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Martha Ann Goss

Female 1832 - 1895  (63 years)


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  • Name Martha Ann Goss 
    Birth 1832  Habersham Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death Apr 1895  Tippecanoe Co., IN; burial: Pierce Cem., Battle Ground, Tippecanoe Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4673  forneyclark
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2024 

    Family 1 John Wesley Barton,   b. 4 Dec 1830, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1863, Battle of Gettysburg, Gettysburg, Adams Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years) 
    Marriage 1848  Cass Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Hester Anna Barton,   b. 17 Apr 1860, GA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Nov 1925, Battle Ground, IN; burial: Battle Ground Cem., Battle Ground, IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    Family ID F0727  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2024 

    Family 2 Johnson Graves,   b. 1802-1805   d. 30 Jan 1879, Burial: Pierce Cem., Battle Ground, Tippecanoe Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 27 Oct 1865  Tippecanoe Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Lucinda Graves,   b. 1867
    Family ID F1872  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2024 

  • Documents
    Graves, Johnson: Estate Statement concerning  Johnson Graves (b. 1802-1804  &  d. 1879) **SOME INDIVIDUALS APPEAR MORE THAN ONCE IN OUR TREE AND HAVE BEEN LINKED ACCORDINGLY.
    Graves, Johnson: Estate Statement concerning Johnson Graves (b. 1802-1804 & d. 1879) **SOME INDIVIDUALS APPEAR MORE THAN ONCE IN OUR TREE AND HAVE BEEN LINKED ACCORDINGLY.
    Estate Statement concerning Johnson Graves regarding state residency of plaintiffs Elza? Graves (perhaps this could have been Elizabeth Graves, Martha Goss Barton Graves' step-grandniece) and Martha Graves, signed by Hamilton Barton, dated December 13, 1879, came from Melissa Hennigar Parrish. Melissa Parrish scanned the original document from the John Zentmyre probate/estate file which came from the Alameda McCullough Library at the Genealogy and Research Center of the Tippecanoe County Historical Association in Lafayette, Indiana. TCHA is online at http://www.tcha.mus.in.us/ and is a non-profit organization dedicated to collecting and preserving information and artifacts relating to the history and culture of Tippecanoe, Indiana, and its citizens. It currently maintains the Moses Fowler House, the Tippecanoe Battlefield Museum, Fort Ouiatenon Blockhouse at Fort Ouiatenon Historic Park, and the Genealogy and Research Center. Memberships and requested research are available for a fee. Donna Clark: I would be happy to e-mail the original scan of this document if requested.

  • Notes 
    • Source:
      Donna Forney Clark:
      This individual appears in more than one place in our family tree. To avoid a confusing merge, it is necessary to make each appearance of this individual separate.

      Source:
      https://www.tippecanoehistory.org/finding-aids/the-mail-order-bride/
      SEE QUENTIN ROBINSON'S (TIPPECANOE CO., INDIANA'S HISTORIAN) WEBSITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES, INCLUDING QUENTIN ROBINSON'S ARTICLE "THE MAIL ORDER BRIDE."
      " John Barton is believed to have died during the second day of fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1863. His name appeared in an Atlanta paper as a casualty soon after."

      Source:
      Melissa Hennigar Parrish:
      John and Martha Goss Barton [appear] in the 1850 Georgia census ( Cass County, Division 12, p. 188 A):
      John Barton, age 19, born in South Carolina. Occupation - farmer.
      Martha Barton, age 17, born in Georgia.
      Sarah E. Barton, age 1, born in Georgia.
      "...in the 1850 census... The family (next door neighbors] listed preceding John Barton is one David and Elizabeth Barton, age 73 and 67 respectively, both born in South Carolina."

      Source:
      Melissa Hennigar Parrish:
      "... in the 1860 Georgia census in Gordon County, Oothcalooga township (P.O. Calhoun, p. 6). The make up of the family was this:
      John W. Barton, age 30, born in South Carolina. Occupation - farm laborer.
      Martha A. Barton, age 30, born in Georgia. Occupation - domestic. [This is probably an census error for Martha A. Barton's age.)
      Sarah E. Barton, age 10, born Georgia
      Malinda C. Barton, age 7, born Georgia
      Sanford H. Barton, age 6, born Georgia
      Mary A. Barton, age 3, born Georgia
      Martha M. Barton, age 2, born Georgia
      Hester A. Barton, age 1/12, born Georgia."

