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HOWARD COUNTY, ARKANSAS
William Benjamin Goyne was born about 1867. He was mar-ried October 14, 1886, wife's name Mary E. They were resi-dents of Nashville, Arkansas in 1890. They later removed to Gregg County, Texas.
William Benjamin Goyne "of Rusk County, Texas" bought 14 acres in the Mary Van Winkle League from P. L. Nolen and Sarah D. Nolen November 17, 1917 for $2,000, according to Gregg County Deed Book 40, page 351. They sold part of this land to E. R. Goyne "of Gregg County," unidentified, January 12, 1932, according to Gregg County Deed Book 126, page 77.
William Benjamin Goyne bought a 63-acre farm there Novem-ber 25, 1926 from Monroe Radford and Nancy Radford for $820, according to Gregg County Deed Book 53, page 419. This land he sold back to Nancy Redford June 20, 1932, ac-cording to Deed Book 129, page 486.
William Benjamin Goyne stated in an affidavit dated June 24, 1931 that he was "white, 63 years old," according to Gregg County Deed Book 97, page 73.
William Benjamin Goyne and Mary E. Goyne gave to J. E. Arnold a warranty deed November 14, 1939 to Lots 1&2, Block 2 in Ludwig Addition in Kilgore, Texas, according to Gregg County Deed Book 246, page 257
Mary E. Goyne died there August 20, 1945, according to Gregg County Deed Book 292, page 474. It is believed that he remar-ried shortly afterward, wife's name Willie.
William Benjamin Goyne died there September 27, 1956, ac-cording to BVS File 53310.
Mrs. Willie Goyne, "widow" gave a warranty deed to 14 acres for $3,000 to Loy Alvah Goyne, Arlie Vernon Goyne, Edward Roger Goyne, Mrs. Beatrice Goyne Williamson and Mrs. Essie Goyne Borders November 22, 1956, according to Gregg County, Texas Deed Book 495, page 175.
Children born to them include:
Arlie Vernon Goyne born in 1890
Loy Alvah Goyne born about 1892
Edward Roger Goyne born about 1894
Beatrice Goyne born about 1897
Essie Goyne born about 1900
Arlie Vernon Goyne, son of William Benjamin Goyne and Mary E. Goyne, was born in 1890 in Nashville, Arkansas. He appear-ed in the 1912 city directory of Houston, Texas as a billing clerk for F. W. Heitmann Hardware Company, rooming at 410 Branch. He enlisted in the U. S. Army during World War I and served as a second lieutenant in the infantry in the Battle of St. Mihiel. He was discharged June 20, 1919, according to Gregg County, Texas Discharge Book 11, page 127.
He was married shortly after his discharge to Amie Eva Wise who was born in Brownsville, Texas in 1893. In 1921 he was an accountant living at 435 South Fredonia, Longview, Texas.
Arlie Vernon Goyne received a warranty deed from R. N. and Anna Belle Bullard to seven acres of land for $2,446.25 July 28, 1944, according to Gregg County Deed Book 282, page 463.
On November 6, 1947 Arlie Vernon Goyne entered into a part-nership agreement with Jack Groom concerning a "cleaning and pressing business in Longview known as Goyne Cleaners," ac-cording to Gregg County Deed Book 317, page 152.
On February 28, 1952 Arlie Vernon Goyne and E. R. Goyne of Gregg County, Loy Alvah Goyne of Sevier County, Arkan-sas and William Benjamin Goyne and his wife Willie Goyne of Gregg County gave a warranty deed to Beatrice Goyne Wil-liamson, a widow and Essie Borders, wife of J. V. Borders and Joe John Short a warranty deed to Lots 1&2, Block 2, Ludwig Place in Kilgore, according to Gregg County Deed Book 373, page 298.
Arlie Vernon Goyne and Amie Eva Wise, developers of Holly-wood Park Addition in Longview, gave to the public deed re-strictions pertaining to the addition July 9, 1952, according to Gregg County Deed Book 382, page 3490.
Arlie Vernon Goyne gave an affidavit to the public July 2, 1955 stating, "My wife, Amy E. Goyne died intestate in Longview May 30, 1955. We were the parents of two children, Kathleen Goyne, now married to Dr. John F. Halamicek of Wharton County, Texas and A. V. Goyne, Jr. now of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana," according to Gregg County Deed Book 469, page 260
Arlie Vernon Goyne, age 68, of 306 South Center, Long-view was married to Mrs. Leah H. Womack Stanley, age 57 June 2, 1958, according to Gregg County, Texas Marriage Book 32, page 260. Arlie Vernon Goyne and Leah H. Womack Stanley Goyne gave a warranty deed to L. D. Miller to Lot 7, Block 1, Hollywood Park Addition November 1, 1960, according to Gregg County Deed Book 577, page 139.
