Barren-Hart County KyArchives Biographies.....Goodman, Amos I. February 28, 1782 - September 14, 1854
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Ron Goodman http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00028.html#0006755 June 30, 2014, 5:15 pm

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Author: Ron Goodman

Amos I. Goodman (1782 – 1854) of Barren and Hart Co., KY

Amos I. Goodman was born 28 Feb 1782 in Bedford Co., VA, son of John James
Goodman and Epharilla (possibly Avarilla or Arvilla) Thorp (or Thorpe or Tharp).
Amos I. Goodman died 14 Sep 1854 in Hart Co., KY and is buried in the Goodman
Family Cemetery in Hart County, on his original land. His birth and death dates
are from his headstone.

Amos I. Goodman had siblings: 1) Martha Goodman, wife of Matthias Reynolds of
Bedford Co., VA and later in Barren/Hart Co., KY; 2) John Goodman, later of
Oglethorpe Co., GA and Clarke Co., GA; 3) Susannah A. Goodman who m. 1st to
Joseph Richardson in 1790 in Greene Co., TN, then 2nd to Thomas Logsdon in 1813
in Barren Co., KY; 4) Robert Goodman, later of Wilson Co., TN; 5) Stephen
Goodman, who m. 1st to Elizabeth Jones in 1807 in Hardin Co., KY, then 2nd to
Millie Defevers in 1814 in Barren Co., KY, then 3rd to Elizabeth Searcy about
1832 in Hart Co., KY; 6) Sarah Jane Goodman who m. 1st in 1797 in Greene Co., TN
to Obediah Richardson, a younger brother of her sister Susannah's husband Joseph
Richardson, then 2nd in 1807 in Barren Co., KY to Mathew Harper, whose 2nd wife
was Judah Reynolds, daughter of Matthias Reynolds by Sarah Jane's sister Martha
Goodman; 7) Rachel Goodman, details unknown; 8) Arthur Goodman who m. about 1812
to Marium (maiden name unknown) in Barren Co., KY, and they had 11 children,
then he m. 2nd before 1840 in Greyson Co., KY to Hannah (maiden name unknown).

One early paid professional researcher for the family of descendants of this
family still residing in Hart Co., KY, has asserted that Amos was a son of the
John Goodman, son of Charles Goodman of Albemarle Co., VA. This has since been
disproved by evidence that John Goodman, son of Charles of Albemarle, was a
prominent Virginia Methodist minister who never went to Tennessee or Kentucky,
and his various church postings and family are well documented in Virginia
Methodist Church Diocese records. The most fanciful tale of all is that John
Goodman, father of Amos, was a John Goodman III, third in descent from John
Goodman the Mayflower passenger. However, innumerable reputable researchers of
Mayflower descendants have established that the John Goodman who came in the
Mayflower was a single man who died in the second year of the colony without
offspring, so that is impossible. 

Most likely, based on a letter from a grandson, Robert Hope Goodman of Atlanta,
to Robert's daughter Florence in 1873, this John Goodman, father of Amos, was
descended from the Goodmans of York / New Kent / Hanover Co., VA, where they had
settled and were prominent landowners and "Planters" by the late 1600s. Because
of the loss of so many county records in that part of Virginia in wars and
courthouse burnings, any hard proof of this lineage would be difficult to find.
However, recent DNA test results do seem to confirm it.

The proof of Amos I. Goodman’s parentage is found in the minutes of the Greene
Co., TN, August 1790 Court, per first entry in the list of source citations
below. That Amos was born in Bedford Co., VA is not in question. But based on
this record, he was evidently the son of the John Goodman who was listed in
Bedford Co., VA 1782 tax list of that county, and who resided by 1790 in Greene
Co., TN.

