North Carolina – Moore County

Going family members were in or near modern Lee Co, NC area – which was part of Moore Co, NC until Lee Co was created in 1907.

FamilySearch.org map of Moore Co, NC.

FamilySearch.org wiki page for Moore Co., NC:    https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Moore_County,_North_Carolina_Genealogy

FamilySearch.org catalogue page for Moore Co, NC:   https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bsubject%3ANorth%20%2Bsubject%3ACarolina%20%2Bsubject%3AMoore

History
Moore County was formed in 1784 from Cumberland County. It was named in the honor of Captain Alfred Moore of Brunswick, a soldier of the Revolution and afterwards a judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. Moore County is in the south central section of the State and bounded by Harnett, Hoke, Scotland, Richmond, Montgomery, Randolph, Chatham, and Lee counties. The act establishing the county provided for the erection of the public buildings. In 1795 an act was passed which stated that the location of the courthouse was inconvenient; it named commissioners to purchase land near the center of the county and erect a new courthouse. In 1796 an act was passed establishing Carthage on land where the courthouse was to stand. In 1803 an act was passed naming commissioners to lay out a town and build a courthouse as directed in the act of 1796. In 1806, Carthage was changed to Feaginsville. In 1818, “Feaginsville” was changed back to Carthage, and is now the county seat.

Parent County
1784–Moore County was created from Cumberland County.
County seat: Carthage

Record Loss
1889–Courthouse fire destroyed most of the land records and many court records.

Counties to Search:

People with related to Moore Co, NC and pages: 

  • William Goyne b. 1745-50 – Died in 1783 or before in Chatham Co, NC. Inventory in will filed in Moore Co, NC for some reason.
    • Nancy Going b. 1770, orphan child of William, bound out in 1783
    • William Going b. 1775, orphan child of William, bound out in 1783
    • John Going b. 1771, orphan child of William, bound out in 1783
    • Mary Going b. 1770-75, orphan child of William, bound out in 1783
    • Ann Going b. 1774, orphan child of William, bound out in 1783
    • Elizabeth Going b. 1772, orphan child of William, bound out in 1783
  • Levi Goyne b. abt 1762 of Fairfield, SC and then Moore Co, NC (Y1)
  • William Goyne b. 1730-40 in Moore Co, NC – land in 1764
  • Henry Goyne b. ? in Moore Co, NC land in 1799
  • Edward Goyne b. ? in Moore Co, NC census in 1810
  • John Goins b. ? in Moore Co, NC census in 1820
  • 1785-1794 (born betw) William Goyens from North Carolina, moved to Texas

Possible Children, Grandchildren and Family of Levi Going that were listed on the same page as Levy or next page in the 1850 US Census in Moore Co, NC: 

  • 1762 Levi Goins of Moore Co, NC (Y1)
    • Nutty Goings b. 1803
    • Joseph Goings b. 1840
  • John Goings b. 1792 m. Lydia Goings b. 1805
    • John Goings b. 1829
    • Benjamin Goings b. 1832
    • Lydia Goings b. 1836
    • Rachel Goings b. 1777
  • Elizabeth Goings b. 1804
    • Barbara Goings b. 1848
  • Neil Goings b. 1813 m. Mary Goings b 1814
    • Delilah Goings b. 1834
    • Amy Goings b. 1835
    • Cancy Goings b. 1838
    • Sarah Goings b. 1840
    • Celia Goings b. 1842
    • Catharine Goings b. 1844
    • Eliza Goings b. 1847
  • Lucy Goings b. 1821
    • Mary A Goings b. 1840
    • Rebecca Goings b. 1842
    • Lucian Goings b. 1847
    • Edmund Goings b. 1848
  • Levi Goings b. 1824 m. to Mary Goings b. 1825
    • Flora A Goings b. 1848
    • Jennet Goings b. 1849
  • Martha Goings b. 1825
    • Wiley Goings b. 1843
    • Hayward Goings b. 1847
  • Nancy Goings b. 1826
    • William Goings b. 1845
  • David Goings b. 1827
  • Thomas Goings b. 1830 m. Celicia Goings b. 1823
    • Telitha Goings b. 1842
    • James Goings b. 1845
    • Green Goings b. 1847
    • Henry Goings b. 1848
  • Mary Goings b. 1808
    • David Goings b. 1836
    • William H Goings b. 1834
    • Eliza Goings b. 1837
    • Berry Goings b. 1839
    • Emeline Goings b. 1842
    • Marticia Goings b. 1847
    • Laurence Goings b. 1849

FACTS and SOURCES: 

(Below are different Going, Goyen, Gowen related sources for those people were in the Virginia, North Carolina, or South Carolina areas in the early 1700’s to early 1800’s)

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In 1764 Moore Co, NC was still part of Cumberland Co, NC

1764 Nov 9 – William Gowen 300 acres Cumberland, on both sides of the Pocket Creek begining at a white oak thence S30 E219 poles to a red oak thence S60 W219 poles to a red oak thence N30 W219 poles to a pine, thencd N60 E219 poles to the begining.
Dated 9th of Nov 1765. Signed Arthur Dobbs. Cumberland Co, NC.
PATENT BOOK, Issued: 09 Nov 1764, County: Cumberland, Grant no.: 189, Book: 17 pg: 116, File no.: 501, MARS: 12.14.51.503
https://nclandgrants.com/grant/?mars=12.14.51.503&qid=843539&rn=1

1767 William Goins
1755-1786 NC Taxpayers
1767, Cumberland Co, WM GOINS.
Cumberland Co, NC
http://lumbeeindiansandgoinsfamily.blogspot.com/2007/11/moore-county-nc-early-records.html

1769 May 5 – Cumberland Co: Crown to Conner Doud and Cornelius Tyce, 200 ac in Cumberland on both sides of Pocket Cr, joining WILLIAM GOWANN. (Patent Bk 20, p 483, #1887) (Hofmann, Margaret M. Colony of NC, Vol 1, op cit). Cumberland Co, NC. http://lumbeeindiansandgoinsfamily.blogspot.com/2007/11/moore-county-nc-early-records.html

1775: Estate record for David Goven
North Carolina
County of Cumberland
Know all men by these presents that we James Worth, Thomas Rutherfurd & Robert Mylne are held and bound unto Josiah Martin Esqr. Governor & of said province………………….in the Just and full sum of Two hundred pounds……………..proclamation money to be paid 10. pounds………….the sd Governor.
His Sucessors or Assigns For the which payment well and truly to be made. We Bond Ourselves. Our heirs. Executors and Administrators. Jointly and severally. Formly by these presents. Seal with our Seal. This 28th Day of Jan. for Anno Dom. 1775 –
The condition of this Obligation is such that if the above Counsen James Worth –Administrator of all and Singular the Good and Chattels Rights and Credits of David Goven………………………….Deceased. do make or Cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all singular the Goods and Chattels, Rights and Credits of the Deceased which have or Shall Come to the Hands knowledge or possession of the said James Worth.
Of into the Hands or possession of any other person or persons for him and the same to made do Exhibit or Cause to Exhibit into the Secretary’s Office and one attested copy thereof to the County Court where Orders for administration passed within ninty Days after the date of these presents and the same Goods Chattels and Credits and all others the Goods Chattels and Credits of the Deceased at the time of Death which at anytime hereafter shall Come into the Hands or possession of the Said James Worth………………..Or unto the Hands or possession of any other person or persons for do well and truly Administer According to Law and further do make or Cause to be made A true and Just account of his said Administration within one year after the date of these Presents and all the rest and Residue of the said Goods Chattels and Credits which shall be found remaining upon the said Administras Account the same being first examined and allowed by the Govenor and Counsil General Court or County Court shall Deliver and pay unto such person or person Respectfully as the same shall be due pursuant to the true Intent and meaning of the Act in that Case made and provided and if it shall appear that any will and Testament was made by the said Deceased and the Executor or Executors Herein named do Exhibit the same into Court making Request to have it allowed and approved according by if the said James Worth
Above bounded being thereunto required to under and deliver the said Letters of Administration Approbation of such Testament being first had and made in the said Court. Then this Obligation to be paid and none Effect or Else to remain in full force and virtue
James Worth (Seal)
Tho Rutherford (Seal)
Robert Mylne (Seal)
Signed Sealed and Delivered in presence of Tho Gray
From the Cumberland County USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccumber/cumberland.htm
Index to Cumberland County, NC Estate Records

