1. William Gotcher d: in Henry County, Alabama + Mary Malone b: 1767 in Virginia m: Bef. 1787

. 2 James Gotcher [NOTES] b: 1787 in Henry County, Alabama d: November 24, 1836 in Rabbs Creek, Texas Lee County [see inventory of his estate] + Mary Nancy Arledge b: 1790 in Tennessee m: 1811 in Tennessee d: November 24, 1836 in Rabbs Creek, Texas Lee County

.... 3 Jane Gotcher [NOTES] [PROBATE DOCUMENTS] [IMAGE] b: 1814 in Alabama d: March 27, 1851 in Pin Oak, Bastrop County Texas + Lemuel Crawford b: 1812 in South Carolina m: 1831 in Texas d: March 06, 1836 in Battle of the Alamo, San Antonio, Texas

2nd Husband of Jane Gotcher: + Charles Spaulding m: February 01, 1838 in Preston, Grayson County Texas Coffee's Trading Post 
. 2 John Spaulding + Amanda Mantooth m: October 27, 1870
. 2 George Spaulding [PHOTO] b: May 10, 1841 + Martha Sims m: November 09, 1868
. 2 Charles Spaulding + Sarah L Breeding m: July 06, 1865
. 2 James Spaulding + Ruth J Varden m: June 21, 1866
. 2 William Spaulding + Sarah E Highsmith m: May 05, 1866
. 2 Sarah Jane Spaulding + William H Foxel m: October 06, 1875

.... 3 Nathaniel Gotcher b: 1817 in Alabama d: November 24, 1836 in Rabbs Creek, Lee County, Texas

.... 3 Samuel Gotcher b: 1814 in Alabama d: November 24, 1836 in Rabbs Creek, Lee County, Texas 

.... 3 James Gotcher b: 1823 in Alabama d: 1846 in Texas

.... 3 William Riley Gotcher [PHOTOS] b: August 17, 1830 in Alabama d: March 1897 in May, Texas + Rhoda Margaret Hancock

Published Accounts of the James Gotcher Family

Newspaper Articles on the Gotcher Family and Gotier Trace

Annals of Travis County Texas, XVIII, page 30 - 31 - Goucher Claim

A History of the Gotier Trace

Maps of the Gotier Trace

Original land grant of Samuel Gotcher

Photo of Home on Gotier Trace from the Lillian Waugh Collection

Photo of Gotcher Cabin from David O. Emison