James GOODSON, 17301839 (aged 109 years)

Name
James /GOODSON/
Given names
James
Surname
GOODSON
Birth
Marriage
about 1780 (aged 50 years)
Birth of a daughter
about 1784
Darlington, Darlington, South Carolina, USA
Latitude: 34.299722 Longitude: -79.876389
Source: Thomas, Doris
Quality of data: primary evidence
Text:

Mary Adams database

Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Birth of a daughter
August 9, 1792
South Carolina, USA
Latitude: 33.874809 Longitude: -80.853317
Quality of data: primary evidence
Text:

Also the Elusive William Daniel

Birth of a daughter
Quality of data: primary evidence
Text:

aged 54

Birth of a son
about 1797
South Carolina, USA
Latitude: 33.874809 Longitude: -80.853317
Birth of a grandson
about 1805
South Carolina, USA
Latitude: 33.874809 Longitude: -80.853317
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: 1870 census, Ruthledge, Crenshaw, Alabama, Series: M593 Roll: 12 Page: 73
Quality of data: secondary evidence
Date: December 21, 2004
Birth of a granddaughter
Source: Bible, Bozeman
Citation details: 1860 census, ALABAMA , LOWNDES, MT WILLING P O, Series: M653 Roll: 14 Page: 648
Quality of data: secondary evidence
Date: February 25, 2005
Birth of a son
Birth of a grandson
March 3, 1811
Washington County, Georgia, USA
Latitude: 33.735352 Longitude: -82.739631
Source: Daniel, Pamela
Citation details: picture of joint tombstone of William Eli Daniel and Webby Jane Harris Lovvorn Daniel, Holly Springs Cemetery, Van Zandt County, Texas, e-mail 31 Jul 2011, 11:10 AM
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: August 2, 2011
Birth of a grandson
Birth of a granddaughter
Birth of a grandson
April 9, 1815
South Carolina, USA
Latitude: 33.874809 Longitude: -80.853317
Birth of a grandson
Birth of a granddaughter
May 25, 1817
Alabama, USA
Latitude: 32.748199 Longitude: -86.847908
Birth of a grandson
February 11, 1818
Alabama, USA
Latitude: 32.748199 Longitude: -86.847908
Birth of a grandson
Birth of a granddaughter
about 1822
Alabama, USA
Latitude: 32.748199 Longitude: -86.847908
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: census 1850, beat 4, Butler, AL, M432, Roll 2, P 208
Quality of data: secondary evidence
Date: May 12, 2005
Birth of a granddaughter
Birth of a grandson
October 8, 1825
Butler County, Alabama, USA
Latitude: 32.089355 Longitude: -88.22128
Citation details: Film # 2050997, Digital GS # 4165770, image # 90, death certificate for John Adam Daniel
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: June 9, 2008
Birth of a grandson
Birth of a granddaughter
about 1830
Alabama, USA
Latitude: 32.748199 Longitude: -86.847908
Baptism of a grandson
Military
Note: Rev. 1776, Marion's Brigade, private
Death
before December 13, 1839 (aged 109 years)
Darlington District, South Carolina, USA
Latitude: 33.874809 Longitude: -80.853317
Citation details: James Goodson estate, Will Book 9, page 119 and following, image 300 of 621; (ancestry.com : accessed 6 Mar 2018)
Quality of data: primary evidence
Family with Jane (UNKNOWN)
himself
17301839
Birth: about 1730probably South Carolina, USA
Death: before December 13, 1839Darlington District, South Carolina, USA
wife
17601836
Birth: about 1760probably South Carolina, USA
Death: about June 9, 1836Darlington District, South Carolina, USA
Marriage Marriageabout 1780
son
1866
Death: July 11, 1866Autaugaville, Autauga, Alabama, USA
daughter
7 years
son
1 year
son
3 years
daughter
17921833
Birth: August 9, 1792South Carolina, USA
Death: May 19, 1833near Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3 years
daughter
3 years
son
17971859
Birth: about 1797South Carolina, USA
Death: about 1859Lowndes County, Mississippi, USA
14 years
son
18001843
Birth: between 1800 and 1810
Death: about 1843
Death
Citation details: James Goodson estate, Will Book 9, page 119 and following, image 300 of 621; (ancestry.com : accessed 6 Mar 2018)
Quality of data: primary evidence
Shared note
Citation details: A History of Marlboro County, With Traditions and Sketches of Numerous Families
Quality of data: secondary evidence
Date: September 10, 2005
Note: Thomas, J. A. W., author, completed by his son, W. E. Thomas, Atlanta, Ga.: Foote & Davies Co., printers and binders, 1897, pages 234-235
INDI:NOTE:SOUR:_NOTE: YES
Citation details: p. 162-165
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: December 10, 2005
Citation details: accessed 6 Nov 2016), Probate records > Estate files, no 305-315, 1800-1923, image 98-127 of 204, estates of Jane Goodson and James Goodson; citing record 312, Case A, Apt. 7, package 18, and case 312A.
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: November 6, 2016
Citation details: "1798 Black Creek Church Book, AD 1798," list of members as of 5 Aug 1812 (and apparently later), images 14-16); accessed 4 Mar 2018
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: March 4, 2018
Citation details: "State of South Carolina Cheraw District in Equity," 30 Sep 1840, p. 4, col. 5; digital images, \i Newspapers.com\i0  (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 5 Mar 2018), Cheraw Advertiser.
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: March 5, 2018
Citation details: James Goodson estate, Will Book 8, page 119 and following, image 300 of 621; (ancestry.com : accessed 6 Mar 2018)
Quality of data: primary evidence
Source citation
Military

