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Matthew Goss

Male 1790 - 1883  (93 years)


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  • Name Matthew Goss 
    Birth 1790  Anderson, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 18 Dec 1883  Locus Grove, Henry Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4735  forneyclark
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2024 

    Father THOMAS GOSS, Jr.,   b. 1752   d. 1840 (Age 88 years) 
    Mother ELIZABETH "PATSY" PUTMAN,   b. 1755   d. 1825 (Age 70 years) 
    Family ID F1843  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Evalene McWhorter,   b. 1815, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 1893, Henry Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Children 
     1. Jeremiah Goss,   b. 12 Dec 1833   d. 8 Jul 1862, CSA Civil War Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)
     2. Yarby A. Goss,   b. 1839, GA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Aug 1862, CSA, Richmond, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)
     3. Mary Luvada Goss,   b. 22 Jun 1840   d. 9 Mar 1915, Burial: Bethany Baptist Ch., Cem., McDonough, Henry Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     4. Thomas Monroe Goss,   b. Jun 1841, GA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1917, Henry Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 75 years)
     5. Malinda Jane Goss,   b. 1845, Gilmer Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1892 (Age 47 years)
     6. D. L. Goss,   b. 1848
     7. Wilford M. Goss,   b. Jun 1850, Henry Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. James Van Buren Goss,   b. 2 Sep 1856, Henry Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Sep 1927, Henry Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     9. Margaret L. Goss,   b. 1859
    Family ID F1844  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2024 

    Family 2 DIAIS "DIASAMPI" RAMPAS?,   b. ABT. 1790   d. ABT. 1833, Habersham Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 43 years) 
    Marriage 1808  Pendleton Dist., Pickens, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Matthew William Goss,   b. 1809, Pendleton Dist., SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Fannin Co., Ga Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Riley Goss,   b. 1812, Pendleton Dist., SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1884, White Beadle, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     3. Rebecca Goss,   b. 1816, Pendleton Dist., SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1848, GA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)
     4. Jeffrey Jesse Goss,   b. 1819
     5. John Goss,   b. 15 Nov 1819, Habersham Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ABT. 1896, Johntown, Dawson Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     6. Elias A. Goss,   b. 1821, Habersham Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1851, White Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
     7. Sarah E. Goss,   b. 1822, GA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1884, Dade Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
     8. Benjamin Franklin Goss,   b. 1823, Habersham Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1867, Dalton, GA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
     9. Lorinda Goss,   b. 1824, Habersham Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1884, GA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     10. Evan Pearson Goss,   b. Apr 1827, GA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jun 1902, Union Parish, LA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 75 years)
     11. J. J. Goss,   b. 1830
     12. Martha Ann Goss,   b. 1832, Habersham Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1895, Tippecanoe Co., IN; burial: Pierce Cem., Battle Ground, Tippecanoe Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F1842  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2024 

  • Notes 
    • 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.



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