Virginia – Henrico County – 1700s to early 1800s

(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)

Henrico Co Va map

Counties to Search in area:

People in Henrico Co, Va:

James Gowing deed fr Abraham Childers in 1736 (decd in 1750 deed record)
Michael Gawen deed in 1743
David Gawen m. Elizabeth – deed from Michael Gawen in 1765 will in 1803 names children and grandchildren
- Agnes “Agatha” Goyne m. Patrick Childress in 1797 on David’s 1803 will
- Milley Going m John Harlow in 1792
- Mary Going m. Meredith Childers in 1791
- David Gowin Jr. noted on own tithe in 1785
  - David Gowin m. Mary, grdson of David’s 1803 will
    - Elizabeth Goyne in fathers 1833 will
    - Mary Goyne in fathers 1833 will
    - Parmelia Goyne in fathers 1833 will
    - John Goyne in fathers 1833 will
    - Spencer Goyne in fathers 1833 will
    - William Goyne in fathers 1833 will
    - Fleming Goyne in fathers 1833 will
    - David Goyne in fathers 1833 will
    - Grandville Goyne in fathers 1833 will
    - Washington Goyne in fathers 1833 will
John Gawen wits deed of Michael Gawen conveying to David Gawin in 1765
Edmund Goin tithe in 1744
Henry Going m. Susannah Freeson in 1764
William Going takes in orphan fr vestry in 1771
Agnes Going pd tithe in 1787 on self and 16-21 yr son John Going
- John Going conf 16-21 yrs old on Agnes Going 1787 tithe
Elizabeth Goyne marries John Vaughan in 1787
Joseph Goins m. Millie Loving in 1790
Anne Goine m. Dudley Miner in 1795

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Henrico County, Virginia Facts and Information:

1686 – John Gawin’s former servant – John Marshall: In 1686 we find John Marshall, a former servant of Mr. John Gawin, of York County, engaged in a game with Joseph Bascom, in which the latter lost a wager of five pounds sterling, a sum equal in purchasing power to one hundred and twenty-five dollars in American currency, a proof of how far the gambling went even among persons of very moderate means. In the course of the same year a game took place between Captain Soane and Richard Dearlove, of Henrico county, in which ten puts were played for a stake of fifteen hundred pounds of tobacco. Soane was successful, but as Dearlove refused to pay when called upon, a suit was entered against him in court. 18 In 1690 Allanson Clerk, of the same county, who had won four pounds sterling of Peter Rowlett in a game of put, was thrown out of court because, when the game was played, no sum was placed in the hands of a stakeholder, or regular contract to pay such a sum was drawn up, as required by law to give the betting a legal footing. 19 . . . 16 York County Records, Vol. 1675-84, orig., p. 328. “York County Records, Vol. 1684-7, p. 144, Va. St. Libr. 18 Henrico County Records, Vol. 1677-92, orig., p. 300. “Henrico County Minute Book, 1682-1701, p. 279, Va’. St. Libr. https://archive.org/stream/sociallifeofvirg00bruc/sociallifeofvirg00bruc_djvu.txt

1731 Sept 17 – Ralph Jackson
Jackson, Ralph. Grantee
Location: Henrico County
Description: 340 acres on the north side of Swift Creek; adjoing. the land of Henry his own, Henry Walthall, Francis Maybury &c.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 14, 1728-1732 (pt.1 & 2), p. 338 (Reel 11).
Henrico Co, Va.
http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=338&last=&g_p=P14&collection=LO Patent

1736 April 14 – Abraham Childers to James Gowing p. 546, 547 Henrico County, Va. County Records 1725-1737
… in consideration of 10 pounds current money … unto the said James Gowins …. 100 acres .… in Henrico County… beginning at a corner pine of Robert Mosely thence on the said line east … to a corner white oak standing in the said line thence … to a corner butterwood standing in the side of the upper Brook thence down the west side of the said Brook … to a corner pine of John Childers standing on the East side of the said Brook… Signed: Abraham Childers. Wit: Hutchins Burton, George Freeman. Proved up on May 3, 1736 …
… Know all men by these presents that I Abraham Childers of Henrico County do owe and stand justly indebted unto James Gowin … the full and just sum of 50 pounds current money … to be paid to the said James Gowin …
The condition of this obligation is such that if the within bounded Abraham Childers …
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/30054487?h=9307e4 (p 546)
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/30054496?h=88c4cb (p 547)

1736 April 14 Abraham Childers to James Gowing in Henrico Co Va 546 p1 marked snip

1736 April 14 Abraham Childers to James Gowing in Henrico Co Va 546 p2 marked snip

1736 Aug 2 – Jas. Vaughan of H. Co Gent sells Wm Kennon of same Co. Gent, for L109.4.5, 11 negro slaves. Signed James Vaughan. Wit. Thos Eldridge, Geo Willson, Geo Robertson. Recd 1st Mon in Oct 1736. Henrico Co, Va.
http://interactive.ancestry.com/29401/dvm_LocHist013234-00024-1/45?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fgst%3d-6&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults&rc=299,1820,474,1862;474,1819,717,1873#?imageId=dvm_LocHist013234-00044-1

1736 – Col. Jas. Vaughan Henrico Co, Va. 7 levies paid by inspector’s note. Henrico Co, Va
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1736 – Edward Haskins. Dr. 1736. 5 Levys. 950 acres. Clks fees. Store debt. To arrest Ralph Jackson. To Geo Robinson’s Levy. Pd by cash to Mr. Coupland and by tobo. Henrico, Va.
http://interactive.ancestry.com/29401/dvm_LocHist013234-00024-1/45?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fgst%3d-6&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults&rc=299,1820,474,1862;474,1819,717,1873#?imageId=dvm_LocHist013234-00012-0

1736 Ralph Jackson – 2 levies. 340 acres. To Col. Bolling for 2 surveys 1000 lb tobo. Cash lent you and rum 12/8. Store debt. Your order to Joseph Jackson. Cash pd Wm Davis on your order. Last yrs a/c. Paid. “By Dale Parrish for Hobby”. By Mr. Brooks order. “By Jno Nash for 1 survey pd Col Bolling he having sold 300 acres Land to sd Nash”. By tobo and an Inspector’s note at Warwick. Henrico Co, Va.
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1737 May 13 – Abraham Childers to Thomas Bates p. 632 Henrico County, Va. County Records 1725-1737
… confirm unto the said Thomas Bates … land containing 200 acres … in Henrico County … part the the same tract whereon the said Childers now liveth granted by patent to the said Childers and the said 200 acres of land is bounded … a corner of the tract of land which the said Abraham Childers sold to James Going and running thence along the said Goings line …..Signed: Abraham Childers, Elizabeth Childers. WIts: William Street, Richard Cotrall.
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/30054513?h=7790c4

1737 May 30 p. 632. 30 May 1737 Abraham Childers of County & Parish of Henrico, to Thomas Bates bounded by Gowing Henrico Co Va marked snip 1