Arlie Vernon Goyne, Kathleen Goyne Halamicek and Arlie Vernon Goyne, Jr. gave a warranty deed April 7, 1961 to Leah H. Womack Stanley Goyne to the Hollywood Park property, according to Gregg County Deed Book 586, page 336.
Leah H. Womack Stanley Goyne and her step-son Arlie Vernon Goyne, Jr. gave a warranty deed to Lot 1, Block 36 in Hamilton McNutt Addition September 22, 1972, according to Gregg County Deed Book 876, page 86.
Leah Womack Stanley Goyne was remarried to Earl Taylor Liv-erman July 23, 1975, according to Gregg County Marriage Book 45, page 431.
Children born to Arlie Vernon Goyne and Amie Eva Wise Goyne include:
Kathleen Goyne born about 1920
Arlie Vernon Goyne, Jr. born September 4, 1921
Kathleen Goyne, daughter of Arlie Vernon Goyne and Amie Eva Wise Goyne, was born about 1920. She was married about 1941 to Dr. John F. Halamicek. In 1955 they lived in Wharton Coun-ty, Texas.
Arlie Vernon Goyne, Jr, second child of Arlie Vernon Goyne and Amie Eva Wise Goyne, was born September 4, 1921 in Longview, according to Gregg County Probate Birth Book 5, page 91.
The city directory of Austin, Texas showed him as a student at the University of Texas in 1941 and 1942 editions. He enlisted in the U. S. Army June 30, 1942 showing his civilian occupation as a student.
He served as a clerk typist in the 100th Machine Records Unit [mobile] from January 12, 1945 until February 18, 1946 he served in the western Pacific area. He was discharged February 24, 1946, according to Gregg County Discharge Book 6, page 185.
He was married January 25, 1947 to Minetta Altgelt in Austin, according to Travis County Marriage Book 48, page 256. In 1947 he was listed as a junior at the University of Texas living at 308 East 11th Street, according to the city directory. Later in 1947 Arlie Vernon Goyne, Jr. and Minetta Altgelt Goyne lived in East Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He probably was graduated from Louisiana State University there.
In 1952, Arlie Vernon Goyne, Jr. was again listed as a student at the University of Texas by the Austin city directory. He and she both were listed as instructors at the University.
On July 22, 1957 they received a warranty deed to a lot in Briar-wood Addition, Arlington, Texas, according to Tarrant County, Texas Deed Book 3129, page 620. On May 2, 1961 Arlie Ver-non Goyne, Jr, and Minetta Altgelt "of Harris County, Texas" received a release from Prudential Insurance Company on the Briarwood Property in Arlington.
On February 14, 1964, Arlie Vernon Goyne, Jr. and Minetta Altgelt Goyne, the daughter of Agnes A. Altgelt who was the daughter of Franz Correth and Minnie Correth, received an agreement from Great Northern Railway, according to Comal County, Texas Deed Book 137, page 247. The agreement was concerned with an undivided 1/9 interest in 56.5 acres of land that Minetta Altgelt Goyne had received as an inheritance. They lived in Tarrant County at that time. Arlie Vernon Goyne, Jr. and Minetta Altgelt Goyne gave a deed to the State of Texas April 27, 1967 to 25 acres of land for $19,800, according to Comal County Deed Book 155, page 154. This was in com-pensation for the land that she had inherited from her mother.
In 1968 Minetta Altgelt Goyne was listed as a teacher at Texas Christian University, living in Arlington, according to the Ft. Worth city directory.
In 1973 Arlie Vernon Goyne, Jr. a professor at University Of Texas at Arlington and Minetta Altgelt Goyne, an assistant professor at UTA, lived at 1205 Sherwood Drive, Arlington, according to the Arlington city directory.
Children born to Arlie Vernon Goyne, Jr. and Minetta Altgelt Goyne are believed to include:
Roderick Altgelt Goyne born about 1950
Roderick Altgelt Goyne, believed to be a son of Arlie Vernon Goyne, Jr. and Minetta Altgelt Goyne, was born about 1950. He was married to Linda Jo Atherton August 20, 1970, according to Tarrant County Marriage Book 155, page 396. Of Roderick Altgelt Goyne and Linda Jo Atherton Goyne nothing more in known.
