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GOOCH FAMILY LINE OF CHERIE MCNAUL
The following family history information was provided by Cherie McNaul, [email protected] back in 2001.
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Editorial comments of Cherie McNaul, received 8/4/2001:
A few changes I recently found out;
> Gallatin Tolbert Gooch died 1933, where I don't know. This information came from another distant cousin from the Robert Dalton Gooch side.
> GraceTruman and Jennings Bryant WERE adopted. This information I received from my uncle whom I just visited with last week when we went to Iowa to visit my folks.
> My uncle has a picture of Chrisman and Lucinda with most of their children. It's in perfect shape, however, the picture is a large family portrait and would be very difficult to make a copy of via copier machine. I don't know how else to get these pictures into a smaller size without cost. No one else in the family seems to be interested in them, so I told him I would like to have them after they pass on. I wish I had these pictures to send you. It was such a privilege to be able to see them all and hear the stories my uncle remembered of long gone descendants. My great grandmother, Nora, my uncle told me, died of a fever. I was also told that it was the flu epidemic of the early 1900's that took many other lives as well. She was a beautiful woman.
> I have a large envelope with copies of the Griffin/Gooch book that was put together by my great aunt, Lodema Griffin Story, and your Gooch family line that I put together for you too. I will send it soon.
Thank you, I am truly touched by your kindness.
Sincerely,
Cherie McNaul
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Descendant
Generation I
b-1680/1684
Albemarle, Surry, VA
d-1758/1760
Sweet Hall Albemarle Parish, Surry, ENG
m-abt
1710
Parents:
William Gooch II & Ursula Claiborne (descendant of Cleiburne Hall, Scotland,
I’ve been told)(please note, parents of Claiborne Gooch have not been
verified)
b-abt
1685 VA
d-unknown
Parents:
unknown
1.
Thomas b-1710
2.
Claiborne II b-abt 1712
d-
abt 1792
3.
William b- abt 1712 Louisa Co. VA.
d-
unknown married Elizabeth ? 1737
4.
William b- 1717 VA d- unknown, married Elizabeth Lewis abt 1741
5.
Thomas b- abt 1722
6.
John b- abt 1722
7.
Stephen b- 1724
8.
Elizabeth b-1726
9.
Thomas b-1727
10.
*Rowland
b- 1735 (another descendant says he was born 1725, but I trust the 1735 based on
some records) d-8 Dec 1794 Louisa Co. VA, married Unity West. (this is my
descendency).
Descendant
Generation 2
b-1735
Louisa Co. VA
d-8
Dec 1794 Louisa Co VA
Parents:
Claiborne Gooch & Mildred Thompson
Wife:
Unity West
b-
1735 Louisa Co. VA
d-1793
Louisa Co. VA
Parents:
Nathaniel West & Martha Woodard
(Unity
West is supposedly the Great Granddaughter of Gov John West, 3rd Gov
of VA; these descendants are supposed to be descended from Alfred the Great of
England: I have never seen any proof other than family stories)
1.
William b-abt 1742 VA
d-
11 Dec 1780 w: Lucy Flemming m-1760
2.
Willam b-abt 1748 VA
d-1783
Louisa Co. VA w: Loviniah Clements m-16 Feb 1769
3.
Sarah b- abt 1750 Louisa Co. VA
d-abt
1842 h: David Crews
4.
John West b-abt 1751
d-bef
6 Aug 1813 w: Judith Radford m-20 Nov 1767
5.
Rowland b- abt 1753 w: Betsy McGhee m-16 Apr 1801
6.
Stephen b-1756 King William Co VA
d-10
Jun 1816 Louisa Co VA w: Mary Pollard m-6 May 1771
7.
*Liner
b- 1757 King Wm Co. VA
d-1826
Lincoln Co KY w: Rhoda Turner m-28 Apr 1780 (note: this is my next line of
descendancy).
8.
