BRUNSWICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Drury Going was born in 1749 in Brunswick County, Virginia, according to the research of Sandra Going Morgan, a descendant of Stone Mountain, Georgia. He was born in an area of Brunswick County which in 1781 became Greensville County, Virginia, according to Mary Elizabeth Motley Beadles, a descendant and DAR Member 474911. His family removed to Camden District, in north central South Carolina and settled in an area which later became Union and Chester Counties.
Col. Carroll Heard Goyne, Jr, researcher of Shreveport, Louisiana states that the Drury Going of Greensville County and the Drury Going of Camden District could not be the same man. He cites that Drury Going of Greensville County received payment on a military voucher March 12, 1782 for items furnished to the Federal government during the Revolutionary War. The Drury Going of Camden District was there as early as 1767 and served in the South Carolina militia under Col. John Winn.
Drury Going was married in Camden District in 1767 to 17-year-old Sarah "Sallie" Baxter who was born about 1750 in Granville County [later Orange County, later Caswell County], North Carolina.
On November 28, 1783, Drury Going and Samuel Torbert were witnesses to a lease executed by Mary McCullough of Camden District, St. Mark's Parish, to Robert Elliot for £50 sterling for 941 acres on the north side of Broad River which had been granted to her January 31, 1772. The lease was proved in Camden District December 29, 1784 by the oath of Samuel Torbert before Frame Woods, J.P.
Drury Going, attracted by the daring exploits of Marion's Brigade, volunteered in 1781 to ride with Revolutionary Brig-Gen. Francis Marion in his slashing attacks on the British. Marion had taken raw frontiersmen, trained them to be fearless riders and expert marksmen and formed them into an efficient guerilla force that became the pride of the Colonists' southern campaign. He served in the regiment commanded by Col. John Winn of Winnsboro, South Carolina, according to the research of Carroll Heard Goyne, Jr.
The "Swamp Fox" repeatedly led his rapid-deployment brigade in daring raids against the superior British forces, exacted heavy losses upon them and then escaped into the swamps where the English were unable to follow. They had remarkable successes in battles at Georgetown, Ft. Watson, Ft. Motte and Eutaw Springs, lifting the morale of the Americans who were generally being defeated everywhere else. Their spectacular success in the Battle of Parker's Ferry in 1782 resulted in a Congressional medal for Marion's men.
In a letter addressed to Alfred Elijah Going, Evelyn Somerville, a descendant, wrote:
"In the first federal census of South Carolina, 1790, the Goings lived on one side, the Loves on the other of Col. Aaron Lockert at Lockert Shoals, East Bank, then in Chester County, South Carolina. The community was known as early as 1755 as Love's Ford on Broad River, a mile and a half from Turkey Creek, then Craven County, North Carolina. Capt. James Love, Jr. married Col. Lockert's second daughter, Janet. Job Going married the Colonel's third daughter, Rebecca, while Drennan Love, son of James Love, Jr, married a daughter of Sarah Going Cook, sister to Job Going.
We are unable to find bible or other records of the parents of your ancestor, Job Going [and my ancestor, Sarah] except the death of their mother, April 22, 1822. Sarah Baxter, thought to be the daughter of Thomas Baxter as the Christian name "Thomas Baxter" occurs over again in her numerous descendants. The 1790 census gives the head of this family as "Drury Goins," which must have been the name of "Sally" Baxter's husband unless he had died and there was a son named Drury.
Anyhow this family of Drury Goins was the only one of the name in Chester in 1790 census and none in the counties of York and Union, adjoining this neighborhood, and the family consisted of 2 white males over 16, 4 white females and 6 slaves. In Caswell County, North Carolina tax lists was a Thomas Baxter, who could have either a father or a brother to "Sally" Baxter. Her son, Thomas Baxter Going, became a clergyman, according to Day C. Love who went to school with his sons at Crawford, Mississippi in the early '50s and went from there to Texas.
Goings were natives of Ireland where the name was 'Goyne.'
Isaac Mack Going is buried at the Franconia Cemetery in the Going row. His was the second grave in the cemetery, my mother's eldest sister, Sophia Miles Hughes, aged 3 years, being the first.
Evelyn Somerville"
Drury Going was mentioned as a landowner in a land grant to William Long dated November 5, 1771. The description of Long's land, "200 acres on Wateree Creek in Craven District," mentioned that it was bounded on the east by that of Drury Going. The grant also mentioned that "the road to Rocky Mount crosses the northeast corner," suggesting that the road also crossed the property of Drury Going.
Drury Going served as a private in a South Carolina militia regiment commanded by Col. Winn during the Revolutionary War. The regiment was under the overall command of Gen. Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox." Indent No. 98, Book O was issued January 26, 1785 to "Mr. Drury Goins, L18:6:8 3/4 Sterling for militia duty in 1781 and 1782," according to "Stub Entries to Indents" edited by A. S. Salley, Jr, Secretary of the Historical Commission of South Carolina. Additionally, the indent had earned interest in the amount of ú1:16:5.
"Drury Goins" was a purchaser at the estate sale of Moses Cherry in Camden District [later York County, South Carolina] in 1783, according to York County probate records, Apartment 15, package 483.
On September 1, 1787 "Drury Gowing of Chester County" received a deed to 319 acres" located on the south side of Broad River from Merry McGuire, "Planter of Union County, South Carolina," according to Union County Deed Book A&B, page 469. Consideration was "£100 current money." In the body of the deed the grantee's name was also spelled "Gowen" and "Going." The land had been received by McGuire June 5, 1786 in a grant from Gov. William Moultrie.
Drury Going received a deed July 8, 1788 to "land on the waters of Turkey Creek" for ú50, according to Chester County Deed Book B, page 69. "Job Going," possibly a kinsman of Drury Going, was a witness to the transaction.
Job Goin, owner of three slaves, was recorded as the head of a household in the 1800 census of Chester County, page 90:
"Goin, Job white male 26-45
white male 16-26"
The household of "Job Goyen" was recorded September 14, 1810 in the federal census of Chester County, page 262:
"Goyen, Job
white female over 45
white male 0-10
white male 0-10
white female 0-10
white female 0-10"
The enumerator apparently regarded Job Goyen himself as "free colored" and did not record his entry. The family owned eight slaves.
An unidentified "Richard Gowan" was also recorded September 14, 1810 in the federal census as the head of a household, page 277:
"Gowan, Richd. white male over 45
white female over 45
white female 10-16
white female 10-16
white male 0-10
white female 0-10
white male 0-10"
"Drury Going, being charged with having begotten an ille-gitimate Infant on the Body of Sarah Golden came into court and Confessed the fact, whereupon it is considered by the Court that they make their fine by paying the sum of five pounds Proclamation Money, and the said Goings acknowledged himself bound to pay the said Sarah's fine and all costs accruing, and that he is liable for the maintenance of the said infant and stay of Execution until next court." was the entry dated July 8, 1788 in Chester County Court Order Book A, page 358.
"On the motion of the Clerk, Ordered that all the money that Drury Going was fined in for Bastardy is to be paid to him in discount of what the county owes him," read an entry dated January 8, 1790 in Chester County Order Book B, page 29.
"Deed of conveyance from John Long to Drury Going that was proven before a Singel Justice was produced in open court and ordered to be recorded," read an entry dated April 6, 1789 recorded in Chester County Court Order Book B, page 160.
William Gaston conveyed 200 acres "line [lying] on Mill Creek" to Drury Going in 1789, according to Chester County Deed Book B, page 73. Consideration was "3 pounds, 14 shillings, 4 pence." The land was part of a tract granted to Gaston September 3, 1787. The deed was not witnessed.
According to "Heads of Families, South Carolina, 1790" "Drury Goins" was enumerated in Camden District, Chester County, page 14 as the head of a household composed of:
"Goins, Drury white male over 16
white female
white male over 16
white male over 16
white female
white male under 16
white male under 16
white female
white female
[6 slaves]"
Neighbors enumerated in the 1790 census who had an influence on the Going family include: Josiah Cook, Aaron Lockert, John McCool, James Love, Capt. James Love, Jr, Asa Tindall and Thomas Winn.
Drury Going bought 350 acres of land from Robert Elliott and his wife Jean Elliott January 14, 1791 for £1,000, according to Chester County Deed Book B, page 553. Job Going was a witness to the transaction.
Drury Going deeded his Turkey Creek farm to his son-in-law Asa Tindall October 11, 1791, according to Chester County Deed Book B, page 541:
"For the love & affection I bear for my son-in-law Assa Tindall and for his better support, I give, grant and convey 100 acres on a branch of Turkey Creek, the waters of Broad River, originally granted to John Long June 6, 1785, adjoining James Kirkpatrick and Clayton Rogers, all other sides vacant.
Drury [X] Going
Witnesses: Buttrick Rogers,
Sarah Rogers, Isaac Rogers"
In December 1791, “Drewry Goyen, et al” conveyed 195 acres to William Love, according to Chester County Deed Book D, page 250.
Shortly afterward Drury Going sold two tracts of land to Robert Elliott that he had purchased from him a year earlier, according to Chester County Deed Book B, page 542. The deed read:
"This indenture made between Drury Going of Chester County and Robert Elliott of Union County, dated January 13, 1792, acknowledges the sum of 1,000 pds. lawful money for two tracts of land, one containing 250 acres on the Broad River where Going now lives. This tract adjoins Aron Locquert's land and was granted unto Benjamin Love February 3, 1754 and by him conveyed to Robert Elliott who sold it to Drury Going. The other tract of 100 acres, including the Elliott old field, adjoins Joseph Robertson. It was granted unto Mary McCullough January 23, 1752 and by her conveyed to Robert Elliott who sold it to Drury Going.
Drury [X] Going
Witnesses: Job Going, John Hill, Isaac Going"
Drury Going was appointed to serve as juror for the January 1793 term, according to an entry dated June 25, 1792 in Chester County Order Book B, page 179.
On June 13, 1794 Drury Going corraled an estray, according to Chester County Order Book 1795-1799, page 425. The entry read, "Drury Going Tolls a Sorrell horse about 7 years old, paced natural, Brand unknown, about 14 hands high, his hind feet white, said Estray appraised to L8."
Drury Going died February 22, 1796 "in the 47th year of his age," according to a letter written March 16, 1879 by Thomas Baxter Going, his grandson. "He died on the road coming home from Charleston with his wagon and team. He lacked three days drive of reaching home when he died. He was hauled home and buried at home."
The Chester County Court Order Book 1795-1799, page 350 reveals:
"Citation having issued to shew cause why Letters of Administration should not be Granted to Clayton Rogers, Esqr. and Elijah Goings as administrators of the Estate of Dewey Goings Deceased and no objections made to direct the court to the contrary, but Clayton Rogers not appearing to join the said Administration, Ordered that be granted to the said Elijah Goings and Sarah Goings as admr. and admox of the said Decedent's Estate upon their complying with what the law in that case requires."
The citation was made public by having it read in a church as-sembly:
"State of South Carolina, Chester County} Be it remembered that I Joseph Brown was personally present when Joseph Alexander, a minister of the Presbyterial [sic] Profession publickly read the within Citation at a meeting held at Bullock's Creek for the purpose of Publick Worship. Dated at Chester this 25th day of July 1796. J. A. Brown"
The estate of "Drury Goings" was introduced into probate in Chester County Court July 26, 1796, according to the Order book, page 319. On that date the court appointed appraisers to fix the value of the estate:
"State of South Carolina }
County of Chester }
To Wit: To Aaron Lockheart, Charles Gilmore, Warren Beauford, Clayton Rogers & Francis Kirkpatrick. Greeting Gentlemen, You or any three of you after being sworn before a Justice of the Peace are appointed to appraise & make out an Inventory & Appraisement of the Estate of Drewry Going, Deceased & make due return thereof into the Office of Chester County Agreeable to Law.
Witness: Samuel Lacey, Clerk of Chester County Court, this 26th day of July in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred & Ninety-six and of the Independence of the United States of America the Twenty-first.
Sam'l Lacey, CCC"
"A Sale Bill and Inventory of the Estate of Drewry Going Decd was produced in open court and ordered to be recorded," January 24, 1797, according to the Order Book, page 362. On September 19, 1796 the court "Ordered that an order of Sale do issue of the Estate of Drury Goings such part thereof as the Admors. thereof shall think necessary on a credit of twelve months," according to the Order Book, page 359.