1737 May 30 p. 632. 30 May 1737 Abraham Childers of County & Parish of Henrico, to Thomas Bates bounded by Gowing Henrico Co Va marked snip 2

1743 June 30 – Michael Gawin receives 400 acres begg. &c. being a corner of William Harlows first survey. Henrico Co, Va
… do give grant and confirm unto Michael Gawin one certain tract or parcel of land containing 400 acres lying and being in the County of Henrico and bounded … beginning at a corner of 3 small oaks & several pointers being a corner of William Harlows first survey thence on his line South … on a branch of Farras Branch …
Land Office Patents No. 21, 1742-1743 (v.1 & 2 p.1-674), p. 424 (Reel 19).
https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/altrmk/alma990007576100205756

1743 Michael Gawin 400 acres in Henrico Co Va p 1 snip

1743 Michael Gawin 400 acres in Henrico Co Va p 2 snip

1743 June 30 – Thomas Harlow receives a grant on the same day as Michael Gawen for 327 acres (very next page in book as Michael Gawen’s grant). Thomas Harlow’s grant also is adjacent to William Harlow’s land. Thomas Harlow’s grant also places the land in the corner of Henrico, Hanover and Goochland Counties, Virginia – helping to place where they were living in Henrico County, Va.

1743 Thomas Harlow 327 acres adj to William Harlow and near Henrico Hanover Goochland Cos corner in Henrico Co Va

1744 June – Edmund Goin, 1 tithe King William Parish (served Henrico and Goochland Co., Virginia).
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1745 March 6 James Conway to James Young, adj land of John Lacy, Christo John Thomas, near Deep Run, 70 acres. Signed: James Conaway. Wit: James Gunne, Richard Deane, John Lacy. County Records, 1744-1750. pg 288. Henrico Co, Va.
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9085/007645051_00341?pid=392725&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D9085%26h%3D392725%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DTqH762%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=TqH762&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=007645096_00214

1745 March 6 – James Conaway to James Young, land where James Conaway now livith, adj land of John Lacey, and Christ John Thomas, containing 70 acres . . . Signed: James Conaway. Wit: James Gunne, Richard Deane, John Lacy. County Records, 1744-1750. pg. 129. Henrico Co, Va. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9085/007645051_00341?pid=392725&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D9085%26h%3D392725%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DTqH762%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=TqH762&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=007645096_00106

1745 Nov 4 – John White Jr 217 acres to Robert Cook, land on N side of James River, on John Gunn’s and Capt James Youngs and John White’s lines, corner of Nathaniel Vandewall, Henry Brazeal’s branch, part of a tract of land of 317 acres granted to the said White by patent at Williamsburg on July 30, 1742. Signature: John White. Wits: J Nayles, John White. County Records, 1744-1750. pg. 93 Henrico Co, Va. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9085/007645051_00341?pid=392725&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D9085%26h%3D392725%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DTqH762%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=TqH762&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=007645096_00071

1750 Feb 4 – John Williamson Gent of Henrico to John White of Hanover, land recd by the Last Will and Testament of James Gowing decd who bargained with James Young for the same . . . the said Young transferred to John White by deed in Henrico Co for 100 acres . . . Signed: John Williamson. Wits: John Willliamson Jr, Julius Allen, John Bryan. County Records 1750-67. pg. 46. Henrico Co, Va
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/30054539?h=79ff3e

1750 Feb 4 Williamson to White w James Gowing will mentioned in Henrico Co Va

1752 Sept 15 – David Staples grantee – Description: 400 acres begg. at a corner pine of Michael Goings thence on Orphants line; south &c. to a corner white oak on Farrars Branch. Va. Land Grant – Henrico County.
Land Office Patents No. 31, 1751-1756 (v.1 & 2 p.1-751), p. 193 (Reel 29).
https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/altrmk/alma990008259140205756

1752 Va Henrico Co Michael Going living adj to Staples and Orphant 1

1752 Va Henrico Co Michael Going living adj to Staples and Orphant 2

1752 Va Henrico Co Michael Going living adj to Staples and Orphant 3

1764 July 22 – Name: Henry Going
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 22 Jul 1764
Marriage Place: St James Northam Parish, Goochland, Virginia
Spouse: Susannah Freeson
FHL Film Number: 975.5 V2D
Ancestry.com. Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014.
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60214&h=1031466&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=kUu4216&_phstart=successSource

1765 March 20 – Michael Gawen of North Carolina, county of Baute to David Gawin of Henrico Co, Va, conveys 400 acres in Henrico County, bounded by corner of William Harlow’s first survey . . .
Wits: David Bowles, John Thompson, John Gowin.
Henrico Co, Va. County Records, 1750-1767. pg 915.
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/30054553?h=0cb779 (p 915)
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/30054559?h=d16b7a (p 916)

1765 March Michael Gawin of North Carolina to David Gawin of Henrico 400 acres Henrico County 1750 to 1767 p 915 p 1 marked snip

1765 March Michael Gawin of North Carolina to David Gawin of Henrico 400 acres Henrico County 1750 to 1767 p 915 p 2 marked snip

1765 March Michael Gawin of North Carolina to David Gawin of Henrico 400 acres Henrico County 1750 to 1767 p 915 p 3 marked snip

1769 Nov Samuel Liggon to John Wilson, 200 acres adj to William Wards line, David Gowen’s line, William Hardin’s line, Richard Loving’s line.
Henrico Co, Va (134) County Records, 1767-1787. p. 211
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/30054600?h=f6948b

1770 Oct 25 – David Going and Elizabeth his wife of Henrico Co and Edward Barnett of Henrico, 100 acres.
between David Going & Eliza his wife on the one part of Henrico County and Edward Barnet of Henrico County of the other part .. in consideration of the sum of 21 pounds … paid by the said Edward Barnett … confirm unto the said Edward Barnett … land containing 100 acres … in the County of Henrico & in the fork of Fariers Branch partly bounded by the lines of John Harton & Nathan Dunaway & The Hundre Stores …
Signed: David Gowin
Wit: David Bowles, Randel Loving, Joseph Matthews
Henrico Co, Va County Records, 1767-1787 pg. 260.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9P6-K997?i=174&cat=397197

1771 July 8 – William Going
Henrico Parish Vestrybook – entry: pg. 145 (see link below)
To the Church Wardens, for William Going for taking Shadrach Vaughan, Orphan, as apprentice, and indemnifying them from any farther charge in bringing up the said child. 250pounds. Henrico Parish, Va.
http://www.mesarfhc.org/books/Vestry%20Book,%20Henrico%20Parish/975.5453%20K2.pdf p. 145

1784 Henrico Co Va.
David Going 1 tithe [frame 57]
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Henrico.htm

1785 Henrico Co Va
David Going 1 tithe 7 horses [frame 73]
David Going Jr. 1 tithe
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Henrico.htm

