Sunday, April 14, 2019

Final resting place of Thomas Goin (born ca. 1750-1755), American Revolutionary War soldier

Posted with permission from Eddie Goins and Roger Edmondson


Final resting place of Thomas Goin (born ca. 1750-1755), American Revolutionary War soldier


The information regarding Thomas’ grave was told to me by Roger Edmondson, a cousin who lives in Tazewell, TN.  Several years ago, he took me to the gravesite and told me the story that had been handed down to him by his father and grandfather.  Everything that I had previously read had indicated that Thomas’ grave is at the bottom of Norris Lake.  As Roger relates, even when the lake is at full pool, at least half of the cemetery is out of the water.  I suggested that Roger write the information down so it can be passed on to all who are interested.  He summarized it in an article entitled “Big Barren Primitive Baptist Church & Cemetery”.  Roger also gave me a map that he had drawn that shows the location of the church and cemetery.


Here is Roger’s article and hand-drawn map:


Big Barren Primitive Baptist Church & Cemetery

In reference to

Thomas Goin (1755-1838) and Levi Goin (1778-1865)


Introduction
Location of church and cemetery
Location of Thomas and Levi’s graves
Justification-The story

Introduction:

My great grandmother was Catherine Goin Edmondson, wife of William Lane Edmondson, daughter of Sterling Goin, granddaughter of Old Levi Goin, and great granddaughter of Thomas Goin. One of her sons, Robert Dewey Edmondson, was my grandfather and lived next door to her and her husband. She was one of three Goin sisters that married three Edmondson brothers. Catherine and her sister, Mary, are buried at Cox Cemetery, Claiborne County, Tennessee.

Therefore my line of Edmondsons are very familiar with the Goin legacy, in Claiborne County, and the confusion over the location of the old church and cemetery and especially Thomas and Levi’s, and their wives, graves. The church and cemetery was located less than one third of a mile from the farm that Catherine and William owned at the time of the T.V.A. grave removal. My brother and I own the farm now.


Location of the church and cemetery:

            The old log and plank church stood overlooking Big Barren Creek in Claiborne County, Tennessee. It was located on the right side of the old Knoxville highway (33) heading south toward Knoxville. There was a short dirt drive going up hill from the right side of the highway. The drive curved to the right before turning into the church. Located to the left of the bend was the cemetery. An old house foundation sits about 150’ below the church and is under water when the lake is at full pool, but the church site is not. 

                The cemetery extended from near the top of the first hill, over to the drive, and then down the south side of the drive almost to the old highway. At full pool at least half of the cemetery is out of the water.

The entire site is located just south of the current Knoxville Highway and across the road from Windy’s Lakeside Market. It lies about three miles north of the Union/Claiborne County line and about nine miles south of New Tazewell, Tennessee. Cedar Grove Marina is located about one third mile downstream from the church site. The church that was located very near to the marina was Cedar Grove Methodists Church; there was also Mr. Western’s store and Cedar Grove Grade School. My father and grandfather both attended the grade school.


Location of graves:

            Their graves, as were many graves of that time, were only marked with slabs of limestone ledge material. Most of the stones were unmarked and regular gravestones were rare. The graves were in the uppermost section of the cemetery and were not removed during the T.V.A. Grave Relocation Project.


Justification:

            My grandfather and his extended family used to camp on the old church site. I camped with them during the 50’s and 60’s. We used some of the old church foundation rock as a hearth for cooking and just sitting around at night. In the overgrown cemetery shallow, mostly filled in rectangular pits were plainly visible, the number being around a dozen. My grandfather and his brothers used to tell us children ghost stories about the cemetery and we stayed scared to death for most of the nights that we camped. Note: Some of the bodies were relocated to Cox cemetery in Claiborne County and to Big Barren Memorial Cemetery on Little Valley Road in Union County, Tennessee.

            Many times my grandfather and father told me about their small part in the T.V.A. Grave Removal Project. They told me that the T.V.A. notified the people of the area, I suppose by posted bills and the newspaper, of the date and time they would be working in a particular cemetery. In 1934 or 1935 my great grandmother, Catherine Goin Edmondson (age about 68), my grandfather, Robert Dewey Edmondson (age about 35), and my father, Earnest Edmondson (age about 13) walked the short distance from the back of the farm down to the cemetery. There they met with a T.V.A. official. They told them that they did not want the graves of Thomas, his wife, Levi and his wife removed. As they were the only people there to speak for the Goin family their wish was granted and the graves WERE NOT REMOVED! The T.V.A. even offered to put up new stones for them in another cemetery, but they refused the offer.

            Many Goin researchers have their own ideas about the church, the cemetery, and the graves, one man even calling my ancestors liars, however my family was there and took part in the decision making. My great grandfather even attended the church a couple of times.

            The cemetery and church site are now seriously overgrown to the point of being impassible. If I could gain access to the cemetery through the thick underbrush I’m sure I could stand within a fifty-foot radius of where the graves are located. If anyone goes to the site do not expect to see any left over gravestones, as I remember none being left behind when I used to camp there. 

