Edmund Gawf[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
1794 - Aft 1880 (> 87 years)
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Name Edmund Gawf [10, 11, 12] Birth 1794 North Carolina, USA 
[11, 13] Gender Male Death Aft 1880 Patriarch & Matriarch 
Person ID I85 1794 BARLOW-GAWF/GOFF (US-NC-WAK / US-TN-HEN) I-FTA50669 Last Modified 20 Oct 2023
Father FatherB, b. 1765 d. Yes, date unknown Relationship unknown Mother MotherX, b. 1765 d. Yes, date unknown Relationship unknown Family ID F100 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Jane Long, b. Abt 1796, North Carolina, USA d. Between 1870 and 1880 (Age 74 years)
Children 1. Edmund Gawf d. Yes, date unknown 2. Charlotte Gawf, b. Abt 1817, Tennessee d. Yes, date unknown3. GEORGE Washington Gawf, b. 1818, Tennessee, USA d. Jul 1904, Arkansas, USA (Age 86 years)▻ Mary Ann "Polly" Doss m. 23 Feb 1840▻ Mary Ann "Polly" Doss m. 23 Feb 18404. LOUIS Gawf, b. Abt 1819, Alabama, USA d. 1880, Henderson, Tennessee, USA (Age 61 years)5. NANCY Angeline Goff, b. Abt 1822, Alabama, USA d. 1889, Tennessee, USA (Age 67 years)6. ROBERT Gawf, b. Abt 1825, Alabama, USA d. 19 Sep 1864, Andersonville, Sumter, Georgia, USA (Age 39 years)7. GREEN B. Goff, b. Abt 1827, Tennessee, USA d. Bef 1860 (Age < 32 years)8. Elias Gawf, b. 1828, Tennessee, USA d. 1865 (Age 37 years)▻ Martha Spain m. 17 Apr 1850▻ Martha Spain m. 17 Apr 18509. Rhody Gawf, b. Abt 1832, Tennessee, USA d. Yes, date unknown10. Marilda Jane Gawf, b. Abt 1834, Tennessee, USA d. Aft 1880, Tennessee, USA (Age > 47 years)11. THOMAS W. or M. Gawf, b. Abt 1836, Tennessee d. Mar 1864 (Age 28 years)
[Father: related] [Mother: related]12. Elisha Gawf, b. Abt 1838, Tennessee, USA d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F11 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Oct 2023
Children 1. Rebecca Gawf, b. Abt 1847, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F3832 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Oct 2023
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Notes - Who is this? http://www.tnyesterday.com/books/gm/gm5-17.htm SETTLEMENT OF INSOLVENT ESTATES, 1867-1896
Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith
224-226. EDMOND GOFF, dec. M. A. MANESS, administrator. August 4, 1884.
There is an "Accounts Against Insolvent Estates Vol 1, 1878-1930 that might have the answer
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1940-712619-1-51?cc=1909088&wc=10930344 Is an Administrator's Bond for Edmond GOFF dated June 1882. M. AS. MANESS Administrator, Isaac DAVIS & J.R. EDGSAR also standing bond. The bond is for only $100 so the estate was probably not worth much.
Edmund could read/write and his name is fairly consistently spelled as GAWF.
Edmund T. GAWF chronology
born 1794 NC
1818 in TN for birth of Charlotte & George Washington GAWF (look for him in 1820 census)
1825 AL for birth of Robert??
1829-1838 TN for births of children
1830 Henderson Co., TN census
1837, 42 & 54 listed as JP in Henderson Co., TN
1850, 1860 censuses Henderson Co., Dist 12, TN
1870 Lexington, Henderson Co., TN, Dist. 12
1874, June 1 administrator for L. B. STANFILL, Henderson Co., TN
1880 Dist. 12 Henderson Co., TN
1882 Henderson Co. - administrator's bond so he died close to this date
1830 Henderson Co.
Name: Gough/Gawf, Edmund
3 males under 5 (Robert. Green (?), Elias)
1 male 5-10 (Louis)
1 male 10-15 (George W.)
1 male 20-30 WHO IS THIS????? (b. 1800-1810, could be Lewis R. GOFF, or son that Turner says emigrated early to Texas)
1 male 30-40 (Edmund)
1 female 5-10 (unknown female) (b. 1820-1825, could be Nancy Angeline GOFF McCORMACK, one source says she's b. AL, another TN. That would be right. She does have a dau. named Marilda, which is an unusual name and she named a son Green Berry McCORMACK) She's living near Edmond in 1850
1 female 10-15 (Charlotte)
1 female 30-40 (Jane)
1840 Henderson Co., TN
2 males under 5 (Elisha, Thomas)
2 males 10-15 (Robert, 15; Green (?), 13; Elias 11)
1 male 15-20 (Louis, 20)
1 male 20-30 (George W., 22))
1 male 40-50 (Edmund, 44)
1 female under 5 (Matilda)
1 female 5-10 (Rhody, 8)
1 female 20-30 (Charlotte, 22)
1 female 40-50 (Jane, 44)
extra male so move Robert to 15-20 and either Louis or George (George is) are on own.
1850 Dist 12, Henderson Co., TN, p. 198 (178 of 259)
12-12GAWF (mis-indexed on Ancestry.com as GAUF),
Edmund 56, b. NC
Jane, 54, NC
Charlotte, 33, TN
Rhody 18 F, b. TN
Marilda, 16, b. TN
Thomas, 14, b. TN
Elisha, 12 F, b. TN
next door is
13-13GAWF, Robert, 25, b. AL; Anna M., 18, b. Tn; Henry 1, b. TN
and at 10-10 is
GAWF, George W. 33 ; Mary A., 32; John, 9; Nancy M. 7; Mary L. 3; William 5/12 everyone b. TN
1860 Dist 12 Henderson Co., TN Center Point PO (Image 20 of 27) (an Ancestry.com it's spelled GAWP)
E. GAWF 66 farmer, $1,500/$800, b. NC
Jane 65 b. NC can't read/write
Thomas 23, farmer Laborer b. TN
Elisha 21 farm laborer, b. TN
Joshua POLL 8, b. MS (in 1868 his dau. Marilda married a Joshua POOL)
E.W. POLL, 5 male, b. MS
Agnes EDGAR 24 , b. TN (future wife of Thomas above)
Jesse REED 6, male, b. TN
next is Robert GAWF b. 1826 AL - his son
also near is Susan HEFLEY's family, future wife of George W. GOFF, future s/o Agnes EDGAR & Thomas GOFF
http://www.tnyesterday.com/gm/gm3-07.htm 1865 Civil Dist. 12 Federal Direct Tax: Edmund is listed with 372 acres with a value of $918
1865 named a Justice of the Peace http://www.tnyesterday.com/books/gm/gm3-08.htm
1870 Lexington, Henderson Co., TN, Dist 12 Page 117, Image 225
living with Israel HOLLIS,37 farmer (Edmund has more property than Israel)
Edmund GOFF, 75, b. NC
Jane 74, b. NC cannot read/write
Elisha 31 listed as "idiot"
RIDLEY, Elias W. 15 works on farm, b. TN
two black servants
1880 Census Place: District 12, Henderson, Tennessee
Source: FHL Film 1255262 National Archives Film T9-1262 Page 413D
Edmond S. GAWF Self M/W W 86/NC Fa: VA Mo: VA
Elisha GAWF Son M/M W 40/TN Occ:Farmer Fa: NC Mo: TN
Rebecca GAWF Dau F/M W 33/MS Occ:Housekeeping Fa: TN Mo: TN
(dau. or dau.-in-law since she's married and has the last name GAWF) Neither Elisha or Rebecca can read/write
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http://www.genealogy.com/users/c/r/o/Warren-Clay-Crook/?Welcome=1092001667
Descendents of Edmund Goff and Jane Long of Henderson County TN. Various spellings of the name were Gough, Gaugh, Goff, Goffe, and Gawf. It is said that Edmund and Jane came from North Carolina in a two wheeled oxcart, settling on the current Goff farm in Henderson County before West Tennessee was opened for settlement (1818). Various branches in the family have all stated that this was shortly after the Great Earthquake, and that there were no white neighbors, only indians. This would put the settlement time after 1811-1812. Jane Long Goff was said to have shot and killed an indian with a musket during the first year when she caught him leading off the milk cow. There was no where to get another. The original home was log with a mud and stick chimney. Nothing is left of the site except for some depressions, made sometime after the Civil War by people looking for some 'buried gold or coins.' This site is on Hwy 100 in Henderson County, just west of the Chester County Line, and east of the Goff Branch Creek. Shiloh Baptist Church is near the property.