1786 Henrico Co Va
David Gowin Jr. 1 tithe 1 horse [frame 90]
John Gowin 1 16-21 year old tithe
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Henrico.htm

1787B Henrico Co Va
David Going (exempt) 1 horse [frame 124]
David Going Jr 1 tithe, 2 horses 6 cattle
Agnes Going John Going (16-21 year old tithe)
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Henrico.htm

1787 Jan 29 – John Vaughan marries Elizabeth Goyne in Henrico County, Va
Name: John Vaughan. Spouse: Elizabeth Goyne
Marriage Date: 29 Jan 1787
Marriage Location: Henrico County, Virginia
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1788A Henrico Co Va
David Going Jr 1 tithe [frame 142]
David Going (exempt) 1 horse
Agnes Going 2 horses [frame 143]
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Henrico.htm

1789B Henrico Co Va
David Going exempt 1 horse [frame 195]
David Going Jr 1 tithe
Agnes Going John Going 1 tithe 2 horses
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Henrico.htm

1790A Henrico Co Va
David Going exempt 1 horse [frame 217]
John & Agnes Going 1 tithe 2 horses
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Henrico.htm

1790 – Joseph Goins was married about 1790 to Millie Loving [Lovin, Loven?]
who was born in 1770 in Scotland, according to Rev. Taylor. She was brought to America at the age of six by an aunt who settled in Charleston, South Carolina.
William P. Grohse stated that she was born in Bedford County in 1772 to James Loving who was born in 1749 to Abraham Loving. Millie Loving Goins lost three uncles in the Revolutionary War.
Richard Loving was a witness to the marriage of Mary Going to Meredith Childers December 12, 1791 in Henrico County.

1791B Henrico Co Va
Agnes Going John Going 1 tithe 2 horses
David Going Jr 1 tithe 1 horse [frame 271]
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Henrico.htm

1791 Dec 23 – Name: Mary Goyne
Spouse: Meredith Childers
Marriage Date: 23 Dec 1791
Marriage Location: Henrico County, Virginia
Dodd, Jordan. Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3002&h=119600&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=kUu4223&_phstart=successSource

1792 Sept 21 – Name: Milley Going
Spouse: John Harlow
Marriage Date: 21 Sep 1792
Marriage Location: Henrico County, Virginia
Dodd, Jordan. Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3002&h=19656&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=kUu4225&_phstart=successSource

1795 Dec 22 – Name: Anne Goine
Spouse: Dudley Miner
Marriage Date: 22 Dec 1795
Marriage Location: Henrico County, Virginia
Dodd, Jordan. Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3002&h=19872&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=kUu4223&_phstart=successSource

1797 Dec 12 – (Marriage date) – Patrick Childress: Widow’s declaration dated Aug. 1860. County of Augusta. Patrick Childress’ widow was then aged about 80 years old and resident of Waynesboro. Her husband was drafted in Louisa County in August 1813. She was married to said Patrick Childress on 12 Dec. 1797 in Henrico County and her name before marriage was Nancy Going (or Goyne). Her husband died in Augusta County in 1856 and she is still a widow.
Henrico Co, Va. (Footnote 1 below):
In Marriages of Henrico County Virginia 1680-1808 by Joyce H Lindsay, the marriage of Patrick Childers and Nancy Goyne, daughter of Agnes Goyne, is shown on page 17, with the same date as above.
Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly. Number 4. pg 97. (Widows Declaration in Augusta Co, Va in 1860).
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/295108?token=eafc6fef886bf7ad7ab78af7858dff530992e07a3f879399279c2ee5243dded6

1797 Dec 12 – Name: Nancy Goyne
Spouse: Patrick Childers
Marriage Date: 12 Dec 1797
Marriage Location: Henrico County, Virginia
Dodd, Jordan. Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3002&h=119950&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=kUu4223&_phstart=successSource

1799A Henrico Co Va
Agness Gowing 97 acres [p.7]
David Gowing 100 acres [p.8]
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Henrico.htm

1800 A Henrico Co Va
Agness Going 97 acres [p.7]
David Going 100 acres [p.8]
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Henrico.htm

1801B Henrico Co Va
David Going Jr 1 tithe, 1 horse [frame 445]
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Henrico.htm

1802A Henrico Co Va
David Gowing Junr 1 horse
David Gowing Senr 1 horse (exempt)
Agnes Gowing 97 acres land tax
David Gowing 100 acres land tax
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Henrico.htm

1803A Henrico Co Va
David Gowing Jr 1 horse
David Gowing Sr 1 horse (exempt)
Agnes Gowing 97 acres land tax
David Gowing 100 acres land tax
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Henrico.htm

1804 Henrico Co Va. David Gowing Senr exempt 1 horse
David Gowing Jr 1 slave over 16, 2 horses
Agnes Gowing 1 horse
Agnes Gowing 97 acres land tax
David Gowing 100 acres land tax
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Henrico.htm

1805A Henrico Co Va
David Gowing 1 slave over 16, 2 horses
Agnes Gowing 97 acres land tax
David Gowing 100 acres land tax
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Henrico.htm

1803 March 17 – will of David Going. Named in will: Grandson – David Going, Agatha Going, Davidson John Harlow, Meredith Childress.
Signed: David Going. Wits: Willaim Willis, Thomas Moore, Elizabeth Moore. Proved up in court on March 8, 1805 by oaths of Elizabeth Moore and Thomas Moore, on the motions of David Going and Meredith Childress the executors therein named made oath with Richard Loving and John Childress their securities entered into and do acknowledge their bond . . .
Probate Place: Henrico, Virginia, USA. Mixed Records, Vol 2-3, 1766-1852. pg. 183. Henrico Co, Va
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/30054160?h=c199ff ; https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/30054163?h=5aeb38

1805 March 8 proveup date – written 1803 March 17 – will of David Going. Named in will: Grandson – David Going; others Agatha Going, Davidson John Harlow, Meredith Childress. Signed: David Going. Wits: Willaim Willis, Thomas Moore, Elizabeth Moore. Proved up in court on March 8, 1805 by oaths of Elizabeth Moore and Thomas Moore, on the motions of David Going and Meredith Childress the executors therein named made oath with Richard Loving and John Childress their securities entered into and do acknowledge their bond . . . Probate Place: Henrico, Virginia, USA. Mixed Records, Vol 2-3, 1766-1852. pg. 183. Henrico Co, Va https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9085/images/0031782-00457?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=TqH767&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=244970

1805 March 9 – Inventory and Appraisement for Estate of David Going decd.
Filed and signed by Frederick Jude, John Harlow, Richard Loving. Mixed Records, Vol 2-3, 1766-1852. pg. 184. Henrico Co, Va.
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9085/0031782-00457?pid=2026615&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D9085%26h%3D2026615%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DTqH755%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=TqH755&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=0031782-00458

