This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5MZ.2ACEB/1008.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: My Great-G-G-G-G-Grandfather was Named Steely Goff. He was from Georgia. He moved with his family after the civil war to Charollette county florida. His family helped found the town of Englewood Florida. I think the lawyer, John Goff from Tampa that you are looking for is part of the same lineage as I had some great uncles naqmed John Goff who inturn named there son John Goff. Many of my realatives live in Tampa, or in surrounding counties. This John may be part of this family tree. I have a book containing the lineage form Steely Goff to the present. The book is called the Goffs of Southwest Florida and was compiled in 1978. There are also two books written by a Josephine Cortes in the 50-60's that highlight the lives of some of the early Goffs of florida. If you would like I could send a copy of the geneology book to see if it is the same John Goff.