At some point prior to Edmund Goff it was thought that the name was originally Barlowe or Bartholemew, but no one in my greatgrandfather's generation remembered when or why. A recent conversation with Janice Goff Williams of Alamo indicates that there may not be a Barlowe name change, and that our line is tied to other published Goff lines. The ancestors/relatives listed for Edmund Goff here are from the research of Terry Goff in Ky. I haven't done any research for information prior to Edmund and Jane Goff, and most of the information here is from Goff Reunions and cemetery records.
Standardization of the name to Goff was made after the Civil War. The Goff family were Union sympathizers and many joined the 7th Tennessee Cavalry, US. Several died in prisoner of war camps and another in the North at a hospital.
The Goff Reunion is held at Shiloh Baptist Church on the 2nd Sunday of August, usually with an outdoor meal after church services. The current pastor there is Randy Hart, who also serves as Henderson County Historian.
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I am taking the following from 'THE GOFFS AND ALLIED FAMILIES by Melba Allen Goff. The book was copyright 1986.
We have been aware of the Edmund Goff family for years. This doesn't mean we know all we want to know about him. John Goff lived in Duplin County NC and died in 1809. His will names 5 children and wife Elizabeth. she is believed to be his 3rd wife.
Edmond Mathis died in Duplin County in 1783. He must have lived close to John Goff as 2 Goff boys and 1 girl married Mathis Children.
William Goff married Sabra Mathis and they had 8 children. Number 7 was Edmund Goff born 1795 and went to Mississippi. He married C. Carter of L. Wells
Henderson County Edmond Goff was born 1794 and married Jane Long. So far as I am aware, no one has succeeded in determining his parents, however we all think it has to be one of the John Goff boys. This essentially leaves Thomas but no one has proven it. Two men born so close together of the same name has produced confusion. I have a notebook full of material on him. There are others who are investigating him.
My grandfather was named Edmond Goff. The name Lewis Goff appears in the John Goff descendants. William Goff is a frequent name. Lewis and Edmund are not that common names and I think it is significant to have the names appear so frequently in the Goff families.
I have never tried to gather all the data and subject it to the kind of analysis we have done recently. Wonder what it would produce. It would not be an easy task.
This is a quick summary of Edmund Goff.