Claiborne b- abt 1758 d- 1838 Louisa Co, VA w#1: Nancy Ann Neely m-1779 w#2:
Mildred Thomson m-1783.
9.
Pomphrey/Humphrey b-abt 1760
d-
Dec 1794 w#1: Mary Wagstaff m-26 Nov 1783 w#2: Mary Thomson
10.
Gideon b-abt 1767 Goochland Co. VA
d-19
Nov 1811 w: Rosa Settle m-12 Feb 1790
11.
John b-abt 1769 d-Charity, MO. w:
unknown (had 6 children: 1 boy, 5 girls)
The
following three may or may not have been children of Rowland & Unity Gooch
12.
Rowland b-abt 1773; 13. Elizabeth b-abt 1775 d-1794; 14. Elizabeth b-abt 1783
d-1794
Descendant
Generation 3
Liner
Gooch
Wife #2: Sarah Skidmore
b-abt
1757 Albemarle, VA
b-1757 Louisa Co. VA
d-1826
Lincoln Co. KY
m-24 Oct 1822 KY
m-28
Apr 1780
(I have never found any children with this wife)
Parents:
Rowland Gooch & Unity West
Wife
#1: Rhoda Turner
b-abt
1759
d-bef
1822
Parents:
William Turner
Children:
1.
*Dabney
b-22 Feb 1786 Louisa Co. VA
d-
1859 Pulaski Co, KY w#1:Ruth Watson Dunn; w#2: Naomi Magill
2.
William Dixon b-1787
d-?
w#1: Elizabeth Terry m-1802; w#2: Matilda Childers m-1813
3.
William b-1788 w-Mildred Atkinson
4.
Thomas b-1788 w#1: Nancy J Singleton m-1807; w#2: Polly Singleton m-1822
5.
Elizabeth Dixon b-1790 h-Wm T Murphy
6.
John Liner b-1790 Louisa Co. VA w-Susannah Magill m-1811
7.
Unity b-1792 h-Wm Magill m-1811
8.
Nancy b-1792
9.
Elizabeth b-1792
10.
Euny (Unie:female) b-1794
(Note:
several of these children’s birth years may or may not be correct, or they may
be multiple births)
Descendant
Generation 4
b-22
Feb 1786 Goochtown, Louisa Co. VA
d-1859
Waynesburg/Goochtown, Pulaski Co. KY
m-11
Jun 1804 Louisa Co VA
Parents:
Liner Gooch & Rhoda Turner
Wife#3:
Ruth
Watson Dunn
(Previous Husband: Ephraim Dunn m-19 Mar 1767)
b-abt
1782 Lincoln Co. KY
(Sussex Co.)
d-1821/1822
Waynesburg Pulaski Co. KY
Parents:
Children:
1.Pleasanton
Overton b-5 Jun 1805 Goochtown, KY
d-12
Aug 1868 w-Pheobe Leach m-22 Nov 1825
2.
James Madison b- 1809 Pulaski Co KY
d-1890
Pulaski Co KY w#2: Lucinda Luttrell/Lutterell
3.
Stephen Claiborne b-1812
d-
? w-Polly Ball m-1837
4.
Ellison Oliver b-1814
d-1876
w-Louisa Ann McMullin m-22 Feb 1836
5. Robert Dalton b-1816
d-2
Aug 1875 Lincoln Co. Ky w-Sarah Ferris Singleton m-11 Feb 1839
6.
Susan b- 24 Oct 1818
d-31
Aug 1881, h-David Estes m-29 Oct 1835
W#1:
(of Dabney Gooch)
Louise
Salyars m-7 Apr 1792
b-
abt 1790
d-before 1822
There
were no children to this union
W#2:
(of Dabney Gooch)
Naomi
Magill
b-2
Aug 1795
d-bef
1837
Parents:
James Magill & Sarah Frame
Children:
1.
Allen b-1823
d-
unknown w-Eunice Singleton m-23 Apr 1839
2.
Sallie (Sarah) b-1824
d-unknown
h-Elisha Estes m-20 Apr 1840
3.
