Person County, NC Records Collection Submitted by Cindy Young
Person County, North Carolina
Formed from the eastern part of Caswell County, North Carolina in 1791.
(Person County and Caswell County were the northern part of Orange County, North Carolina)
View block map at:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ncperson/districts.htm
Districts
The below depicts the districts in Orange County in 1774. See the explaination below to understand the division into Caswell and subsequently into Person.
Districts in green became Person County in 1792.
St Asaph (1)
Chatham (2)
St Davids (3)
St Martins(later Caswell) (4)
Richmond (5)
Glouster (6)
Orange (7)
Tryon (8)
St Thomas (9)
Hillsborough (10)
St Lukes (11)
St Laurence (12)
Dunsmore(later Nash) (13)
St James (14)
St Marys (15)
St Marks (16)
The above showing the districts of Orange County, North Carolina in 1774 is from Person County Compilations by Katherine Kerr Kendall, page 3. It was reproduced there from Misc Records of Orange County, Department of Arichives and History, Raleigh, NC, file number C.R. 073.928.18.
On May 9, 1777, the top eight districts (3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, and 14) became Caswell County. At the June 1777 Session of the Caswell County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessons, the name of Dunsmore District was changed to Nash District. At the March 1778 session the district of St. Martin’s was changed to Caswell District.
In 1792 the eastern four districts of Caswell County (11, 12, 13, and 14) became Person County (green above). The name of the St. Laurence District is sometimes written as St. Lawrence.
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Person County, North Carolina Marriages 1792-1868
By Katherine Kerr Kendall
Page 34
Gains, Francis & Charlotte Satterfield, 14 Feb. 1809 (Thomas Gaines)
Gains, Robert & Ann E. Richerson, 3 Aug. 1854 (Bec ? Campel)
Page 35
Goin, Robert & Ann E. Richardson, (m. 3 Aug. 1854 by Ambrose Jones, JP)
Going, Dempsy & Mourning Goodson, 4 Mar. 1797 (Edward Going)
Going, Isham & Fanney Going, 26 Nov. 1792 (Patrick Mason & H. Haralson)
Goins, Allen & Rebecca Goins, 7 Apr. 1795 (Guttridge Goins, Jesse Dickins)
Gowen, Edmond & Lettice Gray, 21 Oct. 1807 (Thomas Pool, John Holloway)
Gowen, Edward & Susannah Freeman, 8 Feb. 1815 ( Harrison Stanfield)
Gowens, John & Frances Franklin, 31 May 1830 (A. Royster)
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http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gowenrf/Gowenms096.htm
Mildred Goen was married November 6, 1810 to Roland Jones, according to "Person County, North Carolina Marriage Records, 1792-1868." Henry Curtis and Jonath Harelson were securities. The marriage is confirmed by “North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868,” record 1088, Bond No. 108053.
Haley [Mahala?] Goin was married to William Bass December 16, 1816, according to "Person County Patchwork" by Virginia Reavis. McFarland Oakly was listed as bondsman. The marriage date is recorded as December 26, 1816 according to "Person County, North Carolina Marriage Records, 1792-1868." The marriage is confirmed by “North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868,” record 1007, bondsman McFarland Oakly, witness Ira Lea, Bond No. 106646.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ncperson/census-tax-list-branch-page.htm
Tax List 1797
Nash District
Edmond Goin, 250 acres, 2 free polls, 2 slaves
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ncperson/census-tax-list-branch-page.htm
Tax List 1800
Nash District
Edward Gowin, 250 acres, 1 free poll, 0 black polls, 0 stud horses
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Person County, North Carolina Compilations, 1792-1820
Land Grants
1794-1805-1823 Tax Lists
Record Book Abstracts 1792-1820
Letters of Attorney
By Katherine Kerr Kendall
Page 10
Tax List 1794, St. Lawrance District
Gowin, Allen, 0 acres, 1 white poll, 0 black polls
Gowin, Guthridge, 213 acres, 0 white polls, 0 black polls
Page 12
Tax List 1794, St. Lukes District
Goins, Ed., 245 ¾ acres, 2 white polls, 0 black polls
Page 23
At the first session of the Person County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, March 1792, the estate records of John McNeill (Niell) were proved. A merchant, John McNeill’s store was near the Caswell-Person border and very near Leasburg. From file number C.R. 078.801.1, Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina.
“A list of the debts which appears to be due to the estate of John McNeill, dec. according to the ledger formerly kept by the said deceased, known by the name of ledger C.”
Note: The amount of debt was omitted from the following list.
The list is very long and includes the name of EDWARD GOING.
Page 39
Person County Record Books, book 1, page 68
March Court 1793
John Mann-will-4 sons, William, John, James and Robert; daughters, Agness, Margaret; wife Jane Mann. Exec. JOHN GOWIN, Hezekiah Stone, and wife. Dated 30 Oct. 1792.
Page 40
Person County Record Books, book 1, page 105
Dec. Court 1793
Acct. sales of Edmund Hendley, Sales to Joseph Atkinson, Ben Johnston, ALLEN GOWIN, Thomas Black, Ben McNeil, Jesse Duncan, John Black, Reuben Long, Ed Doyle, Jas. Hendley, Jun.
Page 44
Tax List 1795
St. Luke’s District
Edward Goins
Page 46
Tax List 1795
St. Lawrence District
Guttridge Goen
Page 54
Person County Record Books, book 2, page 133
December Court 1798
George Eubanks-will-dated 15 July 1798. Wife Bettey; sons Thomas, George, daughter Frances Wyatt of King and Queen Co., Va.; daughter Mary Carlton of King and Queen Co., Va.; daughters Catherine and Betsy; James Eubanks. Exec. Wife and Thos. Eubanks. Test. George Burch and EDWARD GOINS.
Page 71
Tax List 1805
Capt. Streets Company
Gowen, Edmund, 0 acres, 1 white poll, 1 black poll
Gowen, Fedrick, 0 acres, 1 white poll
Page 75
Tax List 1805
Capt. Penicks Company
Gowen, Allen, 0 acres, 1 white poll
Page 109
Tax List 1823
Capt. Brooks Company
Gowing, Thomas, 0 acres, 1 white poll
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Person County, North Carolina Deeds 1792-1825
By Katherine Kerr Kendall
Page 7
Deed Book A, Page 147-8
Matthew Carter and Ann his wife of Mecklenburg Co., VA to FREDERICK GOING of same, for 100 lbs, 250 acres, east side Bluewing Creek adjoining George Moore to Cattail Br.
Page 23
Deed Book B, Page 191-3
Thomas Palmer, Jun. & Joseph Palmer both of CC, to John Wheeley of same, for 15 lbs, 72 acres on Flat R adj Daniel Malone, said Wheeley, Terrel, EDWARD GOINS, Kelly. 31 July 1786. Wit. Richard Burch Sen., EWD GOINS.
Page 35
Deed Book C, Page 61-2
State of NC-#86-to Robert Dickens and William Waite, for 30 shillings per 100 A, 150 A on Flat R adj William Hawkins near Orange County line, said Dickens & Waite. Survey 1 Apr 1795, registered 2 Dec 1797. Chain Carriers; EDWD GOINS, Joshua Step.
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Deed Book C, Page 62-3
State of NC-#87-to Robert Dickens & William Waite, ? A on Flat R adj Elizabeth Step, James Rimmer, EDWARD GOINS. 2 Dec. 1797. Chain Carriers; EDWD GOINS, Joshua Step.