Ed
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Page twenty-one
Testator/Testatrix: L.B. Stanfill
Executor/Executrix: R. T. Stanfill, J.N. Stanfill
Date Executor/Executrix appointed: June 1, 1874
Bondsmen of Executor/Executrix Edmond Gawf, J.C. Gawf/as rendered in the original record/
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http://www.hal-pc.org/~happy/little/civilwar.html (link not good 8/2/2016?) good 12/2018 https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/l/a/n/Daniel-R-Lanter/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0167.html (this link includes the letter to his wife)
A letter to his wife is on the same page
From Dugal Ross to neighbor Edmond Gawf
A few lines to Edmond Gawf, Esq. Mr. Gawf, Dear Friend: I take the privilege of writing a few lines to let you know I have not forgotten you yet nor none of the rest of my neighbors, I hope to see you all again. I feel that I could meet you all with the best of feelings. I don't feel like I had faught against any union neighbor that I have in the world and if they have anything against me I hope they will forgive me, but as to "seseah" I have nothing to say and it is owing to how they conduct themselves whether I will or not. I don't hear from my old 7th Tennessee Regiment since last May, 1864. They were at Andersonville, Ga., then but I hope my neighbors that were in that regiment have gotten home before now. Mr. Gawf, I was with Thomas W. Gawf before he died. He bore his sickness very patiently. He had a desire to go home, but there was no chance. I tried to send him to Union City after he died but could do nothing. I asked him if he had a hope that he would be better off after death and he said he had. He died in his right mind and went off just as though he had gone to sleep. I must close for I am very weak and trembly. I hope that these lines may find you and family well. Write soon. Please take this over to my house and read it to my wife and children and you will much oblige your friend. Farewell,
D. W. Ross to Edmond Gawf., Esq.
(looks like Ross was Union, then switched to other side)
http://www.hal-pc.org/~happy/index.html
By 1850, you could find Presson, Little, and Liles families in the adjacent counties of Benton and Carroll Co. TN. Nearby Henderson Co. would become the home of Dougal and Penelope Moore Ross, Jesse and Martha Ross Little, and Tyson G. Maness by 1860
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In 1860, Dougal W. ROSS is on Image 10 and Edmund on Image 20
Ducal ROSS is in District 11 in 1880 Henderson Co., TN,. Our Edmund S. GAWF is in Dist 12. Note the Tyson MANESS listed above. He had land near the land being settled in the Sallie Ann GOFF/Edmund GAWF, Jr. land dispute. Jr. and Sr. did not always mean father and son. It was also used to designate those with the same name, whether related or not. The letter mentions Thomas W. GAWF. Edmund S. GAWF's son, Thomas, died in the Civil War so this was probably written to our Edmund GAWF.
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The History of Scotts Hill, TN by Gordon S. Turner, p. 370 (just copied narrative, there are also genealogical tables)
Descendants of Edmond GOFF who family came from N. Carolina in the 1820's to settle about half way between Scotts Hill and Henderson.
Note: An Edmund GAUF (GOFF) born in N. Car. in 1794 and his wife, Irene, born in 1796, were in our general area before 1850. This could have been the family that settled betgween Scotts Hill and Henderson. If so, the children soon moved on west and were lost to the parents who remained here. This Edmund GOFF had a brother who may or may not have come to this area but a son did come and settle in the Piney community not too far from the Edmund GOFFS. This brother of Edmund was the father of Elias GOFF, a Yankee soldier who died on the way back here after a stay in Andersonville prison.
Descendants of this Edmund GOFF and his brother (name unknown) have lived in this general area until yet - mostly around Sardis, Saltillo, Parsons, Scotts Hill, Piney and Lexington. The listing which follows is the best which seeminly has been worked out or may ever be compiled. It starts from this Edmund GOFF and after his lines, from his brother (name unknown).
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http://www.tnyesterday.com/gm/gm3-08.html
EARLY HENDERSON COUNTY JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith
page 295. John A. Gouf (Goff), Hezekiah Bradbury, James E. Jerdon. December 7, 1826. (Who is this?)
page 196. Edmond Goff. May 25, 1837.
E. Gauff. November 1, 1842.
Edmund Gauf, March 20, 1854.
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http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:1lsu9kcX2_MJ:www.tnyesterday.com/gm/gm5-04.htm+%22henderson+county+guardian%22+gawf+singleton&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 (cached copy)
HENDERSON COUNTY GUARDIAN (BOND) RECORD, 1861-1892
In this book, found in the County Court Clerk's office in Lexington, are recorded the names of under-age youth and those of their deceased parents and/or grandparents; those of persons appointed to serve as their guardians, along with certain other information, as is illustrated by the following page (#97) from the book:
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86. ROBERT, MARY, JAMES SINGLETON: LEONARD SINGLETON: EDMOND GAWF. August 2, 1869.