An accounting of the estate sale which totaled 546 pounds, 4 shillings was delivered to the Chester County Court March 3, 1797 by Elijah Going, administrator:
Purchaser Item Price
Sarah Going Pewter 18
Sarah Going Books 4
Sarah Going Table 7
Sarah Going Small trunk 7
Elijah Going Small trunk 12
Sarah Going Looking glass 5
Sarah Going Trunk 3
Sarah Going Bed & furniture 7 1
Sarah Going Bed & furniture 4 12
Sarah Going Bed & furniture 4 3
Sarah Going Spinning wheel & reel 14
Isaac Going Rifle gun 3 12
Elijah Going Bed & furniture 4 10
Sarah Going Bed & furniture 3 4
Sarah Going Coverlet 19
Sarah Going Cask feathers 15
Sarah Going Cutting box & knife 6
Sarah Going Cross cut saw 7
Sarah Going 28 hogs 15 15
Sarah Going Waggon, saddle,
& lockchain 6 15
Sarah Going Hoes, Axes, frow
& wedges 1 6
Sarah Going Plow & lines 2 6
Sarah Going 2 Shovel plows 15
Sarah Going Grindstone 11
Sarah Going Stove 4
Sarah Going Lot of tools 10
Sarah Going Six siccles 8
Sarah Going Side leather 7
Sarah Going Side leather 7
Sarah Going Side leather 7
Sarah Going Leather 1 2
Sarah Going Side leather 4
Sarah Going Side leather 6
Sarah Going 6 siccles 2
Sarah Going Cow 2 6
Sarah Going Cow & yearling 2 7
Sarah Going Fiddle 8
Sarah Going 2 Casks 2
Elijah Going Cask 3
Sarah Going 4 Bells 4
Sarah Going 9 Casks 9
Sarah Going Beehive 6
Job Going Lot of hoes 1
Job Going 4 Axes 12
Sarah Going Brown cow 1 1
Sarah Going Bay horse 15 1
Andrew Walker Sorrel mare 10 10
Sarah Going Brown horse 6 1
Sarah Going Sorrel horse 15 1
Sarah Going Bay mare 7 3
Sarah Going Bay colt 8 3
Elijah Going Bay mare & colt 9 10
Sarah Going Bay horse 15 15
Job Going Slave named Dinah
& child 60
Sarah Going Slave named Jean 31 10
Sarah Going Negroe, Mary 31 5
Sarah Going Negroe, Jim 46 10
Sarah Going Negroe, Daphne 60
Isaac Going Slave named Joe 22 10
Elijah Going Slave named Will 53 10
Sarah Going Slave named Jean 10 15
William Fiary ------- ------ 1 5
Sarah Going Slave, Gustine 7 3
Clayton Rogers Stoker 7
Elijah Going ------- 5
Elijah Going Still 13
Robert Elliot ------- 7
Sarah Going Cow & calf 8
Sarah Going Cow & yearling 5
Sarah Going Cow & yearling 5
Isaac Going Cow & yearling 8
Sarah Going Steer 6
Sarah Going Heifer 1
William Fiary Cow 3
Job Going Heifer 4
Isaac Going Heifer 4
Job Going Pot
Sarah Going Large pot
Clayton Rogers Dutch oven
Sarah Going Pot
Sarah Going Dutch oven
Sarah Going 2 Skillets
Sarah Going Washing tub & 3 pots
Sarah Going Big wheel
Sarah Going Woman's saddle 1
Sarah Going Sieve
Sarah Going Sieve
Sarah Going Loom, wheel & spools
Sarah Going Churn
William Brown Shovel plow
Robert Elliot Lot of tools
Clayton Rogers Box of old iron
Sarah Going Steelyards
Sarah Going Smoothing irons
Sarah Going Irons
Sarah Going 3 pair Cards
William Fiary 7 white Plates
& pewter coffeepot
Andrew Walker 2 Basins, 2 pewter plates
Sarah Going Sugar box
Elijah Going Slate
Robert Elliot Slate
Job Going Slate
Clayton Rogers Books
Sarah Going Pewter 8 1
Sarah Going Books & 8 tablets 17
Sarah Going Trunk 19
Sarah Going Looking glass, 4 trunks 1 2"
"Sarah Goyen," the owner of four slaves, was enumerated as the head of a household in the federal census taken September 14, 1810 in Chester County, page 255:
"Goyen, Sarah white female over 45
white female 16-26
white female 16-26
white male 10-16
white male 0-10"
Sarah "Sallie" Baxter Going wrote her will November 4, 1814:
"State of South Carolina }
Chester District }
I, Sarah Going of said state and district aforesaid, being in a low state of helth, but sound in mind and memory make this, my last will and testament."
I give to my daughter Mary Going one feather bed and furniture, one cow named Harty and heifer, and I give to my daughter Rebekah Going one feather bed and furni-ture which my above daughters Mary and Rebekah claim, and I give to my daughter Rebekah one cow named Liby and I give to my son Thomas B. Going the tract of land or plantation where I, Sarah Going now live containing One hundred and seven acres in the state and district aforesaid, and it is my will and desire that my daughters Mary and Rebekah should live with my son Thomas on the said plantation while [they] remain unmarid, and I give to my daughter Rebekah one woman Saddle and pine table, one big wheel, and I give to my son Thomas Going one walnut table and one feather bed and furniture, one cow named Whiteface and dun cow I give to my daughter Mary.
All the rest of my property, my will is, to be sold and pay all my just debts except one large trunk I give to my daughter Rebekah, and after paying my just debts to be equally divided amongst my children.
And I do make my son Thomas B. Going sole Executor of my Estate as witness my hand and seal in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and fourteen, November 4 Day 1814.
Witnesses: Sarah [X] Going
Thomas Weir
Isaac Going
Sarah Tindall"
Sarah "Sallie" Baxter Going died in Union County April 22, 1820, at age 69, according to the research of Linda Sue Betts Essary, a descendant of Floyd, New Mexico. Her will was probated in the June 1820 court session, according to Chester County Deed Book H, page 9.
Children born to them include:
Martha Going born about 1768
Elijah Going born in 1770
Job Isaac Going born September 5, 1772
John Going born January 10, 1774
Isaac Going born April 28, 1775
James Going born in 1777
Mary "Polly" Going born in 1779
Elizabeth Going born about 1781
Rebecca Going born about 1782
Thomas Baxter Going born in 1784
Sarah Baxter Going born April 3, 1786
Linda Sue Betts Essary discovered another possible child of Drury Going in "South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research," Volume 10. The item read, "Marion District, SC, Minutes Book of the Ordinary, 1806, Oct. 25, 'Letters of Guardianship granted to Ann Adams, guardian for Selander Strother, supposed daughter of Drura Gowings, a minor aged about 14 years, late of Peedee.'"
Martha Going, daughter of Drury Going and Sarah "Sallie" Baxter Going, was born about 1768, probably in Chester County, according to Mary Virginia Rogers Boyles, a de-scendant of El Paso, Texas. She was married about 1790 to Larkin Asa Tindall, according to "Gateway to Texas" by Carolyn Ericson. "Essa Tindall" appeared as the head of a household in the 1790 census of Chester County. The Tindalls moved to Warren County, Georgia in the eastern part of the state where members of the Going family lived.
Moses Going and "Agness, his wife" of Louisa County, Virginia sold their land June 9, 1777 and later turned up in Warren County, Georgia.
When Warren County, Georgia was created, primarily with land from Wilkes County in 1793, "William Going, Moses Going and Jesse Going" were listed as taxpayers on the county's first tax rolls in 1793 and 1794. Moses Going deeded 100 acres in Warren County to Warren Andrews July 21, 1793 which was "part of 780 acres originally granted to Ignatius Few in 1791," according to Warren County Deed Book A, page 606. He received a Revolutionary land grant in Warren County in 1799. On October 16, 1800 he sold land "lying partly in Wilkes County and partly in Warren County on the Ogeechee River," according to Warren County Deed Book B, page 14.
Moses Going and his wife Agnes Going gave a deed to James Cozart of Franklin County, Georgia to 648 acres of land May 29, 1795, according to Franklin County Deed Book M, page 132. Consideration was 100 pounds sterling.
They gave a deed to William Stith, Jr. October 7, 1795 to 465 acres, "being the western portion of 750 acres granted in 1791 to Ignatius Few," according to Warren County Deed Book A, page 365. They gave a deed March 28, 1797 to Samuel Howell to 100 acres on Long Creek which had been granted in 1784 to Edmond Nugent, according to Warren County Deed Book A, page 538.
Moses Going and Agnes Going gave a deed to Prior Gardner June 23, 1797 to 92 acres on Long Creek, according to Warren County Deed Book 6, page 13. Moses Going "of Wilkes County" received a sheriff's deed to land sold as property of William Sanders March 7, 1799, according to Warren County Deed Book A, page 632. Moses Going received a land grant in Warren County of 60 acres in 1799.
The name of William Going who was the progenitor of a large family began to appear as "William Goyne" in the records of Warren County. His descendants who spread across the south to Texas generally adopted the latter spelling.
"Asa Tindall" received a deed from Sarah Hill, "both of Warren County, Georgia" February 7, 1799 to "30 acres where the grantor lives," according to Warren County Deed Book B, page 74. Witnesses were John Hill and Stephen Lawrence.
Larkin Asa Tindall and his family returned to South Carolina after a short time in Georgia. He was enumerated in the 1810 census of Chester County, September 14, 1810 as the owner of five slaves and the head of a household, page 255:
"Tindal, Asa white male 26-45
white female 26-45
white male 30-40
white male 16-26
white male 16-26
white female 10-16
white male 10-16
white female 10-16
white male 0-10
white female 0-10
white male 0-10"
"Martha Tindall" was a witness to the will of her mother written November 4, 1814.
Later the Tindalls removed to Limestone County, Alabama, according to Cynthia Holsomback McMullen, a descendant of Huntington, Texas. Larkin Asa Tindall died there December 10, 1841, according to Limestone County Will Book 5. Martha Going Tindall died there in 1842, according to the research of Fredrick W. Tucker, a descendant of Duncan, South Carolina.
Children born to them include:
Larkin Tindall born about 1791
John Tindall born about 1792
William Tindall born about 1794
Sarah Tindall born March 4, 1797
James G. Tindall born about 1800
Robert J. Tindall born May 8, 1802
Lucinda Tindall born November 22, 1803
Rutha Tindall born in 1806
Larkin Tindall, son of Larkin Asa Tindall and Martha Going Tindall, was born about 1791. Of this individual nothing more is known.
John Tindall, son of Larkin Asa Tindall and Martha Going Tindall, was born about 1792. Of this individual nothing more is known.
William Tindall, son of Larkin Asa Tindall and Martha Going Tindall, was born about 1794, probably in Union County. He was married about 1816, wife's name Susanna L. They contin-ued in South Carolina in 1819. In 1836 they lived in Limestone County, Alabama. William Tindall died about 1848 in Nacogdoches County, Texas. Susanna L. Tindall died in Cherokee County, Texas about 1861.
Children born to them include:
Margaret C. Tindall born about 1819
Margaret C. Tindall, daughter of William Tindall and Susanna L. Tindall, was born in South Carolina about 1819. She was married to Azmond Rucker Easter February 17, 1836 in Lime-stone County, according to Linda Sue Betts Essary. He died about 1853, and she died in the spring of 1859 in Cherokee County, Texas.
Children born to them include:
Sackville E. Easter born November 2, 1850
Sackville E. Easter, son of Azmond Rucker Easter and Margaret C. Tindall Easter, was born November 2, 1850 in Cherokee County. He was married December 5, 1878 to Nancy Elizabeth Dunaway who was born June 26, 1858 in Texas to Clemmie Dunaway and Eliza Ann Cross Dunaway. In 1880 they lived in Johnson County, Texas. He died June 18, 1928 at Hollis, Ok-lahoma, and she died June 23, 1941 at Elmore, Oklahoma.
Children born to Sackville E. Easter and Nancy Elizabeth Dunaway Easter include:
John Cooper Easter born March 25, 1880
John Cooper Easter, son of Sackville E. Easter and Nancy Eliz-abeth Dunaway Easter, was born March 25, 1880 in Johnson County. He was married December 18, 1898 to Mollie Kate Killman who was born December 17, 1880 in Tarrant County, Texas to Henry Dizer Killman and Tena Elizabeth Bandy Kill-man. In 1907 they lived at Duke, Oklahoma. She died May 17, 1953 at Portales, New Mexico, and he died there December 1, 1961.
Children born to John Cooper Easter and Mollie Kate Killman Easter include:
Mamie Lou Easter born September 11, 1907
Mamie Lou Easter, daughter of John Cooper Easter and Mollie Kate Killman Ester, was born September 11, 1907. She was married August 24, 1923 to James Arthur Betts, son of James Isaac Betts and Lorena Ivy Betts. He was born January 3, 1886 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi. He died January 30, 1969 in Portales, and she died there April 10, 1980.
Children born to them include:
Linda Sue Betts born February 14, 1946
Linda Sue Betts, daughter of James Arthur Betts and Mamie Lou Easter Betts, was born February 14, 1946 at Portales. In 1991, she, a teacher, lived at Floyd, New Mexico.
Sarah Tindall, daughter of Larkin Asa Tindall and Martha Going Tindall, was born March 4, 1797 in Warren County, Georgia, according to Cynthia Holsomback McMullen. She was married about 1816 in Chester County, South Carolina to William P. Gaston who was born about 1797 to William Gaston and Ann Porter Gaston. He died there about 1822, and she was remarried about 1826 to Charles Cunningham who was born April 9, 1794. He died September 28, 1862. She died September 2, 1879 at age 82 and was buried in Cunningham Cemetery in Limestone County, Alabama.
