An unusual name in middle TN caught our eye - from the data base of a cousin of ours: John Goad (wife unknown) had two daughters: I. Joanna m. Valentine Sevier (as in Seviersville TN), no dates, no places: i) John - n.f.i. ii) Valentine Jr. - n.f.i. II Hanna m. Wm. Bennett III (b. ca. 1703) (his second wife) - just their children: i) Stephen (ca. 1744) ii) James (ca. 1746) iii) Thomas (died ca. 1809) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 6:44 PM Subject: Re: [ROOTWALKER] GOAD (GOOD) brick wall > Shirley, > I have seen the name Goad as Gourd. As a matter of fact I have heard my > grandmother use Gourd and she was related to the Goads. In a Tennessee > ancestors publication by the East Tennessee Historical Society there is a > query---No.2821 Goad - Gourd - Shockley: James Goad B. 1775-85, poss. > Bedford Co., VA; mar. 18 October 1804, Bedford Co., Margaret "Peggy" > Shockley, James d. White Co., TN. James and Margaret Gourd on roll of Rock > River Bapt. Church, Warren Co., TN 12 January 1828. Pr/o Robert P.; Mary M.; > Thomas. Alexander b. 1810, mar. Jane Henderson 1889; Isabella; Ephraim; James > Madison; Margaret. Desc/o James through Alexander. Desire any info. > regarding Goad fam. prior to 1804. Mrs. Bobby J. Hansen, P.O. Box 138, Belen, > NM 87002. > > This is in an april 1986 volume. It is an old volume. > > My grandmother was from Carroll Co. VA. She was related in several ways to > the Goads--she called Gourds. She was related through the Nesters that > married Goads on her fathers side. On her mother's side the Love's, her > mother's sister Leah Love married Thomas Jefferson Goad. This was in Carroll > Co. VA. > There are a lot of Goads with large families. Do you have some other family > names. I might recognizee some of them. > Just a thought, > Louise Batson > > > ==== TN-ROOTWALKER Mailing List ==== > Genealogy is our way of remembering those who passed before us, and making sure they will be remembered forever. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >