Martha Going b. abt 1771/74 and d. 1842 m. Asa Tindall b. abt 1770/71
Martha was b. abt 1771 in the Fairfield Co, SC area and d. Apr 3, 1842 in Limestone Co, AL. She married Asa Tindall b. abt 1760 and d. Dec 10, 1841 in Limestone Co, AL.
Parents:
- Drury Goyen and Sarah “Sallie”
Children born to them include:
- Larkin Asa Tindall 1791–1847
- John Tindall 1792–
- William Tindall 1794–1847 m. Susanna L. (MNU)
- Sarah B Tindall 1797–1879 m. Charles Cunningham.
- James G. Tindall 1800–1891 m. Patience Rainbolt
- Robert J Tindall 1802–1868 m. Sarah (MNU)
- Lucinda A Tindall 1803–1870 m. Booker Foster.
- Rutha Tindall 1806–1865 (not mentioned in father Asa Tindall’s will)
Siblings:
- Martha Going born about 1768 – d. Aug 19, 1813, (Married 1790 to – Larkin “Asa” Tindall (d 1841)- moved to Warren County, Ga, then to Limestone Co, AL).
- Elijah Going born in 1770 – d. 1807 (Chester, SC) m. Docia Bland
- Job Going b. Sept 5, 1772 Chester, SC-d. April 23, 1854, Tuscaloosa Co, AL m. Rebecca Lockert – of Aaron and Sarah Miles Lockert
- Isaac Going born April 28, 1775 (Chester, SC) – (m. Rebecca Palmer on Aug 21, 1804)
- James Goyne born in 1777 married Elizabeth Cook
- Sarah Going born 1786 married Robert Cook
- Mary Going born in 1787 m. Thomas Hughes
- Rebecca Going born about 1789 m. John Annett
- Thomas Baxter Going born in 1789
Family Search Tree Online: Martha Going b. abt. 1771/74
- South Carolina – Chester County
- South Carolina – Union County
- South Carolina – York County
- State – Georgia
- Alabama – Limestone County
- Alabama – Tuscaloosa County
FACTS and EVENTS:
The 1790 US Census in Chester SC – shows Drury Goins, Asa Tindal, John McCool, Clayton Rogers, John Love, Charles Gilmore, William Hogg, Samuel Feemster, Joseph Robertson, John Williams, Francis Kirkpatrick, Robert Black, Aaron Lockhart, James Love, Josiah Cook, Daniel Given, John Alexander, Robert Tindal, Hugh Reed, Valentine Bell, John Lockhart, James McCluney, (Gill families, Gaston families), all living in Chester Co, SC.
1790 United States Federal Census
Name: [Asa Tindall]
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Chester, South Carolina
Free White Persons – Males – Under 16: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 16 and over: 1
Free White Persons – Females: 1
Number of Slaves: 1
Number of Household Members: 4
Year: 1790; Census Place: Chester, South Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 11; Page: 179; Image: 117; Family History Library Film: 0568151
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1791 Oct 11 – Drury Going to Asa Tendall, 100 acre deed bk. B p 544
– 1791 Oct 11: Drury Going conveys land to Asa Tindall and Martha Tindall (of State of Georgia), – paid 30 Sterling to William Love McCool – 100 acres that were granted to John Long in 1785 – that were then sold to Drury Going in 1788 – on branch of Turkey Creek – adj to James Kirkpatrick and Clayton Rogers. SC. Signed: Drury Going. Witl Bettrick Rogers, Sarah Rogers, Isaac Rogers. Deed bk B, p 544. Chester Co, South Carolina. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK7-B3BY-F?i=575&cat=360823
1792 Sept 17 – Common Plea Minute Book – 1785-1800 p. 161 Chester Co, SC – Asia Tindal is appointed constable for the County … https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLK-KGY5?i=87&cat=260534
1795 June 24 – Common Plea Minute Book – 1785-1800 p. 221 Chester Co, SC – Jobe Goen, Asia Tindall – constables for Chester County, SC. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLK-KPYB?i=117&cat=260534
1795 Dec 31 – … between William Johnson and Rosannah his wife of Warren County and State of Georgia of the one part, and Asa Tindall of Warren County and State aforesaid of the other part … for and in consideration of the sum of 75 pounds sterling to him in hand well and truly paid by the said Asa Tindall … one certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in Warren County joining land of Ezekiel Williams and William Bass and David Crockett’s containing by estimation 200 acres … being the North part of a tract of land containing 500 acres which will appear by a plat annexed to the sd grant with the marks and form and dimentions as is specified in a grant to David Felps bearing date the 4th day of December 1790 … Signed: William Johnson. Wit: Wm Byron JP. Recorded the 1st of April 1797. Deed bk A, p 246. Warren County, Georgia. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4L-1S21-P?i=143&cat=225589
1796 Jan 1 – … between William Bass of the County of Warren and State of Georgia of the one part and Asa Tindall of the County and State aforesaid of the other part… William Bass for and in consideration of the sum of 12 pounds to him in hand paid, .. convey and confirm unto the said Asa Tindall … one certain tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the County of Warren joining land of Ezekiel Williams and myself containing by estimation 25 acres be the same more or less … Signed: Wm Bass. Wits: Alexander Basss Sen, Alexander Bass Jun. Wm Byron JP. Recorded the 18th May 1796. Deed bk A, p 168. Warren County, Georgia. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4L-1SL7-N?i=103&cat=225589
1796 Drury Going dies in South Carolina. The Chester County Court orders sale of Drury Going’s estate within 12 months. Chester Co, SC. In 1797 – 1807 – Drury Going’s (decd) estate is in probate. Executors are: Elijah Going, Sarah Going, James Johnston.