Milton b-1825
w#1:
Varilla Reynolds; w#2: Catherine McClure; w#3: Sarah Catherine Callop m-7 Apr
1859
4.
Dabney b-1827
d-unknown
w-Polly Minton m-1847
5.
Wilson b-1829
d-unknown
w-M.A. Griffin
Descendant
Generation 5
b-22
Sept 1809 Lincoln Co KY
d-1890
Lincoln Co. KY
m-13
Mar 1854
Parents:
Dabney Gooch & Ruth Watson Dunn
Wife
#2:
Lucinda
Luttrell/Lutterell
b-7
Oct 1820 Garrard Co. KY
d-
20 Jul 1901 Lincoln Co. KY Waynesburg
Parents:
James Luttrell & Jane Casteel(mother’s name may be incorrect) (Descendants
of Geoffrey de Luterel b-1175 Gamesten Nottinghamshire, Eng. Descendants of
Norman Chiefs accompanied Wm the Conqueror to Eng. It is believed the “de
Luterel’s were of French descent)
Children:
1.
Chrisman G. b-19 Apr 1855 Waynesburg Lincoln Co KY
d-6
Oct 1914 Lincoln Co. KY w#1: Elizabeth Wheeldon m-2 Feb 1875; w#2: Mary Alice
Leach m-1884
2.
Gallatin Tolbert b-29 Sept 1857 Waynesburg Lincoln Co. KY
d-unknown,
w-Sarah Ann Estes m—20 Sept 1888 Pulaski Co. KY
(Note:
Sarah Ann Estes was Gallatin’s step-1st cousin, her grandmother was
Naomi Magill)
Wife#1:
Sallie Leach (sister of Pheobe Leach)
b-1814
d-1881
m-16
Jan 1832
Children:
1.
Drury Overton b-1833 Lincoln Co KY
d-1923,
w-Martha Susan Floyd m-1851
2.
Arethusa Jane b-1835
d-1925,
h-William F. Perkins m-16 Mar 1856
Wife#3:
Elizabeth Singleton (dau. Of Christopher Singleton)
b-abt
1816 Lincoln Co KY
m-aft
1901
(James
Madison Gooch & Elizabeth Singleton would have been in their 90’s by this
marriage)
Descendant
Generation 6
b-19
Apr 1855 Waynesburg, Lincoln Co. KY
d-6
Oct 1914 Waynesburg, Lincoln Co. KY
m-2
Feb 1875
Parents:
James Madison Gooch & Lucinda Luttrell
Wife#1:
Elizabeth
Wheeldon
b-2
Feb 1875 Pulaski Co. KY
d-25
Jul 1884
Parents:
unknown
Children:
1.
Winfred b- 1876 (male)
Wife#2:
Mary
Alice Lantz
b-20
Sept 1868 Goshen, IN
d-27
Aug 1920 Elkhart, IN
m-1884
KY
Children:
1.
Edwin b- 23 Jul 1885
d-5
Mar 1966 Grinnell, IA Poweshiek Co. (I remember this great uncle)
w-Bessie
Reynolds m-30 Jul 1905
2.
Bertha b- 20 Feb 1886
d-25
Aug 1886 Waynesburg, KY
3.
Elva b- 13 Nov 1888 (female)
d-10
Mar 1976 Naponnee, IN, h-Eli J. Warren m-6 Aug 1903 Somerset
4.
Nora b-
15 Jul 1890 KY
d-1920
Grinnell, IA Poweshiek Co., h-Isaac C Griffin m-17 Feb 1908 KY(my maternal great
grandparents)
Carlisle
b- 24 Feb 1892
5.
d-7 Apr 1897 Rockville, IN, w-Lula Bell McMullen
6.
Lucinda b- 23 Nov 1893 Eubank, Pulaski Co. KY
d-8
Feb 1988 Elkhart, IN, h-Elmer Coan m-17 Feb 1914 (I remember my grandmother talk
about this aunt)
7.
