WASHINGTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA

 

Washington County was organized in 1776-77 with land taken from Montgomery County and Fincastle County.

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On December 9, 1785, 307 men of Washington County signed a petition addressed to the Virginia House of Burgesses reqesting the formation of a new county from the western area of Washington County. The petition suggested a line be "fixed along Clinch Mountain and Montgomery line to the Carolina line" to separate them from Washington County.  These inhabitants include those in settlements of Clinch River, Mocason Creek, Powells Valley, north branch of Holstein River, and "others." Russell County, Virginia was created in that year.  No Gowens [or spelling variations] appeared on the petition.

 

The list of petitioners, transcribed by Rhonda S. Robertson was published in "The Southwest Virginian," Vol. 1, No. 3 in Wise, Virginia:

 

“H. SMITH, David WARD, Alexr. BARNETT, Andw. COWAN, Sam'l ROBINSON, Charles BICKLEY, James LEITH, James BUSH, James WHARTON, David COX, Ben GRAVES, John McFERRAN, Moses DAMRON, Lazarus DAMRON, John DAMRON, Edw. STAPLETON, Isaiah STILLS, James OSBURN, James McKENNEY, Wm. BOWLAND, Abrm. HAYTER, Jos. CARTER, James GIBSON, John MCCULOCK, Thomas PRICE, Jr., James HARRIS, John BAKER, Joel GALLAHER, Thos. PRATER, Wm. GILMORE, Charles HAYS, Wm. VAUGHN, Wm. SMITH, Shadrick MONTZ, Edward SMOTE, James ALLEY, Sr., James ALLEY, Jr, Samuel ALLEY, Peter ALLEY, John ALLEY, Hosea ALLEY, David ALLEY, Patrick PORTER

 

Saml. PORTER, John PORTER, Richd. PORTER, John MONTGOMERY, Stephen OSBURN, Jeremiah HERRIL, Christopher COOPER, Sammuel STALLARD, Alexr. RITCHIE, Thos. CARTER, John CARTER, Norris CARTER, John CARTER, Jr, Daniel YOUNG, Ambrose FLETCHER, Richard FLETCHER, Jos. BLACKMORE, Wm. Cen. DUNCAN, Alexr. RITCHIE, Jr, Wm. McDUEL, Hamelton CROCKETT, Jos. BLACKMORE, Townsend DUNCAN, Namrod HADDON, James DUNCAN, Peter NICHOLSON, Benj. NICHOLSON, Alexr. CROCKETT, Edwd. YOUNG, John WRIGHT, John JACKSON, James ELKINS, Drury ELKINS, James JONES, David MUSICK, Electius MUSICK, Henry SKAGGS, David SKAGGS, Simon COCKRELL, Henry DICKSSON, Jr, John KINKEAD, Arthur BOWEN, Wm. HAMOND, Robert BENHER, Archalus BREMLY, Jonathan CUNNINGHAM.

 

Wm. GILMORE, Charles HAYS, Wm. SMITH, Jonathan LANGDON, Henry DICKINSON, Edmund PENDLETON, Amos ALLARD, John FRAYOR?, James DAVISSON, Saml. WHITE, Peter MACKINTAVISH, Patrick RIGHLEY, Champ FARIS, Jams. DAVISSON, Wm. DAVISSON, Daniel DAVISSON, John WHITE, Jacob CASSTLES, Jonathan WOODS, James OSBORNE, Joseph CASTLES, Wm. HUSTON, James OVELTON, Zachariah FUGATES, Wm. FUGATE, Coleby FUGATE, Charles DEVER, Samuel HADDON, Siles ENYART, George ROBERTS, John ENYART, Alexr. KIRK, George GIBSON, Adam HOP___, Allen BRAKING?, Edom JONES, Thomas GREEN, John CAMPBELL, David CAIN, Saml. FLEMING, Joseph HENSLEY, John LATHIM, Robt. CARR.

 

James MONTGOMERY, Robt. LARGE, John CAMPBELL, Jos. BLACK, Henry DICKENSON, James CRAIG, George CLARK, Hugh? BRUCOM?, _____ HENSLEY, Wm. LONG, Thos. BELSHER, Henry MAUK, Wm. PRATER, Jonathan PRATER, Daniel NELSON, Johnson NELSON, Lylis DOLSBERRY, Ramey BATY, Thos. CALDWELL, James WRIGHT, Robert MONTGOMERY, Matthew KINCANNON, Saml VANCE, Aber. DONELSON, John FOWLER, James BRADLEY, John KENNDAY, Wm. NALL, Alexr. MONTGOMERY, John SMITH, Edwd. SMITH, John BOWEN, Henry DAVIS, Saml YOUNG, Josiah FUGATE, James DANIEL, Wm. ONEY, George BELSHER, Nat. KENDRICK, Jesse GRAY, George LARK, Henry HAMLIN.

 

Will. ROGERS, John SKAGGS, Jesse ELKINS, Archd. PRATER, Solomon SKAGGS, Jeffery HILDRITH, Robt. HIGGANBOTHAM, Adam LARK, John ASBERRY, James BROWN, Wyatt DANIEL, James YOUNG, Samuel VANHOOK, Wm. GARRISON, Shade WHITE, Dudley YOUNG, John GREEN, Isaac BRISTOW, Wm. ASBERRY, James PRATT, Francis BROWNING, Thomas PRICE, Thomas FRANCE, Jecilia PRICE?, James QUILLIN, Thomas LANDRIX, Benjamin JONES, Anyer PRICE, John LEWIS, George HATFIELD, Masheck STACY, Tom STACY, Thos. CONWAY, Moses HIGGONBOTHAM, Jared BOWLAND, George ASBERRY, Henry ASBERRY, John WELLS, Thos. GREEN, Joseph HATFIELD, Enius SMITH, Eli SMITH.

 

Jno. HATFIELD, George HATFIELD, Evens SMITH, Jr, Thomas CONWAY, John LEWIS, Charles NIEL, Harris WILLSON, Richd WILLSON, Jno. WILLSON, Joseph MEREDITH, Benj. ONEY, Richd ONEY, Jno. DESKINS, James FUGATE, John FULTON, John VANDYETHE, John HEANY, Abrm. MILLARD, Charles RAINY, Mathew RAINY, James ROGERS, Wm. FRANCE, Jesse JACKSON, Jesse VERMILION, John WELLS, James SHEWMAKER, John GIBSON, John SHOEMAKER, George ROBINSON, Wm. HEARELSON, John RANEY, John THOMSON, Abraham CHILDERS, John WELLS, Ritchard FIELDS, Joseph PERRIN, Wm. BRUSTER, Micahel BRUSTER, Thomas TATE, David YOUNG, John THOMPSON, Wm. ELAM.

 

James LANDRIX, John GIBSON, Wm. PRICE, George PUCKETT, Zachariah KINDERIK, David PREES, Daniel PRICE, Thos. JOHNSTON, Richard PRICE, Alexander SEAL, Henry HAMBLEN, John BRISTER, Michal LORD, Abrm. BEAVERS, Wm. ROBERTSON, Robt. McFARLAND, Absolom ROBERTSON, Jacob ROBERSON, George McCOY, Robt. McCOY, John WAGG, David CALHOOLN, Joseph McFARLAND, Robert MCFARLAND, Jr, John ENGLISH, Robt. CRAIG, Thos. BIRD, Wm. BIRD, Wm. McPIKE, Voluntine CHOAT, Thos. WALLIN, Stephen WALLIN, Robert TATE, Jr, Rober TATE, Sr., Frederick FRILEY, Martin FRILEY, John FRILEY, Wm. OSBORN, Lewis WALTER, Yeah STILS?, Josh WHITELY, Wm. BLANTON, Thos. M. MAHEN, Thos. HOBBS, Ephraim HATFIELD, Zachariah PRICE, Isaac ELAM, John COWEN, F. J. COLVILL.