1780 May 12 – Levy Goines – Enters Revolutionary War (affids below from 1852 application for pension):
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Revolutionary War Pension of Levi Goines
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the acts of Congress for the benefit of Revolutionary Soldiers.
State of North Carolina
County of Moore
On this 26th day of April AD1852 personally appeared before the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions held for the county and State of aforesaid, Levi Goines a resident of said County of Moore, and State of N.C. aged, about ninety years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit, of the provision made by the acts of Congress for Soldiers who served in the Revolutionary war. That he volunteered in Fairfield County, State of South Carolina, and agreed to serve until the end of the war, the time he entered the service he does not recollect, but believes it was about the time that the British took Charleston that he served as a private in a Company Commanded by Captain John Gray and was attached to a Regiment which was Commanded by Col. John Winn, and Gen. Richard Winn. He continues in actual service for about the time of twelve months though his recollection is not very distinct as to the time he served but he was honorably discharged as he believes, at the close of the sad Revolutionary War by his said Captain, having been marched back to said Fairfield County, which was also the residence of his Captain. He obtained no written discharge. He was engaged in a battle near the confluence of the Congaree and Santee Rivers. Gen. Lee he (note at bottom of page reads “He thinks two year, but is determined to be written bounds”) believes was the commander though his memory as to this is indistinct. Says the town surrendered here without much fighting. His services was entirely confined to the Sate of South Carolina, marching from Wyns borough to the Congaree Fort. And various other parts of said state under his officers. He recollects the names of many officers and soldiers with whom he served but does not know any regulars the following are some of them. Gen. Sumpter, Majr John Pearson, William W. Morey, James Steel, Joseph Kennedy, John Greggs, Liut Andrew Gray, & Saml Croslin (the latter was a regular). He knows of no person living, whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service having removed from the state of South Carolina to North Carolina Moore County soon after the close of the Revolutionary War where he has resided ever since he has never been positive until recently that he was entitled to a Pension. Several years since a gentleman informed him that he was entitled to anything and made no further effort until now. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court.
Test. Aron A. F. Leavell Levi (X) Goines
Sworn to in open court this 26th day of April A.D. 1852. A. C. Curry clerk of Moore County Court.
State of North Carolina
Moore County
On this 19th day of February A.D. 1852 personally appeared before me a justice of the peace, within and for the County and the state aforesaid Duncan Murchison, who, being duly scorn according to Law, declares that he has been acquainted with Levi Goines for forth five years during which time he has resided in the County and state aforesaid. That when he came to this county he understood and believed that he came from the state of South Carolina. He is a man of good character where oath may be relied on, he is reputed to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War while living in south Carolina of which there is no doubt.
Sworn to and subscribe before me this 19th day of February AD 1852.
Duncan Murchinson
Jno. C Jackson JP
State of North Carolina
Moore County
Pension office department
The declaration of Levi Goines, a Revolutionary Soldier, with the proof of his services here unto annexed, is respectfully submitted for you consideration, it is believed that under the several acts of Congress he is entitled to a Pension for life from the 4th day of March 1831. To back pay since that time and to bounty lands having volunteered during the war and served as he believes until its close or until discharged by his officers which several claims he respectfully asks the department to allow him. He has no living nor documentary evidence of his services but has transmitted a correct statement under oath showing as near as frail memory will allow the time place and manner of his services the officer under whom he served and with whom he was acquainted. He also produces the certificate of three of the most respectable and intelligent men in his county who establish beyond doubt his food character and general reputation as a soldier and I imagine there are but few of those Veterans who have been mercifully spared until this day that would swear falsely. This proof I trust will be sufficient to establish his claim. Time has so reduced the number of Veterans and of the witnesses of their services and sufferings that to require of them positive proof independently of their own statement would be to deprive them of the benefit of the act. An early investigation of this claim is respectfully solicited. If consistent with the regulations of the department, his humble condition in life and very feeble health require it. All of which is respectfully subscribed. My address is Carthage, N.C.
W. C. Thagard
State of North Carolina
Moore County
On the 28th day of June A.D. 1852 personally appeared before me a justice of the peace within and for the county and state aforesaid Gen W. D. Dawd who being duly sworn according to law declared that he is well acquainted with Levi Goines of said county and from his general character has no hesitation in saying that he is entitled to full credit upon his oath. That he has recently been requested to examine said Goines relation to his services as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. That he has examined and conversed with him on that subject at various times and with great particularity and has no doubt that said Goines volunteered in the state of So. Carolina for and during the war and continued in actual service in the Revolutionary war for nearly or quite two years. That he inquired of said Goines when he entered the service. Said he could not tell but it was about the time the British took Charleston that he inquired what was his age now, he said he was ninety years this month. That he discovered he discovered he must have been under twenty one years when Charleston was surrendered to the British, that without making a single interaction to said Goines of that fact (nor can he read a word of history) that he inquired how old he was when he volunteered, to which he replied that he was about nineteen years old, that he then referred to the history of the revolution and found that the time Charleston was surrendered (12th May 1780). Said Goines was about nineteen. That he then inquired what general officers he knew. He said Green, Sumpter, Wynn, Lee. That he then inquired what battles he was in. He said he was in but one which was at the Cangaree fort. That he again referred to the history and finds that this fort was called Moltes near the confluence of the Congaree & Santee Rivers. Gen Lee was dispatched to this place. That from these facts together with many other incidents of said war related by said Goines. The conclusion was irresistible that said Goines is one of these Veterans who stood up for his country in the hour of danger and has never yet received a pension. That said Goines with his aged companion are living alone in a very humble condition in life barely able to afford themselves the comforts which their advanced age require. That it is in the universal opinion of all who conversed with him that he was a faithful soldier in the Revolutionary war.
W. D. Dowd
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and was above written.
D Street JP (Seal)
By reference to history I find that the battle of Kings Mountain was fought 7th October 1780 after which Lord Cornwallis left Charlotte and fell back to Winnsboro: the very place and years that Mr. Goines mentions in his declaration
W. C. T.
State of North Carolina
Moore County
On this 16th day of July AD1852 personally appeared before me a justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Duncan M. R. McIntosh Esqr who being duly sworn according to law declare that he has been acquainted with Levi Goines for about twenty five years. That he is a man of good character for truth and veracity. There are but five men whom to be believed upon on there oath than he is. He is reputed to have served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war in the state of South Carolina. That he has no doubt of that fact. He is a man about ninety years of age.
D. M. R. McIntosh
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written.
Wm Barrett
State of North Carolina
Moore County
I Alexander C. Curry Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the county and state aforesaid do herby certify that the declaration of Levi Goines hereunto annexed was duly executed and sworn in open court by the identical Levi Goines named in said declaration who is reputed and believed to have been a Revolutionary soldier. I further certify that Duncan Murchison Esq, D.M.R. McIntosh Esq, and Genl W. D. Dowd whose names appear to the annexed certificate are citizens of said county of high standings whose varsity for truth cannot be doubted. Said Murchison is a prominent elder in the Presbyterian Church and each of them have been promoted to distinguished places of trust in their county and state. Said signatures being in their own proper handwriting. I further certify that John C. Jackson, William Barret and Donald Street whose names appear to the annexed certificates of Duncan Murchison, D.M.R. McIntosh and W.D. Dawd were at the time of signing the same acting justices of the peace in and for the county aforesaid duly confirmed and qualified accordingly to law and that their signatures to the same are genuine. In testimony wherof I have hereunto affirmed my seal of office and subscribed my name the 6th day of August A.D. 1852
A. C. Curry clerk
Of Moore County Court
Carthage N.C Apr 8th 1853
Dear Sir.
Some months since I presented (through Gen Dockery) to the department the declaration of Levi Goines a soldier in the war of the Revolution asking to be allowed a pension for his services in said war. I stated in my letter that the advanced age and feeble health of the old Veteran presents strong claims to the department for an early investigation. I have waited with great patience and as yet the department has not seen fit to address me on the subject. If there is any informality in the declaration or any lack of testimony that prevents the claim being allowed will the department please to inform me or if it has not yet been investigated or has been allowed and no information given. I ask respectfully to be informed thereof.
Very Respectfully
W. C. Thagard
Moore Co, NC.  https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1995/MIUSA1775D_135666-00896?pid=24033&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D1995%26h%3D24033%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DkUu1195%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=kUu1195&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=MIUSA1775D_135622-00345

