Gowen Cuthrell was born before 1766 of parents unknown and died about 1797 in Craven County, according to Sammy A. Pierce of Hobe Sound, Florida in a message dated July 15, 2002. Children born to him include:
Jesse Cuthrell born about 1784
James Cuthrell born about 1786
Milly Cuthrell born about 1789
Zilpha Cuthrell born about 1793
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John Gowing was married to Margaret Stacy February 14, 1828 at New Bern, North Carolina, according to the "Raleigh Register” in its edition of February 22, 1828. The marriage date was February 15, 1820, according to “Craven County, North Carolina Marriages, 1773-1850,” record 1136, bondsman Peter Merkel, bond No. 26565.
John Gowing appeared in the 1820 census of Craven County, page 3, as the head of a household, according to Dorothy Williams Potter in "Index to 1820 North Carolina Census."
The household was recorded as:
"Gowing, John white male 26-45 manufacturing"
white female 26-45"
"Mrs. John Gowing", believed to be Margaret Stacy Gowing, died January 30, 1829 at New Bern, according to the "Raleigh Register." Carrie L. Broughton indexed the marriages and death notices of the "Raleigh Register" in her book, "Marriages & Death Notices in North Carolina, 1826-1845."
Charles Goings was married June 3, 1851 to Sarah Terry, according to "Cumberland County, North Carolina Marriages, 1801-1860," record 1104, bondsman John Simmons, witness J. McLaurin, Bond No. 32445. The marriage was performed by C. F. Harris. Children born to Charles Goings and Sarah Terry Goings are unknown.
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Jacob Goings was married to Elizabeth Spencer June 3, 1851, according to "Cumberland County, North Carolina Marriages, 1801-1860." Jacob Goings was remarried to Rosanna Millender [record 1104] January 7, 1857, according to the same volume. According to “North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868,” record 1104, bondsman Josiah Cook, witness J. McLaurin, Bond No. 32446, they were married May 28, 1855. Children born to Jacob Goings, Elizabeth Spencer Goings and Rosanna Millender Goings are unknown.
William Goins appeared as "1 white tithable" in the 1767 tax list of Cumberland County.
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[Move Jerry Goins and Edie Goins to this point.]
Deed Books 1 and 2 of Davidson County contained no mention of the Gowen family [or spelling variations], according to "Davidson County, North Carolina Deeds" by Catherine C. Middleton.
Thomas B. Goings was married to Rebeca Casy August 9, 1844 in Davie County, according to “North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868,” record 1064, bondsman J. P. Gowan, witness Barbara C. Gowan, bond 40775. Nothing more is known of Thomas B. Goings and Rebeca Casy Goings.
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Mary A. Gowan was married to Francis A. Cheshire December 20, 1855 in Davie County according to “North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868,” record 1015, bondsman, Thomas B. Tucke, witness J. B. Jones, bond 000040153. The marriage was performed by J. B. Jones, JP. Nothing more is known of Francis A. Cheshire and Mary A. Gowan Cheshire.
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Nancy C. Gowan was married to Alfred Shoemaker November 4, 1856 in Davie County according to “North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868,” record 01071, witness A. A. Harbin, bond 40867. The marriage was performed by J. B. Jones, J.P.
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Rowan M. Gowan was the head of a household enumerated in the 1880 census of Davie County, Enumeration District 57, page 24, Mocksville Township, as:
"Gowan, Rowan M. 29, born in NC
Mary E. 38, born in NC
Julia E. 3, born in NC
James N. 2, born in NC"
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Simeon Gowan was married to Lucy Ann Bowls May 17, 1866, according to "Davie County, North Carolina Marriages, 1801-1870," record 1039, witness Eph. Gaither, bond 000040458. The marriage was performed by C Anderson, JP. Of Simeon Gowan and Lucy Ann Bowls Gowan nothing more is known.
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Martha E. Gowens was married to James D. Boles February 21, 1866 in Davie County according to “North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868,” record 1107, bondsman Eph. Gaither, bond 000040041. Nothing more is known of James D. Boles and Martha E. Gowens Boles.
Alonzo Goines was married to Mrs. Mary Jane Nichols November 17, 1897, according to "Dobbs County, North Carolina Marriages, 1801-1900." Children born to Alonzo Goines and Mary Jane Nichols Goines are unknown.
Joseph D. McGowen was born May 3, 1824 in Duplin County. He was married about 1848 to Elizabeth McWil-liams, and he was remarried to Elizabeth "Bettie" Crawford, age 17, November 6, 1861. She was born March 25, 1843 in Georgia to Elihue Crawford and Mary Pauline “Polly” Starr Crawford, according to the “Arkansas Family Historian.” They removed to Union County, Arkansas.