Children born to William Porter Gaston and Sarah Tindall Gaston include:
Trusvan Cheives Gaston born about 1818
Asa Harper Gaston born about 1819
Martha Caroline Gaston born August 4, 1822
Children born to Charles Cunningham and Sarah Tindall Gaston Cunningham include:
Sarah Ann Cunningham born June 15, 1828
Margaret Isabel Cunningham born in 1830
Elizabeth C. Cunningham born about 1832
Charles Cunningham born March 17, 1835
Trusvan Cheives Gaston, son of William Porter Gaston and Sarah Tindall Gaston, was born about 1818 in Chester County. He was married about 1840 to Katherine Tindall Johnson who was born November 23, 1822 in North Carolina. He died in Limestone County, Alabama July 20, 1888. She died there August 10, 1892, according to Yvette Alanne Disbrow Wilson, a descendant of Ocala, Florida.
Children born to Trusvan Cheives Gaston and Katherine Tindall Johnson Gaston include:
William Harper Gaston born June 13, 1853
William Harper Gaston, son of Trusvan Cheives Gaston and Katherine Tindall Johnson Gaston, was born June 13, 1853 at Gilbertsboro, Alabama. He was married February 18, 1885 at Athens, Alabama to Virginia Dickson who was born August 11, 1850 to Col. Robert Dickson and Rowena A. Paine Dickson. She died June 3, 1892 in Limestone County, and he died there March 22, 1921.
Children born to them include:
Langdon Lee Gaston born April 2, 1891
Langdon Lee Gaston, son of William Harper Gaston and Vir-ginia Dickson Gaston, was born April 2, 1891 in Limestone County. He was married August 18, 1912 at Athens to Willie Wise who was born June 14, 1892. He died at Apopka, Florida July 16, 1961, and she died there September 18, 1966.
Children born to Langdon Lee Gaston and Willie Wise Gaston include:
Ruby Lee Gaston born April 21, 1915
Ruby Lee Gaston, daughter of Langdon Lee Gaston and Willie Wise Gaston, was born April 21, 1915 in Limeston County. She was married December 15, 1938 to George Henry Disbrow who was born November 13, 1907 in LaPorte, Indiana to Lewis Henry Disbrow and Ida May McNees Disbrow. George Henry Disbrow died January 21, 1981 at Eustis Lake, Florida.
Children born to them include:
George Allen Disbrow born October 31, 1939
George Allen Disbrow, son of George Henry Disbrow and Ruby Lee Gaston Disbrow, was born October 31, 1939 at Apopka. He was married December 14, 1958 at Newport, Rhode Island to Barbara Ann Sparks who was born May 22, 1937 in Cocke County, Tennessee to George Herbert Sparks and Essie Belle Ramsey Sparks.
Children born to them include:
Yvette Alanne Disbrow born July 30, 1963
Yvette Alanne Disbrow, daughter of George Allen Disbrow and Barbara Anne Sparks Disbrow, was born July 30, 1963 at Orlando, Florida. She was married October 3, 1987 to David Irving Wilson at Tavares, Florida. In 1996 they lived in Ocala where she, a member of the Foundation was active in the re-search of her Going family.
Martha Caroline Gaston, daughter of William P. Gaston and Sarah Tindall Gaston, was born August 4, 1822 in Chester County. She was married May 28, 1839 in Limestone County to George Winston Booth, son of Charles Booth and Lucy Ann Abernathy Boothe, according to Cynthia Holsomback Mc-Mullen. He died November 24, 1850 in Paducah, Kentucky "en route to Nacogdoches, Texas." She died in Cherokee County, Texas May 10, 1877 and was buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery near Alto, Texas.
Children born to them include:
Thomas Trusvan Booth born August 12, 1840
Sarah Elizabeth Booth born in 1841
Lucy Ann Booth born April 23, 1842
William Porter Booth born in 1843
George Winston Booth, Jr. born August 11, 1845
Catherine Adele Booth born in 1847
Mary "Mollie" Booth born in 1848
Mattie C. Booth born November 21, 1850
Thomas Trusvan Booth, son of George Winston Booth and Martha Caroline Gaston Booth, was born August 12, 1840 in Limestone County. He was married there September 20, 1860 to Ann Elisah Vinson, daughter of Allen Vinson. He died October 31, 1910 in Cherokee County and was buried in Providence Cemetery, near Jacksonville. She died January 14, 1929 in Tarrant County, Texas and was buried beside her husband.
Thomas Trusvan Booth meticulously kept a bible record of his family and a journal in which he noted other information about his family. These records were the inspiration which prompted Cynthia Holsomback McMullen to undertake a study of the family history.
Children born to Thomas Trusvan Booth and Ann Elisah Vinson Booth include:
Lucy Alice Booth born August 15, 1861
Eudora Jane Booth born November 14, 1867
George Allen Booth born April 28, 1869
Zuela Salena Booth born December 19, 1870
Jennie Roxana Booth born October 13, 1872
Eunice Elvira Booth born July 16, 1874
Thomas Trusvan Booth, Jr. born July 28, 1876
Henry LaFayette Booth born March 11, 1879
Hubbard Jehu Booth born June 23, 1880
Leona Belle Booth born September 16, 1882
Birdie May Booth born January 16, 1887
Eunice Elvira Booth, daughter of Thomas Trusvan Booth and Ann Elisah Booth, was born July 16, 1874 in Texas. She was married September 15, 1895 to James Thomas Holsomback who was born October 1, 1870 to Thomas Newton Holsomback and Eleanor Odom Holsomback. She died April 14, 1899 in Cherokee County and was buried in Providence Cemetery.
A son was born to them:
James Otis Holsomback born March 25, 1899
James Otis Holsomback, son of James Thomas Holsomback and Eunice Elvira Booth Holsomback, was born March 25, 1899 in Cherokee County. He was married February 15, 1925 to Ethel Pryor.
James G. Tindall, son of Larkin Asa Tindall and Martha Going Tindall, was born about 1800. He was married about 1827 to Patience Rainbolt. They emigrated to Texas and settled at Nacogdoches. They were buried in Old North Church Cemetery there.
Rutha Tindall, daughter of Larkin Asa Tindall and Martha Going Tindall, was born in 1806. She was married about 1825, husband's name McKinney. They settled in Parker County, Texas where her family was killed by Indians. She returned to Nacogdoches to live with her brother, James Tindall and his family.
Cynthia Holsomback McMullen on October 21, 1992 wrote, " I have visited Old North Church Cemetery in Nacogdoches, and "Rutha McKinney, 1806-1865" is buried next to James Tindall and Patience Rainbolt Tindall."
Elijah Going, son of Drury Going and Sarah "Sallie" Baxter Going, was born in 1770 in Chester County. He was married to the "widow Docea" [believed to be Mary Docea] about 1793. Fredrick W. Tucker shows here name as Doshea Bland. Elijah Going was named co-administrator of the estate of his father July 26, 1796, along with his mother. He was a witness to the will of Aaron Lockert which was produced in Chester County Court January 30, 1799.
"Elijah Goin," owner of three slaves, was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1800 census of Chester County, page 94:
"Goin, Elijah white male 26-45
white female 16-26
white male 16-26
white female 0-10"
Elijah Going filed his accounting on the estate of his father with Chester County Court: "Paid to Jobe Going July 17th day, 1802, 72:2; Paid to Asa Tindall July 17th day, 1802, 72:2; Paid to Isaac Going July 17th day, 1802, 72:2; Paid to James Going July 17th day, 1802, 72:2.
By me, Elijah Going this 19th day April 1803.Returned on oath by Elijah Going 19th day April 1803
J[oseph] A. Brown, Ordinary"
Elijah Going filed a receipt with the Chester County Court showing payments to Mary Going, "September 20th day 1805, paid to Mary Going Seventy-five Dollars; April 9th day, 1806 paid to Mary Going Two hundred and sixty-five dollars; paid to Mary Going February 16th day 1807 Twenty-nine dollars by me.
Elijah Going To[tal] $369"
It is believed that Elijah Going died about 1808. "Isaac Going, Administrator of the Estate of Elijah Going" received a receipt for a three dollar payment from James Anderson, January 11, 1809, according to Chester County probate records. Two children, names unknown, were born to Elijah Going and Doshea Bland Going, according to Fredrick W. Tucker.
Job Isaac Going, son of Drury Going and Sarah "Sallie" Baxter Going, was born September 5, 1772 at Flat Rock, South Carolina. Although the community of Flat Rock can no longer be located, it is believed to have been in Chester County. He was married there about 1805 to Rebecca Lockert who was born April 19, 1776 to Col. Aaron Lockert and Sarah Miles Lockert.
Job Isaac Going owned 100 acres which lay between the property of Isaac Going and Aaron Lockert, according to Chester County Deed Book M, page 199.
An entry dated January 30, 1799 in the Chester County Order Book 1795-1799, page 409 read, "The Last Will & Testament of Aaron Lockert Decd. was produced in open court and proved by the oaths of Joseph Brown, Charles Gilmore and Elijah Going, witnesses thereto, and ordered to be recorded, and at the same time came John Lockert, an executor nominated in the said will and took the oath of executor, according to law."Isaac Goin" was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1800 census of Chester County page 90:
"Goin, Isaac white male 16-26
white female 16-26
white female over 45
white male 16-26
white female 10-16
white female 10-16
white male 0-10"
The "white female over 45" in the above enumeration is be-lieved to be his mother.
Col. Walter F. Going, Jr, Foundation member of Columbia, South Carolina, wrote February 23, 1996:
"I have in my possession the original certificate of the Grand Lodge of Charleston, SC [Royal Arch excellent Lodge of Masonry] declaring "Bro. Isaac Going Master of the Chair of the Lodge in Union, SC. This certificate is dated November 6, 1813 and states that the time of the admission of Isaac Going to the Lodge was March 10, 1800. This seems to establish that this Isaac Going was at least 21 years old and lived in Union County in 1800."
"Isaac Going" was a witness to the will of his mother in Chester County November 4, 1814, according to Chester County Deed Book H, page 9.
They removed to Tuscaloosa County, Alabama in 1823. "Job Gowing" received a land grant there in that year. The land grant was recorded in "Tuscaloosa Land Office Register," ac-cording to "Old Tuskaloosa Land Office Records & Military Warrants, 1821-1855," page 18, by Marilyn Davis Barefield. "Joe Gowing" joined David Reid on February 22, 1823 in the purchase of land in Section 9, Township 21, Range 10 W in Tuscaloosa County.
He was listed as the head of a household there in 1830, ac-cording to "Alabama, An Index to the 1830 Census." by Gandrud. The household of Job Isaac Going appeared on Page 330 as:
"Going, Job white male 50-60
white female 40-50
white male 20-30
white female 15-20
white female 15-20
white male 10-15
white male 10-15
Twelve Slaves"
Also enumerated in Tuscaloosa County was "Thomas Goings," unidentified. His farm was located on the site of present-day Northport, Alabama, according to the research of Col. Carroll Heard Goyne. "Thomas Goings, white male, 40-50," was recorded on Page 328, living alone.
Job Isaac Going died April 23, 1834, according to "Pioneers of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Prior to 1830." He was buried in Robertson Chapel Cemetery which in 1995 no longer existed. Col. Goyne located the cemetery in the southwest quarter of Section 12, Township 21S, Range 10W, presently on the golf course of a country club. Only one of the older graves [those marked with reddish-brown fieldstones] has a name to identify it: "Mary T. Cook, born June 14, 1805, daughter of R. Cook & S. Cook, dec'd. May 24, 1826."
Rebecca Lockert Going petitioned the county court May 10, 1834 for letters testamentary on the administration of the estate of Job Isaac Going. William H. Terrell, Robert Walker, James Cardwell, William Findley and William Robertson were appoint appraisers of the estate by the court. Robert Cook, her brother-in-law was appointed co-administrator by the court. The estate was settled June 11, 1836.
Afterward, Rebecca Lockert Going removed to Pickens County, Alabama in the extreme western part of the state, apparently accompanying other members of the Going family. "Rebecca Gowing" received land in Section 5, Township 22, Range 15 West in Pickens County, Alabama October 6, 1834. The land grant was recorded in "Tuscaloosa Land Office Register," according to "Old Tuskaloosa Land Office Records & Military Warrants, 1821-1855."
"Pioneers of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Prior to 1830" states that his Rebecca Lockert Going was remarried to John Lang March 15, 1826. According to Tuscaloosa County Or-phans Court Book 1, page 84, the heirs of Job Isaac Going were identified as "Rebecca Goyne Lang and John Lang, Polly Mc-Clure of Indiana, wife of Joseph McClure, Martha A. Going, Jane Evelyn Going, Eli Going and Alfred Going."
"Rebecca Goyne" received 1/5 of the estate valued at $9,740.475, and the remainder was divided among the five children. Each child received $1,100.365 in cash and property for his share. Joseph McClure and Polly McClure, living in a non-slavery state, received cash in lieu of slaves.
Apparently the second marriage for Rebecca Lockert Going failed or John Lang also died. She resumed using the name "Going."
