botetax.htm

“Daniel Going” was assessed on “2 tithes, for self and son, Isham” August 21, 1802. On August 20, 1803 “Daniel Going” was assessed on “1 tithe.”  “Isham Going” having married, was assessed separately.

On August 13, 1804, “Daniel Going” was assessed on “2 tithes and 2 horses.”  “Isham Going” was again living with his father.  In 1805, the last year that “Daniel Going” was assessed in Bedford County, he was taxed on “1 tithe and 1 horse.”  Isham Goins had already removed to Claiborne County, Tennessee. Later that year Daniel Going joined his son in western Claiborne County.

About 1805, Daniel Goins joined his son, Isham Goins in removing to Claiborne County, Tennessee.  In the following year, Campbell County, Tennessee was formed from Claiborne County and Anderson County, and the Goins families found themselves in the new county.   In 1817 Daniel Goins lived near Jellico, Tennessee in Campbell County.

On June 3, 1818, Daniel Going made an affidavit in Campbell County Court asking for a pension based on his Revolutionary service.  The earliest general pension act for Revolutionary service was enacted by Congress May 18, 1818. Daniel Goins applied for a Revolutionary pension June 3, 1818 in Campbell County, Tennessee at “age 60.”

“Pension No. S-38744:

State of Tennessee  }
Campbell County    }

On the 3rd day of June, 1818 before me the presiding Justice of the governing court for said county of Campbell which court is a court of record personally appeared Daniel Going aged 60 years resident in said county of Campbell who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & have service of the United States in the Revolutionary War.  That the said Daniel Going enlisted in February 1777 in the State of Virginia in the company commanded by Capt. Scruggs of the 5th Virginia in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Josiah Parker for two years, that he continued in said Regiment in the United States service until the month of February 1778 when he was discharged at the Valley Forge in Pennsylvania—that he was in the battle at Germantown and the battle at Brandywine—that he is reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support, that he has lost his discharge and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service.  That he has never been a pensioner and does hereby relinquish claim to pensions heretofore provided for.

Sworn to and declared            Daniel [X] Going
before me
Date and year aforesaid.

Sampson Davis
Presiding Justice
Of the Court of Campbell County, Tennessee”

Cert. 13511
West Tennessee

Daniel Going, Campbell Coy, in the state of Tennessee who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Parker of the Virginia line, for the term of one year.  Inscribed on the roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence on the 3rd of June 1818.

Certificate of pension issued the 29th of July 1819 and send to William C. Mynatt Esquire of Knoxville, Tenn.

Arrears to 4th of March, 1819             $  72.49
Semi-anl. All’ce ending 6 Sept. 1819          40.00
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9 mo, 2 days. Ars.                         $ 120.49

Revolutionary Claim
Act 18th March 1818

Transferred to East Tennessee on the 2nd Sept. 1819 to take effect from the 3rd June, 1818.”

Congress enacted a second pension act May 1, 1820 requiring that the veterans to show that they were needy before a pension was to be granted. On December 4, 1820, to retain his pension, Daniel Going made another statement before the court regarding his military service and his financial condition.  Many veterans were known to have minimized their financial position to make certain of receiving the pension to which they felt entitled by their service.  It is believed that Daniel Going did not have to exaggerate.  His affidavit read:

“State of Tennessee    }
Campbell County        }
December Session 1820  }

………..
On this 4th day of December 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court of record [having the power of fine and imprisonment and also being made a court of record by the laws of said state, for the said county, Daniel Going aged sixty five years, resident in the county of Campbell aforesaid, who, being duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows:

That he served in the land two years in the regular service during the Revolutionary war in the 5th Virginia Regt. Commd. by Josiah Parker in the company commd. by Capt. Scruggs.And I do swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and I have not since that time by gift, sale or any manner, disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent therby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled “An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war” passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed:

2 cows & calves & one mare & colt          $  79.00
1 sow & 7 shoats                                    4.00
2 chairs, 1 dish & dog, plates                   2.00
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$  85.00

Has no family but himself and his wife, that his wife is aged 67 years and unable to labor, that he has no trade.
That he is now a pensioner, that his pension certificate is No. 13511.

Sworn to and subscribed in        Daniel [X] Going
Open Court 4th Dec. 1820

Joseph Hart
Dept. Clk.

I, David T. Strong, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Campbell by my deputy Joseph Hart do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truely copied from the record of said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is eighty five dollars and no cents.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the court on this 4th day of December 1820.

David T. Strong, Clk.
By Joseph Hart, his deputy

In 1822 Daniel Going was a witness to a deed in which Canada Bratcher, Jr, brother-in-law of Isham Going, conveyed land to Isham Goins.

A “white male, 60-70,” regarded as Daniel Goins, appeared in the 1830 census of the household his son, Isham Goins in adjoining Claiborne County, Tennessee.

He reappeared in the household in the 1840 census of Claiborne County as a “white male, 70-80.”

Daniel Goins died August 22, 1838.

Jeri Webb, San Clemente, California discovered and transcribed an entry which was recorded in the Campbell County court minutes March 4, 1839:

“This day satisfactory evidence was produced in court proving that Daniel Goins was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of eight dollars per month, was a resident citizen of the County of Campbell, in the State of Tennessee, that he died in the County of Campbell and State of Tennessee, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight on the 22nd day of August, that he left no widow that he has but his one child is Isham Goins, who is his only heir at law.”

One child was born to Daniel Goins:

Isham Goins                              born about 1786

________________________________________________________________

Private Daniel Going Rank and File State: Virginia Ethnicity: Division: 5th Brigade: Muhlenberg’s Regiment: 5th Virginia Company: Capt Gross Scruggs
NOTES: State of Tennessee, Campbell County, December Session 1820.
http://valleyforgemusterroll.org/muster.asp

On this 4th day of December 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court of record having the power of fine and imprisonment and also being made a court of record by the laws of said state, for the said county, Daniel Going aged sixty-five years, resident in the county of Campbell aforesaid, who being duly worn, according to law, doth on his oath, declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows:

That he served in the land two years in the regular service during the Revolutionary war in the 5th Virginia Regt. Commd. by Josiah Parker in the company commd. by Capt. Scruggs. And I do swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and I have not since that time by gift, sale or any manner, disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled “An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war” passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me
subscribed: 2 cows & calves & one mare & colt, $79.00; 1 sow & 7 shoats, $4.00; 2 chairs, 1 dish & dog, plates, $2.00; $85.00 in cash.

Has no family but himself and his wife, that his wife is aged 67 years and unable to labor, that he has no trade. That he is now a pensioner, that his pension certificate is No. 13511.

Sworn to and subscribed in Daniel (X) Going
Open Court 4th Dec. 1920
Joseph Hart Dept. Clk

On this 4th day of December 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court of record having the power of fine and imprisonment and also being made a court of record by the laws of said state, for the said county, Daniel Going aged sixty-five years, resident in the county of Campbell aforesaid, who being duly worn, according to law, doth on his oath, declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows:

That he served in the land two years in the regular service during the Revolutionary war in the 5th Virginia Regt. Commd. by Josiah Parker in the company commd. by Capt. Scruggs. And I do swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and I have not since that time by gift, sale or any manner, disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled “An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war” passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed: 2 cows & calves & one mare & colt, $79.00; 1 sow & 7 shoats, $4.00; 2 chairs, 1 dish & dog, plates, $2.00; $85.00 in cash.

Has no family but himself and his wife, that his wife is aged 67 years and unable to labor, that he has no trade. That he is now a pensioner, that his pension certificate is No. 13511.

Sworn to and subscribed in Daniel (X) Going
Open Court 4th Dec. 1920
Joseph Hart Dept. Clk

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Bedford County Personal Property Tax List
1782-1805, 1806-1816
Library of Virginia microfilm reels 34 and 35

Legend: 1782

1st Col: Free Males Above 21
2nd Col: Slaves
3rd Col: Horses
4th Col: Cattle
5th Col: White Tithes Above 16 Years
6th Col: Black Tithes Above 16 Years

1782 Daniel Going…………1, 0, 1, 3, 1, 0
1782 Joseph Going……….1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0
1782 William Going……….1, 0, 1, 5, 1, 0
1782 William Going Sr…..1, 0, 4, 10, 1, 0
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Legend: 1783, 1784, 1785 & 1786
1st Col: Whites Over 21
2nd Col: Blacks Over 16
3rd Col: Blacks Under 16
4th Col: Total Blacks
5th Col: Horses
6th Col: Cattle
7th Col: Total Number of White & Black Tithes
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1783 William Gowing Jr…..1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 4, 1
1783 William Gowing Sr….1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 6, 1
1783 Daniel Gowing……….1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 3, 1
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1784 William Going Sr…….1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 7, 1
1784 William Going Jr……..1, 0, 0, 0, 3, 4, 1
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1785 Isham Going…………..1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1
1785 William Going Jr……..1, 0, 0, 0, 4, 2, 2
———-
1786 William Going Sr……..1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 4, 1
1786 Daniel Going…………..1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 3, 1
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Legend: 1787
Names of White Males Tithable Above 21
1st Col: White males above 16 Under 21
2nd Col: Blacks Above 16
3rd Col: Blacks Under 16
4th Col: Horses
5th Col: Cattle

23 Apr 1787 William Gowin……….0, 0, 0, 2, 5
23 Apr 1787 William Gowin……….0, 0, 0. 1, 6
05 May 1787 Isham Gowins……….0, 0, 0, 1, 3
05 May 1787 Daniel Gowins……….0, 0, 0, 1, 4
29 May 1787 Joseph Gowin………..0, 0, 1, 2, 0
14 ___ 1787 John Bratcher Jr…….1, 0, 0, 1, 0
19 ___ 1787 Canaday Bratcher….0, 0, 0, 2, 4
19 ___ 1787 John Bratcher Sr……0, 4, 2, 1, 14
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Legend: 1788 &1789
1st Col: Total Number of Tithes White & Black
2nd Col: Number of Blacks Over 16
3rd Col: Horses

24 Mar 1788 William Gowin Sr….2, 0, 1
29 Apr 1788 Joseph Gowin……..2, 1, 0
12 Jun 1788 William Gowin Jr…..1, 0, 3
12 Jun 1788 Daniel Gowin……….1, 0, 1
12 Apr 1788 John Bratcher………5, 5, 2
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21 Mar 1789 Joseph Goings……..1, 2, 0
24 Mar 1789 William Goings Sr….2, 0, 1
30 May 1789 William Gowin Jr…..2, 0, 3
30 May 1789 Daniel Gowin……….1, 0, 1
15 Jun 1789 John Bratcher……….6, 5, 5
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Legend: 1790, 1791 & 1792
1st Col: Number of Tithes Black & White
2nd Col: Number of Blacks Over 12
3rd Col: Horses

22 Mar 1790 William Goin……….1, 0, 2
26 Apr 1790 William Goin………..1, 0, 3
09 Jul 1790 Daniel Goin………….1, 0, 1
12 Jul 1790 John Bratcher……….6, 5, 7
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25 Apr 1791 Daniel Gowin……….1, 0, 1
25 Apr 1791 William Gowin Jr…..2, 0, 3
20 Jul 1791 William Gowin Sr…..1, 0, 2
20 Jul 1791 James Gowin………..1, 0, 2
07 Apr 1791 John Bratcher……….7, 5, 7
07 Apr 1791 Canady Bratcher…..1, 0, 2
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23 Apr 1792 William Gowin Jr….2, 0, 5
28 May 1792 William Gowin……2, 0, 2
10 Jul 1792 Isham Gowin………..1, 0, 1
10 Jul 1792 Daniel Gowin……….1, 0, 2
10 Jul 1792 James Gowin……….1, 0, 1
26 — 1792 Canady Bratcher……1, 0, 1
26 — 1792 John Bratcher………..7, 5, 11
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Legend: 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1800 & 1801
1st Col: Total Number of Tithes White & Black
2nd Col: Blacks Over 12
3rd Col: Horses

18 Mar 1793 William Gowin………2, 0, 4
28 May 1793 Daniel Gowin……….1, 0, 2
28 May 1793 Isham Gowin………..1, 0, 1
29 Jul 1793 William Gowin Sr…….2, 0, 2
31 Jul 1793 John Bratcher Sr……..5, 4, 4
31 Jul 1793 Canaday Bratcher……1, 0, 1
31 Jul 1793 John Bratcher Jr……..1, 0, 2
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28 Mar 1794 William Gowing………1, 0, 2
26 May 1794 William Gowing Sr….1, 0, 2
20 Jun 1794 Daniel Gowing………..1, 0, 2
20 Jun 1794 Isham Gowing………. 1, 0, 1
02 Apr 1794 Canady Bratcher…….1, 0, 2
30 Apr 1794 John Bratcher Sr…….6, 4, 5
30 Apr 1794 John Bratcher Jr…….1, 0, 2
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04 Apr 1795 William Goen Jr……..1, 0, 2
04 Apr 1795 Isham Goen………….1, 0, 1
04 Apr 1795 Daniel Goen………….1, 0, 1
27 Jul 1795 William Goen Sr……..1, 0, 1
27 Jul 1795 Jeremiah Goen………1, 0, 0
15 May 1795 John Bratcher Sr….5, 4, 5
15 May 1795 John Bratcher Jr…..1, 0, 2
15 May 1795 Canada Bratcher…..1, 0, 1
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21 Mar 1796 Daniel Gowin…………1, 0, 1
06 Jul 1796 William Gowin Jr……..2, 0, 2
07 Jul 1796 William Gowin Sr……..1, 0, 1 (left VA after paying this tax)
07 Jul 1796 Isham Gowin…………..1, 0, 1
22 Mar 1796 Canaday Bratcher….1, 0, 1
22 Mar 1796 John Bratcher Jr……1, 0, 2
22 Mar 1796 John Bratcher Sr…..5, 4, 3
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10 Apr 1797 Daniel Gowen………1, 0, 1
15 Apr 1797 Isham Gowen……….0, 0, 1
24 Apr 1797 William Gowen Jr….1, 0, 3
07 Apr 1797 John Bratcher Sr…..6, 4, 4
07 Apr 1797 John Bratcher Jr……1, 0, 2
07 Apr 1797 Canada Bratcher…..1, 0, 0