Sale of Drury Going’s estate included the following buyers: Isaac Going, Elijah Going, Sarah Going, William Fariss, Job Going, Clayton Rogers, William Brown, Robert Elliott, Andrew Walker, Asa Tindall, William Fiary, John Brownlee, Francess Kirkpatrick, Charles Gillmore, James Johnston, James McNeese, Alexandra Price, Samuel Feemster, David Leech, Christian Johnston, Robert Miller, John McDonnel, Richard Curer, Joseph Feemster, Joseph Roberson, Samuel Tarbert, Aaron Lockert, Joseph Brown, Joseph Gist, William White, William Bratton, William Keith, Samuel Laysey, John Brown, Richard Curer, William Benson, William Gaston, William Rutherford, James W. Darby.
Appraisers of Drury Going’s estate were: James Kirkpatrick, Charles Gillmore, Aaron Lockheart, Warren Beauford, Clayton Rogers, Frances Kirkpatrick
Payments out of Drury Going’s estate are made to his heirs, including: Job Going, Isaac Going, James Going, Asa Tindall, Elijah Going, Mary Going.
1796 October 14 – Chester County Court issues “I do hereby certify that Aaron Lockart, Francis Kirkpatrick and Charles Gillmore were sworn to appraise and make an inventory of the estate of Drury Going as directed within before me. Signed: Clayton Rogers, JP.
The inventory of the property included:
Property of Job Going 15-12-0 (bay mare, 4 hogs)
Property of Elijah Going 20-0-0 (chesnut sorrell horse)
Property of Isaac Going 12-0-0 (sorell horse)
Asia Tindall 28-0-0 (black mare, woman saddle)
Probate records, 1787-1799, Vol. A pg 325. Chester County, South Carolina
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Probate records, 1798-1803, Vol. B pg. 360
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Some time before July 1797 Asa and Martha Tindall had moved to Georgia as is shown by the following record.
1797 July 18 – Asa Tindall and Martha Tindall of the State of Georgia planter, in consideration of 30 pounds sterling paid by William Love McCool of Chester County, South Carolina … convey to that tract of land containing 100 acres gratned to John Long by grant bearing date of the 6th dayof June 1785 and by said John Long conveyd to Drewry Going on July 1, 1788, and by Drewry Going to Asa Tindall on Oct 11, 1791 … in Chester County on a branch of Turkey Creek, waters of Broad River, bounded NW by James Kirkpatrick, SE by Clayton Rogers … Signed: Asa Tindall, Martha Tindall. Wit: J Rogers, Rachel Rogers. Proved up 22 Jan 1798. Deed bk F, p 200-201. Chester County, South Carolina. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLV-GQXZ-1?i=715&cat=360823
“Asa Tindall” received a deed from Sarah Hill, “both of Warren County, Georgia” February 7, 1799 to “30 acres where the grantor lives,” according to Warren County Deed Book B, page 74. Witnesses were John Hill and Stephen Lawrence. Warren County, Georgia.
1799 Feb 7 – … between Sarah Hill of the County of Warren and State of Georgia of the one part and Asa Tindal of the County and State aforesaid of the other part… said Sarah Hill for and in consideration of the sum of $100 dollars in hand well and truly paid … convey and confirm to the said Asa Tindal and his heirs part of a tract of land granted in the name of David Phels begining when the road crosses the line between said tract and Stephen Laurence … near the corner of said Tindals fence … part of a tract that Sary Hill now is living on containing 30 and 1/2 acres bounded by William’s land, Laurence’s land in the County and State aforesaid … Signed: Sarah Hill. Wit: John Hill, Stephen Laurence. Proved up in court on March 25, 1802. Deed bk B, p 74. Warren County, Georgia.
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By 1800, it appears Asa Tindall and Martha have returned to Chester County, South Carolina. The 1800 US Census shows Isaac Going, Job Goin, and Asa Tindall all on listed on the same page in Chester County, South Carolina. The Census return shows the following people in Asa Tindall’s household:
1800 United States Federal Census
Name: [Asa Tindall]
Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Chester, South Carolina
Free White Persons – Males – Under 10: 3
Free White Persons – Males -10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons – Females – Under 10: 3
Free White Persons – Females – 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 7
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 9
Year: 1800; Census Place: Chester, South Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 47; Page: 90; Image: 180; Family History Library Film: 181422
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1803 March 17 – Elijah Going turns in accounting on estate of Drury Going with the following entries:
–1798 March 11 – Accounting of Drury Going decd estate.
–Paid to Job Going July 17, 1802 – 72.2.0
–Paid Asa Tindall July 10, 1798 – 72.2.0
–Paid Isaac Going July 17, 1802 – 72.2.0
–Paid James Going July 17, 1802 – 80.1.0
Signed: James Kirkpatrick, Charles Gillmore, Aaron Lockhart.