Page 38
Deed Book C, Page 99-100
Daniel Malone of CC to Thomas W. Price of Orange Co., NC for 50 lbs, 120 A on Bushy Fork of Flat R adj Aldridge, the county line, Wm. Waite, ED GOINS old line. Ph Burch, D. Durham-it being half of a grant to Robert Mitchel. 15 Nov. 1796. Wit. William Lea, Samuel Love.
Page 51
Deed Book C, Page 269
EDMUND GOIN to William Baird, for 86 lbs, 124 A on Blewing Cr adj Waite, Francis Ford, FREDERICK GOIN on Cattail Br. 8 Apr 1801. Wit. James Thomson, Starling Hudgins, Sharp Willingham.
Page 52
Deed Book C, Page 280-1
FREDERICK GOIN of Mecklenburg, Va, to EDMUND GOIN of Person Co., for 6/, 124 A on Bluewing Cr adj Waite, Francis Ford, on Cattail Br to Baird line. 11 Mar 1801. Wit: Jeremiah Johnson, Francis Ford, Wm. Thaxton.
Page 52
Deed Book C, Page 290-1
FREDERICK GOWEN od Mecklenburg Co., to William Thaxton of Halifax Co., VA, for 40 lbs, 120 A on Blewing Cr adj Francis Ford, Reubin Jones, William Baird, 6 July 1801. Wit: James Thomson, Zachariah Averett, Charles Thaxton.
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Deed Book C, Page 331-2
John Thomas to Jacob Thomas, for $104, 120 A on Bushy Fork of Flat R on Orange County Line adj Aldridge, EDWARD GOINS old line, Phillip Burch, D. Durras, reserving a dividing line to 100 A to Thomas & balance to Robert McNabb and was sold to McNabb by Thos Price-tract conveyed John Thomas by Thomas Price & to Price by Daniel Malone. 8 Jan 1802. Wit: John Farrar, B. Douglas.
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Deed Book C, Page 453
EDMUND GOWEN to William Baird of Prince George Co., VA, for 90 lbs 17/2 as debt is due for this amt., negro girl Patty age about 14 yrs; horses, cattle. 5 June 1804. Wit: Samuel Ward, Anselem Bugg, James Thomson.
Page 70
Deed Book C, Page 495-6
Richard Atkinson to THOMAS GOINS, for 52 lbs 10/, 100 A both sides Hendley Mill Cr adj Samuel Wheelor, Tillman. 7 Feb 1805. Wit. JOSEPH GOINS.
Page 71
Deed Book C, Page 502
Samuel Wheelor to Wiliam Saterfield, for $250, 70 A adj Charles Winstead, Benjamin McNeill, Wm. Jones. 6 Feb 1805. Wit: R. Long, JOSEPH GOINS.
Page 81
Deed Book D, Page 30-1
THOMAS GOINS to Thomas Keeling, for 26 lbs 5/, 15 A adj Wheeler, Roger Tilman, Allison. Sept. 1806. Wit: Benjamin Wheeler, Jas D. Henley.
Page 94
Deed Book D, Page 149
Erwin Johnston & George Johnston (in debt to James D. Henley for $100 for bond executed to Edmond Henly decd, also $5.50 on acct) to William Trotter, in trust, for 5/, 30 A on both sides Bear Br of Hico adj Daniel Sargent formerly Simon Doyle, Wm. McDaniel; also 50 ½ A on s end of tract granted George Johnston 20 Dec. 1779 & descended to Erwin & George by George Johnston decd. 27 Feb 1809. Wit: R. Long, THOMAS GOINS.
Page 123
Deed Book D, Page 402
Thomas Price of Orange Co to John Thomas of Person Co for $100, 120 A on Bushey Fork Flat R adj Orange Co. line, Aldridge, Wm Waite, EDWARD GOINS, Philip Burch, D. Durham, Benj Wheeley; a line intersects tract as 20 A already sold to Robert McNab; tract conveyed to Price by Daniel Malone./s/ Thos Wm Price. 25 Dec 1799. wit: Samuel Serrett, B. Douglas. Both witnesses removed from state; proved by oath of John Whitfield who was present when deed was sriten; (sic) Cary Williams proved handwriting of B. Douglas.
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Deed Book G, Page 96-7
THOMAS GOWEN (in debt to James Holloway for $46.93) to Wilie Brooks, for $1, in trust,a sorrel mare, hogs, furniture, working tools, crops of corn, fodder, cotton, tobacco. 19 Mar 1824. Wit: William Springfield.
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1800 Person County, North Carolina
All Other Free Persons
Allen Goin (FPOC); Series: M32 Roll: 32 Page: 218
Edward Goin (FPOC); Series: M32 Roll: 32 Page: 196
Godrich Goin (FPOC); Series: M32 Roll: 32 Page: 209
Susannah Goin (white); Series: M32 Roll: 32 Page: 205
1810 Person County, North Carolina census
Allin Going (FPOC); Series: M252 Roll: 38 Page: 151
Edmund Going (white); Series: M252 Roll: 38 Page: 151
Fanny Goin
Guthridge Goin
Edmund Going
Please enjoy an article submitted by Jack Goins "Person County Indians" at the following link:
In Search Of KinFolks Left Behind
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Wise County, VA Early Records
From: http://www.lva.lib.va.us/
Works Progress Administration of Virginia
Historical Inventory
This write-up is a part of the Virginia W. P. A. Historical Inventory Project sponsored by the Virginia Conservation Commission under the direction of its Division of History. Credit to both the Commission and W. P. A. is requested for publication, in whole or in part. Unless otherwise stated, this information has not been checked for accuracy by the sponsor.
Research made by James Taylor Adams – Big Laurel, Virginia – December 28, 1937.
SUBJECT: Ely Boggs Home
LOCATION: At the mouth of the Mud Lick Fork of Callahan Creek, one mile north of Andover, five miles north of Appalachia.
DATE: About 1820.
OWNERS: Ely Boggs; Elihu Boggs; Boggs Heirs; Virginia Coal & Iron Co.
DESCRIPTION: This is a two story log building, but not weatherboarded or ceiled, with a landing stairway from the hallway to the four rooms above, with a left turn. The windows are with shutters only, no glass. There is a porch in front and on the rear.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: The exact date that Ely Boggs settled here is not known, but it is believed that he came into this section about 1820. It is known that he was “building a new barn in the year 1844”, which indicates that he had lived there long enough to have made necessary a larger building for the protection of his stock.
Ely Boggs owned large boundaries of land on Callahan Creek and its tributaries and on the southern slope of Black Mountain, and it is believed that his patent lapped over on Cumberland River, for he moved in late life to Cumberland River and died near Eolia.
He is remembered for his part in the slaying of Alexander Goins on the Nine Mile Spur in November, 1844. In family tradition Boggs is represented as being the man who led Goins into an ambush from his (Boggs’) home, where Goins had sought friends and protection. Goins’ grave is in a bottom a few hundred yards from the site of the Ely Boggs home.
ART: None.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION: Informant: William Boggs. Court Records, Wise County, Virginia.
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Posting from Crystal Laschon on: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BOGGS/1998-10/0907687697
Excerpt from RUGGED TRAIL TO APPALACHIA by Mary T. Brewer, A History of Leslie County, Kentucky and Its People:
While Eli Boggs was living in Wise County, Virginia, tradition has it that he was implicated in the murder of Alexander Goins, a man of the Melungeon people of southwest Virginia and Tennessee. The story is told here to show how pioneers dealt with horse thieves.
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. Eli lived in a bottom just west of the grave site of Goins.