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25 Jul 1798 William Gowin Jr…..1, 0, 2
25 Jul 1798 Isham Gowin………..0, 0, 1
11 Apr 1798 Canada Bratcher….1, 0, 1
08 Jun 1798 John Bratcher……..6, 4, 4
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25 Mar 1799 Isham Gowen………0, 0, 1 (died after paying this tax)
13 Apr 1799 Canady Bratcher….1, 0, 1
24 Jun 1799 John Bratcher Sr….4, 4, 3
24 Jun 1799 John Bratcher Jr….1, 0, 3
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__ Jul 1800 Daniel Gowen………2, 0, 1 (Daniel and son, Isham)
__ Jul 1800 Manoah Gowen……1, 0, 0
08 May 1800 Can Bratcher………1, 0, 1
08 May 1800 John Bratcher……..1, 0, 2
08 May 1800 John Bratcher Sr….5, 3, 3
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26 Mar 1801 Jeremiah Gowen….2, 0, 1
08 Apr 1801 Minoah Gowen…….1, 0, 0
03 Apr 1801 John Bratcher Sr….4, 3, 3
03 Apr 1801 John Bratcher Jr…..1, 0, 2
03 Apr 1801 Canada Bratcher….1, 0, 1
03 Apr 1801 Ben Bratcher……….1, 0, 2
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Legend: 1802, 1803, 1804 & 1805
1st Col: Number of White Males Above 16
2nd Col: Blacks Above 12 Years Old
3rd Col: Blacks Above 16 Years Old
4th Col: Horses

13 Aug 1802 Micajah Going……….1, 0, 0, 0
14 Aug 1802 Noah Going…………..1, 0, 0, 1
21 Aug 1802 Daniel Going…………2, 0, 0, 1 (Daniel and son, Isham)
21 Aug 1802 John Bratcher Jr……1, 0, 0, 2
21 Aug 1802 Cannady Bratcher….1, 0, 0, 2
21 Aug 1802 John Bratcher Sr……1, 0, 3, 2
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03 May 1803 Minoah Going……….1, 0, 0, 0
20 Aug 1803 Daniel Going…………1, 0, 0, 1
20 Aug 1803 Isham Going…………1, 0, 0, 1 (Daniel’s son)
18 Aug 1803 John Bratcher Jr……1, 0, 0, 2
18 Aug 1803 Cannady Bratcher….1, 0, 0, 1
18 Aug 1803 Benjamin Bratcher….1, 0, 0, 1
26 Aug 1803 John Bratcher Sr……1, 0, 3, 2
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04 Aug 1804 Daniel Going……….2, 0, 0, 2 (Daniel and son, Isham)
01 Sep 1804 Noah Going…………1, 0, 0, 1
28 Jul 1804 Cannady Bratcher….2, 0, 0, 1
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16 Apr 1805 Daniel Going………..1, 0, 0, 1
05 Jun 1805 Noah Going…………1, 0, 0, 1
———-
After 1805, neither Going nor Bratcher, including surname variations, are found on the 1806 through 1810 tax lists.

From GRF Newsletter Apr 1993:

Daniel Goins of Washington County, Virginia

Prepared from Research Developed
By Loraine Tieman
2617 W. Columbine, Phoenix, Arizona, 85029

Daniel Goins, born about 1741 of parents unknown, was one of the
earliest residents of Washington County, Virginia which was
organized in 1776-77 with land taken from Montgomery and
Fincastle counties. Daniel Goins found himself a resident of
Russell County when it was formed from Washington County in
1785. He continued in that area about 1786 when a son, Isham
Goins was born. When Lee County was formed in 1792 in the
extreme western tip of Virginia from Washington and Russell
Counties, Daniel Goins again found himself in a new county.

Daniel Goins was a resident of Rose Hill, Virginia in Lee County
about 1786 when his son, Isham Goins was born. A “white male,
60-70,” regarded as Daniel Goins appeared in the 1830 census of
the household his son, Isham Goins in adjoining Claiborne County,
Tennessee. He reappeared in the household in the 1840 census as
a “white male, 70-80.”

Isham Goins was married November 15, 1802 in adjoining
Claiborne County, Tennessee to Susan “Sookie” Bratcher who was
born there about 1787 to James Bratcher and Sarah “Sally” Sharp
Bratcher. In 1817 they lived at Jellico, Tennessee in Campbell
County.

He appeared in the 1818 and 1823 tax lists of Campbell County.

The household of “Isham Goin” was enumerated in the 1830
census of Campbell County, page 226. “Isham Goin” reappeared
as the head of household in the 1840 census of Campbell County,
page 305.

“Isem Goin” was enumerated as the head of Household 538-631 in
the 1850 census of Campbell County:

“Goin, Isem 64, born in Virginia
Susan 63, born in Virginia
Isem 26
Martha 19”

Children born to Isham Goins and Susan “Sookie” Bratcher Goins
are believed to include:

William Goin born April 11, 1804
Canada Goins born about 1805
Daniel Goin born about 1807
John Goins born August 17, 1817
Isham Goins born about 1824
Martha Goins born about 1831

“William Goin”, regarded as a son of Isham Goins and Susan
“Sookie” Bratcher Goins, was born April 11, 1804. He was married
about 1824, wife’s name Lucitha. Lucitha Goin was “small, an
Irish orphan raised by an old woman,” according to the research of
Jo Maxine Faulkner Stufflebeam, a descendant of Ft. Worth,
Texas.

William Goin was the head of a household in the 1830 census of
Campbell County, page 222, adjacent to Isham Goin and Canada
Goin. The household of “William Goin” reappeared in the 1840
census of Campbell County, page 311.

William Goin was enumerated as the head of Household 634-646
in the 1850 census of Campbell County:

“Goin, William 46
Liesitha 46
Alvis 18
William 10
John 8
Elizabeth 5
Anna 3
Sweat, Benjamin 15”

William Goin later removed to Fannin and Clay County, Texas.

His wife, Lucitha Goin was born in South Carolina September 14,
1814, according to “Cemeteries of Clay County, Texas” by
Walter Speakman. She died there March 4, 1892.

William Goin was a tall man and died after being thrown from a
horse. The research of Mrs. Stufflebeam shows the children of
William Goin and Lucitha Goin as:

James Goin born about 1825
Irene Goin born about 1827
Mary Goin born October 8, 1829
Alvis Goin born about 1832
William Goin born about 1840
John Goin born about 1842
Elizabeth “Betsy” Goin born about 1845
Catherine “Annie” Goin born about 1847
Matilda Cida Goin born August 29, 1850

Canada Goins, regarded as a son of Isham Goins and Susan
“Sookie” Bratcher Goins, was born about 1805, probably in
Campbell County [then Claiborne County]. He was married there
about 1828. “Canada Goin” was the head of a household in the
1830 census of Campbell County, page 225, adjacent to “Isham
Goin” and “William Goin.”

Daniel Goin, regarded as the son of Isham Goins and Susan
“Sookie” Bratcher Goins, was born about 1807. He was married
about 1833 to Elizabeth Peverly [Peberly?] who was born in
Tennessee about 1816. She is regarded as a sister of Isabelle
Peverly who was married to John Goins, brother to Daniel Goin.

Daniel Goin was recorded as the head of Household 1076-634 in
the 1850 census of Claiborne County:

Children born to Daniel Goin and Elizabeth Peverly Goin, according
to descendants, Rev. Richard Goins of Ottumwa, Iowa and
Jeraldine Marie Brandon Webb of San Clemente, California,
include:

James Madison Goin born in April 1834
Benjamin Franklin Goin born October 31, 1835
Granville G. Goins born February 28, 1838
Bluford Goin born about 1839
Harrison G. Goin born about 1841
Harvey Goin born about 1843
William Goin born about 1845
John Goin born about 1846
Sarah A. Goin born about 1847
Taylor Goin born about 1851
Mary Goin born about 1855

John Goins, son of Isham Goins and Susan “Sookie” Bratcher
Goins was born August 17, 1817 in Tennessee, probably Campbell
County.

He was married about 1833 to Isabelle “Issey” Peverly, regarded as
a sister to Elizabeth Peverly who was married to William Goin,
brother to John Goins. Isabelle “Issey” Peverly was born at Clear
Creek, Kentucky in Bell County. They were married in Whitley
County, Kentucky and remained there at Meadow Creek, Kentucky
in December 1834. By 1836 John Goins had removed his family
to Campbell County.

“John Goin” was enumerated as the head of a household in the
1840 census of Campbell County, page 305, adjacent to “Isham
Goin.” “John Goin” reappeared in the census of 1850 of Campbell
County as the head of Household 440-616:

Isabelle “Issey” Peverly Goins died June 5, 1880 and was buried in
Brier Creek Cemetery near Dow, Kentucky in Whitley County.

John Goins died February 20, 1885 at Jellico and was buried
beside his wife.

Children born to them include:

Calestine Goins born December 20, 1834
Andrew L. Goins born November 20, 1836
Preston Goins born April 29, 1838
Elizabeth A. Goins born September 21, 1840
Isham Goins born November 10, 1842
Creed F. Goins born April 18, 1844
Summerfield Goins born March 16, 1846
Martha Goins born April 9, 1848
John W. Goins born August 24, 1850
Margaret Goins born November 7, 1852
Nancy I. Goins born April 29, 1854

This data was copied from microfilm by Joseph “Eddie” Harris and transcribed by Karen Cooper.  http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=113&p=surnames.goin

(The Going/Gowen family members do not appear in Bedford County tax lists after 1805).

Tax Lists of Botetourt Co Va (1791-1798 are years Gowens show up):
– 1791 A
Isem Gowen 1 tithe 2 horses [frame 172]
– 1795 A
Gowing, James 1 tithe 1 horse [frame 241]
– 1796 A, List of Robert Harris
Gowin, James 1 tithe 2 horses
– 1797 A
Gowen, James 1 tithe 3 horses
– 1798 A
Gowing, James 2 tithes 2 horses [frame 319]
Gowing, Daniell 1 tithe 1 horse
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/botetax.htm

Info from the Gowen Manuscript on this Daniel Gowen:  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gowenrf/Gowenms139.htm

(Note:  It appears that there may be an error regarding the parents of Daniel Gowen in the Gowen Manuscript below.  The parents of Daniel Gowen appear to have been William Gowen and Annester Gowen – this is a different couple than William Gowen and Anastasia Sullivan Gowen).

Daniel Goins, regarded as the son of William Gowan and Anastasia Sullivan Gowan, was born about 1759 in Bedford County, Virginia., according to the research of Karen L. Cooper, a descendant of Fairborn, Ohio.

She wrote:

“In February 1777, Daniel Going enlisted to serve in the Revolutionary War for a period of two years. He served in the company commanded by Capt. Gross Scruggs which was part of the Fifth Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. Josiah Parker. Scruggs’ company was raised in Bedford County, according to “Virginia Soldiers of 1776” by Louis B. Burgess.

Daniel stated in his pension application that he fought in the Battle of Brandywine which took place on Brandywine Creek, in southeastern Pennsylvania September 11, 1777. This skirmish took place at the Old Kennett Meeting House of the Quakers. The building was still standing in April 2000.

On the morning of September 11, British and Hessian troops began marching east along the ‘Great Road’ [now Route 1], advancing on the Colonial troops positioned where the road crossed Brandywine Creek. The first shots of the battle took place at a tavern where the British were repulsed. The British called for reinforcements and ran down the road to take cover behind the stone walls on the Old Kennett Meeting House grounds. The battle was fought at mid-morning around the meeting house while the pacifist Quakers continued to hold their midweek service. One of the Quakers later wrote, ‘While there was much noise and confusion without, all was quiet and peaceful within.’

From the church, the battle continued for three miles to what is now Battlefield Park. Eventually the British pushed the Colonials back, but not before suffering heavy losses.

Daniel Going also mentions the Battle of Germantown [suburb of Philadelphia] fought on October 4, 1777 in his pension application. At that time, the Fifth Virginia, serving under Gen. George Washington, went into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Daniel Going was discharged there after one year of service.”

Daniel Going returned to Bedford County. “Daniel Going, white male over 21,” first appeared as a taxpayer in Bedford County in 1783, paying a tax on “1 horse and 3 cows.”

Daniel Gowen was married about 1783, wife’s name believed to be “Ann.” Karen L. Cooper suggests that her maiden name was “Preston” and that she was born about 1757 “Dan: Gowing” and “Mrs. Ann Gowen” were purchasers at an estate sale October 10, 1783 in Bedford County.

About 1785, William Gowan made a declaration to the Bedford County Court that he had lost an Auditor’s Warrant which had belonged to Daniel Going. The bankrupt Continental Congress was not financially able to pay the Revolutionary soldiers at the end of the war and issued Auditor’s Warrants as promissory notes for future payment. The various states faced financial difficulties as well.

