John Baptist GOLDSBERRY

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Source: Chancery Court Giles County, Tennessee Woodruff Files "0" through "R", 1830-1900 - File Box "R" - 2 case 2323 Source: Will of Robert Goldsberry Source: Brunswick County, Virginia Court Records Greensville County, Virginia Court Records Source: Marriage Records of Tennessee Giles County, Tennessee Court Papers Will of Sarah Goldsberry 1820 - 1830 - 1840 - 1850 - 1860 - Census of Giles County, Tennessee Source: 12 September 1757 Account submitted by John's mother, Elizabeth, stated John's date of birth Named as son in his Father's will. Chancery Court, Giles County, Tennessee Woodruff Files O though R 1830-1900, File Box R-2, Case #2323 John B. Goldsberry was a Witness to a Land Transaction 03 May 1791 between James Bruce and his wife Ann and James Vaughan and his wife Susannah in Brunswick County, Virginia. Another Witness was Buckner Harwell who apparently moved to Giles County, Tennessee at the same time John Baptist Goldsberry moved there. Recorded in Court 23 May 1791 - Deed Book 15 - Pages 76 and 77 and 78. 26 August - Received gift of 100 acres from James Bruce 02 May 1785 - St. Andrews Parish Vestry 1791 - Paid by Overseers of the Poor for Thomas Cannon 1792 - Paid by Overseers of the Poor for Joseph Cannon 25 Jan 1795 - Sold land with Mary, his wife August 1795 - Processions Book 1797 - Sold land to Smart Hawkins 1800 - On Tax List - District of Hartwell Tucker - St. Andrews Parish Reference: The Virginia Genealogist - Vol.11, #1, Jan-Mar 1967, Page 37 1800 Tax List for Brunswick County, Virginia John B. Goldsberry - 3 white male tithables - 5 horses - 1 negro tithable - 1 negro aged between 12 & 16 MR.GOLDSBERRY AND HIS FAMILY MOVED FROM KERSHAW DISTRICT, SOUTH CAROLINA TO TENNESSEE ABOUT 1808. THEY FIRST SETTLED ON WHITE'S CREEK IN DAVIDSON COUNTY. MOST OF THE FAMILY REMOVED THERE. HENRY GOLDSBERRY MOVED TO GILES COUNTY WITH SARAH AND JAMES. LAND WAS SOLD AND DIVIDED AMONG HIS HEIRS. MOST OF THE GOLDSBERRY HEIRS LIVED IN THE NASHVILLE AREA.

John married Mary BRUCE before 5 Sep 1778. Mary (daughter of James BRUCE and Margaret THORPE) was born about 1755; died after 1801 in Brunswick County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sarah GOLDSBERRY died about 1860.
2. Robert GOLDSBERRY died about 1895.
3. Jonathan GOLDSBERRY died about 1855.
4. Hannah GOLDSBERRY died about 1857.
5. Margaret GOLDSBERRY and died.
6. Elizabeth Seale GOLDSBERRY was born about 1773 in Virginia; died about 1835 in Davidson County, Tennessee.
7. Mary "Polly" GOLDSBERRY was born about 1775 in Virginia; died about 1815 in Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee.
8. James GOLDSBERRY was born in 1786 in Virginia; died in 1858 in Giles County, Tennessee.
9. Henry S. GOLDSBERRY was born in 1800 in Virginia; died in 1850.

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Robert married Elizabeth SEALE. Elizabeth was born about 1692 in Maryland; died in 1757 in St. Mary's, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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