 

Allden WILLIAMSON, Wm. EVANS, John SHORT, Benj. ALDERSSON, Thos. SHORT, Wm. RUMMEN, John HATFIELD, Christopher HAINS, Wm. THOMPSON, Richd. THOMPSON, Wm. JOHNSON, Edward KELLEY, Joseph KISER, James CRAIG, Elijah SMITH, Wm. EDMISTON, James GILMORE, Jeremiah COLES, Abraham HAYTER, Jr, James MC FARLAND, Soloin LITTEN, James FULLEN, Alexander MCFARLAND, Wm. PREECE, Josel BARKER, Drury PUCKETT, Doles BARGE, Mechel ELLIS, James PRICE, Simeon RICHON?, John BORUM, Saml. RITCHIE, Wm. CRABTREE, John GARRISON, James FRILEY, Calip FRILEY, Wm. FRILEY, Thomas OSBORN, Edward STAPLETON, Wm. DORTEN, John TATE, Edward GIVENS, Richd. HENDERSON, Jeremiah PUCKETT, Jas. JACKSON, Meshack STACY, Alexr. MARTIN, Wm. GILMORE, And. COLVILL.

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George W. Goins and Mary C. Goins of Washington County were applicants for Confederate pensions, according to Sheila Steele Hunt, genealogist of Kingsport, Tennessee who compiled “Confederate Pension Applicants of Washington County, Virginia.”

 

WISE COUNTY, VIRGINIA

 

Alexander Goins was the subject of a ballad written about 1844 by Gabriel Church of Wise County, according to Blue Ridge Institute who displayed the ballad on its website.

 

Alexander Goins, an itinerant peddler who frequented the area of Big Stone Gap, was killed in 1844 by thieves in Wise County [then Lee County].  Goins was ambushed by George Hall and his band of renegades, but he escaped to the house of Ely Boggs.  Unfortunately for Goins, Boggs was in collusion with Hall.  Offering to show Goins another route out of the area, Boggs led Goins into a trap, where Hall's men were hiding, and Goins was shot and killed.

 

V. N. "Bud" Phillips of Bristol, Virginia, a great-great grandson of Ely Boggs, wrote in June 1994 that Alexander Goins was buried on the Boggs farm located near Stonega, Virginia.  He mentioned that he had searched for the grave, but was uncertain that he had found it.

 

John Andrew Boggs wrote February 17, 2000:

 

“The Virgil L. Patterson book notes that Eli was born in 1781 and died 8 August 1869 at the age of 81 years.  He shows Eli living first at the mouth of Calhoun Creek in Wise County, Virginia. Then later he moved to the headwaters of the Cum-berland River in Kentucky, settling on the mountain above the mouth of Franks Creek.

 

Jack D. Brummett wrote: ‘Eli Boggs moved across the mountain from the area where his father settled in Big Stone Gap, Virginia to near Eolia, in Letcher County, Kentucky.’

 

Virgil L. Patterson, compiler of the ‘Boggs Family History’ and organizer of Boggs Family Association, had this to say about Eli:

 

‘In his old days he was partially paralyzed and would sit on his front porch reading a large family Bible and singing Baptist hymns.  He would give good advice to the young people gathered around. He died the day of the 'great sun eclipse' and was buried in the old Boggs Cemetery on top of the mountain above Eolia.

 

Tradition has it that Eli, while living in Wise County, was implicated in the murder of Alexander Goins, a man of the Melungeon people of southwest Virginia and east Tennessee.  The murder supposedly took place on a ridge of Nine Mile Spur of Black Mountain known as Goins Ridge and about 300 yards northwest from where Mud Lick Creek empties into Callahan Creek.

 

There are two versions of the killing, one handed down by the Maggard family who has Boggs ancestry and one by the Church family, with Goins connections.  The Maggard version is that Goins was a horse stealer and a bad man in every respect.  The late John P. Craft, a respected citizen of Wise County, says Goins stopped overnight with Craft’s grandfather Maggard on Cumberland River the night before he was killed.

 

When Goins was getting ready to leave the next morning, he pulled down a fine deerskin from the wall, and without as much as 'by your leave' cut the skin into strips which he hung on his saddle horn and rode away.  Maggard knew his reputation as a killer and let him go in peace.  Mr. Craft believed Eli Boggs and his neighbors did kill Goins, but that they did it because he had previously stolen their stock and not for his money.

 

The Church family version is that Alexander Goins was a respectable trader dealing in fine horses which he drove from Kentucky to South Carolina to sell.  On one of his trips, as he was returning home, he was ambushed for his money on Callahan Creek, near the present mining town of Stonega, Virginia.

 

He escaped the ambush and traveled down the stream to the home of Eli Boggs, where he had stayed on other trips through the country.  Boggs was a member of the ambushing party, and the next morning he offered to show Goins a near way up the Nine Mile Spur.  The robbers waited at the spot where the trails crossed.

 

As Goins approached, they shot him and he fell dead from his saddle near the mouth of Mud Lick Creek.  No one was ever legally charged with Goin's murder.  The old Boggs Cemetery referred to by Virgil is actually the Rice-Collier Cemetery and is located on the Scotia Mine property in Eolia.

 

Eli's headstone was erected by Dr. James Preston Boggs, and inscribed there is the statement that James L. Boggs was born in Ireland. Much of the data above appears in the Emory L Hamilton Manuscript as well.”

 

Another version of the incident, according to Blue Ridge Institute is that Goins himself was an evil man and was shot by defrauded settlers.

 

The ballad, posted at "Deathly Lyrics: Songs of Virginia Tragedies," read:

 

 

"Poor Goins"

 

Come all you young people,

That live far and near,

I'll tell of a murder

That was done on the Nine Mile Spur.

 

They surrounded Poor Goins,

But Goins got away.

He went to Ely Boggs.

He went there to stay.

 

Ely Boggs, he foreknew him.

His life he did betray,

Saying, "Come and go with me,

And I'll show you a nigh way."

 

They started up Nine Mile Spur, boys.

They made no delay,

'Till they came across the crossroads,

Where Goins they did slay.

 

When they got in hearing,

They were lying mighty still.

"Your money's what we're after,

And Goins we will kill."

 

When they got in gunshot

They did bid him for to stand.

"Your money's what we're after.

Your life is in our hands."

 

Sweet heaven, Sweet heaven,

How loud he did cry,

"To think of my companion,

And now I have to die."

 

When the gun did fire,

It caused his horse to run.

The bullet failed to kill him.

George struck him with his gun.

 

After they had killed him,

With him they would not stay.

They drank up all his whiskey,

and then they rode away.

 

His wife, she was sent for.

She made no delay.

She found his grave dug

Along by the way.

 

"Go kill a man for riches

Or any such thing.

I pray the Lord have mercy

Till judgement kills the stings."

 

Sweet heaven, sweet heaven,

We heard her poor mourns.

"Here lies his poor body.

Where is his poor soul?"

 

WYTHE COUNTY, VIRGINIA

 

Six households of interest to Gowen chroniclers appeared in the 1850 census of Wythe County:

 

    Goings, George              Page 285, 68th District

    Goins, Jacob                  Page 263, 68th District

    Goins, John                Page 301, 68th District

    Gowens, Jacob               Page 260, 68th District

    Gowing, Jacob               Page 265, 68th District

    Gowing, Letty             Page 260, 68th District

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David Gowin appeared as the head of a household in the 1810 census of Wythe County, according to "Index to 1810 Vir­ginia Census" by Madeline W. Crickard.  "David Goyen" was enumerated as the head of a free colored household composed of two people in the 1810 census.