His declaration, recorded in Court Minutes Book 8, page 78, read:

“Bedford County
Virginia Court Records

William Gowing came into court and made oath that he had an Auditor’s Warrant for £4:16s and some odd pence which did belong to Daniel Gowing and he lost the same. That he has not directly or indirectly received any satisfaction for the same which is ordered to be certified to the Auditors of Pub. Accts. Memo Bond given with Wm. Hand [his fee] in Pen[alty?] of £9:12:0”

On February 6, 1787, William Gowan returned to court to repeat his affidavit and to renew the bond:

“William Gowing came into court and made oath that he had an Auditor’s Warrant for £4:16s and some odd pence for the services of Daniel Gowing from the Auditor of Public Accounts bearing date of 3d Dec. 1782 and that he lost the same. That he has not directly or indirectly received any satisfaction for the same which is ordered to be certified etc . . . Memo bond given in the penalty of £9:12:0”

In 1786 Daniel Going was recorded as a “white male over 21” with “2 horses and 3 cows.”

On May 7, 1787 “Daniel Going, white male over 21” was assessed taxes on “2 horses.” On April 29, 1788 “Daniel Gowin” was assessed as “1 white male over 21.” On May 30, 1789 “Daniel Gowin” was assessed on “1 white male over 21” by William Pate. On July 3, 1790, Pate assessed “Daniel Goin” on “1 poll.” On April 25, 1791, Matthew Pate assessed “Daniel Goin” on “1 poll.” “Daniel Gowin” was assessed taxes July 10, 1792.

On May 28, 1793, “Daniel Gowin, 1 poll” and “Isham Gowin, 1 poll” appeared on the Bedford County tax rolls.

“Daniel Gowing” was assessed June 20, 1794, and “Daniel Goen” was assessed April 4, 1795. “Daniel Gowin” was assessed March 21, 1796, and “Daniel Gowen” was assessed on “1 tithe” on April 8, 1797.

“Daniel Going” was one of the men who posted bond when items were sold from the estate of Maryann Franklin in Bedford County November 22, 1794. The bond was “examined by the Bedford County Court September 19, 1797 and returned July 23, 1798,” suggesting that Daniel Going remained there at that time.

“Daniel Going” was assessed on “2 tithes, for self and son, Isham” August 21, 1802. On August 20, 1803 “Daniel Going” was assessed on “1 tithe.” “Isham Going” having married, was assessed separately.

On August 13, 1804, “Daniel Going” was assessed on “2 tithes and 2 horses.” “Isham Going” was again living with his father. In 1805, the last year that “Daniel Going” was assessed in Bedford County, he was taxed on “1 tithe and 1 horse.” Isham Goins had already removed to Claiborne County, Tennessee. Later that year Daniel Going joined his son in western Claiborne County.

About 1805, Daniel Goins joined his son, Isham Goins in removing to Claiborne County, Tennessee. In the following year, Campbell County, Tennessee was formed from Claiborne County and Anderson County, and the Goins families found themselves in the new county. In 1817 Daniel Goins lived near Jellico, Tennessee in Campbell County.

On June 3, 1818, Daniel Going made an affidavit in Campbell County Court asking for a pension based on his Revolutionary service. The earliest general pension act for Revolutionary service was enacted by Congress May 18, 1818.
Daniel Goins applied for a Revolutionary pension June 3, 1818 in Campbell County, Tennessee at “age 60.”

“Pension No. S-38744:

State of Tennessee }
Campbell County }

On the 3rd day of June, 1818 before me the presiding Justice of the governing court for said county of Campbell which court is a court of record personally appeared Daniel Going aged 60 years resident in said county of Campbell who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & have service of the United States in the Revolutionary War. That the said Daniel Going enlisted in February 1777 in the State of Virginia in the company commanded by Capt. Scruggs of the 5th Virginia in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Josiah Parker for two years, that he continued in said Regiment in the United States service until the month of February 1778 when he was discharged at the Valley Forge in Pennsylvania—that he was in the battle at Germantown and the battle at Brandywine—that he is reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support, that he has lost his discharge and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service. That he has never been a pensioner and does hereby relinquish claim to pensions heretofore provided for.

Sworn to and declared Daniel [X] Going
before me
Date and year aforesaid.

Sampson Davis
Presiding Justice
Of the Court of Campbell County, Tennessee”

Cert. 13511
West Tennessee

Daniel Going, Campbell Coy, in the state of Tennessee who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Parker of the Virginia line, for the term of one year. Inscribed on the roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence on the 3rd of June 1818.

Certificate of pension issued the 29th of July 1819 and send to William C. Mynatt Esquire of Knoxville, Tenn.

Arrears to 4th of March, 1819 $ 72.49
Semi-anl. All’ce ending 6 Sept. 1819 40.00
====
9 mo, 2 days. Ars. $ 120.49

Revolutionary Claim
Act 18th March 1818

Transferred to East Tennessee on the 2nd Sept. 1819 to take effect from the 3rd June, 1818.”

Congress enacted a second pension act May 1, 1820 requiring that the veterans to show that they were needy before a pension was to be granted. On December 4, 1820, to retain his pension, Daniel Going made another statement before the court regarding his military service and his financial condition. Many veterans were known to have minimized their financial position to make certain of receiving the pension to which they felt entitled by their service. It is believed that Daniel Going did not have to exaggerate. His affidavit read:

“State of Tennessee }
Campbell County }
December Session 1820 }

………..
On this 4th day of December 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court of record [having the power of fine and imprisonment and also being made a court of record by the laws of said state, for the said county, Daniel Going aged sixty five years, resident in the county of Campbell aforesaid, who, being duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows:

That he served in the land two years in the regular service during the Revolutionary war in the 5th Virginia Regt. Commd. by Josiah Parker in the company commd. by Capt. Scruggs. And I do swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and I have not since that time by gift, sale or any manner, disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent therby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled “An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war” passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed:

2 cows & calves & one mare & colt $ 79.00
1 sow & 7 shoats 4.00
2 chairs, 1 dish & dog, plates 2.00
====
$ 85.00

Has no family but himself and his wife, that his wife is aged 67 years and unable to labor, that he has no trade.
That he is now a pensioner, that his pension certificate is No. 13511.

Sworn to and subscribed in Daniel [X] Going
Open Court 4th Dec. 1820

Joseph Hart
Dept. Clk.

I, David T. Strong, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Campbell by my deputy Joseph Hart do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truely copied from the record of said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is eighty five dollars and no cents.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the court on this 4th day of December 1820.

David T. Strong, Clk.
By Joseph Hart, his deputy

In 1822 Daniel Going was a witness to a deed in which Canada Bratcher, Jr, brother-in-law of Isham Going, conveyed land to Isham Goins.

A “white male, 60-70,” regarded as Daniel Goins, appeared in the 1830 census of the household his son, Isham Goins in adjoining Claiborne County, Tennessee.

He reappeared in the household in the 1840 census of Claiborne County as a “white male, 70-80.” Daniel Goins died August 22, 1838.

Jeri Webb, San Clemente, California discovered and transcribed an entry which was recorded in the Campbell County court minutes March 4, 1839:

“This day satisfactory evidence was produced in court proving that Daniel Goins was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of eight dollars per month, was a resident citizen of the County of Campbell, in the State of Tennessee, that he died in the County of Campbell and State of Tennessee, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight on the 22nd day of August, that he left no widow that he has but his one child is Isham Goins, who is his only heir at law.”

One child was born to Daniel Goins:

Isham Goins born about 1786

Isham Goins, son of Daniel Goins was born about 1786 in Bedford County, Virginia. He was married there , at age 16, November 15, 1802 to Susannah “Sookie” Bratcher who was born there about 1787 to Canada Bratcher and Rachel “Biddy” Robinson Bratcher, according to the research of Col. James Young of McAlester, Oklahoma. Canada Bratcher was born to Charles Bratcher and Nancy Bratcher in Bedford County, Virginia in 1760.

June A. Smith, Foundation Editorial Boardmember of Bremerton, Washington reports that Canada Bratcher was one of the securities on their marriage bond, “No. 7266, part 2.”

In 1817, Isham Goins lived at Jellico, Tennessee in Campbell County. He appeared in the 1818 and 1823 tax lists of Camp­bell County. The household of “Isham Goin” was enumerated in the 1830 census of Campbell County, page 226 as:

“Goin, Isham white male 40-50
white female 40-50
white male 20-30
white female 20-30
white male 15-20
white male 10-15
white female 10-15
white male 5-10
white male 0-5
white female 0-5″
white male 60-70”

His household reappeared in the 1840 census of Campbell County, page 305 as:

“Goin, Isham white male 50-60
white female 50-60
white female 20-30
white male 15-20
white female 10-15
white female 5-10″
white male 70-80”

The identity of a “white male, 70-80,” living in the household of Isham Goins in the 1840 census of Campbell County is unknown.

“Isem Goin” was enumerated as the head of Household 538-631 in the 1850 census of Campbell County:

“Goin, Isem 64, born in Virginia
Susan 63, born in Virginia
Isem 26
Martha 19”

Isham Goins died in Claiborne County December 18, 1855. She died there May 24, 1860.

Children born to Isham Goins and Susan “Sookie” Bratcher Goins are believed to include:

Daniel Goin born July 5, 1803
William Goin born April 11, 1804
Preston Goins born about 1805
Jane Goin born about 1807
Canada Goins born October 25, 1808
Rachel Goins born about 1815
John Goins born August 17, 1817
Elizabeth Goins born about 1821
Isham Goins, Jr. born about 1824
Susan Goins born about 1826
James Goins born March 7, 1827
Martha Goins born about 1831

Daniel Goin, son of Isham Goins and Susan “Sookie” Bratcher Goins, was born July 5, 1803. He was married about 1826 to Elizabeth Pebley. She is regarded as a sister to Isabelle Pebley who was married to John Goin, brother of Daniel Goin. In 1835 they lived in Campbell County.

Daniel Goin was recorded as the head of Household 1076-634 in the 1850 census of Claiborne County:

“Goin, Daniel 43, born in Tennessee
Elizabeth 35, born in Tennessee
Madison 16, born in Tennessee
Franklin 14, born in Tennessee
Granville 12, born in Tennessee
Bluford 11, born in Tennessee
John 4, born in Tennessee
William 5, born in Tennessee
Sarah A. 1, born in Tennessee”

Children born to Daniel Goin and Elizabeth Pebley Goin in­clude:

James Madison Goin born in April 1834
Benjamin Franklin Goin born October 31, 1835
Granville G. Goins born February 28, 1838
Bluford Goin born January 1, 1839
Harrison G. Goin born about 1841
Harvey Goin born about 1843
William Goin born about 1845
John Goin born about 1846
Sarah A. Goin born about 1847
Taylor Goin born about 1851
Mary Goin born about 1855

James Madison Goin, son of Daniel Goin and Elizabeth Pe­bley Goin, was born about in April 1834 in Campbell County. He appeared in Claiborne County as a 16-year-old in the 1850 census living in his father’s household. It is believed that he removed to Daviess County, Missouri about 1860.

He was married about 1861 to Sophia Jane Webb, daughter of Lizzie Webb. He was enumerated in the 1880 census of Daviess County, Harrison township, Enumeration District 242, page 13:

“Goen, Maddison 47, born in TN
Jane 40, born in TN
John 17, born in MO
Bluford 14, born in MO
Mary 12, born in MO
James 10, born in MO
Webb, Lizzie 66, born in TN, mother-in-law”

James Madison Goin died in 1907 in Daviess County. They were buried there in Lick Fork Cemetery.

Children born to James Madison Goin and Sophia Jane Webb Goin include:

John Benjamin Goins born June 21, 1861
Bluford Goins born about 1866
Mary Goins born about 1868
James Wesley Goins born March 15, 1870
Martha Goins born about 1872

John Benjamin Goins, son of James Madison Goin and Sophia Jane Webb Goin, was born June 21, 1861. He was married about 1884 to Elizabeth Lay. John Benjamin Goins died Jan­uary 10, 1925, and Elizabeth Lay Goins died November 2, 1941.

Children born to them include:

Walter Goins born about 1886
Edna Goins born about 1888
Maude Goins born about 1895
Edith Goins born about 1899

Edna Goins, daughter of John Benjamin Goins and Elizabeth Lay Goins, was born about 1888. She was married about 1906 to Charles Roesmer.

Maude Goins, daughter of John Benjamin Goins and Eliza­beth Lay Goins, was born about 1895. She died January 15, 1895.

Bluford Goins, son of James Madison Goin and Sophia Jane Webb Goin, was born about 1866.

Mary Goins, daughter of James Madison Goin and Sophia Jane Webb Goin, was born about 1868. She was married about 1885 to George Mann.

James Wesley Goins, son of James Madison Goin and Sophia Jane Webb Goin, was born March 15, 1870. He was married about 1894 to Martha Fleming. She died in 1962, and he died in 1960.

Children born to James Wesley Goins and Martha Fleming Goins include:

Claud Goins born January 1894
Ada Goins born September 15, 1895
Paul Goins born November 29, 1899
Menzie Goins born March 1, 1902

Claud Goins, son of James Wesley Goins and Martha Flem­ing Goins, was born January 29, 1894. He died in October 1914.

Ada Goins, daughter of James Wesley Goins and Martha Fleming Goins, was born September 15, 1895. He was mar­ried about 1912 to Ben H. Evans.

Children born to them include:

Lena May Evans born December 7, 1914
Floyd Raymond Evans born February 18, 1918
Violet Marie Evans born February 13, 1921
James Wesley Evans born December 27, 1926
Rosalie Evans born May 7, 1929
Jackie Norman Evans born March 21, 1936
Sammy Dean Evans born April 13, 1939

Menzie Goins, son of James Wesley Goins and Martha Fleming Goins, was born March 1, 1902.

