When I first started looking at Tilman Gooch, all that was known of his death was that he had been one of the militia on the Trail of Tears and reports had come back that he had died en route. That was accepted in the family for a century or so, then modern genealogy came along and a woman discovered that a Tilman Gooch of about the right age appeared in Mississippi, near Tilman's brother William, in the 1840 census. There was also a Tilman, possibly the same one, who died in San Francisco in 1850. None of these men overlap with each other so they easily could be the same person.
His daughter's bounty land application adds to the interest. She was only tiny when he died so on her first go says that he came home from the wars and died. Then, after talking to her older siblings, she amends that to say that Moses Justice had been with him in the militia and brought home the report that when he (Moses) left him, he was on the verge of death. Which is a very different matter altogether.
Adding to the interest here is that Moses is probably a relative by marriage since Tilman's wife was Elizabeth Justice. No way to tell across this much time but Moses could have been reporting factually or could have been sparing his sister/cousin's feelings by not telling her that her husband had just decided to not come back to her.
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Thursday, May 24, 2018
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
The children of Tilman Gooch
I know that people have figured out who Tilman Gooch's children were but there was still some variance over birthdates. Recently I found a Bounty Land application where his youngest daughter applied. It's rather odd because she claimed on the first document to be his only child - even though her sister Eliza Ann Sutton was one of the witnesses - but then clarified later to explain that she was his only minor child. The claim could be made by any person who was a minor at the time the law went into effect on 1 Mar 1855, so Mary qualified even though she did not apply until 1883. One page of the claim lists all the children as follows. I have tried to keep it true to the original except for adding a line between the children for reading clarity.
Samuel Gooch the oldest child was born on 6th of July 1824. and now resides at Nimberwill, Lumpkin County Georgia. Dahlonega PO Add. [Note in margin: 1st, over age].
Caroline. The second child was born in Rabun County Georgia October 10, 1826 and now resides at Dawson County, Georgia. [Note in margin: 2nd, over age.]
James. The third child was born in the County of Rabun State of Georgia on the 10th February 1829 and now resides in Gaddistown, Union County Georgia. [Note in margin: 3rd, over age].
And Viney Adaline the 4th child Was born in Rabun County State of Georgia on the 21st of January 1831 and died on or about 1st of December 1864. [Margin note: 4th dead]
Eliza Jane [Second name is written over and may have originally been Anne or corrected to Anne] the 5th child was born in Rabun County State of Georgia Feb 9th 1833 and now resides in Hall County state of Georgia. [Margin note: 5th over age]
Margaret was born in Rabun County State of Georgia on 18th day of October 1835 and died September 4th 1862. [Margin note: 6th dead]
Mary the youngest and seventh child was born in Rabun County State of Georgia on the 6th of July 1837. [Margin note: claimant].
Samuel Gooch the oldest child was born on 6th of July 1824. and now resides at Nimberwill, Lumpkin County Georgia. Dahlonega PO Add. [Note in margin: 1st, over age].
Caroline. The second child was born in Rabun County Georgia October 10, 1826 and now resides at Dawson County, Georgia. [Note in margin: 2nd, over age.]
James. The third child was born in the County of Rabun State of Georgia on the 10th February 1829 and now resides in Gaddistown, Union County Georgia. [Note in margin: 3rd, over age].
And Viney Adaline the 4th child Was born in Rabun County State of Georgia on the 21st of January 1831 and died on or about 1st of December 1864. [Margin note: 4th dead]
Eliza Jane [Second name is written over and may have originally been Anne or corrected to Anne] the 5th child was born in Rabun County State of Georgia Feb 9th 1833 and now resides in Hall County state of Georgia. [Margin note: 5th over age]
Margaret was born in Rabun County State of Georgia on 18th day of October 1835 and died September 4th 1862. [Margin note: 6th dead]
Mary the youngest and seventh child was born in Rabun County State of Georgia on the 6th of July 1837. [Margin note: claimant].