 

"David Goin" was recorded as the head of a household of two people in the 1820 census of Wythe County.  The family was enumerated as 000100-00001

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George Goin, 20, laborer, was enumerated in the household of John Bedsaul, No. 845-845 in the 1850 census of Wythe County.

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Jacob Goins, 22, laborer, was enumerated in the household of Robert C. Fox, No. 544-544 in the 1850 census of Wythe County.

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John Goins, 18, laborer, was enumerated in the household of Samuel E. Porter, No. 1063-1063 in the 1850 census of Wythe County.

 

William Goins appeared as the head of a household in the 1840 census of Wythe County.  His family was recorded as:

 

    "Goins, William   white male       30-40

                       white female    30-40

                       white female    10-15

                       white male       5-10

                       white male       0-5

                       white female      0-5

                       white male       0-5"  

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George Washington Goins, born about 1823, was married to Mary Catherine Ratliff June 30, 1853 by a justice of the peace in Wythe County, Virginia according to Ned Goins, a descendant of Kendallville, Indiana in a letter written November 23, 1991.  She was born in Wythe County December 2, 1838 to James Ratliff and Nancy E. Vest Ratliff.  In 1857 they were living in Pulaski County, Virginia.

 

They were enumerated there in the 1860 census at Newburn, Virginia. George Washington Goins served in the 54th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Company F during the Civil War.

 

They continued in Pulaski County in 1870, living in Dublin township. In the 1880 census he was recorded in Washington County in Kinderhook District.  He continued there in 1900, living in Goodson District, according to the fed­eral census.

 

He died May 31, 1903 and was buried in Valley View Ceme­tery near Abingdon, Virginia.  Mary Catherine Ratliff Goins died in Washington County April 17, 1916 and was buried beside her husband.

 

Children born to George Washington Goins and Mary Catherine Ratliff Goins include:

 

    Delilah Ann Goins               born July 7, 1854

    James Templeton Goins          born July 20, 1856

    Nancy A. Goins                  born in June 1857

    Isaac N. Goins                born October 15, 1859

    George A. W. Goins              born in 1862

    Alexander F. Goins             born in 1864

    Alexander F. Goins             born in 1865

    William M. Goins                born in October 1866

    Cephas Monroe Goins            born February 2, 1869

    Thomas C. Goins                   born in 1871

    Berry W. Goins                  born in 1873

    Marion H. Goins                 born in 1876

    Harvey W. Goins                born in 1879

 

Delilah Ann Goins, daughter of George Washington Goins and Mary Catherine Ratliff Goins, was born July 7, 1854 in Wythe County. She was married April 2, 1872 in Washington County, Virginia to Henry W. Vest.  Both died in 1924.  They were buried in Valley View Cemetery near Abingdon, Vir­ginia.

 

James Templeton Goins, son of George Washington Goins and Mary Catherine Ratliff Goins July 20, 1856.  He died 11 days later, August 1, 1856.

 

Nancy A. Goins, daughter of George Washington Goins and Mary Cather­ine Ratliff Goins, was born in Pulaski County in June 1857.  She was married August 31, 1881 to Newell J. York in Washington County.

 

Isaac N. Goins, son of George Washington Goins and Mary Catherine Ratliff Goins, was born in Pulaski County October 15, 1859. He was married March 21, 1882 to Sophronia E. Hale.  She was born February 26, 1860 and died May 27, 1927.  Children born to Isaac N. Goins and Sophronia E. Hale Goins are un­known.

 

George A. W. Goins, son of George Washington Goins and Mary Cather­ine Ratliff Goins, was born in Pulaski County in 1862.  He was married March 31, 1887 in Washington County to Lizzie Griffin.  Children born to George A. W. Goins and Lizzie Griffin Goins are unknown

 

Alexander F. Goins, son of George Washington Goins and Mary Catherine Ratliff Goins, was born in Pulaski County in 1864.  He died June 25, 1865.

 

Alexander F. Goins, a son of George Washington Goins and Mary Cather­ine Ratliff Goins with the same name, was born in Pu­laski County in 1865.

 

William M. Goins, son of George Washington Goins and Mary Cather­ine Ratliff Goins, was born in Pulaski County in Oc­tober 1866. He died before the 1870 census.

 

Cephas Monroe Goins, son of George Washington Goins and Mary Catherine Ratliff Goins, was born in Washington County at Bris­tol, Virginia.  He was married December 22, 1892 in Rad­ford, Virginia to his first cousin, Anna Elizabeth Ratliff Rick­man. She was born in Wythe County, Virginia June 9, 1868 to Andrew S. Ratliff and Elizabeth A. Ratliff.  She died August 2, 1905 in Pulaski County, Virginia. He was remar­ried there May 12, 1905 to Catherine Turpence Harmon.  She was born in Floyd County, Virginia in 1885 to Johnson Har­mon and Ma­hala Harmon. Cephas Monroe Goins, a car­penter, died in 1933 in Preble County, Ohio.

 

Children born to Cephas Monroe Goins and Anna Elizabeth Rickman Goins include:

 

    Grace Goins                       born February 9, 1894

    Lucittie Alexander Goins     born August 1, 1896

    George Gordon Goins        born October 5, 1898

 

Children reared by Cephas Monroe Goins and Catherine Turpence Harmon Goins include:

 

    Dolar Goins                    born October 9, 1904

    Wilma Goins                      born February 4, 1907

    Peyton Goins                     born September 17, 1909

    Florence Goins                   born March 17, 1912

    Gladstone "Jack" Goins          born August 9, 1915

    Sylvia Goins                       born July 23, 1918

    Richard Newton Goins           born June 1, 1920

    Vivian Goins                      born February 10, 1922

 

Dolar Goins, son of Catherine Turpence Harmon Goins, was born October 9, 1904.  He was married about 1927 to Blanche Arnold.  He died December 2, 1969.  Children born to Dolar Goins and Blanche Arnold Goins are unknown.

 

Wilma Goins, daughter of Cephas Monroe Goins and Catherine Turpence Harmon Goins, was born February 4, 1907.  She was married September 11, 1923 to Frank Apgar.  She died April 28, 1982.

 

Peyton Goins, son of Cephas Monroe Goins and Catherine Turpence Harmon Goins, was born September 17, 1909.  He was married March 18, 1929 to Donna Blanche McGriff. Later he was remarried, wife's name Evelyn.

 

Florence Goins, daughter of Cephas Monroe Goins and Catherine Turpence Harmon Goins, was born March 17, 1912.  She was married about 1931 to Charlie Poffenbarger.

 

Gladstone "Jack" Goins, son of Cephas Monroe Goins and Catherine Turpence Harmon Goins, was born August 9, 1915 in Farmerville, Ohio.  He was married December 14, 1937 to Dora Mercedes Hosbrook who was born February 23, 1919 in Ar­canum, Ohio.

 

Sylvia Goins, daughter of Cephas Monroe Goins and Catherine Turpence Harmon Goins, was born July 23, 1918.  she was married about 1940 to Cletus McGriff.  Later she was remarried to Boyd Hope.

 

Richard Newton Goins, son of Cephas Monroe Goins and Catherine Turpence Harmon Goins, was born June 1, 1920.  He was married August 19, 1941 to Florence Stedman at Lewis­burg, Ohio.

 

Vivian Goins, daughter of Cephas Monroe Goins and Catherine Turpence Harmon Goins, was born February 10, 1922.  She died at three months, June 3, 1922.

 

Grace Goins, daughter of Cephas Monroe Goins and Annie Elizabeth Ratliff Rickman, was born February 9, 1894.  She was married about 1922 to Jeff Hale.  She died in Preble County, Ohio and was buried in Twin Valley Cemetery.