      Source:
      Melissa Hennigar Parrish, whose source was:
      http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?kirk::goss::1052.html
      Date: January 25, 2001 at 04:17:1
      Jarrod W. Van Kirk:
      GOSS, MATTHEW - SC - GA
      Posted by: Jarrod W. Van Kirk Date: January 25, 2001 at 04:17:18
      In Reply to: Re: GOSS, MATTHEW - SC - GA by Bill of 2141

      Name: Matthew Goss
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      Birth: 1790 Anderson, SC
      Death: 18 Dec 1883 Locus Grove, Henry Co., GA
      Father: Thomas Goss Jr. (1752->1840)
      Mother: Elizabeth "Patsy" Putman (1755-1825)
      Other Spouses: Evalene McWhorter
      Marriage: 1808 Pendleton Dist., SC
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      Spouse: Diais "Diasampi" Rampas??????
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      Birth: abt 1790
      Death: abt 1833 Habersham Co., GA

      Children:
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      1 M: Matthew William Goss
      Birth: 1809 Pendleton Dist. SC
      Death: Fannin Co. Ga.
      Spouse: Senah Parker
      Marriage: 31 Dec 1835 Lumpkin Co., GA1
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      2 M: Riley Goss
      Birth: 1812 Pendleton Dist., SC
      Death: 1884 White Beadle, TX
      Spouse: Sarah Ferguson
      Marriage: 22 Mar 1832 Habersham Co., GA
      Spouse: M. E. Smith
      Marriage: 25 Apr 1867 Gordon Co., GA
      Spouse: Mary Hughart
      Marriage: 29 Dec 1881
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      3 F: Rebecca Goss
      Birth: 1816 Pendleton Dist., SC
      Death: 1848 GA
      Spouse: Jonathan Tate
      Marriage: 1834 GA
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      4 M: Jeffrey Jesse Goss
      Birth: 1819
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      5 M: John Goss (NOTE, his name is NOT John BARTON Goss, just John Goss)
      Birth: 15 Nov 1819 Habersham Co., GA
      Death: abt 1896 Johntown, Dawson Co., GA
      Spouse: Elizabeth "Willie?" McWhorter
      Marriage: 1841 Lumpkin Co., GA
      Spouse: Clarice Farriba
      Marriage: 18 Sep 1856 Lumpkin Co. Ga.1
      Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Fouts
      Marriage: 3 Nov 1883
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      6 M: Elias A. Goss
      Birth: 1821 Habersham Co., GA
      Death: 1851 White Co., GA
      Spouse: Emily Ayres
      Marriage: 1843
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      7 F: Sarah E. Goss
      Birth: 1822 GA
      Death: 1884 Dade Co., GA
      Spouse: John Bullard
      Marriage: 27 Feb 1842
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      8 M: Benjamin Franklin Goss
      Birth: 1823 Habersham Co., GA
      Death: 1867 Dalton, GA
      Spouse: Johanna Gilbert
      Marriage: 6 Oct 1845 Ga.
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      9 F: Lorinda Goss
      Birth: 1824 Habersham Co., GA
      Death: 1884 GA
      Spouse: Jonathan Tate
      Marriage: 2 Jan 1849 Bartow Co., GA
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      10 M: Evan Pearson Goss
      Birth: Apr 1827 GA
      Death: 27 Jun 1902 Union Parish, LA
      Spouse: Elizabeth Crowley
      Marriage: 22 Dec 1850 Henry Co., Ga.
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      11 M: J. J. Goss
      Birth: 1830
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      12 F: Martha Ann Goss
      Birth: 1832 Habersham Co., GA
      Spouse: John Wesley Barton
      Marriage: 1848 Cass Co., GA

      Notes for Matthew Goss
      Date: 8 MAR 1832 Place: applied for 2 draws Gold Lottery Habersham Co. Ga. Date: 21 JUN 1813 Place: served in Nash's Regiment South Carolina Volunteers Date: 20 JUN 1814 Place: Capt. Andrew Hamilton's Co., SC Militia Place: 1820, 1830 census of Pendleton Dist. SC.

      Notes for Diais "Diasampi" Rampas??????
      Diais Rampas is said to be a Cherokee woman, married to Matthew Goss. As evidence I have seen pictures of one of her sons that looks like he is part American Indian.

      Matthew's other wife and chldren continue below:

      Name: Matthew Goss
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      Birth: 1790 Anderson, SC
      Death: 18 Dec 1883 Locus Grove, Henry Co., GA
      Father: Thomas Goss Jr. (1752->1840)
      Mother: Elizabeth "Patsy" Putman (1755-1825)
      Other Spouses: Diais "Diasampi" Rampas??????
      Marriage: 7 May 1833 Habersham Co., GA1
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      Spouse: Evalene McWhorter
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      Birth: 1815 SC
      Death: 6 Nov 1893 Henry Co., GA