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Loy Alvah Goyne, son of William Benjamin Goyne and Mary E. Goyne, was born in Nashville, Arkansas in 1892. He was mar-ried about 1914 to Nannie Pearl Smitherman, who was born at Longview, Texas in 1893. One report states her place of birth as Kilgore, Texas.
Loy Alvah Goyne and Nannie Pearl Smitherman Goyne deeded 120 acres of land in Camp County, Texas to W. N. Morris No-vember 14, 1916, according to Camp County Deed Book 8, page 13. Later they deeded 120 acres to C. C. Houston October 17, 1917, according to Camp County Deed Book 7. page 136.
On December 8, 1917 Loy Alvah Goyne, a farmer, and Nannie Pearl Smitherman Goyne received a deed from R. F. Johnston to 206 acres lying six miles west of Longview for $2,700, accord-ing to Gregg County Deed Book 95, page 636. He lived at Kil-gore, Texas.
In 1920 he was listed as a carpenter at Kilgore. Loy Alvah Goyne received a deed to 98.8 acres of land located 20 miles east of Tyler November 3, 1919 from Guy T. Moore for $3,250, according to Smith County Deed Book 161, page 310.
Loy Alvah Goyne and Nannie Pearl Smitherman Goyne desig-nated their homestead in Gregg County, Texas January 26, 1923, according to Smith County Deed Book 164, page 448. They sold their Smith County property to C. H. Irvin December 15, 1924 for $1,790, according to Smith County Deed Book 174, page 395.
Loy Alvah Goyne and Nannie Pearl Smitherman Goyne joined A. B. Spear and Winnie Spear June 8, 1931 in giving a quit claim deed to J. R. Watson to five acres in the Mary Van Winkle Survey, according to Gregg County Deed Book 111, page 388.
Loy Alvah Goyne and Edward Roger Goyne were two of the five trustees of Kilgore Baptist Church June 18, 1931 when they deeded Lots 6&7,. Block 153 in Kilgore to T. W. Lee, according to Gregg County Deed Book 97, page 58.
Loy Alvah Goyne "of Dallas County, Texas" received a quit claim deed to 1.08 acre of land September 14, 1934 from Mrs. Annie Laird and Roy H. Laird, according to Gregg County Deed Book 169, page 398.
Nannie Pearl Smitherman Goyne, a widow of Cass County, Tex-as, joined Edward Roger Goyne and Arlie Vernon Goyne of Gregg County, William Houston Goyne of Cass County, Mrs. Beatrice Williamson of Cass County and Mrs. Essie Borders, a widow of Gregg County in giving a warranty deed to a 14-acre tract in the Mary Van Winkle Survey in Gregg County to Wil-liam G. Morton June 19, 1962, according to Gregg County Deed Book 611, page 39.
Children born to Loy Alvah Goyne and Nannie Pearl Smither-man Goyne include:
[infant] born about 1915
James Leroy Goyne born December 1, 1917
William Houston Goyne born November 12, 1920
An infant born to Loy Alvah Goyne and Nannie Pearl Smither-man Goyne was born about 1915 and died before 1917.
James Leroy Goyne, second child of Loy Alvah Goyne and Nan-nie Pearl Smitherman Goyne, was born December 1, 1917 at Kilgore, according to Gregg County Birth Book 1, page 341.
William Houston Goyne, third child born to Loy Alvah Goyne and Nannie Pearl Smitherman Goyne, was born November 12, 1920 at Kilgore, according to Gregg County Birth Book 1, page 350. He was a resident of Cass County in 1962.
Edward Roger Goyne, son of son of William Benjamin Goyne and Mary E. Goyne, was born about 1894. He was married to Edna Merle Ward about 1920, according to Gregg County Mar-riage Book 77, page 26. She was born in Texas in 1907.
They gave an oil & gas lease to William Benjamin Goyne March 10, 1931. The lease covered two and one-half lots in the Mary Van Winkle Survey in the city of Kilgore, according to Gregg County Deed Book 77, page 26.
Edward Roger Goyne and Edna Merle Ward Goyne gave a war-ranty deed to 2 1/2 acres to the First Baptist Church of Kilgore January 5, 1932 for $5,000, according to Gregg County Deed Book 118, page 588. He was one of the trustees of the church.
In 1933, he a groceryman lived in Kilgore.
They received a warranty deed from J. P. Williamson July 22, 1936 to Lots 8&9, Ludwig Addition, according to Gregg County Deed Book 198, page 506.5
Edward Roger Goyne died March 12, 1967 intestate. Edna Merle Ward Goyne received a conveyance of real estate shortly afterward from her children Edward Roger Goyne, Jr. and Joyce Ann Goyne Stanley and her husband James R. Stanley, according to Gregg County Deed Book 711, page 284.