James Taylor Adams visited the grave in the 1930's and placed the date of the tragedy around November 10, 1844. The following account was written by Mr. Adams, and given for history by Emory Hamilton of Wise, Virginia.
"The grave is now, as shown by the head and foot stone, twelve feet long by actual measurement. It is now enclosed by Interstate Railroad property fence. Mystery has always surrounded Goins' grave. That is why it has attracted so many visitors.
There are two traditions of the killing, both of which seem to have been accepted as historical facts by different writers. First, the one handed down through the Church family, who were residents of the immediate community at that time, and second, the one handed down through the Maggard-Craft, who lived in Kentucky a few miles across Big Black Mountain (and who have Boggs ancestry).
The Church tradition, and it has the backing of the descendants of Goins, is that Alexander Goins was a respectable trader, dealing in fine horses, which he drove from Kentucky to South Carolina to sell. He supposedly lived in what is now Lawrence County, and operated a race track and breeding farm at Louisa.
On one of his trips, and as he was returning home, he was ambushed on Callahan creek near the present mining town of Stonega, and escaped to return down the stream to the home of Eli Boggs, where he had stopped on other trips through the county. Boggs was a member of the ambushing party, and the next morning he offered to show Goins a nearer way up Nine Mile Spur. Where trails crossed, the robbers awaited their coming, and as they approached, shot Goins. his horse became frightened and Goins fell dead from his saddle near the mouth of Mud Lick Creek.
The descendants of Goins tell about the same story, only that he was on his way to South Carolina to buy horses, instead of returning, and that he carried $9,000 in cash, and that a young man, named William Holbrook, who had been employed by Goins to help him drive horses from South Carolina, played sick, not able to go on the last trip, followed him and led the band who killed and robbed him. This tradition finds substantial strength in a Holbrook family tradition, which tells us that William Holbrook had been employed in the Big Sandy country of Kentucky by Alexander Goins and on one trip he discovered his employer wasstealing horses instead of buying them, quit him enroute south, and arrived at an Uncle's house in North Carolina on Election Day in the month of November, 1844.
The Maggard-Craft tradition finds support in the Holbrook tradition, as well as in the Goins tradition. It says that Alexander Goins was a horse stealer; a bad man in every respect. The late John P. Craft, a respected citizen of Wise, Virginia, says that Goins stopped overnight with his grandfather Maggard on Cumberland River the night before he was killed on Callahan Creek, and that when he was getting ready to leave next morning, he pulled down a fine deer skin, and without as much as "buy your leave" he cut it up into stripe, which he hung on his saddlehorn and rode away. The Maggards knew his reputation as a killer and let him go in peace.
Mr. Craft also remembered hearing his grandmother tell of how Goins took two of his Negro slaves, who had displeased him, tied them in sacks with heavy stones and threw them in the Big Sandy River. He believed that 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....
If anyone was ever legally accused of his murder there is no record to be found of such accusation. The grave was left to the briars and bushes for many years. Before 1908 someone had built a pen around it. More recently it has been fenced in with other parts of the Interstate Railroad right of way.
Gabriel Church, born 1814, a pioneer settler of Gabe's Branch of Roaring Fork of the Powell River, was living near the scene of the tragic incident, and he memorialized the event in a ballad. Church is said to have written other ballads, but this one is the only one in existence:
POOR GOINS
Come all you young people
Who live far and near,
And I'll tell you of some murder
That was done on the Nine Mile Spur.
They surrounded poor Goins,
But Goins got way;
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 the Nine Mile Spur
They made no delay,
Till they come to the crossroads
Where Goins they did slay.
When they got in hearing
They were lying mighty still,
"Your money is what we're after,
And Goins we will kill."
When they got in gun shot
They bid him for to san"
"Your money is 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.
Mrs. Goins she was sent for,
She made no delay;
She found his grave
Along by the way
Go kill a man for his riches
Or any such thing.
I pray the Lord have mercy,
Till the Judgment kills the sting.
Works Progress Administration of Virginia
Historical Inventory
This write-up is a part of the Virginia W. P. A. Historical Inventory Project sponsored by the Virginia Conservation Commission under the direction of its Division of History. Credit to both the Commission and W. P. A. is requested for publication, in whole or in part. Unless otherwise stated, this information has not been checked for accuracy by the sponsor.
Research made by James Taylor Adams – Big Laurel, Virginia – December 28, 1937.
SUBJECT: Ely Boggs Home
LOCATION: At the mouth of the Mud Lick Fork of Callahan Creek, one mile north of Andover, five miles north of Appalachia.
DATE: About 1820.
OWNERS: Ely Boggs; Elihu Boggs; Boggs Heirs; Virginia Coal & Iron Co.
DESCRIPTION: This is a two story log building, but not weatherboarded or ceiled, with a landing stairway from the hallway to the four rooms above, with a left turn. The windows are with shutters only, no glass. There is a porch in front and on the rear.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: The exact date that Ely Boggs settled here is not known, but it is believed that he came into this section about 1820. It is known that he was “building a new barn in the year 1844”, which indicates that he had lived there long enough to have made necessary a larger building for the protection of his stock.
Ely Boggs owned large boundaries of land on Callahan Creek and its tributaries and on the southern slope of Black Mountain, and it is believed that his patent lapped over on Cumberland River, for he moved in late life to Cumberland River and died near Eolia.
He is remembered for his part in the slaying of Alexander Goins on the Nine Mile Spur in November, 1844. In family tradition Boggs is represented as being the man who led Goins into an ambush from his (Boggs’) home, where Goins had sought friends and protection. Goins’ grave is in a bottom a few hundred yards from the site of the Ely Boggs home.
ART: None.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION: Informant: William Boggs. Court Records, Wise County, Virginia.
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Posting from Crystal Laschon on: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BOGGS/1998-10/0907687697
Excerpt from RUGGED TRAIL TO APPALACHIA by Mary T. Brewer, A History of Leslie County, Kentucky and Its People:
While Eli Boggs was living in Wise County, Virginia, tradition has it that he was implicated in the murder of Alexander Goins, a man of the Melungeon people of southwest Virginia and Tennessee. The story is told here to show how pioneers dealt with horse thieves.
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. Eli lived in a bottom just west of the grave site of Goins.
James Taylor Adams visited the grave in the 1930's and placed the date of the tragedy around November 10, 1844. The following account was written by Mr. Adams, and given for history by Emory Hamilton of Wise, Virginia.
"The grave is now, as shown by the head and foot stone, twelve feet long by actual measurement. It is now enclosed by Interstate Railroad property fence. Mystery has always surrounded Goins' grave. That is why it has attracted so many visitors.
There are two traditions of the killing, both of which seem to have been accepted as historical facts by different writers. First, the one handed down through the Church family, who were residents of the immediate community at that time, and second, the one handed down through the Maggard-Craft, who lived in Kentucky a few miles across Big Black Mountain (and who have Boggs ancestry).
The Church tradition, and it has the backing of the descendants of Goins, is that Alexander Goins was a respectable trader, dealing in fine horses, which he drove from Kentucky to South Carolina to sell. He supposedly lived in what is now Lawrence County, and operated a race track and breeding farm at Louisa.
On one of his trips, and as he was returning home, he was ambushed on Callahan creek near the present mining town of Stonega, and escaped to return down the stream to the home of Eli Boggs, where he had stopped on other trips through the county. Boggs was a member of the ambushing party, and the next morning he offered to show Goins a nearer way up Nine Mile Spur. Where trails crossed, the robbers awaited their coming, and as they approached, shot Goins. his horse became frightened and Goins fell dead from his saddle near the mouth of Mud Lick Creek.