Children born to Joseph D. McGowen and Elizabeth “Bettie” Crawford McGowen include:
Robert L. McGowen born in 1863
Mattie Martha McGowen born in 1865
Joseph Parks McGowen born April 12, 1868
Robert L. McGowen, son of Joseph D. McGowen and Elizabeth “Bettie” Crawford McGowen was born in 1863 in Union County, Arkansas.
Mattie Martha McGowen, daughter of Joseph D. McGowen and Elizabeth “Bettie” Crawford McGowen, was born in 1865 in Union County. She was married July 21, 1887 to B. S. Shaw.
Joseph Parks McGowen, son of Joseph D. McGowen and Elizabeth “Bettie” Crawford McGowen, was born April 12, 1868 in Union County, Arkansas. He was married Novembeer 4, 1894 to Nancy Jane Stewart who was born November 14, 1878. He died November 14, 1948 at El Paso, Texas. She died there November 17, 1945.
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William McGowen was married to Mary Dickson in Duplin County in 1769. Of William McGowen and Mary Dickson McGowen nothing more is known.
The names of Edward Going, David Going and William Going appeared on the muster roll of Edgecombe County militia in 1755.
Alexander Goin was listed as the head of a household in the 1880 census of Forsyth County, Enumeration District 85, page 28. He lived in the city of Winston, North Carolina on Main Street:
"Goin, Alexander 28, born in NC
Martha 29, born in NC
Nancy 7, born in NC
Reuben 5, born in NC
Mary Jane 3, born in NC
Lucy 1, born in NC"
Samuel Goin was the head of a household also living on Main Street in Winston in the 1880 census of Forsyth County, Enumeration District 85, page 28:
"Goin, Samuel 25, born in NC
Nancy 24, born in NC
Virginia 6, born in NC
Robert 4, born in NC
Ada 1, born in NC
Verison, Jane 48, born in NC, mother-in-law
William 19, born in NC, brother-in-law"
Apparently Samuel Goin was married to Nancy Verison about 1873. Nancy Verison Goin was born in 1856.
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Elizabeth Goin, mulatto, was the head of a household in the 1880 census of Forsyth County, Enumeration District 85, page 23. She also lived in Winston on Fifth Street. The family was recorded as:
"Goin, Elizabeth 39, born in NC
Joseph 23, born in NC
Josephine 19, born in NC
Anna 16, born in NC
Madison 15, born in NC
George 9, born in NC
Miley 23, born in NC, daughter
Sylvester 7, born in NC, grand daughter"
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Thurmond “Woody” Goins of Walkertown, North Carolina died August 14, 2001 at the age of 64.
Ray Goins, son of J. T. Goins, was married about 1926 in Gaston County to Mary Jane Fredell. She was born December 16, 1907 in Gastonia, North Carolina and died in 1982.
Children born to Ray Goins and Mary Jane Fredell Goins include:
Geraldine Goins born about 1928
Claude Goins born about 1931
Geraldine Goins, daughter of Ray Goins and Mary Jane Fredell Goins, was born about 1928 near Fredonia. She was married October 2, 1948 to Walter James Beaver.
Children born to them include:
Larry Beaver born about 1950
Barry Beaver born about 1952
Steven Beaver born about 1955
Dennis Beaver born about 1958
James Gowin, "engaged in commerce" was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1820 census of Gates County, page 13:
"Gowin, James white male 16-16
white female 16-26
1 slave"
Colonial North Carolina, particularly Granville County, was an area where a good relationship existed between whites and "free colored individuals." A number of prominent individuals petitioned the state legislature for tax relief for inter-racial marriages, according to "Colonial and State Records of North Carolina," Volume 5, [1755]:
"Records of the Legislature: The petition of sundry Inhabitants of the Counties of Northampton, Edgecombe, and Granville was read, setting forth that by the Laws now in force, free negroes and Mulattoes Intermarrying with white women are obliged to pay Taxes for their Wives and Families Praying Relief etc, on which the House Resolved that the Matters in the said petition contained are reasonable and that the Committee appointed to Revise the Laws receive a Clause or Clauses to be inserted in the laws for their relief."
The matter was taken up again by the legislature in 1762, according to Volume 6:
"To the Worshipful the Speaker and Gentlemen of the Assembly. The petition of Sundry of the Inhabitants of the Counties of Northampton, Edgecombe and Granville Humbly Sheweth:
That by one Act of the Assembly passed in the year 1723, Intitled 'An Act for an Additional Tax on all free Negroes, Mulattoes, Mustees and such Persons, Male & Female, as now are or hereafter shall be intermarried with any such Person resident in the Government. It was enacted That all free Negroes etc, that were or should thereafter be Inhabitants of this Province being of the Age of twelve Years & upwards should be deemed Tythables and as such should yearly pay the same Levies and Taxes as other Tythable Inhabitants."