Rev. 1776, Marion's Brigade, private

Shared note

Mr. Goodson may have been Elias or James (both daughters named sons Elias), but per DAR #42800 Mazie Sims Curtis 1954; James was the father. See his pension App; Rev. File of SC, State Archive Dept., File #2951-A, & Vol. N p 198 Book of Indents , SC pg. 281; Copies of this DAR Application should be obtained, as the app. states that photocopies of the Bible records are attached! Resided during the Revolution in Cheraws District, SC.

The following information came from the Internet on November 15, 1997. It says that James Goodson was probably born about 1740 (1830 Census listed James Goodson, Sr. as aged 90-100).

I found this information connecting the Goodson family to Francis Marion (I wonder if William Daniel also had a connection since he named his son for him, but have not found any information to back this theory). This information comes from Marion's Men, A List of Twenty-five Hundred compiled by William Willis Boddie, 1938 which I found in the Fort Worth Public Library (Gen/973.3457/BODDIE). It lists the following people each from the Pay Indent Book N. This series of books is the list of those who after the Revolution submitted claims for services and were paid. These are the names: Arthur Goodson (200), James Goodson (196), Thomas Goodson (199), and William Goodson (201). James Goodson mentioned in this record could be Penelope Goodson's father. The others might be related. James named a son Thomas, but this was after the war. Were these people James Goodson's brothers?

The 1790 Census of Cheraw District, Darlington County, South Carolina, includes the Ursell, Arthur, and Jonathan Goodson households adjacent to each other. James Goodson, p. 47 includes one male over 16, 3 males under 16, and 6 females.

The 1800 census of Darlington District included two James Goodson households. The first, p. 120 (which is probably our James) includes 2 males under 10, one male 10-16, one male 16-26, one male over 45, one female under 10, one female 10-16, two females 16-26, and one female 26-45. The other one (probably referred to as James Goodson, Jr. in later records), p. 123 includes one male under 10, one male 10-26, one male 26-45, 4 females under 10, and one female 16-26 (1 slave).

The 1810 Census includes three James Goodson households. Our James is probably the one referred to as James Goodson, Sr. even though the others may not be his sons (this was common practice to identify which was older or younger when there were more than one with the same name). James Goodson, Sr., P. 663 included one male under 10, 3 males 10-16, one male over 45, 2 females 16-26, one female over 45. James Goodson You., p. 674 included two males under 10, one male 26-45, one female 10-16, one female 16-26. James Goodson, Jr., p. 671 included one male under 10, one male 10-16, one male 26-45, five females under 10, 2 females 10-16, one female 26-45, and 7 slaves.

The 1820 census of Darlington District listed two James Goodson households. James Goodson, Sr. included one male 10-16, two males 16-26, one male over 45, and one female 45. James Goodson Jr. included one male 10-16, one male over 45, 2 females under 10, 2 females 10-16, one female over 45 and 12 slaves. He lived next to Elijah Goodson and Henry and James Blackman.

The 1830 census of Darlington County listed James Goodson, p 212--James Goodson, sen. 2 males 10-15, 1 male 90-100, and one female 70-80. It also listed James Goodson Jr., p. 214--James Goodson, Jr., one male 60-70 and one female 50-60.
James Goodson is said in this reference to have died about 1833.

A James Goodson served under Captains King, Giles, Amos Windham, Col. Baxter, and Gen. Marion in the militia from 10 October 1781 to 6 January 1782. (Bobby Gilmer Moss, Limestone College, ROSTER OF SOUTH CAROLINA PATRIOTS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1985, p. 369.) A Thomas Goodson and a Benjamin Goodson also served under Francis Marion. There may be a connection with these people. Also, could this be a clue to where William Daniel served?

Black Creek Baptist Church was constituted in August of 1798 (I can't read the exact date). Among names listed, there is a James Goodson, as well as other people named Goodson. There was a James Goodson and a Pernice Goodson (she was mentioned in a well for the family). There was an Elias Goodson, and many more. Some were dismissed, and some were excluded. There is probably more information here that needs to be searched.

