Wow, Robert, that is very interesting and nice legacy for your family. And how do you accidentally come upon such great information! Seriously, I should be so lucky and would love to know--were you looking for another Goins and found them in an index? Nancy

I wrote this out of the need to try to understand the Civil War, American history and the role of African Americans in the Civil War and American history. After six years of genealogy, I accidently came across the Civil War pensions of two of my great great grandfather's brothers. Finding these records forever changed how I look at the Civil War and American history. During the waning sunlit, muggy hours, seconds and moments of August eighteen and sixty-four, two colored men from Belmont County, Ohio joined the Union Army. They joined because colored men were finally allowed to join after Abraham Lincoln and his generals found out that these colored gentlemen could help swing victory in the direction of the Union. Walker and his brother James Edward Goins, "officially" volunteered with the Union Army of the United States of America because they knew the stakes were exceedinly high; and yet the feeling of going off to fight in a Civil War-- any war in the United States-- must have been the most frightening prospect for a colored man in this country during a period when colored men had few if any civil rights and or protections enumerated the United States Constitution. According to the eighteen and sixty Belmont County, Ohio census, Walker was twenty-one. He humbly began his military career in the fifth regiment of Ohio and finished his duty in the 101st U.S. Federal troops. James who lived with his parents Michael and Verlinda Goins was, according to another sheet in the Belmont County, Ohio census, fourteen years old. He served in the seventeenth regiment of and from the Buckeye State. These brothers, born in Ohio, Walker circa eighteen and thirty-eight and the younger James Edward, circa eighteen and forty-six took on this duty and fought on the front lines of Tennessee. Although the War of the Rebellon officallly began in Virginia at the "First Manassass or First Bull Run in the seventh month and twenty-first day of eighteen and sixty, Tennessee was an important battle front. The Confederate Army won that first battle at Manassass. They also lost many battles. The Union Army took many causalities as well. It looked like draw in the early stages of the conflict. It was a bloody battle right down to the last shot. Each side had to figure a way to out maneuver the opponent in the tug of Civial War. One method the Union planned to use to out maneuver its Southern counterpart involved enlisting the services of colored people who might become troops. It is as though Abraham Lincoln and his generals used the same move Lord Dunmore, who was the British governor of Virginia during her colonlial period, used when the upstart Americans decided to declare themselves independent of the crown in the late seventeen hundreds. Walker and James were two of a multituded of colored volunteers who made the sacrifice of life, limb and family during America's hour internal restlessness. The eldest of these two brothers took Mary Jackson Curry as his wife before leaving and their home in Barnesville. James, the younger of the two brothers, was about to turn eighteen. This is the ripe old age of young men when military units try to increase, almost swell its ranks with soldiers. According to his pension, Walker married Mary Jackson-Curry " in the year of Our Lord eighteen and fifty-nine." The nuptials, again according to Walker's pension, took place in the fair county of Belmont. The same county where Walker and James' parents Michael and Verlinda, married in during the late spring of eighteen and thity-five. Michael and Verlinda, former Virginians resided, in this county which sits next to the vulernable Ohio River. Perhaps Michael and Verlinda grew restless knowing that they and their younger chidren were near--too close for comfort anyway-- the Civil War's front. They were so restless they moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan sometime after 1861 with their daughter Emily, their grandchildren and her husband Gabriel Green. The certain internal and Civil restlessness in America pulled and tugged at the hearts of families on both sides of the War. It pulled, tugged and tore families asunder as if it seemed the Civil War was a storm cloud covering every square inch of the United States without plans to move, Walker left his bride, Mary of seven years or so in Barnesville where most of his and James' brothers and sisters lived as well. The Goins family , according to the eighteen and sixty Belmont County, Ohio census, identifies the household of Michael and Verlinda Goins, Walker and James' parents. This household included Michael (the younger), Emily ( perhaps the twin of James Edward ?) James Edward, John, Robert, Stewart and Roswell. One brother, Riley, the eldest known brother of these Colored Civil War Veterans, according to the 1860 Muskingum County, Ohio census, lived with his wife Clarissa and their children in that county. The Goins family lived far, wide and beyond the State of Ohio. Again the elder Goins', Michael and Verlinda, as old as they were--in their sixties--, migrated to Michigan with their two youngest sons Stewart and Roswell sometime before or during the conflict Although some of the Goins' left the potential war front of Ohio for the relative safety of Michigan, Mary and her children remained at least and until hopefully Walker and James returned from their tedious and tremendous task of fighting the Confederate Army. The Union Army won the Civil War and Walker discharged from his most honorable and courageous civic duty in April, eighteen and sxity-five. He returned home to his bride Mary and the his remaining siblings. He came back home alone. James, the younger of the two brothers unfortunately met his death in the course of battle according to his ever so brief pension file. He died in a Nashville, Tennessee hospital. The records from the National Archives says, this "Private of Captain Geo. H.Haywood of Company C ( I believe it is C--I can't read the hand writing), of the seventeenth the United States Infantry Volunteers, who enrolled the sixth day of December, in the State of Ohio as a recruit and mustered into the service the sixth day of December 1864 at Barnesville...died in Gibson Hospital on the twenty-second day of June, eighteen and sixty-five." I am far from knowing how Walker must have felt. Perhaps it was a most joyous occasion to see his wife and the rest of his family. Nevertheless, some part of him remained in Tennessee on one of those bloody battlefields. That specific part came in the shape and form of his younger brother. James; he must have been important to Walker because he named one his children James and still another Edward, James' middlename. James was perhaps so important to Walker, that the name remained in the Goins family for a few generations. 