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Ahnentafel #10 Warren David Hendricks and #11 Lucinda Jane Gooch
According to his own account, Warren David Hendricks was born 8 Sep 1854 to George Washington Hendricks and Jane (Jenny) Keith, in Pickens County, SC. His mother died a few years later after the birth of his younger brother James and his life became rather peripatetic at that point. The family lived in Alabama as well as various places in Georgia, before finally reaching Lumpkin County, which is where he married Lucinda Jane Gooch.
Lucinda Jane Gooch was born 19 Mar 1857 in Lumpkin County, Georgia to James Gooch and Elvira Grizzle. They had moved to Union County by the time she was 13 and she married Warren when she was 16, on 27 March 1873. The ceremony was performed by Warren's cousin (by marriage) George Whitmore, who was a J.P.
The young couple almost immediately settled in the Gaddistown area of Union County, where they raised a very large family. Warren was primarily a farmer, Jane was a midwife, mother, and homemaker. For the first 20 years of their marriage, Warren's brother James lived next door to them, before moving down to Madison County. James was married to Jane's sister Eliza. The brothers must have been close, since they named their first sons after each other. They also lived quite close to Jane's parents as well as her brothers William and Madison. Tax records indicate that they owned 260 acres of land.
In 1880 Warren and Jane first appear in the census as a family, with their two oldest children Lucy Ann and John James. Also in the household was a 14-year old orphan Elizabeth Rider. Her relationship to the family is not known but Warren and Jane did later take in at least one other orphaned child whom they raised.
In March 1890 Warren was arrested for making whiskey, although he was not charged with selling it. He was released when one of the witnesses (who worked for him) changed his testimony. Family tradition maintains that he did in fact make whiskey. A few months later, the Atlanta Constitution wrote a short piece about him in their section "Dahlonega Nuggets": 'Mr. Warren Hendricks, One of Union County's most prosperous farmers, was in Dahlonega some days ago. Mr. Hendricks is worth about two thousand dollars and made it by hard licks. He never wore a store coat or store pants in his life, but wears clothing manufactured by the "folks at home." Instead of furnishing his little boys with a bicycle and ((unreadable)) pair of shoes, he gives them a long pair of home-made pants, suspenders knit by his girls, tenders them a hoe and puts them in the cornfield barefooted, with instructions to cut the weeds so as to let the corn grow, is why he prospers.'
By the 1900 census, Jane and Warren's two oldest children were married, with 7 more still at home, the youngest being 4. An additional 4 children had not survived. Her daughter Mattie always claimed that Jane was an excellent midwife, but that she had great difficulty with her own pregnancies and was often bedridden for them.
In 1903, Warren was appointed as the road commissioner for the Gaddistown district, along with two other men. About the same time, he was also made a jury commissioner, a position he remained in until his death.
By 1910, several more of the children had married and left home, but 5 were still living with Warren and Jane as they ran the farm. About 1915 they fostered Evelyn Ingle from Copper Hill, Tennessee. She was about 4 at the time. To date, we have not discovered why she was sent to a family in Union County, Georgia. Her father had died and her 4 brothers were also fostered, separately. She was apparently very fond of Warren and Jane, naming two of her children after them, including her first son.
In 1920, Warren and Jane show daughters Mattie, Maude and Evelyn still at home. Mattie and Maude were both teachers. This census entry is not totally accurate since Mattie was also listed on the census in Emanuel county, where she was working. Since the census was taken in January, its possible that she was still home for the holidays when the census taker came by. Maude was at home but left to marry a few months later. The fact that Mattie and Maude were both teachers is a reflection of the importance that the family apparently attributed to education. At least 3 of the daughters (Viana, Mattie and Maude) and one of their sons (Luther) had attended North Georgia Agricultural college in Dahlonega.
In 1930, Warren is still apparently farming, despite now being 76. Foster daughter Evelyn is still with them, as well as their daughter-in-law Ellen Jones Hendrix Seabolt. Ellen's first husband was their son Joseph. In 1920, he had been serving as the mayor of McCaysville, GA when he intervened in an incident with a drunken man, who shot him in the head. Ellen later married James Seabolt but by 1930 was listed as widowed again.