Children born to Edward Roger Goyne and Edna Merle Ward Goyne include:
Edward Roger Goyne, Jr. born about 1922
Joyce Ann Goyne born May 2, 1933
Edward Roger Goyne, Jr, son of Edward Roger Goyne and Edna Merle Ward Goyne, was born about 1922, according Gregg County Probate Birth Book 21, page 456.
"Roger Goyne" gave an affidavit to the public August 15, 1949, according to Gregg County Deed Book 460, page 92. He received a cemetery deed from the City of Kilgore October 16, 1969, according to Deed Book 786, page 481.
Joyce Ann Goyne, daughter of Edward Roger Goyne and Edna Merle Ward Goyne, was born May 2, 1933, according to Gregg County birth records. She was married about 1954 to James R. Stanley.
Beatrice Goyne, daughter of William Benjamin Goyne and Mary E. Goyne, was born 1897. She was married about 1918 to J. P. Williamson. In 1962 she lived in Cass County.
Essie Goyne, daughter of William Benjamin Goyne and Mary E. Goyne, was born about 1900. He was married about 1920 to J. B. Borders. In 1962 she was described as a widow living in Gregg County.
INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS
No Gowens appeared in the 1880 census of Independence County, Arkansas.
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George W. Goin, age 27 was married to Sarah West, age 27 on September 17, 1884, according to Book F, page 5. Children born to George W. Goin and Sarah West Goin are unknown.
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J. J. Goin was born March 22, 1846. He died April 23, 1936, according to “Cemetery Records of Independence County, Arkansas” by Chalman E. Green and Mae Chinn Green. The inscription, “He fought with Lee” appears on his tombstone. His wife, S. J. Goin, born March 21, 1850, died July 29, 1921, was buried beside him.
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D. L. Gowans, of Olyphant, Arkansas, age 20 was married to Myrtle Wycough age 24, of Salado, Arkansas December 28, 1941, according to Independence County Marriage Book B-1, page 204. Children born to D. L. Gowans and Myrtle Wycough Gowans are unknown.
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L. D. Gowans was married to Hattie McIntosh on September 29, 1912, according to Independence County Marriage Book Q, page 324. Ed McIntosh was security for the li-cense for L. D. Gowans and Hattie McIntosh Gowans.
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"Levy Gowan" was married to Susan M. Jones September 1, 1867, by James M. Gray, J. P, according to Independence County Marriage Book C, page 293.
Susan Gowen, age 22 was shown in 1870 in the household of W. F. Bullington. She was born in North Carolina, according to page 8 of the census of Black River Township.
The household of Levi Gowen and Susan M. Jones Gowen ap-peared in the 1880 census in adjoining Stone County, Arkansas in Wallace Township, Enumeration District 197, page 20 as:
"Gowen, Levi 45, born in North Carolina
Susan M. 33, born in Georgia
Malinda T. 9, born in Arkansas
William H. 5, born in Arkansas"
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Edward Gowen appeared in the 1870 census of Independence County, living alone, as household No. 216 in the Black River Township. He was recorded as "Edward Gowen, 23, farmer, born in Tennessee."
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William Gowen, who may be the father of Edward Gowen above, was enumerated in Jefferson Township, page 13 of the Independence County census of 1870 as Household 96-96 as:
"Gowen, William 44, born in TN, $400 real estate,
$200 personal property
Adeline A. 22, born in TN
Minerva 18, born in KY
Alexander 16, born in AR
Martha 4, born in AR
Margie 1, born in AR"
One copyist transcribed the entries as "Adeline A, 32, Narcissa I, 18 and Maggie, 4."
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A. N. Gowens, age 22 was married to Mable Conditt, age 18 December 15, 1897, according to Independence County Marriage Book H, page 294. Of A. N. Gowens and Mable Conditt Gowens nothing more is known.
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J. N. Gowens age, 21 was married to Bell York, age 18 Decem-ber 23, 1891, according to Independence County Marriage Book G, page 196. Children born to J. N. Gowens and Bell York Gowens are unknown.
IZARD COUNTY, ARKANSAS
JACKSON COUNTY, ARKANSAS
Charles N. Goings, age 20 appeared in the 1870 census of Jackson County. He, "a white male," was living in the house-hold of Nathan Alder. Charles N. Goings, who was born in North Carolina, worked in a sawmill.
