Shenandoah County, VA Early Records

 

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenandoah_County,_Virginia

History

Shenandoah County was established in 1772, it was originally named Dunmore County for Virginia Governor Lord Dunmore. The county was renamed Shenandoah in 1778, named for the Senedos Indian tribe. During the Civil War the Battle of New Market took place May 15, 1864.

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From:  A History of Shenandoah County Virginia by John W. Wayland, PH. D.; Baltimore Regional Publishing Co., 1980.

Pg. 418

Lutheran Pastors at Woodstock

The congregation had no regular pastor from 1776 to 1806, a period of 30 years. During this long interval the congregation was kept alive by visiting Lutheran pastors……

..in 1786 Rev. Jacob Goeing

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From: http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/shenandoah.htm with permission.

This is only a partial list as it relates to the Going’s family.

Shenandoah County Personal Property Tax List

1782-1799, 1800-1818

Library of Virginia microfilm reels 315-6

 1787

Michael Going 1 tithe 2 horses, 5 cattle [frame 438]

Sidney a free Negro 1 tithe 1 horse [frame 446]

1789 A, List of W^m Headley

John Chaviss 1 tithe 3 horses [frame 479]

1789 B, List of Taverner Beale

Patten, Richard: Thomas a free Negro

Zachariah (a free Negro) 1 tithe 1 horse

1790 B, List of W^m Headley

Going, Michal 2 tithes 1 horse [frame 526]

1791 A,

Going, Michal 1 tithe 2 horses [frame 538]

1791 B

Grayham, James 1 tithe [frame 551]

Kenneday W^m 1 tithe 1 slave 12-16, 3 horses [frame 553]

1792 A

Michal Going 1 tithe 2 horses [frame 564]

1793 A, List of W^m Headley

Bundy, Thomas 1 tithe [frame 590]

Going, Michal 1 tithe 2 horses [frame 592]

1794 A, 2^nd Battalion

Bundy, Thomas 1 tithe 1 slave over 16, 1 horse [frame 617]

Goings, Michael 1 tithe 1 horse [frame 619]

Goings, Henry 1 tithe

1795 2^nd Battalion

Bunday, Thomas 1 tithe 1 slave over 16, 1 horse [frame 647]

Free Joel 1 tithe 2 horses [frame 649]

Going, Michael 1 tithe 1 horse

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From:  Shenandoah County Virginia Marriage Bonds 1772-1850, Compiled by Bernice M. Ashby, Virginia Book Company – Berryville, Virginia, 1967

Pg. 21

McCollester, James --- Taylor, Rebecca. G. Jan 2, 1788. Bondsman:  Merd Going.

Pg. 40

Goings, Henry --- Blackwell, Lucy.  Dau of Nilly. July 19, 1792.

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From:  Abstracts of Shenandoah County, VA, Deed Books AA-HH, 1820-1830 by Dee Ann Buck

Pg. 160

MCCOLLISTER, JAMES & his wife MARGARET, JACOB SPIDLER & his wife ANNA (of Fairfield Co. OH) and JOHN METZ & his wife KATHERINE (of Shenandoah Co. VA) – 1 Oct 1814, 7 May 1821 – Sale of Property – sold to John PRINCE for $.........?(not given) all their rights to a tract containing 110a with all its appurtenances, lying on Blue Ridge on the drain of The Big Hawksbill Creek, at the corner of Jacob Shaver in the line of J. Griffith at the top of The Piney Mountain, it being the same granted to Elizabeth Snider (now dec’d, widow of George Snider) and said James McCollister as tenants in common on 5^th May 1802, said James & Margaret McCollister therefore possess ½ of the above tract and whereas on the death of said Elizabeth SNIDER (dec’d) the other ½ which consists of 55a the said Elizabeth Snider died intestate and the court & suit directed to be divided among her five children: Elizabeth formerly the wife of George Prince Sr., now dec’d , the now dec’d Mary the wife of Michael Gowen, Anna the wife of the said Jacob Spidler, Catherine the wife of said John Metz and Margaret the wife of the said James McCollister, which the said Elizabeth, Mary, Anna, Catherine & Margaret are the children & heirs of law of the said Elizabeth Snider (now dec’d), signed by James “X” McCollister, Margaret “X” McCollister, Jacob Spidler, Anna Spidler, John Metz & Katherine Metz Wit: Abram Strickler JP & Isaac Strickler JP both of Shenandoah Co., VA questioned said Katherine Metz if she freely agreed with the sale of the said property, Wit: Hugh Boyle CC, Wm. Wilson CC, John McMuller & Elisha L. Bonham JP all of Fairfield Co. OH questioned said Anna Spidler if she freely agreed with the sale of said property, received by P. Williams CC; Book AA, 526.