Rebecca Lockert Going was recorded as a charter member of Oak Grove Presbyterian Church of Franconia, Alabama on May 20, 1837. Her land lay immediately north of the church site. Later this church became the First Presbyterian Church of Aliceville, Alabama, according to "Early Churches of Al-abama." All of the 32 charter members of the congregation came from Kershaw, Union and Chester Districts of South Carolina.
Rebecca Lockert Going reappeared on the roster of the Oak Grove Presbyterian Church in April 1843. She appeared as the head of a household in the 1850 census of Pickens County, Household 1538:
"Going, Rebecca 73, born in South Carolina
Martha A. 40, born in South Carolina"
Rebecca Lockert Going died May 2, 1855 at the age of 79. She was buried in Franconia Cemetery in Pickens County.
Seven children were born to Job Isaac Going and Rebecca Lockert Going. Additionally, they reared Drennan Love, son of Capt. James Love. Their children included:
Mary "Polly" Going born about 1809
Martha A. Going born January 25, 1811
Jane E. Going born July 29, 1813
Eli Thomas Going born June 29, 1816
Alfred Elijah Going born March 4, 1819
Rebecca Going born about 1822
Mary "Polly" Going, daughter of Job Isaac Going and Rebecca Lockert Going, was born about 1809 at Flat Rock. She was brought to Tuscaloosa County, Alabama in 1823. She was married about 1830 to Joseph McClure. When her father died in 1834, they received $1,100.365 in cash. Since at that time they lived in Indiana, a "free" state, they were unable to inherit any of her father's slaves.
Martha A. Going, daughter of Job Isaac Going and Rebecca Lockert Going, was born January 25, 1811 at Flat Rock, in Chester County. She was brought by her parents to Tuscaloosa County in 1823 She was mentioned as an heir when her father's estate was administered in 1834. She was received into Oak Grove Presbyterian Church October 1, 1838, according to the church records. She also appeared on the church roster in April 1843.
She was recorded in the 1850 census at age 40, living in the household of her mother. She was married to Elder Archibald Hood May 4, 1854, according to the church records. He was born April 3, 1797, and she was his third wife. He was the tenth child of William Hood and Jane Wiggins Hood and had married first, about 1780, Annie Somerville, daughter of James Somerville and Elizabeth Fletcher Somerville. He remarried about 1831 to Mary Miller, daughter of Eli Miller and Ellen Knox Miller. He died March 25, 1871, and Martha A. Going Hood died September 30, 1873. They were buried in Franconia Cemetery.
Jane E. Going, daughter of Job Isaac Going and Rebecca Lockert Going, was born July 29, 1813, probably in Chester County. She was brought to Tuscaloosa County in 1823. She was mentioned as an heir in the settlement of the estate of her father. She was married about 1837 to Benjamin J. Hughes who was born December 4, 1804. Benjamin J. Hughes died May 4, 1878, and Jane E. Going Hughes died March 26, 1880. Both were buried in Franconia Cemetery in the Going section. They had seven or eight children, according to a letter written August 11, 1947 by Walter S. Going of Birmingham, Alabama.
Known children are:
Ben Jolly Hughes born about 1840
Rufus L. Hughes baptized April 10, 1842
Martha C. Hughes baptized April 23, 1844
Ann Foster Hughes baptized April 2, 1847
Mary T. Hughes born March 5, 1849
Evelyn Somerville, identified as a granddaughter of Benjamin J. Hughes and Jane E. Going Hughes, was born in 1885. Her obituary reveals much about the Going family:
"Evelyn Somerville, 73, died May 19, near Aliceville, Alabama at 'Ingleside,' home of her grandparents, Benjamin J. and Jane Going Hughes, in which pillared house she was born. Graduate of the University of Alabama, where she was a Phi Beta Kappa in 1906, she received a M.A. degree at Drexel Institute in New York City. For a generation she followed her beloved library work at Troy College and at Livingston State Teachers College. She was also a librarian at Tuscaloosa, Fayette and Birmingham, Alabama and at Columbus, Ohio.
Prominent in state and local patriotic societies, she was also a leader in Presbyterian "Women of the Church" at all levels. Her only survivor is a nephew, James S. Somerville with family, except for numerous cousins. Her Revolutionary ancestors appeared in the 1790 census of Chester County, South Carolina at Lockert Shoals of the east bank of Broad River. Living there in adjoining households were Capt. James Love III [1763-1807], Drury Going and Col. Aaron Lockert who changed the spelling of his name [Lockhart] since his parents and brothers in Pennsylvania were all Tories.
Capt. James Love and his brother, William Love were married to daughters of Col. Lockert, as did Drury Go-ing who reared the captain's orphan son, Drennan Love as a foster brother to his daughter, Jane E. Going Hughes. Drennan Love in 1827 was married to Betsy Cook, granddaughter of Drury Going. Twelve children, nine sons and three daughters, were born to the couple. Moreover, John Lockert was guardian of nephews, the captain's sons Aaron Love, John Love and David Love, hence the close connection of these pioneer families for over 100 years, notably in the area they helped to develop along the Alabama-Mississippi state line. There they prospered as cotton planters with ante-bellum mansions and where Evelyn Somerville is buried in Franconia churchyard in Pickins County, Alabama."
Eli Thomas Going, son of Job Isaac Going and Rebecca Lockert Going, was born at Flat Rock June 29, 1816. He was brought to Tuscaloosa County in 1823. He was mentioned in the Tuscaloosa County Orphans Court Book 1, page 84 as an heir in his father's estate. He removed with his mother to Pick-ens County in 1835. On October 14, 1838 he was received into Oak Grove Presbyterian Church. He was baptized November 25, 1838.
On January 18, 1839 he was married to Jane M. Somerville, third child of John Somerville and Sarah Hood Somerville, who was born April 5, 1815 in South Carolina. John Somerville was one of three brothers who lived in Kershaw District. He was born in South Carolina December 11, 1780 and died in Pickens County August 14, 1857, according to Mrs. Eddie R. Reed, Aliceville, Alabama who later owned John Somerville's bible. Sarah Hood Somerville was born in South Carolina June 30, 1785 and died in Pickens County February 25, 1867. Both were buried at Oak Grove Presbyterian Church Cemetery near Aliceville.
John Somerville was a brother to Hugh Somerville who was born in 1780. Both married daughters of William Hood of Beaver Creek Township, Kershaw County. William Hood left a will in Kershaw County signed October 5, 1827, according to the research of Leonard Andrea, Columbia, South Carolina.
In 1842 Eli Thomas Going was a deacon at Oak Grove Presbyterian Church. He and his wife were carried on the church roll in April 1843.
Eli Thomas Going and Jane M. Somerville in 1852 continued to live at Pleasant Grove. In 1868, Rev. Eli Thomas Going was shown as a visiting minister at the First Presbyterian Church at Carrollton, Alabama, some eight miles north of Aliceville. During the Civil War and for many years afterward he was a U. S. mail contractor, according to "Notable Men of Alabama" published in 1876. He appeared as a bondsman for the marriage of his son, William Samuel Going to S. E. Johnston April 19, 1887, according to Pickens County marriage records.
Eli Thomas Going died at Benevola, Alabama June 28, 1889, and Jane M. Somerville Going died September 16, 1892, ac-cording to "Records of Pickens County, Alabama," Vol. III by Mrs. C. P. McGuire, Sr. They were buried in Franconia Cemetery.
Children born to Eli Thomas Going and Jane M. Somerville Going include:
Sarah Asenath "Sallie" Going born Dec. 7, 1839
James Alfred Going born January 8, 1842
Mary Sophia "Mollie" Going born December 31, 1843
Martha Jane Going born January 4, 1846
John S. Going born April 5, 1848
William Samuel Going born January 22, 1851
Job Going born November 29, 1852
Eli Lockert Going born February 18, 1855
Sarah Asenath "Sallie" Going, daughter of Eli Thomas Going and Jane M. Somerville Going, was born December 7, 1839 in Pickens County. She died March 21, 1863 unmarried and was buried in Franconia Cemetery.
James Alfred Going, son of Eli Thomas Going and Jane M. Somerville Going, was born January 8, 1842 in Pickens County. He was baptized April 10, 1842 at Oak Grove Presbyterian Church. He attended the University of Alabama for a short time prior to the Civil War. He enlisted in the Second Alabama Infantry Regiment and later served as the color bearer for Company D, Forty-second Alabama Infantry Regiment. He was listed as third corporal in the 42nd, according to "History of Pickens County, Alabama."
Brig. Gen. John C. Moore, CSA, wrote a report on Corp. James Alfred Going who participated in the Battle of Corinth and the Battle of Hatchie Bridge. Gen. Moore commanded Moore's Brigade of Maury's Division in the Battle of Holly Springs, Mississippi October 13, 1862, according to "War Department Series," Vol. 17. He wrote, "Subject deserves special notice. He was color bearer, and though once shot down, he gallantly bore the flag through the fight on the 4th." After he was wounded in the Battle of Corinth he participated in the Battle of Vicksburg.
James Alfred Going was married about 1867 to Myrtis Billups, daughter of Col. Richard Billups and Eliza Humphries Billups of Pickens County. Col. Billups was born in 1796 in South Carolina, and his wife was born there in 1801.
He was remarried January 25, 1888 to Ella Gaines Parker, daughter of Socrates Parker of Livingston, Alabama in nearby Sumter County. He was later engaged in insurance, real estate and the mercantile business in Birmingham, Alabama. He died there December 29, 1911.
Children born to James Alfred Going and Myrtis Billups Going include:
William Rufus Going born about 1869
Henry S. Going born about 1871
Richard B. Going born about 1874
Children born to James Alfred Going and Ella Gaines Parker Going include:
Richard B. Going born April 20, 1872
Elizabeth Pryor Going born about 1880
Richard B. Going, son of James Alfred Going and Ella Gaines Parker Going, was born April 20, 1872. First Lt. Richard B. Going served in the First Alabama Infantry Regiment during the Spanish-American War. Later he served in the Forty-fourth U.S. Infantry Regiment. His first term of military service reached from April 21, 1898 to 1903. Then He became a career officer with the U.S. Army. In 1946 Col. Richard B. Going, retired lived in Philadelphia.
Elizabeth Pryor Going, daughter of James Alfred Going and Ella Gaines Parker Going, was born about 1880. She was mar-ried about 1900, husband's name Boykin. About 1946 she lived at 3214 Cliff Road, Birmingham.
Children born to them include:
Rhodes Boykin born about 1905
Elinore Boykin born about 1908
Betty Boykin born about 1911
Mary Sophia "Mollie" Going, daughter of Eli Thomas Going and Jane M. Somerville Going, was born December 31, 1843 in Pickens County. She was baptized July 11, 1844 at Oak Grove Presbyterian Church, according to church records. She was married about 1870 to G. W. Hughes. Mary Sophia "Mollie" Going Hughes died September 28, 1872. G. W. Hughes, who was born July 30, 1842, died November 11, 1915. Both were buried in Franconia Cemetery.
Children born to them include:
Mary Going Hughes born September 19, 1875
Mary Going Hughes, daughter of G. W. Hughes and Mary Sophia "Mollie" Going Hughes, was September 19, 1875. She was married about 1896, husband's name Morrow. In 1946 she lived at Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Children born to them include:
Thomas A. Morrow born about 1898
Mary Morrow born about 1900
James Morrow born about 1903
Martha Jane Going, daughter of Eli Thomas Going and Jane M. Somerville Going, was born in Pickens County January 4, 1846. She died at age two November 7, 1848 and was buried in Franconia Cemetery.
John S. Going, son of Eli Thomas Going and Jane Somerville Going, was born in Pickens County April 5, 1848. He appeared on the roster of the Oak Grove Presbyterian Church between 1863 and 1873. He was married about 1871 to Nannie Wilson. He was a bondsman for the marriage of his brother, William Samuel Going to E. S. Johnston April 9, 1887, according to Pickens County marriage records. He died in Birmingham in September 1922.
Children born to John S. Going and Nannie Wilson Going include:
Howard Wilson Going born November 14, 1884
Evelyn Going born June 6, 1889
Augusta Going born about 1895
Howard Wilson Going, son of John S. Going and Nannie Wil-son Going, was born November 14, 1884. He was married about 1907, wife's name Rose. In 1946 they lived in Oak Park, Illinois.
Children born to Howard Wilson Going and Rose Going in-clude:
Paul Going born about 1910
Mariam Going born about 1915
Augusta Going, daughter of John S. Going and Nannie Wilson Going, was born about 1895. She was married about 1918 to Paul Sherman.
Children born to them include:
Jane Sherman born about 1921
Evelyn Going, daughter of John S. Going and Nannie Wilson Going, was born June 6, 1889. She was married about 1910, husband's name Webster. In 1946 she lived in Hamilton, On-tario.
William Samuel Going, son of Eli Thomas Going and Jane Somerville Going, was born in Pickens County January 22, 1851. "W. S. Going" was married to Elizabeth S. Johnston April 9, 1887. Signing the marriage bond was John S. Going, Alfred Elijah Going and Eli Lockert Going, his brothers. He was an early-day member of the First Presbyterian Church of Birmingham, according to "Some Early Alabama Churches." He died in Birmingham.
