This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GOFF, GAWF, GAUF Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AgB.2ACE/254 Message Board Post: In the 1830 census of Henderson County TN we find three GOFFS. • Lewis R. Goff (7/18/1811—4/18/1894) married Miranda Kelly (4/3/1823---5/23/1900) • James Henry Goff (1809--- after 1850) married Sarah Long (1814---after 1860) • Edmund S. Gawf (1794---1883) married Jane ‘Jennie” Long (1796---1880) Stories are told that each GOFF was an orphan named BARR or BARLOW, reared by a family of GOFFS and took the name GOFF. Other stories say they were brothers. Thirty years of research has not found material to confirm or refute these stories. We believe that DNA testing can answer some of these questions and have DNA testing of descendants in process and need more volunteers. If you are a direct male to male descendant in unbroken line of any of these GOFFS and want to participate in these tests, please contact James Ed Goff (egoff1922@chartertn.net) or Maureen Pierce (Mep516@aol.com).