The descendants of Goins tell about the same story, only that he was on his way to South Carolina to buy horses, instead of returning, and that he carried $9,000 in cash, and that a young man, named William Holbrook, who had been employed by Goins to help him drive horses from South Carolina, played sick, not able to go on the last trip, followed him and led the band who killed and robbed him. This tradition finds substantial strength in a Holbrook family tradition, which tells us that William Holbrook had been employed in the Big Sandy country of Kentucky by Alexander Goins and on one trip he discovered his employer wasstealing horses instead of buying them, quit him enroute south, and arrived at an Uncle's house in North Carolina on Election Day in the month of November, 1844.
The Maggard-Craft tradition finds support in the Holbrook tradition, as well as in the Goins tradition. It says that Alexander Goins was a horse stealer; a bad man in every respect. The late John P. Craft, a respected citizen of Wise, Virginia, says that Goins stopped overnight with his grandfather Maggard on Cumberland River the night before he was killed on Callahan Creek, and that when he was getting ready to leave next morning, he pulled down a fine deer skin, and without as much as "buy your leave" he cut it up into stripe, which he hung on his saddlehorn and rode away. The Maggards knew his reputation as a killer and let him go in peace.
Mr. Craft also remembered hearing his grandmother tell of how Goins took two of his Negro slaves, who had displeased him, tied them in sacks with heavy stones and threw them in the Big Sandy River. He believed that 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....
If anyone was ever legally accused of his murder there is no record to be found of such accusation. The grave was left to the briars and bushes for many years. Before 1908 someone had built a pen around it. More recently it has been fenced in with other parts of the Interstate Railroad right of way.
Gabriel Church, born 1814, a pioneer settler of Gabe's Branch of Roaring Fork of the Powell River, was living near the scene of the tragic incident, and he memorialized the event in a ballad. Church is said to have written other ballads, but this one is the only one in existence:
POOR GOINS
Come all you young people
Who live far and near,
And I'll tell you of some murder
That was done on the Nine Mile Spur.
They surrounded poor Goins,
But Goins got way;
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 the Nine Mile Spur
They made no delay,
Till they come to the crossroads
Where Goins they did slay.
When they got in hearing
They were lying mighty still,
"Your money is what we're after,
And Goins we will kill."
When they got in gun shot
They bid him for to san"
"Your money is 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.
Mrs. Goins she was sent for,
She made no delay;
She found his grave
Along by the way
Go kill a man for his riches
Or any such thing.
I pray the Lord have mercy,
Till the Judgment kills the sting.
Virginia Colonial Records
Awesome article on 18th Century Virginia Law by John P. Alcock can be viewed at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jcat2/18centvalaw.html
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From: http://www.packrat-pro.com/
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From: http://www.lva.lib.va.us/
Virginia Colonial Records Project
Survey Report No. 10965
Title: Exchequer King’s Remembrancer. Depositions taken by Commission
Case of William Barrett c. Thomas Day
1p Commission to hear evidence, November 28, 1657
2p Interrogatories for witnesses on behalf of William Barrett.
2p Depositions on behalf of William Barrett taken at Leith January 18, 1657/58 – Evauld Tasseene: Identifies Day’s writing on letters received by Barrett in London in 1655.
John Lewin: Identifies Day’s writings.
Thomas Mattingley: In 1655, he received from Barrett ten hogsheads of tobacco from off the Laurence, Robert Guin, master. He delivered two hogsheads to Day for him to sell and then received part of the payment for them.
[The tobacco was sent to Day in Scotland to sell. No mention of where it originally came from.]
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Survey Report No. 13580
Title: Court of Chancery. Bills and Answers before 1714. Collins Division
William Gowing c. Sir Bridges Nightingale, Sir Robert Knightly, Daniel Perrott and Edward Ambrose
8p Bill of complaint of William Gowing – June 6, 1702
Gowing traded to various places. In 1685 he intended to put cargo on the Thomas and Francis, Richard Simmons, master, for the Leeward Islands and he applied to Sir Robert Knightly, the late Jeffrey Nightingale, and Daniel Perrott for an insurance. Gives details of the insurance which was to cover the voyage to the West Indies and a possible visit to Virginia en route back to London. On her homeward voyage the ship was taken by a private Spanish man-of-war so he applied to the insurers for payment. They delayed paying him and he employed Edward Ambrose to pursue the matter in law. Ambrose later confessed to having received some of the money and the plaintiff asked him to come to an account, but Ambrose refused until an arrangement had been made concerning payment for his services. Ask that Ambrose and the insurers, including Sir Bridges Nightingale, as executor of Jeffrey Nightingale, be asked to come to an account with him.
16p Answers of Sir Bridges Nightingale – November 7, 1702
Denies all knowledge of the matters in the bill but admits to being executor of Jeffrey Nightingale. Attaches an account of his estate.
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Survey Report No. 13582
Title: Court of Chancery. Bills and Answers before 1714. Collins Division
William Gowing c. Dir Bridges Nightingale, Sir Robert Knightly, Daniel Perrott and Edward Ambrose
2p Answers of Edward Ambrose to the Bill of Complaint of William Gowing – April 27, 1703
The plaintiff intended to send goods on the Thomas and Francis and applied to the late Jeffrey Nightingale, Daniel Perrott, Sir Robert Knightly for an insurance on the cargo; all subscribed to the policy. The ship was captured by a privateer but he know no details of this although the other defendants refused to pay on the policy. He was employed by Gowing to sue them for payment and in 1687 commenced several actions but, before trial was held, the insurers agreed to come to an arrangement with the plaintiff. He received £30 from Knightly and Perrott but Nightingale died. The defendant applied to his osn and executor, Bridges, but was told that the estate was insufficient to pay his debts. Before the plaintiff commenced his action, the defendant had given him a bill for his services. Denies receiving anymore money than the sums stated.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jcat2/18centvalaw.html
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Partial List
Globe of London to Virginia 1635
Theis under written names are to be transported to Virginea imbarqued in the Globe of London Jeremy Blackman Master have been examined by the Minister of Gravesend of their conformitie & have taken the oaths of Allege & Supremacie.
Gowen Tho: 18
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Virginia Colonial Records Project
Survey Report No. 10965
Title: Exchequer King’s Remembrancer. Depositions taken by Commission
Case of William Barrett c. Thomas Day
1p Commission to hear evidence, November 28, 1657
2p Interrogatories for witnesses on behalf of William Barrett.
2p Depositions on behalf of William Barrett taken at Leith January 18, 1657/58 – Evauld Tasseene: Identifies Day’s writing on letters received by Barrett in London in 1655.
John Lewin: Identifies Day’s writings.
Thomas Mattingley: In 1655, he received from Barrett ten hogsheads of tobacco from off the Laurence, Robert Guin, master. He delivered two hogsheads to Day for him to sell and then received part of the payment for them.
[The tobacco was sent to Day in Scotland to sell. No mention of where it originally came from.]