Todd County, KY Early Records

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_County,_Kentucky

Early history

Todd County, Kentucky consist of two geographical regions known historically as the high country to the north and low country to the south. The northern highlands consist of steep sloped sandstone terrain with forests of oak, walnut and poplar. The landscape features steep bluffs and sharp rises and falls within the terrain. The southern lowlands consist of rolling limestone flatlands void of aquifer sinks and consists of dense but sparse forests of oak, walnut poplar and ash. The first settlers of the region were the Cherokee. The Cherokee used the lands primarily for hunting and gathering. Todd County exist within the lands that was originally in the territory of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Many of the original settlers of the county had become established in what would become Todd County when the state was still in Virginia territory. This area of southern Kentucky, known for its premier agricultural lands was to be gifted to the veterans of those serving Virginia and the United States in the American Revolutionary War.

The earliest known record of settlers in the Todd County region included Edward Shanklin Sr. who was given one of the earliest land grants in the region for his service in theAmerican Revolutionary War. Justinian Cartwright was perhaps the earliest settler in the lands that would become Todd County. The first definite account of permanent immigration to this district is that of Edward Shanklin Jr. (Edward Sr.'s son), Matthew and David Rolston, John Huston and his sons James and Granville. Samuel Davis, father of Jefferson Davis, and John Wilson were also early settlers of the region. Kentucky Governor Greenup granted land man of the first Kentucky grants to William Croghan, David Logan, Edward Shanklin Jr. and John Wilson, among others.

Christian and Logan counties were called upon to contribute to the creation of Todd County due to the outlying population of both Logan and Christian's demand for a "home government" so that travel to the county seats of Logan and Christian was no longer necessary. The county was formed in 1820 by the first magisterial court consisting of membersEdward Shanklin, John Gray, Robert Coleman, Henry Gorin, John Taylor, H. C. Ewing, John S Anderson, William Hopper, John Mann and Joseph Frazer. The petition was created and the legislature of the Commonwealth of Kentucky granted the act of legislature, enacting the creation of the county on April 1, 1820. The legislature designated that the name of the county be in remembrance of Colonel John Todd who died at the Battle of Blue Licks.

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1850 US Census, District 1 – Todd County, KY

Dwelling 117 Family 118

Goin, Armstead – 23 – KY

Goin, Permelia – 19 – TN

Haggard, Parthena – 11 – TN

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From: www.Ancestry.com

Todd County, Kentucky Marriages

E.L. Goins to C.M. Goins – Nov. 15, 1857

Allen Goin to Susan Grumbley – Dec, 24, 1863

Thomas C. Goins to Sarah C. Greenfield – Dec. 17, 1872

Person County Indians

Submitted by Jack Goins

IN SEARCH OF KINFOLKS LEFT BEHIND.

In the April Newsletter I wrote about our need to research some areas where our ancestors lived prior to migrating to the Clinch River Valley beginning in 1795. When a large group of our Melungeon Progenitors left The Pamunkey River area of Louisa and Hanover County, Virginia they migrated to the Flat River which at that time was Granville County, North Carolina. This research is about the Flat River area and the people who lived here and the ones who stayed. Person County, North Carolina is bounded on the north by Virginia, on the south by Durham and Orange counties, on the west by Caswell, and on the east by Granville. My wife and I visited the Flat River area in Person County, North Carolina in 1997 and took the pictures that are in my books of the Flat River and the Flat River Primitive Baptist Church established in 1750. This area in Person County was then Granville County, became Orange in 1752. This was the location of the Melungeon Progenitors after selling their land in Louisa County, Virginia they migrated to this area and lived here for at least 17 years (1749-1767), they were sometimes enumerated as mulatto on land records and also on a 1755 tax list.