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In a message dated 4/10/2007 12:18:02 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, bb86it@wideopenwest.com writes: Can't remember the original query, but found these in "Reconstructed Marriages Records of Monroe Co., OH" by Ruth Dougherty Hogue. Is this available (the book) for purchase? Please email me privately _ebburcher@aol.com_ (mailto:ebburcher@aol.com) Thanks Pam ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Can't remember the original query, but found these in "Reconstructed Marriages Records of Monroe Co., OH" by Ruth Dougherty Hogue. 8 Nov 1840 - Henry Starkey & Mary Forshey by Thomas Martin 22 Jul 1846 - Gabriel Starkey & Mary Gregg 9 Sep 1851 - William H. Starkey & Mary Powell - both of Belmont Co. OH by J. M. Dillon, Esq. 5 Mar 1854 - Benjamin Starkey & Emily Wheeler 14 Oct 1858 - E. B. Cox & Mrs. Rebecca Starkey - both of Monroe Co. by Wm. D. Patton, Esq. 5 Jan 1860 - Benjamin Starkey & Mrs. Amelia Wires - by Wm. D. Patton, Esq./widow of D. H. Wires 19 May 1860 - Jeremiah Leek & Martha Ann Starkey - Jeremiah of Noble Co., OH/Martha of Monroe Co. 22 Mar 1866 - Benjamin F. Ridgeway & Margaret J. Barlow These people named, I assume are parents: James R. Ridgeway & Catherine Hamilton James Barlow & Maria Starkey 1846 - David Starkey & Sarah Shafer Bonnie Burkhardt burkhardtb@wideopenwest.com Contribute an index of the obituaries in your newspaper to http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Ferguson" <ferg@ntelos.net> To: <OHBELMON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 7:19 AM Subject: [OHBELMON] Starkey/Starky/Starkie >I looked on the CD of Ohio marriages, and while there were a ton of >Starkeys > included, only 2 marriages took place in Belmont co, as registered at the > courthouse; > John Starkey m Sarah Collins 5-23-1815 > Elizabeth Starkey m Joseph Brown 10-22-1816 > (there was nothing for either a Benj. or a Henry in any of the > counties included on the CD) > > There was no mention of the surname in CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF BELMONT > COUNTY > OHIO, by McKelvey. > Battin' zero > today, I'm afraid. > > Sandra > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHBELMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Cindy, I was checking some books for Monroe Co. around that date looking for Hester and ran across this: Spirit of Democracy, 4 May 1864 Fatal Accident - We learn that Mrs. Mary Jane Eddy, a widow lady, living in the eastern part of this township was on Thursday, crushed by a horse falling upon her, and injured to such an extent that her life is dispaired of. Two horses were hitched to a wagon, when one of them got frightened and jumping against the other, knocked it down, pressing her beneath it to the ground. She remained in this position, one of the horses in its struggles frequently kicking her in the face, until a little girl who was present, ran a considerable distance and brought relief. This was abstracted in "Monroe County, Ohio Newspaper Abstracts, Vol. II" by Rita Bone Kopp. Also in the SOD paper, on 25 May 1864 was this: Settlement Accounts: ....Mary J. Eddy admr of Moses Eddy final. Abstracted in same book as above. Moses may have been her husband? Or father? Found this: SOD, 27 Sep 1865: Married 24 Aug by Geo. Caldwell Esq., Leonard Jackson & Mary J. Eddy Another one: SOD, 24 Jan 1866 Married 14 Jan by Rev. Bell, John Steed and Mrs. Mary Jane Eddy, all of county. SOD, 21 Feb 1866 Adam Eddy appt. adm of estate of Asel Eddy dec'd, 22 Nov 1866 SOD, 1 Jan 1867 Adam Eddy admr of Asel Eddy, estate declared insolvent 18 Dec 1866. Bonnie Burkhardt burkhardtb@wideopenwest.com Contribute an index of the obituaries in your newspaper to http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Crawford" <clcrawford@fuse.net> To: <ohbelmon-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 3:42 PM Subject: [OHBELMON] Help with Newspapers > Can anyone tell me if there were newspapers for Belmont County for May of > 1864? I am trying to find an obit for a Hester A. EDDY. She was suppose > to > have died > > 11 May 1864. > > > > If anyone knows anything about the EDDY families of Belmont County, Ohio I > would appreciate hearing from you. I am researching > > Isaac EDDY and Amanda JOHNSON EDDY. Isaac was a Civil War Vet with his > son > John K. EDDY. Isaac and Amanda had 11 children. > > > > Hester A. b. 1843 > > John K. b. 1845 > > Hannah J. b. 1846 > > William Morton b. 1847 > > Isaac N. b. 1849 > > Samuel L. b. 1851 > > Francis M. b. 1853 > > James F. b. 1856, James died at Aetna Mill in a terrible accident 28 > April > 1892 > > Samantha E. b. 1857 died 1857 > > Alexander J. b. 1860 > > Charles A. b. 1865 > > > > > > Any help would be more than appreciated. > > Cindy > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHBELMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Bill, I would think that there would have been a news article about it. I think the state historical society has microfilm of most newspapers. You can order the microfilm from this web site: _http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/database/news.html_ (http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/database/news.html) It's interesting that this should come up, because I was just researching another troop movement into Bellaire in July 1863 when troops were dispatched from Gallia County to Bellaire by rail in order to try and intercept General John Hunt Morgan and what was left of his raiders. Morgan skirted Belmont County, probably because of these troops and he was captured a few days later in Columbiana County. Neil Elvick In a message dated 4/7/2007 3:32:40 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, rnbill@centurytel.net writes: Hi Does anyone know of any sources for local stories about the days that these two corps were passing through Bellaire and the local area? The river crossing began Sep. 17, 1863. Thanks Bill Dalton ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHBELMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Wow, that is awesome, thank you for sharing. I had never heard anything about this. Of course, it was too early for my people to have been there, but fascinating, nevertheless. I am at the moment reading E. L. Doctorow's "The March" so this fits right in. Nancy