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1804 Nov 13 – … I Stuard Brown of Chester District South Carolina in consideration of $800 dollars paid by Asa Tindall of Chester District … sell unto said Asa Tindall three tracts of land containing 250 acres in all lying on the East side of Broad River on the waters of Turkey Creek adjoining each other the first tract containing 100 acres of land granted to John Brown on the 4th day of May 1767 … the second tract containing 100 acres of land granted to Matthew Rodgers the 8th day of July 1774 … the third tract containing 50 acres of land granted to William Gaston the 3d day of Sept 1787 … Signed: Stewart Brown. Wit: Aaron Lockart, Fanning Brown. Proved up in court by Fanning Brown on Nov 13, 1804. Deed bk P, pg 303. Chester County, South Carolina. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLV-G9PQ-M?i=157&cat=360823
1806 Jan 23 – I Samuel McNeel of Chester District South Carolina in consideration of $160 dollars paid by Asa Tindall of Chester District … sell unto Asa Tindall all that tract of land containing 48 acres in Chester District on Turkey Creek waters of Broad River … granted to James Wright Nov 1767 and conveyed by Wright to Isaac Sadler, and willed by him to Richard Sadler, and by him conveyed to Samuel McNeel … to Turkey Creek … on William Love’s line … Signed: Samuel McNeel. Wit: Eli Love, Wm Love. Elisabeth McNeel wife of Samuel McNeel released dower on April 1, 1806. Proved up in court by William Love on Nov 4, 1812. Deed bk P, pg 306. Chester County, South Carolina. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLV-G9P3-X?i=158&cat=360823
1807 Dec 2 – Inventory of the Estate of Elijah Going decd taken – Signed: Charles Gillmore, John McKelvy, William Love.
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1807 Dec 22 – Sale of estate of Elijah Going decd – Buyers at estate include:
Isaac Going
Doshea Going (widow)
Job Going
John Thompson
James Bell x2
Moses Lockert
John Palmer
Phil Prate
Jacob Clack
John McCool
William Love
Elias Love
James Hendrick
David Boyd
Valentine Bell
Mrs Vicki Bell
Mary Going
Esqr Plaxco
Mr McCullough
Asa Tindall
James Anderson
Jesse Boon
James Vagher
Elle Davis
Probate records, 1805-1810, Vol. D pg 246. Chester County, South Carolina. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-N75M-5?i=134&wc=M6NW-6P8%3A210904201%2C210975201&cc=1919417 ;
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1808 Jan 18 Accounting for estate of Elijah Going decd.
Received the 18 of January 1808
Of Joseph Gist 22.0
April 5, 1808 recd Ann Robison 0.28.5
April 6, 1808 recd of George Black 0.12.5
April 6, 1808 recd of William Lockert 0.12.5
Sept 27, 1808 William Hall recd of 1.25
Sept 27, 1808 Mrs Winsor Recd of 0.12.5
James Vogher recd of 149.80
Mary Going recd of 4.12.5
Dec 16 1808 recd of Sarah Going 6.50
Jan 5, 1809 recd of John Vogher 10.0
Rebekah Dick recd of 0.50
Jan 9, 1809 recd of Job Going 10.0
Jan 9 1809 recd of Jacob Black 1.94
Jan 15 1809 recd of Phillip Prate 2.0
Jan 18 1809 recd of Mary Going 0.62.5
Jos McCool 1.62.5, Jas Anderson 3.89, Asa Tindall 10.00
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1808 Nov 9 – … I William Fowler of Chester District South Carolina … consideration of $180 dollars paid by Isaac Going of Union District … sell unto the said Isaac Going land containing 100 acres in Chester District on the waters of Turkey Creek … originally granted to Philip Grisham the 17th May 1774 … Signed: William Fowler. Wit: J Reid, John Tindall. Proved up by Jos Reid on Nov 11, 1809. Deed Bk P, p 88. Chester County, South Carolina. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLV-G9PR-P?cat=360823
1808 Nov 10 – Isaac Going fr William Fowler 100 acres, bk P, p 87.
… I William Fowler of Chester District South Carolina … for consideration of $180 dollars paid by Isaac Going of the District of Union South Carolina … sell to Isaac Going … land containing 100 acres … in Chester District on the waters of Turkey Creek .. part of a tract of 296 acres of land originally granted to Robert Tindall Jr the 4th November 1793 … adj land surveyed for Philip Grisham… adjr land surveyed for David Akin … on land surveyed of Robert Sanders … Signed: William Fowler. Wit: J Reid, John Tindall. Jos Reid of Union Dist proved up deed in Court on Nov 11, 1809. Deed bk P, p 87. Chester County, South Carolina. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLV-G9PR-P?i=49&cat=360823
1809 Jan 11 – Know all men by their presents that we Isaac ___ and Asa Tindall are held and firmly bound to Joseph Brown Ordinary of Chester District in the just and full sum of $5000.00 dollars to be paid to the said Joseph Brown or his successors ordinary of the said District or their certain attorney or assigns to which payment well and truly to be made bind ourselves and every of us our and ….
The condition of this obligation is such that if the above bounden Isaac Goin shall carefully and hansomely bring up Thomas Going infant son of Drury Goin decdduring the time of his minority with necessary meat, drink washing and lad and learning according to his desire and providing the this timeche shalle be ground ran and hr loe to the said Thomas shall presever him from trustof bad or loss of lands or goods as for as in him lecs and all such portions as shall fall due to to the said Thomas of the goods chattels of any person whatsoever shall pay and deliver to him when he shall come to age let receive the same and the said shaell appear to … before that time and if the said Isaac Going do in such case pay such portion to whomsoever shall be indebted to the same by land and kind a trust and true account of his said guardianship and save harmless the said ordinary on account of granting the said letters guardianship then this obligation to be void or else to remain in force. Signed: Isaac Going, Asa Tindall.
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Larkin Asa Tindall and his family were enumerated in the 1810 census of Chester County, September 14, 1810 as the owner of five slaves and the head of a household, page 255. He is shown as the head of the household along with the following entries:
1810 United States Federal Census
Name: Asa Tindal
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Chester, Chester, South Carolina
Free White Persons – Males – Under 10: 2
Free White Persons – Males – 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 16 thru 25: 2
Free White Persons – Males – 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons – Females – Under 10: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons – Females – 26 thru 44: 1
: 5
Number of Household Members Under 16: 6
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 15
Year: 1810; Census Place: Chester, Chester, South Carolina; Roll: 60; Page: 541; Image: 00261; Family History Library Film: 0181419
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Combining the above 1800 and 1810 US Census reports puts both Asa and Martha Tindall’s birth years somewhere between 1766 to 1774.