Benjamin Franklin Goin, son of Daniel Goin and Elizabeth Pebley Goin, was born October 31, 1835 in Campbell County. He appeared in Claiborne as a 14-year-old in the household of his father in 1850. He was married about 1856 to Mary M. Lake, daughter of James Lake and Mary Munday Lake. She is be­lieved to be a kinsman to Mary Jane Lake who married Granville G. Goin. They arrived in Phelps County, Missouri in 1857 and then in Lafayette County, Missouri in 1859.

In 1886 they removed to Johnson County, Missouri. Mary M. Lake Goin died there May 24, 1897. In 1910 Benjamin Franklin Goin and his children removed to Caldwell, Idaho, and in the following year moved to Salem, Oregon. He died there October 26, 1913.

His obituary appeared in the Salem newspaper:

“B. F. Goin for many years well known resident living six miles north east of Warrensburg, Missouri, and who went West a few years ago, died October 26, 1913, at his late home three miles south of Salem, Oregon, 20 and Lee streets. His sickness being so serious death was not unexpected, bone gangrene and dia­betes being the cause of his death. He passed away at 6 o’clock that evening. The deceased was born in Campbell County, Tennessee, October 31, 1835. He was the son of Daniel and Elizabeth Pebley Goin, both of whom were born in the above named state.

He was the second born of a family of fourteen chil­dren, two of whom are now living. His brother, James M. Goin, departed this life six years ago at his home in Daviess county. Benjamin was the next born. Granville departed this life in 1893 in Daviess County. His wife had also gone before. Harrison died in infancy. Bluford and two sons now live in Daviess county. His wife is deceased. John and family now reside in Norman, Oklahoma.

William Goin died in the service of his country. Harvey and Taylor died in infancy. His two sisters, Mary and Sarah, of Tennessee, are deceased.

Benjamin F. Goin was married in Claiborne County, Tennessee, to Miss Mary Lake, of Campbell County, that state. She was a daughter of James and Mary Munday Lake. A few years after their marriage they started for Missouri, arriving there November 3, 1857. They located in Phelps county and lived there two years, then going to Lafayette county. For six years they lived on a farm in that county. In 1886 they pur­chased forty acres and some timber land in Johnson County, six miles north­east of Warrensburg, where Mr. and Mrs. Goin worked and improved for forty‑two years. April 13, 1910, with his sons, William and Benjamin, and two daughters, Melvina and Louise, he moved to Caldwell, Idaho. To Mr. and Mrs. Goin were born ten children, six of whom are living, Melvina still in the family home at Salem, Oregon, Mrs. Mary Ann Brown, of Milo, Vernon County, Missouri; Mrs. Sarah E. Smith, who departed this life April 30, 1911; William M. Goin, now a widower with three children, all of whom are married; who has made his home with his parents since his wife’s death; Juda Louise Goin, who is still with her brothers and sisters: Melvina, now of Salem, Oregon, Ewon, an infant son who passed away April 28, 1865; Paulina D. Esther, who died March 30, 1867; Granville, who died in infancy March 31, 1867; Benjamin F. Goin, now a widower with three sons; Mrs. Ella Ross, of Warrensburg. Mrs. Goin departed this life December 24, 1897.

Mr. Goin had been a member of the Methodist Episco­pal Church for forty-five years. He was also a member of the Baptist Church six years during his younger days. He took an active part in Sunday school work and attended church services and was a firm believer in the Truth and that “Ye must be born again.” He bore his afflictions with Christian fortitude. He replied once to a friend “I am just waiting. What a great thing rest is.” His last days were spent in prayer.

The family, consisting of two sons, two daughters and three grandchildren, moved to Salem, Oregon, the latter part of July, 1911 in covered wagons.

The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Marshall of Salem, pastor of the First Baptist Church, at the undertaker’s parlors, the text being John 14.

The remains were laid to rest in the Lee Missionary Cemetery. The casket was covered with beautiful flow­ers presented by loving friends. He was a loving and kind father and was respected by his friends and neigh­bors.”

Children born to them include:

Melvina Goins born about 1857
Mary Ann Goins born about 1858
Sarah E. Goins born about 1859
William M. Goins born about 1861
Juda Louise Goins born about 1862
Euan Goins born about 1864
Paulina D. Esther Goins born about 1866
Granville Goins born about 1867
Benjamin Franklin Goins, Jr. born about 1870
Ella Goins born about 1873

Melvina Goins, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Goin and Mary M. Lake Goin, was born about 1857 in Phelps County, Mis­souri. In 1910 she joined her father in moving to Caldwell, Idaho. In 1913 she was living in her father’s home in Salem, Oregon.

Mary Ann Goins, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Goin and Mary M. Lake Goin, was born about 1858. She was married about 1880, husband’s name Brown. In 1913 they lived at Milo, Missouri in Vernon County.

Sarah E. Goins, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Goin and Mary M. Lake Goin, was born about 1859 in Missouri. She was married about 1880, husband’s name Smith. She died April 30, 1911.

William M. Goin, son of Benjamin Franklin Goin and Mary M. Lake Goin, was born about 1861 in Missouri. He was married about 1884. In 1910 he accompanied his father to Caldwell, Idaho and to Salem, Oregon the following year. When his wife died, he moved into his father’s home with his three children. He continued there in 1913.

Juda Louise Goin, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Goin and Mary M. Lake Goin, was born about 1862 in Missouri. He ac­companied her father in 1910 in a move to Caldwell and the in 1911 to Salem. She continued in her father’s home in 1913.

Euan Goin, son of Benjamin Franklin Goin and Mary M. Lake Goin, was born about 1864 in Missouri and died in in­fancy, April 28, 1865.

Paulina D. Esther Goins, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Goin and Mary M. Lake Goin, was born about 1866. She died March 30, 1867.

Granville Goins, son of Benjamin Franklin Goin and Mary M. Lake Goin, was born about 1867. He died March 31, 1867, the day after his sister died.

Benjamin Franklin Goins, Jr, son of Benjamin Franklin Goin and Mary M. Lake Goin, was born about 1870. He accompanied his father when he moved to Caldwell, Idaho in 1910 and on to Salem, Oregon in 1911. In 1913, he, a widower, lived in his father’s household. He had three sons.

Ella Goins, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Goin and Mary M. Lake Goin, was born about 1873. She was married about 1891, husband’s name Ross. In 1913 they lived in Warrens­burg.

Granville G. Goins, son of Daniel Goin and Elizabeth Pebley Goin, was born February 28, 1838 in Claiborne County, according to a letter written November 12, 1991 by Jeraldine Marie Brandon Webb, a de­scendant of San Clemente, California. He was married March 24, 1864 in Daviess County, Missouri to Mary Jane Lake. She was born February 12, 1847 to Ewing Lake and Terresa Lake in Campbell County, Tennessee. He died in Daviess County March 6, 1892 at age 58, and she died there September 21, 1901 at age 54.

Children born to Granville G. Goins and Mary Jane Lake Goins include:

William M. “Rammy” Goins born August 18, 1868
Amanda Jane Goins born March 11, 1873
Richard Goins born February 24, 1877
James Elbert Goins born August 18, 1879
Harvey D. Goins born October 8, 1881
John G. Goins born December 15, 1883
Oliver F. “Yal” Goins born March 12, 1885

William M. “Rammy” Goins, son of Granville G. Goins and Mary Jane Lake Goins, was born in Daviess County about August 8, 1868. Later he lived in Kansas.

Amanda Jane Goins, daughter of Granville G. Goins and Mary Jane Lake Goins, was born in Daviess County March 11, 1873. She was married there in 1893 to Addie Mercer who was born December 5, 1871. He died September 15, 1895, shortly before the birth of their second child. She was re­married November 28, 1898 to Mitchell Hampton Snider. He was born March 24, 1868 in Benton County, Arkansas to Daniel Snider and Mary Mariah Osborn Snider. Mitchell Hampton Snider died October 15, 1938 at age 70 in Bates County, Missouri. Amanda Jane Goins Snider died in River­side, California June 1, 1955.

Children born to Addie Mercer and Amanda Jane Goins Mercer include:

Almer Mercer born July 31, 1894
Ruby Mercer born February 1, 1896

Children born to Mitchell Hampton Snider and Amanda Jane Goins Mercer Snider include:

Lela Grace Snider born March 3, 1900
Louis Mitchell Snider born June 23, 1903
Wilma Pearl Snider born April 10, 1905
Georgia Jane Snider born July 10, 1910
Dudley Francis Snider born October 17, 1911
Joseph Woodrow Snider born March 4, 1914

Almer Mercer, daughter of Addie Mercer and Amanda Jane Goins Mercer, was born July 31, 1894. she died April 15, 1894.

Ruby Mercer, daughter of Addie Mercer and Amanda Jane Goins Mercer, was born February 1, 1896. She was married about 1923 to C. E. McCoy.

Lela Grace Snider, daughter of Mitchell Hampton Snider and Amanda Jane Goins Mercer Snider, was born March 3, 1900. She was married December 16, 1917 to Leland Stan­ford Stur­geon. She died April 20, 1974.

Louis Mitchell Snider, son of Mitchell Hampton Snider and Amanda Jane Goins Mercer Snider, was born June 23, 1903. He died April 9, 1915.

Wilma Pearl Snider, daughter of Mitchell Hampton Snider and Amanda Jane Goins Mercer Snider, was born April 10, 1905. She was married September 18, 1924 to Harold Schroeder.

Georgia Jane Snider, daughter of Mitchell Hampton Snider and Amanda Jane Goins Snider, was born at Gallatin, Mis­souri in Daviess County July 10, 1910. She was married November 17, 1928 in Johnson County, Kansas to Charles Glen Brandon. He was born September 5, 1907 in Leeton, Missouri to Nevil Boone Brandon and Mollie Basket More­lock Brandon.

In the following year they were living in Kansas City, Mis­souri. Later they were divorced. He died in Las Vegas, Nevada November 25, 1978. She continued to survive him in January 1993.

Children born to Charles Glen Brandon and Georgia Jane Snider Brandon include:

Jeraldine Marie Brandon born November 28, 1929
Roberta Jean Brandon born November 16, 1931

Jeraldine Marie Brandon, daughter of Charles Glen Brandon and Georgia Jane Snider Brandon, was born November 28, 1929 in Kansas City, Missouri. She was married December 23, 1947 in Las Vegas to LaVerne Willard Webb. In 1993 they lived in San Clemente, California where she was active in family research as a member of Gowen Research Foundation.

Roberta Jean Brandon, daughter of Charles Glen Brandon and George Jane Snider Brandon, was born November 16, 1931 in Kansas City. She was married March 18, 1950 to Zane Mason Young. In 1993 they lived in Whittier, California where she was active in family research as a member of Gowen Research Foundation.

Dudley Francis Snider, son of Mitchell Hampton Snider and Amanda Jane Goins Mercer Snider, was born October 17, 1911. He was married about 1934 to Caroline Snyder. He died February 26, 1976.

Joseph Woodrow Snider, son of Mitchell Hampton Snider and Amanda Jane Goins Mercer Snider, was born March 4, 1914. He was married about 1938 to Dolly Mayo. He died May 5, 1966.

Richard Goins, son of Granville G. Goins and Mary Jane Lake Goins, was born February 25, 1877 in Daviess County. He was married April 13, 1905 to Lillie Viola Warner at Breckenridge, Missouri by Sam Priest, justice of the peace. Richard Goins died May 11, 1932.

Rev. Richard Goins, a son wrote of the life of his parents in his autobiography, “Recollections of a Reverend:”

“My father, Richard Goins, for whom I was named, was the son of Granville G. Goin and Mary Jane Lake Goin, formerly of Claiborne County in northeast Tennessee. So far as I have been able to ascertain, they made the journey westward to Missouri about the time of the Civil War, and eventually settled in the southern part of Daviess County, close to the town of Breckenridge. Many of the Goin [the letter “s” was added to the family name around 1900] relatives are buried in the old Lick Fork Cemetery near there.

My mother, Lillie Viola Warner, was a daughter of James Nathan and Amelia Guntin Warner formerly of the area around Anderson, Indiana. It appeared that my mother’s parents and other relatives were a part of a gen­eral westward migration which took place in the 1880s and ’90s. At any rate they too had established homes in southern Daviess County in Missouri.

In the early years of their marriage, my father’s liveli­hood from working as a farmhand was supplemented by income gained from his skill as a barber in the little [now extinct] town of Madilene, located about four miles southwest of Gilman City.

There was railroad work to be found in nearby Trenton, where the Rock Island Line was expanding operations, and so my folks moved there in about 1910.

Our home surroundings there on West 22nd Street in Trenton, where I first lived, were most humble. The faded, white, three‑room frame house was located on the edge of a large pasture and looking through the fence at cattle grazing was an exciting pastime for a small child. Over to one side of the house was a cis­tern with a pump to produce our water supply, while out behind the house was the privy. Gardens were necessary to supplement the family food supply and I re­member how Dad would pack cabbages, potatoes and other vegetables into wooden boxes which were then buried in the ground so as to be dug out for use during the cold winter months.

One of the three rooms in our little house contained a black iron heating stove, along with other simple fur­nishings such as a davenport that unfolded into a bed and a couple of rocking chairs. Another room con­tained, not only an iron cook stove, but also a good‑sized drop‑leaf table, six chairs, and another fold‑away bed. For washing purposes a heavy iron boiler was filled with water and heated on the cook stove. The water was then dipped into a galvanized tub, placed on two chairs and with some P&G soap and a scrub board the clothing was washed. Of course, the pieces were hand wrung and, even in the winter, were affixed to the line outside to freeze dry. The one item in the house, which might be considered a luxury, was a player piano, purchased by my older sister, Hester, from her earnings as a telephone operator. How well do I remember the boxes of piano rolls and also the lively tunes the piano turned out.