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The family of Thomas D. Goings appeared in Barren Township, Jackson County in the census of 1870. His enumeration, render-ed on August 8, 1870 as Household No. 2-2, appeared as:
"Gowings, Thomas D. 39, born in TN, farm laborer,
$200 personal property,
cannot write
Mary E. 31, born in TN
Panthenia 12, born in KY, female
James H. 10, born in KY
Hugh 8, born in KY, twin
Tennessee 5/12, born in AR, Feb, 1870"
The family of Thomas D. Goings had moved from Kentucky between 1866 and February 1870.
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Mrs. Evelyn Charlene Carter Gowen was a resident of New-port, Arkansas in 1999.
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The household of Francis M. Gowen was found in the 1850 census of Jackson County as Household 38-38:
"Gowen, Francis M. 46, born in Alabama
Cynthia 40, born in Alabama
Richard 25, born in Alabama
James 20, born in Alabama
Aiken, Mary 14, born in Arkansas
Sarah 12, born in Arkansas
Margaret 8, born in Arkansas"
It is believed that Francis M. Gowen had moved to Arkansas from Alabama between 1825 and 1830, that his first wife had died and that he had married a second wife, Cynthia Aiken.
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Josephine Guynes was married August 10, 1871 to James C. Nelson in Jackson County, according to Mary Lou Nelson Cross, a descendant and a Foundation member of Sonora, California. They were recorded in the 1880 census of Beedeveville, Arkansas.
Children born to them include:
Idell Joseph Nelson born about 1873
Willie Nelson born about 1876
Eva Nelson born about 1879
Mary Lou Nelson Cross, wrote April 9, 2002:
“I only recently discovered the names of my fath-er's grand-parents Josephine Guynes and James C. Nelson of Jackson County, Arkansas. I had heard that his father, Idel Joseph Nelson and siblings were raised by their mother. I found a listing in “Good-speed's 1890 Biography of Jackson County, Ar-kansas,” and listed under the Bleakley family was a tenant, Mrs. Nelson who's dying request was that the family raise her children - Idel, Willie and Eva.”
JEFFERSON COUNTY, ARKANSAS
William H. Gowen, a spinner of Alabama, was enumerated as the head of Household 367-343 in the 1860 census of Jefferson County:
"Gowen, William H. 30, born in Alabama, spinner
Martha S. 26, born in Alabama"
LAWRENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS
No members of the Gowen family or spelling variations ap-peared in the Lawrence County Marriage Book A, covering the period of 1821-1837.
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William Goen appeared as the head of a household in the 1840 census of Lawrence County, according to "Index of 1840 Ar-kansas Census" by Bobbie Jones McLane.
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"Allen Going" appeared as the head of the Household No. 15-15 in Duty Township on August 22, 1870 with post office at Pow-hattan, Arkansas enumerated as:
"Going, Allen 35, born in Kentucky
Martha 29, born in Tennessee
Thomas J. 7, born in Arkansas
Henry C. 4, born in Arkansas
William G. 1, born in Arkansas"
"William G. Going" was living at 7403 Pennsylvania Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri December 23, 1920 when he received an assignment of an oil and gas lease from Missouri-Texas Leasehold Company, according to McCullouch County, Texas Deed Book 62, page 142.
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Pleasant L. Goins was born about 1818 in Illinois, possibly in Edwards County. Only one other "Pleasant Goings" was recorded in Illinois in 1818.
“Pleasant Goings” made a land payment December 18, 1818, ac-cording to "Shawneetown Land District Records, 1814-1820" by Lowell M. Volkel. He paid $16 on account toward the pur-chase of 160 acres in Edwards County. He paid an additional $64 on his land contract February 5, 1819. In that year Jefferson County, Illinois was created from land in Edwards County, and Pleasant Goings found himself in the new county. Pleasant Go-ings appeared in the 1820 census of Jefferson County, page 73, Moore Prairie township, as the head of a family composed "of three white males over 21" and three other members of the fam-ily.
John Goings is believed to have accompanied Pleasant Goings to Edwards County. "John Going" appeared an adjacent loca-tion in the 1820 census of Jefferson County, page 73, Moore Prairie township, as a "white male, over 21 with three other persons in his family.
William Goings is believed to have accompanied Pleasant Go-ings in settling in Edwards County. He made a land payment of $80 December 4, 1817 on 160 acres of land, according to "Shawneetown Land District Records, 1814-1820." He paid an additional $16 on the account October 7, 1818 and another $64 November 14, 1818.
"William Going, white male over 21," appeared in the 1820 census of Jefferson County, page 73, Moore Prairie township, as the head of a household which contained seven other mem-bers of the family.