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Registers of Servants Sent to Foreign Plantations
Bristol database, 1654 - 1686
| Servant Information | Agent Information |
| Name: Stephen Gawen | Name: Richard Lock |
| Gender: male | Gender: male |
| Occupation: shoemaker | Occupation: |
| Place of Origin: Westbury, Wiltshire | Place of Origin: |
| Spouse's Name: | |
| Indenture Information | Servant's Parents Information |
| Date of Indenture: November 8 1659 | Name: |
| Indenture Length: 4 years | Occupation: |
| Destination: [Virginia] | |
| Ship: | |
| Notes: | |
| Servant Information | Agent Information |
| Name: Arthur Severne | Name: John Gowing |
| Gender: male | Gender: male |
| Occupation: | Occupation: |
| Place of Origin: | Place of Origin: |
| Spouse's Name: | |
| Indenture Information | Servant's Parents Information |
| Date of Indenture: September 25 1661 | Name: |
| Indenture Length: 4 years | Occupation: |
| Destination: Virginia | |
| Ship: | |
| Notes: | |
| Servant Information | Agent Information |
| Name: Elizabeth Gowing | Name: William Temple |
| Gender: female | Gender: male |
| Occupation: | Occupation: |
| Place of Origin: | Place of Origin: |
| Spouse's Name: | |
| Indenture Information | Servant's Parents Information |
| Date of Indenture: August 12 1672 | Name: |
| Indenture Length: 6 years | Occupation: |
| Destination: Virginia | |
| Ship: Katherine | |
| Notes: | |
| Servant Information | Agent Information |
| Name: Elizabeth Gaine | Name: John Mason |
| Gender: female | Gender: male |
| Occupation: | Occupation: |
| Place of Origin: | Place of Origin: |
| Spouse's Name: | |
| Indenture Information | Servant's Parents Information |
| Date of Indenture: August 30 1675 | Name: |
| Indenture Length: 4 years | Occupation: |
| Destination: Virginia | |
| Ship: | |
| Notes: | |
Survey Report No. 13580
Title: Court of Chancery. Bills and Answers before 1714. Collins Division
William Gowing c. Sir Bridges Nightingale, Sir Robert Knightly, Daniel Perrott and Edward Ambrose
8p Bill of complaint of William Gowing – June 6, 1702
Gowing traded to various places. In 1685 he intended to put cargo on the Thomas and Francis, Richard Simmons, master, for the Leeward Islands and he applied to Sir Robert Knightly, the late Jeffrey Nightingale, and Daniel Perrott for an insurance. Gives details of the insurance which was to cover the voyage to the West Indies and a possible visit to Virginia en route back to London. On her homeward voyage the ship was taken by a private Spanish man-of-war so he applied to the insurers for payment. They delayed paying him and he employed Edward Ambrose to pursue the matter in law. Ambrose later confessed to having received some of the money and the plaintiff asked him to come to an account, but Ambrose refused until an arrangement had been made concerning payment for his services. Ask that Ambrose and the insurers, including Sir Bridges Nightingale, as executor of Jeffrey Nightingale, be asked to come to an account with him.
16p Answers of Sir Bridges Nightingale – November 7, 1702
Denies all knowledge of the matters in the bill but admits to being executor of Jeffrey Nightingale. Attaches an account of his estate.
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Survey Report No. 13582
Title: Court of Chancery. Bills and Answers before 1714. Collins Division
William Gowing c. Dir Bridges Nightingale, Sir Robert Knightly, Daniel Perrott and Edward Ambrose
2p Answers of Edward Ambrose to the Bill of Complaint of William Gowing – April 27, 1703
The plaintiff intended to send goods on the Thomas and Francis and applied to the late Jeffrey Nightingale, Daniel Perrott, Sir Robert Knightly for an insurance on the cargo; all subscribed to the policy. The ship was captured by a privateer but he know no details of this although the other defendants refused to pay on the policy. He was employed by Gowing to sue them for payment and in 1687 commenced several actions but, before trial was held, the insurers agreed to come to an arrangement with the plaintiff. He received £30 from Knightly and Perrott but Nightingale died. The defendant applied to his osn and executor, Bridges, but was told that the estate was insufficient to pay his debts. Before the plaintiff commenced his action, the defendant had given him a bill for his services. Denies receiving anymore money than the sums stated.
Colonial Norfolk County, VA Early Records
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Norfolk_County
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Norfolk County, Virginia Tithables – 1766-1780
Compiled by Elizabeth B. Wingo and W. Bruce Wingo
Page 103 – List of Tithables and Land taken for the Northside of Tanners Creek for the year 1770 by Mathew Phripp
BURGESS, John & Daniel Goens – 2 Tithables
New Norfolk County is a long-extinct county which was located in colonial Virginia from 1636 until 1637.
It was formed in 1636 from Elizabeth City Shire, one of the eight original shires (or counties) formed in 1634 in the colony of Virginia by direction of the King of England. New Norfolk County included all the area in South Hampton Roads now incorporated in the five independent cities located there in modern times.
The following year, in 1637, it was divided into Upper Norfolk County and Lower Norfolk County.
Upper Norfolk County became Nansemond County in 1646. The county became the independent city of Nansemond in 1972, and in 1974, merged with the city of Suffolk. The new consolidated city assumed the name of Suffolk.
In 1691 Lower Norfolk County was in turn divided to form Norfolk County and Princess Anne County.
In 1963, after approval by referendum of the voters of the City of South Norfolk and the rest of Norfolk County and the Virginia General Assembly, they were combined and reorganized as a new city, ending the threat of additional annexations. The new name selected by the voters was Chesapeake, and so, the new city of Chesapeake, Virginia was created.
Also in 1963, after approval by referendum of the voters of the City of Virginia Beach and the rest of Princess Anne County and the Virginia General Assembly, they were consolidated as an independent city, assuming the better-known name of Virginia Beach.
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Norfolk County, Virginia Tithables – 1766-1780
Compiled by Elizabeth B. Wingo and W. Bruce Wingo
Page 103 – List of Tithables and Land taken for the Northside of Tanners Creek for the year 1770 by Mathew Phripp
BURGESS, John & Daniel Goens – 2 Tithables
Appomattox County, VA Early Records
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appomattox_County,_Virginia
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Works Progress Administration of Virginia
Historical Inventory
This write-up is a part of the Virginia W. P. A. Historical Inventory Project sponsored by the Virginia Conservation Commission under the direction of its Division of History. Credit to both the Commission and W. P. A. is requested for publication, in whole or in part. Unless otherwise stated, this information has not been checked for accuracy by the sponsor.
Research made by E. Lewis Paulette, Pamplin, Virginia – March 18, 1937.
SUBJECT: Powhatan B Going Note.
LOCATION: Found in the home of Dr. D. A. Christian, Appomattox, Virginia.
DATE OR PERIOD: 1820 Sept. 16th.
OWNERS: Dr. D. A. Christian.
DESCRIPTION: A note of Powhatan B. Going.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Somewhat discolored by age yet in good state of preservation, found among old papers in the home of Dr. D. A. Christian, Appomattox, Virginia, an old note given by one P. Going to Henry Flood on the 16th Sept, 1820. Which reads:
$16.07.
On demand for value received I promise to pay to Henry Fllod, Vis their heirs on or assigns the just and full sum of sixteen dollars and seven cents with interest from the first day of August last paid.
Given my hand and seal this 16th day of Sept. 1820.
X his cross mark.
Powhatan XXB. Going.
Witness. Thos. H. Flood.
ART: None.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION: Dr. D. A. Christian, Appomattox, Virginia, owner.
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17722 Dec.2/72
Petition of Samuel Goin
TO THE COMISSIONERS OF CLAIMS
Residence of Claimant: Walkers Church
Appomattox County, VA
Nature of Claim: For products taken for use of the U.S. Army.
Amount claimed: $452.00
FILED BY
H.H. Willard, Attorney, Lynchburg, Va.
Hixburg, Va.
March 1st, 1878
Mr. Chas F. Benjamin
Clerk Coms of Claims
Dear Sir
Enclosed beg to hand you some Depositions to be filed in may case, will you kindly get some one to attend to if for me. I will compensate them out of what is paid me. If you need any thing else let me know, my account was filed as you know some time ago.