The third room in the little house was used, not only as a bedroom for my parents, but was also the storage area for most of the family’s clothing. With no provisions for heating that sleeping area, the winter months were made bearable only by the use of hot flat irons wrapped in cloths and tucked beneath the bed covers.

As the effects of the Great Depression began to reach our town, the loss of employment was widely felt and I even recall how our fifth grade teacher talked to us and helped us children to be aware of the situation that was rapidly developing. By now I had started to spend much of my summer time with my grandparents, and there was much talk of hard times and how the Federal Land Bank was taking over many farms and how it was commonly believed that President Hoover was permitting the country to go to ruin.

In the spring of 1930, Dad’s health was impaired be­cause of a prostate condition which resulted in surgery that summer. Although he had a most difficult time, probably due in part to the limited medical facilities available, still he managed to pull through and seemed to be on the road to recovery. However, in less than a year, he began to experience a recurrence of the prob­lem. It appeared there was little that could be done to help. Thus, in the fall and winter of 1931, his con­dition continued to deteriorate from what was suspected to be a malignant condition and, what was worse, there seemed to be little or no sedation available to relieve his pain and suffering. My mother nursed and cared for him as best she could through that long hard winter. His bedfast confinement lasted many months until his death in early May of 1932.

One October Sunday evening, Mother was invited by two neighborhood couples to attend evening church services with them at the local Baptist church. When, later in the evening, we heard the voice and laughter of a man blending with Mom’s voice out on our front porch, there was puzzlement about this until, with the sound of a crash, the mystery was solved. It seems that our neighbors had arranged for a widowed gentleman friend of theirs to walk home from church with them in such a way that he naturally would walk in the com­pany of Mom. He had also remained to visit with her for a while in the porch swing until one of the sup­porting chains had pulled loose under their weight causing them to tumble. Then mother made an em­barrassed entrance into the house and explained the situation to my sister and me. This was our introduc­tion to Rex Rains who was to become Mother’s second husband and our step‑father within a year. We came to know him as one who worked in the city’s street maintenance department and as one whose wife had passed away the previous year. Indeed our family came to appreciate Rex as one of our own and we were happy that Mother found the companionship of one so good‑natured and likeable, as well as being a dependable and hard‑working person.

The following months were memorable for at least two reasons. For one thing, the summer of 1934 witnessed the first of two devastating years of drouth. How can one forget dark clouds of dust that began filling the sky in 1934, the searing southwesterly winds and tempera­tures reaching as high as 110‑115 degrees. On my ma­ternal grandparent’s farm, we witnessed the crops being destroyed by heat and chinch bugs, wells drying up, and streams ceasing to flow. Sleeping out under the stars on the dry, brittle grass of the yard afforded some measure of relief. Upon returning to Trenton in late August, there was some adjustment to having two additional persons in our household in cluding Rex, to whom Mom had been married in June, and his teen‑aged son, Richard Rains, who lived with us for a time.”

Lillie Viola Warner Goins Rains died December 26, 1967. Rex Rains died in October 1973 at age 87. Eight children born to Richard Goins and Lillie Viola Warner Goins:

Hester B. Goins born March 26, 1906
Maurice E. Goins born July 19, 1907
Merrill O. Goins born March 18, 1909
Mildred L. Goins born September 1, 1912
Winnifred Goins born December 30, 1915
Roberta Goins born October 3, 1917
Richard Goins, Jr. born December 5, 1918
Virginia L. Goins born July 10, 1921

Hester B. Goins, daughter of Richard Goins and Lillie Viola Warner Goins, was born about 1907 in Daviess County. She became a telephone operator in Trenton. She was married there in October 1926 to Harry L. King and removed to De­troit. In 1993 the lived in Trenton, Missouri.

Children born to them include:

Merle E. King born June 3, 1936
Gary King born September 26, 1940

Merle E. King, daughter of Harry L. King and Hester B. Goins King, was born June 3, 1936. She was married about 1953 to Edward L. King. Children born to Edward L. King and Merle E. King King include:

Leann L. King born May 27, 1954
Theresa L. King born July 25, 1956
Mary Lou King born July 16, 1960
Jeannine King born June 10, 1964

Gary King, son of Harry L. King and Hester B. Goins King, was born September 26, 1940. He was married about 1964 to Janice Gartside. Children born to them include:

April King born April 23, 1966
Stuart King born March 9, 1969

Maurice E. Goins, son of Richard Goins and Lillie Viola Warner Goins, was born July 19, 1907 in Daviess County. He was married there in June 1930 to Dorothy Kirkwood. After the death of his wife, he was remarried to Ruth Wahl October 16, 1973. At that time they lived in Louisiana, Missouri. Children born to Maurice E. Goins, Dorothy Kirkwood Goins and Ruth Wahl Goins are unknown. He died November 28, 1992.

Merrill O. Goins, son of Richard Goins and Lillie Viola Warner Goins, was born March 18, 1909 and died July 12 1910.

Mildred L. Goins, daughter of Richard Goins and Lillie Viola Warner Goins, was born September 1, 1912. She was married in October 1930 to Harold Adams. They removed to Creswell, Oregon where he died of cancer in April 1981. She was remarried to Harold Adams. She died November 24, 1991.

Winnifred Goins, son of Richard Goins and Lillie Viola Warner Goins, was born December 30, 1915 in Trenton. He died there December 25, 1916.

Roberta Goins, daughter of Richard Goins and Lillie Viola Warner Goins, was born October 3, 1917 at Trenton. She died February 28, 1921 of diphtheria, and the “Trenton Republi­can-Times” reported that “services were held at the Goins residence the following day at 3:30 p.m.”.

Richard Goins, Jr. son of Richard Goins and Lillie Viola Warner Goins, was born December 5, 1918 in Trenton. He was graduated from Trenton High School May 20, 1937 and enrolled in Trenton Junior College. He entered Drake Uni­versity in Des Moines, Iowa in 1941.

He was married June 14, 1942 to Marietta Laffoon, his high school sweetheart in Trenton First Christian Church. Re­ceiving his B.A. degree in June 1943, he began work immedi­ately on a master’s degree. For his thesis he researched and wrote, “A History of Christian Churches in Dallas County, Iowa.”

He received his M.A. degree, and immediately enrolled in College of the Bible Seminary at Transylvania College in Lexington, Kentucky.

“Lexington was my choice of seminaries, largely be­cause of the feeling that in some ways Kentucky is the very cradle of the Disciples of Christ movement. Nor were we disappointed, for how thrilling it was to visit the old Cain Ridge Meeting House up near Paris, Ken­tucky. There, outside the old log building was the cemetery where Barton W. Stone, one of our pioneer religious leaders, was buried. Also down in the center of Lexington was one historical marker denoting the loca­tion where one of the famous Alexander Campbell de­bates was held. When in my third year at the seminary, I chose as my thesis topic “A History of the College of the Bible.”

My research involved interviewing persons such as Dr. Alonzo Fortune, who by then was along in years, and also afflicted with blindness. But Dr. Fortune, who had for many years served as pastor of Lexington Central Church still possessed a keen mind, and he had learned the Braille system very well. What a thrill it was to hear him tell of his acquaintance with the famous W. M. Garvey who back at the beginning of the century was an intellectual force in our movement.”

He was graduated June 21, 1947, and moved to Marion, Iowa to begin his first full-time ministry at a starting salary of $2,650 per year. On May 10, 1953 he became the minister of the First Christian Church in Spencer, Iowa. He accepted the ministry of Oscaloosa, Iowa July 1, 1957.

On January 29, 1967 they removed to Ottumwa, Iowa to fill the pulpit there.

On February 22, 1977 he wrote,

“About five years ago I visited the town of Tazewell, Tennessee which is the county seat of Claiborne County. Some four or five miles away is the little town called Goin. It seems that there were at least three different Goin families who inhabited that area in the early 1800s, and I have not been able to relate these three families though I have corresponded with relatives and descendants of the different clans.

It appears that our branch of the Goin family came through the Cumberland Gap from Virginia in the early 1800s. They appeared to have settled first in Camp[bell County, and then, after returning to Virginia briefly, they came back to settle in Claiborne County which is adjacent to Campbell County on the east.

It appears that the family grew up in that territory and then, about the time the Civil War broke out, when most of the boys were young men, they migrated to Missouri. They appear to have settled near Lexington in Lafayette County, Missouri. I have evidence that Benjamin Franklin Goin, son of Daniel Goin arrived in that area in November of 1857. The records then seem to indicate that during the Civil War years, the Goin brothers dispersed in different directions with at least three of them, James, Granville and Bluford moving to the north part of Missouri in Daviess County. I can recall seeing my great uncle Bluford Goin when I was a boy at his home close to Breckenridge, Missouri. Many of the Goin relatives are buried at the old Lick Fork Cemetery near there.”

In June 1973 he became the minister of the First Christian Church in Boone, Iowa. He retired in 1984, and they returned to Ottumwa where he was named to the board of directors of Wapello County Historical Society. After undergoing quintu­ple coronary by-pass surgery July 31, 1986, Richard Goins curtailed his preaching activities and be­gan to pursue less strenuous pursuits.

Through the years, Richard Goins maintained his interest in family history and in 1989 published “Recollections of a Reverend.” In January 1993 he, a member of the Gowen Research Foundation Editorial Board of Directors and Ma­rietta Laffoon Goins continued to live in Ottumwa. Richard Goins died November 3, 1994 as the result of injuries suffered in an automobile accident near his home Marietta Lafoon Goins was injured in the accident, but was released shortly afterward from Ottumwa Regional Health Center.

Two daughters were born to Rev. Richard Goins and Marietta Laffoon Goins:

Nancy Sue Goins born January 24, 1949
Kathy Ann Goins born July 9, 1954

Nancy Sue Goins, daughter of Rev. Richard Goins and Mari­etta Laffoon Goins, was born January 24, 1949. She was graduated May 29, 1972 from Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Missouri with a degree in education. She was married to Robert Nykyforchyn of Elliott City, Maryland May 19, 1973. They removed to Maryland where they were divorced in 1977. She continued there as a teacher in Howard County, Maryland. On October 21, 1983 she was remarried there to Gary Ottey.

Kathy Ann Goins, daughter of Rev. Richard Goins and Ma­rietta Laffoon Goins, was born July 9, 1954. She was gradu­ated from Ottumwa High School May 29, 1972. She was married in June 1973 to Randy Engel, son of Keith Engel of Aurora, Illinois.

Children born to Randy Engel and Kathy Ann Goins Engel in­clude:

Joseph William Engel born December 11, 1979
Jacqueline Engel born April 27, 1983

Virginia L. Goins, daughter of Richard Goins and Lillie Vi­ola Warner Goins, was born about 1922 in Trenton. She was mar­ried about 1946 to Dale McCracken. He died in Trenton in 1982. She died November 28, 1992. One son was born to them:

Michael McCracken born about 1948

James Elbert Goins, son of Granville G. Goins and Mary Jane Lake Goins, was born August 10, 1879. He was married about 1908 to Eddie Adams. He became a Methodist preacher in Kansas and Nebraska. James Elbert Goins died February 6, 1952.

Children born to James Elbert Goins and Eddie Adams Goins in­clude:

James V. Goins born March 17, 1910
Ruby E. Goins born August 17, 1911
Paul H. Goins born December 5, 1913
Donald O. Goins born April 19, 1915
Estella A. Goins born October 4, 1916
Esther M. Goins born March 6, 1918
Dorothy M. Goins born March 16, 1920
Thelma A. Goins born November 29, 1921
Howard M. Goins born December 1, 1923
Ima Jean Goins born April 11, 1929
Toots Goins [adopted?] born September 30, 1929

James V. Goins, son of James Elbert Goins and Eddie Adams Goins, was born March 17, 1910. He was married about 1933, wife’s name Donna.

Children born to James V. Goins and Donna Goins include:

Chip Goins born about 1935
Pansy Goins born about 1938

Chip Goins, son of James V. Goins and Donna Goins, was born about 1935. He was married about 1958, wife’s name Jane. Children born to Chip Goins and Jane Goins are un­known.

Ruby E. Goins, daughter of James Elbert Goins and Eddie Adams Goins, was born August 17, 1911. Of this individual nothing more is known.

Paul H. Goins, son of James Elbert Goins and Eddie Adams Goins, was born December 5, 1913. He died March 12, 1935.

Donald O. Goins, son of James Elbert Goins and Eddie Adams Goins, was born April 19, 1915. He was married to Elna Hageman about 1939.

Children born to Donald O. Goins and Elna Hageman Goins in­clude:

Donald D. Goins born November 3, 1942
Ernest E. Goins born September 12, 1947

Donald D. Goins, son of Donald O. Goins and Elna Hage­man Goins, was born November 3, 1942. He was married about 1965 to Joan Cruciani. Children born to Donald D. Goins and Joan Cruciani Goins include:

Raymond S. Goins born April 15, 1966
Steven A. Goins born August 15, 1967
Deborah L. Goins born September 3, 1968

Ernest E. Goins, son of Donald O. Goins and Elna Hageman Goins, was born September 12, 1947. He was married about 1970 to Lolita Frick. Children born to Ernest E. Goins and Lolita Frick Goins are unknown.

Estella A. Goins, daughter of James Elbert Goins and Eddie Adams Goins, was born October 4, 1916. Of this individual nothing more is known.

Esther M. Goins, daughter of James Elbert Goins and Eddie Adams Goins, was born March 6, 1918. She died March 17, 1919.