Another family which may have accompanied Pleasant L. Goins from Illinois to Arkansas is that of Robert Gibson and his wife, Elvira Gibson. Elvira Gibson may have been a sister or kinsman to Pleasant L. Goins. Some of his orphaned children were taken into the Gibson home after Pleasant L. Goins and Mary M. Smith Goins died.
Research of the early probate, deed and court records of Jeffer-son County might reveal a relationship between these individ-uals and Pleasant L. Goins of Lawrence County.
Pleasant L. Goins was married about 1844 to Mary M. Smith, according to Shirley A. Goings-Lindsey, a descendant. She was a native of Tennessee. They were living in Arkansas about 1845.
Pleasant L. Goins, a stonemason was enumerated as the head of Household D-414, Strawberry township in the 1850 census of Lawrence County:
"Goins, Pleasant L. 31, born in IL, stonemason
Mary M. 28, born in TN, wife
Sara J. 5, born in AR, female
Priscilla E. 4, born in AR, female
James M. 2, born in AR, male
Smith Elender 13, born in AR, female"
Elender Smith is regarded as a younger sister of Mary M. Smith Goins. Mary M. Smith Goins died about 1857 in Arkansas. Pleasant L. Goins died about 1858. It is unknown who reared their orphaned children.
Children born to Pleasant L. Goins and Mary M. Goins include:
Sarah Jane Goins born about 1845
Priscilla Emaria Goins born about 1846
James Monroe Goings born September 18, 1848
James John Harvey Goings born February 18, 1850
William Zachariah Goings born December 13, 1854
Pleasant L. Goings, Jr. born about 1857
Sarah Jane Goins, daughter of Pleasant L. Goins and Mary M. Goins, was born about 1845 in Arkansas. She appeared as a five-year-old in the 1850 census of Lawrence County. She was married about 1860 to John A. Warner, according to Shirley A. Goings-Lindsey.
Priscilla Emaria Goins, daughter of Pleasant L. Goins and Mary M. Goins, was born about 1846. She was recorded at age four in the 1850 census of Lawrence County. She was married about 1866 to Leaton Helms.
James Monroe Goings, son of Pleasant L. Goins and Mary M. Goins, was born in Arkansas September 18, 1848, according to the research of Carson Goings, a great-grandson who lived in Hardy Arkansas in 1995. Shirley Ann Yates Goings-Lind-sey shows his date of birth as April 2, 1848. He was married about 1874 to Rebecca Ann Huckabee who was born June 30, 1854. She died January 20, 1933, and he died August 16, 1934.
Children born to James Monroe Goings and Rebecca Huckabee Goings include:
William R. Goings born April 2, 1876
Betty Ann Goings born about 1878
Pernica Jane Goings born June 20, 1880
Leaton Monroe Goings born June 7, 1883
Octava Goings born November 8, 1885
James Marvin Goings born May 30, 1888
Harvey Lee Goings born December 8, 1892
William R. Goings, son of James Monroe Goings and Rebecca Ann Huckabee Goings, was born April 2, 1848 in Arkansas. He was married about 1873 to Leoina Mann. He died January 30, 1934. Children born to William R. Goings and Leoina Mann Goings are unknown.
Betty Ann Goings, daughter of James Monroe Goings and Rebecca Ann Huckabee Goings, was born about 1878 in Arkansas and died in infancy.
Pernica Jane Goings, daughter of James Monroe Goings and Rebecca Ann Huckabee Goings, was born June 20, 1880, according to Shirley Ann Yates Goings-Lindsey. She was married about 1897 to John Gee.
Leaton Monroe Goings, son of James Monroe Goings and Re-becca Huckabee Goings, was born June 7, 1883 in Lawrence County. He was married about 1904 to Maudie Mae Higgin-botham, daughter of Riley Higginbotham. She died May 29, 1919. He was remarried to Maranda Belle Goff. He died June 1, 1966.
Children born to Leaton Monroe Goings and Maudie Mae Higginbotham Goings include:
James Lester Goings born July 10, 1905
Edna Goings born about 1907
Tressie Marie Goings born March 2, 1909
Riley Earl Goings [twin] born July 17, 1911
Maudie Pearl Goings [twin] born July 17, 1911
Hattie Marie Goings born March 17, 1914
Glenn Goings born March 14, 1917
James Lester Goings, son of Leaton Monroe Goings and Mau-die Mae Higginbotham Goings, was born July 10, 1905 at Poughkeepsie, Arkansas, according to Carson Goings, a son. He was married about 1925 to Flossie Jane Morgan. She was born January 8, 1906 at Evening Shade, Arkansas to James Emmet Morgan and J. Cordie Johnson Morgan. James Lester Goings died at Williford, Arkansas February 3, 1970, and Flossie Jane Morgan Goings died at Ash Flat, Arkansas March 30, 1992.