Blount County TN was formed in 1798 from the southern part of Knox County, which
had been created from Greene County in 1792. Amos I. Goodman married 1st to
Sarah Conway, on 29 August, 1801, in Blount Co., TN. Thomas Conway, probably
Sarah Conway’s brother, but possibly her father, was listed as Surety for their
marriage bond, per Blount County marriage records. My direct ancestor was their
only son, Anselm Goodman, born 12 Jul 1802 in Greene Co., TN and d. 27 Aug 1861
in Oxford, Henry Co., IL. Anselm Goodman was named after his famous great uncle,
the Ansel/Anselm Goodman, ca 1752-1840, also of Bedford Co., VA, a Revolutionary
War volunteer soldier who served under Daniel Boone at Boonesborough and later
lived in Adair and Russell Co., KY. Amos Goodman and Sarah Conway also had at
least one daughter, name unknown, born ca 1803-05, who was listed in the 1810
Barren County, KY census, along with Amos, his young son Anselm, and his 2nd
wife, Mourning Jones. The family bible of Anselm Goodman and his wife Nancy
Fowler identifies Amos Goodman and Sarah Conway as his parents. Sarah Conway
Goodman was living in January 1809 (Minutes of Green River Baptist Church), but
may have died or divorced before Amos remarried in 1810.

Amos I. Goodman married 2nd to Mourning Jones, on 21 Feb 1810 in Barren County,
KY. Oral family tradition has it that they "eloped" from Hart Co. to be married
in Barren Co. However, this story does not take into account the changing of
county boundaries as new counties were being formed at that time. They actually
lived and married in that part of Barren County that in 1819 was divided, and
that Munfordville was in the part of Barren County that then became Hart County.
Mourning Jones was born 12 Oct 1787. Mourning Jones Goodman died 4 Nov 1849 in
Hart County, KY (Goodman Family Cemetery headstone).

Amos I. Goodman and Mourning Jones had issue: Lourania, John Adams, George G.,
Maranda S., Luke Allen, Amos Moore, Gideon Stephen and Wesley Christian.

Amos I. Goodman Source Citations:

1790 Fall Court (August), Greene Co., TN: Robert and Amos Goodman, children of
John Goodman, were ordered committed to the care of John Richardson until
further orders. Stephen and Sarah and Rachel Goodman were committed to the care
of Joseph Richardson. [Greene County TN Court Minutes, in Fischer, Tennessee
Tidbits, 1778-1914, Vol. I, p. 146.]

1801: Blount Co., TN marriage bonds, Amos Goodman married Sarah Conway, August
30, 1801, with Thomas Conway, bondsman. [Allen, TENNESSEE SOLDIERS IN THE
REVOLUTION, p. 58]

1801 & 1805: Amos Goodman on Tax List of Greene Co., TN. 

White Co. TN Fall Court, p. 34, Oct 12, 1807: “Ordered by the Court that a child
by the name of Ansolum (sic: Anselm) Goodman be permitted to remain in the
possession and care of Thomas Little.” This was apparently only a temporary
measure. From the 1810 Barren Co., KY census, it appears that Anselm Goodman had
been sent to live with his father Amos I. Goodman in Barren County by that time.
Thomas Little appears in the Blount Co., TN Tax list of 1800, so could easily
have known and/or been related to the Conways and Goodmans of Blount County.
From this citation, it appears that Amos Goodman and Sarah Conway removed from
Blount County TN to then Barren County about 1805, perhaps temporarily leaving
son Anselm with Thomas Little, or perhaps with Thomas Conway, who in turn
allowed the Little family to care for him.

1807, Hardin Co., KY Marriage bond of Stephen Goodman and Elizabeth Jones. The
bond was also signed by Edward Fowler, whose wife was Lucinda Jones (per Anselm
Goodman and Nancy Fowler family bible). Lucinda is presumed to be a sister of
Elizabeth Jones. Two of the children of Edward Fowler and Lucinda Jones married
children of Stephen Goodman's siblings: 1) Nancy Fowler married Anselm Goodman,
eldest son of Amos I. Goodman by his 1st wife Sarah Conway, and 2) Richard
Harris Fowler married Rachel Harper, daughter of Sarah Jane Goodman Richardson
and her 2nd husband Matthew Harper. Mourning Jones, 2nd wife of Amos I. Goodman,
is presumed to be related to the same Jones family as Elizabeth and Lucinda
Jones, but her exact relationship to them cannot be determined.