1812 August 6 – Job Going fr Thos Robins 150 acres, bk Q, p 97
… I Thomas Robins of Chester District South Carolina … for $600 dollars paid by Job Goin of Chester District … sell unto said Job Goin a certain tract of land on the Waters of Mill Creek … tract one of 150 acres taken up by Thomas Akins in 1774 and 48 acrestaken up by Robert Aiken on 1805 the whole of said lands as may be seen in the plat … containing 198 acres … Signed: Thomas Robins. Wit: Edward Robins, Asa Tindall.
Proved up by Edward Robins in court on Dec 15, 1812. Deed bk Q, p 97. Chester County, South Carolina.
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A “Sarah Tindall” was a witness to the will of Sarah Going (mother of Martha Tindall) written November 4, 1814 in Chester County, South Carolina. Chester Co, SC Sarah Baxter’s will (wife/widow of Drury Going). It appears she only provided for her children who were minors at the time of Drury Going’s death – these include Mary Going, Rebecca Going, and Thomas B. Going:
1818 Aug 7 – I William L McCool of Chester Dist, SC in consideration of $250 dollars … by John Brandon … sell unto the said John Brandon … land containing 100 acres … in District of Chester on the Waters of Turkey Creek bouned west by John T McCool on the North by James Jamison on the East by David Leech and on the South by William Feemster being originally granted to John Long by Governor Moultier 1785 conveyed by the said Long to Drury Goings by the sd Goings to Asa Tindall by the said Tindall to William L McCool … Signed: William Love McCool. Wit: David Leech, John T McCool.
Proved up by John T McCool in Court on Feb 10, 1820. Deed Bk T, p 154. Chester Co, SC.
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Sarah “Sallie” Baxter Going (Martha Tindall’s mother) died in Union County April 22, 1820, at age 69, according to the research of Linda Sue Betts Essary, a descendant of Floyd, New Mexico. Her above will was probated in the June 1820 court session, according to Chester County Deed Book H, page 9.
1820 United States Federal Census
Name: Asa Tindall
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Chester, Chester, South Carolina
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons – Males – 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 45 and over: 1
Slaves – Males – Under 14: 3
Slaves – Males – 45 and over: 1
Slaves – Females – Under 14: 2
Slaves – Females – 26 thru 44: 1
Slaves – Females – 45 and over: 1
Number of Persons – Engaged in Agriculture: 7
Free White Persons – Under 16: 2
Free White Persons – Over 25: 3
Total Free White Persons: 6
Total Slaves: 8
Total All Persons – White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 14
1820 U S Census; Census Place: Chester, Chester, South Carolina; Page: 17; NARA Roll: M33_120; Image: 103
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1820 March 8 – Job Going to William P Gaston, bk T, pg 318. (Drawing of plat in deed)
… I Job Going, the only qualified Executor of the Estate of Ambrose Nix, decd … for $1000 dollars … by Wm Gaston … the land which the sd Ambrose Nix lived until his death … originally granted to Philip Grisham May 7, 1774 conveyd by sd Gresham to Robert Tindall from Tindall to Robert Fowler from sd Fowler to Ambrose Nix and left in his last will and testament to be sold … on the south fork of Mill Creek waters of Turkey Creek and Broad River … Signed: Job Going. Wit: Vincent Yarborough, Wm Dudney. Proved up in court by Vincent Yarborough on Sept 1, 1820. Deed bk T, pg 318. Chester County, SC. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLV-PS6L-3?i=468&cat=360823
1821 Oct 29 Monday – Asa Tindall, Job Going,and John Jamison were excused for not answering the call on this morning. Common Plea Minute Book C p. 371 – 1815-1822 Chester Co, SC. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSL2-6BHW?i=709&cat=260534
1822 March 25 Monday – John D Arwin v. John Tindall and Thomas B Going. McClendenin attorney for the Plaintiff. Sum Pro. In this case the Court gave the following decree viz: Let the Plaintiff take judgment for forty four dollars and seventy five cents with interest from the 25th December 1819 and costs. Common Plea Minute Book C p. 402 – 1815-1822 Chester Co, SC. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSL2-6B8Z?i=725&cat=260534
1824 Feb 5 – Isaac Going and Thomas Going to Joseph Reid, 107 acres, bk V, pg 75.
…. we Thomas and Isaac Goyne of South Carolina Chester Dist … for $600.00 dollars to us paid by Joseph Reed … of York Dist … sell unto the said Joseph Reed … land lying and being in the State aforesaid and Chester District and on Broad River Beginning at Lockarts Shoals on a sides corner above Thomas Wilks mill thence … containing 107 acres … Signed: T B Goyne, Isaac Going. Wits: Robert Tindall, Thomas L B Hughes.
Proved up by Robert Tindall … Feb 6, 1824. Deeds bk V, p 75. Chester Co, SC.
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1827 March 7 – Jesse Bryant, pltf v. John L Tindall, deft. Thomas Goyne as a juror, 1828-105 page 25 (Image: 1828105_0025). 1828-105: Circuit Court Pleas 1828 http://seventhfloorrecords.com/1828-105Gallery.htm, Tuscaloosa Co, AL.