            Even though this is an oral history of the church and cemetery my ancestors had no reason to speak anything but the truth and the empty graves speak for themselves.

Eddie Goins, a well-recognized Goin researcher, suggested that I write this down before the information is lost forever.


                                                                                                   Very Respectfully,

                                                                                             Roger L. Edmondson

                                                                                                       10/11/2010








On October 10, 2009 there was a ceremony at Pleasant Point Cemetery, in Claiborne County, TN, to recognize Thomas and two other Revolutionary War soldiers, Harmon Hopper and John Owsley.  Three stones were placed in the cemetery to honor these three men.  The men are not buried under these stones, but memorialized there.  However, I have seen Thomas listed on Find A Grave as being buried in Pleasant Point Cemetery. My cousin, Troy, and I attended that ceremony to see if we might gain some information about Thomas.  At that time we suspected this Thomas was related to our Thomas Goin(g) of Randolph County, NC, ca. 1729-1797, but we were not sure.  On that day we had hoped to gain some insight into his connection with our ancestors.  We visited with one of his descendants who was there, but she wasn’t sure if there was a connection.  Since then, my Y-DNA and other documents have proven that he was the son of our Thomas Goin(g).  Roger had been somewhat involved in planning Thomas’ memorial ceremony.  I recently asked him to explain the placement of his memorial stone in Pleasant Point Cemetery.  He summarized it an article entitled “Thomas Goin Burial”.

Here is Roger’s article:


Thomas Goin Burial


            Recently several relatively new researchers have located a gravestone for Thomas Goin at Pleasant Point Cemetery, Claiborne County, Tennessee. However, a local DAR chapter without mentioning that it was only a memorial stone erected this stone. Although several Goin folks are buried there Thomas is not one of them.

            Thomas was one of the founding members of Big Barren Primitive Baptist Church. This church was located between the Old Knoxville Road and Big Barren Creek. It was a log and plank structure. The church building became untenable for church services and was later used as a barn by John Keck who lived nearby. The church records indicate that Thomas, his son Levi and Levi’s wife were buried in that cemetery.

In 1935 during the clearing for Norris Lake the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) posted a notice in the Claiborne Progress for interested parties to meet at the cemetery at a certain date and time. Catherine Goin Edmondson (Thomas 1, Levi 2, Sterling 3, Catherine 4) her son Dewey and grandson Ernest met with the “TVA MAN” at the appointed date and time. There were no stones marking the graves only slight depressions remained to indicate that the ground had ever been disturbed. The TVA crews had already relocated many of the marked graves from the newer part of the cemetery located down on the creek bottom. When informed that little could be recovered from the older graves my great grandmother (Catherine) told the TVA MAN to just “leave ‘em be”!

The TVA listing for the removals from that cemetery do not list Thomas, Levi or his wife as being removed and reburied.

This story was passed down to me by my grandfather, Dewey, and my father, Ernest who stood with Catherine by their ancestors graves on that day in 1935.


Thomas’s new stone was placed in an open area of the cemetery over some older unmarked graves. If anyone had the remains exhumed for any reason (DNA, etc.) it would not be his remains under the marker. I requested through my SAR chapter president, but to no avail, that a note be added to the back of the stone that it was a memorial stone only and that he was not buried at that location. I dropped out of SAR, who worked closely with DAR on this project, over the lack of frankness about the stone. I wish them the best of luck in future endeavors, however I hope that they are more informative on future memorial gravestones.



                                                                                                Very Respectfully,

                                                                                              Roger L. Edmondson

                                                                                                  3/8/2019    

Sunday, March 11, 2018

Halifax County, NC Early Records



From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_County,_North_Carolina

The county was formed in 1758 from Edgecombe County. It was named for George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, President of the Board of Trade from 1748 to 1761 (Halifax, Nova Scotia was also named after him).
In 1774 the southeastern part of Halifax County was combined with part of Tyrrell County to form Martin County.

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Records collection submitted by Jamison Graff

Paul Heinegg traces the mulatto Goins families of Halifax Co NC to Thomas Going of Greensville Co VA and his wife Sarah Jones, for whom he proposes 4 sons: Frederick, Drury, H(e)artwell, and Jerry. Other genealogists see Jerry as a shortening of Jeremiah, a name used by some of his grandsons.

1810 Census (Locality not stated)
Thomas Going. 6 free colored persons.
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1820 Census (Halifax)

P148L15. Drew Goings. 8 male fcp <14 14-25="" 1="" 26-44.="" 26-44="" fcp="" female="" male="" span="">

P148L34. Fred’k Goven. 2 male fcp <14 14="" 1="" 26-44="" 3="" 45="" fcp="" female="" male="" span="">
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1830 Census (Locality not stated)

P303. A.B. Govan. 1 male slave 55-99.
P306. Sally Going. 3 male fcp 10-23, 1 female fcp<10 10-23="" 1="" 36-54.="" fcp="" female="" span="">

P318. Drew Going. 1 male fcp<10 10-23="" 1="" 2="" 36-54="" fcp="" female="" male="" span="">

Pg 322. Addison Going. 1 male fcp 10-23, 1 female fcp 24-35
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1840 Census (Locality not stated)

P2L-1. Sally Gowins Jnr. 2 female fcp 10-23, 1 female fcp 55-99.