Yours Truly
Saml H. Goin
(Next page is a copy of a file folder with GOIN, SAMUEL #17.722 written on the index)
PETITION
To The Honorable Commissioners of Claims
Under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1871, Washington, D.C.:
The Petition of (1) Samuel Goin respectfully represents:
That he is a citizen of the United States, and reside at present near (2) Walkers Church, Appomattox County, Va. and that he resided when this claim accrued near (3) the same place. That he has a claim against the United States for property (4) taken for the use of the army of the United States during the late rebellion near said Walkers Church, in the County of Appomattox, and State of Virginia.
That the said claim, stated by items, and excluding any and all items of damage, destruction, and loss, (and not use;) of property; of unauthorized or unnecessary depredations by troops and other persons upon property, or of rent or compensation for the use or occupation of buildings, grounds, or other real estate, is as follows:
DATE. QUANTITIES AND ARTICLES. VALUE.
Item 1 1 large sound bay mule 6 years old $200.00
Item 2 90 Bushels Corn $1.25 $112.50
Item 3 500 Pounds Bacon $0.25 $125.00
Item 4 1000 Pounds Shieve oats $1.00 $ 10.00
Item 5 600 Pounds Corn fodder .75 $ 4.50
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Total $452.00
Note 1. Give full names of all the petitioners.
2. Give the residence of each petitioner.
3. Give the former residence of each petitioner.
4. “Taken,” or “Furnished.”
That the property in question was taken or furnished for the use of a portion of the army of the United States, known as (5) the army of the Potomac and commanded by General Ulysses S. Grant and that the persons who took or received the property, or who authorized or directed it to be taken or furnished, were the following:
NAME RANK . CO. Regiment, Corps or Station
Ulysses S. Grant General
(written across this section)
Claimant did not know any of the officers
That the property was removed to (6) camp of said army, and used for or by (7) the same, all this on or about the ninth day of April in the year 1865. That (8) no voucher, receipt, or other writing, was given for the property taken aforesaid or any portion thereof. That your petitioner verily believe that the property described was (9) taken under the following circumstances, or one or more of suck circumstance, viz:
1, For the actual use of the army, and not for the mere gratification of individual officers or soldiers already provided by the Government with such articles as were necessary or proper for them to have.
2. In consequence of the failure of the troops of the United States to receive from the Government in the customary manner, or to have in their possession at the time, the articles and supplies necessary for them, or which they were entitled to receive and have.
3. In consequence of some necessity for the articles taken, or similar articles; which necessity justified the officers or soldiers taking them.
4. For some purpose so necessary, useful, beneficial or justifiable as to warrant or require the Government to pay for it.
5. Under the order or authority of some officer, or other person connected with the army, whose rank, situation, duties or other circumstances at the time authorized, empowered, or justified him in taking or receiving it, or ordering it to be taken or receive.
That (10) Said Samuel Goin of the place aforesaid was the original owner of said claim, and that said claimant, of same place the present owner of the same (11) no other person or persons having any interest therein what soever.
That your petitioner remained loyally adherent to the cause and the Government of the United States during the war, and was so loyal before and at the time of the taking of the property for which this claim is made, and he solemnly declare that, from the beginning of hostilities against the United States; that he never, of his own free will and accord, did anything, or offered, or sought, or attempted to do anything, by word or deed, to injure said cause or retard its success, and that he was at all times ready and willing, when called upon, or if called upon, to aid and assist the cause of the Union, or its supporters, so far as his means and power, and the circumstances of the case, permitted.
Note 5. Describe the organization as fully and particularly as possible.
6. State as well as can be done the place to which the property was conveyed.
7. State as fully and minutely as possible, the particular persons or commands using the property, and to what particular uses it was applied or intended to be applied.
8. If any vouchers or written papers were given, attach the originals or copies, or state where the originals are to be found and give the substance of them.
9. “Taken” or “furnished.”
10. The loyalty of the owner of the property when taken or furnished, and of all persons having a present beneficial interest in the claim, must be established by proof.
11. If any other persons than the original owner now own or have an interest in the claim, state how such ownership or interest was acquired.
The said claim has not before been presented to (12) and officer agent or Department of the government or to congress or to any committee thereof nor any action or decision had thereon whatsoever.
That H.H. Willard attorney at law of Lynchburg, Va hereby authorized and empowered to act as Attorney for the prosecution of this claim. Wherefore your petitioner pray for such action of your Honorable Commission in the premises as may be deemed just and proper.
(13) Saml H. (his x mark) Goin
Witnesses:
Andrew B. Webb
Jno W. Walton
State of Virginia
County of Appomattox
(14) Samuel H. Goin being duly sworn (15) (blank) deposes and says, that he is the petitioner named in the foregoing petition, and who signed the same; that the matters therein stated are true, of the deponent’s own knowledge, except as to those matters which are stated on information and belief, and as to those matters he believes them to be true; and deponent further says that he did not voluntarily serve in the Confederate army or navy, either as an officer, soldier, or sailor, or in any other capacity, at any time during the late rebellion; that he never voluntarily furnished any stores, supplies, or other material aid to said Confederate army or navy, or to the Confederate government, or to any officer, department or adherent of the same in support thereof, and that he never voluntarily accepted or exercised the functions of any office whatsoever under, or yielded voluntary support to, the said Confederate government.
Witnesses:
Andrew B. Webb
Jno W. Walton
Saml H. (his x mark) Goin
Sworn to and subscribed in my presence, the 2nd day of November 1872.
N.H. Ragland J.P.
Names and residences of witnesses who will be relied upon to prove loyalty:
Joseph W. Goin, Walkers Church, Appomattox Co. VA
Samuel H. Goin same
Names and residences of witnesses who will be relied upon to prove the other facts alleged in the foregoing petition:
Joseph W. Goin, Walkers Church, Appomattox, Va
Samuel H. Goin same
Post office address of claimant: Walkers Church, Appomattox Co., VA
Post office address of attorney: Lynchburg Virginia
Note 12. If the claim has heretofore been presented to any branch of the Government, state when and where presented, and what action was taken upon it.
13. Claimants sign here.
14. Give the names of all the petitioners.
15. If more than one petitioner, insert the words, “each for himself,” and in the next line insert “one of” in the proper blanks.
Deposition of Mrs. Martha Franklin of Appomattox County Virginia taken before Wm D. Hix a Notary Public for said county upon the 1st day of March 1878, after having been duly sworn, deposes and says, that she lives in the county of Appomattox and that in the year of 1865 in the month of April she was at Mr Saml H. Goin’s when some Federal troops came and took from him one large bay mule, a large quantity of corn, a large lot of Bacon (all that he had) a good deal of the Oats & fodder also a new saddle & bridle and a good many other things out of his dwelling house, that they did not offer to pay him one thing for the things taken, and further the this deponent saith not. Given under my hand this day and date before mentioned.
Martha Franklin
Sworn to before me this 1st March 1878
Wm D. Hix J.P.
For Appomattox Co. VA
Deposition of Saml H. Goin of Appomattox County Virginia taken before William D. Hix a Notary Public for said county upon the 27th day of Feby 1878 after having been duly sworn deposes and says. That in the year 1865 in the month of April a portion of the Federal troops of Genl Grants army passed through his farm and did take and carry away one bay mule, about ninety bushels of corn, about one thousand pounds of Bacon, a good deal of blade fodder and oats, one new saddle and bridle, four pair of socks, four hats, one silk handkerchief, and two Razors the property of said Goin, without giving him any compensation in any way for them, this deponent further states that the property taken is considered to have been worth about the sum of four hundred dollars, and that up to this time this deponent nor any one for him has ever received and compensation or remuneration in any way whatsoever and further this deponent saith not.
