Mary Goggans

Daughter of Thomas "Big" Johnston Jr and Elizabeth Jane Dalrymple Johnston.

The narrative that follows is based largely on a book by Thomas J. Lassiter and T. Wingate Lassiter: Johnston County: its history since 1746. Copies of the book may be purchased from the Heritage Center, Johnston County, NC.

"Prehistoric Residents, the Tuscaroras, an Iroquoian-speaking tribe, flourished here until the second decade of the 18th Century. They were defeated in a bloody war with European colonists in 1713, after which most Tuscaroras fled to New York where they became the sixth nation in the Iroquois confederation. Those allowed to remain in the Carolina colony were placed on a reservation in Bertie County, but many of these later followed their fellow tribesmen to New York. Tuscarora descendants still live on a reservation near Niagara Falls where much of their history and culture is kept alive."

County's official origin
Johnston County was created in 1746 from Craven County and named in honor of Gabriel Johnston, North Carolina's royal governor at the time. Johnston County originally contained most of what is now Wake, Wayne, Greene, and Lenoir counties and part of Wilson.

Routes of migration and trade
The first European and African settlers came from coastal N.C. and the Tidewater areas of Virginia and Maryland, many traveling along Green's Path, an old Indian trade route apparently named for Roger Green, an Anglican minister in Virginia who promoted migration to neighboring lands in North Carolina. These early settlers were primarily subsistence farmers who grew little more than was required to feed and clothe their families. Some made profits by raising large herds of swine and cattle which they drove to markets in Virginia. A few grew tobacco which they hauled on wagons to Virginia or shipped down the Neuse River to New Bern, and from there to Norfolk.

Smithfield, Johnston's first town, grew up at the site of Smith's Ferry on the Neuse River. The courthouse was moved there in 1771, and the town was incorporated in 1777. In 1770 the colonial assembly had attempted to boost North Carolina's tobacco trade by erecting a warehouse near Smith's Ferry for receiving and storing tobacco to be shipped down the Neuse River to the sea. Nonetheless, it would be another century and a quarter before this product would gain the attention of Johnston's commercial farmers.

It appears very logical that Johnston would marry Dalrymple as each is descended from Scottish Earls. Dalrymple, Earl of Stair and Johnston, Earls of Annandale and Hartfell.

Cemetery detail are located in the book "Our Folks", by Sadie Goggans, Maron Summer Eve. "This cemetery is on land granted to Thomas Johnston on 2nd Spring Branch southside of Bush River, Newberry County."

James and Mary married, ca. 1796, had a son, Thomas Bailey Goggans, b 1770.

See also:

https://www.colonialsociety.org/node/2858, Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Vol. 86 The Papers of Francis Bernard, Vol 4, 1768; Col. William Dalrymple, letter, Boston, June 10 1768

and, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Independence_(Massachusetts),

and, https://www.colonialsociety.org/publications/transfer-castle-william
Transfer of Castle William, Castle Island, Fort Independence, to Col. William Dalrymple.

I credit Dr. Sadie Goggans, PhD with documentation of the Goggans family and marriage into the Johnston family. See Sadie Goggans' F/G Memorial, bio provided by Suzanne E Presley, now managed by a different contributor as of 2020, for more information.

If anyone has more information, please let me know!
Thank you

Find a Grave Memorial #216108368 MARY JOHNSTON GOGGANS created 27 Sep 2020 by Suzanne E Presley and maintained by Suzanne E Presley.
Last update 26 MAY 2021* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Sep 12 2022, 14:08:10 UTC

Daughter of Thomas "Big" Johnston Jr and Elizabeth Jane Dalrymple Johnston.

The narrative that follows is based largely on a book by Thomas J. Lassiter and T. Wingate Lassiter: Johnston County: its history since 1746. Copies of the book may be purchased from the Heritage Center, Johnston County, NC.

"Prehistoric Residents, the Tuscaroras, an Iroquoian-speaking tribe, flourished here until the second decade of the 18th Century. They were defeated in a bloody war with European colonists in 1713, after which most Tuscaroras fled to New York where they became the sixth nation in the Iroquois confederation. Those allowed to remain in the Carolina colony were placed on a reservation in Bertie County, but many of these later followed their fellow tribesmen to New York. Tuscarora descendants still live on a reservation near Niagara Falls where much of their history and culture is kept alive."

County's official origin
Johnston County was created in 1746 from Craven County and named in honor of Gabriel Johnston, North Carolina's royal governor at the time. Johnston County originally contained most of what is now Wake, Wayne, Greene, and Lenoir counties and part of Wilson.

Routes of migration and trade
The first European and African settlers came from coastal N.C. and the Tidewater areas of Virginia and Maryland, many traveling along Green's Path, an old Indian trade route apparently named for Roger Green, an Anglican minister in Virginia who promoted migration to neighboring lands in North Carolina. These early settlers were primarily subsistence farmers who grew little more than was required to feed and clothe their families. Some made profits by raising large herds of swine and cattle which they drove to markets in Virginia. A few grew tobacco which they hauled on wagons to Virginia or shipped down the Neuse River to New Bern, and from there to Norfolk.

Smithfield, Johnston's first town, grew up at the site of Smith's Ferry on the Neuse River. The courthouse was moved there in 1771, and the town was incorporated in 1777. In 1770 the colonial assembly had attempted to boost North Carolina's tobacco trade by erecting a warehouse near Smith's Ferry for receiving and storing tobacco to be shipped down the Neuse River to the sea. Nonetheless, it would be another century and a quarter before this product would gain the attention of Johnston's commercial farmers.

It appears very logical that Johnston would marry Dalrymple as each is descended from Scottish Earls. Dalrymple, Earl of Stair and Johnston, Earls of Annandale and Hartfell.

Cemetery detail are located in the book "Our Folks", by Sadie Goggans, Maron Summer Eve. "This cemetery is on land granted to Thomas Johnston on 2nd Spring Branch southside of Bush River, Newberry County."

James and Mary married, ca. 1796, had a son, Thomas Bailey Goggans, b 1770.

See also:

https://www.colonialsociety.org/node/2858, Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Vol. 86 The Papers of Francis Bernard, Vol 4, 1768; Col. William Dalrymple, letter, Boston, June 10 1768

and, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Independence_(Massachusetts),

and, https://www.colonialsociety.org/publications/transfer-castle-william
Transfer of Castle William, Castle Island, Fort Independence, to Col. William Dalrymple.

I credit Dr. Sadie Goggans, PhD with documentation of the Goggans family and marriage into the Johnston family. See Sadie Goggans' F/G Memorial, bio provided by Suzanne E Presley, now managed by a different contributor as of 2020, for more information.

If anyone has more information, please let me know!
Thank you

Find a Grave Memorial #216108368 MARY JOHNSTON GOGGANS created 27 Sep 2020 by Suzanne E Presley and maintained by Suzanne E Presley.
Last update 26 MAY 2021* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Feb 16 2023, 15:25:48 UTC