P3L15. Sally Gowins Sr. 1 female fcp 10-23, 1 female fcp 55-99.

P3L16. Berry Gowin 1 male fcp <10 1="" 24-35="" 36-54="" 3="" fcp="" female="" in="" involved="" male="" navigation="" of="" person="" span="" waterways.="">

P4L11. Fedric [sic] Gowen. 1 male fcp <10 10-23="" 1="" 2="" 36-54.="" 36-54="" 3="" 6="" agriculture.="" fcp="" female="" in="" male="" persons="" span="">

P14L17. Jerry Gowins. 1 male fcp <10 10-23="" 1="" 24-35="" agriculture.="" fcp="" female="" in="" male="" person="" span="">

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1850 Census
Jerry Goens, dwelling 354


·       Jerry Goens 43 m farmer, $64 real estate
·       Lavinia Goens 43 f
·       Mary Monford 13 f
·       Josh Monford 12 m
·       Caroline Goens 10 f
·       Anderson Goens 8 m
·       Hilliard Goens 7 m
·       Henry Goens 6 m
·       Saphony Goens 2 f
·       Emma Goens 4 f
·       Lem Goens 4 m


All mulatto, all born Halifax.
Dan Goens, dwelling 422
·       Dan Goens 65, m, farmer
·       Harriet Bauser, 30


Both mulatto, both b Halifax. 


Julia Goens, dwelling 468
·       Kinchen Toney 65 m farmer $140 real estate
·       Julia Goens 35 f [transcribed as Gaeng]


Both mulatto, both born Halifax.
Berry Goens, dwelling 476
·       Berry Goens 40, m, miller
·       Isah Goens 12, m
·       Tempy Goens 3, f
·       Frances Goens 10, f


All mulatto, b Halifax.
Jobe Goens, dwelling 477


·       Jobe Goens 30 m boatman b Halifax [possibly “Jabe” or even “John”]
·       Polly Goens 38 f b Halifax
·       Aderline Lones 17 f b VA
·       Robet Jones 23 m b Halifax
·       Cosby Goens 4 m b Halifax


All mulatto.
Polly Goens, dwelling 478
·       Polly Goens 30
·       Almeter Goens 10
·       Wm Goens 6
·       Long Goens 4
·       Henry Goens 1


All mulatto, b Halifax.
Preery Goens, dwelling 517


·       Preery Goens 47 f, farmer $1000 real estate [possibly “Prury”]
·       John Jarrell 21 m
·       Aderline Jarrell 17 f
·       Nat Jarral 15
·       Edmund Jarral 12


All mulatto, b Halifax.
Frances Goens, dwelling 534
·       James Mills, 33, mm, Farmer, $40 real estate
·       Louisa Bauser, 33, mf
·       Frances Goens, 13, mf 


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1860 Census


Polly Goings, Western District, Littleton, dwelling 48
·       Polly Goings 40 f
·       William Goings 16 m fireman
·       Nathaniel Goings 3 m


All mulatto, all b NC.
Plura Going, Western District, Littleton, dwelling 82


·       Plura Going 50 mf farmer $200 real estate b VA
[living alone]


Jerry Going, Western District, Littleton, dwelling 292
·       Jerry Going 51 m farmer
·       Louvenia Going 50 f spinner
·       Caroline Going 20 f spinner
·       Anderson Going 18 m farm lab
·       Hilliard Going 16 m farm lab
·       Henry Going 13 m
·       Lemuel Going 12 m
·       Emma Going 12 f
·       Safronia Going 11 f
·       James Going 10 m
·       Margarett Going 9 f
·       Jeramiah Going 8 m
·       Louann Going 3 f
·       Joshua Monford 21 m “train hand” [transcribed as “farm hand”]


All mulatto, all born North Carolina.
Frederick Going, Western District, Littleton, dwelling 328


·       Frederick Going 66 mm farmer $100 real estate $148 personal estate b VA
·       Roda Going 70 mf spinner b NC


Henry Going, Western District, Littleton, dwelling 350
·       Henry Going 45 m farmer.$560 real estate $207 personal estate, cannot read/write
·       Mary Going 26 f  spinner, cannot read/write
·       Madd Going 7 m
·       Henry Going 5 m
·       Sarah Going 3 f


All b NC. 