1806A Henrico Co Va
David Going 1 slave over 16
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Henrico.htm

1807A Henrico Co Va
David Going 1 tithe, 1 slave over 16, 3 horses
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Henrico.htm

1809 Henrico Co Va
David Gowing 1 tithe 1 slave over 16, 3 horses [frame 594]
David Gowing 100 acres land tax
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Henrico.htm

1810B Henrico Co Va
David Going 1 tithe, 1 slave over 16, 3 horses
David Gowing 100 acres land tax
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Henrico.htm

1811 A Upper District Personal Property, Henrico County
David Going 1 tithe 1 slave 3 horses [frame 662]
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/virginiatax.htm

1811 Upper District Land Tax, Henrico County
David Going 100 acres
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/virginiatax.htm

1812 B Upper District Personal Property Tax
David Going John Going 1 slave over 16, 2 horses
Wm Garnes fn 1 tithe
Wm H. Going [frame 723]
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/virginiatax.htm

1812 A Upper District Land Tax, Henrico County
David Going 100 acres
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/virginiatax.htm

1813 A Upper District Personal Property
David Going John Going 1 slave over 16, 3 horses [frame 744]
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/virginiatax.htm

1813 A Upper District Land Tax, Henrico County
David Going 100 acres on the head waters of Chicahominy Swamp
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/virginiatax.htm

1814 B Upper District Personal Property Tax
David Going 1 tithe 3 horses [frame 810]
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/virginiatax.htm

1814 A Upper District Land Tax, Henrico County
David Going 100 acres
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/virginiatax.htm

1815 A Upper District Land Tax
David Going 100 acres adj. John Harlow’s land
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/virginiatax.htm

1815 B Lower District Land Tax
David Going 193 acres adj. John Harlow’s
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/virginiatax.htm

1820 US Census: Name: David Goyne
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Henrico, Virginia
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons – Males – Under 10: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons – Males – 16 thru 25: 2
Free White Persons – Males – 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons – Females – Under 10: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 16 thru 25: 1
Number of Persons – Engaged in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons – Under 16: 5
Free White Persons – Over 25: 1
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total All Persons – White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 9
1820 U S Census; Census Place: Henrico, Virginia; NARA Roll: M33_132; Image: 197
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7734&h=1508067&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=kUu4067&_phstart=successSource

1830 US Census: Name: David Going
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Henrico, Virginia
Free White Persons – Males – 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons – Males – 20 thru 29: 3
Free White Persons – Males – 50 thru 59: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 20 thru 29: 2
Free White Persons – Females – 40 thru 49: 1
Free Colored Persons – Males – 55 thru 99: 1
Free White Persons – Under 20: 3
Free White Persons – 20 thru 49: 6
Total Free White Persons: 10
Total Free Colored Persons: 1
Total – All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 11
1830; Census Place: Henrico, Virginia; Series: M19; Roll: 195; Page: 323; Family History Library Film: 0029674
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8058&h=2244159&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=kUu4055&_phstart=successSource

1833 July 23 – Last will of David Goyne. Names wife Mary Goyne, daughters Elizabeth, Mary and Parmelia Goyne. niece Nancy Minor. Sons John Goyne, Spencer Goyne, William Goyne, Fleming Goyne, David Goyne, Grandville Goyne, Washington Goyne. Executors: Fleming Goyne and friend John S Ellis. Proved up on March 11, 1834. Mixed Records, Vol 8. p. 472. Henrico Co, Va. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/30054141?h=51bdd4

1842 March 28 – Fleming Goyne files Executors account for David Goyne decds estate in Henrico Co, Va. Mixed Records Vol 11. p. 74. Henrico Co, Va. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9085/007645107_00351?pid=244970&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D9085%26h%3D244970%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DTqH767%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=TqH767&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=007645107_00404

1850 US Census:
Name: William Goyne
Age: 53, Birth Year: abt 1797
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: Western District, Henrico, Virginia, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 905
Household Members:
Name Age
William Goyne 53
Frances Goyne 45
Joseph Goyne 21
Amanda Goyne 19
Courtney Goyne 16
Lucius Goyne 12
Eugenia Goyne 10
Fleming Goyne 47
Mary Goyne 36
Pamelia Goyne 34
Nancy E Minor 46
Jefferson Liggon 15
Year: 1850; Census Place: Western District, Henrico, Virginia; Roll: M432_951; Page: 562A; Image: 655
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=kUu4074&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&dbid=8054&gsln=Goin&cp=12&msypn__ftp=goochland,%20virginia,%20usa&msypn__ftp_x=1&msypn=1160&msypn_x=PACO&qh=2m2z83%2BtYyYogCCh7tfWiQ%3D%3D&new=1&rank=1&uidh=m37&redir=false&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=10&h=15157392&recoff=&ml_rpos=11

1850 US Census:
Name: Matthew Goyne
Age: 24, Birth Year: abt 1826
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: Western District, Henrico, Virginia, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 872
Household Members:
Name Age
Wm W Patterson 35
Nancy Patterson 34
Martha J Patterson 10
Mary S Patterson 8
Sarah F Patterson 11
John J Patterson 2
Matthew Goyne 24
Year: 1850; Census Place: Western District, Henrico, Virginia; Roll: M432_951; Page: 559B; Image: 650
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&indiv=try&h=15157213

1850 US Census:
Name: Henry Going
Age: 48, Birth Year: abt 1802
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: My District, Henrico, Virginia, USA
Race: Black, Gender: Male
Family Number: 811
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry Going 48
Malvina Green 30
Drada Green 14
Thomas Green 7
Plump Green 3
Jack Green 0
Year: 1850; Census Place: My District, Henrico, Virginia; Roll: M432_951; Page: 496A; Image: 523
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8054&h=15151881&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=kUu4059&_phstart=successSource

1851 Oct 16 – Joseph W Goyne m. Martha A Vaughn in Henrico Co, Va.
“Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR6J-K4Q : 11 February 2018), Joseph W. Goyne and Martha A. Vaughn, 16 Oct 1851; citing Henrico, Virginia, reference p 174; FHL microfilm 31,855.

1852 Dec 16 – William Goyne m. Elizabeth Dillard in Henrico Co, Va.
“Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR6J-KYB : 11 February 2018), Wm Goyne and Elizabeth Dillard, 16 Dec 1852; citing Henrico, Virginia, reference p 179; FHL microfilm 31,855.

1852 Dec 30 – John N Williams m. America C Goyne in Henrico Co, Va.
“Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR6J-KTR : 11 February 2018), John N. Williams and America C. Goyne, 30 Dec 1852; citing Henrico, Virginia, reference p 178; FHL microfilm 31,855.

1853 Feb 3 – Matthew Goyne m. Maria Amanda Bowles in Henrico Co, Va.
“Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR6K-FYY : 11 February 2018), Matthew Goyne and Maria Amanda Bowles, 03 Feb 1853; citing Henrico Co., Virginia, reference p 4 # 22; FHL microfilm 31,855.