Children born to James Lester Goings and Flossie Jane Morgan Goings include:
Lorene Maria Goings born August 3, 1926
James Lester Goings, Jr. born August 5, 1929
James E. Goings born March 14, 1930
Cecil Goings born September 23, 1934
Carson Goings born October 5, 1937
Imogene Goings born about 1939
Don Ray Goings born December 8, 1943
Bonnie Sue Goings born October 2, 1950
Lorena Maria Goings, daughter of James Lester Goings and Flossie Jane Morgan Goings, was born August 3, 1926 in Williford. She was married about 1946 to Chester L. Morgan.
James Lester Goings, Jr, son of James Lester Goings and Flossie Jane Morgan Goings, was born August 5, 1929 at Williford. He was married about 1952 to Ruby Roe. Children born to James Lester Goings, Jr. and Ruby Roe Goings are unknown.
James E. Goings, son of James Lester Goings and Flossie Jane Morgan Goings, was born was born March 14, 1930. He was married about 1953 to Jeanetta Louis Mann. Children born to James E. Goings and Jeanetta Louis Mann Goings are unknown.
Cecil Goings, son of James Lester Goings and Flossie Jane Morgan Goings, was born September 23, 1934 at Williford. He was married about 1957 to Eva Jo Hughes. Children born to Cecil Goings and Eva Jo Hughes Goings are unknown.
Carson Goings, son of James Lester Goings and Flossie Jane Morgan Goings, was born October 5, 1937 at Sitka, Arkansas. He was married June 29, 1957 at Poughkeepsie to Daphine Joann Brandon. In 1995 they lived at Hardy, Arkansas where he operated a real estate appraisal business. He, a member of Gowen Research Foundation, was active in the research of the Goings family history.
Children born to Carson Goings and Daphine Joann Brandon Goings include:
Michael Wayne Goings born about 1959
Kimberly Ann Goings born about 1962
Marcus Todd Goings born about 1966
Marcus Van Goings born about 1969
Imogene Goings, daughter of James Lester Goings and Flossie Jane Morgan Goings, was born about 1939 at Williford.
Don Ray Goins, son of James Lester Goings and Flossie Jane Morgan Goings, was born December 8, 1943 at Williford. He was married April 1, 1966 in San Diego, California to Linda Louis Cooper. Children born to Don Ray Goins and Linda Louis Cooper are unknown.
Bonnie Sue Goings, daughter of James Lester Goings and Flossie Jane Morgan Goings, was born October 2, 1950. She was married about 1971 to Thomas Woody.
Edna Goings, daughter of Leaton Monroe Goings and Maudie Mae Higginbottom Goings, was born about 1907.
Tressie Marie Goings, daughter of Leaton Monroe Goings and Maudie Mae Higginbottom Goings, was born March 2, 1909 at Williford. She was married about 1927 to Lester Lloyd. She died October 17, 1980 at Poughkeepsie.
Riley Earl Goings, twin son of Leaton Monroe Goings and Maudie Mae Higginbottom Goings, was born July 17, 1911 at Williford. He was married about 1934 to Eatha Widner. Children born to Riley Earl Goings and Eatha Widner Goings are unknown. "Natha Goings" died March 16, 1956 in Dallas County, according to BVS File 1235.
Maudie Pearl Goings, twin daughter of Leaton Monroe Goings and Maudie Mae Higginbottom Goings, was born July 17, 1911 at Williford. She was married about 1929 to Audie Howard in Lawrence County, Arkansas.
Hattie Marie Goings, daughter of Leaton Monroe Goings and Maudie Mae Higginbottom Goings, was born March 17, 1914 at Williford. She was married about 1933 to Curtis Moody.
Glenn Goings, son of Leaton Monroe Goings and Maudie Mae Higginbottom Goings, was born March 14, 1917 at Williford. He was married about 1946 to Delpha Morgan. Children born to Glenn Goings and Delpha Morgan Goings are unknown.
Octava Goings, daughter of James Monroe Goings and Rebecca Ann Huckabee Goings, was born November 8, 1885 at Williford, Arkansas. She was married about 1904 to Frank Thomas.
James Marvin Goings, son of James Monroe Goings and Re-becca Ann Huckabee Goings, was born May 30, 1888 at Wil-liford. He was married about 1914 to Alice Marvine Edwards. Children born to James Marvin Goings and Alice Marvine Ed-wards Goings are unknown.
