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Goodson of Walker County



Jacob Goodson was b. 1806/1807 in North Carolina, farmer was m. to Barbary b.1813 in South Carolina. Jacob was first found in Georgia and was listed on the 1830 Burke Co. Census. The county records were destroyed by fire. They were listed on the 1850 and 1870 Walker Co. Census in the Rockspring District. Issue:

  1. Williamson B. Goodson b.1831 Ga. Williamson m. Nancy F. b. 1834 Ga. and they were listed on the 1870 Walker Co., Ga. Census with the following children:

    1. Jefferson P. Goodson b. 1853 Ga.
    2. Usebia A. Goodson (f) b. 1856 Ga.
    3. Williamson B. Goodson b. 1858 Ga.
    4. Granberry Goodson b. 1860 Ga.
    5. Philo Goodson b. 6/5/1864 Ga. Walker Co., Ga. m. Martha Smith b. 8/18/1868 Walker Co., Ga., d. 3/10/1957 Smyrna, Ga. They had issue:
    1. Quillen Goodson b. 10/29/1902 Lafayette, Walker Co., Ga., d. 12/14/1973 Marietta, Ga., buried Concord Church, Walker Co. m. On 6/28/1928 Rosalee Marie Usdrowske who was b. 3/27/1908 Chicago, Illinois, d. 8/24/1991 McHenry, Illinois.

    2. Cecil Goodson m. Maude. Issue: Laura, J. P., J. C., Cecil, Robbie Nelle, Rosalie Marie.

    3. Harvey Goodson m. Amy Lee. Issue: Ewing.

    4. C. B. Goodson m. Rebecca.

    5. Felton Goodson m. Minta White. Notice of marriage posted in Walker Co. Messenger on 5/11/1917, "married last Thursday".

    6. Maude Goodson m. George Mann. Issue: Anna Mann, Charles Mann, George Mann, Jr.

    7. Beatrice Goodson.

    8. Nathan L. Goodson b. 1869 Ga.

    9. Susan Goodson b. 1833 Ga.

    10. Rachel Goodson b. 1834 Ga.

    11. John Goodson b. 1836 Ga.

    12. James H. Goodson b. 1839/1840 Ga. m. Barbara E. B. 1842 Ga. and they were listed on the 1870 Walker Co., Ga. Census with children as follows:

      1. Martha A. Goodson b. 1861 Ga.

      2. Talitha C. Goodson b. 1866 Ga.

      3. Willer Goodson b. 1869 Ga.

      4. Nicholas Goodson b. 1843 Ga.

      5. Barbary M. Goodson b. 1847 Ga.

      6. Louisa M. Goodson b. 1847 Ga.

      7. Jacob Goodson b. 1853 Ga.

      8. Jesse M. Goodson b. 1855 Ga.
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Ref: 1850, 1870 Walker Co., Ga. Census. (1870 census, households 315, 316, 317, they all lived next door to one another); Walker Co. Messenger (newspaper) dated 5/11/1917.