Mary Going, Western District, Brinkleyville, dwelling 425
·       Jas J Lynch 20 mm farm lab, $40 personal estate, cannot read or write
·       Emerline Lynch 23 mf spinner, cannot read or write
·       Mary Going 6 bf [occupation illegible]


All born NC.
Hamlin Going, Western District, Weldon, dwelling 20
·       Hamlin Going 8 mm b NC


[living alone]
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1832 Halifax Co NC Court May Term Please and Quarter Sessions

The following Deeds, Deeds in trust, and bills of sales &c were exhibited in open Court and duly proved or acknowledged…

·       Deed Fred'k Goin to James Shaw proved by Thos. C. Willis.
Ordered that the following persons be paid by the County for services…

·       Hartwell Going, his ticket, State vs the same, Four 43/100 Dollars…

·       Fed Going, his ticket, State vs the same, Four 43/100 Dollars

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Halifax Co NC Marriage Records to 1870
Adeline Goens m Freeman Thompson, 01 Dec 1852, Halifax Co NC, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFSW-JQQ

Henry C Goings m Roan Jefferson 22 Dec 1866, Halifax Co NC, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8YX-BP5
 “Hjesse” W. Goan m Ralinda F Arrrington 29 Nov 1860, Halifax Co NC, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F86C-9PX [originals available at ancestry.com make clear the husband is Jesse Green, not Goan]

Jane Goings and Peter Baker, mrg lic, bondsman Jno. Edwards, 23 Dec 1858, Halifax Co NC, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFS4-VVS; married 24 Dec 1858, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F86H-Y53

Julia Going and Lawson Jones, mrg lic, 08 Feb 1833, bondsman Gideon H Allen, Halifax Co NC, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFSH-9QS

Francis Gowin and William Jones, mrg lic, bondsman W. Wiliams, 24 Sep 1836, Halifax Co NC, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFSH-9N5. Another record at this site seems to be an alternative reading of this one, with Frances Going marring Wm Jones on 27 Sep 1856, Halifax Co NC, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F86C-DM3.

Mary Going m Gideon H Allen, Halifax Co NC, 23 Apr 1833. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8YF-W21

Sally Goins and Guilford Mills, mrg lic, bondsman John Jordan, 13 Jan 1834, Halifax Co NC, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFSW-WMX [the 1850 census shows them with a 7yo son Isham Mills, possibly indicating that Guilford is the son of the Isham Mills who bought land from Frederick Goins in 1836, cf. http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Gibson_Gowen.htm.]
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Information about pre-1870 Goins from Halifax Co Death Records
Becky Going. Byrd Jeffres, age 80y4m, colored, farmer, widow, b Halifax Co NC, d 05 Jul 1930 Littleton, Halifax Co NC; s/o John Jeffres and Becky Going, both b Halifax Co NC, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3ZT-LD5 [20yo Bird appears in 1870 in the household of John Jeffries, 61, and Rebecca Jeffries, 48, dwelling 168 at Etrusia, Halifax Co NC; the couple were already married in the 1850 census. On 13 Apr 1890, Rebecca, 62yo, appears to remarry to Aaron Mills, 77, at Littleton, Halifax Co NC, per Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011]
Easter Goins, colored widow, d/o Randal Lockett and Sallie Long, b Halifax Co NC, d 26 Mar 1932 Littleton, Halifax Co NC, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP8X-LBW  [Appears as Esther,b Mar 1855, w/o Jerry Goins, b Dec 1850, at Littleton, Halifax Co NC, dwelling 220, in 1900, both mulatto.]

Malissia C Goins, 75yo, colored, widow, b Halifax Co NC, d 21 Apr 1939 Littleton, Halifax Co NC, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPVG-W5J
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Halifax. 03 Jul 1909. Hillard Gowen, 73yo of Littleton. Enlisted A Co 14th NC 15 Jan 1862. Shot in ankle  at Gettysburg Apr 1863. Signed own name. The examining physician confirmed his gunshot wound and found he was less than 75% disabled. Written on the form submitted by the Halifax County pension board is “Colored !! Did he enlist?!!!” The pension was approved (“4th class”). [The 14th did fight at Gettysburg and suffered a 20% casualty rate, but I have not found any record for this man in the Fold3 Compiled Service Records, and he does not appear in the 14th regiment’s listing in the Roster of North Carolina Troops in the War between the States.] http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16062coll21/id/53577/rec/1

 Hillard was living with his father Jerry before the war (1860 Census, Western District, Littleton post office, Halifax Co NC, dwelling 292). 

 In 1870 he was living in "Etrusia Township," a short-lived entity created by the Reconstruction commissioners, with his wife Adelia (dwelling 76).

• Hillard Gowins 26, mm, farmer, $80 real estate, $12 personal estate

• Itelia Gowins, 24, mf, K.H

• Emma Gowins, 1 mf

All b NC, none can read or write.