Children born to William Samuel Going and Elizabeth S. Johnston Going include:
Clarence Johnston Going born January 25, 1888
Clarence Johnston Going, son of William Samuel Going and Elizabeth S. Johnston Going, was born in Birmingham January 25, 1888. He was married about 1912 to Louise Thornbury. He continued there in 1946 at 1117 S. 10th Street.
Children born to Clarence Johnston Going and Louise Thorn-bury Going include:
William Going born about 1914
Alan Going born about 1917
Job Going, son of Eli Thomas Going and Jane M. Somerville Going, was born at Pleasant Grove November 29, 1852. A biographical sketch of him is included in "Notable Men of Alabama" by Dubose. According to the sketch, he was a name-sake of his grandfather, Job Isaac Going. He appeared on the roster of Oak Grove Presbyterian Church from 1863 to 1873.
On December 9, 1880, Job Going was married to Maude Slaughter, daughter of Samuel Slaughter and Mary Slaughter of Petersburg, Tennessee. In 1882 he went to work for Drennan & Company, a mercantile firm in Birmingham.
In 1890, Job Going removed to Pratt City, Alabama, later ex-tinct, where he became a merchant and an elder in the Presbyte-rian church. Maude Slaughter Going died January 26, 1920, and he died in Birmingham December 2, 1927.
His obituary was published in a Birmingham newspaper:
"Job Going, 75, pioneer citizen of Birmingham, died at his residence, 1125 Louise Street, South at 7:30 a.m. Friday. He was ill two weeks, following a breakdown.
Surviving are four sons: Walter and Hugh Going of Birmingham; Raymond and Herbert of California; one brother, W. S. Going and several nephews. His wife, Maude Slaughter Going died January 26, 1920.”
Job Going was born at Pleasant Grove, Pickens County, Alabama, November 30, 1852. He came to Birmingham in 1883 and had lived here since. For years he engaged in the merchandising business in Pratt City, making many friends.
He manifested an interest in the affairs of this section and was elected to the Jefferson County Board of Rev-enue in 1904 and was reelect for a second term, being chosen president of the board. He was an ardent worker in the position, and many developments started at that time throughout the county are to be credited to his vi-sion. At the time of his death, he was engaged with his sons in the road machinery business, being president of Going Road Machinery Company, Inc.
Mr. Going was an elder of the Second Presbyterian Church of Birmingham, a member of the Knights of Pythias and Woodmen of the World. The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Second Presby-terian Church, 12th Street at 10th Avenue, South, with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Henry S. Going, Clarence J. Going, Rhodes Boykin, nephews; Gardner Sommerville, W. G. Spence, James D. Duncan, R. B. Coleman, Dr. John Douglass and Charles Morgan. Honorary pallbearers are the elders and deacons of the Second Presbyterian Church and members of the Pratt City Knights of Pythias Lodge."
Children born to Job Going and Maude Slaughter Going in-clude:
Herbert Watson Going born October 8, 1882
Walter Somerville Going born December 2, 1884
Raymond Eli Going born August 8, 1889
Hugh Campbell Going born Sept. 15, 1892
Herbert Watson Going, son of Job Going and Maude Slaughter Going, was born about 1882, probably in Birmingham. He was a partner with his father in Pratt City in a mercantile business. He was married to Ruth Danahoe September 10, 1915. In 1917 they lived in Calexico, California.
Children born to Herbert Watson Going and Ruth Danahoe
Going include:
Betty Edmunds Going born in 1917
Walter Somerville Going, son of Job Going and Maude Slaughter Going, was born December 2 1884, probably in Birmingham. He attended Auburn College. He was married January 1, 1919 to Helen Margaret Newhall.
Children born to Walter Somerville Going and Helen Margaret Newhall include:
Walter Sommerville Going, Jr. born October 1, 1919
Grace Margaret Going born November 16, 1923
Raymond Eli Going, son of Job Going and Maude Slaughter Going, was born August 8, 1889, probably in Birmingham. He was married about 1926 to Jessie Woodward Jones. He died September 18, 1929. No children were born to Raymond Eli Going and Jessie Woodward Jones Going.
Hugh Campbell Going, son of Job Going and Maude Slaughter Going, was born September 15, 1892, probably in Birmingham. He was married July 2, 1921 to Alice B. Wheeler. He died December 23, 1929 in Birmingham.
Children born to Hugh Campbell Going and Alice B. Wheeler Going include:
Hugh Campbell Going, Jr. born October 16, 1925
Eli Lockert Going, son of Eli Thomas Going and Jane M. Somerville Going, was born February 10, 1855 in Pickens County. He was a bondsman for the marriage of his brother, William Samuel Going April 9, 1887, according to Pickens County marriage records. He died January 31, 1922.
Alfred Elijah Going, son of Job Isaac Going and Rebecca Lockert Going, was born March 4, 1819 in Chester District, South Carolina. He was brought to Tuscaloosa County, Al-abama in 1823. He was mentioned as an heir in the estate of his father which was administered in 1834. His family removed to Pickens County, Alabama in 1835.
He was married to Miss Marion A. Wigginton September 5, 1841 at Princeton, Kentucky, according to Caldwell County Marriage Book 2, as abstracted in "First Caldwell County, Kentucky Marriage Books." Marriage Record Books 1-21 were transcribed by E. Arwana Kyle for the volume. Marion A. Wigginton Going was born May 25, 1818.
"Marion S. Going" appeared on the roll of Oak Grove Pres-byterian Church in Pickins County in 1843. He appeared on the membership roster of Oak Grove Presbyterian Church be-tween 1853 and 1860.
On December 16, 1854 Alfred Elijah Going received land in Section 13, Township 22, Range 14W in Pickens County. The land grant was recorded in "Tuscaloosa Land Office Reg-ister," according to "Old Tuskaloosa Land Office Records & Military Warrants, 1821-1855" by Marilyn Davis Barefield.
He became totally blind by 1857, according to a letter written February 3, 1857 by his uncle, Isaac Going of Union District.
Marion A. Wigginton Going died July 6, 1881 and was buried in Franconia Cemetery, Franconia, Alabama. Alfred Elijah Going joined his brothers Eli Lockert Going and John S. Going as bondsmen on a marriage application of W. S. Going and Elizabeth S. Johnston April 9, 1887. He died February 27, 1896 and was buried beside his wife.
Children born to Alfred Elijah Going and Marion A. Wigginton Going include:
Rebecca Jane Going born in 1842
Mary Bell Going born August 29, 1844
Susan Augusta Going born in 1847
John Job Going born December 25, 1848
Thomas Henry Going born January 9, 1851
Emily Augusta Going born in 1855
Martha Josephine Going born July 29, 1859
Rebecca Jane Going, daughter of Alfred Elijah Going and Marion A. Wigginton Going, was born in 1842. She was bap-tized October 25, 1842, according to the records of Oak Grove Presbyterian Church. She was married about 1866 to J. W. Bridges.
Mary Bell Going, daughter of Alfred Elijah Going and Marion A. Wigginton Going, was born August 29, 1844 in Pickens County. She was admitted to the Oak Grove Presbyterian Church about 1863. On December 26, 1871, she was married to E. G. Mobley who was born January 8, 1836. E. G. Mobley, who died September 28, 1896, and she was remarried about 1900, husband's name Freeman. She died January 1, 1916 and was buried in Bethany Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Pick-ens County, located five miles east of Aliceville, Alabama, ac-cording to "Mississippi Cemetery and Bible Records," Vol. 5.
Susan Augusta Going, daughter of Alfred Elijah Going and Marion A. Wigginton Going, was born September 23, 1846 and was baptized as an infant April 1, 1847 at Oak Grove Presbyte-rian Church. She died October 18, 1851 at age five and was buried in Franconia Cemetery.
John Job Going, son of Alfred Elijah Going and Marion A. Wigginton Going, was born December 25, 1848. He died at age three February 24, 1852 and was buried in Franconia Cemetery.
Thomas Henry Going, son of Alfred Elijah Going and Marion A. Wigginton Going, was born January 9, 1851 in Pickens County. He died at age 16 March 22, 1867 and was buried in Franconia Cemetery.
Emily Augusta Going, daughter of Alfred Elijah Going and Marion A. Wigginton Going, was born in 1855 in Pickens County. She was married about 1875 to Edward E. Rose who was born in 1855 in Greene County, Alabama. They removed to Fayette, Alabama before 1880. He later served as mayor of Fayette. She died there in 1943, and he died there in August 1953.
Children born to them include:
James Edward Rose born about 1877
Thomas Alfred Rose born about 1880
William Rose born in 1890
Ernestine Rose born about 1894
Martha Josephine Going, daughter of Alfred Elijah Going and Marion A. Wigginton Going, was born July 29, 1859 in Pickens County. "Josephine Going" was baptized in 1860, according to the records of Oak Grove Presbyterian Church. She was married May 12, 1886 at age 26 to James K. Martin. Martha Josephine Going Martin died July 22, 1900 and was buried in Franconia Cemetery.
Mrs. W. S. Morrow, a descendant of Alfred Elijah Going and her husband were the only members of First Presbyterian Church of Aliceville 100 years after the founding of Oak Grove
Presbyterian Church who were descendants of the charter members of the church.
Rebecca Going, daughter of Job Isaac Going and Rebecca Lockert Going, was born about 1822, probably in Chester County. It is believed that she died before 1834 because she was not mentioned as an heir in the administration of her fa-ther's estate in that year.
Other unidentified members of the Going family appear in the records of Oak Grove Presbyterian Church:
Mahala Going was an early-day member of the church, [no dates given.]
Mrs. Maude Going were received into the congregation were received into the congregation between 1875 and 1882.
Teeny Going was received into the church September 22, 1839.
William I. Going was received into the congregation between 1853 and 1860.
Going Jay, Tyler Polk Jay, James Jay, Mary Jay and Lewis Jay were received into the church between 1863 and 1873.
Other members of the Going family appear in various Pickens County records:
Al Going was married to Mollie Wells December 24, 1886, according to "Pickens County, Alabama Marriages, 1881-1892." Children born to Al Going and Mollie Wells Going are unknown.
On the same day and probably in a double wedding, Lewis Going was married to Rebecca Wells December 24, 1886, according to "Pickens County, Alabama Marriages, 1881-1892." Of Lewis Going and Rebecca Wells Going nothing more is known.
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"Lewis Going" was mentioned in a report of First Lt. Charles W. Stratham, Lee's Battery, writing from prison camp. The report, carried in "War Department Series," Volume 2, concerned an engagement fought at Rich Mountain, West Virginia. The report was dated at Rich Mountain Pass June 13, 1861. Lt. Stratham mentioned that Lewis Going was "injured in the arm in a gallant defense of his battery which was overrun by superior forces."
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John Going, son of Drury Going and Sarah "Sallie" Baxter Going, was born January 10, 1774, probably in Chester District. Linda Goings, family historian, suggests that he was born in Camden District, Fairfield County.
He may have been the John Going was married April 7, 1806 to Mildred Eubanks in Columbia County, Georgia, according to "Columbia County, Georgia Marriage Records. 1787-1863." John Going died February 3, 1819.
Children born to John Going and Mildred Eubanks Going include:
Joseph Going born about 1790
Lucinda Going born about 1793
Joseph Going, son of John Going and Mildred Eubanks Going, was born about 1790 in Columbia County, 16 years before the marriage of his parents, according to Linda Goings.
Joseph Going was married to “Miss Jude Kindrick” No-vember 1, 1822 according to Columbia County Marri-age Book A, page 181. She is identified as the daughter of Austin Kendrick and Mary Wiley Kendrick. Joseph Going and Judith Kendrick Going lived in Columbia County until about 1850, then moved to Dougherty County, Georgia and then later to Worth County, Geor-gia.
"Judah Kendrick Going" was mentioned in "The Georgia Land Lottery Papers, 1805-1914," page 294:
"Columbia County, Lot 56-9 Lee. Addison Hassel, formerly Addison Kendrick [illegitimate child of Judah Kendrick, now Judah Going], his name having been changed by an act of the General Assembly, 1826 session, see Dawsons Digest, page 329, appoints Dr. Nathan Crawford as att'y for himself and Littleberry A. Kendrick of Alabama, to take out a grant to lot 56, 9th Dist. Lee County. Signed: Addison Hassel before James D. Green, J.P, 15 June 1843.
Pers. app'd. Addison Hassel, formerly Addison Kendrick, to claim Lot 56-9-1 of the 1827 Lottery, drawn by Judah Greene's illegitimate children, which was in error when entered and should have been Judah Kendrick's illegitimate children. Signed Addison Hassel before James D. Green, J.P, June 15, 1843."
Children born to Joseph Going and Judith Kendrick Going include:
John W. Going born in 1831
John W. Going, son of Joseph Going and Judith Kendrick Going, was born in Columbia County in 1831, according to the research of Linda Goings. He was married May 7, 1849 in Stewart County, Georgia to Nancy A. Nelson. “John W. Goins” was married to Nancy Nelson May 27, 1849, according to "Stewart County, Georgia Marriages. 1823-1864."
John W. Going served as a Confederate soldier from Worth County, Georgia during the Civil War, according to the research of Linda Goings.