I wasn't underestimating...only telling you how the information I have was listed. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Dalton" <rnbill@centurytel.net> To: <ohbelmon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 5:53 PM Subject: *** SPAM *** Re: [OHBELMON] The XI and XII Corps in Bellaire > Hi Sandra > > I think that you are underestimating the size of the unit that marched > through Bellaire. This was not simply a regiment or two. Let me quote > from my genealogy program what I have found and am asking about. > > "As a young man of about 16 he was a witness to one of the greatest > troop movements, to that time, by railroad, in the history of this > country pre World War I. After the Battle of Chickamauga the Army of > Tennessee, commanded by Braxton Bragg, was besieging the Army of the > Cumberland commanded by Major General William S. Rosecrans in the city > of Chantanooga. The situation was desperate. After a meeting in > Washington D.C. it was determined to shift troops by rail and steamer > from the Army of the Potomac to Rosecrans. In early September 1863, the > 11th and 12th Corps (20,000 men, 3,000 horses and 10 artillery batteries > with baggage and equipment) broke camp along the Rapidan River. "On the > morning of September 17 the lead trains rumbled to a stop at Benwood > where the tracks ended at the river's edge. Spanning the mighty > waterway was a pontoon bridge that had been fashioned from river scows > and coal barges. For hours the weary troops marched over the bridge and > up the west bank to Bellaire, Ohio, where more rail cars awaited." > Wrote Walt Whitman: "...They go through night and day. I hear the > whistle of the locomotive screaming away any time at night when I wake > up, and the rumbling of the trains..." "Never before had so many troops > been moved over such a long distance in so short a time." > > Just imagine the the feelings and sights of that vast movement of men > and implements of death, suffering and destruction! The campfires on > the hills surrounding Bellaire, the thunder of the drums and fifes of > each regiment sounding drummer's call and then reveille each morning > starting at 0545 (or even far earlier), the creak and clatter of the > batteries, the cursing of the teamsters (and artillery men) as they > moved their wagons of forage, food and ammunition (each of the > ammunition wagons would have the corps insignia on the canvas and the > caliber of the ammunition loaded in them), the commands of the officers, > the steady tramping of thousands of men marching through the streets, > the regimental ambulances with the blood soaked litters hanging on the > sides. What were the road conditions? If muddy, the local roads would > quickly have been essentially rendered impassable as the wheels of the > wagons and limbers sank into, what the men often spoke of as "mortar". > Perhaps the few remaining regimental bands might have played popular > tunes for the troops, "There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood" or perhaps > "Home, Sweet Home", "Weeping Sad and Lonely". If the regiments marched > with their colors uncased the people along the route might have seen the > colors, worn by weather and torn in battle, the condition of the men and > their uniforms and come to the sobering conclusion that a military body, > bloodied and worn by battle and extended field duty, executing a > "movement to contact" is indeed a sobering sight, perhaps giving them a > ever so slight insight into what happens "on the Field of Honor". " > > My source for the first paragraph was the Civil War Times Illustrated, > Sep./Oct. 1992, Vol. 31, No. 4. > > I would wonder if there might be a historical society that would have > something. > > Bill > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHBELMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.26/750 - Release Date: 4/6/2007 > 9:30 PM >