That many Inhabitants of the sd Counties who are Free Negroes & Mulattoes and persons of Probity & good Demeanor and chearfully contribute towards the Discharge of every Public Duty injoined them by Law. But by reason of being obliged by the sd Act of Assembly to pay Levies for their Wives and Daughters as therein mentioned are greatly Impoverished and many of them rendered unable to support themselves and Families with the common Necessaries of Life.
Wherefore your Petitioners would humbly pray in behalf of the Sd free Negroes etc, That so much of the said recited Act as compels such of them as Intermarry with those of their own complection to pay Taxes for their Wives & Daughters may be repealed or that they may be other relieved as to your Worships in your great Wisdom seem meet. And you Petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever pray, etc."
William Eaton [colonel] John Hawkins
Phil[emon] Hawkins George Jordin
Thomas Lowe Jno Sallis [captain]
Patrick Lashley Phil. Pryor
Fras King Jno Bowie
Aaron Fassol John Jones
Thomas Dulaney John Wade
Zack Bullock George Cuttler
John Williams, Junr. Thomas Woodlief
John Gibb William Forkner
Andw Hampton Marton Dickson
Moses Coppack Amanwall Forkner
Wm Johnson Leopold Fallon
Jonas Parker James Smith
Richd Harris Wm Smith
Amos Newsom Jos Brantly
Shurley Whatley James Brantly
Jno Glover Edw Young
John Martin
Jos Jno Alston Wm Irby
Thos Wood Benja Sherrod
John Jones Jacob Strickland
Augustin Curtis Nathan Joyner
John Noland Ebenezer Folsom
Benj Nevill Wm Adams
John Cheney William Richason
John Fish Richard McKinne
James Brown"
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Historians sometime refer to mulattos in this area as Melungeons. Colonial recorders, upon occasion, listed them as "white" and, at other times, recorded them as mulattos because of the color of their skin. The term "Melungeon" was a more recent appellation and was probably not widely used in colonial times. A large colony of Melungeons by the name of Gowen [and other spelling variations] existed in Melungia, the area where Virginia, Tennesseee, North Carolina and Kentucky come together.
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The Granville County tax list of 1755 showed 1,322 taxpayers. Included in the rendition submitted to the Granville County Court in September 1755 included:
“Thomas Going 0-1-1
William Going & son Joseph 2-0-2
Edward Gowen 0-1-1
Joseph Gowen 0-1-1
Michael Gowen 0-1-1”
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“Free African Americans Taxable in Colonial Granville County” was forwarded to the Foundation by Judith Lang:
1746[?]_ 25 August:
Lewis Anderson 2 tithes
George Anderson 2 tithes adjacent
Larence Peteford 1 tithe
1748 [?] list of Jonathan White [part torn]
John Going 1 tithe
John Chavers 1
Lewis Anderson 1
George Anderson 1
1749
List of John Martin
William Chaves 6 tithes
List of Jonathan White
George Anderson 2
Larrance Petteford 1
Lewis Anderson 2
Bartholomew Chaues 1
William Bass 1
1750 Relatively complete lists, but not providing racial breakdown and not naming the subsidiary tithes in most cases.
List of Edwd. Jones
Michel Gooin 2
175[0?] List of Wm. Eaton
List of Saml. Henderson
Gibion Bunch 2
List of William Person
James Turner & his wife Mary & son David mollatoes & Two negroes Tom & Phill [torn]
List of Jonathan White
Edward Harris 2
Lawrence Pettiford 1
George Anderson 4
Lewis Anderson 4
Joseph Hawley 2
Richard Chaves 2
1751 [Lists do not seem to be complete, and give no racial breakdown, but do appear to tax mixed-race wives in most cases.
List of Jonathan White (alphabetized)
Anderson, Lewis son Shadrick Elisha Daughtr & Mary Daughter 4
Anderson, Geo. Wife & Son George Son Jeremiah & Daughter Kate 5
Bass, Wm. and wife 2
Hally, Joseph & wife 2
Hawly, Nathll. 1
Hawly, Wm.1
Harris, Ed. and wife 2
Petterford, Lawrance 1
List of Wm. Person
James Turner & Mary his Wife & Daughter Moll, Negroes Phil
& Tom 0 white 2 negro, 3 mol.