Given under my hand this day and date above written.
Samuel H. Goin
Sworn to before me this 27th day of Feby 1878.
Wm D. Hix J.P.
For Appomattox Co. Va
Deposition of Joseph W. Goin of Appomattox County VA taken before William D. Hix a Notary Public for said county. On the 27th day o f Feby 1878 after having been duly sworn deposes and says that in the year 1865 this deponent lived with one Saml H. Goin. That in the month of April of said year there came a lot of Federal troops to the house of said Saml H. Goin and did taken and carry away one fine bay mule, about ninety bushels of corn, about one thousand pounds of Bacon, lots of blade fodder & oats, also one new bridle and saddle and many other small articles. The deponent further states that no compensation was offered to said Saml H. Goin for said property, and said Goin has never received any compensation of remuneration whatever for said property, further this deponent saith not.
Given under my hand this day and date above written
Joseph W. Goin
Sworn to before me this 27th day of Feby 1878.
Wm D. Hix J.P.
For Appomattox Co. Va
Deposition of Fredk H. Franklin of Appomattox County, VA taken before William D. Hix a Notary Public for said county on the 27th day of Feby 1878 after having been duly sworn deposes and says that he lived near Mr Saml H. Goin the year of 1865. That he frequently visited the house of said Goin, that he was there in a few days after the army passed and that he found out that there had been taken from said Saml H. Goin, one bay mule, a lot of corn, Bacon, fodder oats a new saddle & bridle and a number of other things, it was considered that said Goin had lost about four hundred dollars worth, this deponent further states that he still resides near said Saml H. Goin, and that he had never heard of his having rec’d any compensation for said property in any way, and further this deponent saith not.
Given under my hand this day and date before written.
Fredrick H. Franklin
Sworn to before me this 27th day of Feby 1878,
Wm D. Hix J.P.
For Appomattox Co. VA
17.722
OFFICE OF THE
COMMISSIONERS OF CLAIMS
Washington, D.C. Jan’y 21, 1874
MEMORANDUM:
S. Goin
Appomattox Co
VA
No. 17.722
Disloyal
S. Patterson
Montreal Va
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Land Office Patents & Grants/Northern Neck Grants & Surveys : Catalog Card
Goin, Joseph W. 16 Jan 1894 Appomattox County
107 acres on a tributary of Holiday Creek
Land office Grants # 121, 1890-1902, p. 219 (Reel 187)
History
Appomattox County was formed in 1845 from Buckingham, Prince Edward, Campbell and Charlotte Counties. In 1848, another part of Campbell County was added. It was named for the Appomattox River. On April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee met withUnion General Ulysses S. Grant at the village of Appomattox Court House. The surrender of Lee took place at the McLean House, home of Wilmer McLean.
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Works Progress Administration of Virginia
Historical Inventory
This write-up is a part of the Virginia W. P. A. Historical Inventory Project sponsored by the Virginia Conservation Commission under the direction of its Division of History. Credit to both the Commission and W. P. A. is requested for publication, in whole or in part. Unless otherwise stated, this information has not been checked for accuracy by the sponsor.
Research made by E. Lewis Paulette, Pamplin, Virginia – March 18, 1937.
SUBJECT: Powhatan B Going Note.
LOCATION: Found in the home of Dr. D. A. Christian, Appomattox, Virginia.
DATE OR PERIOD: 1820 Sept. 16th.
OWNERS: Dr. D. A. Christian.
DESCRIPTION: A note of Powhatan B. Going.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Somewhat discolored by age yet in good state of preservation, found among old papers in the home of Dr. D. A. Christian, Appomattox, Virginia, an old note given by one P. Going to Henry Flood on the 16th Sept, 1820. Which reads:
$16.07.
On demand for value received I promise to pay to Henry Fllod, Vis their heirs on or assigns the just and full sum of sixteen dollars and seven cents with interest from the first day of August last paid.
Given my hand and seal this 16th day of Sept. 1820.
X his cross mark.
Powhatan XXB. Going.
Witness. Thos. H. Flood.
ART: None.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION: Dr. D. A. Christian, Appomattox, Virginia, owner.
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17722 Dec.2/72
Petition of Samuel Goin
TO THE COMISSIONERS OF CLAIMS
Residence of Claimant: Walkers Church
Appomattox County, VA
Nature of Claim: For products taken for use of the U.S. Army.
Amount claimed: $452.00
FILED BY
H.H. Willard, Attorney, Lynchburg, Va.
Hixburg, Va.
March 1st, 1878
Mr. Chas F. Benjamin
Clerk Coms of Claims
Dear Sir
Enclosed beg to hand you some Depositions to be filed in may case, will you kindly get some one to attend to if for me. I will compensate them out of what is paid me. If you need any thing else let me know, my account was filed as you know some time ago.
Yours Truly
Saml H. Goin
(Next page is a copy of a file folder with GOIN, SAMUEL #17.722 written on the index)
PETITION
To The Honorable Commissioners of Claims
Under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1871, Washington, D.C.:
The Petition of (1) Samuel Goin respectfully represents:
That he is a citizen of the United States, and reside at present near (2) Walkers Church, Appomattox County, Va. and that he resided when this claim accrued near (3) the same place. That he has a claim against the United States for property (4) taken for the use of the army of the United States during the late rebellion near said Walkers Church, in the County of Appomattox, and State of Virginia.
That the said claim, stated by items, and excluding any and all items of damage, destruction, and loss, (and not use;) of property; of unauthorized or unnecessary depredations by troops and other persons upon property, or of rent or compensation for the use or occupation of buildings, grounds, or other real estate, is as follows:
DATE. QUANTITIES AND ARTICLES. VALUE.
Item 1 1 large sound bay mule 6 years old $200.00
Item 2 90 Bushels Corn $1.25 $112.50
Item 3 500 Pounds Bacon $0.25 $125.00
Item 4 1000 Pounds Shieve oats $1.00 $ 10.00
Item 5 600 Pounds Corn fodder .75 $ 4.50
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Total $452.00
Note 1. Give full names of all the petitioners.
2. Give the residence of each petitioner.
3. Give the former residence of each petitioner.
4. “Taken,” or “Furnished.”
That the property in question was taken or furnished for the use of a portion of the army of the United States, known as (5) the army of the Potomac and commanded by General Ulysses S. Grant and that the persons who took or received the property, or who authorized or directed it to be taken or furnished, were the following:
NAME RANK . CO. Regiment, Corps or Station
Ulysses S. Grant General
(written across this section)
Claimant did not know any of the officers
That the property was removed to (6) camp of said army, and used for or by (7) the same, all this on or about the ninth day of April in the year 1865. That (8) no voucher, receipt, or other writing, was given for the property taken aforesaid or any portion thereof. That your petitioner verily believe that the property described was (9) taken under the following circumstances, or one or more of suck circumstance, viz:
1, For the actual use of the army, and not for the mere gratification of individual officers or soldiers already provided by the Government with such articles as were necessary or proper for them to have.
2. In consequence of the failure of the troops of the United States to receive from the Government in the customary manner, or to have in their possession at the time, the articles and supplies necessary for them, or which they were entitled to receive and have.
3. In consequence of some necessity for the articles taken, or similar articles; which necessity justified the officers or soldiers taking them.
4. For some purpose so necessary, useful, beneficial or justifiable as to warrant or require the Government to pay for it.