In this area there is a tribe of Indians and I wrote about them in the first chapter of my book, Melungeons Footprints From the Past. In the Person County Indian Group, a school census taken in November 1936, listed 346 persons in the community representing 76 families and the families averaged 6 to 8 children. (2-May 1937 Louise V. Nunn-A comparison of the social situation of two Isolated Indian Groups in Northern North Carolina. Submitted in partial requirements for a degree of Master of Arts, Columbia University, New York, New York-.80 pages.)

Who were the 76 families of Person County Indians and who are they today ?
Newspaper Article - 1948 THE INDIANS OF PERSON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA, HISTORY OF A PROUD AND HANDSOME TRIBE OF INDIANS NEAR ROXBORO MAY BE CONNECTED WITH LOST COLONY MYSTERY; ABOUT 70 FAMILIES LIVE IN EXTENDED FARMING COMMUNITY

By Tom MacCaughelty
Durham Morning Herald, March 21, 1948

“As Indians, they never have been positively identified. Can they be, as their tradition holds, the long sought descendants of the friendly Indians who received the colonists of John White? Strangely enough, among the approximately 350 people in the scattered farming community, only six family names are represented: Johnson, Martin, Coleman, Epps, Stewart (also spelled Stuart), and Shepherd. Stranger still, three of these names correspond closely with those among the list of Lost Colonists: Johnson, Coleman, and Martyn. But theirs are common English names long familiar in North Carolina, and intermarriage with the proximity to whites would be expected to extend such names among them. (A seventh prominent name among this group is Tally.) As far back as anyone knows, these people have displayed the manners and customs of white settlers, but in this they don't differ from identified Indians.”

29 March 2003 – Courier-Times

State House OKs request from
Indians of Person County to change official name to ‘Sappony’

The Indians of Person County has been recognized under North Carolina law as the "Sappony" tribe. after the House passed a bill effecting a formal name change for the Indians of Person County, who have been officially known by that name for the past 90 years.

Caswell County was formed from the Northern part of Orange County, North Carolina in 1777 it included part of the Flat River, it was bounded on the North by Pittsylvania & Halifax Counties, Virginia. From looking at land and tax records John Collins on the Rocky Branch was still there.

1777 list Paul Collins 1 Martin Collins 1 Middleston Collins 1, Obadiah Collins 1, John Collins 1

Most of the Flat River Collins began migrated to the New River area in 1767, both John Collins Sr. & Jr. were on the 1771 tax list of Fincastle County, Virginia.

Person County was formed from Caswell County in 1791 and the Flat River was in the new county. I didn’t find any Collins on the 1800 census of Person County but did find an old Thomas Gibson, Edward Goin a family of 4 free colored, Enoch? Goin 7 free colored, Allen Goan 7 free colored. Johnson is the most popular surname on the census and is also a name among the Person County Indians.

A Startling Discovery

I received some valuable information from Sappony tribesman Stuart who told me there was a Rolen Collins who hung out with the Person County Indians at Woodsdale, late 1800s. Stuart also told me several from their group migrated to Hawkins County, Tennessee, including his great grandfather Thomas Stewart who married Eliza Epps daughter of Peter Epps, others in this group with the Stewarts were Johnson,Shepherds, Epps and Martin. He also told me many from this group are buried in the Jaynes/Shepherd Cemetery near Rogersville. I found it listed in our cemetery books at the archive. It is located off Hwy 66 on the Webb Road in the Choptack Community near Rogersville, Tennessee. I found the cemetery and took this picture Tuesday September 7, 2010.

Thirty nine people are buried here, five in unmarked graves. 5 Shephard, 7 Stuart, 3 Martin. They migrated to Hawkins County area in 1800s, their headstones are their witness that they died in Hawkins County: John H. Stuart b 7 April 1865, died 11 June 1898; Eliza R. Stuart born 16 March 1826, died 21 May 1893.

