Phillip Goodbread, Loyalist to the Crown

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Source: Morgan District, North Carolina, Superior Court of Law & Equity; Misc. Records, Book III. Transcription of court proceedings against suspected Tories.

"State of North Carolina, Rutherford County. At a County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions began and held for said county on the Second Monday of July in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred and Eight two, before the Worshipfull William Gilbert, James Whitrow & Jonathon Hampton and Other Justices asigned & Duly Commd. With full Power and Authority and Jurisdiction to hold the Said Court and to hear try and determine all petit larceny assault batteries trespasses breaches of the peace and Other Misdemeanors of What Kind So ever of an inferior nature AND also duly Authorised and Impowered by an Act of Assembly in such case made & provided to hear try adjudge & Determine all Cases of Confiscated Property in the County aforesaid. The Jurors for the State on their Oath present & say that

...Philip Jnr, John and Thomas Goodbread...

all late of the County of Rutherford Planters, not reguarding the Duty of their Allegance to the said State & her laws of fearing the pains and penelties therein Contained on the first day of October in the year of Our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred & Eighty with force & Arms in the County aforesaid Wickedly & treacherously entending and Designing as for as in them lay to Overturn the present free Government of this State & reduce the inhabitants thereof Under the Power of the Army of Great Britain then & now at Open War with this State and the United States of America did then & there with force and Arms feloniously & treacherously Knowingly & Willfully did aid & assist the said King by Joining his Army Commanded by Major Ferguson and by bearing Arms in the Service of the said King Against the Good Government Peace and Dignity of this State, and the Jurors aforesaid on their Oath aforesaid do further Present & say that by their felony and treason by them respective in Manner & form aforesaid Committed have Severally forfeited their Goods & Chattles lands & tenements to the State according to a form of An Act of Assembly in Such Case made & provided A True Bill-

William Porter, foreman"

A true Copy of the inquisition found by the Grand Jury - certified by me

Felix Walker CC

GEDCOM Note

{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf1038\cocoasubrtf360{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica;}{\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;}\pard\tx560\tx1120\tx1680\tx2240\tx2800\tx3360\tx3920\tx4480\tx5040\tx5600\tx6160\tx6720\ql\qnatural\pardirnatural \f0\fs24 \cf0 Phillip Goodbread, Jr. served as a private with his Sgt. father in Capt. Robert Porter's Co. "G", Tryon County NC troops during the Rev. war in 1777 with his brothers. \par \par In June 1780 he and his brother Thomas were captured by the British and he became a Tory, serving with the British Loyalist Troops and in 1782 when he was accused of treason in Rutherford County NC, fled to Florida. \par \par In 1783 Phillip Goodbread was listed as a private in Capt. William Young's troops in Florida as listed in the 1783 census of Spanish Florida. \par \par In 1786, Phillip moved from Fl to Cumberland Island, Glynn Co., GA Where he resided until 1835. He then returned to Fl to die 4 years later. He is buried at Old Germantown, Camden Co. GA, on a bluff overlooking the St. Mary's river. This cemetery has been destroyed by vandals. \par \par (From Gutbrodt is Goodbread)Phillip served in the Revolutionary War in 1777 and switched to the Loyalist side. After being accused of treason in 1782 he fled to Spanish Florida. There were many Goodbreads in what is now Suwannee and Columbia counties. There are still Goodbreads in Lake City and Live Oak, FL. Townships where they lived were Falling Creek, Columbia County; White Springs, Hamilton County; Wellborn, Suwannee County, among others. He moved to Camden County, GA about 1786. \par \par More on Phillip Goodbread, from Gutbrodt IS Goodbread by Rudell Mills Davis: Phillip Goodbread, Jr. served as a Private in Capt. Robert Porter's Company "G," Tryon County North Carolina troops during the Revolutionary War in 1777, as did his father and brothers. In June of 1780 he and his brother Thomas were captured by the British and he became a Tory, serving with the British Loyalist troops, and in 1782 when he was accused of treason in Rutherford County, NC fled to Florida. In 1783, Phillip Goodbread was listed as a Private in Capt. William Young's troops in Florida, as part of the 1783 Spanish Census of Florida. In 1786, Phillip moved from Florida to Cumberland Island, Camden County GA, where he resided until 1835, returning to Florida where he died four years later. He is buried at Old Germantown, on a bluff overlooking the St. Mary's river, Camden Co., GA. This Cemetery has been destroyed by vandals. \par \par The book, Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War, by Murtie June Clark shows both Phillip Jr. and his brother Thomas served six months from 14 June to 13 Dec 1780 as Privates in Maj. Zacariah Gibbs' Regiment, Spartan Militia, 96th Dist., South Carolina, as among the men who came to Orangeburg, SC with Lt. Col. John H. Cruger and Capt. William Young. Although there are no further records of service for Phillip's brother Thomas, Phillip continued to serve in the Loyalist Army through Dec. 1782, as shown in the pay abstracts. Shortly thereafter, he fled to Spanish Florida, where he again served on the Loyalist side, serving with Capt. Young's troop in Aug. 1783. In 1763, Spain had traded Florida to Britian for Havana. In 1783, at the end of the Revolution, Britain returned Florida to Spain who immediately ordered a census of the inhabitants. Phillip Goodbread Jr. appears on that census. Immediately, Spain required all inhabitants to swear an Oath of Allegiance to the King of Spain and join the Catholic Church. Phillip Goodbread, along with many others, moved across the line into Georgia, rather than meet Spain's requirements. He settled on Cumberland Island off the coast. This island was captured and occupied by the British for 3 months during the War of 1812. The British issued a proclamation freeing all the slaves but many of them remained with their masters. In 1786, Phillip received his first Head Right Survey for 200 acres in Camden County, GA. He received additional grants through 1824 for a total of 1282 acres (GA Land Office records on microfilm at Dept of Archives and History, Atlanta). His Head Right of 200 acres in 1786 was on Cumberland Island, the others on the mainland on Phil's Ford, White Oak Creek. In 1799 he took the Oath of Allegiance to the State of Georgia and to the United States. Philip Goodbread, Jr. left no will, but from 1819 through Dec 1838 Camden Co., GA Deed Books K,L, and N, show he executed deeds of gift to his sons, daughters, and grandchildren, disposing of his lands and slaves. \par \par ************ MORE ************************************************************** \par \par Philip Goodbread JR. was born about 1760, served as a private in Capt. Porter's Company G of the Tryon Militia, and 1781 served as a private in the British Loyalist Troops. In 1782 he was accused of treason, went to Flordia, where he served in Capt. Young's troops. In 1784 he made a "Loyalist Claim" To The British Goverment, and in 1785 settled in Camden County, Georgia, on Cumberland Island. In 1799 he took the Oath of Alegiance to the State of Georgia and the U.S. and in 1839 moved to Nassau County, Flordia where he died in 1839. His wife was Catherine Souder and they had seven or more children of which several died in infancy. Died in the fall 1839, Nassau Co., FL and buried at Old Germantown, Camden Co., GA. m. Catherine Souder d. before 1840. All children born Camden Co., GA. He left NC after 31 Dec. 1782 and moved to FL before 6 Aug. 1783 where he is listed on the Spanish Census of that date. He eventually settled on Cumberland Iland, Camden Co., GA in 1785 and moved back to Nassau Co., FL 1835. Several Children, including Philip III and Catherine, died young.}