 

Lucittie Alexander Goins, son of Cephas Monroe Goins and Annie Elizabeth Ratliff Rickman, was born January 8, 1896 in Roanoke, Virginia.  He was married December 17, 1917 to Goldie Mae Hawvermale.  She was born September 3, 1897 in Preble County to John Jacob Hawvermale and Mary Ann Hora Hawvermale.  He died December 3, 1964 in Dayton, Ohio and was buried in Twin Valley Cemetery in Preble County.  She died April 9, 1971 and was buried beside her husband.

 

Children born to Lucittie Alexander Goins and Goldie Mae Hawvermale Goins include:

 

    Joyce Genevie Goins          born November 23, 1918

    Ralph Emerson Goins         born July 22, 1920

    Floyd Harvey Goins               born December 6, 1922

    Clayton Orville Goins         born September 22, 1924

 

Joyce Genevie Goins, daughter of Lucittie Alexander Goins and Goldie Mae Hawvermale Goins, was born November 23, 1918 in Preble County.  She was married there November 11, 1940 to Paul David Bear.  They were divorced in 1946, and she was remarried to Richard Turvey.  She was married for the third time October 13, 1951 to John Lewis Huber.

 

Ralph Emerson Goins, son of Lucittie Alexander Goins and Goldie Mae Hawvermale Goins, was born July 22, 1920 in Pre­ble County. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II from 1942 to 1945.  He was married in Preble County June 30, 1944 to Phyllis Lorene Uhl.  She was born there June 28, 1921 to Willard Edward Uhl and Mabel Rae Bake Uhl.

 

Children born to Ralph Emerson Goins and Phyllis Lorene Uhl Goins include:

 

    Philip Emerson Goins         born September 18, 1946

    Ned Stephen Goins             born April 17, 1949

 

Philip Emerson Goins, son of Ralph Emerson Goins and Phyllis Lorene Uhl Goins, was born September 18, 1946 in Dayton.  He was married there July 18, 1970 to Sharyn Lee Sager.  In 1972 they lived in Homestead, Florida, in 1977 in North Attle­boro, Massachusetts.

 

Children born to Philip Emerson Goins and Sharyn lee Sager Goins include:

 

    Chad Emerson Goins                 born June 16, 1972

    Heather Ruth Goins                born August 20, 1977

 

Ned Stephen Goins, son of Ralph Emerson Goins and Phyllis Lorene Uhl Goins, was born April 17, 1949 in Dayton.  He was married August 3, 1974 in Celina, Ohio to Doris Ann Hell­warth.  She was born March 28, 1952 in Celina to Dillon Cor­nelius Hellwarth and Dorothy Jean Leininger Hellwarth.  In 1984 they lived in Kendallville, Indiana where he was em­ployed as a driver and she as a librarian.  They are active ge­nealogical researchers and are members of Gowen Research Foundation.

 

Children born to Ned Stephen Goins and Doris Ann Hell­warth Goins include:

 

    Stephen Edward Goins               born July 8, 1984

 

Floyd Harvey Goins, son of Lucittie Alexander Goins and Goldie Mae Hawvermale Goins, was born December 6, 1922.  He was killed in 1948 in a diving accident.

 

Clayton Orville Goins, son of Lucittie Alexander Goins and Goldie Mae Hawvermale Goins, was born September 22, 1924.  He was married May 28, 1949 to Louise Elizabeth Focke.  No children were born to Clayton Orville Goins and Louise Eliza­beth Focke Goins.

 

George Gordon Goins, son of Cephas Monroe Goins and Annie Elizabeth Ratliff Rickman, was born October 5, 1898 at Rad­ford, Virginia.  He was married in Montgomery County, Ohio August 8, 1918, wife's name Lula Bell.  He died March 25, 1974 in Darke County, Ohio.

 

Thomas C. Goins, son of George Washington Goins and Mary Catherine Ratliff Goins, was born in Washington County in 1871

 

Berry W. Goins, son of George Washington Goins and Mary Cather­ine Ratliff Goins, was born in Washington County in 1873.

 

Marion H. Goins, son of George Washington Goins and Mary Catherine Ratliff Goins, was born in Washington County in 1876.

 

Harvey W. Goins, son of George Washington Goins and Mary Catherine Ratliff Goins, was born in Washington County in 1879.  He was married in 1906, wife's name Sarah E. Sarah E. Goins was born in 1885. A son, Isaac W. Goins was born to them about 1909, according to Doris A. Goins.

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According to "High on a Windy Hill," Negroes buried in Campbell Cemetery "due east of Abingdon, Virginia" include:

 

    "Alex Goins died December 4, 1910, age 66 years

    Easter Goins    died November 28, 1924, age 75 years

    Polly Goins age 80 years

    John Goins  age 58 years

    Annie Goins age 22 years"

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Ethel Malinda Gowins was married to Jordan Collins August 22, 1847, according to "Wythe County, Virginia  Marriages, 1784-1850."

 

YORK COUNTY, VIRGINIA

 

Ann Gowen Easley here

 

William Gowen, Jr. to be inserted at end of the section of Ann Gowen Easley.

 

William Gowen, Jr, son of William Gowen and Sarah Gowen, was born about 1739 in Stafford County, Virginia.  He was brought to Brunswick County, Virginia by his parents about 1743.  By 1750 they were living in Granville County, North Carolina.  His father paid tax on "son William" there in the 1758 tax list of James Yancey."

 

William Gowen, Jr. accompanied his family in a move to South Carolina about 1774.

 

One hundred acres of land was "admeasured and laid out unto William Gowen, Junior" May 4, 1773 in Craven County, South Carolina, probably in compensation for North Carolina militia duty. Craven County at that time encompassed land that later became District 96 when it was organized.  De­scription of the land grant is contained in South Carolina Archives, Co­lonial Plats, Volume 16, page 173.  The sur­veyor's record reads:

 

South Carolina, Craven County

 

Pursuant to a Precept from under the hand and seal of John Bremar, Esquire, Deputy Surveyor General dated October February second day AD 1773, I have admea­sured and laid out unto William Gowen, Junior, a planta­tion or tract of land contain­ing one hundred acres situate, lying and being on the South fork of Pacolet river bound on all sides by vacant land and hath such form and shape as the above plat repre­sents. Certified under my hand this 4th day of May AD 1773.

 

           Andrew Thompson, Deputy Surveyor"

 

His land grant from King George III is recorded in South Car­olina Archives, Royal Grants, Volume 34, page 286.  The doc­ument reads:

 

"South Carolina:  George the Third by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, De­fender of the Faith and so forth, To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Know ye, that we of our spe­cial Grace, certain Knowledge and mere Motion, have given and granted, and by these Presents for our heirs and suc­cessors, Do Give and Grant unto William Gowan, his heirs and assigns, a plantation or tract of land containing one hundred acres situ­ate on the South fork of Pacolet River bounded all sides by vacant land, and hath such shape, form and marks, as appear by a plat thereof, here­unto an­nexed:

 