List of Saml Henderson
William Going 2
1752 A number of districts provide a racial breakdown beginning in this year.
List of Robt. Harris
Anderson, George his wife and Sons George, Jermiah and Daughter Kate 0 white 5 black
Bass, William 1 0
Pettiford Lawrence and his wife Mary 0 2
List of Jonathan White
Luis ander Son (sic) 0 4
mallichy Reeves 0 1
James Turner 0 2
List of _____
Edward Harris negro 1
1753 List of Robert Harris ("one of his lists")
George Anderson 0 1
William Going and his son 2 0
Lewis Anderson & son Shadrach Daughters Lisha and Mary 1 4
Edward Harris negro and Refuseth to list his wife 1 1
Robt. Mitchell, John Going 2 tithes
Richard Chavers negro 1
List of Robert Harris [another district]
Anderson, George and his Wife son Jeremian and Daughter Kathrine 0 4
Bass, Wm 1 0
Holly, William 1 0
Holly, William 1 0
Holly, Nathaniel and negro Peter 1 1
Petiford, Lawrence and his wife 0 2
List of Jno. Brantly
William Chavis tenn himself and sons Gibbin & William & Negro slaves Peter:
Gordon:Noon:Frank:Moll: Pomp & Gilly
List of Osborn Jeffreys
Robert Davis 0 1
Thomas Going 1 1
Michal Going 0 1
Edward Going 0 1
List of Lemuel Lanier
Wm. Chavis 7 tithes
Philip Chavis 1
Joseph Halley 1
Thomas Going 1
Michall Going 1
Michall Going 1
1754 list of Gideon Macon
Jno. Davis 0 1
Wm. Lewes & his wife Betty 1 1
Jno. Stroud, Micajah Bunch & Liddy Bunch1 2
List of Osborn Jeffreys
William Burnal 0 1
Michal Going 1 0
Robert Davis, Marget Davis, Ephrim Davis & Sarah Davis 0 4
Thomas Going 0 1
List of John Sallis (categories are: white tithes, free male negros or mulattos, free
female negros or mulattos, slaves)
Lewis Anderson, his Wife Sarah, Son Shadrach, Daughters Elisha, Mary, Tamer0-2-4-0
Joseph Holley, his wife Matthew 0-1-1-0
List of Edwd. Moore
Wm. Chavis Francis Gibeon William Jur. Lettis Gesier Francis Sons & Wife and Daughters
Negroes Gordin Peter Nune Frank Alce mol 13 total
List of Robt. Harris (alphabetized)
Anderson, George and his wife and son Jerh: and Daughter Kate 0 4
Bass, William 1 0
Holly, Nathll. Negro Peter 1 1
Harris, Edward negro and his wife black 0 2
Locus, James and his wife 0 2
Pettiford, Laurence and his wife 0 2
Pettiford, George 0 1
Pone, John and his wife 0 2
1755 summary list (from microfilm) C.044.70012 NC Archives
whites/ Blacks/ Total
George Anderson & wife
Son Jerry & daughter Catherine 0/4/4
Lawrence Pettiford & wife 0/2/2
Lewis Anderson & wife, son
Shadrack & daughters Mary and
Tamer 0/5/5
Wm Bass 1/0/1
George Pettyford & wife 0/2/2
Thomas Ash & Wife Abigail 0/2/2
Wm Burnal & wife Ann 0/2/2 ? (ink blot)
Thomas Going 0/1/1
Joseph Holly & wife Patt 0/2/2
John Pons & wife Patt 0/2/2
Robert Day 1/0/1
Gilbert Chavos 1/0/1
Edward Gowen 0/1/1
Michael Gowen 0/1/1
Joseph Gowen 0/1/1
William Chavos, Son Wm, Aquillar Snelling, John
Huins// Peter
Gordon, Nanney?, Frank Moll, Pomp 0/10/10
William Going & Son Joseph 2/0/2
William Going & Son Joseph 2/0/2
Abigail Jones 0/3/3
1756 No free Blacks
1757 The tax lists are well preserved for this year, but mostly do not give racial identity
directly.
List of Richard Harris
William Gowen List Son Joseph & William 3 0
Nathaniel Halley List Son Julias Negro Peter 2 1
Benjamin Chavus & Jane his wife 2 total
George Petteford and Luce his wife 2 tithables
Larance Petteford and mary his wife 2
George Anderson Son Jere daughter Cathrine 3
Lewis Anderson & Sarah is wife Shadrach Lewis sons
Elisha & Sare Daughters 6
List of Samuel Henderson
William Bass 1 tithe
Wm. Chavers 10
Phil Chavers 3
Joseph Halley 2
Joseph Gowen 1
Gideon Gowen 1
Geo Anderson Neo. Peter & Dina 4
List of John Martin
Gibbia Chavers 1
Richard Chavers 1
Edward Harris 1
List of Gid. Macon
Thos: Goeing, Jno. Seemore [torn]
List Retd. by William Johnson [shf.]: perhaps insolvents
Goin, Chrisr. 1
Hawly, Joseph 2