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342 Spencer Goad,4 34 (Robert,3,Abraham,2,Abraham,1)
b ca 1785 Va; d 1857 Carroll Co, Va.
m Patience Dalton, b 1780's, d 1830's, d/o William Dalton and Elizabeth (?Sturman).
1807, 17 Jan: Grayson Co Deed Bk 2, p 353: Jonathan Hiett to Spencer Goad, 100 acres, waters of Big Island Creek.
1810 Grayson Co tax list, 31 Mar, Spencer Goad, 1 white tithable, no slaves, 1 horse.
1811, 22 Aug: Grayson Co Deed Bk 3, p 39-43: Aaron Goad, Spencer Goad, & others heirs of Wm Dalton, land conveyed to
John, Lewis, William, Reuben Dalton.
1815 Grayson Co tax list, 11 Mar, Spencer Goard, 1 WM, 2 horses, 5 cattle, $.57.
1820 Grayson Co census, p 46, Spencer Goard, 220010-40010-01.
1825 Grayson Co, Spencer Goad obtained 50 acres on Big Reed Island Creek.
1830 Grayson Co census, p 259, Spencer Goard, 2211001-1112101.
1840 Grayson Co census, Easter Dist, p 285, Spencer Goad Sr, 01120001-000012.
1850 Carroll Co, Va census, p 235, #242/242, Spencer Goad Sr,64 Va, $1000, Mary,38 Va, Nancy,24 Va, Robert,19 Va, farmer,
John Goad,2 Va. (John was their grandson, s/o Andrew Goad (#K))
1857, May: Carroll Co Will Bk 1, p 424: Spencer Goad's will (dated 8 Mar 1851) proven, son Joshua exec, listing other sons
Lewis, Andrew, Robert, and dau's Mary, Nancy, and Sarah Largen.
issue:
G 1. Joshua Goad, b ca 1803-06 Va, m Mary (Polly) Hylton.
H 2. William Goad, b ca 1807-08 Va, m Sarah Helton/Hylton.
3. Mary Goad, b ca 1812 Va. Single.
4. Catherine Goad, b ca 1810-13 Grayson Co, m 9 Feb 1832 Grayson Co to Elisha Hylton (#1463), b 1 Jan 1805 Grayson Co,
s/o Elisha (Elias) Helton and Sarah ____.
Lived in Floyd Co, Va.
I 5. Lewis Goad, b ca 1813-14 Va, m Isabella (Isabel) Largen.
Family moved to Morgan Co, Ky in the 1850's.
6. Susanna (Susan) Goad, b ca 1814-16 Va, m ca 1834 to Henry Horton (#3), b Mar 1811 Va, s/o Joseph Horton and Sus-
anna's 3rd cousin Mary Webb (d/o Henry Webb and Susannah (Susan) ?Cock). Henry m(2)(b) 27 Apr 1864 Surry Co, NC
to Rachel Amanda Edmonds, b May 1845 Va.
J 7. Isham Goad, b May 1819 Va, m Amy Largen.
8. Hannah Goad, b ca 1820 Va, d 12 Aug 1869 Floyd Co (age "54, of consumption"), m 12 Dec 1844 Carroll Co to Absolom
(Ab) Semones, b ca 1822 Va, s/o Isaac Semones and Mary Mickle. Absolom m(2) 4 Sep 1873 Floyd Co to Sarah (Sallie) Cox
Quesenbery, b 1835 Va, d/o William Braxton (Brack) Cox (#33) and Nancy (Patsy) Phillips (d/o William Tobias Phillips
(#4212)). Sallie had m(1) 16 Nov 1851 Surry Co, NC to Lewis C. Quesenberry, b ca 1834 Carroll Co, s/o William (Billy)
Quesenberry and Sarah Cochran.
1850 Carroll Co census, p 327, #151/151, Absalom Symonous,28 Va, farmer, $200, Hannah,30 Va, Margaret D.,5 Va, Lutitia
E.,3 Va, Vinetta C.,1 Va, Isaac,80 Va, farmer, Martha,29 Va.
1860 Carroll Co census, p 86, #563/567, Absalom Semones,36 Va, farmer, Hannah,40 Va, Letitia,14 Va, Vinetty C.,12 Va,
Liona F.,10 Va, William F.,8 Va, Hannah L.,6 Va, Isaac L.,5 Va, Mary E.,1/12 Va, Martha,42 Va.
1870 Floyd Co census, Indian Valley, p 23, #119/112, Absalem Semones,49 Va, farm laborer, Liona F.,19 Va, Isaac L.,12 Va.
issue:
a. Margaret D. Semones, b ca 1845 Va.
b. Letitia E. Semones, b ca 1846-47 Va, d 28 Aug 1869 Floyd Co, "age 22, of consumption, parents Absolem and Hannah
Semones".
c. Vinetta C. (Vinetty) Semones, b ca 1848-49 Va.
d. Liona F. Semones, b ca 1850-51 Carroll Co, m 4 Sep 1873 Floyd Co to William Riley Duncan, b 15 Dec 1853 Floyd Co,
s/o Blanch Duncan Jr and Frances (Fanny) Nester (d/o Daniel Nester (#G)). William m(2) 18 Jun 1879 Floyd Co to
Elizabeth Jane (Eliza) Montgomery, b ca 1854, d/o Tobias L. Phillips (#421216) and Rachel Montgomery.
e. William F. Semones, b ca 1852 Va.
f. Hannah L. Semones, b ca 1854-55 Va, d 14 Dec 1869 Floyd Co, "age 14, of consumption, parents Absolem and Anne).
g. Isaac Lawson Semones, b 10 Apr 1858 Va, d 21 Sep 1941, m 17 Aug 1862 to Liona I. Rigney, b 21 May 1862, d 10
May 1926, d/o Isaac Lewis Rigney and Adeline Weaver. Isaac and Liona were bur in Big Sand Cem.
h. Mary E. Semones, b ca 1859-60 Va. Not listed in 1870.
K 9. Andrew Goad, b ca 1814-24 (prob ca 1820-21) Va, m(1) Mary (Polly) Mabry, m(2) Eleanor Jane (Ellen) Jones Ayers.
10. Sarah (Sally) Goad, b 1822 Va, m her 1st cousin William Largen (#6), b 1816 Va, d 1870's, s/o William Anson Largen and
Nancy Dalton (d/o William Dalton and Elizabeth ?Sturman).
11. Nancy Goad, b Apr 1825 Grayson Co, d 1910, m 1 Jan 1865 Carroll Co to Jesse Dickens (#4), wid, b ca 1802-03 Grayson
Co, d 2 Dec 1868 Carroll Co, s/o Thomas Dickens and Mary Millie ?Cock. Jesse had m(1) 9 Sep 1824 Grayson Co to Susan-
nah (Susan) Webb, b ca 1809 Va, d 1863, d/o James Austin Webb (#1) and Sarah Goad (d/o Robert and Isabel Goad (#34)).
1860 Carroll Co census, p 836, #458/463, Nancy Goad,35 Va, living with Robert Goad, above.
L 12. Martin D. Goad, b ca 1825-26 Va, m Lucy Collier.
M 13. James Fountain (Black Jim) Goad, b ca 1827-29 Va, m Mary Ann (Polly) Semones.
N 14. Robert Goad, b ca 1830-31 Va, m Julia Ann Webb.
Ref: 1. Essie Spence Goad's notes.
2. "Ambrose N. Cox, Sr., Descendants 1772-1972", Elza B. Cox, p 351.
3. "The Genealogy of William Tobias Phillips....", Elza B. Cox, 1989, p 11, 17, 31-32, 72, 108-09, 271.