Dorothy M. Goins, daughter of James Elbert Goins and Eddie Adams Goins, was born March 16, 1920. Of this individual nothing more is known.

Thelma A. Goins, daughter of James Elbert Goins and Eddie Adams Goins, was born November 29, 1921. Of this individ­ual nothing more is known.

Howard M. Goins, son of James Elbert Goins and Eddie Adams Goins, was born December 1, 1923. He was married about 1948, wife’s name Nelda.

Children born to Howard M. Goins and Nelda Goins include:

Doak Goins born November 16, 1950
Pamela Goins born about 1954

Doak Goins, son of Howard M. Goins and Nelda Goins was born November 16, 1950. He died April 20, 1970.

Ima Jean Goins, daughter of James Elbert Goins and Eddie Adams Goins, was born April 22, 1929. She died January 12, 1938.

Toots Goins, believed to be an adopted daughter of James Elbert Goins and Eddie Adams Goins, was born September 30, 1929. She died September 4, 1936.

Harvey D. Goins, son of Granville G. Goins and Mary Jane Lake Goins, was born October 8, 1881. He was married about 1904, wife’s name unknown. He died February 2, 1907.

Children born to Harry D. Goins include:

Frank Goins born about 1904
George Goins born about 1905

John G. Goins, son of Granville G. Goins and Mary Jane Lake Goins, was born December 15, 1883. He died Decem­ber 14, 1912.

Oliver F. “Yal” Goins, son of Granville G. Goins and Mary Jane Lake Goins, was born March 12, 1885 in Daviess County. He was married about 1908, wife’s name Erma. Later they lived in Kansas. Children born to Oliver F. “Yal” Goins and Erma Goins are unknown.

Bluford Goins, son of Daniel Goin and Elizabeth Pebley Goin, was born January 1, 1839 in Lee County Virginia. He ap­peared in Claiborne County in the 1850 census as an 11-year old. It is be­lieved that he accompanied other family members to Daviess County, Missouri about 1860. He was married about 1878, wife’s name Sarah.

They were enumerated in the 1880 census of Daviess County, Enumeration District 24, page 9:

“Goen, Bluford 38, born in VA
Sarah 30, born in MO
William Franklin 1, born in MO”

In 1913 Bluford Goin and his two sons continued in Daviess County. He died in 1935. Children born to Bluford Goin and Sarah Goin include:

William Franklin Goins born in 1878
James Edward Goins born in 1881

William Franklin Goins, son of Bluford Goin and Sarah Goin, was born in 1878. He died in 1953.

James Edward Goins, son of Bluford Goin and Sarah Goin, was born in 1881. He died in 1949.

Harrison G. Goin, son of Daniel Goin and Elizabeth Pebley Goin, was born about 1841. He was married about 1870, wife’s name unknown. The obituary of his brother Benjamin Franklin Goin states that Harrison G. Goin died “in infancy.”

Harvey Goin, son of Daniel Goin and Elizabeth Pebley Goin, was born about 1843. In the obituary of his brother, Ben­jamin Franklin Goins it was stated that Harvey Goin died in infancy.

William Goin, son of Daniel Goin and Elizabeth Pebley Goin, was born about 1845 in Claiborne County. He appeared there as a five-year-old in the 1850 census of his father’s household. In the obituary of Benjamin Franklin Goin it was recorded that William Goin “died in the service of his county,” perhaps dur­ing the Civil War.

John Goin, son of Daniel Goin and Elizabeth Pebley Goin, was born about 1846. He appeared as a four-year-old in the 1850 census of his father’s household. In 1913 he and his family lived in Norman, Oklahoma.

Sarah A. Goin, daughter of Daniel Goin and Elizabeth Pebley Goin, was born about 1849 in Claiborne County. She ap­peared there in the 1850 census of her father’s household. She died prior to 1913.

Taylor Goin, son of Daniel Goin and Elizabeth Pebley Goin, was born about 1851. In the obituary of his brother, Ben­jamin Franklin Goin, it was stated that Taylor Goin died in infancy.

Mary Goin, daughter of Daniel Goin and Elizabeth Pebley Goin, was born about 1855. She died prior to 1913.

William Goin, son of Isham Goins and Susan “Sookie” Bratcher Goins, was born April 11, 1804. He was married about 1824, wife’s name Lucitha. Lucitha Goin was “small, an Irish orphan raised by an old woman,” according to the research of Jo Maxine Faulkner Stufflebeam, a descendant of Ft. Worth, Texas.

“William Goin” was the head of a household in the 1830 cen­sus of Campbell County, page 222, adjacent to Isham Goin and Canada Goin. His household was enumerated as:

“Goin, William white male 20-30
white female 15-20
white male 0-5
white female 0-5
white female 0-5”

The household of William Goin reappeared in the 1840 cen­sus of Campbell County, page 311 as:

“Goin, William white male 30-40
white female 30-40
white female 10-15
white female 10-15
white male 5-10
white male 5-10
white male 0-5”

William Goin was enumerated as the head of Household 634-646 in the 1850 census of Campbell County:

“Goin, William 46, born in South Carolina
Liesitha 46, born in South Carolina
Alvis 18
William 10
John 8
Elizabeth 5
Anna 3
Sweat, Benjamin 15”

It is believed that “South Carolina” recorded as the birth state for William Goin was an error. His wife, Lucitha Goin was born in South Carolina September 14, 1814, according to “Cemeteries of Clay County, Texas” by Walter Speakman.

William Goin removed afterward to Fannin County, Texas. His family appeared there in the 1860 census as the head of Household 568-580, page 37 as:

“Goin, William 55, born in SC, farmer, $2,500 real
estate, $600 personal property,
illiterate
S. 54, born in SC, illiterate
Elvis 26, born in TN
William 20, born in TN, attending school
John 18, born in TN, attending school
Elizabeth 16, born in TN, attending school
Ann 14, born in TN, attending school
Matilda 11, born in TN, attending school”

William Goin and his wife Lucitha Goin gave a deed to Cyrus Terry for 105 acres of land located 13 miles southeast of Bonham February 24, 1870, according to Fannin County Deed Book 8, page 363. Lucitha Goin gave a deed to Elizabeth Glen, according to Fannin County Deed Book S, page 442. She was listed as the administrator of an estate in Fannin County Probate Book 14, page 439.

William Goin was a tall man and died August 6, 1880 after being thrown from a horse. Lucitha Goin died March 5, 1892 and was buried in Bellvue Cemetery, Bellvue, Texas, according to “Cemeteries of Clay County, Texas” by Walter Speakman.

Children born to them include:

James Goin born about 1825
Irene Goin born about 1827
Mary Goin born October 8, 1829
Alvis Goin born about 1832
William Thomas Goin born August 12, 1838
John Goin born about 1842
Elizabeth “Betsy” Goin born about 1845
Catherine “Annie” Goin born about 1847
Matilda Cida Goin born August 29, 1850

James Goin, son of William Goin and Lucitha Goin, was born in 1825 in Campbell County. He was married about 1845, wife’s name Elizabeth. They appeared in the 1850, 1860 and 1870 enumerations in Campbell County.

“James Goin” was recorded as the head of Household 458-619 in the 1850 census of Campbell County:

“Goin, James 23, born in Tennessee
Elizabeth 23, born in Tennessee
Olive 4
Franklin 1
Sullins, Martha 22
Lotty 1”

Children born to James Goin and Elizabeth Goin include:

Orlena [Olive?] Goin born about 1846
William Franklin Going born in 1848
Alvis Goin born December 11, 1851
Mary J. Goin born about 1854
Enos H. Goin born about 1858
Maynard Goin born about 1860
Milton Goin born about 1862
Eliza Goin born about 1866

Orlena Goin, daughter of James Goin and Elizabeth Goin, was born about 1846 in Campbell County.

William Franklin Going, son of James Goin and Elizabeth Goin, was born about 1848 in Campbell County, according to his non compus mentis probate proceedings. He “was born and raised in Campbell County,” according to a statement made by his brother, H. M. Goins. All other known members of the family of William Franklin Goings spelled their names “Goins.”

William Franklin Going later lived in Indiana, then in Michi­gan, and in 1895 he was a saloon-keeper in Austin, Texas. He was listed in the Austin city directory from 1885 through 1890. In 1885 he operated the Nickel Plate Saloon at 200 Congress [at Live Oak]. From 1887 to 1890 he operated the Bridge Saloon at the same address. He lived in the saloon building. “William F. Goings” was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1890 census of Travis County, page 115, according to “Travis County, Texas Census, Uniquely Reconstructed and Annotated” by Mary A. Moody.

In October 1890 William Franklin Going was examined by Travis County Probate Court, according to Probate File No. 1543, as a non compus mentis.

“He had a fit four or five months ago and has been demented ever since,” stated John Sheenan, who was later appointed his guardian by the court, in the hearing held October 27, 1890. “He has about $1,000 in property, including his saloon. He is about 35-40 years old, and, I think, a native of Tennessee,” stated Sheehan.

On the same date Jack Spence testified, “I have known the defendant for three years, and have been with him every day for two weeks. He said he wanted to turn his bar around so that he stood in front of the bar to bar-keep and have his customers stand behind the bar to drink. He struck a man last night with a plank.”

Travis County Probate Court had confined William Franklin Going in the Insane Asylum at Austin on August 27, 1889. Dr. H. B. Hill testified at a hearing October 29, 1890 that the defendant is “entirely incapacitated to attend to his business.”

H. M. Goin, of Campbell County, brother to William Franklin Going, came to Austin, posted an $8,500 bond and was ap­pointed guardian of William Franklin Going, on December 8, 1890. He reported to the court on that date that William Franklin Going was in Hot Springs, Arkansas at that time “temporarily being treated for insanity.”

Other individuals who assisted in the bond were James Goin, father of the defendant; Alvis Goin, his brother; Elias Douglas, M. C. Stanfill, John J. Graham, W. R. Taylor and Enos H. Goin. All were believed to be residents of Campbell County.

Alvis Goin, son of James Goin and Elizabeth Goin, was born in Campbell County December 11, 1851, according to Jo Maxine Faulkner Stufflebeam. He was married September 24, 1873 in LaFollette, Tennessee to Caroline Miller. He was remarried March 15, 1888 in Campbell County to Nancy T. Irwin [Irvin?]. Later he was married a third time to Nancy E. Petree.

Children born to Alvis Goin, Caroline Miller Goin, Nancy T. Irwin Goin and Nancy E. Petree Goin are unknown.

Mary J. Goin, daughter of James Goin and Elizabeth Goin, was born in Campbell County about 1854.

Enos H. Goin, son of James Goin and Elizabeth Goin, was born in Campbell County about 1858.

Maynard Goin, son of James Goin and Elizabeth Goin, was born in Campbell County about 1860.

Milton Goin, son of James Goin and Elizabeth Goin, was born in Campbell County about 1862. He is regarded as the individual who was married about 1885, wife’s name Sarah Louise.

Eliza Goin, daughter of James Goin and Elizabeth Goin, was born in Campbell County about 1866.

Milton Goin died in Albion Nebraska January 21, 1943, according to the research of Phyllis Prock. Children born to Milton Goin and Sarah Louise Goin are unknown.

Irene Goin, daughter of William Goin and Lucitha Goin, was born in Campbell County about 1827. Of this individual nothing more is known.

Mary Goin, daughter of William Goin and Lucitha Goin, was born in Campbell County October 8, 1829. She was married about 1849 to Absolum Joshua Lumpkin who was born in Georgia. He died after 1860, and she was remarried in 1864 to James Harper in Texas. She died after 1900.

Children born to Absolum Joshua Lumpkin and Mary Goin Lumpkin include:

George Sylvester Lumpkin born October 28, 1858

George Sylvester Lumpkin, son of Absolum Joshua Lumpkin and Mary Goin Lumpkin, was born October 28, 1858 in Campbell County. He was married July 19, 1877 to Henrietta Ellen Walker, daughter of John Newton Walker and Cassey Jane Stone Walker.

Children born to them include:

Lucy Blanche Lumpkin born July 18, 1899

Lucy Blanche Lumpkin, daughter of George Sylvester Lumpkin and Henrietta Ellen Walker Lumpkina, was born at Joy, Texas July 18, 1899. She was married there July 9, 1922 to Alvin Jewell Faulkner who was born at Tioga, Texas August 14, 1903.

Children born to them include:

Jo Maxine Faulkner born August 2, 1929

Jo Maxine Faulkner, daughter of Alvin Jewell Faulkner and Lucy Blanche Lumpkin Faulkner, was born at Wichita Falls, Texas August 2, 1929. She was married June 29, 1946 at Ft. Worth, Texas to Edward Eugene Stufflebeam who was born November 29, 1929 at Seminole, Oklahoma.

In 1994 and in 1997 they continued to live in Ft. Worth where she, a member of Gowen Research Foundation, was active in the research of her Goin family.

Elvis [Alvis] Goin, son of William Goin and Lucitha Goin, was born in Campbell County about 1832. He appeared as an 18-year-old in the 1850 census of his father’s household. He reappeared at age 26 in his father’s household in the 1860 census of Fannin County. He was married August 23, 1860 to Margaret Hisan in Fannin County, Texas.

William Thomas Goin, son of William Goin and Lucitha Goin, was born in Campbell County August 12, 1838, according to Col. Jim Young, Foundation member of McAlester, Oklahoma. Doris Goin Corn, a great-granddaughter of Tyler, Texas. Mrs. Corn, a Foundation member, wrote October 3. 1993, “My father told me that his grandfather, William Thomas Goin, who lived with his family, appeared to be an Indian from his physical features and dress.”