Together with all woods, under-woods, timber and tim­ber-trees, lakes, ponds, fishings, waters, water-courses, profits, commodities, appurtenances and hered­itaments whatsoever, there unto belonging or in anywise apper­taining: Together with privilege of hunting, hawking and fowling in and upon the same, and all mines and minerals whatsoever; saving and reserving nevertheless, to us, our heirs and suc­cessors, all white pine-trees, if any there should be found grow­ing thereon; and also saving and reserv­ing, nevertheless, to us, our heirs and successors, one tenth-part of mines of gold and silver only: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, the said tract of one hun­dred acres of land and all singular other the premises hereby granted unto the said William Gowan, his heirs and assigns for ever, in free and common foccage. The said William Gowan, his heirs and as­signs yielding and paying therefor, unto us, our heirs and successors, or to our Receiver-General for the time being, or to his Deputy or Deputies for the time being, yearly, that is to say, on the twenty-fifth day of March, in every year at the rate of three shillings sterling, or four shillings proclamation money, for every hundred acres, and so in proportion, according to the number of acres, contained therein the same to commence at the ex­piration of two years from the date hereof.  Pro­vided always, and this present Grant is upon condi­tion, nevertheless that the said William Gowan, his heirs and assigns, shall and do yearly, and every year, after the date of these presents, clear and cul­tivate at the rate of three acres for every hundred acres of land, and so in proportion, according to the number of acres herein contained; And also shall and do enter a minute or docket of these our letters-patent in the office of our Auditor General for the time being, in our said Province, within six months from the date hereof; And upon condition, that if the said rent, hereby re­served shall happen to be in arrear and unpaid for the space of three years, from the time it shall become due, and no distress can be found on the said lands, tene­ments, and heredita­ments hereby granted; if the said William Gowan, his heirs or assigns shall neglect to clear and culti­vate yearly and every year, at the rate of three acres for every hundred acres of land, and so in propor­tion, according to the number of acres herein con­tained, or if a minute or docket of these our Letters-patent, shall not be entered in the Office of our Auditor-General for the time being, in said Province, within six months from the date hereof, that then and in any of these cases, this present Grant shall cease, determine and be utterly void, and the said lands, tenements and hered­itaments hereby granted, and every part and parcel thereof, shall revert to us, our heirs and successors as fully and absolutely, as if the same had never been granted.

 

Given under the Great Seal of our said Province.

 

Witness The Honorable William Bull, Esquire, Lieu­tenant Governor and Commander in chief in and over our said Province of South-Carolina, this Eighth Day of December, Anno Dom. 1774 in the Fifteenth Year of our Reign.

 

L. M. S.

William Bull

 

Signed by his Honor the Lieut. William Bull, Governor of Council and hath thereunto a Plat thereof annexed, representing the same, certified by John Bre­mar, Deputy Surveyor General.  4th May 1773.

Thomas Winstanley, GCC"

 

The land granted to William Gowen was located about 10 miles from Gowensville, South Carolina where his brother, John "Buck" Gowen is believed to have received a royal grant and settled.

 

It is believed that William Gowen did not move to South Car­olina upon receipt of the land grant, but merely com­muted to clear and cultivate three acres of land as required by the grant.  He was married about this time, wife's name unknown.

 

"William Going of Granville County, North Carolina," re­ceived a deed from Walter Ownbey of Bute County, North Carolina November 3, 1778, according to Granville County Deed Book M, page 91.

 

"William Goyen" served in the South Carolina militia in 1782, according to South Carolina Archives, File AA20l8, page 1xB. The file contains a payroll receipt reading:

 

"Mr. William Goyen. his account of 50 days duty in the Militia in 1782. amount­ing to Three Pounds, Eleven Shillings and Five Pence.  The time of when the duty was perrmed is not fixed. Exd. Amc.

        to lie over        See above E.D."

 

The notation "going" is written upside down on the bottom of the receipt, perhaps by a clerk to clarify the pronuncia­tion of "Goyen."

 

Frank Maxwell Gowen wrote September 26, 1981 that William Gowen, Jr. received three grants of land from the State of South Carolina after the Revolutionary War.  On August 24, 1784 re­ceived 320 acres on the Middle Tyger River.  On August 30, 1784 he received 116 acres on the south fork of the Pacolet River.  On March 18, 1793 he re­ceived 254 acres located on the Middle Tyger River. All of these grants were in Greenville County.  It was requested that the deeds be delivered to John "Buck" Gowen.  Research is needed to determine that these grants were not made to his father, William Gowen, Sr.

 

Apparently William Gowen, Jr. did not remain long in South Carolina, but returned to North Carolina.  He was not men­tioned in his father's will written March 10, 1785, probably be­cause he did not remain near him in the Apex Cession.

 

There were other individuals by the name of William Gowen in Granville County at that time.  Care is needed to delineate be­tween them so that the activities of one is not ascribed to an­other.

 

"William Gowing" was one of the witnesses to the bond of  Spencer Carroll April 20, 1786. According to Granville County Will Book 1, page 480, "Spencer Carroll says he, un­fortunately, yesterday did bite off the lower end of the right ear of John Rogers for which I give my obligation to him."

 

"William Gowing," appeared as the head of a household in the 1786 state census of Granville County, page 2, located in the Oxford District.  The family was composed of:

 

    "Gowing, William    white male, 21-60

white female

white male, under 21 or over 60

white male, under 21 or over 60

white male, under 21 or over 60

white male, under 21 or over 60

white female"

 

Of William Gowen, Jr. nothing more is known.

 

Insert James Gowen, Beaufort District here .u

 

Insert at the end of James Gowen's descendants, Section .018 a

 

William Gowen, son of [William3, Thomas2, Mihil1]. was born in Stafford County about 1712   or 1720?  He is regarded as possibly the William Gowen who removed to Davidson County, North Carolina [later Tennessee] in the winter of 1779. 

 

He may have influenced his brother, Ambrose Gowen to join him in Davidson County.  On April 5, 1786 "Ambrose Goins" appeared on a jury panel in Davidson County, North Carolina [later Tennessee] in which Peter Barnett sued John Rice.

 

Alexander Gowen, [William3, Thomas2, Mihil1] son of William Gowen and Catherine Gowen, was born about 1715 in Stafford County. Paul Heinegg in "Free African Americans of North Carolina and Virginia" suggested that he was named for Maj. Robert Alexander, a neighbor.  "My well beloved son, Elixander Going" received under the terms of his mother's will, "one negro man named Robin and one horse and a horse colt and one cow and calf and a cow yearling and halph of my movable houshold stuf and one parcel of land whereon I now live containing sixty-six acres, it being part of a tract con­taining one hundred and thirty-two acres" and one-half of his mother's tobacco crop.

 

Alexander Gowen sold 56 acres he inherited from his mother for £24 to Bond Veale August 18, 1747, according to Fairfax Deed Book B, page 254.  The deed mentioned a division line specified in a deed which John Gowen executed to Thomas Ford.

 

Bond Veale and Elizabeth his wife sold to James Ingoe Dozer of Lunenburg Parish, Richmond County, Virginia for £26 54 acres April 16, 1750, according to Fairfax County Deed Book C, page 51.  Dozer leased the land September 19, 1758 to James Edwards.  William Ellzey sold the 56 acres "sold to him by Dozer to Thomas Sangster, blacksmith" January 19, 1777, according to Fairfax County Deed Book M, pge 252.

 

"Alexander Going" appeared in Stafford County on Green's list of tithables in the year 1749, together with "James Going."  Alexander Going removed to North Carolina about 1750.  He witnessed a deed in September 1753, accord­ing to Orange County, North Carolina deed records.

............

This is from Jack Harold Goins [may be incorrect]

 

Alexander Going/Gowen, a brother to John Going/Gowen, Sr. was all over the place. In 1762, "Alaxander Going vs. William Williams" was dismissed when the plaintiff failed to appear, according to Halifax County Court of Pleas Minute Book 3, page 405.  In the 1764 case of "Alixander Going vs. John Martin," Martin was ordered to "pay note of £2, 10 shillings, plus interest," according to Minute Book 4, page 314.

 

In the July 1767 term, Thomas Spragins filed suit against "Alexander Gowing," claiming debt on an "attachment against the said defendant's estate."  The clerk recorded that "for reasons appearing it is ordered that this suit be dismissed," according to Minute Book 5, page 474. In the same year, the case of "Alexander Going vs. Owen Brady" was dismissed.  The clerk noted, "Plaintiff not residing in this Colony and failing to give security for cost as the law directs," according to Minute Book 5, page 459.