1783 Census Fayette Dist, Moore Co, NC:
WILLIAM GOYNE: FWM 16 & up=1, FWM under 16=4; FWF=5
Moore Co, NC
http://lumbeeindiansandgoinsfamily.blogspot.com/2007/11/moore-county-nc-early-records.html

1783 Nov 16 – William Goyer. Notes from Pelagie Lane
Cumberland County, North Carolina Land Entries 1778-1795. Library of Virginia. Page 29
[Entry number] 564 (9) (no date) John McDuffy enters 150 ac. on Great Pocket Cr; border: Wm Goyer and Wm Berreman; includes his own improvement. [Probable date of Nov. 16, 1783 (entries above and below). This could be William Goings/Gowen and William Berryman, neighbors on Pocket Creek (pertaining to Richard Goins/Goings b. 1836). Moore Co, NC.  http://lumbeeindiansandgoinsfamily.blogspot.com/2007/11/moore-county-nc-early-records.html

1783 Nov William Going – Dec’d, died in Chatham County, North Carolina in 1783. An inventory of the estate of “William Goan” was itemized in the Moore County Will Book A, page 322 and 323.  Chatham Co, NC  1783 Nov – 1785 May https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-LGHG-1LD?i=176&wc=32GS-7M3%3A169763701%2C169951501&cc=1867501  : Several Going/Gowing children of William Going, decd, are bound out as orphans:
Pg. 52B – Nov., 1783 NANCY GOING, O_______ (probably Orphan), of WILLIAM GOING be bound to WILLIAM COPE, untill she comes to lawfull age to learn the business of House Wifery she now being adjudg’d to be thirteen years of agehttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4T-YG2K?i=277&cat=144931
Pg. 52B – Nov., 1783 WILLIAM GOING, Orphan of WILLIAM GOING be bound to GEORGE DISMUKES untill he come of lawfull age to learn the Art of farming, he now being adjudged Eight Years of agehttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4T-YG2K?i=277&cat=144931
pg. 53A – Nov., 1783 JOHN GOING Orphan of WILLIAM GOING, dec’d be bound to WILLIAM RIDDLE to learn the art of farming untill he come to lawful age, he now being adjudged to be Twelve Years of agehttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4T-YGFX?i=278&cat=144931
Pg. 68B – May, 1784 MARY GOING, Orphan of WILLIAM GOING being heretofore bound to WILLIAM CAPE be removed from the said CAPE  https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4T-YG8F?i=298&cat=144931
Pg. 90A – Nov., 1784 ELIZABETH GOWING, and orphan of WILLIAM GOWING, dec’d be bound to WILLIAM DOUGLASS, Esq., untill she come to lawfull age, she being now about twelve years to learn the mistry of housewifery.  https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4T-YGKJ?i=333&cat=144931
Pg. 90A – Nov., 1784 ANN GOWIN, an orphan of WILLIAM GOWING be bound unto JAMES HOWARD, untill she come to lawfull age to learn the mistry of housewifery. She being on or about 10 years of age.  https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4T-YGKJ?i=333&cat=144931
Pg. 99B – Feb., 1785 Any further proceeding to be stopped as to binding out ELIZABETH GOWING to WILLIAM DOUGLASS & that WILLIAM DOUGLASS have notice to show cause why the order should not be discharged.  https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4T-YG98?i=350&cat=144931
Pg. 110A – May, 1785 JOHN GOWING, orphan of WILLIAM GOWING, be bound unto JAMES SUTTEN, the said GOWIN being given up by WM. RIDDLE, to whom he was formerly bound, untill lawfull age he being judged twelve years now, to learn the trade of a planter.  https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4T-YL1J?i=366&cat=144931
ORPHAN’S INDENTURES & GUARDIANSHIP RECORDS IN COURT MINUTES
Taken from Chatham Co. Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions- 1774-1800
NC State Archives film # C.022.30001
Updated 11-21-2000
Copyright 2000 – Sue Ashby
From http://www.ncgenweb.us/chatham/orphan.htm
NOTE: This William Going may have been the William Gowen that was born before 1748 since he was taxable in the Granville County household of his father James Gowen in 1759.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gowenrf/gowenms.htm    1783 William Going – Dec’d, died in Chatham County, North Carolina in 1783. An inventory of the estate of “William Goan” was itemized in the Moore County Will Book A, page 322 and 323.  Chatham Co, NC

1784 Moore Co, NC is created out of land from Cumberland Co, NC

1785 July 1 – 1 Jul 1785, Moore Co. Surveyed 100 ac; formerly Fredrick Greg’s property; on both sides of Pocket Cr and WILLIAM GOYNS [sic]; [signed] W Finley, surveyor; chain carriers John Gilmore & Matthew Kitching; purchased for L13 by G J McRee & Curtis Ivy. (Pruitt, Dr. A B. Abstracts of Sales of Confiscated Loyalists Land and Property in NC, 1989, p 78) (Clayton Lib, Nov 1997)  Moore Co, NC.   http://lumbeeindiansandgoinsfamily.blogspot.com/2007/11/moore-county-nc-early-records.html

1790 Other Free Households in US Census 1790 – North Carolina
Going, Gutridge Caswell County
Goings, William 14500 Moore County
Goings, William 10 Moore County
Gordan, Peter 10 Currituck County
Gowin, William 23401 Randolph County
Gowin, Jenkin Granville, Fort Creek Dist.

1790 US Census in Moore Co, NC
Name: William Goings
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Moore, North Carolina
Number of All Other Free Persons: 10
Number of Household Members: 10
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1790 US Census in Moore Co, NC
Name: William Goings
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Moore, North Carolina
Free White Persons – Males – Under 16: 4
Free White Persons – Males – 16 and over: 1
Free White Persons – Females: 5
Number of Household Members: 10
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1794 – William Goyens – born (Nacodoches Tx later in life – black helped Texas)
William Goyens, a black man, who settled in Nacogdoches, TX during Spanish rule was born in Moore Co, NC in 1794. He was the son of William Goings, a free mulatto, and a white woman. He came to TX in 1820. In 1832, he married Mary Pate Sibley, a white woman. She had one son named Henry, but William and Mary had no children. A Dr. Sibley was Pres. Thos. Jefferson’s Indian Agent and confidant living in Natchitoches, LA Perhaps there is a connection. (Ref: The New Handbook of Texas, Vol. 3, The Texas State Historical  Moore Co, NC.   http://lumbeeindiansandgoinsfamily.blogspot.com/2007/11/moore-county-nc-early-records.html