Various members of the Goin family associated with the Cherokees after their removal to the Hamilton-Bradley County area, but sought to distance themselves from the tribe about 1833 when it became apparent that the Indians were destined to make the trek to Oklahoma along the “Trail of Tears.”

Seventy years later, their descendants were claiming Cherokee blood when the federal government sought to redress some of the inequities inflicted upon the tribesmen. However when the Goin individuals could prove nothing more than juxtaposition with the Cherokees, the Dawes Commission in 1907 generally rejected all of their claims. Many of these affidavits appear in the Hamilton, Bradley and Cannon County sections of this manuscript. Many of the Goin individuals of northeastern Ten­nessee were of Melungeon descent and passed easily for Indians in the above named counties.

William Thomas Goin appeared as a 10-year-old in the 1850 census of his father’s household. He reappeared at age 20 in the 1860 census of his father’s household in Fannin County. He was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Cannon Watson about 1870, probably in Tarrant County, Texas. She was born in Mississippi in 1837.

William Thomas Goin and Elizabeth Watson Goin, “one of the heirs of Carter Cannon and his wife, Sarah Cannon, both de­ceased by July 9, 1875,” gave a warranty deed to 115 acres of land to Ward Washington for $75 October 26, 1876, according to Tarrant County Deed Book E, page 58.

William Thomas Goin was listed as the head of a household in the 1800 census of Tarrant County, Enumeration District 203, page 10 as:

“Goin, William T. 41, born in Kentucky
Elizabeth 43, born in Mississippi
Arthur [twin] 9, born in Texas
Oscar, [twin] 9, born in Texas
James 7, born in Texas
Belle 3, born in Texas
Walter 3/12, born in Texas
Watson, Ella 20, born in Texas,
step‑daughter
Lou 18, born in Texas,
step‑daughter”

William Thomas Goin and Elizabeth Watson Goin gave a war­ranty deed to Thomas Harrison October 26, 1891 to 27 acres of land for $250, according to Tarrant County Deed Book 81, page 431.

Children born to William Thomas Goin and Elizabeth Watson Goin include:

Arthur Goin [twin] born in 1871
William Oscar Goin [twin] born in 1871
James Goin born in 1873
Belle Goin born in 1877
Walter Goin born in 1800

Arthur Goin, twin son of William Thomas Goin and Elizabeth Watson Goin, was born in 1871, probably in Tarrant County, Texas. He appeared in the household of his father in the 1880 census of Tarrant County as a nine‑year‑old. Nothing more is known of this individual.

William Oscar Goin, twin son of William Thomas Goin and Elizabeth Watson Goin, was born in 1871, probably in Tarrant County. He appeared in the 1880 census of Tarrant County as a nine-year‑old living in the household of his father. He was married to Miss Annie P. Baker April 16, 1895, according to nearby Van Zandt County, Texas Marriage Book 6, page 85.

He appeared as the head of a household in the 1900 census of Tarrant County, Enumeration District 115, page 6, precinct 4:

“Goin, Oscar 29, born in Texas in April 1871
Annie P. 20, born in Georgia in October 1879
Lizie J. 2, born in Texas in April 1898,
daughter”

In 1903 William Oscar Goin and Annie P. Baker Goin were residents of Tarrant County. A son was born to them there Oc­tober 21, 1903, according to Tarrant County Birth Book 1, page 37. William Oscar Goin bought a lot in Clarendon, Texas July 1, 1907, according to Donley County, Texas Deed Book 26, page 63. He deeded property there on August 20, 1907 to Nat Smith and J. H. Duncan, according to Donley County Deed Book 21, page 357 and again on March 1, 1909 to John H. Clark, according To Donley County Deed Book 26, page 29.

William Oscar Goin deeded Lot 6, Block 86, Clarendon to J. M. Williams about 1908, according to Donley County Deed Book 24, page 285.

In 1909 William Oscar Goin was listed as a carpenter living at 332 Terry, Dallas, Texas, according to the city directory. In 1910 the Dallas directory showed him, a carpenter living at 310 Terry.

Lizie J. Goin, daughter of William Oscar Goin and Annie P. Baker Goin, was born in Texas in April 1898, according to her enumeration in the 1900 census. She appeared as a two‑year‑old in her father’s household. Of this individual nothing more is known.

James Goin, assumed to be the third child of William Thomas Goin and Elizabeth Watson Goin, was born in 1873, probably in Tarrant County. He appeared in the 1880 census of Tarrant County as a seven‑year‑old living in the household of his fa­ther.

Belle Goin, assumed to be the fourth child of William Thomas Goin and Elizabeth Watson Goin, was born in 1877, probably in Tarrant County, Texas. She appeared in the household of her father in the 1880 census of Tarrant County as a three‑year‑old.

Walter Goin, assumed to be the fifth child of William Thomas Goin and Elizabeth Watson Goin, was born in 1880, probably in Tarrant County. He appeared in the 1880 census of his fa­ther’s household as a three‑month‑old child.

John Goin, son of William Goin and Lucitha Goin, was born in Campbell County about 1842. He was enumerated as an eight-year-old in the 1850 census of Campbell County. He appeared as age 18 in the 1860 census of Fannin County.

Elizabeth “Betsy” Goin, daughter of William Goin and Lucitha Goin, was born in Campbell County about 1844. She appeared as a five-year-old in the 1850 census return ofher father’s household. She was recorded at age 16 in the 1860 census of Fannin County. She was married December 7, 1867 in Cooke County, Texas to F. S. Taylor.

Catherine “Annie” Goin, daughter of William Goin and Lucitha Goin, was born in Campbell County about 1846. She was enumerated as three-year-old “Anna Goin” in the 1850 census of Campbell County. She appeared as “age 14” in the 1860 census of Fannin County. She was married June 26, 1965 in Fannin County to Daniel Vaughn.

Matilda Cida Goin, daughter of William Goin and Lucitha Goin, was born in Campbell County August 29, 1850. She appeared at age 11 in the 1860 census of Fannin County. She was married July 20, 1873 in Fannin County to George Almer Waters.

Preston Goins, regarded as a son of Daniel Goin and Elizabeth Pebley Goin, was born about 1805. He was married about 1828, wife’s name unknown. He was married secondly March 10, 1841 to Delphia King, according to the research of Joanna M. Howard, a descendant of Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Preston Goin was enumerated in the 1850 census of Camp­bell County as the head of Household 434-615:

“Goin, Preston 45, born in Virginia
Delpha A. 34, born in South Carolina
Susan 13
Nancy 11
Milton 9
Isim 8
John 3
Andrew 8/12”

Children born to Preston Goins and his first wife include:

Isom Goins born about 1834

Children born to Preston Goins and Delphia King Goins include:

Milton Goin born about 1842
Isham Goins born in September 1844
Wyatt Goins born in June 1847
John Goin born about 1848
Andrew Goin born about 1849
Franklin B. Goins born in July 1854
Granville Goins born in May 1857
Marshall Goins born about 1858
Alvis Goins born in February 1859

Isom Goins, son of Preston Goins and Delphia King Goins was born about 1834. He was married about 1858 to Melvina Large.

Children born to Isom Goins and Melvina Large Goins include:

Preston Goins born about 1866

Preston Goins, son of Isom Goins and Melvina Large Goins, was born about 1866. He was married to Mary Hellen Turner about 1890.

Children born to Preston Goins and Mary Hellen Turner Goins include:

Jesse Lee Goins born about 1896

Jesse Lee Goins, son of Preston Goins and Mary Hellen Turner Goins, was born about 1896. He was married about 1919 to Verlin Mary Lemarr.

Children born to Jesse Lee Goins and Verlin Mary Lemarr Goins include:

Helen Goins born about 1924

Helen Goins, daughter of Jesse Lee Goins and Verlin Mary Mary Lemarr, was born about 1924. She was married about 1946 to Joseph Howard.

Children born to them include:

Joanna M. Howard born about 1950

Joanna M. Howard, daughter of Joseph Howard and Helen Goins Howard, was born about 1950. In 1996 she, a resident of Gaithersburg, Maryland and a Foundation member, was active in the research of her branch of the family.

Milton Goin, son of Preston Goin and Delphia King Goin, was born about 1842. He was married about 1857 to Phebe Smith, according to the research of June A. Smith, and they were enumerated in the 1860 census in Campbell County.

Children born to Milton Goin and Phebe Smith Goin include:

Preston Goin born May 27, 1857
Thomas A. Goins born in November 1859
James Goin born December 13, 1861

Preston Goin, son of Milton Goin and Phebe Smith Goin, was born May 27, 1857. He was married about 1883 to Ann Smith who was born January 13, 1861. They were enumerated in the 1900 census of Campbell County.

Children born to Preston Goin and Ann Smith Goin include:

Julia A. Goins born April 25, 1885
John P. Goins born March 21, 1887
Charles Goins born April 23, 1890
Horace M. Goins born July 28, 1891
Elizabeth Goins born April 27, 1894
William Goins born August 13, 1895
Luther Goins born December 25, 1896
Ella Goins born September 10, 1898
Silas Goins born November 15, 1900
Jessel Goins born May 30, 1902

Charles Goins, son of Preston Goin and Ann Smith Goin, was born April 23, 1890. He died three weeks later, May 10, 1890.

Thomas A. Goins, son of Milton Goin and Phebe Smith Goin, was born in November 1859. He was married about 1890, wife’s name, Martha E. She was born in March 1876, according to her enumerated in the 1900 census of Campbell County.

Children born to Thomas A. Goins and Martha E. Goins include:

Lillie M. Goins born in May 1894
Sillus H. Goins born in Sepember 1895
Emit Goins born in June 1897
Fredford Goins born in May 1899

Isham Goins, son of Preston Goins and Delphia King Goins, was born in September 1844. He was married about 1865, wife’s name Melvina. She was born in February 1847. They were enumerated in the 1870, 1880 and 1900 census returns of Campbell County.

Children born to Isham Goins and Melvina Goins include:

John Goin born about 1866
Margaret A. Goin [twin] born about 1868
Mary Ellen Goin [twin] born about 1868
Malinda Goin born in September 1870
Preston Goin born about 1874
Florence Goin born about 1875
James Alvia Goin born in August 1879

Wyatt Goin, son of Preston Goin and Delphia King Goin, was born in September 1844. He was married about 1870, wife’s name Felz. She was born in Tennessee in 1846. He was remarried, wife’s name Phebe. She was born in 1841 in Tennessee. They appeared in the 1880 and 1900 census returns of Campbell County.

Children born to Wyatt Goin and his first wife include:

Marcillas Goin born in 1871
Jane Goin [twin] born in June 1872
Marshall Goin [twin] born in June 1872

Children born to Wyatt Goin and Phoebe Goin are believed to include:

Lany “Leonar” Goin born in July 1877
Hester A. Goin born in 1878

John Goin, son of Preston Goins and Delphia King Goins, was born about 1849.

Franklin B. Goin, son of Preston Goins and Delphia King Goins, was born in July 1854. He was married about 1870, wife’s name Sally. She was born in February 1850. They were enumerated in Campbell County in 1880 and 1900.

Children born to Franklin B. Goin and Sally Goin include:

James M. Goin born in June 1871

James M. Goin, son of Franklin B. Goin and Sally Goin, was born in June 1871. He was married about 1890, wife’s name Ann. She was born in June 1867, according to their 1900 enumeration in Campbell County.

Children born to James M. Goin and Ann Goin include:

Ericus Goin born in August 1892
Nettie Goin born in October 1893
Nancy Goin born in July 1894
Charles Goin born in Sepember 1897

Granville Goin, son of Preston Goin and Delphia King Goin, was born in May 1857. He was married about 1876, wife’s name Lucy. A. She was born in April 1858, according to their enumeration in the 1880 and 1900 census of Campbell County.

Children born to Granville Goin and Lucy A. Goin include:

Elizabeth Goin born in October 1877
Laura Bell Goin born in April 1880
Dolk Goin born in August 1882
Melvina Goin born in July 1884
Letha Goin born in October 1886
Grover Goin born in September 1888
Elizabeth Goin born in September 1890

Marshall Goin, son of Preston Goin and Delphia King Goin, was born about 1858. He was married about 1876, wife’s name Martha. They were enumerated in the 1880 census of Campbell County.

Children born to Marshall Goin and Martha Goin include:

Disey Goin born in 1877
Oliva L. Goin born in 1879

Alvis Goin, son of Preston Goin and Delphia King Goin, was born in February 1859. He was married about 1878 to Manda Kimerin [Cameron?]. She was born in Virginia in 1857, according to their Campbell County enumerations in 1880 and 1900.

“Alvis Goins” was recorded as the head of a household in the 1900 census of Campbell County, Enumeration District 35, page 8, 8th Civil District:

“Goins, Alvis 41, born in February 1859 in TN
Manda 42, born in Dec. 1857 in VA
Andy 20, born in October 1879 in TN
Marshall 19, born in January 1881 in TN
Horace 16, born in May 1884 in TN
Margaret A. 12, born in October 1887 in TN
Sarah J. 6, born in January 1894 in TN”

Children born to Alvis Goin and Manda Kimerin Goin include:

Andrew Goin born in October 1879
Marshall Goin born in January 1881
Horace Goin born in May 1884
Margaret A. Goin born in October 1887
Sarah J. Goin born in January 1894

James Goins, son of Milton Goin and Phebe Smith Goin, was born December 13, 1861. He was married about 1884 to Nancy Smith who was born August 16, 1863. She died March 24, 1940 in Campbell County, and he died there December 10, 1945.

