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Goodson Bits & Pieces Along the Way

The following is a collection of bits & pieces that I have picked up along the way in my search...perhaps, one day they will fit into my family puzzle....some do already, but need entering only.


  1. Thanks Hostville!
    Index of Persons
    34518 individuals, 13344 families from file GED0201.GED (31 JAN 1999)

  2. Thanks GenForum!
    Home: Surnames: Goodson Family Genealogy Forum
    William GOODSON WaltonCO,GA ca1827
    Posted by Tom Nash on April 29, 1998 at 09:19:13: Barton=Goodson
    JAMES HARRIS BARTON, eldest child of Caleb and Sarah (Harris) Barton of Pickens Dist., SC, was born 1799, Anderson Dist., SC, and died intestate X 1876, Smith or Titus Co., TX. He married ca 1827, Walton Co., GA, SUSAN REBECCA GOODSON (daughter of "William Goodson of Jack's Creek" in Walton County), who was born ca. 1801, perhaps Walton Co., GA, and died intestate 1869, Clarke Co., GA (application filed by son, J. C. Barton, attorney).
    Issue:
    + William Frankin Barton, b. X 1827, Walton Co., GA.
    + Caleb Barton, b. 1828, X, GA.
    + John Henry Martin Barton, b. X 1832, Clarke Co., GA.
    + James Choice Barton, b. X 1835.
    + Susan M. (Barton) Cook, b. X, X.
    + Thompson Barton, b. X.
    + Seaborn Barton, b. X.
    + Nancy Barton, b. X.
    + David Barton, b. X.
    + Elizabeth Barton, b. X.
    + Rebecca Barton, b. X.
    + Robert Barton, b. X.
    + Benton Barton, b. X.

  3. Thanks GenForum!
    Jacob M. GOODSON
    Posted by Roy L Goodson on October 16, 1998 at 13:30:58:
    Need information on:
    Jacob M. GOODSON
    b.14 Feb 1805 in NC
    d: 9 Jun 1882 WalkerCO, GA.
    m: 12/16/1830 Clarksville,Habersham,GA Barbara Sarah WHISENANT; b: 1 Jan 1813 YorkCO SC d: 2 Dec 1893 WalkerCO GA (NOTE: D/O John Nicholas Whisenant/Whisonant/Whistenant & Nancy Thompson)

    Follow Ups:
    Re: Jacob M. GOODSON Jean Gordon 1/29/99 (1)
    Re: Jacob M. GOODSON Roy L. Goodson 1/30/99 (0)
  4. From 1850 BledsoeCO, TN Census:
    19 130 130 Goodson Sarah 50 F NC
    20 130 130 Goodson Thomas 23 M TN
    Labourer
    21 130 130 Goodson Elizabeth 20 F TN
  5. Thanks USGenWeb!
    CNIDR Isearch-cgi 1.20.06 (File: corley.txt)
    LoganCO, Arkansas-Corley Family Cemetery
    Surveyed April 10, 1998 by Mildred Collins Wasser.
    Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by Mildred Collins Wasser - mcwasser@fia.net
    The Corley Family Cemetery is located on Route 309 south between Paris and Havana, LoganCO, AR. Corley Cemetery is well maintained but does have several graves marked with field stones and a few inscribed stones that have faded beyond reading.
    NAME BIRTH DEATH SPOUSE PARENTS/COMMENTS
  6. Thanks USGenWeb! CNIDR Isearch-cgi 1.20.06 (File: 19000007.txt)
    1900 Federal Census Index: Surnames D-H WalkerCO, GA
  7. Thanks USGenWeb!
    CNIDR Isearch-cgi 1.20.06 (File: prob0005.txt)
    Probate Docket Index: F-G WalkerCO, GA
    This Index to the Probate Dockets of Walker County, Georgia has been made possible by the generosity of
    Foye L. Johnson, Judge of the Walker County Probate Court
    and Benton Fletcher.
    For copies of these documents contact:
    Walker County Probate Court
    Foye L. Johnson, Judge
    P.O. Box 436
    LaFayette, Georgia 30728
    706-638-2852
  8. Thanks Geocities !
  9. Thanks Elnora Wyrick!
    The Henry COOK family of NavarroCO, TX was very prominent, arriving there in early 1830s, b.1801, GA, m.1825 MS #1 Mary Polly GOODSON, had (9) children; Their oldest son, my ggrandfather, William, b.1829, MS, m.Cyntha Ann NALLY, b.1840, MO. in Navarro Co.,TX, their son my grandfather, Charles Payton, b.1872, Navarro Co., TX m. Amy NEWMAN, b.1874 in TX, her father: Samuel Newman, b.1837 in NY, m.Mary (CROFORD?) Henry COOK, m.#2 Effie Jane McPHAUL-PROSSER in 1870, Navarro Co.,TX, having 6 more children in Navarro Co.,TX.
  10. Thanks to Sharon!
    From what we were able to put together through various records, William Goodson who appeared on 1830 Habersham Co, GA census with wife Sarah ___? and three young daughters was murdered by Wyley Anderson in 1831. Apparently Jeremiah Martin and Jesse Anderson were also charged, but other details are not known. After the death of William Goodson, Sarah then md Ambrose Fitzgerald who applied for guardianship of the children in 1839. In 1847 Jarrett N Dover applied to court to have Ambrose Fitzgerald removed as guardian. Matilda was already md to Jarrett Dover so, I assume, this must have been for the benefit of younger sisters?