In 1900 we find the family in Littleton Twp, dwelling 220:

Hiliard Goings 57, h, mbm, b Jan 1848, married 18 yrs, farmer

Adelia Goings 42, w, mbf, b Jun 1853, married 18 yrs, mother of 7 children of whom 7 living

·       John G Goings 20, s, sbm, b Jun 1879, farm lab

·       Charles Goings 14, s, sbf, b June 1885, farm lab

·       Elizabeth Goings 48, d [sic], sbf, b May 1852, farm lab


Home owned with mortgage. None can read or write. All born NC, parents b NC.

 1910 Census Littleton, Halifax, North Carolina, dwelling 168.

• Hilliard Goins 70, h, mmm, married 20yrs, general farmer on own account

• Elisabeth Goins 65, w, mmf, married 20yrs, mother of 3 children of whom 2 living, wage earning farm hand on home farm [sic]

Both married 20 years and in their first marriage [seems untrue], both b NC pa b NC.

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Another Confederate veteran, Thomas R Goin, who died 12 Oct 1862, is commemorated in the Weldon Confederate Cemetery on a marker for those who died at the Wayside Hospital there. His compiled service record indicates he was in Company I of Holcombe's Legion, raised in Spartanburg, NC, where his widow Mary Ann Goin received her widow's benefits; a letter from the Quarter Master's clerk indicates that he was found laying outside one morning, having apparently been too ill to reach the hospital from the train (https://www.fold3.com/image/271/85406866).












Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Alamance County, NC Early Records

Submitted by Jamison Graff:


This article on the possible survival of Saponi and Saura Indians in the VA/NC Melungeon communities seems like it would be very interesting for a Goins researcher. They do discuss Goinstown, though it isn't the main topic.


Sunday, July 23, 2017

Hoke County, NC Early Records

Hoke County, North Carolina

From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoke_County,_North_Carolina

Hoke County is part of the Fayetteville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is home to part of the Fort Bragg military reservation.

The county was formed in 1911 from parts of Cumberland County and Robeson County. It was named for Robert F. Hoke, a Confederate general in the American Civil War.

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From: http://www.histopolis.com/Place/US/NC/Hoke_County/Goins_Cemetery

Name: Goins Cemetery
Place Type: Cemetery
Located In: Fort Bragg Military Reservation Township, Hoke County, North Carolina, United States Established: ?
Condition: ?
Coordinates:
Latitude: 35.165159835° 09' 54.6"N
Longitude: -79.310863579° 18' 39.1"W

Nearby Cities:
Hog Island (Little River Township 10, Moore County) 2.1 mi. NE
Southern Pines (Moore County) 4.6 mi. W
Vass (Moore County) 6.5 mi. N
Aberdeen (Moore County) 7.1 mi. W
Whispering Pines (Moore County) 7.2 mi. NW
Pinehurst (Moore County) 9.2 mi. W

Nearby Cemeteries:
Mount Hope (Southern Pines, Sand Hill Township 8, Moore County) 5.5 mi. W
Johnson Grove (McNeills Township 7, Moore County) 6.7 mi. NE
Henderson (Greenwood Township 6, Moore County) 8.7 mi. N
Crane Creek (Greenwood Township 6, Moore County) 9.6 mi. N
Silver Springs (Sand Hill Township 8, Moore County) 9.9 mi. SW
Beaulah Hill (Mineral Springs Township 9, Moore County) 11.7 mi. W
Brown (Quewhiffle Township) 11.8 mi. S
Deep Creek (Sand Hill Township 8, Moore County) 12.3 mi. W
Blue (Quewhiffle Township) 12.9 mi. S
McDonalds Chapel (Mineral Springs Township 9, Moore County) 13.3 mi. W
Pierce (Greenwood Township 1, Lee County) 13.5 mi. NE
Taylor Memorial (Sand Hill Township 8, Moore County) 14.3 mi. W

Elevation: 108 m
Histopolis Place ID: 479781703
Updated Jan 15, 2016

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Goins-Walden Cemetery at Fort Bragg

This Indian cemetery is located on the reservation and are the ancestors of the Goins and Waldens living in the Moore County and surrounding areas today. It is noted by the Fort Bragg Cultural Resources Department as being an Indian graveyard, on what was once Edmund Goins property near the Silver Run Creek.

L. H. Goins (1849-1921)
D. H. Goins (1829-1899)
P. A. Goins (1807-1898)
Rovenia Goins (1881-1904)
Sarah M. Goins (1842-1905)
Lucy Goins (1820-1902)
Martha A. Walden (1885-1921) wife of E. L. Walden

There are tombrocks with Indian markings and a number of marked graves without inscriptions. The size of the burying ground is approximately one acre and contains nearly fifty graves.

The below pictures were submitted by Will and Jo Anne Goins.

A thank you note sent by Will Goins on December 29, 2007 -
Dr. Linda F Carnes-McNaughton
Curator and Archaeologist
Ft Bragg CRP
Public Works Business Center
Building 3-1333 Ft Bragg, NC 28310

Linda: Thank you so much for your kind assistance in allowing us access to our family graveyard on Ft Bragg (Goins Cemetery). My wife JoAnne and I enjoyed meeting you and we are greatful that you would take the time to accomodate us and allowing us to visit the cemetery. You really went over and above what is normal.