1853 Aug 10 – Death:
Name: Ann Williams
[Ann Goyne]
Birth Date: abt 1828
Birth Place: Henrico, Virginia
Death Date: 10 Aug 1853
Death Place: Henrico County, Virginia
Death Age: 25
Race: White
Marital status: Married
Gender: Female
Father Name: William Goyne
FHL Film Number: 2056983
Ancestry.com. Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2558&h=532432&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=kUu4232&_phstart=successSource

1853 Dec 10 – William Goyne, Last Will and Testament
I William Goyne of the County of Henrico and State of Virginia … publish this my last will and testament.
… 1st. after the payment of my just debts … all my estate both personal and real to my beloved wife Elizabeth Goyne during her natural life unless she should marry again and in case she should mary … the same to her only so long as she remains my widow …
… 2d. to my oldest son Joseph Goyne 25 dollars …
… 3d. to my grand daughter America R Williams the infant daughter of my daughter America Goyne 1 dollar …
… 4th. to my two daughters Courtney and Eugenia Goyne 114 acres of land to be taken from that portion of my tract on which my residence stands and all NE of my house to be equally divided between them and at their death to ther heirs … in case without lawful issue … revert back to my other children … but not to my grand daughter America R Williams.
… 5th. to my son Lucius Goyne the balance of my tract of land supposed to be 55 acres SW of my house lying on the Pouncy’s track Road … also one horse bridle and saddle.
… 6th. to my beloved wife Elizabeth a negro boy named Jim.
… 7th … balance of my personal property shall be euqally divided between my three children Courtney, Eugenia, and Lucius Goyne.
… 8th. appoint my friend Thomas E Nuckols executor …
Signed: William Goyne
Wit: Larkin J Harlow, John A Henley.
(Probated Aug 3, 1858).
Notes: Mixed Records, Vol 16-17, 1858-1866. Will bk 16, p. 42. Henrico Co, Va
Mixed Probate Records, 1781-1904; Author: Virginia. County Court (Henrico County); Probate Place: Henrico, Virginia
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/30054112?h=4f8e68

1855 June 10 – George W. Goyne b. 1815 age 40 m. Judy Ann Langford b. 1815 in Hanover Co, Va. Married in Manchester, Va. Father is David Goyne, mother is Mary. Mother of spouse is Henry Langford, mother is Betsy. Marital status – widowed. Spouse marital status – single.
“Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR6K-VZG : 11 February 2018), George W. Goyne and Judy Ann Langford, 10 Jun 1855; citing Manchester, Virginia, reference p 6 # 40; FHL microfilm 31,855.

1860 US Census:
Name: Elizabeth Goyne
Age: 45, Birth Year: abt 1815
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1860: Western Subdivision, Henrico, Virginia
Post Office: Richmond, Dwelling Number: 1264, Family Number: 1250
Occupation: Owner Of Farm
Real Estate Value: 1000, Personal Estate Value: 4600
Cannot Read, Write: Y
Household Members:
Name Age
Elizabeth Goyne 45
Courtney Goyne 23
Lucius Goyne 21
Virginia Goyne 18
Year: 1860; Census Place: Western Subdivision, Henrico, Virginia; Roll: M653_1353; Page: 1046; Family History Library Film: 805353
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&indiv=try&h=34025544

1860 US Census:
Name: David Goyne
Age: 53, Birth Year: abt 1807
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1860: Western Subdivision, Henrico, Virginia
Post Office: Richmond
Dwelling Number: 1169, Family Number: 1155
Occupation: Labourer
Cannot Read, Write: Y
Household Members:
Name Age
Chas Cottrell 49
David Goyne 53
Year: 1860; Census Place: Western Subdivision, Henrico, Virginia; Roll: M653_1353; Page: 1034; Family History Library Film: 805353
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&indiv=try&h=33743953

1860 US Census:
Name: Mary Goyne
Age: 53, Birth Year: abt 1807
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1860: Western Subdivision, Henrico, Virginia
Post Office: Richmond
Dwelling Number: 1262, Family Number: 1248
Occupation: Lady
Real Estate Value: 100, Personal Estate Value: 100
Cannot Read, Write: Y
Household Members:
Name Age
Mary Goyne 53
Ann Minor 37
Year: 1860; Census Place: Western Subdivision, Henrico, Virginia; Roll: M653_1353; Page: 1046; Family History Library Film: 805353
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&indiv=try&h=34025540

1860 US Census:
(Members of State Guard)
Name: Richd Goen
Age: 25, Birth Year: abt 1835
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1860: Richmond Ward 2, Henrico, Virginia
Post Office: Richmond
Dwelling Number: 296, Family Number: 388
Household Members:
Name Age
Galcter Gugory 52
Susanah Gugory 72
William Evans 56
James B Denton 28
W Blankenship 25
Richd Goen 25
Michel Long 30
Rebeca Goen 25
James B Bobbet 21
Henry S Bavnes 21
Chas Blaney 27
Jas S Beard 22
C Blankenship 21
Jas Curry 23
John Chatin 21
Martin Coyle 24
Edwd Dravey 22
Thos I Duncan 28
Thos Evans 21
Henry A Farnalo 21
Vincent Fergerson 21
Patrick F Ganley 23
Wm A Hopkins 23
Alen Hartwell 25
Wm H Hall 22
Robt Howard 22
John Haley 25
Geo Jones 21
Geo Kindervater 26
Wm Kirkland 21
Geo M Long 21
Pat Livingston 21
John H Miller 24
Jas Manning 21
Thos Mirgan 18
Thos A Mitchell 20
Francis A Mann 21
Wm L Prichett 25
John D Perrer 21
Francis Paviater 21
Alon Pitts 21
Hugh Swharts 32
D H Snider 23
Henry W Smart 21
James Sutliff 21
Thos Williamson 21
Richd Wilton 28
Adolph Behle 24
Peter O Donahoe 30
Geo W Smith 24
John Williams 26
Wm Pitts 21
Year: 1860; Census Place: Richmond Ward 2, Henrico, Virginia; Roll: M653_1352; Page: 263; Family History Library Film: 805352
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&indiv=try&h=34294002

1860 US Census:
Name: Madison Goings
Age: 54, Birth Year: abt 1806
Gender: Male, Race: Black
Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1860: Richmond Ward 3, Henrico, Virginia
Post Office: Richmond
Dwelling Number: 169, Family Number: 0
Occupation: Laborer
Cannot Read, Write: Y
Disability Condition: Felonious Stabbing
Household Members:
Name Age
Madison Goings 54
Year: 1860; Census Place: Richmond Ward 3, Henrico, Virginia; Roll: M653_1353; Page: 480; Family History Library Film: 805353
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&indiv=try&h=34293726

1878 Sept 12 – Name: Walter Winston
Birth Date: 1856. Birthplace: Prince Edward, Va. Age: 22
Spouse’s Name: Mary Lucy Seay
Spouse’s Birth Date: 1856. Spouse’s Birthplace: Fluvanna Co., Va. Spouse’s Age: 22
Event Date: 12 Sep 1878
Event Place: Henrico, Virginia
Father’s Name: Wm Winston
Mother’s Name: Hannah
Spouse’s Father’s Name: Henry Guoynn
Spouse’s Mother’s Name: E.
Marital Status: Single
Spouse’s Marital Status: Single
“Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR62-881 : 11 February 2018), Henry Guoynn in entry for Walter Winston and Mary Lucy Seay, 12 Sep 1878; citing Henrico, Virginia, reference p 90 ln 91; FHL microfilm 31,855.