In 1940, Jane and Warren are living at the same place but he is no longer listed as a farmer. All the children are now gone, but they do have a 15-year old maid in the house. Both Jane and Warren are listed as having done 4 years of school. Warren died on 28 August 1940 and Jane followed him on 25 May 1942. Both of them are buried at Mount Pleasant #2 (the Hill Church) in Suches.
Jane and Warren had the following known children:
-- Mary LucyAnne Hendrix, born 29 September 1875, died 29 April 1956. She married Anderson Asberry McDougald and lived her entire life in Union County.
-- James John Washington Hendrix, born12 Dec 1877, died 17 Mar 1954. He was named after Warren's father Washington and his two brothers James and John. He married Vinnie Gurley and eventually settled in Morgan County, GA.
-- Joseph Benjamin Hendrix, born 18 Mar 1881, died 25 April 1920 while serving as mayor of McCaysville, GA. Married Ellen Jones.
-- Allen Luther Hendrix, born 16 Feb 1884, died 11 Mar 1959 in Gwinnett County, GA. He became a preacher, and met and married his wife Cora Blanche Clyde while serving in Holt County, Nebraska.
-- Vianna Hendrix, born 22 May 1885, died 19 Sep 1947. She married William Carl Gurley.
-- Elvira Hendrix, born 23 Sep 1889, died 20 Aug 1968 in Monroe County, GA. She married John Richard Bearden.
-- William Arthur, born 20 Jan 1891, died February 1976 in Hall County, GA. He lived much of his working life in Franklin County, Ohio, but returned to Georgia after his wife died. He married Gilla May Sparks of Fannin County.
-- Mattie Irene Hendrix, 13 June 1893 - 12 April 1975, Married Charles Gordon Garner
-- Maude June Hendrix, born 21 Oct 1895, died 4 Aug 1967 in Atlanta. She married Edward Lee Floyd, who had been one of the instructors at NGC when she and Mattie were there.
--Alice Evelyn Ingle, born 7 Oct 1911, died 24 Dec 2007 in Haywood County, NC. Married James Thomason and then Dennis Ammons.
Warren and Jane with their descendents, taken about 1938.
Lucinda Jane Gooch was born 19 Mar 1857 in Lumpkin County, Georgia to James Gooch and Elvira Grizzle. They had moved to Union County by the time she was 13 and she married Warren when she was 16, on 27 March 1873. The ceremony was performed by Warren's cousin (by marriage) George Whitmore, who was a J.P.
The young couple almost immediately settled in the Gaddistown area of Union County, where they raised a very large family. Warren was primarily a farmer, Jane was a midwife, mother, and homemaker. For the first 20 years of their marriage, Warren's brother James lived next door to them, before moving down to Madison County. James was married to Jane's sister Eliza. The brothers must have been close, since they named their first sons after each other. They also lived quite close to Jane's parents as well as her brothers William and Madison. Tax records indicate that they owned 260 acres of land.
In 1880 Warren and Jane first appear in the census as a family, with their two oldest children Lucy Ann and John James. Also in the household was a 14-year old orphan Elizabeth Rider. Her relationship to the family is not known but Warren and Jane did later take in at least one other orphaned child whom they raised.
In March 1890 Warren was arrested for making whiskey, although he was not charged with selling it. He was released when one of the witnesses (who worked for him) changed his testimony. Family tradition maintains that he did in fact make whiskey. A few months later, the Atlanta Constitution wrote a short piece about him in their section "Dahlonega Nuggets": 'Mr. Warren Hendricks, One of Union County's most prosperous farmers, was in Dahlonega some days ago. Mr. Hendricks is worth about two thousand dollars and made it by hard licks. He never wore a store coat or store pants in his life, but wears clothing manufactured by the "folks at home." Instead of furnishing his little boys with a bicycle and ((unreadable)) pair of shoes, he gives them a long pair of home-made pants, suspenders knit by his girls, tenders them a hoe and puts them in the cornfield barefooted, with instructions to cut the weeds so as to let the corn grow, is why he prospers.'