1828 March 14 – Jesse Bryant v. John L. Tindall. Thomas Goyne as a juror., pg. 423 (Image: 1827101_0214). 1827-101: Circuit Court Minutes 1827-1829. http://seventhfloorrecords.com/1827-101Gallery.htm, Tuscaloosa Co, AL
By 1830, Asa Larkin Tindall and Martha Tindall had moved to Alabama along with several other family Going family members. The 1830 US Census shows “Larkin Tindall” as the head of the household, including the following information:
1830 United States Federal Census
Name: Asa Tindall
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Limestone, Alabama
Free White Persons – Males – 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 50 thru 59: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 50 thru 59: 1
Slaves – Females – 24 thru 35: 2
Free White Persons – Under 20: 2
Total Free White Persons: 4
Total Slaves: 2
Total – All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 6
Year: 1830; Census Place: Limestone, Alabama; Series: M19; Roll: 4; Page: 45; Family History Library Film: 0002331
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(Combining the 1800, 1810, and 1830 US Census puts the year of birth for Asa and Martha Tindall between 1771 and 1774).
Son Larkin Tindall appears nearby in Limestone County, AL in the US Census with the following information:
1830 United States Federal Census
Name: Larkin Tindall
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Limestone, Alabama
Free White Persons – Males – 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons – Females – Under 5: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons – Under 20: 1
Free White Persons – 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total – All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 3
Year: 1830; Census Place: Limestone, Alabama; Series: M19; Roll: 4; Page: 29; Family History Library Film: 0002331
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1832 January 27 – Job Going from J L Tindall – Deed bk H, p 416 Tuscaloosa Co, AL.
… between John L Tendall and Mary his wife of the first part and Job Going of the second part … in consideration of the sum of 300 dollars by the said party of the second part … confirm unto the said party of the second part … land situate lying and being in the County of Tuscaloosa and State of Alabama and bounded as follows to wit the W half of the SW quarter of Section 7 in the Township 21 of Range 10 W in the district of Tuscaloosa containing 80 acres and 26 hundredths of and a half hundredths of an acre according to the official plat of the survey …
Signed: John L Tendall, Mary Tendall
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1838 Sept 10: Asa Tindall of Limestone County, Alabama receives a land grant of 40 acres in Alabama, certificate No. 10163:
Alabama, U.S., Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908
Name: Asa Tindall
Land Office: Huntsville
Document Number: 10163
Total Acres: 40.09
Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No
Issue Date: 10 Sep 1838
Mineral Rights Reserved: No
Metes and Bounds: No
Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names: No
Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names: No
Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
Land Description: 1 NENE HUNTSVILLE No 1S 5W 9
United States, Bureau of Land Management. Alabama, U.S., Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29743664?h=eb1964
U.S., General Land Office Records, 1776-2015
Name: Asa Tindall
Issue Date: 10 Sep 1838
Place: Limestone, Alabama, USA
Land Office: Huntsville
Meridian: Huntsville
Township: 1-S
Range: 5-W
Section: 9
Accession Number: AL3570__.431
Document Number: 10163
Original URL:
http://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=AL3570__.431&docClass=STA&sid=mjvdplil.ieb
Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records; Washington D.C., USA; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29743679?h=d49bac
The plat map below shows where the above land was located in this section of the Surveyor’s map:
U.S., Indexed Early Land Ownership and Township Plats, 1785-1898
Name: A Tindal
Year: 1788
State: Alabama
Principal Meridian: Huntsville Meridian (Northern Part of Alabama)
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Township Plats of Selected States; Series #: T1234; Roll: 2
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29743707?h=3d740e
The 1840 US Census shows Asa Tindall as head of household in Limestone County, Alabama, with the following information:
1840 United States Federal Census
Name: Asa Tindall
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Limestone, Alabama
Free White Persons – Males – 70 thru 79: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 60 thru 69: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 2
Total Free White Persons: 2
Total All Persons – Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 2
Year: 1840; Census Place: Limestone, Alabama; Roll: 5; Page: 171; Family History Library Film: 0002333
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29743639?h=9abfc3
(Combining the 1800, 1810, 1830 and 1840 US Census puts the year of birth for Asa Tindall some time between 1770-1771 and Martha Tindall between 1771 and 1774).
Later the Tindalls removed to Limestone County, Alabama, according to Cynthia Holsomback McMullen, a descendant of Huntington, Texas. Larkin Asa Tindall died there shortly after he wrote his will on December 10, 1841, according to Limestone County Will Book 5. Martha Going Tindall died there about 1842, according to the research of Fredrick W. Tucker, a descendant of Duncan, South Carolina.
1841 Dec 10 Alabama, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1753-1999
Name: Asa Tindall
Will Date: 10 Dec 1841
Probate Date: 10 Dec 1841
Probate Place: Limestone, Alabama, USA
Inferred Death Year: 1841
Inferred Death Place: Alabama, USA
Individuals Listed Relationship
Asa Tindall
Wife to have all negroe slaves during her life … plantation that we now live on for and during her live, also one roan mare, 3 cows and calves, all the lantation tools household and kitchen furniture… my stock of hog corn fodder etc ….