In my conversation with the caretaker of this cemetery, a Martin, was not aware of the Indian connection, but he did tell me years ago when the cemetery began, the land was owned by a Shephard family. I need to find someone in this area who knows about their ancient Person County Indian Ancestors.
http://www.ncperson.org/high_plains.htm#web_site

Like their website reads the Person County Indians now Sappony have never been positively identified. And their school was equally financed by Virginia and North Carolina. The first school was built on Green Martins land in 1888 and the cemetery in Hawkins County is run by a Martin 122 years later. I don’t find a connection or association between this mysterious group and the Melungeons except for the fact they lived on the same land around the Flat River in 1750. Maybe the answer to some of this will come from the Hawkins County descendants as this research continues.

Jack Goins

MHS Second Annual Conference

Melungeon Historical Society
Second Annual Conference
Saturday June 19th & Sunday June 20, 2010
Sneedville High School, Sneedville, TN.

9:30 am: Registration welcome committee; Becky Nelson, Johnnie Rhea, Penny Ferguson, Tamara Hogshead. No admission charge we ask for a reasonable donation.

9:45 am: Jack Goins MHS President. Introductions. Also attention to the displays, some to be auctioned off later.

10:00 am: Mayor Greg Marion to welcome the Melungeon Historical Society to Sneedville.

10:20 am: Dr. Scott Collins-Foremost Melungeon researcher who has shared with others his research for over 40 years.

11:15 am: Kathy James-Were there many Gibson (Collins) lines, or were they all related?"

Noon-lunch break.

1:00 pm: Dr Richard Carlson Jr. Presentation “Who’s your People.” Questions and answer session after presentation.

2: 30 pm: Roberta Estes Core Melungeon DNA Advisor, all you need to know about the various DNA test, including the latest “Family Finder”. Questions and answer session.

Vice-president Penny Ferguson and MHS Board Member Elizabeth Bunch Smiddy will have a table set up to administer DNA tests and answer any questions you may have on the various DNA tests, through Family Tree DNA.

Sunday June 20, conference schedule.

10;00 am: Registration welcome committee; Becky Nelson, Johnnie Rhea, Penny Ferguson, Tamara Hogshead. Donations requested.

10:15 am: Board member Johnnie Rhea will hold a genealogy discussion and will have her family display set up for all to view. A panel discussion, questions from audience on everything arranging from genealogy to DNA. MHS board members who are present will form this panel. Our present MHS board members are; Becky Nelson, Beverly Walker, Roberta Estes, Dennis Maggard, Janet Crain, Dr. Jill Florence Lackey, Jack Goins, Joy King, Tamara Hogshead, Kathy James, Kevin Mullins, Penny Ferguson, Elizabeth Smiddy, Tari Adams, Cleland Thorpe, Wayne Winkler.

11:00 Jack Goins A few words about the latest Stony Creek Church minute books 1,2 and 3, which will be shown.

11:15 am: Bob Davis will set up his display depicting his Melungeon Grandparents and give a presentation on them.

Noon. Lunch Break

1:00 pm: Kevin Mullins a descendant of the Newmans Ridge Mullins family gives a presentation on the legendary Mahala Mullins.

2:00 Summing it all up.

Washington DC Early Records

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Recently there have been several messages relating to a slave, Luke Goins, of the Harpers Ferry area. While reviewing some records of Washington, DC, I came across the following:

http://www.historydc.org/pdf/DCemancipation.pdf

This document (placed on the web by the Washington DC Historical Society) relates to the emancipation of slaves in Washington, DC - and the calculation of their value by a commission set up for that purpose. This value was to be paid to the former owners (or their heirs) as compensation for the emancipation of their slaves. Some 966 petitions for compensation were filed by former owners; these petitions named some 3,100 former slaves. The majority of these claims (909) were allowed; the others were fully or partially disallowed.

Three of the slaves named were surnamed GOINS:

Malinda Goins, valued at $350.40

Rose Goins, valued at $350.40

and

George Goins, valued at $328.50

These slaves were three of the seven named by petitioner Milton Garrett, acting on his own behalf and on behalf of an estate (W. C. Caldwell, Sarah Caldwell, John H. Caldwell, A. M. Caldwell, et al). Milton Garrett is claimant 130 (see page 23).