1794 – (birth year) – GOYENS, WILLIAM (1794-1856). William Goyens (or Goings), early Nacogdoches settler and businessman, was born in Moore County, North Carolina, in 1794, the son of William Goings, a free mulatto, and a white woman. He came to Texas in 1820 and lived at Nacogdoches for the rest of his life. Although he could not write much beyond his signature, he was a good businessman. He was a blacksmith and wagonmaker and engaged in hauling freight from Natchitoches, Louisiana. On a trip to Louisiana in 1826, he was seized by William English, who sought to sell him into slavery.qv In return for his liberty, Goyens was induced to deliver to English his slave woman and to sign a note agreeing to peonage for himself, though reserving the right to trade on his own behalf. After his return to Nacogdoches, he successfully filed suit for annulment of these obligations.
During the Mexican Texasqv era, Goyens often served as conciliator in the settlement of lawsuits under the Mexican laws. He was appointed as agent to deal with the Cherokees, and on numerous occasions he negotiated treaties with the Comanches and other Indians, for he was trusted not only by them but also by the Mexicans and Anglo-Americans in East Texas. He also operated an inn in connection with his home near the site of what is now the courthouse in Nacogdoches. In 1832 he married Mary Pate Sibley, who was white. Sibley had one son, Henry Sibley, by a former marriage, but Goyens and Mary had no children.
During the Texas Revolution,qv Goyens was given the important task of keeping the Cherokees friendly with the Texans, and he was interpreter with Gen. Sam Houstonqv and his party in negotiating a treaty. After the revolution he purchased what was afterwards known as Goyens’ Hill, four miles west of Nacogdoches. He built a large two-story mansion with a sawmill and gristmill west of his home on Moral Creek, where he and his wife lived until their deaths. During his later life Goyens amassed considerable wealth in real estate, despite constant efforts by his white neighbors to take away what he was accumulating. He always employed the best lawyers in Nacogdoches, including Thomas J. Rusk and Charles S. Taylor,qqv to defend him and was generally successful in his litigation. He died on June 20, 1856, soon after the death of his wife; they were both buried in a cemetery near the junction of Aylitos Creek with the Moral. At his grave a marker was erected by the Texas Centennialqv Commission in 1936. Many traditions grew up in Nacogdoches about this unusual man, and sometimes it is hard to tell just what is true and what is tradition.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Bexar Archives, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin. Robert Bruce Blake Research Collection, Steen Library, Stephen F. Austin State University; Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin; Texas State Archives, Austin; Houston Public Library, Houston. Nacogdoches Archives, Steen Library, Stephen F. Austin State University; Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin; Texas State Archives, Austin. R. B. Blake; Moore Co, NC.
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1794 Feb 17 – A deed from William Goyne to Andrew Cole was duly proved in open court by the oath of Robert Beals a subscribing witness.
Minutes, v. A-B 1784-1847 pg. 436
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1795 Jan 12: Entered. 1797 Aug 23: Survey Ordered. 1797 Sept 10: Survey done. 1799 June 7: Issued. File No. 1229. Grant 1181. Entry No. 1379. Book 102 pg 240. Henry Gowen granted 100 acres in Moore County, North Carolina on the South East side of Dry Fork. Survey for Henry Goyen adj to William Goyen’s line on the West side and on a branch of the Pocket Creek called the Dry Fork. Survey on Sept 10, 1797 showed land was adjacent to 300 acres of Henry Goyen’s own line (with no mention of William Goyen). Also spelled Henry Goyne. Chain Carriers: Benjamin Stephens, Jacob Stephens. Moore County, North Carolina.

1795 Jan 12 – Henry Gowen No. 1379, 100 acres, joining William Gowins line on the west side and on a branch of the Pocket Creek called the Dry Fork beginning at a forked pine.
Land entries, 1784-1795. Moore Co, NC
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1795 Feb 2: Entered. 1796 Aug 13: Survey ordered. 1796 Aug 25: Survey. 1799 March 16: Issued. No. 1124. Grant 1076. Entry No. 1383. Book 101 pg 38 (or 30).  William Gowen receives 150 acres on both sides of Cranes Branch the waters of the Big Pocket Creek. Survey for William Goyne ordered for 150 acres joining his own line, and joining Robert Boaz (sp?) line, in Moore County, NC, ordered by James Mathews entry officer of claims for land in Moore County.  Survey indicates the 150 acres of land is adjacent to William Gowen’s former corner of 300 acres, and Boals’s (sp?) line and other corner. Chain Bearers: William Beriman, Stephen Beriman. Signed by surveyor: John Matthews. (Paperwork also spells name Goin and Goyen). Moore County, North Carolina. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G98N-HNG9?i=163&cat=170114

1799 June 7 – NC Archives, Title: File No. 1229, Henry Gowen
Parent Records: State Records; Secretary of State Record Group; Land Office: Land Warrants, Plats of Survey and Related Records; Moore County; Call Number: S.108.887; Frames: 71-77; Site: Archives Search Room (Raleigh); MARS Id: 12.14.90.1217 (Folder); Genres/Forms: Warrants, Plats; Index Terms: Geographic Names : Dry Creek – Personal Name: Gowen, Henry; Land Grant Info: Acres: 100 – Grant Number: 1181 – Issued: Jun, 7, 1799 – Entry Number: 1379 – Entered: Jan 12, 1795 – Book, Page: 102:240 – Location: On the South East side of dry fork
Moore Co, NC. http://lumbeeindiansandgoinsfamily.blogspot.com/2007/11/moore-county-nc-early-records.html Henry Gowen p 273 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98N-HNWM?i=181&cat=170114

1799 Henry Gowen 100a in Moore Co NC

1799 Henry Gowen 100a in Moore Co NC

1799 Henry Gowen 100a in Moore Co NC

1799 Henry Gowen 100a in Moore Co NC

1799 Nov 19 – NC Archives; Title: File No. 1124, William Gowen. Parent Records: State Records; Secretary of the State Record Group; Land Office: Land Warrants, Plats and Survey, Related Records; Moore County. Call Number: S.108.886; Frames: 808-813. Site: Archives Search Room (Raleigh). MARS Id: 12.14.90.1112 (Folder). Genres/Forms :Warrants, Plats. Index Terms: Geographic Names: Crains Creek – Personal Names: William Gowen. Land Grant Info: Acres: 150 – Grant Number: 1076 – Issued Mar 16, 1799 – Entry Number: 1383 – Entered: Feb 2, 1795 – Book Page: 101:38 – Location: On both sides of Cranes branch. Entered Nov 19, 1799 14 acres on the drains of the Big Pocket Creek to Levy GOYEN (NC Archives http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/archives/) Moore Co, NC. http://lumbeeindiansandgoinsfamily.blogspot.com/2007/11/moore-county-nc-early-records.html

1799 William Gowen 150 acres in Moore Co NC

1799 William Gowen 150 acres in Moore Co NC

1799 William Gowen 150 acres in Moore Co NC

1800 May 22 – (Survey) By Warrant No. 532 … for Levy Goyen 14 acres of land in Moore County on the drains of the Big Pocket Creek begining at a stake, Dowds & Cameron’s corner runing thence as Cameron’s line east 12 chains to his own corner of 100 acres. Thence along his own line north 23 chains and 50 links to Cofer’s corner, thence south 27 degrees west 25 chains to the beginning. 22 May 1800.
Signed: Neil McLeod, Surveyor.
Chain Carriers: Henry Goyen, William Elliot.
1800 June 10 – (Survey Order) – State of N Carolina, No. 532. To the surveyor of Moore Co, you are hereby required to surey lay off or cause to be surveyed and laid off for Levy Goyens 14 acres of land in the County afsd on the waters of the Big Pocket Creek joining his own lines entered the 19th day of November 1799 and two just and fair plans of such survey so to be made. Do your return to the Secretary’s office without delay or otherwise proceed therewith as the law directs.
Given under my hand this 10th day of June 1800. John McCullay, EJ. JP.
S.108.906 Moore County Land Grant Files 0136 – 0308, 1161 frames, Frame # 332-336.
File No. 0189, Levy Goyen
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1799 Levy Goyen 14 acres Moore Co NC