Lucinda Foster – Daughter – one slave, and increase to be divided between my 4 granddaughters namely Cansada Foster, Sally Foster, Mary Foster and Martha Ann Foster devised the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Sect No 9, TS No 1 of R No 5 W, containing 40 09/100 acres …
Cansada Foster – Granddaughter
Sally Foster – Granddaughter
Mary Foster – Granddaughter
Martha Ann Foster – Granddaughter
Asa Foster – Grandson – 15 acres of the W side of the 40 acres laying due N of the one above mentioned (to Lucinda)
James Tindall – Son – track of land he now lives upon for and during his natural live, then to his 2 sons Leonard and Elisha, land not to be sold till grandson Elisha Tindall is 21 years of age. Money from sale of remaining estate, slaves
Leonard Tindall – Grandson
Elisha Tindall – Grandson
Robert Tindall – Son – devised slave
Larkin Tindall – Son – money from sale of remaining estate, devised slaves
William Tindall – Son – money from sale of remaining estate, devised slaves
Sarah Cunningham – Daughter – 20 dollars
John Tindall – Son – money from sale of remaining estate, slaves
… my friend John S Simpson executor
Signed: Asa Tindall
Wits: Peter Noland, David Roden, Borrington Roden
Wills; Author: Alabama. Probate Court (Limestone County); Probate Place: Limestone, Alabama. Wills Vol 6, pg 165-167.
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29744121?h=b1fd93 (pg 1)
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29744132?h=f36ae5 (pg 2)
1842 May 31 – Appraisment of Asa Tindall decd’s estate
Wills; Author: Alabama. Probate Court (Limestone County); Probate Place: Limestone, Alabama. Wills Vol 6, p. 170 appraisment
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29744668?h=6e32c4
1842 June 17 – Estate Sale of Larken Tindall decd
Buyers at estate: William Crenshaw, Larkin Tindall, James Tindall, Robert Tindall, Samuel Berry, Andrew Berry, John Whitfield included with Noland, Booker Foster, Daniel Meats, T H Ghaston included with Noland, Martin H Ragle, William Legg, John S Simpson, A H Ghaston included with Noland, John Peterson, Simon Dupree, Joseph J Beaty, John Gundle, Charles Cunningham, Lovil Legg, George S Burrus, Peter Noland, John Maples, Martha Abernathy, Solomon Jarratt, A Ingrahm, James G Tindall, John S Simpson, John S Simpson
Wills; Author: Alabama. Probate Court (Limestone County); Probate Place: Limestone, Alabama. Wills Vol 6, p. 198 a/c sales
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29744705?h=61ad2e (pg 1)
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29744711?h=b35382 (pg 2)
1844 Aug 12 – Accounting and distributions:
… to Charles Cunningham in right of his wife Sarah 20 dollars … and also 38 dollars and 90 cents
… to Booker Foster in right of his wife Luisanda Foster 38 dollars and 90 cents
… to Robert Tindall 38 dollars and 90 cents
… to Larkin Tindall 365 dollarsand 98 cents
… to John Tindall 365 dollars and 98 cents
… to James Tindall 365 dollars and 98 cents
… to William Tindall 365 dollars and 98 cents
Wills; Author: Alabama. Probate Court (Limestone County); Probate Place: Limestone, Alabama. Wills Vol 6, p. 583
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29744979?h=0bf630 (pg 1)
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29744982?h=8c324e (pg 2)
U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name: Larkin Asa Tindall Sr
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 1770
Birth Place: Chester County, South Carolina, United States of America
Death Date: Apr 1842
Death Place: Limestone County, Alabama, United States of America
Cemetery: Cunningham Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Limestone County, Alabama, United States of America
Has Bio?: Y
Spouse: Martha Tindall
Children:
James G. Tindall
Robert J. Tindall
Sarah Cunningham
Lucinda Ann Foster
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122517705/larkin-asa-tindall
Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29743737?h=db98c8
U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name: Martha Tindall
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 1768
Birth Place: Chester County, South Carolina, United States of America
Death Date: 3 Apr 1842
Death Place: Limestone County, Alabama, United States of America
Cemetery: Cunningham Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Limestone County, Alabama, United States of America
Has Bio?: Y
Spouse: Larkin Asa Tindall
Children:
James G. Tindall
Robert J. Tindall
Sarah Cunningham
Lucinda Ann Foster
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122518380/martha-tindall
Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29743768?h=e21508
Children born to them include:
Larkin Tindall born about 1791
John Tindall born about 1792
William Tindall born about 1794
Sarah Tindall born March 4, 1797
James G. Tindall born about 1800
Robert J. Tindall born May 8, 1802
Lucinda Tindall born November 22, 1803
Rutha Tindall born in 1806
Larkin Tindall, son of Larkin Asa Tindall and Martha Going Tindall, was born about 1791. Of this individual nothing more is known.
John Tindall, son of Larkin Asa Tindall and Martha Going Tindall, was born about 1792. Of this individual nothing more is known.
William Tindall, son of Larkin Asa Tindall and Martha Going Tindall, was born about 1794, probably in Union County. He was married about 1816, wife’s name Susanna L. They continued in South Carolina in 1819. In 1836 they lived in Limestone County, Alabama. William Tindall died about 1848 in Nacogdoches County, Texas. Susanna L. Tindall died in Cherokee County, Texas about 1861.
Children born to them include:
Margaret C. Tindall born about 1819
Margaret C. Tindall, daughter of William Tindall and Susanna L. Tindall, was born in South Carolina about 1819. She was married to Azmond Rucker Easter February 17, 1836 in Limestone County, according to Linda Sue Betts Essary. He died about 1853, and she died in the spring of 1859 in Cherokee County, Texas.
Children born to them include:
Sackville E. Easter born November 2, 1850
Sackville E. Easter, son of Azmond Rucker Easter and Margaret C. Tindall Easter, was born November 2, 1850 in Cherokee County. He was married December 5, 1878 to Nancy Elizabeth Dunaway who was born June 26, 1858 in Texas to Clemmie Dunaway and Eliza Ann Cross Dunaway. In 1880 they lived in Johnson County, Texas. He died June 18, 1928 at Hollis, Ok-lahoma, and she died June 23, 1941 at Elmore, Oklahoma.