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Ancestry.com info to review (appears mostly Gower): (Note: need to review because some may actually be Gowen since we know from land records that some Gowen’s were actually living in Henrico Co, Va – most are likely Gower though).

Henrico Co, Va

Index to Court Records, Vol 1-5, 1677-1739
Index for G’s: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9085/007645706_00315?pid=514345&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D9085%26h%3D514345%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DPXv2272%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=PXv2272&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=007645100_00043

Book 1:
Wm Govar – 387
Abel Gower – 21, 22, 23, 36, 41, 93, 103, 115, 116, 133, 146, 156, 167, 209, 214, 220, 227, 238, 243, 256, 271, 272, 281, 282, 283, 287, 318, 319, 332, 356, 373, 385, 403, 425, 448, 455 (or 456 or 466), 469,
Jane Gower 456
Richard Gower – 274, 387, 420
Mary Gower – 420
Martha 420

Book 2:
Abel 61, 138, 140, 141, 143, 144, 145, 147, 148, 151, 154, 155, 157, 158, 159, 160, 162, 163, 164, 175, 179, 185, 186, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 198, 199, 203, 204, 206, 208, 209, 210, 213, 217, 220, 221, 225, 226, 229, 233, 237, 240, 249, 250, 253, 302, 303, 384, 387, 392,
Jane 291, 302, 374
Richard 147, 187, 188, 190,
Martha 147,
Edward 167

Book 3:
Jane Gower 128

Book 4:
Abell Gower 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19, 21, 25, 33, 43
Jane 33,
Tabitha 43

Book 5:
Abell Gower 17, 62, 95, 181, 276, 423, 424, 458, 596, 670
Jane 25, 26, 62, 86, 95, 424
Tabitha 62,
Jean 670
Richard 171, 322,
Martha 286,

1689 June 1 – Abell Gower (Gowen in signature) – will in Henrico Co, Va. bk 5, pg 61 (review). (Note – likely this is “Abell Gower” regardless of signature – but this particular document does show the signature as “Gowen”).
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9085/007645706_00315?pid=514345&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D9085%26h%3D514345%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DPXv2272%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=PXv2272&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=007676115_00317

1696 Dec 1 – Jane Gower – widow conveys to daughter. Orphan bk 4, pg. 670-671. Henrico Co, Va. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9085/007645706_00315?pid=514345&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D9085%26h%3D514345%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DPXv2272%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=PXv2272&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=007676115_00635

FamilySearch Wiki page: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Henrico_County,_Virginia_Genealogy

Catalogue page: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=190499&query=%2Bplace%3A%22United%20States%2C%20Virginia%2C%20Henrico%22&subjectsOpen=374038-50

Record book, 1677-1725, 1739 — Record book, v. 4, 1677-1739 (transcript of original book up to 1699, then photocopy of the rest of the book).
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1130230?availability=Family%20History%20Library
(Locked)

Henrico County, Virginia, court records, 1677-1739
Authors:
Virginia. County Court (Henrico County) (Main Author)
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/365008?availability=Family%20History%20Library
(Locked)

Henrico County – southside, 1736 (1735-1737)
Statement of Responsibility:
Beverley Fleet
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/268374?availability=Family%20History%20Library
(Available)
Index: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9PC-2HWP?i=6&cat=268374

Court orders and minutes and miscellaneous court records, 1650-1807
Authors:
Virginia. County Court (Henrico County) (Main Author)
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/361766?availability=Family%20History%20Library
(Locked)

County Court records, deeds, wills, settlements of estates, etc., (Henrico County, Virginia), 1677-1787
Authors:
Virginia. County Court (Henrico County) (Main Author)
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/397197?availability=Family%20History%20Library
(Locked)
1677-1697.
1697-1714.
1714-1737.
1744-1750.
1750-1767.
1767-1787.
(All above is available on Ancestry.com).

County Court order books, 1781-1816
Authors:
Virginia. County Court (Henrico County) (Main Author)
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/397835?availability=Family%20History%20Library
(Locked)

Henrico Co., Virginia – proceedings of commission re. its records destroyed by British, 1774-1782
Format:
Manuscript/Manuscript on Film
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/302155?availability=Family%20History%20Library
(Available)
Contains transcript of documents brought before the county court to replace documents destroyed by the British during the Revolutionary War. Includes deeds and wills.
Begin here Index: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99PC-2VS?i=175&cat=302155

Index to deeds, 1781-1876; deeds, 1781-1866
Authors:
Henrico County (Virginia). County Clerk (Main Author)
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/402648?availability=Family%20History%20Library
(Locked)

Personal property tax lists, 1782-1850
Authors:
Virginia. Commissioner of the Revenue (Henrico County) (Main Author)
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/776180?availability=Family%20History%20Library
(Locked)

Mixed probate records, 1781-1904
Authors:
Virginia. County Court (Henrico County) (Main Author)
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/416877?availability=Family%20History%20Library
(Locked)

Marriage records, 1781-1853
Authors:
Henrico County (Virginia). County Clerk (Main Author)
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/362855?availability=Family%20History%20Library
(Locked)

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From Gowen Manuscript: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gowenrf/Gowenms142.htm

HENRICO COUNTY, VIRGINIA

Edmund Goin, living alone, was a resident of King Williams Parish in June 1744, according to a Huguenot census taken in that years, according to “Huguenot Emigration to Virginia.” King Williams Parish was established in 1700 as a sanctuary for the French Huguenots fleeing the religious persecution of Europe.
==O==
Henry J. Going, Esq, “son of Venerable Archdeacon Going of Killaloe County, Tipperary, Ireland, was married to Mary Bowler, daughter of Henry Bowler of Richmond by the Rev. T. G. Dashiell at Richmond November 19, 1874,” according to “Index of Marriage Notices in the ‘Southern Churchman'” compiled by the Works Progress Administration. Children born to Henry J. Going and Mary Bowler Going are unknown.
==O==
James Going purchased 100 acres of land for 10 pounds from Abraham Childers of Henrico County April 14, 1736. In a deed dated May 30, 1737 Abraham Childers conveyed 200 acres, “being part of tract where Childers now lives, granted by patent to him, bounded by land he sold to James Going, according to “Colonial Wills of Henrico County, Virginia.”