      Children:
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      1 M: Jeremiah Goss
      Birth: 12 Dec 1833
      Death: 8 Jul 1862 CSA Civil War
      Spouse: Susan A.E. Gardner
      Marriage: 7 Aug 1859 Henry Co., GA
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      2 M: Yarby A. Goss
      Birth: 1839 GA
      Death: 7 Aug 1862 CSA, Richmond, VA
      Spouse: Sarah E.M. Dees
      Marriage: 1857 Henry Co., GA
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      3 F: Mary Luvada? Goss
      Birth: 1841
      Spouse: James Bowden
      Marriage: 3 Feb 1856 Henry Co., GA
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      4 M: Thomas Monroe Goss
      Birth: Jun 1841 GA
      Death: 1917 Henry Co., GA
      Spouse: Lilla Laurence B. Bowden
      Marriage: bef 1862
      Spouse: Mary Angeline Darton
      Marriage: 13 Jul 1865
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      5 F: Malinda Jane Goss
      Birth: 1845 Gilmer Co., GA
      Death: 1892
      Spouse: John Thomas Stallworth
      Marriage: 1 Dec 1872 Henry Co., GA2
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      6 M: D. L. Goss
      Birth: 1848
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      7 M: Wilford M. Goss
      Birth: Jun 1850 Henry Co., GA
      Spouse: Sarah Jane Bowen
      Marriage: 3 Nov 1897 Henry Co., GA
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      8 M: James Van Buren Goss
      Birth: 2 Sep 1856 Henry Co., GA
      Death: 16 Sep 1927 Henry Co., GA
      Spouse: Amelia Annette Smith
      Marriage: 1875 Henry Co., Ga.
      Spouse: Cora Jinks Polk
      Marriage: 1909
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      9 F: Margaret L. Goss
      Birth: 1859
      Spouse: John Thomas Stallworth
      Marriage: 24 Nov 1892 Henry Co., GA

      Notes for Matthew Goss
      Date: 8 MAR 1832 Place: applied for 2 draws Gold Lottery Habersham Co. Ga. Date: 21 JUN 1813 Place: served in Nash's Regiment South Carolina Volunteers Date: 20 JUN 1814 Place: Capt. Andrew Hamilton's Co., SC Militia Place: 1820, 1830 census of Pendleton Dist. SC.

      Source:
      Melissa Hennigar Parrish:
      "....[concerning] the family of Johnson and Martha Graves.... Martha [Graves] was born in Georgia as were 2 of the "Graves" children, named Hamilton (age 16) and Martha (age 12). .... this was actually Martha Goss Barton ... her husband [John Wesley Barton, b. 1830] had died and she had gone to Indiana ... and remarried. [Sentence omitted] She had married Johnson Graves in Tippecanoe Co., Indiana on October 27, 1865. [Sentence omitted] The children, Hamilton and Martha Graves listed in the 1870 census are actually Bartons. Incidentally by this time Martha Goss Barton and her husband Johnson Graves had 1 child of their own; Lucinda Graves, age 3 in 1870. Also in the household was Johnson Graves (Jr.), age 15, a son of Johnson Sr.'s by a previous marriage."

      Source:
      US 1880 Census of Tippecanoe, Tippecanoe, Indiana:
      Household:
      Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
      Martha GRAVES Self W Female W 54 GA Keeping House VA GA
      Lucinda GRAVES Dau S Female W 13 IN At School VA GA

      Source:
      SEE KENNETH V. GRAVES' SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
      http://www.gravesfa.org/gen116.htm
      Revised 26 Feb. 2003, Gen. 116
      The Graves Family Association:
      JOHN GRAVES OF FREDERICK CO., VA:
      Kenneth V. Graves:
      "Johnson Graves (19) was born Sept. 1805 (or 30 July 1802) in Virginia, died 10 (or 30) Jan. 1879 in Tippecanoe Co., IN, and was buried in Pierce Cem., Battleground, Tippecanoe Co. (The 30 July 1802 date is from the cemetery records; it is the same birthdate as his brother John.) His will is on record in Tippecanoe Co. He first married Nancy Cain on 6 Dec. 1825 (or 1824) in Coshocton Co., OH. She died about 1842. He married second Martha Ann Jones on 27 (or 21) Nov. 1843 in Tippecanoe Co., IN. She was born 20 March 1814 in VA (her age is listed as 36 on the 1850 Tippecanoe Twp., Tippecanoe Co., IN census, dwelling 385). According to information sent by R-4 “It was an unfortunate marriage that finally ended in a divorce in 1855.” The first five children were born in Ohio and the others in Indiana (although one source says they were all born in Ohio). Johnson married third Martha (Goss) Barton, daughter of John Goss of NC, on 29 Oct. 1865. Martha was born about 1828, possibly in Georgia, died 2 April 1895 in Tippecanoe Co., and was buried in Pierce Cem. She and her daughter Lucinda were recorded on the 1880 census in Tippecanoe Twp., page 175C." [Donna Forney Clark: note that this source says Martha Goss was the daughter of John Goss of NC, not the daughter of Matthew Goss of SC as I have it in our database. See the identical Martha Goss in this database for Matthew Goss descendancy.] [Donna Forney Clark: note that 1855 is the divorce date of Johnson Graves and Martha Ann (Young) Jones, the same date as the birth of Johnson Graves, Jr.]



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