Children born to Sackville E. Easter and Nancy Elizabeth Dunaway Easter include:
John Cooper Easter born March 25, 1880
John Cooper Easter, son of Sackville E. Easter and Nancy Eliz-abeth Dunaway Easter, was born March 25, 1880 in Johnson County. He was married December 18, 1898 to Mollie Kate Killman who was born December 17, 1880 in Tarrant County, Texas to Henry Dizer Killman and Tena Elizabeth Bandy Kill-man. In 1907 they lived at Duke, Oklahoma. She died May 17, 1953 at Portales, New Mexico, and he died there December 1, 1961.
Children born to John Cooper Easter and Mollie Kate Killman Easter include:
Mamie Lou Easter born September 11, 1907
Mamie Lou Easter, daughter of John Cooper Easter and Mollie Kate Killman Ester, was born September 11, 1907. She was married August 24, 1923 to James Arthur Betts, son of James Isaac Betts and Lorena Ivy Betts. He was born January 3, 1886 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi. He died January 30, 1969 in Portales, and she died there April 10, 1980.
Children born to them include:
Linda Sue Betts born February 14, 1946
Linda Sue Betts, daughter of James Arthur Betts and Mamie Lou Easter Betts, was born February 14, 1946 at Portales. In 1991, she, a teacher, lived at Floyd, New Mexico.
Sarah Tindall, daughter of Larkin Asa Tindall and Martha Going Tindall, was born March 4, 1797 in Warren County, Georgia, according to Cynthia Holsomback McMullen. She was married about 1816 in Chester County, South Carolina to William P. Gaston who was born about 1797 to William Gaston and Ann Porter Gaston. He died there about 1822, and she was remarried about 1826 to Charles Cunningham who was born April 9, 1794. He died September 28, 1862. She died September 2, 1879 at age 82 and was buried in Cunningham Cemetery in Limestone County, Alabama.
Children born to William Porter Gaston and Sarah Tindall Gaston include:
Trusvan Cheives Gaston born about 1818
Asa Harper Gaston born about 1819
Martha Caroline Gaston born August 4, 1822
Children born to Charles Cunningham and Sarah Tindall Gaston Cunningham include:
Sarah Ann Cunningham born June 15, 1828
Margaret Isabel Cunningham born in 1830
Elizabeth C. Cunningham born about 1832
Charles Cunningham born March 17, 1835
Trusvan Cheives Gaston, son of William Porter Gaston and Sarah Tindall Gaston, was born about 1818 in Chester County. He was married about 1840 to Katherine Tindall Johnson who was born November 23, 1822 in North Carolina. He died in Limestone County, Alabama July 20, 1888. She died there August 10, 1892, according to Yvette Alanne Disbrow Wilson, a descendant of Ocala, Florida.
Children born to Trusvan Cheives Gaston and Katherine Tindall Johnson Gaston include:
William Harper Gaston born June 13, 1853
William Harper Gaston, son of Trusvan Cheives Gaston and Katherine Tindall Johnson Gaston, was born June 13, 1853 at Gilbertsboro, Alabama. He was married February 18, 1885 at Athens, Alabama to Virginia Dickson who was born August 11, 1850 to Col. Robert Dickson and Rowena A. Paine Dickson. She died June 3, 1892 in Limestone County, and he died there March 22, 1921.
Children born to them include:
Langdon Lee Gaston born April 2, 1891
Langdon Lee Gaston, son of William Harper Gaston and Vir-ginia Dickson Gaston, was born April 2, 1891 in Limestone County. He was married August 18, 1912 at Athens to Willie Wise who was born June 14, 1892. He died at Apopka, Florida July 16, 1961, and she died there September 18, 1966.
Children born to Langdon Lee Gaston and Willie Wise Gaston include:
Ruby Lee Gaston born April 21, 1915
Ruby Lee Gaston, daughter of Langdon Lee Gaston and Willie Wise Gaston, was born April 21, 1915 in Limeston County. She was married December 15, 1938 to George Henry Disbrow who was born November 13, 1907 in LaPorte, Indiana to Lewis Henry Disbrow and Ida May McNees Disbrow. George Henry Disbrow died January 21, 1981 at Eustis Lake, Florida.
Children born to them include:
George Allen Disbrow born October 31, 1939
George Allen Disbrow, son of George Henry Disbrow and Ruby Lee Gaston Disbrow, was born October 31, 1939 at Apopka. He was married December 14, 1958 at Newport, Rhode Island to Barbara Ann Sparks who was born May 22, 1937 in Cocke County, Tennessee to George Herbert Sparks and Essie Belle Ramsey Sparks.
Children born to them include:
Yvette Alanne Disbrow born July 30, 1963
Yvette Alanne Disbrow, daughter of George Allen Disbrow and Barbara Anne Sparks Disbrow, was born July 30, 1963 at Orlando, Florida. She was married October 3, 1987 to David Irving Wilson at Tavares, Florida. In 1996 they lived in Ocala where she, a member of the Foundation was active in the re-search of her Going family.
Martha Caroline Gaston, daughter of William P. Gaston and Sarah Tindall Gaston, was born August 4, 1822 in Chester County. She was married May 28, 1839 in Limestone County to George Winston Booth, son of Charles Booth and Lucy Ann Abernathy Boothe, according to Cynthia Holsomback Mc-Mullen. He died November 24, 1850 in Paducah, Kentucky “en route to Nacogdoches, Texas.” She died in Cherokee County, Texas May 10, 1877 and was buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery near Alto, Texas.