1799 Levy Goyen 14 acres Moore Co NC

1800 Goin, Allen 7 Person page 621 – US Census North Carolina – “Other Free” Census
Goin, Edward 6 Person page 599
Goin, Godrich 7 Person page 612
Goin, Hinnery 5 Moore County page 60
Goin, Levy 5 Moore County page 62
Goin, Oliva 2 Robeson County page 381
Goin, William 9 Moore County page 60
Going, Burgess 2 whites ( 1001-) Randolph page 353
Going, Isham 4 Orange County page 565
Going, Jacob 6 Stokes 495
Goins?, Judith 1 Nash County page 102
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1800 US Census in Moore Co, NC
Name: Levy Goin
Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Fayetteville, Moore, North Carolina
Number of All Other Free Persons: 5
Number of Household Members: 5
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1800 US Census in Moore Co, NC
Name: Hennery Goin
Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Fayetteville, Moore, North Carolina
Number of All Other Free Persons: 5
Number of Household Members: 5
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1800 US Census in Moore Co, NC
Name: William Goin
Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Fayetteville, Moore, North Carolina
Number of All Other Free Persons: 9
Number of Household Members: 9
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1800 March 20: Entered. 1800 Oct 30: Survey ordered. 1800 Nov 27: Survey. 1802 Aug 20: Issued. No. 1768. Grant No. 1646. Entry No. 630. Book 115 pg 144.  William Goyenrecd 230 acres on East side of Big Pocket Creek on the North side of the Dry Branch, adj William Goyen’s old land, being surplus land in his, William Goyen’s, old tract of 300 acres entred 20th of March 1800.  Chain Bearers: Daniel McDuffie, William Goyen, Junr. Surveyor: Neil McLeod. Moore County, North Carolina.

1802 Aug 20 entered and issued Aug, 20, 1802 230 acres on Pocket Creek to William GOYEN (NC Archives http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/archives/) Moore Co, NC. William Goyen p 451 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98N-HFYY?i=276&cat=170114  ,  http://lumbeeindiansandgoinsfamily.blogspot.com/2007/11/moore-county-nc-early-records.html

1802 William Goyen 220 acres Moore Co NC

1802 William Goyen 220 acres Moore Co NC

1802 William Goyen 220 acres Moore Co NC

1810 – Edward Goyne, Henry Goyne, Levi Goyne, William Goyne
1810 US Census, Moore Co, p 64:
EDWARD GOYNE: All other free persons=2
HENRY GOYNE: All other free persons=9
LEVI GOYNE: All other free persons=8
WILLIAM GOYNE: All other free persons=6
Moore Co, NC
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1810 US Census in Moore Co, NC
Name: William Goyne
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Moore, North Carolina
Number of All Other Free Persons: 6
Number of Household Members: 6
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1810 US Census in Moore Co, NC
Name: Henry Goyne
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Moore, North Carolina
Number of All Other Free Persons: 9
Number of Household Members: 9
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1810 US Census in Moore Co, NC
Name: Edward Goyne
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Moore, North Carolina
Number of All Other Free Persons: 2
Number of Household Members: 2
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1810 US Census in Moore Co, NC
Name: Levi Goyne
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Moore, North Carolina
Number of All Other Free Persons: 8
Number of Household Members: 8
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1812 – Edward Goings, William Goings
1812, War of: Sixth Co, Fourth Regiment, detached from the Moore Co Regiment:
Nathaniel Tucker, Capt
Neil Morrison, 1st Lt
EDWARD GOINGS
WILLIAM GOINGS
(Robinson, Blackwell P. A History of Moore Co, NC, 1747-1847, Moore Co Hist Assoc, 1956, p 210)  Moore Co, NC
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1820 – Edward Goins, Edwards Goins, John Goins
1820 Index to NC Census, supplemented from tax lists and other sources
GOINS:
–VE-fcp, p 20, Moore Co
EDWARD-fcp, p 2, Moore Co
EDWARDS-fcp, p 23, Moore Co
JOHN-fcp, p 41, Moore Co
Moore Co, NC
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1820 US Census in Moore Co, NC
Name: John Goines
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Moore, North Carolina
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
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1820 US Census in Moore Co, NC
Name: Levi Goins
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Moore, North Carolina
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Number of Persons – Engaged in Agriculture: 4
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1820 US Census in Moore Co, NC
Name: Edward Goins
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Moore, North Carolina
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Number of Persons – Engaged in Agriculture: 2
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1820 US Census in Moore Co, NC
Name: Edwards Goins
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Moore, North Carolina
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Number of Persons – Engaged in Agriculture: 2
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1830 US Census in Moore Co, NC
Name: Edward Goins
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Moore, North Carolina
Free Colored Persons – Males – Under 10: 2
Free Colored Persons – Males – 10 thru 23: 2
Free Colored Persons – Males – 36 thru 54: 1
Free Colored Persons – Females – Under 10: 2
Free Colored Persons – Females – 24 thru 35: 2
Total Free Colored Persons: 9
Total – All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 9
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1830 US Census in Moore Co, NC
Name: Levy Goins
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Moore, North Carolina
Free Colored Persons – Males – Under 10: 4
Free Colored Persons – Males – 10 thru 23: 1
Free Colored Persons – Males – 24 thru 35: 2
Free Colored Persons – Males – 55 thru 99: 1
Free Colored Persons – Females – Under 10: 4
Free Colored Persons – Females – 10 thru 23: 3
Free Colored Persons – Females – 24 thru 35: 3
Free Colored Persons – Females – 55 thru 99: 1
Total Free Colored Persons: 19
Total – All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 19
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1840 US Census in Moore Co, NC
Name: Hubbard Gowens
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Moore, North Carolina
Free Colored Persons – Males – Under 10: 3
Free Colored Persons – Males – 10 thru 23: 4
Free Colored Persons – Males – 36 thru 54: 1
Free Colored Persons – Females – Under 10: 2
Slaves – Males – Under 10: 1
Slaves – Males – 24 thru 35: 1
Slaves – Females – Under 10: 1
Slaves – Females – 24 thru 35: 2
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 4
Total Free Colored Persons: 10
Total Slaves: 5
Total All Persons – Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 15
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1840 US Census in Moore Co, NC
Name: Bob Gowens
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Moore, North Carolina
Free Colored Persons – Males – Under 10: 2
Free Colored Persons – Males – 24 thru 35: 1
Free Colored Persons – Females – Under 10: 2
Free Colored Persons – Females – 10 thru 23: 1
Free Colored Persons – Females – 24 thru 35: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 4
Total Free Colored Persons: 7
Total All Persons – Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 7
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1840 US Census in Moore Co, NC
Name: Neill Gowens
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Moore, North Carolina
Free Colored Persons – Males – Under 10: 1
Free Colored Persons – Males – 24 thru 35: 1
Free Colored Persons – Females – Under 10: 3
Free Colored Persons – Females – 24 thru 35: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 2
Total Free Colored Persons: 6
Total All Persons – Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 6
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1840 US Census in Moore Co, NC
Name: Neill Gowins
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Moore, North Carolina
Free Colored Persons – Males – Under 10: 2
Free Colored Persons – Males – 10 thru 23: 1
Free Colored Persons – Males – 24 thru 35: 1
Free Colored Persons – Females – Under 10: 1
Free Colored Persons – Females – 24 thru 35: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
Total Free Colored Persons: 6
Total All Persons – Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 6
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1840 US Census in Moore Co, NC
Name: John Gowins
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Moore, North Carolina
Free Colored Persons – Males – Under 10: 1
Free Colored Persons – Males – 36 thru 54: 1
Free Colored Persons – Females – Under 10: 2
Free Colored Persons – Females – 24 thru 35: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
Total Free Colored Persons: 5
Total All Persons – Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 5
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1850 US Census in Moore Co, NC
Name: Levi Goings
Age: 87
Birth Year: abt 1763
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Moore, North Carolina, USA
Race: Mulatto
Gender: Male
Family Number: 690
Household Members:
Name Age
Levi Goings 87
Amy Goings 77
Nutty Goings 47
Joseph Goings 10
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1850 US Census in Moore Co, NC
Name: James Goings
Age: 58
Birth Year: abt 1792
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Moore, North Carolina, USA
Race: Mulatto
Gender: Male
Family Number: 775
Household Members:
Name Age
James Goings 58
Andrew Goings 22
Henry Goings 21
Ursula Goings 15
Amy Goings 12
John Goings 8
James Goings 6
Mary Goings 4
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1850 US Census in Moore Co, NC
Name: William Goings
Age: 50
Birth Year: abt 1800
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Moore, North Carolina, USA
Race: Mulatto
Gender: Male
Family Number: 652
Household Members:
Name Age
William Goings 50
Martha Goings 39
Sarah A Goings 17
David Goings 13
Sidney Goings 11
Lucinda Goings 8
Elizabeth Goings 6
Andrew Goings 1
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1850 US Census in Moore Co, NC
Name: Neill Goings
Age: 37
Birth Year: abt 1813
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Moore, North Carolina, USA
Race: Mulatto
Gender: Male
Family Number: 691
Household Members:
Name Age
Neill Goings 37
Mary Goings 36
Delilah Goings 16
Amy Goings 15
Chaney Goings 12
Sarah Goings 10
Celia Goings 8
Catharine Goings 6
Eliza Goings 3
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1850 US Census in Moore Co, NC
Name: William Goins
Age: 27
Birth Year: abt 1823
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Moore, North Carolina, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 412
Household Members:
Name Age
John Morris 36
Candis Morris 34
Margaret Morris 14
Sarah Morris 11
Fanny Morris 7
William Goins 27
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1850 US Census in Moore Co, NC
Name: Robert Goins
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1827
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Moore, North Carolina, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 513
Household Members:
Name Age
Jordan Sloan 36
Sophia Sloan 40
John Sloan 14
Sarah Sloan 12
Nancy Sloan 9
Sophia Sloan 7
David Sloan 5
Jordan Sloan 2
Alvis Sloan 0
Robert Goins 23
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1850 US Census in Moore Co, NC
Name: George Goins
Age: 13
Birth Year: abt 1837
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Moore, North Carolina, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 507
Household Members:
Name Age
Sarah Thomas 45
Isabella C Thomas 20
Mary A Thomas 18
William A O Thomas 17
Emeline Thomas 15
Sarah E Thomas 12
Delitha Thomas 8
Delany Thomas 8
William Berryman 37
Eliza J Berryman 25
Ann E Berryman 8
Samantha Berryman 6
Alexander C Berryman 3
Louisa F Berryman 1
George Goins 13
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1850 US Census – Name: Thomas Goings
Gender: Male
Race: Mulatto
Age: 20
Birth Year: abt 1830
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Moore, North Carolina, USA
Married within the Year: Yes
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: Agriculture
Cannot Read, Write: Yes
Line Number: 37
Dwelling Number: 696
Family Number: 696
Household Members Age
Thomas Goings 20
Celecia Goings 27
Telitha Goings 8
James Goings 5
Green Goings 3
Henry Goings 2
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1850 US Census – Name: Mary Goings
Gender: Female
Race: Mulatto
Age: 42
Birth Year: abt 1808
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Moore, North Carolina, USA
Married within the Year: Yes
Cannot Read, Write: Yes
Line Number: 2
Dwelling Number: 697
Family Number: 697
Household Members Age
David Goings 23
Mary Goings 42
William H Goings 16
Eliza J Goings 13
Berry Goings 11
Emeline Goings 8
Eli Goings 6
Martecia Goings 3
Laurence Goings 0
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/12871507:8054