Children born to James Goins and Nancy Smith Goins include:

Nora Goins born October 3, 1885
Hester Ann Goins born March 12, 1887
Milton Goins born April 18, 1889
Florence Goins born June 9, 1890
Charles Goins born November 26, 1896
Ette Lee Goins born November 21, 1898
Amos Goins born April 24, 1900
Sally Goins born November 27,1902

Jane Goin, daughter of Isham Goin and Susan “Sookie” Bratcher Goin, was born about 1807.

Canada Goins, regarded as a son of Isham Goins and Susan “Sookie” Bratcher Goins, was born October 25, 1808, probably in Campbell County. He was married there about 1828. The bride was identified as “Rebecca” by Charles Goins, a descendant.

“Canada Goin” was the head of a household in the 1830 cen­sus of Campbell County, page 225, adjacent to “Isham Goin” and “William Goin.” His household was enumerated as:

“Goin, Canada white male 20-30
white female 15-20
white female 0-5”

Children born to Canada Goins and Rebecca Goins include:

Jane Goins born about 1831

Jane Goins, daughter of Canada Goins and Rebecca Goins, was born about 1831, according to Charlene Hart, a descendant.

Rachel Goins, daughter of Isham Goin and Susan “Sookie” Bratcher Goin, was born about 1815.

John Goins, son of Isham Goins and Susan “Sookie” Bratcher Goins was born August 17, 1817 in Tennessee, probably Campbell County.

He was married about 1833 to Isabelle “Issey” Peberly, re­garded as an older sister to Elizabeth Peberly who was married to William Goin, brother to John Goins. Isabelle “Issey” Pe­berly was born at Clear Creek, Kentucky in Bell County. They were married in Whitley County, Kentucky and re­mained there at Meadow Creek, Kentucky in December 1834. By 1836 John Goins had removed his family to Camp­bell County.

“John Goin” was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1840 census of Campbell County, page 305, adjacent to “Isham Goin.” His household was rendered as:

“Goin, John white male 20-30
white female 20-30
white female 15-20
white female 5-10
white male 0-5
white female 0-5″
white male 0-5”

“John Goin” reappeared in the census of 1850 of Campbell County as the head of Household 440-616:

“Goin, John 33, born in Tennessee
Isaay 36, born in Tennessee
Calistine 15
Andrew L. 14
Preston 11
Elizabeth A. 10
Isem 7
Creed F. 5
Summerfield 3
Martha 2
John W. 1/12”

Isabelle “Issey” Peberly Goins died June 5, 1880 and was buried in Brier Creek Cemetery near Dow, Kentucky in Whit­ley County, according to the research of Loraine Tieman, a de­scendant of Phoenix, Arizona and a member of Gowen Re­search Foundation. John Goins died February 20, 1885 at Jel­lico, Tennessee in Campbell County and was buried beside his wife.

Children born to them include:

Calestine Goins born December 20, 1834
Andrew L. Goins born November 20, 1836
Preston Goins born April 29, 1838
Elizabeth A. Goins born September 21, 1840
Isham Goins born November 10, 1842
Creed F. Goins born April 18, 1844
Summerfield Goins born March 16, 1846
Martha Goins born April 9, 1848
John W. Goins born August 24, 1850
Margaret Goins born November 7, 1852
Nancy I. Goins born April 29, 1854

Calestine Goins, daughter of John Goins and Isabelle “Issey” Peberly Goins, was born December 20, 1834 at Meadow Creek, Kentucky in Whitley County. She was married Au­gust 31, 1856 to Pleasant Moses who was born March 19, 1838 to Joshua Moses, Jr. and Anna Hackler Moses. She died February 2, 1865, and Pleasant Moses died August 9, 1899. They were buried in Wolf Creek Cemetery in Whitley County.

Children born to them include:

Emeline Moses born June 9, 1857
Andrew Jackson Moses born August 16, 1858
Elias Moses born December 8, 1859
Louisa Moses born January 10, 1861
Summer Elizabeth Moses born June 15, 1863

Emeline Moses, daughter of Pleasant Moses and Calestine Goins Moses, was born June 9, 1857 at Pleasant View. She was married about 1875 to Jesse Smith. She died August 6, 1928.

Andrew Jackson Moses, son of Pleasant Moses and Calestine Goins Moses, was born August 16, 1858 at Pleasant View. He was married December 12, 1880 to Alafair Davis. She was born at Newcomb, Tennessee June 29, 1863 to Isaac Davis and Mary Ann Sharp Davis. Alafair Davis Moses died September 10, 1941, and her husband died November 23, 1946 in Whitley County. They were buried in Pleasant View Cemetery in Whitley County.

Children born to them include:

Mary Emeline Moses born January 7, 1882
George Marion Moses born March 22, 1884
Isaac Fred Moses born June 9, 1886
William Riley Moses born June 12, 1888
Calestine Moses born June 27, 1890
Isham Russell Moses born May 17, 1892
Lucrecy Moses born May 31, 1894
James Moses born February 22, 1895
Betty Matilda Moses born December 23, 1896
Ancil Faris Moses born July 3, 1899
Cynthia Melvina Moses born October 27, 1901
Andrew Jackson Moses, Jr. born February 6, 1904

Mary Emeline Moses, daughter of Andrew Jackson Moses and Alafair Davis Moses, was born in Whitley County January 7, 1882. She was married December 24, 1917 to Mossy Bolling. He died October 13, 1977.

George Marion Moses, son of Andrew Jackson Moses and Alafair Davis Moses, was born in Whitley County March 22, 1884. He was married March 2, 1912 to Emma Inman. He died October 3, 1918.

Isaac Fred Moses, son of Andrew Jackson Moses and Alafair Davis Moses, was born in Whitley County June 9, 1886.

William Riley Moses, son of Andrew Jackson Moses and Alafair Davis Moses, was born in Whitley County June 12, 1888. He was married September 30, 1928 to Ruth Angel. He died December 1, 1970.

Calestine Moses, daughter of Andrew Jackson Moses and Alafair Davis Moses, was born in Whitley County June 27, 1890. She was married May 11, 1913 to Benjamin Harrison Meadors. She died April 9, 1986 at age 95.

Isham Russell Moses, son of Andrew Jackson Moses and Alafair Davis Moses, was born in Whitley County May 17, 1892. He was married October 28, 1917 to Emma Bunch. He died December 21, 1979.

Lucrecy Moses, daughter of Andrew Jackson Moses and Alafair Davis Moses, was born in Whitley County May 31, 1894. She was married at age 30 to Homer Phillips June 8, 1924. She died November 14, 1975.

James Moses, son of Andrew Jackson Moses and Alafair Davis Moses, was born in Whitley County February 22, 1895 and died the same day.

Betty Matilda Moses, daughter of Andrew Jackson Moses and Alafair Davis Moses, was born in Whitley County December 23, 1896. She was married June 1, 1939 to “Captain Coldiron.” She died January 9, 1985. She had retained the Moses family bible.

Ancil Faris Moses, son of Andrew Jackson Moses and Alafair Davis Moses, was born in Whitley County July 3, 1899. He was married July 24, 1928 to Cora Smith. He died October 9, 1972.

Cynthia Melvina Moses, daughter of Andrew Jackson Moses and Alafair Davis Moses, was born in Whitley County Octo­ber 27, 1901. She was married June 1, 1931 to Ancil Lovitt. He died November 13, 1983, and she died February 19, 1984.

Andrew Jackson Moses, Jr, son of Andrew Jackson Moses and Alafair Davis Moses, was born in Whitley County February 6, 1904. He was married January 23, 1926 to Nora Meadors, be­lieved to be a sister to Benjamin Harrison Meadors. He died March 2, 1988.

Elias Moses, son of Pleasant Moses and Calestine Goins Moses, was born December 8, 1859 at Pleasant View. He was married to Elizabeth Davis, believed to be a sister of Alafair Davis about 1881. Elias Moses died January 7, 1894.

Louisa Moses, daughter of Pleasant Moses and Calestine Goins Moses, was born January 10, 1861. She was married about 1880 to William Russell Ridenour. She died February 18, 1939.

Summer Elizabeth Moses, daughter of Pleasant Moses and Calestine Goins Moses, was born June 15, 1863 in Whitley County. She was married about 1882 to Hirum Witt. She died in 1933.

Andrew L. Goins, son of John Goins and Isabelle “Issey” Pe­berly Goins, was born November 20, 1836 in Campbell County. He was married January 31, 1865 to Harriet Malinda Reeves. He died August 20, 1923. Children born to Andrew L. Goins and Harriet Malinda Reeves Goins are unknown.

Preston Goins, son of John Goins and Isabelle “Issey” Pe­berly Goins, was born in Campbell County April 29, 1838. He was married September 3, 1863 to Samantha Harris. He died April 12, 1934. Children born to Preston Goins and Samantha Harris Goins are unknown.

Elizabeth A. Goins, daughter of John Goins and Isabelle “Issey” Peberly Goins, was born September 21, 1840 in Campbell County. She was married about 1865 to Columbus Reeves, be­lieved to be a brother to Harriet Malinda Reeves. Elizabeth A. Goins Reeves died April 10, 1885.

Isham Goins, son of John Goins and Isabelle “Issey” Peberly Goins, was born in Campbell County November 10, 1842. He was married November 24, 1864 to Louisa Jane Thomas. He died December 24, 1914, and she died October 10, 1921.

Children born to Isham Goins and Louisa Jane Thomas, according to Artis Mae Goins, include:

Sherman Goins born May 4, 1866
Lee Goins born about 1868
Elizabeth “Betty” Goins born May 5, 1869
Harvey Goins born in 1872
Joseph Goins born in August 1875
Grant Goins born September 10, 1879
Liana Goins born March 24, 1892

Sherman Goins, son of Isham Goins and Louisa Jane Thomas Goins, was born May 4, 1866. He died October 5, 1912.

Lee Goins, son of Isham Goins and Louisa Jane Thomas Goins, was born about 1868.

Elizabeth “Betty” Goins, daughter of Isham Goins and Louisa Jane Thomas Goins, was born May 5, 1869. She died January 28, 1945.

Harvey Goins, son of Isham Goins and Louisa Jane Thomas Goins, was born in 1872. He died March 6, 1944.

Joseph Goins, son of Isham Goins and Louisa Jane Thomas Goins, was born in 1872.

Grant Goins, son of Isham Goins and Louisa Jane Thomas Goins, was born September 10, 1879, according to Artis Mae Goins. He was married about 1900 to Betty Rains who was born April 10, 1883. They lived at Verne, Kentucky in Whitley County.

Children born to Grant Goins and Betty Rains Goins include:

Charles Goins born January 25, 1902
Roscoe Goins born May 1, 1904
Henry Goins born January 26, 1907
Granville Goins born Mary 25, 1914
Omi Jane Goins born about 1916
William Lee Goins born April 20, 1917

Charles Goins, son of Grant Goins and Betty Rains Goins, was born January 25, 1902. He died December 8, 1989 in Ohio.

Roscoe Goins, son of Grant Goins and Betty Rains Goins, was born May 1, 1904. He died August 25, 1957.

Children born to him include:

Artis Mae Goins born about 1929

Henry Goins, son of Grant Goins and Betty Rains Goins, was born January 26, 1907. In 1999 he was living in Whitley County.

Granville Goins, son of Grant Goins and Betty Rains Goins, was born May 25, 1914. He died January 18, 1988 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Omi Jane Goins, daughter of Grant Goins and Betty Rains Goins, was born 1916. She died at Verne.

William Lee Goins, son of Grant Goins and Betty Rains Goins, was born April 20, 1917. In 1999 he was living in Verne, Kentucky.

Liana Goins, daughter of Isham Goins and Louisa Jane Thomas Goins, was born March 24, 1892. She died September 15, 1974.

Creed F. Goins, son of John Goins and Isabelle “Issey” Pe­berly Goins, was born in Campbell County April 18, 1844. He was married to Edna Reeves, believed to be a sister to Columbus Reeves, about 1867. He died October 21, 1900. Children born to Creed F. Goins and Edna Reeves Goins are unknown.

Summerfield Goins, son of John Goins and Isabelle “Issey” Peberly Goins, was born in Campbell County March 16, 1846. He was married about 1869 to Jesse Baker. He died September 19, 1895. Children born to Summerfield Goins and Jesse Baker Goins are unknown.

Martha Goins, daughter of John Goins and Isabelle “Issey” Pe­berly Goins, was born in Campbell County April 9, 1848. She was married about 1866 to Sylva Taylor. She died Au­gust 27, 1899.

John W. Goins, son of John Goins and Isabelle “Issey” Pe­berly Goins, was born August 24, 1850 in Campbell County. He was married about 1873 to Catherine Harris. He died March 29, 1918. Children born to John W. Goins and Catherine Harris Goins are unknown.

Margaret Goins, daughter of John Goins and Isabelle “Issey” Peberly Goins, was born November 7, 1852 in Campbell County. She was married about 1870 to George Lusk. She died October 11, 1936.

Nancy I. Goins, daughter of John Goins and Isabelle “Issey” Peberly Goins, was born in Campbell County April 29, 1854. She was married December 5, 1872 to Lewis Reaves. She died April 21, 1904.

Elizabeth Goins, daughter of Isham Going and Susan “Sookie” Bratcher Goins, was born about 1821.

Isham Goins, Jr, son of Isham Going and Susan “Sookie” Bratcher Goins, was born about 1824.

Susan Goins, daughter of Isham Going and Susan “Sookie” Bratcher Goins, was born about 1826.

James Goins, son of Isham Going and Susan “Sookie” Bratcher Goins, was born March 7, 1827.

Martha Goins, daughter of Isham Goins and Susan “Sookie” Bratcher Goins, was born about 1831.

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