Elizabeth Goodnight

Is your surname Goodnight?

Research the Goodnight family

Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love

  • Build your family tree online
  • Share photos and videos
  • Smart Matching™ technology
  • Free!

Elizabeth Goodnight (McMurray)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lincoln County, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 29, 1827 (40)
Three Forks, Warren County, Kentucky, United States
Place of Burial: Three Forks, Warren County, Kentucky, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas McMurray and Catherine McMurray
Wife of Isaac Goodnight
Mother of James W Goodnight; Mary Polly Neal; Christina Feland; Thomas McMurry Goodnight; Elizabeth Ground and 5 others

Managed by: Ofir Friedman
Last Updated:

About Elizabeth Goodnight

Elizabeth McMurray was the daughter of Thomas Robinson McMurry b. 29 Apr. 1765 in Augusta Co., VA, & Elizabeth Catherine Robinson b. in Ireland; she had the following siblings: William McMurray, Catherine McMurray, & James Benton McMurray.

She married Isaac Goodnight (buried at Goodnight) on 5 Sep 1805 in Lincoln (Mercer) Co., KY; they then moved 3 years later to Three Forks, Warren Co., KY, where Issac began buying land in 1815.

Ten children were born to this marriage: Catherine, James W., Abraham, Mary Polly, Christina, Thomas McMurray, Elizabeth, Sarah B., Nancy Robinson, & Rachel Ann Goodnight.

view all 14

Elizabeth Goodnight's Timeline

1787
April 23, 1787
Lincoln County, Kentucky, United States
1807
1807
Bowling Green, Kentucky
1809
May 26, 1809
Smith's Grove, Warren, Kentucky
1811
June 23, 1811
Warren, KY, United States
1813
June 13, 1813
Smith's Grove, Warren, Kentucky
1815
August 15, 1815
Smith's Grove, Allen, Kentucky
1817
November 4, 1817
Smith's Grove, Allen, Kentucky
1820
January 31, 1820
Bowling Green, Warren, KY, United States
1822
February 13, 1822
Smith's Grove, Allen, Kentucky