We received the two papers you sent and we are all of us going through them searching for clues. My cousin, Tracy Hutchison has a website where she has put pictures of the cemetery and it also contains all the Goins information we have for our branches of the Goins Family.

Having been in the military myself, I hope that you will share this e-mail with your immediate superior so he/she will realize what a fine job you are doing and how well you represent the US Army and Ft Bragg. I was so pleased to see the care that the cemetery received and how nicely it is maintained.

 An old Marine is greatful to his Nation.

Willard W Goins, jr. formerly Sergeant, USMC


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Saturday, January 14, 2017

Cabarrus County, NC Early Records


Records collection submitted by Lilly Martin.
If you have information Ada or Lloyd Goins please comment. Thank you.


Ada Lily Goins born Jan 1, 1893 NC

Father: Joe Goins (according to Ada’s marriage record)

Mother: Loisla (according to Ada’s marriage record)

She is not showing up anywhere in the 1900 census.  There is an Ada Goins in Moore Co NC, but I have confirmed she was Ada Cornelia Goins, and I know her parents and her husband, and she is a totally separate lady.

Ada Lily Goins appeared to be WHITE, but she told her granddaughter that she had INDIAN ancestry.

I checked the census period of 1880 to 1920 specific to Cabarrus Co NC and found only the family of Daniel Goins and Melissa in 1910.  No one named Goins was earlier there.  At the end of this report is the census page of Daniel and Melissa.

1910 census: Concord, Cabarrus, NC:

Ada GAINS is listed as a live in servant for a lady named: Isabellw Elkins b. 1867 NC, married to Martin Monroe Misenheimer b. 1849 NC.  They married 9-9- 1899 Cabarrus, NC.  Isabelle (Belle) was the daughter of Willis Elkins and Matt.   In the 1870  census Willis Elkins is in Cabarrus NC.

Ada Goins told her grand daughter about this Mrs. Belle Misenheimer, and how she worked in the house for her, because Ada’s parents had died, and she and her brother Lloyd Goins had been farmed out as servants, but Lloyd had run off and was never seen again.

Ada grew up and found a job in a textile mill and roomed with another girl, then met and married her husband William Bunyon Simpson.  They married, and lived, and died in Union, Monroe Co NC.

I would ‘think’ that Ada must have been a local Cabarrus orphan, and this is how Belle found her and took her as a servant.  However, it is possible that Ada was from a different area, and perhaps somehow Belle was told about the girl, etc.

But, I would agree with you, the best place to start is LOCAL.

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1940 United States Federal Census
CENSUS & VOTER LISTSView Image        
NAME:                 Vol N Goins
SPOUSE:              Annie M Goins
BIRTH:                 abt 1896 - North Carolina
RESIDENCE:        1935 - Kannapolis, Cabarrus, North Carolina
RESIDENCE:        Kannapolis, Cabarrus, North Carolina

CENSUS & VOTER LISTSView Image
NAME:                 Val Gains
SPOUSE:              Annie May Gains
BIRTH:                 abt 1896 - location
RESIDENCE:        1920 - city, Cabarrus, North Carolina
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U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
BIRTH, MARRIAGE & DEATH       

NAME:                Vol Nathaniel Goins
SPOUSE:              Annie Mae Goins
BIRTH:                  20 Mar 1896 - Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA
DEATH:                27 Jun 1951 - Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA

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NAME:                 Harold W Goins
SPOUSE:              Jo Ann Smith
MOTHER:             Annie Mae Goins
FATHER:               Vol Goins

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David Goins Obituary - Kannapolis, North Carolina | Legacy.com
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Mr. Goins was born April 22, 1924 in Cabarrus County to the late Val and Annie Mae Goins. He retired from Cannon Mills, was a member of First Wesleyan .
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Nat Goins

Birth:     1857
Death:   1938

Family links:
Spouse:
Biddie Kelly Goins (1858 - 1939)*

 Children:
 Vol Nathaniel Goins (1896 - 1951)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
West Concord Cemetery
Concord
Cabarrus County
North Carolina, USA
Plot: E

Created by: TMcManaway
Record added: Nov 18, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 80650573
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Vol Nathaiel Goins

Birth:     Mar. 20, 1896
Rockingham County
North Carolina, USA
Death: Jun. 27, 1951
Cabarrus County
North Carolina, USA

Family links:
Parents:
Nat Goins (1857 - 1938)
Biddie Kelly Goins (1858 - 1939)

Spouse:
Annie Mae Faulkenberry Goins (1897 - 1996)*

Children:
Della Mae Goins Morton (1917 - 2004)*
Kathryn Ruth Goins McCall (1919 - 2015)*
Hazel Louise Goins Eagle (1921 - 1994)*
David Eugene Goins (1924 - 2012)*
Delmar Howard Goins (1935 - 2002)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Carolina Memorial Park
Concord
Cabarrus County
North Carolina, USA
Plot: 7-B Fountain, Lot-81
GPS (lat/lon): 35.45067, -80.6116