Milton Garrett was a prosperous merchant of Washington, DC - but was originally of Harpers Ferry. Born 06 April 1813, Milton was the eldest son of Johnson and Mary (Doyle) Garrett of Harpers Ferry (and, later, Bolivar). Milton married Mary L. Caldwell about 09 November 1839 (date of license issued at Frederick county, MD). In adulthood, Milton moved to Washington; his brother, Mortimore (a blacksmith), moved to Georgetown; and his youngest sister, Mary Arnett Garrett, married Dr. John Ben Johnson of Alexandria, VA (just across the Potomac from DC).

At the 1860 census of Washington, DC (Series M653, Roll 102, page 384) - i.e. two years before the emancipation claims - the household of Milton Garrett includes his wife, Mary (nee' Caldwell) and their children. Also in the household are Melinda (no surname given, ae 40) and Rose (ae 6); George (Goins) is not in the Garrett household, however.

Given the Harpers Ferry roots of Milton Garrett, it seems probable that Malinda, Rose and George Goins were related in some manner to Luke Goins of Harpers Ferry.

I hope this will provide some useful additional information about your GOINS family.

Richard Irwin

gen-roots@comcast.net

Indian Territory, Cherokee Nation

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Looking for others to submit records for Indian Territory that they would like to share.

Partial List

1900 Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory Township 22 District 26

Dwelling 98, Family 99
Goins, J.W. 1840 60 married 35 years NC NC NC
Goins, Lucy Ann Aug 1843 57 14 children born 10 living NC NC NC
Goins, Evander Mar 1874 26 NC
Goins, Franklin 1876 24 NC
Goins, Lincoy (son) 1878 22 NC
Goins, John B. 1882 18 NC
Goins, Dolly E. Apr 1885 15 NC
Goins, Becky Ann July 1887 13 NC
Goins, Mattie L. Feb 1889 11 NC

Dwelling 125, Family 126
Goins, Thomas Nov. 1871 28 NC NC NC
Goins, Lizzie Sep 1873 26 4 children born 4 living AR MO MO
Goins, Susan Sep 1894 5 IT
Goins, Nivin Aug 1895 4 IT
Goins, Johny Nov 1898 1 IT
Goins, Laura Dec 1899 6 months IT

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Becky Goins married Day McGahey  July 1903    They both were from Echo.

Echo does not exist today. It was covered by water when Grand Lake was filled. 
This is from the book "Heritage of the Hills, a Delaware County History:
Echo was a small village about five miles west of the present Grove, on
the west side of Grand River near the toll bridge.


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From the RLDS cards submitted by Cindy Green

Ordained as a Teacher on Apr 1, 1906 Near Grove, Delaware Co., OK by J. D. Kelley

Baptised Aug 8, 1897 by T. J. Sheppard

GOINS, John W.

   Birth:   March 1831

John W. Goins was baptized a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on 8 August 1897 by T. J. Sheppard. He was ordained a teacher on 1 April 1906 by J. D. Kelley. He attended the Lamanite, Oklahoma Branch.

   Source:   RLDS Deceased Files

      Lamanite, Oklahoma, RLDS Branch Records

Harrison County, MS Early Records

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Letter of Recommendation submitted by Pamela DeRensis

Letter is for Lizzia (also known as Elizabeth, Eliza, Ellizie Beth, Lizy) Goins Spivey cir. 1900 near Gulfport/Biloxi area. Lizzia was the daughter of William Silas Goins from Moore County, NC and Direna Brewer from Little River, Cumberland County, NC.

Lizzia and her husband, George Max Spivey, resided in Escambia County Alabama in 1900. Lizzia died 3 days after giving birth to her last child, Clarence, in Ocala, FL.

Wool Market Miss
Letter of Recomendation

Dear Bretherens
This is to certify that Sister Lizy Spivey is in full fellowship with Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church and we Recomend her worthy of your confidence and Esteem And when connected with any Baptist Church her connection cease with us after you Notify us yours in Christ Rev. R L Fletcher
C. M. Jackson Clerk