Family of John A. Goodson and Nancy Garrett

John A. Goodson was born about 1790 in South Carolina [1]. In 1816 he married Nancy Garrett, daughter of James Garrett Jr. and Dorcas Garrett [4]. Nancy Garrett was born in 1798 in South Carolina and died in 1882. [4]

He is said to have cleared land in Bibb County, Alabama around 1825, and was listed in the 1830 census in that county. He was appointed as overseer of roads in Bibb County for 1828 - 1831.

Rhoda Coleman Ellison's book on the history of Bibb County [5] reveals that John A. Goodson was active in the Baptist church in Bibb County at an early date:

"Hill's settlement, which grew up at headwaters of Hill's and Schultz creeks near the Tuscaloosa line, not far from Johntown today . . . farmlands [there] cleared by . . . John Goodson [and others]"

"Mt. Moriah Baptist Church came into existence in 1827 in Hill settlement . . from origin in Mar 1827, this congregation, led by Rev. Joab Pratt, met in the home of John Goodson until the completion of a house of worship on Goodson's land in June of that year."

John A. Goodson was listed on the patient list of Dr. David R. Boyd in 1829. [5]

Tuscaloosa County deed records involving John A. Goodson include the following:

Steven Hogg of Tuskaloosa Co., Ala to John A. Goodson of Bibb Co., Ala 1 Jan 1840

John A. Goodson and wife Nancy (x) to Phillip Shettlesworth 22 Nov 1836

James C. Shuttlesworth & David Vance, Admin. of Philip Shuttlesworth, dec. of Tusc. Co. to John A. Goodson of Bibb Co., Ala 9 Nov 1852 (400 acres in Tusc. Co.)

John A. Goodson was one of the appraisers of the estate of Phillip Shettlesworth 17 Oct 1851.

He died 1873.

Children:

1. James Garrett Goodson [7]
   b. 13 Jul 1817
   m.
   d.
2. Elizabeth Goodson
   b. 3 Oct 1819 Alabama
   m. [Dr.] Alsey Clements (son of Chas. Clements & Mary Oldham) 8 Aug 1836 Bibb Co., Ala
   d. 1892
   Lived in Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama
   
3. William Frank[lin] Goodson
   b. 21 Oct 1824 [7]
   m. Lucy Hill 8 Feb 1847 Bibb Co., Alabama
   d.
   1850 Tusc. Co.: William F. Goodson, p.178)
   1855 Tusc. Co., Ala: W.F. Goodson 1m<21,1m>21,1f>21 (3 slaves)
   Lived in Shelby Co., Alabama in 1875
4. John C. Goodson
   [8] b. 1826 Alabama
   m. Mariah J. Pratt (dau of Rev. Joab Pratt, a Baptist minister) 20 Oct 1840
   (note: IGI gives her name as Mariah J. Holbert)
   d.
5. Jasper Goodson
   b. 6 Dec 1826 [7]
   m. Susan Lee 20 Aug 1854 Shelby Co., AL [7]
   d.
   1850 Tusca Co. p. 154
   Lived in Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama in 1875
6. Mary Goodson
   b. 2 Feb 1829 [7]
   m. 16 July 1843 Hiram Hood Bibb Co., Alabama
   d.
   Lived in Pontotoc Co., Miss. in 1875
   
7. Jane C. Goodson
   b. about 1831 Alabama (IGI: 12 Dec 1831)
   m. 27 Apr 1848 John Lowry
   d.
   Of River Bend; Lived in Bibb Co., Alabama in 1875
8. Nancy Goodson [7]
   b. 15 Jun 1834
   m.
   d.
9. Sarah Ann Goodson [7]
   b. 12 Sep 1836
   m.
   d.
10. Joab Goodson
    b. 31 Dec 1838 on a plantation near Mars (now Vance Station), Alabama [6] (IGI gives 6 Jan 1839)
    m. [not married]
    d. about Jan 1865 near Richmond, Virginia (Civil War) [6]
    
11. Rufus G. [IGI: Green] Goodson
    b. about 1840 Alabama [6] (IGI: 18 Apr 1841)
    m. [not married]
    d. Jun 1864 near Petersburg, VA (Civil War) [6]
    Co.F, 11th Ala. Inf. Reg.

Sources:

1. Census records Bibb County, Alabama 1830,1840,1850,1860,1870.
2. Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama deed records
3. Tuscaloosa Times, 4 July 1875
4. DAR Lineage of Mrs. Lily Pratt Logan vol.150.
5. Bibb Co., Alabama: The First Hundred Years, 1818-1918 by Rhoda Coleman Ellison, 1984.
6. The Alabama Review, Apr 1957, pp. 126-153, and Jul 1957, pp. 215-231.
7. IGI.
8. Children:
   1. James H. Goodson (b.ca 1841 Ala)
   2. Joab F. Goodson (b. ca 1843 Ala) (Pvt.,Co.D,2nd Batt. Civil War)
   3. Nancy J. Goodson (b. ca1845 Ala)
   4. John C. Goodson (b. ca1847 Ala)
   5. William F. Goodson (b. ca1850 Ala)

   1855 Tusc. Co., Ala: J.C. Goodson 4m<21,1m>21,3f<21,1f>21 (9 slaves)
   They moved to Union Co., Arkansas after the Civil War.