By the 1900 census, Jane and Warren's two oldest children were married, with 7 more still at home, the youngest being 4. An additional 4 children had not survived. Her daughter Mattie always claimed that Jane was an excellent midwife, but that she had great difficulty with her own pregnancies and was often bedridden for them.
In 1903, Warren was appointed as the road commissioner for the Gaddistown district, along with two other men. About the same time, he was also made a jury commissioner, a position he remained in until his death.
By 1910, several more of the children had married and left home, but 5 were still living with Warren and Jane as they ran the farm. About 1915 they fostered Evelyn Ingle from Copper Hill, Tennessee. She was about 4 at the time. To date, we have not discovered why she was sent to a family in Union County, Georgia. Her father had died and her 4 brothers were also fostered, separately. She was apparently very fond of Warren and Jane, naming two of her children after them, including her first son.
In 1920, Warren and Jane show daughters Mattie, Maude and Evelyn still at home. Mattie and Maude were both teachers. This census entry is not totally accurate since Mattie was also listed on the census in Emanuel county, where she was working. Since the census was taken in January, its possible that she was still home for the holidays when the census taker came by. Maude was at home but left to marry a few months later. The fact that Mattie and Maude were both teachers is a reflection of the importance that the family apparently attributed to education. At least 3 of the daughters (Viana, Mattie and Maude) and one of their sons (Luther) had attended North Georgia Agricultural college in Dahlonega.
In 1930, Warren is still apparently farming, despite now being 76. Foster daughter Evelyn is still with them, as well as their daughter-in-law Ellen Jones Hendrix Seabolt. Ellen's first husband was their son Joseph. In 1920, he had been serving as the mayor of McCaysville, GA when he intervened in an incident with a drunken man, who shot him in the head. Ellen later married James Seabolt but by 1930 was listed as widowed again.
In 1940, Jane and Warren are living at the same place but he is no longer listed as a farmer. All the children are now gone, but they do have a 15-year old maid in the house. Both Jane and Warren are listed as having done 4 years of school. Warren died on 28 August 1940 and Jane followed him on 25 May 1942. Both of them are buried at Mount Pleasant #2 (the Hill Church) in Suches.
Jane and Warren had the following known children:
-- Mary LucyAnne Hendrix, born 29 September 1875, died 29 April 1956. She married Anderson Asberry McDougald and lived her entire life in Union County.
-- James John Washington Hendrix, born12 Dec 1877, died 17 Mar 1954. He was named after Warren's father Washington and his two brothers James and John. He married Vinnie Gurley and eventually settled in Morgan County, GA.
-- Joseph Benjamin Hendrix, born 18 Mar 1881, died 25 April 1920 while serving as mayor of McCaysville, GA. Married Ellen Jones.
-- Allen Luther Hendrix, born 16 Feb 1884, died 11 Mar 1959 in Gwinnett County, GA. He became a preacher, and met and married his wife Cora Blanche Clyde while serving in Holt County, Nebraska.
-- Vianna Hendrix, born 22 May 1885, died 19 Sep 1947. She married William Carl Gurley.
-- Elvira Hendrix, born 23 Sep 1889, died 20 Aug 1968 in Monroe County, GA. She married John Richard Bearden.
-- William Arthur, born 20 Jan 1891, died February 1976 in Hall County, GA. He lived much of his working life in Franklin County, Ohio, but returned to Georgia after his wife died. He married Gilla May Sparks of Fannin County.
-- Mattie Irene Hendrix, 13 June 1893 - 12 April 1975, Married Charles Gordon Garner
-- Maude June Hendrix, born 21 Oct 1895, died 4 Aug 1967 in Atlanta. She married Edward Lee Floyd, who had been one of the instructors at NGC when she and Mattie were there.