1850 US Census – Name: John Goings
Gender: Female
Age: 12
Birth Year: abt 1838
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Moore, North Carolina, USA
Line Number: 36
Dwelling Number: 534
Family Number: 534
Household Members Age
Archibald Harrington 30
Hesper A Harrington 19
Nancy J Harrington 3
Abner A Harrington 1
Henry Kelly 22
John Goings 12
Year: 1850; Census Place: Moore, North Carolina; Roll: 638; Page: 201b
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/12870617:8054?tid=&pid=&queryId=993265e7a12adbf39055f8803f8a4113&_phsrc=gIV100&_phstart=successSource

1850 US Census – Name: David Goings
Gender: Male
Race: Mulatto
Age: 14
Birth Year: abt 1836
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Moore, North Carolina, USA
Line Number: 5
Dwelling Number: 688
Family Number: 688
Household Members Age
Daniel Campbell 70
Nancy Campbell 69
James Campbell 28
Peter M Campbell 21
Margaret McCallum 70
David Goings 14
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/12871468:8054?tid=&pid=&queryId=993265e7a12adbf39055f8803f8a4113&_phsrc=gIV100&_phstart=successSource

1850 US Census – Name: Celecia Goings
Gender: Female
Race: Mulatto
Age: 27
Birth Year: abt 1823
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Moore, North Carolina, USA
Married within the Year: Yes
Cannot Read, Write: Yes
Line Number: 38
Dwelling Number: 696
Family Number: 696
Household Members Age
Thomas Goings 20
Celecia Goings 27
Telitha Goings 8
James Goings 5
Green Goings 3
Henry Goings 2
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/12871501:8054?tid=&pid=&queryId=993265e7a12adbf39055f8803f8a4113&_phsrc=gIV100&_phstart=successSource

1850 US Census – Name: Levi Goings
Gender: Male
Race: Mulatto
Age: 26
Birth Year: abt 1824
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Moore, North Carolina, USA
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: Agriculture
Real Estate: 50
Cannot Read, Write: Yes
Line Number: 24
Dwelling Number: 693
Family Number: 693
Household Members Age
Levi Goings 26
Mary Goings 25
Flora A Goings 2
Jennet Goings 1
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/12871487:8054?tid=&pid=&queryId=993265e7a12adbf39055f8803f8a4113&_phsrc=gIV100&_phstart=successSource

1850 US Census Name: Rachel Goings
Gender: Female
Age: 73
Birth Year: abt 1777
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Moore, North Carolina, USA
Line Number: 33
Dwelling Number: 694
Family Number: 694
Household Members Age
John Goings 58
Lydia Goings 45
John Goings 21
Benjamin Goings 18
Lydia Goings 14
Rachel Goings 73
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/12871496:8054?tid=&pid=&queryId=11090cef262ffe2a267a448d3a380bce&_phsrc=gIV101&_phstart=successSource

1850 US Census – Name: Mary Goings
Gender: Female
Race: Mulatto
Age: 42
Birth Year: abt 1808
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Moore, North Carolina, USA
Married within the Year: Yes
Cannot Read, Write: Yes
Line Number: 2
Dwelling Number: 697
Family Number: 697
Household Members Age
David Goings 23
Mary Goings 42
William H Goings 16
Eliza J Goings 13
Berry Goings 11
Emeline Goings 8
Eli Goings 6
Martecia Goings 3
Laurence Goings 0
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/12871507:8054?tid=&pid=&queryId=11090cef262ffe2a267a448d3a380bce&_phsrc=gIV101&_phstart=successSource

1850 US Census – Name: Elizabeth Goings
Gender: Female
Race: Mulatto
Age: 46
Birth Year: abt 1804
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Moore, North Carolina, USA
Line Number: 22
Dwelling Number: 692
Family Number: 692
Household Members Age
Elizabeth Goings 46
Barbara Goings 2
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/12871485:8054?tid=&pid=&queryId=11090cef262ffe2a267a448d3a380bce&_phsrc=gIV101&_phstart=successSource

1850 US Census – Name: Martha Goings
Gender: Female
Race: Mulatto
Age: 25
Birth Year: abt 1825
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Moore, North Carolina, USA
Line Number: 34
Dwelling Number: 695
Family Number: 695
Household Members Age
Martha Goings 25
Wiley Goings 7
Haywood Goings 3
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/12871497:8054?tid=&pid=&queryId=11090cef262ffe2a267a448d3a380bce&_phsrc=gIV101&_phstart=successSource

1850 US Census – Name: Lucy Goings
Gender: Female
Race: Mulatto
Age: 29
Birth Year: abt 1821
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Moore, North Carolina, USA
Cannot Read, Write: Yes
Line Number: 21
Dwelling Number: 699
Family Number: 699
Household Members Age
Lucy Goings 29
Mary A Goings 10
Rebecca Goings 8
Lucian Goings 3
Edmund Goings 2 
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/12871526:8054?tid=&pid=&queryId=11090cef262ffe2a267a448d3a380bce&_phsrc=gIV101&_phstart=successSource

1852 – Levi Goines files his application for his Revolutionary War Pension (see above 1780 when he volunteers.)

