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.___________________________________________________________
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.------------------------------------------
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="">
------------------------------------------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).