Children born to John W. Going and Nancy A. Nelson Going include:
Jessie T. Goings born March 5, 1860
William D. Goings born August 14, 1862
Jessie T. Goings, son of John W. Going and Nancy A. Nelson Going, was born March 5, 1860. He was married about 1883 to Nettie A. Smith. He died March 9, 1834 in Moultrie, Georgia.
William D. Goings, son of John W. Going and Nancy A. Nelson Going, was born August 14, 1862. He was married to Ananet Abigail Smith, according to Linda Goings. He died February 23, 1934 in Moultrie.
Miss Lucinda Going was married to Nowell Kindrick, perhaps a brother of Jude Kindrick December 29, 1826, according to Columbia County Marriage Book A, page 206. She is regarded as a brother to Joseph Going by Linda Goings.
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Isaac Going, son of Drury Going and Sarah "Sallie" Baxter Going, was born April 28, 1775 in Chester District.
Isaac Going deeded 131 acres of land in April 1799 to Robert Love, according to Chester County Deed Book G, page 26.
In October 1801 Isaac Going deeded 27 acres to John Love, according to Chester County Deed Book H, page 444.
He was baptized at the June meeting of the Pacolet [later Skull Shoals] Baptist Church in 1803, and became a Mason in the same year, according to the research of Fredrick M. Tucker, a descendant of Duncan, South Carolina. He was married August 21, 1804 to Rebecca Palmer, seventh child of John W. Palmer and Martha "Patty" Williams Palmer of Union District, South Carolina. Rebecca Palmer Going was born February 1, 1789.
John W. Palmer was born September 6, 1753, according to the research of Ethel Weber Walling and Estelle Weber Dunbar. He was the son of William Palmer who was born February 18 1727 in N. Farnham Parish in Richmond County, Virginia.
William Palmer was the son of Robert Palmer and his second wife Martha Freeman who were married about 1724. Robert Palmer was the son of John Palmer who was born in Northumberland County, Virginia. John Palmer is regarded as the son of Thomas Palmer who was born in Great Britain about 1590 and emigrated to Virginia in 1621 aboard the
"Tyger."
Children born to John W. Palmer and Martha "Patty" Williams Palmer include:
Amasa Palmer born July 22, 1774
William Palmer born July 16, 1776
Ezekiel Palmer born November 9, 1778
John Palmer born February 13, 1780
Nancy Palmer born about 1783
Sallie Palmer born October 15, 1786
Rebecca Palmer born Febuary 1, 1789
Ellis Palmer born August 22, 1792
Rhoda Palmer born August 7, 1796
Rhoda Palmer was married about 1814 to Joseph McKissick, thought to be namesake of Isaac McKissick Going who was born September 2, 1818. Rhoda Palmer McKissick died October 25, 1882 at the age of 86.
A receipt was issued by James W. Darby, deputy clerk to Isaac Going January 4, 1808, "Rec'd of Mr. Isaac Gowing One Dollar for serving done in Pinckney. Office removed to Union."
Another receipt read, "Rec'd of Isaac Going Three Dollars in full of a debt due me by Isaac Going, Administrator of the Es-tate of Elijah Going. James Anderson, January 11, 1809."
On the same date, Isaac Going and his brother-in-law Larkin Asa Tindall posted a bond in connection with the guardianship of Thomas Going, minor. The child is believed to be a son of his deceased brother, Elijah Going and Mary Docea Going. The bond read:
"South Carolina
Know all men by these presents that we, Isaac Going and Asa Tindall are held & firmly bound to Joseph Brown, Ordinary of Chester District in the just and full Sum of Five Thousand Dollars to be paid to said Joseph Brown or his successors ordinary of the said District or their certain attorney or assigns to which payment well & truly to be made. we bind our selves & every of our ---- & every of our heirs, executors and administrators on the whole & for who jointly and severally by these presents Sealed & dated this Eleventh day of January of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and nine, the thirty-third year of American Independence.
The condition of this obligation is such that if the above bounded Isaac Goin shall carefully & lovingly bring up Thomas Going, infant son of Mary [Nancy?] Going Dec'd and during the time of his minority with necessary food & drink ---- ------- ----- & --- -- learning, according to his degree & ------- ---- ---- shall be guardian & tutor to the said Ward shall preserve him ----- --- ----- or loss of lands or goods as far as in him lies and all such portions as shall fall due to the said Ward ---- of the goods chattels of any person whatsoever shall pay & deliver to him when he shall come to age, to receive the same & the said shall happen to --- before that time & if the said Isaac Going do in such case pay such portion to whom-soever shall be entitled to the same by Law & Bond a just & true account of his said guardianship & I save harmless the said Ordinary on account of granting the said Letters Guardianship, then this obligation to be void or else to remain of force.
Isaac Going
Asa Tindall"
Rebecca Palmer Going was received into Skull Shoals Baptist Church in July 1804. Martha "Patty" Williams Palmer died August 19, 1813, and John Palmer died January 28, 1828, ac-cording to Thomas Baxter Going.
"Isaac Going" was a witness to the will of his mother November 4, 1814, according to Chester County Deed Book H, page 9. Isaac Going was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1830 census of Union District, page 182:
"Going, Isaac white male 50-60
white female 40-50
white male 20-30
white male 10-15
white male 10-15
white male 5-10
white female 5-10
white male 0-5
white male 0-5"
Isaac Going was shown as the owner of 11 slaves in the enu-meration, listed as:
"one female 55-100
one female 36-55
one male 36-55
four males 10-24
one female 10-24
two males 0-10
two females 0-10"
"Isaac Goings, Esquire," reappeared in the 1840 census of Union District, page 230. Seven members of the household were engaged in agriculture:
"Goings, Isaac, Esq. white male 60-70
white female 50-60
white female 15-20
white male 10-15
white male 5-10
white female 5-10
white male 0-5"
He owned eight slaves recorded as:
"one female 55-100
one male 36-55
one female 36-55
one male 24-36
two males 10-24
one female 10-24
one male 0-10"
In his later years Isaac Going had very poor eyesight. Rebecca Palmer Going died August 31, 1855. Isaac Going wrote a letter to his nephew Alfred Elijah Going February 3, 1857:
"Union District, South Carolina
February 3, 1857
To Alfred E. Going
Dear Nephew,
It is with the kindest feeling of respect that I undertake to answer your kind letter which came safe to hand. I was truly glad that you were prompted to write me so interesting a letter respecting my relatives. I believe yours is the first letter that I have received from the family; sometime I have heard of your verbally. I feel sorrow to hear of your blindness and can sympathize with you, for I know the lack of eyesight. I have not been totally blind as you, to be led about; the roads that I have been accustomed to travel I can of a light day make my way along with a staff.
My wife died last day of August 1855 after a few hours of sickness, we lived a long life together, we had eleven children. I will give you all their names. The first is Thomas Baxter, Sarah, John Madison, Elijah, Drury, Rhoda, Isaac Mack, William, Amasa Vernon, Elisha and the youngest is Martha Keron Happuch. Elijah, John and Isaac Mack are dead. I have six grandchildren married. I am eighty-two years old the 28th day of next April--if I should live to see it.
I joined the Baptist Church and was baptized June 1803, of which I have been a member ever since. I served the church as deacon forty-five years. During the time since I became acquainted with myself and blessed Redeemer, I have met with many a sore conflict, but by the grace of God enabling me I have continued to this day. I have served as an active magistrate twenty-four years. Three of my children joined the Baptist church, Thomas Baxter, John and Rhoda. Thomas Baxter is now acting deacon and clerk of the same church to which I am a member. I have three children living with me, two boys and one girl; the rest of them are married. As to this world's goods, their progress has not been so great as others, yet they are enabled to live.
Negro men rate from one thousand to twelve hundred dollars, likely young girls rate at nine hundred dollars. the price of land is from ten to twelve dollars an acre. We have had several bad crop years; corn brings 75c per bushel readily, flour eight dollars per barrel. Pork sells at 7c gross. Our country is nearly all cleared and worn out, but reclaimed land with proper cultivation produces tolerably well.
The settlement your father moved from does not look like the same country; the generation of people that then lived are near all dead and moved away, the country nearly cleared and covered with swarms of negroes.
Tell Joseph Cook that his old Uncle Josiah Cook is yet living and very rich without heirs, that he should do well to visit us next summer as he speaks of coming or any of the rest of the connections.
If these few lines should be so fortunate as to reach you, please write me on receipt of the same about all of the relations, who is dead and who is alive, who is rich and who is poor, and the current news of the country. I have one grandson who follows overseeing, spoke of visiting you this winter, wishes to know what he could get per year for overseeing in your country. I think he is declined going away till next winter.
I would be very glad if I could enjoy myself in your company, but I will never expect it as my days will soon be numbered according to the course of nature. I have lived a long time, can witness the assertion of the Scriptures where it says, "Many are the afflictions of the righteous, yet the Lord delivers them out of them all."
Please to write to whether Andrew McGuire received his pension of Merry McGuire, his grandfather.
I believe I have written most of the general news. I must come to a close shortly. I am bouyed up to think that I have not much longer to stay here in a state of blindness, but I expect a day soon when I shall be received up into heaven, when I shall not need these poor blind eyes to give sight, for the Lord God in his dazzling glory is the light of that place. I must come to a close by wishing you prosperity through life, and at last be received at the right hand of God.
Give my best wishes to all of my inquiring friends, so farewell.
Isaac Going"
Rebecca Palmer Going died August 1, 1855 at age 66 and was buried in the Going family cemetery in Union District. Isaac Going was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1860 census of Union County, page 236. Isaac Going died January 27, 1861, according to a letter written by Thomas Baxter Going March 16, 1879 and was buried beside his wife..
Eleven children were born to Isaac Going and Rebecca Palmer Going:
Thomas Baxter Going born May 13, 1806
Sarah Palmer Going born July 13, 1808
John Madison Going born July 14, 1810
Elijah Bobo Going born January 15, 1813
Drury Dobbins Going born November 24, 1815
Isaac McKissick Going born September 2, 1818
Rhoda Going born August 24, 1821
William George Washington Going
born July 17, 1824
Amasa Vernon "Mace" Going born January 30, 1827
Elisha Palmer Going born December 22, 1829
Martha Kerenhappuch Going born July 4, 1835
Fredrick M. Tucker wrote, "All birthdates above came from the Isaac Going bible, now destroyed. The dates were copied from it in 1879 by Thomas Baxter Going in Alabama and sent to my great-great-grandfather William George Washington Going in a letter, copies of which still exist. Death dates for some of their children also came from this bible."
Thomas Baxter Going, son of Isaac Going and Rebecca Palmer Going, was born May 13, 1806 in Union District. He was married February 20, 1825 to Elizabeth Vinson, his childhood sweetheart, according to Essie Clarice Joiner Oswalt, a descen-dant. She was born February 4, 1804 in Union District, ac-cording to Fredrick M. Tucker.
"Thomas B. Gowing" was enumerated in the 1830 census of Union County, page 183:
"Gowing, Thomas B. white male 20-30
white female 20-30
white female 0-5"
"Baxter Goings" was listed as the head of a household in the 1840 census of Union County, page 211, adjoining his brother "Drury Goings" and near "Nancy Goings," "John Goings" and his father "Isaac Goings, Esquire."
The head of the household was recorded as a "teacher and a
farmer." The family was composed of:
"Goings, Baxter white male 30-40
white female 30-40
white female 10-15
white male 5-10
white female 5-10
white female 0-5"
In 1855 Thomas Baxter Going was "acting deacon and clerk" of the Baptist Church, according to a letter written by his father.
"Baxter Going" was enumerated as the head of a household in
the 1860 census of Union County, page 226. He was mentioned as a resident of Union District in the probate application of his brother, Amasa Vernon "Mace" Going filed there November 23, 1866.
Elizabeth Vinson Going died in Union District July 18, 1865, according to Fredrick M. Tucker.
After her death, Thomas Baxter Going joined William M. Dabbs and Jim Inman in a wagontrain to remove to Huntsville, Alabama, according to Essie Clarice Joiner Oswalt.
"When they reached Walnut Grove, Alabama, they were forced to stop because a snow storm was in progress. They never reached Huntsville. They thought Walnut Grove was the Garden of Eden.
Being well-educated, Thomas Baxter Going organized a private school and taught the children from the 'Blue Back Speller.' He bought land and farmed, but he never recovered in all his 90 years from the loss of his beloved Beth who had died at Skull Shoals just before their departure."
Thomas Baxter Going wrote a letter to his brother, William George Washington Going March 16, 1879:
Walnut Grove, Etowah County, Ala.
March 16, 1879
Dear Brother,
By the Divine Providence of God, I am again permitted to write to you in answer of yours and also to send your request. We are today enjoying common health and also Dabbs and Inman are well as far as I know. We have had a very cold, wet winter with heavy freezes, but little snow. Gentle spring has come in with mild and pleasant weather. The farmers are busy engaged in preparing for another crop. There will be more guano used this year than has been any year previous. By that you can guess respecting the indebtedness of the people.
