The following information was found on an internet web page: Rocky River Baptist Church, Warren County TN 

Jams Gourd -- James GOAD, son of Robert GOAD, Sr.; b 1775-1785, died 23 May 1829; married Margaret SHOCKLEY (See Margaret GOURD) (Primary Source: Researcher Faye Sandy...) 

Rocky River Baptist Church, Warren County, Tennessee, 1828 Membership List, Primitive Baptist Church (many of the people in this list later migrated to Arkansas.) Source: Transcription, Madison Co, AR Genealogical & Historical Society Library, Madison County, Arkansas. 

• Jams Gourd 
• Margaret Gourd 
• Martha Wood (Their daughter.) 

According to Kenneth F. Haas, "descendants of James and Peggy lean toward Robert as the father because of the prevalence of that name among succeeding generations..., often a good general guide but certainly not proof...."   Haas cites their marriage as 18 October, 1804. 

According to "Shockley Families of VA, TN, MD and DE", compiled by Mrs. Donald Trip in 1970, on page 101 of Pittsylvania Marriage Bonds 1767 -1864 (GS call no 975.5665 V25g) is listed: Goad, James and Peggy Shockly - 13 Oct 1806, Thomas Shockley, bond. 

In "Marriages of Pittsylvania County Virginia, 1806-1830," compiled by Kathleen Booth Williams, 1980, their marriage is listed: 13 October 1806. James GOARD and Peggy Shockley. Sur. Thomas Shockley. p. 41.  

In both Mrs. Tripp's book and another in 1987 by a Miss Nancy Miller of Dallas, Texas, Peggy's father is Thomas Shockley, a resident of Pittsylvania County in the area of the Goads from the time he was born in 1755 until the time he left in late 1806 or early 1807, apparently shortly after the marriage of James and Peggy. 

Again from Mrs. Tripp - 
Pittsylvania Co. Va Dees (GS ser no 7899) pt 13, Bk 15 p. 238 19 Jan 1807. Thomas Shocklee and Moley his wife of Bedford Co., Va mortgaged 50 acres of land in Pittsylvania Co., Va on the South side of Pig river, a part of Daniel Kriter Son's land whereon he now lives sold to said Shockley 20 Oct 1800 adj. to Joseph Towler, Kriter and David Ross to John Smith of Pittsylvania Co. 

This JOSEPH TOWLER was the same name as the man who had bought the land of Robert Goad and his son, Thomas, on October 19, 1804.  He had also bought  the inheritance land of William Goad (Robert's brother) in 1789 and also the name of the father of at least 2 women who married Goads. 

In his book, Haas comments on the descendants of James and Margaret ending up in Arkansas near the descendants of sons of Robert Goad. The question I had was: 

If James was a son of Robert, why did he move to White County, Tennessee, instead of Maury County, Tennessee where many of the other Goads went? 

It also appears that they may have left shortly Pittsylvania County after the marriage of Margaret and James. I it likely that the timing of the marriage was based, at least in part, on the planned departures of the Shockley clan. 

Again, from Mrs. Tripp: 

Pittsylvania Co; Va Court Records (GS ser no 7901) pt 9. Bk 12 p. 346, 
Brown Leftwich and Co. pltf agst Henry Jacobs and Thomas Shockly defts (In Debt) 
Deft Shockley not an inhabitant and suit abatd him. Mar 1807. 

So, in October 1806, James and Margaret are married and her father, Thomas, sells his land . Five months later in a law suit for indebtedness, Thomas is listed as not an inhabitant. 

Haas says that Margaret was the daughter of Revolutionary War Veteran William Shockley. The only William Shockley in the DAR Patriot Index is from Maryland. 

The Thomas Shockley discussed here was also  Revolutionary War Veteran. In his application for pension he states that he 

• was born in Pittsylvania County, Va. 
• went from there to Grainger County TN, (where his father and brothers had moved some time before) for a time
• and ended up in White County, TN. 

Other James M. Goad information: 

Found in the White County, Tn 1811 Tax list - Polls and Taxable Property: 

Captain Isaac Prewet's Company of Militia 

Goard, James 

Shockley, Isiah and William, (Margaret Shockley's brothers, I believe) 

Margaret Gourd -- Margaret SHOCKLEY, daughter of William SHOCKLEY; 
born 1785-1792, died aft 1850, Arkansas; married (1) in White or Warren Co, 
TN, James GOAD (See Jams GOURD); married (2) John FRANKLIN, b abt 
1787, North Carolina; died after 1850, Arkansas. (Primary Source: Researcher 
Faye Sandy...........)