Created by: Robert C. Peurifoy
Record added: Sep 30, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 117881602
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Cabarrus Co NC was established 1792, the county seat at CONCORD was set 1802.
Adjacent counties[edit]

Rowan County - north
Stanly County - east
Union County - south
Mecklenburg County - west
Iredell County – northwest
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Cabarrus County, NC - Death Records, 1972

Goins, Earnest                Male               82       3/11/1972    Concord             Cabarrus
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Cabarrus County, NC - West Concord Memorial Cemetery (Partial)
Goins, Nat
B. 1957  D. 1938
Goins, Biddie Kelly
B. 1858  D. 1939
W/O Nat Goins
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Enumeration District 29 -- Township #11 Baptist Church Township
Cabarrus County, NC - 1880 Census - Baptist Church Township - Part 2

252          
 Gains        John E.                W    Male        45                 M     Farmer                  SC      SC      SC
                  Jane M.                W    Female    36      Wife  M     Keeping House    NC      NC    NC 
                  Marshel H.          W    Male        12       Son    S      Works On Farm   NC      NC    NC                   Martha E.             W   Female    9         Daughter S                              NC      NC      NC
                  William T.             W    Male      5    Son                 S                              NC      NC      NC
                 Adolpis M.             W    Male      1    Son                 S                             NC      NC      NC
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Eliza A. Going
mentioned in the record of John Crump and Eliza A. Going
Name    John Crump
Spouse's Name Eliza A. Going
Event Date          01 Dec 1866
Event Place         Cabarrus,North Carolina

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Betsy Goins
mentioned in the record of Neill Carter and Betsy Goins
Name    Neill Carter
Spouse's Name Betsy Goins
Event Date          24 Sep 1886
Event Place         North Carolina
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James Venson Goins
North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994
birth:     27 July 1918        , Cabarrus, North Carolina
death:   18 March 1987   Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina
burial:   21 March 1987   Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina
residence:           18 March 1987   Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina 
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Barbara Goins Gillis
North Carolina Deaths
Name    Barbara Goins Gillis
Event Type         Death
Event Date          19 Apr 1969
Event Place         Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina
Birth Year            1881
Burial Date          22 Apr 1969
Burial Place         Concord, North Carolina
Cemetery            Ratherford Park
Residence Place               Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina
Address               43 N. Central Ave.
Gender                Female
Age        87
Marital Status    Widowed
Race (Original)   Black
Occupation         House Wife
Birth Date            12 Jun 1881
Birthplace            North Carolina
Father's Name                  Daniel Goins
Mother's Name                Malissa
Additional Relatives        X
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Sallie Goins Privett
North Carolina Deaths
Name    Sallie Goins Privett
Event Type         Death
Event Date          03 Aug 1972
Event Place         Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina
Birth Year            1893
Burial Date          04 Aug 1972
Burial Place         Concord, N.C.
Cemetery            West Concord Cemetery
Residence Place               Kannapolis, Cabarrus, N.C.
Address               Wildwood Drive
Gender                Female
Age        79
Marital Status    Widowed
Race (Original)   White
Occupation         Retired
Birth Date            20 Mar 1893
Birthplace            Madison, N.C.
Father's Name  Nathaniel Goins
Mother's Name                Beddie Goins
Additional Relatives        X

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Biddie Virginia Goins
North Carolina Deaths
Name    Biddie Virginia Goins
Event Type         Death
Event Date          11 Dec 1939
Event Place         Kannapolis, Cabarrus, North Carolina
Birth Year            1858
Burial Date          13 Dec 1939
Burial Place         Concord, N. C.
Cemetery            Union Cemetery
Residence Place               Kannapolis, N. C.
Address               506 S. East Ave.
Gender                Female
Age        81
Marital Status    Widowed
Race (Original)   White
Occupation         Housework
Birth Date            06 May 1858
Birthplace            Rockingham County, North Carolina
Mother's Name                Nancy Cox
Mother's Birthplace        Rockingham County, North Carolina
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Nora Goins Stewart

North Carolina Deaths
Name    Nora Goins Stewart
Event Type         Death
Event Date          23 Nov 1959
Event Place         Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina
Birth Year            1897
Burial Date          25 Nov 1959
Burial Place         Kannapolis, N.C.
Cemetery            T.C.White Cemetery
Residence Place               Concord, Cabarrus, N.C.
Address               163 Chestnut St.
Gender                Female
Age        62
Marital Status    Married
Race (Original)   Negro
Occupation         Housewife
Birth Date            06 Aug 1897
Birthplace            N.C.
Father's Name                  Daniel Goins
Mother's Name                Jane Smith
Spouse's Name                 Franklin Stewart Sr.
Additional Relatives        X
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M. Jane Goins
North Carolina Deaths
Name    M. Jane Goins
Event Type         Death
Event Date          01 Dec 1944
Event Place         Cabarrus, North Carolina
Birth Year            1854
Burial Date          03 Dec 1944
Burial Place         Cabarrus Co., N.C.
Cemetery            Rock Hill
Residence Place               Concord, Cabarrus, N.C.
Address               RFD 2, Box 775
Gender                Female
Age        90
Marital Status    Widowed
Race (Original)   Colored
Birth Date            29 Jun 1854
Birthplace            Cumberland Co., N.C.
Father's Name  Unknown
Mother's Name                Lucy Goins
Spouse's Name                 Daniel Goins
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Vol M. Goins