Sorry Sandra. I still wonder if there is any source for information about this. It would have been such a huge event that there should be something somewhere. A historical society, somewhere. Bill

Hi Sandra I think that you are underestimating the size of the unit that marched through Bellaire. This was not simply a regiment or two. Let me quote from my genealogy program what I have found and am asking about. "As a young man of about 16 he was a witness to one of the greatest troop movements, to that time, by railroad, in the history of this country pre World War I. After the Battle of Chickamauga the Army of Tennessee, commanded by Braxton Bragg, was besieging the Army of the Cumberland commanded by Major General William S. Rosecrans in the city of Chantanooga. The situation was desperate. After a meeting in Washington D.C. it was determined to shift troops by rail and steamer from the Army of the Potomac to Rosecrans. In early September 1863, the 11th and 12th Corps (20,000 men, 3,000 horses and 10 artillery batteries with baggage and equipment) broke camp along the Rapidan River. "On the morning of September 17 the lead trains rumbled to a stop at Benwood where the tracks ended at the river's edge. Spanning the mighty waterway was a pontoon bridge that had been fashioned from river scows and coal barges. For hours the weary troops marched over the bridge and up the west bank to Bellaire, Ohio, where more rail cars awaited." Wrote Walt Whitman: "...They go through night and day. I hear the whistle of the locomotive screaming away any time at night when I wake up, and the rumbling of the trains..." "Never before had so many troops been moved over such a long distance in so short a time." Just imagine the the feelings and sights of that vast movement of men and implements of death, suffering and destruction! The campfires on the hills surrounding Bellaire, the thunder of the drums and fifes of each regiment sounding drummer's call and then reveille each morning starting at 0545 (or even far earlier), the creak and clatter of the batteries, the cursing of the teamsters (and artillery men) as they moved their wagons of forage, food and ammunition (each of the ammunition wagons would have the corps insignia on the canvas and the caliber of the ammunition loaded in them), the commands of the officers, the steady tramping of thousands of men marching through the streets, the regimental ambulances with the blood soaked litters hanging on the sides. What were the road conditions? If muddy, the local roads would quickly have been essentially rendered impassable as the wheels of the wagons and limbers sank into, what the men often spoke of as "mortar". Perhaps the few remaining regimental bands might have played popular tunes for the troops, "There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood" or perhaps "Home, Sweet Home", "Weeping Sad and Lonely". If the regiments marched with their colors uncased the people along the route might have seen the colors, worn by weather and torn in battle, the condition of the men and their uniforms and come to the sobering conclusion that a military body, bloodied and worn by battle and extended field duty, executing a "movement to contact" is indeed a sobering sight, perhaps giving them a ever so slight insight into what happens "on the Field of Honor". " My source for the first paragraph was the Civil War Times Illustrated, Sep./Oct. 1992, Vol. 31, No. 4. I would wonder if there might be a historical society that would have something. Bill

