Glad I was able to help. You have such a grasp on the history of our family I didn't believe I could assist you. Talk to you later!! Xavier ----- Original Message ----- From: Nelda Percival Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 4:06 AM To: MCBEE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [McBEE] McBee/Goins Hi, Wow this is so interesting! I went to the url site you sent...Looks good. We were just discussing on the ClabnTN list about a law suit between a Goins and Mayes cause the Mayes person was accusing them of being malato. So there is some connection here. I think I will send this to the Claiborne Co., TN mailing list. Thank you Nelda From: "MITCHELL XAVIER" <Mxavier1@msn.com> Reply-To: MCBEE-L@rootsweb.com To: MCBEE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [McBEE] McBee/Goins Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 19:43:27 -0500 Nelda, Finally located the other set of Goins. Take a look and let me now what you think. http://www.charleston.net/diaspora/feature.html ----- Original Message ----- From: MITCHELL XAVIER Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 12:06 PM To: MCBEE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [McBEE] McBee/Goins Sending again, with additions, because the first one appeared to not have made it. I received a "failed delivery" status. ----- Original Message ----- From: Nelda Percival Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 11:32 PM To: MCBEE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [McBEE] McBee/Goins Hi, Is your first name Mitchell or Xavier? I have more questions. Xavier is my first name. I. ggg grandmother (name?) I. Vardry McBee (1775-1864) I don't how many others the above two produced, but I know they produced my II. gg grandmother - last name was Goins (first name?) QUESTION: WAS THIS LADY FREE OR A SLAVE? COULD SHE HAVE BEEN SOLD TO THE GOIN(s) FAMILY? HOW DID SHE GET THE LAST NAME OF GOINs? I don't think she was sold even though some "masters" did sell their offspring. I'm assuming the name came from this guy (and I believe they were married) whom my mother said "looked like an Hasidic Jew". When she died, at an extremely early age, she left two very young girls and this fellow "disappeared". He could have been murdered, had amnesia, just left them on purpose, etc. Another puzzle. III. g grandmother - Annie Elizabeth Goins (1886-1951) sister - Mary Goins QUESTION/STATEMENT: Annie Goins, 1886-1951 born in Greenville, South Carolina., became Annie Jones after marriage. DO YOU KNOW THE HUSBANDS NAME AND BIRTH INFO? OR WHEN THEY MARRIED?...DUE TO DATES ANNIE WOULD HAVE BEEN BORN FREE, COULD HER MOTHER HAVE CHOSEN THE NAME GOINs? Yes, Annie was born free. Her husband was Wilton Jones. I don't know the date of their marriage nor his birth date. They had to have been married circa 1908 or 1909 because my grandmother was born 1910. Wilton was not a good man for he left his young wife and daughter. The black man, (during slavery) was robbed of his manhood. He had no say so with his wife and children because what master said was the law. He was not the man of his house. This station in life can effect generation after generation after generation in a very bad way. I have no idea nor excuse why men (from all groups of people) leave their families now. Every group has its share of broken homes with fathers leaving.