North Carolina Deaths
Name    Vol M. Goins
Event Type         Death
Event Date          27 Jun 1951
Event Place         Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina
Birth Year (Estimated)    1896
Gender                Male
Age        55
Father's Name                  Nat Goins
Mother's Name                Biddy Goins
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Earnest Goins
North Carolina Deaths
Name    Earnest Goins
Event Type         Death
Event Date          11 Mar 1972
Event Place         Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina
Birth Year (Estimated)    1890
Gender                Male
Age        82
Father's Name           Daniel Goins
Mother's Name         Milissa Jane Unknown
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Daniel Goins

United States Census, 1910
Name    Daniel Goins
Event Type         Census
Event Date          1910
Event Place         Township 11, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
Gender                Male
Age        55
Marital Status    Married
Race      Mulatto
Race (Original)   Mulatto
Relationship to Head of Household          Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original)      Head
Birth Year (Estimated)    1855
Birthplace            North Carolina
Father's Birthplace          North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace        North Carolina
Sheet Letter       A
Sheet Number  1

Household           Role            Gender          Age        Birthplace
Daniel Goins        Head                  M            55           North Carolina
Malisse J Goins    Wife                  F              54           North Carolina
James M Goins    Son                    M            26           North Carolina
Hue A Goins         Son                    M            21           North Carolina
Nevin E Goins      Son                    M            16           North Carolina
Nora A Goins       Daughter            F            13           North Carolina
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James M Goins

United States Census, 1920
Name    James M Goins
Event Type         Census
Event Date          1920
Event Place         Smiths, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
Gender                Male
Age        37
Marital Status    Married
Race      Mulatto
Race (Original)   Mulatto
Relationship to Head of Household          Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original)      Head
Birth Year (Estimated)    1883
Birthplace            North Carolina
Father's Birthplace          North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace        North Carolina
Sheet Letter       B
Sheet Number  4

Household           Role            Gender        Age       Birthplace
James M Goins    Head                M            37          North Carolina
Lannie Goins        Wife                 F              32           North Carolina
Mabel Goins        Daughter         F              3              North Carolina
Vinson Goins       Son                   M            1              North Carolina
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Dudley Gains

United States Census, 1910
Name    Dudley Gains
Event Type         Census
Event Date          1910
Event Place         Township 4, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
Gender                Male
Age        53
Marital Status    Married
Race      Black
Race (Original)   Black
Relationship to Head of Household          Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original)      Head
Birth Year (Estimated)    1857
Birthplace            North Carolina
Father's Birthplace          North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace        North Carolina
Sheet Letter       B
Sheet Number  20
Household         Role          Gender           Age             Birthplace

Dudley Gains       Head             M                 53             North Carolina
Maggie Gains       Wife             F                   38             North Carolina
Carrie Gains         Daughter     F                   19             North Carolina
Henry Gains         Son               M                 16              North Carolina
Robert Gains        Son               M                 15             North Carolina
Phillis Gains          Son               M                 13             North Carolina
Fannie Gains        Daughter     F                   10             North Carolina
David Gains          Son               M                  7              North Carolina
Jessie Lee Gains   Son                M                  5              North Carolina
Cathie Lee Gains  Daughter     F                    2              North Carolina
Andrew Gains       Son              M                   0              North Carolina
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Dudley Gains
United States Census, 1900
Name    Dudley Gains
Event Type         Census
Event Year          1900
Event Place         Township 4, Cooks Cross Roads, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
Gender                Male
Age        46
Marital Status    Married
Race      Black
Race (Original)   B
Relationship to Head of Household          Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original)      Head
Years Married    9
Birth Date            Jun 1854
Birthplace            South Carolina
Marriage Year (Estimated)           1891
Father's Birthplace          Virginia
Mother's Birthplace        South Carolina
Household                Role                 Gender      Age         Birthplace

Dudley Gains          Head                   M            46           South Carolina
Maggie Gains          Wife                    F             26           South Carolina
Mary Gains             Daughter             F             17           South Carolina
John Gains              Son                      M            15           South Carolina
Mariah Gains          Daughter             F             13           South Carolina
Carry Gains              Daughter             F              8            South Carolina
Anderson Gains       Son                      M            6             South Carolina
Robert Gains            Son                      M            4             South Carolina
Samuel Gains           Son                      M            1             North Carolina

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