Grace Truman b- 6 Oct 1897 Eubank, Pulaski Co. KY
d-24
Sept 1989 Elkhart, IN, h-Clarence Cullie m-3 Feb 1916; h#2: Guy Eugene Nolan m-1
Jul 1950 IN
8.
Jennings Bryan b- 22 Mar 1900
d-
30 Dec 1996 KY, w-Katie Mae Meade m-3 Aug 1918 KY
(note:
#’s 7 & 8 may have been from a 3rd marriage or perhaps adopted)
Notes:
There
are Gooch’s that established first in Virginia, then spread out to Kentucky,
North Carolina, Tennessee and a few went to West Virginia. Most, as I have seen
according to some military records, were “Patriots”. I have not found any
evidence thus far of “Tories” in the family.
The
Gooch move to other states occurred with intentions of getting out from under
British rule. It sounded to me like they hoped to disappear in the Kentucky
wilderness; by the early 1820’s, you can find Gooch members moving farther
west across the Mississippi River to Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma Territory and
Texas. (this was about the same time of the Trail of Tears)
Most
Gooch members were farmers, but many were also Judges and Justices of the Peace
(sheriffs) and a few Lawyers. There were some that were planters too, but I had
not found evidence so far of being slave owners.
However,
I did find one record in Missouri, Charles I. Gooch was a slave owner. I have
not been able to find which line Charles came from so far. (this Gooch moved
from KY to Missouri 1839)
Based
on census dates, James Madison Gooch moved away from Kentucky to Indiana. Nora
Gooch and her husband Isaac C. Griffin, (my maternal great grandparents, moved
to the Garland, Texas around 1850 where my grandmother, Lou Mattie Griffin was
born 1908, Dallas Co. Isaac Griffin can be found on Oklahoma census, but I
forget now which year, it was after 1900. Before 1920, Isaac and Nora moved to
Poweshiek Co. Iowa, where Nora died in 1920. Isaac remarried again until his
death in 1956.
There
is a Gooch family cemetery located about 4 miles north of Waynesburg, KY in
Pulaski County.
It
was deeded over to the Olive Baptist Church in the mid or late 1880’s; also
known as Old Baptist Cemetary. Many of my ancestors are buried there.
Although
there is no recorded proof, there were family stories, (few of which were told)
of mixed marriages with Native Americans and African Americans. I was very young
when I overheard my grandmother talking with older cousins of these unions. My
grandmother was very supersticious, no one knew why she became to be so and
could be very spiteful if you got on her bad side. Yet I remember her as a kind
and gentle soul.
When
we were children, grandma wouldn’t not allow anyone to walk in one outside
door and exit another outside door. If
you entered one door, you had to exit that same door or you would bring bad luck
upon the house.
If
you really wanted to freak her out, rock an empty rocking chair; that’s the
first time she ever raised her voice to me. Rocking an empty rocking chair was
bad luck, because a empty rocking chair that rocked on it’s own meant there
was a death going to occur. She hated owls too, because an owl hooting at night
for three nights in a row meant a death also. Grandma was always
throwing salt over her left shoulder because someone spoke at the same
time, and who knows what else.
She
would read tea leaves for the older cousins, one day when they asked her to do
her own, when she did, she became very distraught because somehow she saw a
death going to occur. It wasn’t much longer after that, that my father died of
on-going heart problems at the age of 34 years old. That was in September of
1969, a year and three months later her youngest sister passed away and three
months after this death, my grandmother passed away also.
I think she regretted reading those tea leaves.
I
remember my grandmother almost in tears telling grandpa what the tea leaves
revealed; he tried to calm her unconsolable fears; finally telling her she
“daft” (he was Irish) and to stop playing her silly little games.
He
was particularly afraid that I would tell my mother what occurred, because my
mother was a Christian and didn’t believe in dabbling in such activities and
become angry with them for exposing me to such “nonsense”.
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