--Alice Evelyn Ingle, born 7 Oct 1911, died 24 Dec 2007 in Haywood County, NC. Married James Thomason and then Dennis Ammons.
Monday, July 1, 2013
Military Monday - Vicksburg, Gettysburg and others
150 years ago today, the battle of Gettysburg began and the siege of Vicksburg was in progress. This seemed like a good time to document my ancestral connections to those and other Civil War battles.
Vicksburg - Pvt Washington W. B. Horne, 57th GA Infantry was wounded during the siege of Vicksburg, losing an arm, and was part of the army that surrendered there on 4 July 1863. He was paroled and returned to his home in Crawford County, GA. His brother-in-law James W. Morris served in the same unit and was killed in 1862. His uncles Thomas and Jeremiah Lewis served in the 45th GA infantry and were killed in 1862 and 1863 respectively.
Gettysburg - Pvt Moses Thomas Wade served in the 12th NC Infantry at Gettysburg, where he was wounded. As the army retreated back toward Virginia, he and many others of the wounded were left behind and captured at Williamsport, MD on 14 July 1863. After a year at the Point Lookout prison camp, he spent the remainder of the war at the Elmyra prison camp in New York.
Petersburg - Pvt George Washington Hendricks, served in the 64th GA Infantry, company A. He was listed as absent without leave a few months after the battle. This was presumably not out of lack of enthusiasm for the cause, since he later named his youngest son John Robert E. Lee Hendricks.
Petersburg - James Gooch, 64th GA Infantry, Company K. He was captured in July 1864, listed as "a deserter from the enemy." As such, he took the loyalty oath (to the Union) and was sent to Philadelphia. A James M. Gooch enlisted in the 11th GA Cavalry in the fall of that year, but it has not been determined if it was the same man or not. Some family records indicate that he had returned to GA and rejoined the army but this is not verified.
Petersburg and Chancellorsville - Cpl Thomas Franklin Mathews served in the 6th GA Infantry. He was captured in NC on 8 March 1865 and sent to Pt Lookout MD, where he was released on 29 June 1865.
Vicksburg - Pvt Washington W. B. Horne, 57th GA Infantry was wounded during the siege of Vicksburg, losing an arm, and was part of the army that surrendered there on 4 July 1863. He was paroled and returned to his home in Crawford County, GA. His brother-in-law James W. Morris served in the same unit and was killed in 1862. His uncles Thomas and Jeremiah Lewis served in the 45th GA infantry and were killed in 1862 and 1863 respectively.
Gettysburg - Pvt Moses Thomas Wade served in the 12th NC Infantry at Gettysburg, where he was wounded. As the army retreated back toward Virginia, he and many others of the wounded were left behind and captured at Williamsport, MD on 14 July 1863. After a year at the Point Lookout prison camp, he spent the remainder of the war at the Elmyra prison camp in New York.
Petersburg - Pvt George Washington Hendricks, served in the 64th GA Infantry, company A. He was listed as absent without leave a few months after the battle. This was presumably not out of lack of enthusiasm for the cause, since he later named his youngest son John Robert E. Lee Hendricks.
Petersburg - James Gooch, 64th GA Infantry, Company K. He was captured in July 1864, listed as "a deserter from the enemy." As such, he took the loyalty oath (to the Union) and was sent to Philadelphia. A James M. Gooch enlisted in the 11th GA Cavalry in the fall of that year, but it has not been determined if it was the same man or not. Some family records indicate that he had returned to GA and rejoined the army but this is not verified.