Harvey Lee Goings, son of James Monroe Goings and Rebecca Ann Huckabee Goings, was born December 8, 1892 at Williford. He was married about 1919 to Nora Rozeta Chandler. He died at Williford December 13, 1979. Children born to Harvey Lee Goings and Nora Rozeta Chandler Goings are unknown.
James John Harvey Goings, son of Pleasant L. Goins and Mary M. Smith Goins, was born in Arkansas February 18, 1850, according to Shirley A. Goings-Smith. He was mar-ried about 1874, wife's name Elizabeth.
William Zachariah Goings, son of Pleasant L. Goins and Mary M. Smith Goins, was born in Arkansas December 13, 1854.
William Zachariah Goings was arrested in July 1868 in Law-rence County at age 13 "for beating and bruising one Thomas J. Ball," according to the research of Carson Goings.
Shirley Ann Yates Goings-Lindsey wrote,
"Most of the Goings boys were big-boned and large for their age, and at 13, he would have appeared much older. I located Thomas J. Ball living with his family in the 1860 census of Lawrence County. This would make the two boys who were involved in the fight to have been aged 13 and 15 at that time. I found the court records where all charges against Zachariah Goings were dropped which specified that the county would pay all costs involved. The court evidently discovered that a 13-year-old boy had been arrested."
William Zachariah Goings was married about 1874 to Mrs. Anne Elizabeth Ballard Goings who was born August 6, 1857 in Alabama to James T. Ballard and Frances Elizabeth Betts Bal-lard, according to Shirley Ann Yates Goings-Lindsey. Anne Elizabeth Ballard had previously married George Goings, re-garded as a kinsman, March 13, 1872 in Lawrence County, Mis-sissippi.
William Zachariah Goings was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1880 census of Logan County, Arkansas:
"Goings, William 26, born in AR,
Anne 20,
Mollie 5
James Monroe 3
Steven 1"
In 1897, the family was living in Colorado County, Texas. From Columbus, Texas he wrote the Arkansas Land Com-mission in Little Rock requesting information on "donation land" in Arkansas and also available government and in Union County, Arkansas. In the later he stated, "I don't like the cus-toms in Texas, being born in Arkansas and wanting to return home."
William Zechariah was identified as a Methodist circuit rider.
William Zachariah Goings died August 6, 1899 while enroute to Arkansas from Texas in a wagon with his family. He and his son, James Monroe Goings, both died "of the fever" on the trip. The son died July 31, 1899.
Shirley Ann Yates Goings-Lindsey wrote April 29, 1996:
"I located Anne Elizabeth Goings and her ten living children, her grandson, Arthur Freeman and her son-in-law, Will Jordan living in Hunt County, Texas in the 1900 census."
Children born to William Zachariah Goings and Anne Elizabeth Ballard Goings include:
Mary Isbelle Goings born September 4, 1875
James Monroe Goings born April 28, 1877
William Stephen Goings born July 2, 1879
John Lafayette Goings born April 24, 1881
Edward Jackson Goings born May 17, 1884
Edgar Adolphus Goings born February 23, 1887
Ida Lou Goings born January 30, 1889
Maudie Lee Goings born December 23, 1890
Eva Marie Goings born March 20, 1893
Malvern Goings born January 19, 1895
Hattie M. Goings born June 27, 1897
Mary Isabelle Goings, daughter of William Zachariah Goings and Anne Elizabeth Ballard Goings, was born September 4, 1875 in Arkansas. She was married about 1895 to George Washington Freeman. Later she was remarried to Will Jordan. She died in California.
Children born to them include:
Arthur Freeman born in September 1895
Roy Jordan born in 1901
Arthur Freeman, son of George Washington Freeman and Mary Isabelle Goings Freeman, was born in September 1895 in Arkansas. He and his mother accompanied Wil-liam Zachariah Goings when he removed to Texas. He appeared at age four in the 1900 census of Hunt County, Texas, living in the household of his grandmother, Anne Elizabeth Ballard Goings. When he learned that Will Jordan was not his real father, he made trips back to Arkan-sas to get acquainted with his real rather. He stayed in the home of James Monroe Goings during these visits.
James Monroe Goings, son of William Zachariah Goings and Anne Elizabeth Ballard Goings, was born April 28, 1877 in Arkansas. He died at age 11, July 31, 1899 "of the fever" on a wagontrip from Texas to Arkansas.
William Stephen Goings, son of William Zachariah Goings and Anne Elizabeth Ballard Goings, was born July 2, 1879.
John Lafayette Goings, son of William Zachariah Goings and Anne Elizabeth Ballard Goings, was born April 24, 1881. He was married about 1919 to Willie Mae Fulc