 

In 1760 he received a patent for 600 acres in St. Matthews Parish of Orange County "on both sides of Hogans Creek," ac­cording to Orange County Deed Book 14, page 405.  Alexander Going was summoned as a grandjuror February 17, 1761, ac­cording to Orange County Court minutes.

 

Alexander Going filed suit against Richard Finch in 1763 in Orange County, according to Orange County Court Minute Book 8.

 

Alexander Going filed suit against James Leslye in the court term of November 1763, according to Orange County Court minutes.

 

The case of "Alexander Going vs. William Going" [regarded as his nephew] came before the Orange County Court in 1764, according to Orange County Court Minute Book 8.

 

Alexander Going received a deed May 14, 1765 from William Gladen to 311.5 acres, according to Orange County deed records.

 

Alexander Gowen apparently returned to Fairfax County. Alexander Gowen received Grant No. 418 June 11, 1768 for 461 acres "lying on branches of the Pohick, adjacent to Carter and Ellzey," according to "Grants by the Proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1694-1742."  This appears to be part of the 544-acre patent to Thomasin Ellzey which was recorded one month earlier.  The land later lay in Fairfax County, according to Fairfax County Deed Book O, page 155, as published in "Patents and Northern Neck Grants of Fair­fax County, Virginia." by Beth Mitchell. The grant read:

 

"The Right Honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, Proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia;  To all to whom this present writing . . . do give, grant and confirm unto Alexander Gowen of North Carolina . . . 461 acres on the branches of the Pohick in Fairfax County . . . dated 11th day of June, 1768.

 

Children born to Alexander Gowen are believed to include:

 

    Ursula Gowen                        born about 1745

 

Ursula Gowen, regarded as a daughter of Alexander Gowen, was born about 1745, probably in Stafford County.  "Ursely Gowing" was married about 1768 to Jonathan Tyra, according to Dorothy Ford Wulfeck in "Marriages of Some Virginia Residents," page 133.

 

Susannah Gowen, [William3, Thomas2, Mihil1] daughter of William W. Gowen and Catherine Gowen, was born about 1718 in Stafford County.  Under the terms of her mother's will written May 21, 1739, she received  "one negro man named Jackey and one mare and saddle, cow and calf and two cow yearlings and one feather bed and bolster, a rugg and one pare of blankits and half the household stuf.  and half of my crop of tob: which is now in my house."

 

James Gowen, [Thomas2,  Mihil1] on of Thomas Gowen, was born about 1684, probably in James City County about 1684.  He was brought to Westmoreland County about 1695.

 

"James Gowing, William Gowing and John Gowing" were in­cluded in the roster of a company of dragoons commanded by Capt. John West and Lt. John Peake.  They were on duty in Stafford County in 1701, according to "Virginia Colonial Soldiers" by Lloyd Bockstruck.

 

"James, William, Thomas and John Goins" jointly received a land grant of 1,215 acres in Stafford County "located on Four-Mile Creek adjoining Maj. Robert Alexander" about 1710.  On August 3, 1719, the land was granted to Evan Thomas and John Todd, "both of Stafford County," according to "Grants by the Proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia."

 

On March 4, 1730 "James Going" and Simon Pearson received 652 acres "on Four Mile Run near Brandymore, adjacent to chestnut lands of Thomas Pearson, deceased."according to "Patents and Northern Neck Grants of Fairfax County, Virginia" by Beth Mitchell. 

 

On the same date James Gowen sold [probably to Simon Pearson] his interest in "652 acres on Four Mile Run, adjoining Thomas Pearson," according to Deed Book C, page 118.

 

"James Going and Alexander Going" appeared together in Green's list of tithables in 1749.   "James Going" voted there in 1755.

 

James Gowen is regarded by Paul Heinegg as the father of:

 

    Daniel Gowen             born about 1730

    Jacob Gowen                 born about 1735

    Luke Gowen                   born about 1739

    Michael Gowen               born about 1740

    George Gowen               born about 1748

 

Daniel Gowen, regarded as a son of James Gowen, was born about 1730 in Stafford County.  "Daniel Gowing" was enlisted September 10, 1755 in Stafford County by Ens. Weedon in the company commanded by Capt. Thomas Cocke for service in the French & Indian War.  He could not be labeled as a Melungeon or a mulatto because he was described as "planter, born in Vir­ginia, age 27, 5'4", light colored hair, long thin visage."

 

In December 1756 he appeared on the payroll of Capt. Peter Hogg's company.  In September 1757 he was recorded in the 7th Company in the Virginia Regiment commanded by Capt. Joshua Lewis.  On this report he was described as "a hatter, born in Virginia, fair complexion, brown hair."

 

"Daniel Gowin" was on the payroll of Capt. Thomas Cocke's militia company during the French and Indian War in March 1756. In July 1757, he was a member of the Seventh Company of the Virginia Regiment commanded by Capt. Joshua Lewis. He continued in that command in October 1757.

 

The French & Indian War began in 1754 and was terminated in 1763 by the Treaty of Paris signed February 10. 1843.  The French with their Indian allies were singularly successful in the early years of the war.  The Virginia troops, 600 strong, led by Lt. Col. George Washington guided 800 British regulars under the command of Gen. Edward Braddock to the Ohio River Valley.  They were soundly defeated at Ft. Duquesne.

 

"Daniel Gowen" was indexed in "Virginia Wills and Adminis­trations, 1632-1800" by Torrence.  His estate was probated in 1796.  An inventory of his estate is on file in the Fairfax County Courthouse.

 

Jacob Gowen, regarded as the son of James Gowen, was born about 1735 in Stafford County. 

 

 

On July 3, 1754, in the wilderness of the Allegheny Mountains, Virginia troops commanded by Col. George Washington, a 22-year-old, were defeated at Ft. Necessity.  This battle at the "Great Meadows" was the opening hostility of the French & Indian War.  It was the struggle between Great Britain and France for the control of North America

 

Roster of Virginia Militia

 

These are the names of soldiers serving under George Washington during the Fort Necessity Campaign. It is a compilation from two sources described below. Spelling of names are as they appear on the separate rosters.

 

Title of paper roster:

     A Listing of the Officers, Noncommissioned Officers, and Privates

     serving with G. W. at the Battle of the Great Meadows at Fort

     Necessity in the Summer of 1754.

 

Title of the framed pay and muster rolls:

     A Roll of the Officers and Soldiers in the Service of the Colony

     Before the Battle of the Meadows the 3rd day of July, 1754 as Taken

     From the Pay and Muster Rolls of These Times.

 

Normal - paper roster

Brackets - framed pay and muster rolls

"OFFICERS

 

George Washington, Colonel (Lieut. Col.)

Joshua Fry, Colonel

George Muse, Lieut. Colonel (Major)

Robert Stobo, Major (Captain), hostage

Peter Hog, Captain

Andrew Lewis, Captain

George Mercer, Captain (Lieut.)

William Polson, Captain (Lieut.)

Jacob Van Braam, Captain (Lieut.), hostage

Thomas Waggoner, Captain

Thomas Wagener, Lieutenant

William Bronaugh, Lieutenant (Ensign)

John Mercer, Lieutenant (Ensign)

John Savage, Lieutenant

Adam Stephen, Lieutenant (Captain)

James Towers, Lieutenant

James Toners, Ensign

John West, Lieutenant

James Craik, Ensign and Surgeon

William Peyrouney, Ensign, wounded

Carolus Spittdolph, Ensign

Walter Stuart, Ensign

Thomas Bullett, Cadet

William M. Wright, Cadet

John Carlysle, Deputy Commissa.