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    The Georgia Black Book, Vol 1 by Robert Scott Davis Jr:
    pg 143 - #78 - On 5 Aug last, Wylly Anderson murdered William Goodson in Habersham County. Issued 4 Oct 1831. Anderson is a small man, black eyes and hair, quick spoken & has been charged with the commission of many crimes.

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    From Kimsey's Habersham Co. history:
    Criminal Docket "A" 1818-1848 Habersham Superior Court October Term 1831
    Wiley Anderson Forgery Death of Deft. [defendant?]

    Wiley Anderson} Murder True Bill
    Jesse Anderson} against Wiley Anderson Death of Deft.
    Jeremiah Martin}

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    Habersham Co, GA census
    page 30 1830 (listed in order of appearance)
    Nancy Goodson
    1 m 10-15 1815-1820
    2 m 20-30 1800-1810
    1 f 5-10 1820-1825
    1 f 10-15 1815-1820
    1 f 15-20 1810-1815
    1 f 20-30 1800-1810
    1 f 50-60 1770-1780 (Nancy)

    John Dooly
    1 m 15-20
    1 m 30-40
    2 f under 5
    1 f 20-30

    Wm Goodson md to Sarah ___?
    1 m 20-30
    1 f under 5
    2 f 5-10
    1 f 20-30

    (William Goodson was murdered by Wiley Anderson in 1831 Habersham Co, GA according to information found in the GEORGIA BLACK BOOK)

    James Dooly md to Ruth Gilley Anderson March 16, 1820
    2 m under 5
    2 m 20-30
    1 f 20-30

    B___ Dobs
    Charles Wheeler
    Jeremiah Martin 20001-00001 (didn't find him 1840 Habersham)
    Johnson Dover 002000-1211001 (possible father of Elijah Benson Dover and Jarrett N Dover)

    1830 Habersham Co, Ga p 31
    Wiley Anderson 01011-22001
    (Wiley Anderson, Jeremiah Martin and Jesse Anderson were listed in indictment of murder in the Habersham record 1831. I have not found Jesse Anderson in the 1830 census)

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    On the 1840 Habersham Co, GA census there are no longer listings for Goodson

    1830 Habersham Co GA -- no Fitzgerald

    (Ambrose Fitzgerald md Sarah Goodson 6 Oct 1833 Habersham Co. GA)

    1840 Habersham Co GA Ray's Dist p 157
    Ambrose Fitzgerald
    1 m 0-5
    1 m 5-10
    2 m 15-20
    1 m 50-60
    1 f 0-5
    1 f 5-10
    2 f 10-15
    2 f 15-20
    1 f 20-30
    1 f 40-50

    1850 Habersham Co, GA p 291B 12th Dist 37th Div 57/57
    Ambrose Fitzgerald 60 m farmer SC
    Sarah Fitzgerald 50 f NC
    N F 22 f NC
    A F 17 m farmer GA
    E F 15 m farmer GA
    M E F 13 f GA
    W(?) F 11 m GA
    M J Jurk(??scratched over) 2 m GA