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From Gowen Manuscript:  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gowenrf/Gowenms096.htm

Edward Goings was married about 1810 to Celia Cofer in Moore County, according to Cindy Goins Hoelscher. Celia Cofer is identified as the daughter of William Cofer and Margaret[?] Cofer by Karen Mathieson.

William Cofer was born about 1750 and was married about 1780, wife’s name Margaret[?]. He died in Moore County about 1805. Children born to them include:

Henry Cofer born October 2, 1783
William Cofer born about 1785
Robert Cofer born about 1788
Chanea Cofer born about 1790
Celia Cofer born about 1793

Edward Goins reported as “a man of culture and a noted teacher and educator, supposedly fought in the War of 1812,” according to Cheryl Allen, Foundation Member of Boise, Idaho.

Celia Cofer Goins died before 1850 in Moore County [or Chatham County.

Children born to Edward Goings and Celia Cofer Goings include:

William Goins born about 1814

Cheryl Allen, wrote in March 1993: “My ggg-grandfather, William Goins was born about 1814 in North Carolina and was married to Kiza [Keziah?] Sinkler [St. Clair, Sinclair?]. I assume his parents were Edward Goins and Celia Cofer Goins.”

Keziah “Kizzie” St. Clair was born about 1815 to Duncan Sinclair who was born January 1, 1782 in Scotland. John Sinclair, father of Duncan, emigrated to Moore County where the family was living in 1790, according to Karen Masterson.
Duncan Sinclair was remarried about 1830 to Charity “Cherry” Phillips. They lived at Cedar Falls, North Carolina in Randolph County where Duncan Sinclair died June 27, 1856.

Children born to Duncan Sinclair and Charity “Cherry” Phillips Sinclair include:

Lydia Sinclair born about 1832
Catherine Sinclair born about 1834
Sibbarah “Sibby” Sinclair born about 1836
Patsy Sinclair born about 1839
Flora Sinclair born about 1841
Duncan Sinclair, Jr. born about 1844
Charles C. Sinclair born about 1847
George Washington Sinclair born about 1851

Dr. Virginia Easley DeMarce wrote:

“In the matter of continued intermarriages with whites, see for example Eli Wadsworth’s affidavit, ‘Daniel Goins‘ Genealogy,’ 21, stating that ‘his grandfather, William Goins was mixt , his grand mother Patsey Petty was white . . . her great grand father Edward Goins ‘was slitly mixt about an eight[h] her grandmother Celia Cofer white, her father William Goins verry slitly mixt, her mother Kisiah Sinclare white,'” according to the “National Genealogical Society Quarterly,” Volume 80, Number 1, March 1992. It contained the article by Dr. DeMarce entitled, “Verry Slitly Mixt’: Tri-Racial Isolate Families of the Upper South–A Genealogical Study,” page 27.”

William Goins and Keziah “Kezzie” Sinclair Goins lived in Moore and adjoining Chatham County in the Pocket Creek area until after the Civil War. They removed to Indiana where Keziah “Kezzie” Sinclair Goins died. He then removed to Kansas.

Children born to William Goins and Keziah Sinclair Goins in­clude:

Margaret Goins born about 1838
Duncan Goins born about 1839
Edward D. Goins born about 1840
Reed Goins born about 1841
Thomas Goins born about 1842
Richard Goins born about 1844
George Goins born about 1846
Colon Goins born about 1848
William Baxter Goins born about 1850
Sally Goins born about 1852
Alice Goins born about 1854
Joseph Goins born about 1857

Margaret Goins, daughter of William Goins and Keziah Sinclair Goins, was born about 1838 in Moore County. She was married in 1856 to William Daniel Goins. For details of their lives, see his section.

Duncan Goins, son of William Goins and Keziah Sinclair Goins, was born about 1839. He was killed during the Civil War.

Edward D. Goins, of William Goins and Keziah Sinclair Goins, was born about 1840. He enlisted in the Thirtieth North Carolina Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. He removed to Indiana where he was married to Mary Jane Wicker. Later he removed to Oregon where he was remarried to Clara Butcher. Children born to Edward D. Goins, Mary Jane Wicker Goins and Clara Butcher Goins are unknown.

Reed Goins, son of William Goins and Keziah Sinclair Goins, was born about 1841, according to Cheryl Allen, a descendant. He was married in 1869 to Harriett Pridgeon and removed to Oregon. Children born to Reed Goins and Harriett Pridgeon Goins are unknown.

Thomas Goins, son of William Goins and Keziah Sinclair Goins, was born about 1842. He was married to Elizabeth C. Pridgeon in 1867 at Nash, North Carolina. Children born to Thomas Goins and Elizabeth C. Pridgeon are unknown.

Richard Goins, son of William Goins and Keziah Sinclair Goins, was born about 1844 in Moore County.

George Goins, son of William Goins and Keziah Sinclair Goins, was born about 1846. After the Civil War, he removed to Mississippi.

Colon Goins, son of William Goins and Keziah Sinclair Goins, was born about 1848.

William Baxter Goins, son of William Goins and Keziah Sin­clair Goins, was born about 1850 in Moore County. He re­moved to Kansas where he was married to Sarah Wood in 1873. Children born to William Baxter Goins and Sarah Wood Goins are unknown.

Sally Goins, daughter of William Goins and Keziah Sinclair Goins, was born about 1852. She died in Indiana in 1876.

Alice Goins, daughter of William Goins and Keziah Sinclair Goins, was born about 1854. She died in 1925 in Brazil, Indi­ana unmarried.

Joseph Goins, son of William Goins and Keziah Sinclair Goins, was born about 1857. He was killed in Brazil, Indiana in 1893, according to Cheryl Allen.
==O==
Edward Goins, “free colored” was listed as the head of a household in the 1820 census of Moore County, page 2, ac.­cording to “Index to the 1820 census of North Carolina.”
==O==
Edward Goins, free colored, was listed as the head of a household in the 1820 census of Moore County, page 23, ac­cording to “Index to the Census of North Carolina.”
==O==
Edward Goins and William Goins were enlisted in the 6th Company, 4th Regiment [detached from the Moore Regiment], Capt. Nathiel Tucker, commanding, according to the 1812 muster roll of the regiment.
==O==
John Goins, free colored, was listed as the head of a household in the 1820 census of Moore County, page 23, according to “Index to the 1820 Census of North Carolina.”