Children born to them include:
Thomas Trusvan Booth born August 12, 1840
Sarah Elizabeth Booth born in 1841
Lucy Ann Booth born April 23, 1842
William Porter Booth born in 1843
George Winston Booth, Jr. born August 11, 1845
Catherine Adele Booth born in 1847
Mary “Mollie” Booth born in 1848
Mattie C. Booth born November 21, 1850
Thomas Trusvan Booth, son of George Winston Booth and Martha Caroline Gaston Booth, was born August 12, 1840 in Limestone County. He was married there September 20, 1860 to Ann Elisah Vinson, daughter of Allen Vinson. He died October 31, 1910 in Cherokee County and was buried in Providence Cemetery, near Jacksonville. She died January 14, 1929 in Tarrant County, Texas and was buried beside her husband.
Thomas Trusvan Booth meticulously kept a bible record of his family and a journal in which he noted other information about his family. These records were the inspiration which prompted Cynthia Holsomback McMullen to undertake a study of the family history.
Children born to Thomas Trusvan Booth and Ann Elisah Vinson Booth include:
Lucy Alice Booth born August 15, 1861
Eudora Jane Booth born November 14, 1867
George Allen Booth born April 28, 1869
Zuela Salena Booth born December 19, 1870
Jennie Roxana Booth born October 13, 1872
Eunice Elvira Booth born July 16, 1874
Thomas Trusvan Booth, Jr. born July 28, 1876
Henry LaFayette Booth born March 11, 1879
Hubbard Jehu Booth born June 23, 1880
Leona Belle Booth born September 16, 1882
Birdie May Booth born January 16, 1887
Eunice Elvira Booth, daughter of Thomas Trusvan Booth and Ann Elisah Booth, was born July 16, 1874 in Texas. She was married September 15, 1895 to James Thomas Holsomback who was born October 1, 1870 to Thomas Newton Holsomback and Eleanor Odom Holsomback. She died April 14, 1899 in Cherokee County and was buried in Providence Cemetery.
A son was born to them:
James Otis Holsomback born March 25, 1899
James Otis Holsomback, son of James Thomas Holsomback and Eunice Elvira Booth Holsomback, was born March 25, 1899 in Cherokee County. He was married February 15, 1925 to Ethel Pryor.
James G. Tindall, son of Larkin Asa Tindall and Martha Going Tindall, was born about 1800. He was married about 1827 to Patience Rainbolt. They emigrated to Texas and settled at Nacogdoches. They were buried in Old North Church Cemetery there.
Rutha Tindall, daughter of Larkin Asa Tindall and Martha Going Tindall, was born in 1806. She was married about 1825, husband’s name McKinney. They settled in Parker County, Texas where her family was killed by Indians. She returned to Nacogdoches to live with her brother, James Tindall and his family.
Cynthia Holsomback McMullen on October 21, 1992 wrote, ” I have visited Old North Church Cemetery in Nacogdoches, and “Rutha McKinney, 1806-1865″ is buried next to James Tindall and Patience Rainbolt Tindall.”
NOTES:
2) Martha Going born about 1771/74 – d. Aug 19, 1813 (“The Gowen Papers”)
(Married about 1790 to –
2a1) Larkin “Asa” Tindall (b. betw. 1770-1771 – died 1841)- moved to Warren County, Ga).
-“Martha Tindall” was witness to her mom’s (Sarah Going) will in 1814.
– The Tindall’s moved to Limestone County, Ala.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gowenrf/Gowenms133.htm
RESEARCH NOTES:
Not sure if the following is John Tindall (son of Asa Tindall) – leaving transcript here to review:
1870 Apr 10 – John L Tindall to John L Tindall etal, Deed bk D-H, p 104. (Will recorded in Desoto County, MS)
… I John L Tindall of the County of Monroe and State of Mississippi … my Last Will and Testament …
… Item … to daughter Prouncy B Perrin … negro woman Mary with her five children, to wit a negro man named George a negro boy named John, a girl named Rosetta, a boy named Harrison, and a boy named Albert usually called Buster …. also the sum of 1500 dollars.
… Item ….to my son John L Tindall the sum of 1000 dollars and also all of my right to title to my old negro man named George Dobson.
… Item … to my son Thomas P Tindall the sum of 1000 dollars.
… Item … to my daughter Sarah L Tindall the sum of 3000 dollars.
… Item … to the children of my deceased daughter Mary R Carlile the sum of 3000 dollars to be equally divided between Louisa T Carlile, Triphinia C Carlile, James D Carlile and Charle H Carlile, Mary C & Prousey C Carlile.
… Item … to my son Robert M Tindall the sum of 1000 dollars.
… Item … to each of my heirs the give of every negro which I may have heretofore given to each of them and delivered into their possession.
… Item … the residue of my Estate … to be equally divided between my heirs share and share alike to wit, to my daughter Proucey B Perrin and equal share, to my son Curative M Tindall an equal share, to my Daughter Caroline C Miller one equal share, to my son John L Tindall one equal share, to my son William P Tindall one equal share, to my son Thomas P Tindall one equal share, to my son Rober M Tindall one equal share, to my daughter Sarah C Tindall one equal share and to the children of my deceased daughter Mary R Caarlile one equal share to be equally divided among them.
… I hereby appoint my son John L Tindall and James Carlisle my Executors … if they fail to act … I nominate William H Kidd to take the place. Dated April 9, 1861.
Signed: John L Tindall
Wit: Thomas M Manning, John Vernon, R E Houston
Codicil to the forgoing Will:
I John L Tindall Sr of Monroe County Mississippi … I bequeathed to my son William R Tindall one equal share with each of my children … Aug 23, 1863 … Signed: John L Tindall Sr
1864 May 22 – will proved up … for John L Tindall decd.
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