According to your request, I with pleasure send you a true list of ages as recorded in Father's Bible. I will begin with father and mother's. Isaac Going was born 28th day of April, 1775. Mother, Rebecca Palmer was born 1st day of February 1789 and was married the 21st day of August 1804. Father was baptized in the May meeting of the Pacolet Church in 1803, and also the same year joined the Masonic fraternity.
Thomas Baxter Going was born the 13th day of May
1806.
Sarah Palmer Going was born the 13th day of July
1808.
John Madison Going was born the 14th day of July 1810 and died the 25th day of July 1844. He lived 34 years and 10 days.
Elijah Bobo Going was born on Friday, 15th day of January, 1813 and died the 16th day of February 1827. He lived 14 years and 32 days.
Drury Dobbins Going was born on Friday, 24th day of November 1815.
Isaac McKissick Going was born Wednesday, 2nd day of September 1818. He died in Pickens County, Al-abama the 10th day of August 1840; he wanted 23 days of being 22 years old.
Rhoda Going was born Friday, 24th day of August 1821
William George Washington Going was born on Saturday, 17th day of July 1824 at 35 minutes past 8 o'clock in the morning.
Amasa Vernon Going was born Tuesday, 30th day of January 1827, 45 minutes past 6 o'clock in the evening.
Elisha Palmer Going was born on Tuesday, 22nd day of December 1829, ten minutes past 6 o'clock in the evening.
Martha Keren Happuch Going was born Thursday, 4th day of July 1835.
The death of Father and Mother stands recorded thus--Rebecca Going departed this life the first day of August 1855, aged 66 years and 6 months. Isaac Going departed this life the 27th day of January 1861, aged 85 years and 9 months and one day.
Drury Going departed this life the 22nd day of February 1796 in the 47th year of his age. He died on the road coming home from Charleston with his wagon and team. He lacked 3 days drive of reaching home when he died. He was hauled home and buried at home. Sarah Going departed this life 22nd day of April 1820 in the 69th year of her age.
Patty or Martha Palmer departed this life 19th day of August 1813 in the 59th year of her age. John Palmer departed this life 28th day of January 1828.
In looking over I find the date of Elisha P. Going's death as 16th day of July 1864 by a cannon ball near Fussels Mill in the New Market fight, Henry County, Va. Now, dear brother, you can record the dates I have given you in your large family Bible so that your children and grandchildren may hand down their fore father's posterity. The Going is of Irish on Mother's side English and Dutch.
I was pleased to hear of the well doing of your children. I have not heard a word about Eva. Is she dead? Eunice sent her likeness to her. Eunice says she would like to enjoy Eva's company again. I am getting old and feeble near 73 years old. I have not had good health since last July. When I feel able, I go out and work a little. I feel better with exercise. I gain, but the least cold throws me back.
I am what is called a Licentiate Preacher. I don't go about much, but if it is the Lord's will, when the weather becomes warm I wish to visit the churches around. Religion is at a very low ebb at this time owing to so many divisions of profession--three kinds of Baptists, Missionary, Primitive or commonly called Hard Shells. Two years ago they divided and called it The Church of Christ being wonderfully opposed to all benevolent institutions of the day, especially the Masonic fraternity and Sabbath Schools. Their chief doctrine is that of Election and reprobation and non-fellowship with all who do not coincide with their Views. There are two kinds of Methodists--North and South. They divided during the war--they have no fellowship with each other. Then there are the Seventh Day Adventists and Soul Sleeping Baptists. I could not give a full history of their doctrines in the space I have to write. They make proselytes owing to the unlearned and unread of many of the people. I hope you and all the boys that have grown up have made to rejoice in Jesus Christ the Savior. Let us pray for each other as all are dead of father's family that if we never meet again, we will try to meet together with our friends in Heaven.
Farewell,
Thomas B. Going
To W.G.W. Going and children
All write soon.
P. S. I received a letter from James DuPre a few days ago who says these are hard times. All well. Intends moving back to Alabama next fall from Georgia. What has become of Walter Morehead?
died May 9, 1896 in Blount County, Al-abama, according to the "Weekly Union Times." He was buried in Harmony Cemetery near Altoona, Alabama.
Four children were born to them:
Winnie Adeline Going born July 17, 1827
James McIsaac Going born January 4, 1832
Lucinda Christina Atlas Going born January 8, 1836
Eunice Going born in June 1839
Winnie Adeline Going, daughter of Thomas Baxter Going and Elizabeth Vinson Going, was born July 17, 1827. She was married to John Inman, Jr. of Union District, South Carolina about 1845, according to Terry Jackson. She died June 25, 1909.
James McIsaac [McKissick?] Going, son of Thomas Baxter Going and Elizabeth Vinson Going, was born January 4, 1832. A "James Going" was in the Seventh South Carolina Confederate Cavalry Regiment in the Civil War with his uncle, William George Washington Going. He died in July 1908.
Lucinda Christina Atlas Going, daughter of Thomas Baxter Going and Elizabeth Vinson Going, was born January 8, 1836 in Union District. She was married to William Dabbs February 28, 1856 in Union District. He was born there August 29, 1827. He died in 1908 at Kelton, South Carolina, and she died at Marietta, Georgia in 1915.
Children born to William Dabbs and Lucinda Christina Atlas Going Dabbs include:
Mariah Sims Dabbs born April 12, 1857
Mariah Sims Dabbs, daughter of William Dabbs and Lucinda Christina Atlas Going Dabbs, was born April 12, 1857 at Pa-colet, South Carolina. She was married January 1, 1874 to Coleman Haynes who was born February 29, 1851 at Flat Creek, Georgia. She died at Walnut Grove, Alabama December 24, 1890, and he died there January 14, 1913.
Children born to them include:
Ara Atlas Haynes born February 23, 1883
Ara Atlas Haynes, daughter of Coleman Haynes and Marian Sims Dabbs Haynes, was born February 23, 1883. She was married November 11, 1900 to Rev. Charles William Joiner who was born August 15, 1879 at Cullman, Alabama. He died January 30, 1951, and she died June 29, 1956 at Cullman.
Children born to them include:
Essie Clarice Joiner born January 5, 1908
Essie Clarice Joiner, daughter of Rev. Charles William Joiner and Ara Atlas Haynes Joiner, was born January 5, 1908 at Boaz, Alabama. She was married October 19, 1930 at Cullman to Loyd Clifton Oswalt. She affiliated with D.A.R. in 1965 on the basis of the Revolutionary service of Drury Going.
In 1992 and in 1997 Essie Clarice Joiner Oswalt, a member of Gowen Research Foundation, lived at Tuskeegee, Alabama.
Eunice Going, daughter of Thomas Baxter Going and Elizabeth Vinson Going, was born in June 1839 in Union District.
Sarah Palmer Going, daughter of Isaac Going and Rebecca Palmer Going, was born July 13, 1808 in Union District. She was married January 5, 1826 to Willis Vinson. She was mentioned in the probate application of her brother, Amasa Vernon "Mace" Going filed in Union District November 23, 1866. She, apparently a widow, lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee at that time. She died there in Hamilton County, Tennessee February 9, 1875 and was buried there in Tyner Baptist Church Cemetery. Six children were born to them.
An entry in the family bible read, "Elijah Vinson departed this life 3 day of May 1887. He died in Georgia where he lived several years. He was a son of Willis & Sariah Vinson."
John Madison Going, son of Isaac Going and Rebecca Palmer Going, was born July 14, 1810 in Union District. "John Go-ings," a bachelor living alone, was enumerated on page 223 of the Union County census of 1840. He was listed as a teacher, age "30-40." He died there July 25, 1844, unmarried.
Elijah Bobo Going, son of Isaac Going and Rebecca Palmer Going, was born January 15, 1813 in Union District. He died there at age 14, February 16, 1827.
Drury Dobbins Going, son of Isaac Going and Rebecca Palmer Going, was born November 24, 1815 in Union District. He was married about 1838 to Sarah Spears.
"Drury Goings" was the head of a household in the 1840 census of Union County, page 211. He was a farmer. The household was enumerated as:
"Goings, Drury white male 20-30
white female 20-30
white female 0-5"
He was remarried about 1857 to Elizabeth Wyatt. He was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1860 census of Union County, page 226.
On November 23, 1866, he applied for the administration of the estate of his brother, Amasa Vernon Going who was killed in Civil War service in December 1864, perhaps in the Battle of Nashville. The application was refused.
Drury Dobbins Goings was married for a third time in 1870 to Mrs. Miriam Sharp Adams Fowler Bentley as her fourth husband.
Children born to Drury Dobbins Going and Sarah Spears Going include:
Eliza Doshea Going born August 21, 1839
James M. Going born about 1842
William Isaac Peeler Going born about 1844
Rebecca Going born about 1846
Children born to Drury Dobbins Going and Elizabeth Wyatt
Going include:
John Smith Going born June 21, 1859
William Beauregard Going born May 9, 1861
Elisha R. Going born March 29, 1863
Children born to Drury Dobbins Going and Miriam Sharp Adams Fowler Bentley Going include:
Mary Elizabeth Going born March 1, 1871
Jacob A. Going born August 26, 1873
Abram Egbert Going born November 11, 1875
Eliza Doshea Going, daughter of Drury Dobbins Going and Sarah Spears Going, was born August 21, 1839 in Union Dis-trict. She was enumerated in the 1840 census of her father's household as a "white female, 0-5." She died February 16, 1913, according to Fredrick M. Tucker.
James M. Going, son of Drury Dobbins Going and Sarah Spears Going, was born about 1842. He died August 19, 1861 in Confederate military hospital in Charlottesville, Virginia.
William Isaac Peeler Going, son of Drury Dobbins Going and Sarah Spears Going, was born about 1844. He died about 1886.
Rebecca Going, daughter of Drury Dobbins Going and Sarah Spears Going, was born about 1846. She was deceased by 1860.
John Smith Going, son of Drury Dobbins Going and Elizabeth Wyatt Going, was born June 21, 1859 in Union District. He died December 29, 1928.
William Beauregard Going, son of Drury Dobbins Going and Elizabeth Wyatt Going, was born May 9, 1861. He died July 29, 1911.
Elisha R. Going, son of Drury Dobbins Going and Elizabeth Wyatt Going, was born March 29, 1863 in Union District. He died April 24, 1932.
Mary Elizabeth Going, daughter of Drury Dobbins Going and Miriam Sharp Fowler Bentley Going, was born March 1, 1871. She died February 14, 1931.
Jacob A. Going, son of Drury Dobbins Going and Miriam Sharp Fowler Bentley Going, was born August 26, 1873. He died April 23, 1876.
Abraham Egbert Going, son of Drury Dobbins Going and Miriam Sharp Fowler BEntley Going, was born November 11, 1875. He died April 23, 1876.
Isaac McKissick Going, son of Isaac Going and Rebecca Palmer Going, was born September 2, 1818 in Union District. He died unmarried August 10, 1840, at age 21, in Pickens County, Alabama and was buried there in Franconia Cemetery.
Rhoda Going, daughter of Isaac Going and Rebecca Palmer Going, was born August 24, 1821 in Union District. She was married about 1840 to Richard Page. They were mentioned in the probate application of her brother, Amasa Vernon "Mace" Going filed in Union District November 23, 1866. She died there March 12, 1871, at age 49. She was buried at Flat Rock Methodist Church in Union County. She was the mother of four.
William George Washington Going, son of Isaac Going and Rebecca Palmer Going, was born July 17, 1824 at Kelton, South Carolina in Union District, according to his family bible.
He was married September 16, 1847 in Union County to Nancy Manerva Jane Dupree who was born in South Carolina June 3, 1827, the first of 19 children of William Griffin DuPree and Julia Ann Fields Shaw DuPree. He became a farmer and a merchant in the Pea Ridge section of Union District.
Nancy Manerva Jane Dupree joined the Baptist Church at Pa-colet Shoals, South Carolina in 1845 and was baptized in the Pacolet River, according to the family bible record published in "Old Southern Bible Records" by Memory Aldridge Lester.
"William Going" was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1860 census of Union County, page 226. Nearby was a household which included "Sarah Going," page 277.
William George Washington Going served on a Coroner's Jury which investigated a bizarre murder January 6, 1862, according to "The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research," Vol. 18:
"An Inquisition indented taken at Mastin Comer's in Union District 6 January 1862 before G. S. Gregory, Magistrate, acting as coroner, upon the dead body of Mastin Comer by the oaths of John P. McKissick, Robert Lawson, Wm. Goins, Ebenezer Fowler, Stephen Fowler, Joseph Kelly, Wm. D. Gault, Jackson Hames, Augustus Wood, Smith Cook, Wm. Sprouse, and Washington Gault, being a lawful Jury of Inquest, do say from evidence herewith annexed that the deceased came to his death by a wound inflicted in the head by Seaborn Woolbright with a knife in the public road near J. P. Porter's some 5 or 6 weeks previous to this date which caused the death of Mastin Comer.
Signed and sealed by G. S. Gregory, magistrate. acting Coroner, John P. McKissick, foreman, Robert Lawson, W. G. W. Going, Ebenezer Fowler, Stephen Fowler, Joseph Kelly, A. J. Hames, Wm. D. Gault, A. G. Wood, Smith Cook, Wm. Sprouse and G. W. Gault.