John Goins, a farmer appeared in the 1840 census of Moore County, page 195, as the head of a free colored household:

“Goins, John free colored male 36-55
free colored female 24-36
free colored male 0-10
free colored female 0-10
free colored female 0 10”
==O==
Samuel G. Goins, born December 6, 1907-died December 18, 1980 and his wife, Lou R. Goins, born October 6, 1914-died March 28, 1974 were buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery at West End, North Carolina.
==O==
“Goins, —-ve, free colored,” was listed as the head of a household in the 1820 census of Moore County, page 20, ac­cording to “Index to the Census of North Carolina.”
==O==
Hubbard Gowens, free colored, was listed as the head of a household in the 1840 census of Moore County, page 200. Of the eight members in the household, four were engaged in agriculture. The family consisted of:

“Gowens, Hubbard free colored male 36-55
free colored female 10-24
free colored female 10-24
free colored female 10-24
free colored female 10-24
free colored male 0-10
free colored female 0-10
free colored male 0-10
free colored female 0-10
free colored male 0-10”
==O==
Bob Gowens, free colored, was listed as the head of a house­hold in the 1840 census of Moore County, page 199. Of the seven members in the household, four were engaged in agri­culture. The family consisted of:

“Gowens, Bob free colored male 24-36
free colored female 24-36
free colored female 10-24
free colored male 0-10
free colored male 0-10
free colored female 0-10
free colored female 0-10”
==O==
Neill Gowens, free colored, was listed as the head of a house­hold in the 1840 census of Moore County, page 198. Of the six members in the household, one was engaged in agricul­ture. The family consisted of:

“Gowens, Neill free colored male 24-36
free colored female 24-36
free colored male 0-10
free colored female 0-10
free colored female 0-10
free colored female 0-10”

He may have been enumerated twice. “Neill Gowens, free colored” was listed as the head of a household in the 1840 census of Moore County, page 195. He was shown as a farmer. The family consisted of:

Gowens, Neill free colored male 24-36
free colored female 24-36
free colored male 10-24
free colored male 0-10
free colored male 0-10
free colored male 0-10
free colored female 0-10″
==O==
Sonia Parsons Haga wrote April 25, 1997:

“My granny has a book on Moore County, North Carolina census records and one on cemetery records. Both include Waldens and Goins who apparently stayed closely together. They were described as Mulatto, Melungeon or Free Colored, depending on who you talked to. There is a Goins-Walden Cemetery. In the early 1900s, my family was living in the black section of High Point, North Carolina “on the tracks” as I was told. The Walden family supposedly came from Southampton County, Virginia via Chatham, Moore, Randolph and Guilford Counties, North Carolina. The surname was originally Chavis and was changed to Walden. The first was John Chavis who became John Chavis Walden.”

“Ancient Records of Moore County, North Carolina” by Rassie Wicker describes The Goins, Chavis and Walden families:

“The racial origin of the Goings [Goins], Chavis and Waldon[en] families is as mysterious and debatable as that of the Robeson County [Lumbee] Indians. These two people have much in common, especially if the older generation is considered, in both physical appearance and social habits. Within the recollection of the writer, which reaches back some seventy years, they were a people apart; a clannish set who married within their own tribes, and seldom associated with either whites or Negroes. In later years, there has been extensive intermarriage with the Negro race, to the extent that some families bearing those names are as black as pot, while others would be classified as light mulatto, and still retains the distinct physiognomy of their ancestors. This is especially true of the Goingses.

The 1790 census lists only two Goings families in the state; both in Moore County. Both families were headed by William Goings, but one family was white, while the other is entered along with the Lockileers, Oxendines and others of the Robeson county Indians. That these two entries are not mere duplicates is proven by the fact that the white William Goings was later made a Justice of the Peace. What became of this family, the writer has been unable to determine.

In the 1790’s, there were six Chavis families in Cumberland; one in Currituck, one in Granville but none in Moore County. This clan seems to have been the more capable and intelligent of the three. Of them; John Chavis, acquired an education; was a licensed Presbyterian minister, and conducted two schools in Raleigh for several years; one for negroes and the other for white children, the latter being patronized by the better families in the Capitol City. All these Chavis families were entered in the census on par with the Goings and Waldons.

Of the Waldons, the 1790 census lists three families in Northampton and one each Warren, Sampson and Martin counties, but none in Moore.

Some years ago there appeared an article in the “Saturday Evening Post” concerning a band of people living on the Clinch River in north-central Tennessee in exactly the same manner as the Robeson County Indians. In fact, by changing a few minor paragraphs, one could well have supposed the writer was relating the story of the Lumbees. These people, who called themselves “Malungins” had their own schools and churches as did the Lumbees at that time.”
==O==
Adolph Dial wrote in “The Only Land I Know: A History of the Lumbee Indians:”

“Harrassment of Lumbees in the antebellum period was both legal and economic. In 1835 Charles Oxendine, a Lumbee, physically attacked Alfred Lowry, another Lumbee, and was taken to court on charges of assault and battery, trespassing, and disturbing the peace. Oxendine pleaded guilty and was fined fifteen dollars, which he was unable to pay.

Invoking an 1831 law, the judge then ruled that since the defendant could not pay his fine, the sheriff of the county should ‘Hire him out to any person who will pay the fine for his services for the shortest space of time.’ Oxendine, believing that the law which permitted the practice of ‘hiring out’ violated his rights as a free man and was therefore unconstitutional, appealed his case to the North Carolina Supreme Court,

In the Case of the State Vs. Oxendine the Supreme Court evaded the question of the validity of the law, on a technical point. It ruled that the penalty of ‘hiring out’ could be imposed only when the defendant had been ‘convicted’ of a violation of the criminal laws of the state. The court further decreed that a ‘conviction’ only occurred when there was a confession or a trial in which the facts of the case were argued. Because, Oxendine pleaded guilty, he was not technically convicted. [page 44].”

Court Records:

Bill of Sale and Power of Attorney bill of sale 1785-1795: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/169719?availability=Family%20History%20Library
(No index – at first half of Wills A section – need to go page by page)
1) County Court Minutes Aug 1784-May 1787 pp 1-148
2) Bills of Sale, Power of Atty 1785-1795, pp 149-179, 300-312.
3) Wills 1783-1817, pp 180-299
4) Inventories, Sales, ppp. 313-362
5) Mis 1785-1818 pp 363-382

Minutes v. A-B 1784-1822: https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008189220?cat=170028 (1784-1822 – no index seen, go page by page)

Minutes 1784-1795: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-L9ZW-9?i=6&cat=170028

Working backwards – found following entry:

1794 Feb 17 – A deed from William Goyne to Andrew Cole was duly proved in open court by the oath of Robert Beals a subscribing witness.
Minutes, v. A-B 1784-1847 pg. 436
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-L9C5-B?i=257&cat=170028

(Need to continue searching backwards from above entry back towards front of book)

Minutes 1823-1831: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-L9CP-4?i=322&cat=170028 (no index seen, go page by page)

Minutes 1844-1847: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-L9CJ-8?i=528&cat=170028 (no index seen, go page by page)

Minutes v. H, J, 1847-1858: https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008531219?cat=170028

LAND:

Land Entries 1784-1795: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/347939?availability=Family%20History%20Library
(No index seen – reviewed – Henry Gowen 1795 entry found)

Record of Grants, 1787-1965: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/170114?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Gs Index: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G98N-HX5P?i=10&cat=170114
Henry Gowen p 273 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98N-HNWM?i=181&cat=170114
William Gowen p. 243 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G98N-HNG9?i=163&cat=170114
William Goyen p 451 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98N-HFYY?i=276&cat=170114

Deeds: 1880-1966: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/170426?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Wills and estate papers (Moore County), 1663-1978: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/457074?availability=Family%20History%20Library
(loose papers – arranged by alpha)

Wills, 1783-1817, inventories and estate sales: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/169847?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Wills, 1818-1915; indexes, 1793-1965, 1793-1965: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/169677?availability=Family%20History%20Library
(Wills are not in order of index pages – so not able to check easily, will need to go page by page)

Goins Devisor index: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9GHL-9Q7B?i=86&cc=1867501&cat=169677
(nothing until 1936 ???)

Gs Devisee index starts here: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-LGHL-97MJ?i=366&cc=1867501&cat=169677
(No Goins till 1936).
Elizabeth Gains – Mary Montgomery – bk B, p 37
Elizabeth Gains – James exr – Sarah Denson – bk B, p 135
John W Guion al – Eliza Williams 1818 bk A, p 366

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