GEORGE W., EDMOND T. GAWF: THOMAS M. GAWF: EDMOND GAWF. August 2, 1869.
123. ROBERT, MARY, JANE SINGLETON: LEONARD SINGLETON: EDMOND GAWFF. April 1, 1872.
124. GEORGE W., E. T. GAWFF: THOMAS GAWF: EDMOND GAWFF. April 1, 1872.
SARAH A. GRIDER: JOHN F. GRIDER: SILAS GRIDER. May 6, 1872.
151. ROBERT SINGLETON, MARY SINGLETON, JOHN SINGLETON: LEONARD SINGLETON: JOHN H. GALBREATH. April 6, 1874.
GEORGE W. GAWF, EDMUND T. GAWF: THOMAS GAWF: JOHN H. GALBREATH. April 4, 1874.
183. E. T. GAWFF, GEORGE GAWFF: THOMAS M. GAWFF: J. H. GALBRATH. November 6, 1876.
226. EDMOND T. GAWF, GEORGE T. GAWF: THOMAS M. GAWF: JOHN H. GALBRATH. April 7, 1879.
JAMES SINGLETON: LEONARD SINGLETON: JOHN H. GALBRATH. April 1, 1879.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19268-39912-66?cc=1909193&wc=M5S4-823:180563501,180663801,180563503,180663802 #136 E.T. GOFF - 1899 "E.T. GOFF, dec'd inventory of all the property that has come into my hands as admr, of E.T. GOFF, dec'd. Cash from sale of interest in the Phillips & Co. Saloon $455.07, (signed G. W. GOFF admr, Sworn and subcribed to before me June 10th 1899 Asa Davis Clrk - Image is available
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19268-39470-59?cc=1909193&wc=M5S4-823:180563501,180663801,180563503,180663802 #137 - L.R. GOFF - 1910 Has the image, value of estate $393.39 (purchasers include W. R. GOFF, J.H. GOFF, J.P. GOFF) J.H. GOFF is the administrator sworn 22 July 1910 Henderson Co., TN (image 840 or 2890)
- Who is this? http://www.tnyesterday.com/books/gm/gm5-17.htm SETTLEMENT OF INSOLVENT ESTATES, 1867-1896
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Sources - [S32] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: District 12, Henderson, Tennessee; Roll: 1262; Page: 413D; Enumeration District: 062.
- [S29] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: District 12, Henderson, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1537; Page: 117A.
- [S27] 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: District 12, Henderson, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1256; Page: 273; Family History Library Film: 805256.
- [S77] 1830 United States Federal Census, Year: 1830; Census Place: Henderson, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 177; Page: 77; Family History Library Film: 0024535.
- [S78] 1840 United States Federal Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: Henderson, Tennessee; Roll: 522; Page: 359; Family History Library Film: 0024544.
- [S79] 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules, The National Archive in Washington Dc; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29.
- [S80] 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; Eighth Census of the United States 1860; Series Number: M653; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29.
- [S28] 1850 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 12, Henderson, Tennessee; Roll: 883; Page: 198b.
- [S81] U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, DC; Nonpopulation Census Schedules for Tennessee, 1850-1880; NAID: 2791276; Record Group Number: 29; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of the Census.
- [S11] History of Scotts Hill, Tennessee, p. 370.
- [S30] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: District 12, Henderson, Tennessee; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .
Birth date: abt 1795
Birth place: North Carolina
Residence date: 1870
Residence place: District 12, Henderson, Tennessee, United States - [S74] 1830 United States Federal Census, 1830 US Census; Census Place: Henderson, Tennessee; Page: 77; NARA Series: M19; Roll Number: 177; Family History Film: 0024535.
- [S50] 1880 United States Federal Census.
1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. District 12, Henderson, Tennessee, ED 62, roll T9_1262, page 413.4000, image .
- [S32] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: District 12, Henderson, Tennessee; Roll: 1262; Page: 413D; Enumeration District: 062.