5. Under the order or authority of some officer, or other person connected with the army, whose rank, situation, duties or other circumstances at the time authorized, empowered, or justified him in taking or receiving it, or ordering it to be taken or receive.
That (10) Said Samuel Goin of the place aforesaid was the original owner of said claim, and that said claimant, of same place the present owner of the same (11) no other person or persons having any interest therein what soever.
That your petitioner remained loyally adherent to the cause and the Government of the United States during the war, and was so loyal before and at the time of the taking of the property for which this claim is made, and he solemnly declare that, from the beginning of hostilities against the United States; that he never, of his own free will and accord, did anything, or offered, or sought, or attempted to do anything, by word or deed, to injure said cause or retard its success, and that he was at all times ready and willing, when called upon, or if called upon, to aid and assist the cause of the Union, or its supporters, so far as his means and power, and the circumstances of the case, permitted.
Note 5. Describe the organization as fully and particularly as possible.
6. State as well as can be done the place to which the property was conveyed.
7. State as fully and minutely as possible, the particular persons or commands using the property, and to what particular uses it was applied or intended to be applied.
8. If any vouchers or written papers were given, attach the originals or copies, or state where the originals are to be found and give the substance of them.
9. “Taken” or “furnished.”
10. The loyalty of the owner of the property when taken or furnished, and of all persons having a present beneficial interest in the claim, must be established by proof.
11. If any other persons than the original owner now own or have an interest in the claim, state how such ownership or interest was acquired.
The said claim has not before been presented to (12) and officer agent or Department of the government or to congress or to any committee thereof nor any action or decision had thereon whatsoever.
That H.H. Willard attorney at law of Lynchburg, Va hereby authorized and empowered to act as Attorney for the prosecution of this claim. Wherefore your petitioner pray for such action of your Honorable Commission in the premises as may be deemed just and proper.
(13) Saml H. (his x mark) Goin
Witnesses:
Andrew B. Webb
Jno W. Walton
State of Virginia
County of Appomattox
(14) Samuel H. Goin being duly sworn (15) (blank) deposes and says, that he is the petitioner named in the foregoing petition, and who signed the same; that the matters therein stated are true, of the deponent’s own knowledge, except as to those matters which are stated on information and belief, and as to those matters he believes them to be true; and deponent further says that he did not voluntarily serve in the Confederate army or navy, either as an officer, soldier, or sailor, or in any other capacity, at any time during the late rebellion; that he never voluntarily furnished any stores, supplies, or other material aid to said Confederate army or navy, or to the Confederate government, or to any officer, department or adherent of the same in support thereof, and that he never voluntarily accepted or exercised the functions of any office whatsoever under, or yielded voluntary support to, the said Confederate government.
Witnesses:
Andrew B. Webb
Jno W. Walton
Saml H. (his x mark) Goin
Sworn to and subscribed in my presence, the 2nd day of November 1872.
N.H. Ragland J.P.
Names and residences of witnesses who will be relied upon to prove loyalty:
Joseph W. Goin, Walkers Church, Appomattox Co. VA
Samuel H. Goin same
Names and residences of witnesses who will be relied upon to prove the other facts alleged in the foregoing petition:
Joseph W. Goin, Walkers Church, Appomattox, Va
Samuel H. Goin same
Post office address of claimant: Walkers Church, Appomattox Co., VA
Post office address of attorney: Lynchburg Virginia
Note 12. If the claim has heretofore been presented to any branch of the Government, state when and where presented, and what action was taken upon it.
13. Claimants sign here.
14. Give the names of all the petitioners.
15. If more than one petitioner, insert the words, “each for himself,” and in the next line insert “one of” in the proper blanks.
Deposition of Mrs. Martha Franklin of Appomattox County Virginia taken before Wm D. Hix a Notary Public for said county upon the 1st day of March 1878, after having been duly sworn, deposes and says, that she lives in the county of Appomattox and that in the year of 1865 in the month of April she was at Mr Saml H. Goin’s when some Federal troops came and took from him one large bay mule, a large quantity of corn, a large lot of Bacon (all that he had) a good deal of the Oats & fodder also a new saddle & bridle and a good many other things out of his dwelling house, that they did not offer to pay him one thing for the things taken, and further the this deponent saith not. Given under my hand this day and date before mentioned.
Martha Franklin
Sworn to before me this 1st March 1878
Wm D. Hix J.P.
For Appomattox Co. VA
Deposition of Saml H. Goin of Appomattox County Virginia taken before William D. Hix a Notary Public for said county upon the 27th day of Feby 1878 after having been duly sworn deposes and says. That in the year 1865 in the month of April a portion of the Federal troops of Genl Grants army passed through his farm and did take and carry away one bay mule, about ninety bushels of corn, about one thousand pounds of Bacon, a good deal of blade fodder and oats, one new saddle and bridle, four pair of socks, four hats, one silk handkerchief, and two Razors the property of said Goin, without giving him any compensation in any way for them, this deponent further states that the property taken is considered to have been worth about the sum of four hundred dollars, and that up to this time this deponent nor any one for him has ever received and compensation or remuneration in any way whatsoever and further this deponent saith not.
Given under my hand this day and date above written.
Samuel H. Goin
Sworn to before me this 27th day of Feby 1878.
Wm D. Hix J.P.
For Appomattox Co. Va
Deposition of Joseph W. Goin of Appomattox County VA taken before William D. Hix a Notary Public for said county. On the 27th day o f Feby 1878 after having been duly sworn deposes and says that in the year 1865 this deponent lived with one Saml H. Goin. That in the month of April of said year there came a lot of Federal troops to the house of said Saml H. Goin and did taken and carry away one fine bay mule, about ninety bushels of corn, about one thousand pounds of Bacon, lots of blade fodder & oats, also one new bridle and saddle and many other small articles. The deponent further states that no compensation was offered to said Saml H. Goin for said property, and said Goin has never received any compensation of remuneration whatever for said property, further this deponent saith not.
Given under my hand this day and date above written
Joseph W. Goin
Sworn to before me this 27th day of Feby 1878.
Wm D. Hix J.P.
For Appomattox Co. Va
Deposition of Fredk H. Franklin of Appomattox County, VA taken before William D. Hix a Notary Public for said county on the 27th day of Feby 1878 after having been duly sworn deposes and says that he lived near Mr Saml H. Goin the year of 1865. That he frequently visited the house of said Goin, that he was there in a few days after the army passed and that he found out that there had been taken from said Saml H. Goin, one bay mule, a lot of corn, Bacon, fodder oats a new saddle & bridle and a number of other things, it was considered that said Goin had lost about four hundred dollars worth, this deponent further states that he still resides near said Saml H. Goin, and that he had never heard of his having rec’d any compensation for said property in any way, and further this deponent saith not.
Given under my hand this day and date before written.
Fredrick H. Franklin
Sworn to before me this 27th day of Feby 1878,
Wm D. Hix J.P.
For Appomattox Co. VA
17.722
OFFICE OF THE
COMMISSIONERS OF CLAIMS
Washington, D.C. Jan’y 21, 1874
MEMORANDUM:
S. Goin
Appomattox Co
VA
No. 17.722
Disloyal
S. Patterson
Montreal Va
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Submitted by Cindy Young
The Library of Virginia
Land Office Patents & Grants/Northern Neck Grants & Surveys : Catalog Card
Goin, Joseph W. 16 Jan 1894 Appomattox County
107 acres on a tributary of Holiday Creek
Land office Grants # 121, 1890-1902, p. 219 (Reel 187)
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