 

SOLDIERS

 

*A*

 

Dual listings indicate the various spellings used on different rosters.

 

John Allan, Corporal

John Allan, Sergeant

Charles Allbury

Charles Alberry

Jacob Arrens, taken prisoner (Deserted)

Samuel Arsdale

 

*B*

 

Joshua Backer

Henry Bailey

William Bailey, killed

Josias Baker, Corporal

Jasias Baker

Jno. Chr's Banlie

Robert Bale

Nathaniel Barrett

Thomas Barrey

Solomon Batson, wounded and deserted

Solomon Bobson, deserted

James Batty

James Battie

Joseph Baxter

Edward Bayley

Edw'd Bailey

Jacob Beil, deserted

John Beil, deserted

Robert Bell

Robert Bennett

John Biddlecom

Jno. Biddlecomb

Daniel Billot

Dan'l Belott

Thomas Bird, wounded

John Bishop, missing

James Black, absent

Richard D. Bolton

Charles Bomgardner

Godfrey Bomgardner, absent

Henry Bowman

John Boyd, Corporal (Sergeant)

Chas. Boyle, deserted

Rudolph Brickner

Henry Bristowe

Henry Bristol

Bibby Brooks

William Broughton

William Braughton

John Brown

John Brown, absent

John Bryan

John Bryant, deserted

John Bryans

Rudolph Brickner, Sergeant

Thomas Buckner, Sergeant, wounded

Christopher Bumbgardner

John Burk

Thomas Burk

Thomas Burke

Thomas Burney

Bartholomew Burnes

Barth'w Barnes

Robert Burns

Thomas Burris

Thomas Bhurras

Robert Busses

Joshua Burton, wounded

Christopher Byerly

 

*C*

 

Edward Cahill

William Cairns

William Carnes

James Cammack

James Cammock

George Campbell, deserted

John Campbell

John Capshaw

John Carroll

James Carson, Drummer

Thomas Carter, Sergeant

William Carter

Joseph Casterson

Jacob Catt, deserted

Edward Caygile, wounded

Thomas Cehass

Thomas Chaddock

Matthew Chape

William Chaplain

John Chapman, wounded

Nathan Chapman, wounded

Paris Chapman

Andrew Clark

And'w Clerk

John Clements

Garrett Clerk, killed

Gerrard Clerk

John Coin

William Coleman

Phillip Connelly, wounded

Bryan Conner

Bryan Connor

Timothy Conway, wounded

William Copland

Joseph Costerton

John Cox

Matthew Cox

Patrick Coyl

Patrick Coyle

Will'm Crowach

 

*D*

 

James Daily

James Dayley

Claud Dallowe

Claud Dalone

John Davis

Nath'l Deadman

William Dean

William Devenney

James Devoy

James Dewey

John Dixon, discharged

Thomas Donahaugh

Matthew Doran

Bernard Draxter

Baron Draxilla, deserted

Stephen Driscale

Bernard Droxeller

Charles Dunn

John Durham

Matthew Durham, wounded

Patrick Durphey, wounded

 

*E*

 

Henry Earnest

Peter Efflock

Robert Elliot, wounded

Robert Elliott

Peter Essleet

Edward Evans, Corporal

Edward Evart

 

*F*

 

John Farmer

John Farroll

John Featon

Duncan Ferguson

James Ferguson

John Ferguson

John Field

John Fields

William Field

Thomas Fisher, killed

James Ford, wounded

Nicho's Foster

Thomas Foster

Thomas Foser

Andrew Fowler

John Franklin, deserted

Michael Franks

James Fullam, wounded

James Fulham

Jacob Funkhauser, deserted

Wm. Fyann

 

*G*

 

John Gallahorn

John Gallahann

Patrick Gallaway

William Gardner, wounded

Joseph Gatewood

Phil Gatewood

Benjamin Gause

Benjn. Gauze

Jacob Gauze

Benjamin Gaven

William Gerrard

George Gibbons

Joseph Gibbs

George Gobell

George Gobley

John Goldson

John Gholson

James Good, wounded

Edward Goodwin, wounded

David Gorman, wounded

David Gosman

Jacob Gowin

Jacob Going

Robert Graham

Edward Graves

Robert Grymes, Sergeant

Edward Gwin

James Gwin

 

*H*

 

John Habbitt, deserted

Benjamin Hamilton

John Hamilton, Sergeant

Thomas Hamilton, Sergeant, wounded

William Harbinson

Thomas Harris

John Harwood John Hart

Southy Haslip

Southy Haslon

Abner Hazlap

Abner Haslon

Jacob Helsley, deserted

Chris'n Helsley

James Hawes

Chris Henly

Thomas Hennesey

Thomas Henacy

Carnel's Hesley

James Heyler

James Heyton

Jacob Hiffley, deserted

Ant'ony Hill

Dennis Hintin

William Hogan

William Holland, missing

Mark Hollis, Sergeant (Corporal)

Will'm Hollis

Argyle House, wounded

Arthur Howard

Matthew Howard, missing

George Hussh, deserted

John Huston

John Honston

Samuel Hyden, wounded

Saml. Heydon

 

*I*

 

Saml. Isdale

Sauel Isdel

 

*J*

 

Charles James

Will'm Jenkins

Henry Johnston

John Johnston

Wile Johnston

Wise Johnston, Corporal

William Johnston

Adam Jones

Ignatius Jones, deserted

James Jones

John Jones

Matthias Jones

Robert Jones, wounded

Joshua Jordan, wounded (discharged)

 

*K*

 

Anthony Kennedy

Arthur Kennedy

Dennis Kenting

Jacob Kiblar

Edward King

Dennis Kinton

John Kitson, killed

Thomas Kitson

Thomas Knap

William Knowles, absent

 

*L*

 

James Labart

John Larden

Adam Leonard

John Lee

Henry Leonard, deserted

James Letort

Mathew Levinson

Mathew Levingston

Nathan Lewis, Corporal

Thomas Lockard, deserted

Thos. Longder, Sergeant

Thomas Longdon, Sergeant

Will'm Lorry

William Lowry

John Lowe

James Ludlow

James Luvon

 

*M*

 

John Maid

Nicholas Major, Corporal, absent

Daniel Mallatt

George Marcum

George Malcomb

John Martin

Abraham Mashaw

John Maston

John Manston

Jesse May

John May

James McBride

George McCan

Michael McCannon

Daniel McClaren, killed

James McCommac

James McCommack

Hugh McCoy, Corporal

John McCulley, wounded

John McCutty, Sergeant

Robert McCulroy, wounded

Angus McDonald

Traverse McDonald

John McGrager

John McGregory

Michael McGrath

Michael McGraw, wounded

Jno. McGuire (Als. Clinck)

John McIntire

William McIntire

John McIntosh, deserted

Rob't McKay

Barnaby McKan, killed

Barnaby McCan, killed

James McLaughlan, deserted

Patrick McPyke

John McQuire

George McSwine

George McSnair

John Mears

John Mean

James Meggs

Joseph Mellon

Edward Mercer

John Miller

James Milton

Joseph Milton

Edward Minor

Edward Miner

William Mitchell

Dominick Monan

David Montgomery

David Montgomerie

Isaac Moore

Isaac Moon, killed

Jasper Moorhead

Jasper Mosean

Nicholas Morgan, Corporal

Nich's Mongar

Jesse Morris

Richard Morris

Thomas Moss

John Mulholland

Robert Murphey

Rich'd Murray, deserted

Abr'm Mushaw, Drummer

Jacob Myer

 

*N*

 

Thomas Napp

Henry Neal

Matthew Nevison

Thomas Nicholson, wounded

 

*O*

 

Mich'l Oburk, discharged

Jas. Obrian

Thomas Ogdon

John Ogilby

Jno. Oglesby

 