1810 US Census: Amos Goodman is listed in Barren Co., KY, with 2nd wife Mourning
Jones, son Anselm, under 10 years, a young daughter, name unknown, also under
10, and one female over 45, possibly his mother, Epharilla Thorp. This census is
not alphabetized, so one can surmise that the names are listed as encountered by
the enumerator, and that the nearby families on the census list were also close
neighbors. Nearby on this census list are: Matthias Reynolds and wife Martha
Goodman of Bedford Co., VA; Mathew Harper, later 2nd husband of Amos Goodman’s
sister Sarah Jane (Richardson) Goodman; Hance Harper, John Logsdon, David
Reynolds, Thomas Logsdon (who later married Amos Goodman's sister Susannah
Goodman Richardson in 1813), and a William Richardson, which are among the
families earlier and later married to and otherwise closely associated with
these Goodmans. Many other Goodmans appear in the 1810 Barren Co., census, but
on other pages not so close by, so no determination as to relationships can be
made.

1820: Amos Goodman listed in Monroe Twp., Hart Co., KY US Census, p. 159, age
26-45, wife age 26-45 (Mourning), one male 16-18 (Anselm), two males under 10
(George J., John A.), three females under 10 (Lourania, two others unknown), one
female over 45 (possibly mother, Epharilla?).

1830: Amos Goodman listed in Hart Co., KY US Census, p. 211, age 40-50, wife age
40-50 (Mourning Jones), one male 15-20 (George J. or John A.), two males 5-10
(Luke A., Amos M.), one male under 5 (Wesley C.), one female 15-20 (Lourania),
two females 10-15 (unknown), one female 5-10 (Maranda S.), and one female under
5 (unknown).

1840: Amos Goodman listed in Hart Co., KY US Census, p. 194, age 50-60, wife age
40-50 (Mourning), one male 15-20 (Amos M.), one male 10-15 (Wesley C.), one male
5-10 (Gideon S.), one female 5-10 (unknown)

Amos Goodman’s tombstone inscription, Goodman Cemetery, Hart Co., KY:
    Amos I. Goodman b. 28 Feb 1782 d. 14 Sep 1845 age 63 yr. 6 mo 14 d.

Amos I. Goodman was a clergyman:

WHITMAN, Richard, VA, Rev War Pension Application S38464. State of KY,
Springfield, May 6, 1834, Washington Co. Affidavit made by Christopher BARLOW,
age 77. "… From there he moved to Hart Co which was then Hardin Co, and has
continued to live in Hart Co. One of his acquaintances was Amos GOODMAN,
clergyman and Phillip DEVORE, citizens of Hart Co. …."

Affidavit from Hart Co., KY probate court, dated 24 Aug 1870, found among the
estate papers of James William Sego, as provided by his heirs in Worth & Gentry
Counties, MO, as follows: “I do certify that on the 24th day of June 1833 I
joined together in holy bonds of marriage James Sego and Lavina Goodman
according to law. (signed) Amos Goodman.” Below that – “State of Kentucky, Hart
County – I, J.M. Brents, clerk of the county court for said county do certify
that the above is a true and perfect copy of the minister’s return of the
marriage of James Sego and Lavina Goodman, as is found of record in my office.
Witness my hand and seal of office this 24th day of August 1870. (signed) J.M.
Brents, Clerk, Hart County Court.”. 

Amos M. Goodman. son of Amos I. Goodman, was born in 1824, so was too young to
be the one who performed this marriage. Likewise, Amos Goodman, son of Arthur
Goodman, was born in 1818, and was also too young to perform this marriage. This
leaves Amos I. Goodman as the only plausible person of an appropriate age and in
Hart County at the time to have been the minister performing this marriage.

Amos I. Goodman and his 2nd wife, Mourning Jones, are both buried side-by-side
in the Goodman Cemetery, located at 1520 Hammonsville Rd., Munfordville, KY
42765, on the old Amos Goodman farm, which still owned by one of his direct
Goodman descendants. This cemetery is just southeast of the old Amos Goodman
home. From I-65, take exit 65 (US 31W) to Munfordville. In the center of town,
take Hwy 357 (E. Union St) northeast, which turns into Hammonsville Rd. Drive
about 2 miles to 1520 Hammonsville Rd, a small spur road on the right of Hwy
357. Before visiting the cemetery, stop at the adjacent big white house to check
in with the current owner. You can also get a Google Streetview of the property
from the road by entering 1580 Hammonsville Rd, Munfordville, KY into
maps.google.com. In one early map of Munfordville, Hammonsville Road is shown as
Bardstown Road.

Submitted by Ron Goodman
6/30/2014


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