The will of James Going was presented by John Williamson, executor to the county court [date not noted], according to “Colonial Wills of Henrico County, Virginia.” Henry Stokes, John Watson, Robert Sharp and John Watkins were appointed to appraise the estate.
==O==
Milley Going was married September 21, 1792 to John Harlow, according to “Henrico County, Virginia Marriages, 1682-1850.”
==O==
William Going of Henrico County was paid £250 [sterling or tobacco?] July 8, 1771 by the church wardens of Henrico Parish & Old St. John’s Church for taking Shadrach Vaughan as apprentice “and indemnifying them from any further charge for bringing up the said child,” according to the research of Alicia Towster. She suggested that James Vaughan who appeared in Henrico County 1756-1768 is possibly his father.
==O==
John Goins was married to Mrs. Mary Hodges December 3, 1779, according to “Henrico County, Virginia Marriages, 1682-1850.” Children born to John Goins and Mary Hodges Goins are unknown.

Mrs. Edith Gowen, a clerk for Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, lived at 505 W. Grace in 1963 in Richmond, according to the city directory.
==O==
Mrs. Joyce Gowen, employed by Richmond Ceramic Studio, lived in Henrico County in 1963, according to the city directory of Richmond.
==O==
Mrs. Lillie V. Gowen, an employee of Friedman-Marks Company, lived at 2812 4th Avenue in Richmond, according to the 1963 city directory.
==O==
Marzie Gowen, secretary for Virginia State Poultry Association, lived at 1037 W. Grace in 1963, according to the Richmond city directory.
==O==
Robert L. Gowen lived at 910 Park Avenue in 1963, according to the Richmond city directory.
==O==
Walter P. Gowen and his wife, Willie Gowen, lived at 518 Bancroft Avenue in Richmond, according to the 1963 city directory of Richmond. He was listed as an employee of Wilson Paper Box Co.
==O==
William B. Gowen was buried in Shockhoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, October 5, 1861, according to “Shockhoe Hill Cemetery.”
==O==
William Garland L. Gowen and his wife, Katherine M. Gowen lived at 4813 Bromley Lane, according to the 1963 city directory of Richmond. He was identified as the “superintendent of B&G Olsen. William Garland L. Gowen, Jr, a student, lived at the same address.
==O==
David Gowin of Henrico County purchased 40 acres in Henrico County for 40 pounds from Michael Gowin “of North Carolina,” on March 20, 1765, according to Henrico County Court Minutes. John Gowin was one of the witnesses. Spelling of the surname is uncertain; four different versions have been found in the legal records of the county.

David Gowin “of Henrico County” in 1779 turned in $142 in paper money to the Virginia Continental Loan office for new currency, according to “A Short Census of Virginia” published in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly in 1958.

He was listed as “David Gowine,” head of a household was the only person of interest to Gowen chroniclers in the 1810 census of Henrico County, according to “Index to Virginia Census, 1810” by Madeline W. Crickard.

“David Goyne,” a farmer, was recorded as the head of a household in the 1820 census of Henrico County, page 101:

“Goyne, David white male over 45
white female 16-26
white male 16-26
white male 16-26
white female 10-16
white male 10-16
white male 10-16
white female 0-10
white male 0-10”

“David Going” reappeared as the head of a household in the 1820 census of Henrico County, page 323:

Alexander Gown, a resident of Richmond on January 7, 1835, was a Revolutionary infantry soldier who had not received bounty land for his military services, according to “Revolutionary War Records of Virginia.”
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James Gowns, Jr, who lived in Henrico County May 2, 1792, signed a petition to the governor requesting clemency for Ralph Crawford Anderson, a convicted murderer of Amelia, Virginia, on the grounds of insanity, according to the records of the county.
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Elizabeth Goyne was married January 19, 1787, according to “Henrico County, Virginia Marriages, 1682-1850.”
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Joseph Goyne was a resident of Henrico County in 1865 and was identified as a co-owner of a plantation there with an unnamed brother, according to “Baird’s History of Clark County, Indiana.” Joseph Goyne was married about 1860 to Martha Vaughn. She died in childbirth in 1866 with the birth of a son. Joseph Goyne died in 1869, leaving their two sons orphans.

Children born to Joseph Goyne and Martha Vaughn Goyne include:

Allen Goyne born about 1863
Jefferson Davis Goyne born May 15, 1866

Allen Goyne, son of Joseph Goyne and Martha Vaughn Goyne, was born in Henrico County about 1863. After the death of his parents, it is believed that he lived in the home of an uncle, John W. Barnhill of Owensboro, Kentucky. He was reported “out West” in “Baird’s History of Clark County, Indiana” which was published about 1906.

Jefferson Davis Goyne, son of Joseph Goyne, was born May 15, 1866 “near Richmond, Virginia,” according to Brenda L. Barnes of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma in a letter dated April 2, 1999. He was reared by an uncle, John W. Barnhill of Owensboro and was apprenticed to learn the trade of a machinist.

“Baird’s History of Clark County, Indiana” reported of him:

“As a journeyman, he secured employment at the works of the American Car & Foundry Company in Jeffersonville [Indiana]. He remained there eight years in the tool dressing and saw filing departments. Subsequently he embarked in the mercantile business, but suffered a loss of some $6,000 as the result of a fire that destroyed his entire stock of goods. After this disaster, he returne to his old home farm in Henrico County, but eventually returned to Indiana to start life over again.”

Jefferson Davis Goyne was married about 1890 to Alice Eliza White, “a resident of Port Fulton, but a native of New Albany.” She was the daughter of William H. White and was graduated from Jeffersonville High School.

Children born to Jefferson Davis Goyne and Alice Eliza White Goyne include:

Arminta Goyne born April 2, 1892
Catherine Goyne born March 3, 1895
Erol Jefferson Goyne born April 5, 1899
William C. Goyne born March 15, 1904
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Mary Goyne was married December 23, 1791 to Meredith Childers, according to “Henrico County, Virginia Marriages, 1682-1850.”
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Nancy Goyne was married December 12, 1797 to Patrick Childers, according to “Henrico County, Virginia Marriages, 1682-1850.”

Descendant Researchers:

Ethel Louise Goins Dunn, 790 Dr. Johnson Road, Crandall, GA, 30711
Jack Harold Goins, Route 2, Box 275, Rogersville, TN, 37857, 615/272-6132
Jon Lee Goins, 9404 Hunters Trace, Austin, TX, 78758
Pamela R. Lawson, Route 1, Box 4955, Rogersville, TN, 38758, 615/272-9847

Kevin Edward Smith regards Shadrack Going as the father of James Going who died about 1807 in Patrick County, and the grandfather of Stephen Going.