*P*

 

Bryant Page

James Parson

Will'm Patten, killed

Hugh Paul

Thomas Pearce (Als. Pearson)

Peter Pezenlagar, deserted

Jacob Perkley, deserted

Alexander Perry

John Poner

James Poor

John Poor

William Poor

John Potter, wounded

Joseph Pouch

Joseph Powell, wounded

John Power

Masshab Pratt

Martial Pratt

James Price

Robert Pritchard

Rich'd Pritchard

William Pullen, killed

 

*R*

 

Thomas Rage, discharged

John Ramsay, killed

Hugh Ratchford

Hugh Rockford

Michael Reilly, wounded

Mich'l Ryley, Sergeant

Will'm Rice

Ezekiel Richardson, Drummer

John Robinson, killed

Ware Rocket

Wise Rocket

John Roe

John Row

Francis Rogers

John Rogers, wounded

John Rogers, Sergeant

James Rowe

James Row

Frederick Rupart

Barnaby Ryley

 

*S*

 

James Samnel

Joseph Scott

Thomas Scott, killed

Michael Scully

Francis Self

Francis Selt

Thomas Sellars

Mathias Shampe

William Shoad, deserted

David Shond

James Short

Demsey Simmons, wounded

Dempsey Simond

William Simmons

William Simond, killed

Dudley Skinner, wounded

Thomas Slaughter

Benj'n Smith, deserted

Charles Smith

James Smith

John Smith, Corporal

Patrick Smith

Richard Smith, Corporal

Zachariah Smith

William Snallon

John Soans

Charles Soant

Benjamin Spicer

William Stallons

Mathew Stanard

Daniel Staple

Dan'l Staples

Thomas Stedman

Thomas Shedman

John Stephens

Alexander Stewart, wounded

Alexander Steward

John Stewart

John Steward

Robert Stewart

Hugh Stone

McLee Swimmer

George Swiney

Torence Swiney

 

*T*

 

Rob't Tanstah, Sergeant

Christain Taylor

George Taylor, wounded

Thomas Tedman

Nehemiah Tendell, wounded

James Terrek, Sergeant

James Thomas, Corporal

John Thomas

John Thompson

John Thornton

John Tranton, killed

John Trantum, Corporal

John Triston

Richard Trotter, Sergeant

John Truston

Will'm Turnar, deserted

Dr. Edw'd Turner

Robert Turnstall, Sergeant

William Tyan

James Tyrell, Sergeant

James Titus

 

*U*

 

William Underhill

William Underwood

 

*W*

 

Charles Waddy

Edward Wagener, Sergeant

Michael Walker

William Wallors

Elijha Ward

Philimon Waters

Arthur Watt, wounded

Thomas Wedman

Dan'l Welsh

James Welsh

James Welch

Edward Whitehead

John Whitman

John Whiteman, Sergeant

Jn'o David Wilken

Daniel Wilkinson

David Wilkenson, Drummer

Peregsise Williams, wounded

John Willis, Sergeant

John Wilson, deserted

John Wise, Corporal"

 

On July 9, 1754 "Pvt. Jacob Gowin" was in the company commanded by Capt. Robert Stobo, "on roster made at Wills Creek."  "Pvt. Jacob Gowin" reappeared on the payroll record of Stobo's company July 29, 1754 at Alexandria, Virginia.

 

On that date he was transferred to the militia company of Capt. Andrew Lewis.  He was included "in the detachment sent to Augusta County," on the western frontier under the command of Capt. Lewis, according to "Virginia's Colonial Soldiers" by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck. 

 

Pvt. Jacob Gowen was paid £2:0:8 for this service which began July 29, 1754 and ended September 29, 1754.  In September 1757 Jacob Gowen continued in the same company, com­manded by Maj. Andrew Lewis, according to "Virginia Colo­nial Militia, 1561-1776" edited by William Armstrong Crozier..

 

Later "Pvt. Jacob Going" appeared in the company commanded by Capt. Robert Stobo.  He appeared on a list of soldiers in Stobo's company "who have received His Excellency's Bounty Money."  He was listed as a deserter October 1, 1757, according to "Colonial Soldiers of the South."

 

Paul Heinegg in "Free African Americans of North Carolina and Virginia" suggests that he fled to Rowan County, North Carolina.  It is believed that Jacob Going was located in Surry County in 1770 when it was created from Rowan County.  He suggests that Jacob Going was married there about 1778, wife's name Jerusha. Stokes County was created from Surry County in 1789.  It is suggested that Jacob Going and Jerusha Going were estranged about 1790.

 

Jacob Going was married to Nancy Smith, "who is upwards of 22 years," January 18, 1792 in adjoining Patrick County, Vir­ginia, according to "Patrick County, Virginia  Marriages, 1791-1850."  John Cannon was surety.  John Clark witnessed the cer­emony.  Children born to Jacob Go­ing and Nancy Smith Going are unknown.

 

Jacob Going was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1800 census of Stokes County, page 587.  The only "free col­ored" family enumerated in the 1820 census of Stokes County, page 23, was headed by Gerusha Going. regarded as the former wife of Jacob Going.  Gerusha Going, "free colored," born about 1760, was recorded as the head of household of "three free colored" in the 1820 census of Stokes County, page 26, ac­cording to "Index to the 1820 census of North Carolina."

 

On April 21, 1821 Gerusha Going obtained a "Certificate of Freedom" in adjoining Patrick County, Virginia.  The certifi­cate read, "Jarusha Going, dark, aged about 62; Polly Going, light complexion, age 28; son, Andrew Going, aged 9, all re­siding on Little Dan River." 

 

Jerusha Going recorded her certificate about 20 years later in Highland County, Ohio, according to Highland County "Register of Black, Mulatto and Poor Persons." page 8.

 

According to Paul Heinegg, children born to Jerusha Going in­cluded:

 

    Benjamin Going                             born about 1780

    Polly Going                                born about 1793

   

Benjamin Going, regarded as a son of Jacob Going and Jerusha Going, was born about 1780 in Stokes County.  He appeared there in 1820 as the head of a "free colored" household of six, page, page 341.

 

Polly Going, regarded as a daughter of Jerusha. Going, was born about 1793, probably in Stokes County.  She was living with her mother and a boy, Andrew Goings on April 12, 1821 in Patrick County, Virginia when they were issued a 'Certificate of Freedom" by the Patrick County Clerk.  They produced the certificate in Highland County, Ohio about 20 years later.

 

Children born to Polly Going are believed to include:

 

    Andrew Going                        born about 1812

 

"Jason Going" paid a tax on "1 poll" in Loudoun County, ac­cording to "Virginia Taxpayers, 1782-1787."

 

Luke Gowen, regarded as the son of James Gowen, was born about 1739 in Stafford County. "Luke Going" was recorded as paying tax on "2 polls" in Loudon County, according to "Virginia Taxpayers, 1782-1787."

 

Michael Gowen, regarded as the son of James Gowen, was born about 1740 in Stafford County.  "Michael Going" was listed as the head of a household of 12 whites" in the 1785 census of Shenandoah County, page 105.  He paid tax on "1 dwelling, 1 outbuilding."

 

George Gowen, regarded as the son of James Gowen, was born about 1748 in Stafford County.  "George Going,  free colored" was enumerated as the head of a household of "8 free colored" in the 1810 census of Fairfax County, page 257, according to "Index to 1810 Vir­ginia Census" by Madeline W. Crickard.

 

John Gowen, [Thomas2,  Mihil1] on of Thomas Gowen, was born about 1689, probably in James City County.

 

James Gowen, [Mihil1] son of Mihil Gowen, was born about 1663, probably in James City County.  Of this individual nothing more is known.