Petersburg and Chancellorsville - Cpl Thomas Franklin Mathews served in the 6th GA Infantry. He was captured in NC on 8 March 1865 and sent to Pt Lookout MD, where he was released on 29 June 1865.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Family Gathering - Warren Hendricks
This photograph will have been taken about 1924, based on the apparent ages of Charlie Garner and Ed Floyd. Not everyone has been conclusively identified. The elderly couple in the middle are Warren David Hendricks and his wife Lucinda Jane Gooch Hendricks. To the left of Warren is his daughter Maude Hendricks Floyd, holding her baby Edward Lee Floyd Jr born in 1924. Ed Floyd Sr is to her left. The woman to the right of Jane Hendricks is their daughter Mattie Hendrix Garner, holding her son Charles Gordon Garner Jr, born in late 1922. Her husband is probably the photographer. The other people are more speculative. The man on the porch, holding the young boy, is probably Arthur Hendrix, based on the fact that he was the only son with boys about the ages of the three there. If he is Arthur, then the boys are probably William (b 1917), Frank (1918) and Kermit (1922). The final man is almost certainly one of the other sons. Joseph had been killed in 1920 which is definitely before this picture was taken. His son would have been too young for this man. Luther and his wife were living out west at the time but could have been home for a family visit. However, he would have had a young daughter, born in 1920, who would have presumably been included in the picture. Therefore, I think the most likely candidate for this last one is John, with his wife Vinnie next to him. Their son Roy was grown which would account for him being absent. Finally, the biggest mystery of the picture is the girl on the right. She is definitely not one of the daughters (Maude was the youngest). She might be the foster daughter listed in the 1920 census, Evelyn Anglund, who would have been about 12 when this was taken.
The photo was taken in front of the Warren Hendricks house, in Gaddistown, Union County, Georgia.
Editted to add: I have since been given photos of John and Vinnie Hendricks and this is clearly not them in the photo. My next guess would be one of the other daughters and her husband, but I need to look for more photos for comparison. The young girl has been confirmed as Evelyn Anglund by her granddaughter.
Second edit: It was recently pointed out to me that I had Paul's birthdate wrong and looking at my records I see that I had reversed his age and that of Kermit. Therefore the child being held by Arthur would be Kermit. I have corrected it in the main text above.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Madison Gooch - estate of James Gooch, Union County, GA
Union County} The Honorable, the Court of Ordinary for the County & State aforesaid To Matison Gooch:
Whereas James Gooch, late of the State and County aforesaid, being deceased, died intestate, having whilst he lived and at the time of his death Real and personal estate within the county and state aforesaid by means whereof, the full disposition and power of granting the administration of all and singular the real and personal estate of said deceased, and also auditing the accounts, calculations and reckonings of the said administration and a final dismission of the same to this court is manifestly sworn to belong: I, descrive that the real and personal estate of the said deceased may be well and truly administered converted and ?1wd? disposed of do hereby grant unto the said Matison Gooch full power and by the tenor of these presents to administer the real and personal estate of the said deceased which to him in his lifetime and at the time of his death did belong and to ask, levy, sue for, and recover and receive the same and to pay the debts in which the deceased stood obligated so far forth as the said real and personal estate will extend (2nd pic) according to their rate and order of law, being first sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God to make a true and perfect inventory thereof, and to exhibit the same into the court of ordinary aforesaid in order to be recorded on or before the 1st day of December, 1913 next issuing, and to render a just and true account, calculation and reckoning of the said administration of all and singular the real and personal estate of the said deceased.
Witness the Honorable V. I Burg, ordinary for union county, this the 6th day of Oct 1913.
//signed// V. I. Burt
Ordinary
Recorded Oct 7 1913
//signed// V. I. Burt
Ordinary
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Samuel Kelley
Samuel Kelley (sometimes Kelly) died in Greenville, SC in 1819, leaving a will, which for a while was the only concrete fact known about him. However, he is starting to emerge from the shadows. Based on the fact that his daughter married in Caswell County, NC, looked there and found a Samuel Kelley, but the name is too common to assume it was the right one. However, that Samuel Kelly, fortunately, owed money and moved away without paying, generating several lawsuits against him. The lawsuits confirmed that he had moved to Greenville, SC. This, combined with his daughter's marriage (to a neighbor of the Samuel in Caswell) gives a fairly strong presumption that this is the same person. Further proof still to be sought, however.