    Note: 56/56 is J N Dover - md to Matilda Goodson

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    Daughters of William Goodson / Sarah (unknown)
    1. Mary Matilda Goodson b. 1822 NC m. Jarrett N. Dover in 1845
    2. Susannah Elvirey Goodson m. Josiah J. Anderson in 1847
    3. Sarah Elizabeth Goodson b. 1830 md Thomas Alfred Franklin in 1848

    These children all married and stayed on in Habersham Co, GA.
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    NOTE: I have worked with several researchers recently who also have old family in Habersham Co, GA. They represent ANDERSON, DOVER, SHIRLEY, FRANKLIN, IVESTOR, DOOLY, and CROSS, just to name a few. Out of this group, the bits and pieces fell into place on the William Goodson family. None of us have the actual court documentation for any of this. Several had been to Habersham Co in the past, and this data was compiled from various notes and abstracts. If there is someone that can obtain a copy of the actual documents, we would very much like to have a copy to pass around in our little group. There are also some other legal documents on the estates of Jarrett N Dover and Matilda (Goodson) Dover in Habersham Co. Can give further data on these if someone has access to the records.

    There was so much intermarrying between the groups of people named above, it's a matter of peeling away the layers, to figure out who was who. William Goodson's descendants have been pretty well filled in. BUT, I must emphazise that there is no actual documentation that William was actually the s/o Nancy. The same for my Anna (Goodson) Dover -- other than the fact that she fits the household of Nancy in 1830 Habersham Co, GA and there was no other Goodson known to be around at the time. I believe, but cannot yet prove, that Jarrett N Dover and my Elijah Benson Dover were brothers and the sons of Johnson Dover / Hulda Cross. (That's another story ----) There are a number of connections of the Goodson descendants of Jacob and John Alexander Goodson that are connected to the Wm Simpson Dover line through either Dover or Dooly marriages. Wm Simpson and Johnson are the sons of Francis J Dover (Rev War Sol). I have a lot of information on those connections through my many years of Dover research.

    I am including information on my line of Goodson starting with Anna, my ggg grandmother, believed to be the d/o Nancy Goodson:

    ELIJAH BENSON DOVER / ANNA GOODSON

    Elijah Benson Dover b 13 Jan 1817 SC d 15 Sep 1899 Pulaski Co, AR was a Baptist minister. He md #1 Anna Goodson 16 Mar 1837 in Habersham Co, GA. ANNA GOODSON b 16 Feb 1811 NC died prior to the 1860 census. Elijah Benson left GA and moved to Conway Co, AR ca 1857/58. Children:
    1 William Dover b 14 Dec 1837 GA (no futher data)
    2 Naney Dover b 4 Aug 1839 GA (died prior to 1850 census)
    3 Elisabeth Dover b 7 Sep 1840 GA d 3 Nov 1911 Era, Cooke Co, TX md #1 Jesse Brickey #2 William Maddox #3 James M Waddell
    4 Ann Dover b 1 Mar 1842 GA d 27 May 1923 Tuska, Atoka Co, OK md #1 Nathaniel G Brickey #2 James Emerson (Ann and James are my gg grandparents)
    5 Thornton Dover b 12 May 1844 Lumpkin Co, GA (Last known record was discharge 1862 from CSA in AR. Did not file for a pension in AR)
    6 Eliza Dover b. 11 Dec 1846 GA d. 1876 Boone Co, AR md Logan Walker Tucker
    7 Ruth Dover b 9 June 1848 GA d 22 Mar 1874 in Pulaski Co, AR md Andrew J Stobaugh
    8 Lilla Suson Dover b 20 Apr 1850/51 GA (moved to Cooke Co, TX) md William D Johnson

    After Anna's death, Elijah Benson Dover md #2 Mrs. Mary Beasley #3 Mrs Eliza M Davis and had additional children with both.

    NOTE: I have the orginal BIBLE record in my possession of Elijah Benson Dover / Anna Goodson with names and dob for children.

    I live in east Texas.

    Sharon S



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