Daniel Gowin, born between 1735 and 1745, died in Jefferson County, Tennessee prior to September 1810, the date of his estate inventory. He had a son, Shadrack Gowin who was born in 1790 and who married Syntha Inman January 31, 1809 and who remained in Jefferson County. Daniel Gowin had a grandson, Drury Goin, born to Fanny Goin out of wedlock. There were two individuals named Drury Gowin/Goans in Grainger County. One who was born before 1781 was a bondsman for the marriage of Nancy Gowen to James Randolph November 22, 1802. Drury Goans was born in 1793 in Tennessee and was married to Mary Goans August 23, 1817 in Grainger County. She was born in Tennessee in 1798. The younger Drury Goans was on the Grainger County tax lists from 1819 to 1828 with Daniel Goan/Gowen. Daniel Goan and Drury Goans were recorded as “white” on all tax lists and census returns. Daniel Goan, born between 1755 and 1758, applied for a Revolutionary pension in Campbell County, Tennessee in 1818 and make a supplemental application in 1820. Having reached the age of 65, he was not assessed for his 363 acres in Grainger County after 1824.

Appearing in Grainger County records between 1799 and 1834 were: Alexander Gowin, Jeremiah Gowin, Henry Gowin, Riley Gowin, Carson Gowin, Levi Gowin, Nathan Gowin, Preston Gowin, Pryor L. Gowin, William Gowin and Thomas Gowin.

William Goin and Thomas Goin, both born between 1750 and 1760 and both enumerated in the 1830 Claiborne County census are the right age to be sons of Shadrack Going. Zephaniah Gowin, born in 1758 in Halifax County, Virginia, applied for a Revolutionary pension in Hawkins County, Tennessee, is also the right age to be a son of Shadrack Going. William Going, born in Hawkins County between 1754 and 1764 was also the right age.
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In the case of “Aron Going vs. Philip Going” held in 1778, the defendant “confessed judgement £100 current money,” according to Halifax County Court Minute Book 9, page 304.
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Zephaniah Gowin, born about 1758 in Halifax County. He enlisted in the Revolutionary Army in 1779 from Henry County, Virginia.26 In 1810, he was in Rockingham County, North Carolina.21 “Zephamiah Goans, free person of color” was enumerated in the 1830 census of Roane County, Tennessee [where Nathaniel Gowin was married in 1813]. On December 18, 1834, he was a justice in Hawkins County, Tennessee when he applied for his pension.
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William Goin and Thomas Goin, both born between 1750 and 1760 and both enumerated in the 1830 Claiborne County census are the right age to be sons of Shadrack Going. Zephaniah Gowin, born in 1758 in Halifax County, Virginia, applied for a Revolutionary pension in Hawkins County, Tennessee, is also the right age to be a son of Shadrack Going. William Going, born in Hawkins County between 1754 and 1764 was also the right age, according to Donna Gowin Johnston.

From Gowen Manuscript: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gowenrf/Gowenms145.htm

HENRICO COUNTY, VIRGINIA

Edmund Goin, living alone, was a resident of King Williams Parish in June 1744, according to a Huguenot census taken in that year, as recorded in “Huguenot Emigration to Virginia.” King Williams Parish was established in 1700 as a sanctuary for the French Huguenots fleeing the religious persecution of Europe.
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Henry J. Going, Esq, “son of Venerable Archdeacon Going of Killaloe County, Tipperary, Ireland, was married to Mary Bowler, daughter of Henry Bowler of Richmond by the Rev. T. G. Dashiell at Richmond November 19, 1874,” according to “Index of Marriage Notices in the ‘Southern Churchman'” compiled by the Works Progress Administration. Children born to Henry J. Going and Mary Bowler Going are unknown.
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James Going purchased 100 acres of land for £10 from Abraham Childers of Henrico County April 14, 1736. In a deed dated May 30, 1737 Abraham Childers conveyed 200 acres, “being part of tract where Childers now lives, granted by patent to him, bounded by land he sold to James Going, according to “Colonial Wills of Henrico County, Virginia.”

“David Goyne,” a farmer, was recorded as the head of a household in the 1820 census of Henrico County, page 101:

“Goyne, David white male over 45
white female 16-26
white male 16-26
white male 16-26
white female 10-16
white male 10-16
white male 10-16
white female 0-10
white male 0-10”

“David Going” reappeared as the head of a household in the 1820 census of Henrico County, page 323:

“Going, David white male 50-60
white female 40-50
white male 20-30
white female 20-30
white male 20-30
white male 20-30
white female 20-30
white male 15-20
white female 10-15
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Elizabeth Gowin was married to John Vaughan in Henrico County, according to the research of Alicia Towster, in an E-mail message written July 17, 1999.
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James E. Gowing who “died in his 20th year” was buried November 14, 1832 in Shockhoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, according to “Shockhoe Hill Cemetery” by A. Bohmer Rudd.
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Rap Gowing, also known as “Anthony Gilliat or Anthony” was reported in a Richmond newspaper [date unknown] as “a runaway [slave?] from Alexander Quarrier, Richmond. He may be on his way to Pennsylvania.”
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Alexander Gown, a resident of Richmond on January 7, 1835, was a Revolutionary infantry soldier who had not received bounty land for his military services, according to “Revolutionary War Records of Virginia.”
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James Gowns, Jr, who lived in Henrico County May 2, 1792, signed a petition to the governor requesting clemency for Ralph Crawford Anderson, a convicted murderer of Amelia, Virginia, on the grounds of insanity, according to the records of the county.
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Elizabeth Goyne was married January 19, 1787, according to “Henrico County, Virginia Marriages, 1682-1850.”
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Joseph Goyne was a resident of Henrico County in 1865 and was identified as a co-owner of a plantation there with an unnamed brother, according to “Baird’s History of Clark County, Indiana.” Joseph Goyne was married about 1860 to Martha Vaughn. She died in childbirth in 1866 with the birth of a son. Joseph Goyne died in 1869, leaving their two sons orphans.

Children born to Joseph Goyne and Martha Vaughn Goyne include:

Allen Goyne born about 1863
Jefferson Davis Goyne born May 15, 1866

Jefferson Davis Goyne, son of Joseph Goyne and Martha Vaughn Goyne, was born May 15, 1866 “near Richmond, Virginia,” according to Brenda L. Barnes of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma in a letter dated April 2, 1999. He was reared by an uncle, John W. Barnhill of Owensboro and was apprenticed to learn the trade of a machinist.

“Baird’s History of Clark County, Indiana” reported of him:

“As a journeyman, he secured employment at the works of the American Car & Foundry Company in Jeffersonville [Indiana]. He remained there eight years in the tool dressing and saw filing departments. Subsequently he embarked in the mercantile business, but suffered a loss of some $6,000 as the result of a fire that destroyed his entire stock of goods. After this disaster, he returned to his old home farm in Henrico County, but eventually returned to Indiana to start life over again.”

Children born to Jefferson Davis Goyne and Alice Eliza White Goyne include:

Descendant Researchers:

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