Summons issued to Franklin Vaughn, special constable, to notify the jury to appear at Mastin Comer's between the hours of 5 and 6 oclock on 6 January 1862. Signed 6 January 1862 by G. S. Gregory, Magistrate. acting as Coroner.
The State vs Seaborn Woolbright--felony. Wiley Wood, Doct. S. P. Simpson and J. P. Porter--Witnesses on examination at Inquest.
Wiley Wood sworn says that he was with Mastin Comer the day previous to his death some 4 or 5 hours and that he complained some, witness has been with him more or less ever since he received a wound in the forehead with a knife, that the deceased would not talk and acted as tho he was an Eidet [idiot], that before he was wounded in the head he talked very freely and did not appear to be so dull. Witness was not with him when he received the wound, but found him at work in the field the next morning and persuaded him to quit and go to his house, deceased appeared to be in a great deal of misery, was bleeding freely at the nose. Dated 6 January 1862 and signed by Wiley Wood.
Doct. Samuel P. Simpson sworn, says that he opened the wound on the head of Mastin Comer, deceased, and is of the opinion that the wound caused his death. Dr. Simpson was called on by G. S. Gregory, magistrate, acting as coroner, to perform the postmortem examination. Signed 6 Jan. 1862 by S. J. Simpson.
Jidathan Porter sworn, states that he was present and saw Seaborn Woolbright stick a knife in the head of Mastin Comer deceast, and that the knife blade broke loose from the handle and remained in the wound and had to be drawn with a pair of strong nipers. Witness does not recollect the day of the month but thinks it was at least 5 or 6 weeks previous to this date. Dated 6 January 1862 and signed by J. P. Porter."
William George Washington Going was enlisted March 10, 1863 in Company C, Seventh South Carolina Cavalry Regiment commanded by Col. A. C. Haskell in the Civil War. He wrote his family June 15, 1863:
Camp near Madden Station
in 10 miles of Richmond
Hanover County, Va.
June 15th day 1863, Monday morning
Dear wife and children,
I seat myself to write to you to let you know that I am still well and hearty as yet--hoping that when you re-ceive this letter, it may find you all well. We here of course see a hard time of it, but no more that I expected when I left home. We are falling back slowly. We come here at this [place] on the 13th of June. We don't know how long we will stay here.
The yankees are advancing from Yorktown and Williamsburg on the roads and on James River & the Permunkey River and Chickhommana. We are falling back off the Bernenlere in order to get a chance at them. We are getting a re-enforcement here now. We have 9 calvary companies camped near here. We got four more regiments of infantry yesterday, 3 regiments of North Carolinians and one from VA.
Col. Dabb's pickets and yankee pickets had a little fight day before yesterday. We lost one man killed and two taken prisoner. The yankees, 3 killed and one taken prisoner. I can state to you and my friends that one the 6th of June we had a sever crumber[?] at King Williams Court House, that was our squadron and the 150 infantry--the yankees which we killed were 3 and wounded 2 and taken 3 prisoners. Our loss was one man shot through the thigh. I never heard bullets whizz around me as fast as that did for a few minutes. We all thought a while back that we would not have much more fighting to do here, but now it is a daily thing. We have a heap of picket fighting here now. I take note of all the movements that is made. It is my opinion that we will have a fight close by here in a short time. Gen[?] Wise will fight if they will let him. He got orders from Gen. Ensley to fall back to this place where we are stationed now. I think that we can stand our ground
now with them.
This is a fine country for fish, we get as much fish as we want. This is a great wheat country, the best wheat I have ever saw, but the yankees down where we left are destroying everything before them. I am sorry for the women and children for it was hard before, but now it is worse. The ladies treat us well in our travels. If they have anything to eat, they generally give us some. Some of the men who are out of service here are more like hogs than men.
We have cavalry fighting here every day. I hope to God that I may live to go through safe and every man in our company. We get along like brothers. We had a fine sermon preached to us last Sunday by a Presbyterian preacher. I want you to write to me when you get a let-ter from your father and when you have heard from any of your brothers or when you have heard from A. V. Going or E. P. Going. I have not heard from any of them in some time, but it may be that some of them may be close by us.
I got $91.20 the other day. I paid $75 toward my horse. I hear that cows are selling at home from one hundred to two hundred dollars. I want you to take care of all your cows. Butter is selling here at $3 per pound, $2 per gallon for buttermilk and $4 for a common chicken. I paid $2 the other morning for my breakfast. We get at this time coarse corn meal and bacon--that is what we are drawing. But we get plenty of fish. James Going [James McKissisk Going, his nephew and son of his brother, Thomas Baxter Going] is well. He went fishing yesterday and got a fine mess of fish, and James Going found a bee tree which we got lots of honey out of it. If it was not for this war, it would be one of the best coun-tries to live in I ever saw. The land is just good anuff and the great fields of clover, this is a low, flat country, the tide water runs up all these rivers. I was on picket on the Pormunkey River last week at Treaiters Ferry. I caught 14 fine fish. I live well up here, certain.
I have to go on picket again in the morning. We have to picket near the yankees. Crops are very late here and little wheat is planted. There is not more than one half of the land planted here and what is stands a chance to be destroyed.
I want you to write to me as soon as you get this letter and write to me about your farm. I hope that you will get all of your wheat safe. Try to make all the corn you can and write how much molasses cane you planted and if you have the rice planted or not and plant all the best corn land peas and I would like to hear from your gar-den. I hope that you will make plenty to live on.
My Dear Children, you all must be good to your Mother and learn your books every Sunday and be good to each other and be good to all your friends.
Give my best respects to all inquiring friends. Write in your next letter who is set to go to the war or now is gone. I heard that was good many more had to go in service. Now is the time for every man to do his duty if he ever intends to do it for we need all we can get now. I had as bad a chance to leave as any man ever did. I am willing to do my duty as any man and do it. I know it is hard for every man to leave home, but the people don't know anything hard times at home to what the people do here, and I hope they never will know for I have seen more fine farms and fine houses burned and destroyed
that is in Union District.
Write how George Washington [his one-year son and namesake] is and if the boy grows any or not, and if your fruit hit or not. There is lots of fruit here this year. Be sure to write when you get this letter, and if you need anything to live on, you must buy it, and write how your corn is holding out. I hope that you will have enough to do you. Put a shoat in the pen and see if you can't make a fine hog out of it. I hope the yankees may never get in Union. Here I send you three postage stamps, ten cent stamps.
So I must come to a close. Farewell, my Dear Wife and Children, I hope to see you all again. Tell Alley Howdy and be a good boy and mind his mistress and make all he can, and when I come home I will give him a present if he will be a good boy. God bless you all.
Wm. G. W. Going
To Nancy Going & Children"
He wrote again July 11, 1863:
"Camp War Bottoms Bridge
in Henrico County
Saturday morning, July 11 day, 1863
Dear Wife,
I take my pen in hand this morning to let you know and the childrens that I am well at this time. Hopeing when you get this it may be fine with you and all the childrens well. I received your letter the other day which was dated 22nd of June. Which I was sorry to learn that Fa-ther Griffen was dead. I was in hope to see him once more in this life, but he has gone home out of this troubles some world. I just believe that he has gone to heaven. We are all got to die. I want you to take care of your self and not grieve your self two much, and try to keep up for you are all of my dependent in this world to raise my dear little children.
I hope to God that you and all of my dear little children may have good health, that I may see you and all of my dear little children once more. Of course, I see a hard time of it, but no more than any other soldier does. I have had my health as I ever did in my life, but about two weeks which I had the dysentery. I have got stout again, and I weigh more than I ever did in my life. I weigh 178 pounds.
Well, the yankeys are all gone from the white houses near this place, we have been taking several yankeys as prisoners. They say we are gaining down to York Town and to Washington City. I understand that the yankeys are got to Vicksburg. I am sorry to hear that. I heard last night that the yankeys had attacked Charleston. I understand that Lee is falling back from Tennessee. A week ago we all thought we had the yankeys whipped, but our men are low down now. I am in hopes that we will hear some good news in a few days again to help our feelings. Lee has captured a great many yankeys in Maryland and Penn. He has done a great deal of good there on our side. I have been over several battle grounds. The yankeys bones are laying like old horses bones all over the ground. I have seen several where they were shot down. All of the bones were like a horse or any beast. Dead at Gains Mill beats any place. I saw in some square pits where they threw them in, arm bones are sticking out of the ground and threw a little dirt over them. I have seen as many as three in one grave of our men, with head to their graves. It is no more to see a dead man here than to see a dead dog at home.
Tell all of the boys that it does me good that they are working so well this summer, and I am glad to hear that you have got everything growing to live on. I wish I had some of your Irish potatoes and beans and greens. Nancy, I went out yesterday to buy some vegetables for our mess. I gave for butter $2 per lb. I gave $1 per quart for Irish potatoes and $1 for one dozen cucumbers and $1 per dozen squashes, and 50 cents for a quart of butter milk, and was glad to get it at that. We get plenty of bacon. We drawed out rashings yesterday. We got crackers in place of meal. We got some rice and salt.
We are looking to hear of a march somewhere in a day or two. I want you to write to me whether you have got any salt or not. And how your corn are holding out and try to get out your wheat and have all your straw taken care of. If you haven't got no shoat in the pen, put you one in the pen, and it will make you a good hog.
I don't want you to be uneasy about me not having something to eat, for if it is to be had, I intend to have it. I don't believe in dieing hungry, for I don't know how soon it may be. I have got some cloth[e]s to send home. If I ever get a chance. I have got a nice cap to send Elijah Vernon [his third son, age 10]. I have got plenty of coats. I need a pair of cotton pants and a hat. Be sure and send my hat by Doctor Little. I understand the old regt. South Carolina are going to North Carolina. E. P. Going promised me that he would write to me before he went home. I don't know whether he has gone home or not. I am looking for a letter from him every day now. I haven't heard from any of your brothers in some time, or Mary Ann Page or Willis Page. I don't know whether Mary Ann are still at Richmond or not. I got a little clipping of the people in William Fowler's letter stating that you have heard from A. V. [Amasa Vernon, his brother] Going, but I can't make no since out of it. If you have heard from your mother, write all the news about them all, if you please. I want you to be sure to write to me whether John McKissicks got those notes and money I left for him to get. I wrote to you before about it, and you never give me no answer about it. I see in a little peace that came in Fowler's letter that Salley Vinson and her daughter has come in. If that is right, write to me. I don't want you to have anything to do with old Betts, but if she come in side of the Fort, or anywhere in side of my place, fight her as long as you have breath for she is a gambler, and a devil ain't her match. I hope to live to get to see them again. Betts is a lier.
I will write more, but I have to come to a close. From
W. G. W. Going
To Nancy Going and Family"
William George Washington Going was paroled April 10, 1865 after the surrender and was listed as a farmer at Kelton, South Carolina in 1866. Later he became a postmaster.
He was mentioned in the probate application of his brother, Amasa Vernon "Mace" Going filed in Union District November 23, 1866.
William George Washington Going was listed as the head of a household in the 1880 census of Union County, Enumeration District 158, page 21, Pinkney Township:
"Goings, William G. 55, born in SC
Nancy 52, born in SC
Evilina 30, born in SC
James D. 18, born in SC
Washington 17, born in SC
Gary 14, born in SC
Rhoda 11, born in SC
Oliver 9, born in SC
Hames, John S. 20, born in SC, nephew
Keturah 18, born in SC, niece
Louisa 16, born in SC, niece"
Nancy Manerva Jane Dupree Going died November 13, 1903 and was buried at Mt. Joy Baptist Church in Union County, according to "Union County, South Carolina Cemetery Records." The family bible recorded her passing as "Nov 13, Friday night, 1903, ten minutes after 9 o'clock, age 76 years, 6 months and 10 days old when she died. She jine the Baptis Church at Packolet on Skulls Sholes 1845 and was babtise in Packolet River by J. G. Kindrick. W.G.W. Going and Nancy Dupree was married on 16th day of September 1847. She had 10 boys and 3 girls. Nancy Manerva Jane Going was buried at Mt. Joy church Sonday, November 15, 1903."
William George Washington Going died October 7, 1915, at age 91, and was buried beside his wife at Mt. Joy Baptist Church, according to Fredrick M. Tucker, a great-great-grandson. The bible entry showed that his age was "91 years, 2 months & 20 days."
Children born to William George Washington Going and Nancy Manerva Jane Dupree Going include:
Mary Ann Rebecca Evelina Going
born October 25, 1848
William Mack Isaac Going born February 7, 1850
John Thomas Richard Going born August 16, 1851
Elijah Vernon Going born March 25, 1853
Julia Ann Frances Jane Going born Dec. 26, 1854
Butler Brooks Going born Feb. 25, 1856
David Anderson Going born May 30, 1858
James Daniel Lenard Going born May 5, 1860
George Washington Going born May 16, 1862
Robert Lee Going born Dec. 26, 1864
Joseph Bight Gary Going born April 10, 1866
Rhoda Cornelia Alice Sarah Elizabeth Going