In September of 1832, a J. Goodson was present when the Saw Mill Baptist church met in their new meeting-house in Bennettsville, South Carolina. This was in Marlboro County area. Could this be James Goodson? Or maybe his son?

I obtained the following information at the Fort Worth Public Library on March 25, 2003 (I suspect these people are related to Penelope Goodson, wife of Theophilus Daniel and slaves of the families. The Thomas and James may be the sons of this James Goodson):
There were a James Goodson, Joshua Goodson, and a Thomas Goodson in a list of members of Swift Creek Bapt. Church in Darlington, SC in 1852.
There is a black mail (sic) named George (W. Goodson).
Among the females are Ann Goodson, Charlotte Goodson, Pernice Goodson, Martha A. E. Goodson, Francis Goodson and daughter, Mary A Goodson, Elizabeth Goodson, and also some named Bozman.
There are black femails (sic) named Dolly (W. Goodson) and Susan (N. G.) and... (I was unable to finish this).

Swift Creek Baptist Church, Darlington. SC Church Records 1852-1940, pub. no. 5003-38, call no. 975.7, FW Public Lib. (I was unsure if this was a Primitive Baptist Church. From what I saw of the statement of faith, it may have been a missionary group at this point.)

NOTE: there was a Pernice Goodson who owed money to the estate of Jane Goodson, the wife of James Goodson according to the estate records.

Thos Goodson Married Sarah Jenkins Oct 24, 1782 (Old Darlington District Genealogy Chapter of The South Carolina Genealogical Society, Records, Documents and Family Name, Early Marriages Gleaned from the pages of "THE DIARIES OF EVAN PUGH", 1762-1801, p. 224, submitted by Joanne Harley, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/7212/records6.html, accessed 7 Sep 2005). Is this a connection to the family? Rev. Pugh ministered at the Welsh Neck Baptist Church and Cashway by Feb 1767 (later called Mt. Pleasant).

There is a J. Goodson listed among members meeting for the first time in the new meeting house when Saw Mill Baptist Church moved to Bennettsville. Could this have been a member of this family?

A Henry Goodson is listed among the Isle of Wight petitioners (Oct 1677) pleading for William Wilson during Bacon's rebellion. Again, this was before our known family, but it could be a hint as to the origin of the family in America.

Scanned copies of Jane Goodson's estate settlemen were placed online. After viewing those papers, I could not see a reference to the date of her death. William Vann, G. W. Dargan, and David williams posted security on the 29 day of July 1836 and were granted letters of administration in the estate. There was another paper that gave a date of 19 Jul 1835. There was no mention of heirs in these lose papers. There may be a listing in a will book, since there is mention of a matter's being recorded in wills 8, p. 515 and 516. There was a brief mention of the James Goodson estate at the end of the papers, saying that there were no package for his estate. It is recorded in wills 9. Pages were mentioned in that regard were 119-123.

On 13 Dec 1839 Sela Goodson, Wiley Goodson, and Henry Blackmon were made administrators of the estate of James Goodson.

There was a notice in the Cheraw Advertiser on 30 Sep 1840 in which Celia At. Al.was named as Admx and Administrators vs. William Beck & Ann Beck At. Al. heirs of James Goodson. Arland Smith and Elisabeth Smith and Lucinda McPherson resided outside the state. They were ordered to appear in court by 1 Jan and answer or demur to the complainants bill. There also appears to be another suit going on in regard to the estate of Thomas Goodson, deceased during the same time period.

Citation details: A History of Marlboro County, With Traditions and Sketches of Numerous Families
Quality of data: secondary evidence
Date: September 10, 2005
Note: Thomas, J. A. W., author, completed by his son, W. E. Thomas, Atlanta, Ga.: Foote & Davies Co., printers and binders, 1897, pages 234-235
INDI:NOTE:SOUR:_NOTE: YES
Citation details: p. 162-165
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: December 10, 2005
Citation details: accessed 6 Nov 2016), Probate records > Estate files, no 305-315, 1800-1923, image 98-127 of 204, estates of Jane Goodson and James Goodson; citing record 312, Case A, Apt. 7, package 18, and case 312A.
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: November 6, 2016
Citation details: "1798 Black Creek Church Book, AD 1798," list of members as of 5 Aug 1812 (and apparently later), images 14-16); accessed 4 Mar 2018
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: March 4, 2018
Citation details: "State of South Carolina Cheraw District in Equity," 30 Sep 1840, p. 4, col. 5; digital images, \i Newspapers.com\i0  (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 5 Mar 2018), Cheraw Advertiser.
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: March 5, 2018
Citation details: James Goodson estate, Will Book 8, page 119 and following, image 300 of 621; (ancestry.com : accessed 6 Mar 2018)
Quality of data: primary evidence