Can anyone tell me if there were newspapers for Belmont County for May of 1864? I am trying to find an obit for a Hester A. EDDY. She was suppose to have died 11 May 1864. If anyone knows anything about the EDDY families of Belmont County, Ohio I would appreciate hearing from you. I am researching Isaac EDDY and Amanda JOHNSON EDDY. Isaac was a Civil War Vet with his son John K. EDDY. Isaac and Amanda had 11 children. Hester A. b. 1843 John K. b. 1845 Hannah J. b. 1846 William Morton b. 1847 Isaac N. b. 1849 Samuel L. b. 1851 Francis M. b. 1853 James F. b. 1856, James died at Aetna Mill in a terrible accident 28 April 1892 Samantha E. b. 1857 died 1857 Alexander J. b. 1860 Charles A. b. 1865 Any help would be more than appreciated. Cindy

I looked on the CD of Ohio marriages, and while there were a ton of Starkeys included, only 2 marriages took place in Belmont co, as registered at the courthouse; John Starkey m Sarah Collins 5-23-1815 Elizabeth Starkey m Joseph Brown 10-22-1816 (there was nothing for either a Benj. or a Henry in any of the counties included on the CD) There was no mention of the surname in CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF BELMONT COUNTY OHIO, by McKelvey. Battin' zero today, I'm afraid. Sandra

I have an 'assortment' of Belmont Co military info, but the groups are all named Company so and so of the so and so Regiment, OVI...so, if you give me a bit more info I'll see if I can find anything. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Dalton" <rnbill@centurytel.net> To: "Belmont Ohio List" <OHBELMON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 6:30 PM Subject: [OHBELMON] The XI and XII Corps in Bellaire > Hi > > Does anyone know of any sources for local stories about the days that > these two corps were passing through Bellaire and the local area? The > river crossing began Sep. 17, 1863. > > Thanks > Bill Dalton > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHBELMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.26/750 - Release Date: 4/6/2007 > 9:30 PM > >

Hi Does anyone know of any sources for local stories about the days that these two corps were passing through Bellaire and the local area? The river crossing began Sep. 17, 1863. Thanks Bill Dalton

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Hello Listers, I could use some help. I have been researching my Gilham line for some time and have found conflicting info for the time of death of Elizabeth / Mary Gilham is in Morristown ,Belmont Ohio. I am specifically looking for the gravesites of Thomas Gilham and his spouse.He was born about 1774. He died 10 September 1845. He was buried in Morristown. I have his will which was proved in Harrison Co Ohio. I also have the will of his son Thomas (1809-1856). Thomas Sr was married 14 Dec 1799 to a Mary Triplett. I have the marriage lisc. I need to find the graves of Thomas and Mary who was possibly full name Elizabeth Mary. Is their anyone with the ability to actually look at grave sites in Belmont Co or who might know where my people are located.? Thank you. I appreciate any help at all. Randi Randi Bowles-Meentzen