Assuming it is the same, then the following is known about Samuel -
The first official record of him is 1778, when he was granted land in Caswell County, NC.
Caswell county records:
In 1779, he and Sarah Stafford witnessed a deed from Peter Bankston to Isaac Reeves.
In 1784, he paid tax on 300 Acres, with 1 poll.
In 1786, he sold 400 acres of land to David Jones.
In 1789, he sold 300 acres to David Enoch.
In 1793, a deed makes reference to bordering the land of Samuel Kelley. This was the final land record in Caswell County.
In 1800, Margaret Greer, administrator of the estate of Samuel Greer of Caswell County, sent a letter of Attorney to Jonathon Davis of Greenville, SC, to collect money owed by Samuel Kelley to Greer.
In 1807 This debt was paid.
Greenville County records:
In 1790, appears in the Greenville Census.
In 1796, he purchased 150 acres from Benjamin Kevil. However, this was not recorded until 1797, by the oath of Abner Butler.
Also in 1796, he purchased 320 acres from John Peek. Again this was recorded in 1797, immediately after the previous deed but by the oath of (son-in-law) James Gooch. "A. Butler" was one of the witnesses.
In 1819, he died leaving his property to his wife Mary Ann, his daughter Elizabeth Gooch, his grandson Tilman Gooch and his grandson Samuel Forrester. The other children of Elizabeth Gooch were not mentioned in the will.
Based on his will, Samuel's wife was Mary Ann. Her surname is unknown, but a David Porter in Caswell county mentions in his will his daughter Mary Kelly. Further investigation needed.
Samuel and Mary Ann (Polly) had at least two daughters - Elizabeth, who married James Gooch, and an unknown daughter who was the mother of Samuel Forrester.
No idea who Abner Butler was or what was his relationship to the family, but it is interesting that he swore to one land transaction and a known son-in-law swore to the other, which he witnessed. It is probable from the dates and the fact that the two records are sequential that both were probably registered at the same time. Definitely needs to be pursued.
Assuming it is the same, then the following is known about Samuel -
The first official record of him is 1778, when he was granted land in Caswell County, NC.
Caswell county records:
In 1779, he and Sarah Stafford witnessed a deed from Peter Bankston to Isaac Reeves.
In 1784, he paid tax on 300 Acres, with 1 poll.
In 1786, he sold 400 acres of land to David Jones.
In 1789, he sold 300 acres to David Enoch.
In 1793, a deed makes reference to bordering the land of Samuel Kelley. This was the final land record in Caswell County.
In 1800, Margaret Greer, administrator of the estate of Samuel Greer of Caswell County, sent a letter of Attorney to Jonathon Davis of Greenville, SC, to collect money owed by Samuel Kelley to Greer.
In 1807 This debt was paid.
Greenville County records:
In 1790, appears in the Greenville Census.
In 1796, he purchased 150 acres from Benjamin Kevil. However, this was not recorded until 1797, by the oath of Abner Butler.
Also in 1796, he purchased 320 acres from John Peek. Again this was recorded in 1797, immediately after the previous deed but by the oath of (son-in-law) James Gooch. "A. Butler" was one of the witnesses.
In 1819, he died leaving his property to his wife Mary Ann, his daughter Elizabeth Gooch, his grandson Tilman Gooch and his grandson Samuel Forrester. The other children of Elizabeth Gooch were not mentioned in the will.
Based on his will, Samuel's wife was Mary Ann. Her surname is unknown, but a David Porter in Caswell county mentions in his will his daughter Mary Kelly. Further investigation needed.
Samuel and Mary Ann (Polly) had at least two daughters - Elizabeth, who married James Gooch, and an unknown daughter who was the mother of Samuel Forrester.
No idea who Abner Butler was or what was his relationship to the family, but it is interesting that he swore to one land transaction and a known son-in-law swore to the other, which he witnessed. It is probable from the dates and the fact that the two records are sequential that both were probably registered at the same time. Definitely needs to be pursued.
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