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Joanna Sevier (Goad)

Also Known As: "Johanna", "Sevier", "Joanna", "Goode", "Joanna Goode", "Joanna Goad", "Joannah Goad or Goade or Goode", "Joanna Goadde"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, Colonial America
Death: August 15, 1773 (49)
Rockingham County, Virginia, Colonial America
Place of Burial: Rockingham County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Goad and Katherine Goad
Wife of Col. Valentine ‘the Immigrant’ Sevier
Mother of John 'Nolichucky Jack' Sevier, 1st Gov. of Tennessee; Col. Valentine Sevier; Mary Rutherford; Capt. Robert Sevier; Catherine Matlock and 2 others
Sister of Hannah Bennett; Elizabeth Cox; John Goad, II; William Goad and Ann Roysden
Half sister of Abraham Goad, Sr.; Robert Goad; Able Goad and Andrew Goad

Occupation: Housewife, Housewife-Farmer
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About Joanna Sevier

JOANNAH GOAD, daughter of JOHN GOAD and CATHERINE ,  was born November 01, 1723 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia1, and died Abt. 1773 in probably Rockingham County, Virginia2.  She married VALENTINE SEVIER, son of JOHN SEVIER and MARY SMITH, 1744 in Culpepper Co. VA.3.  He was born February 01, 1711/12 in St Giles Parish. Cripplegate, London, England4,5, and died December 30, 1803 in Carter City, near Watauga Setlementt, Carter County, Tennessee6,7.

Valentine and Joanna had a family of five sons and two daughters. The oldest son John, born in 1745, was the first generation American from whom the author is descended. The other known children, in order of birth, are Valentine, Robert, Mary ("Polly"), Catherine, Abraham, and Joseph.

(See also Joe Payne's web site information on Joannah and Valentine)

Children of Joanna Goad and Valentine Sevier:

  1. John Sevier, 1745-1815
  2. Valentine Sevier, Jr. Abt. 1747-1800
  3. Robert Sevier Abt. 1749-16 Oct. 1780
  4. Mary Polly Sevier Abt. 1750
  5. Catherine Sevier Ab.t 1752
  6. Abraham Sevier 14 Feb. 1760
  7. Joseph I Sevier 1764- Abt. 1825

Notes:

  • Joannah and Valentine lived for a time in the Rockingham and Shenandoah County area of Virginia. They did not appear to have gone to Bedford County with her father. Most of Joannah's children were born in the Rockingham and Shenandoah area.Valentine was "An imigrant with a considerable talent for acquiring property." After Joannah's death, Valentine remarried.

sources

  • The Goads - A Frontier Family, Second Edition, by Kenneth F. Haas

Links

Bailey, Rev. J. D.. Commanders at Kings Mountain. Gaffney, SC: E. H. DeCamp, 1926.

  • DAR Application Julia Sue Herring Barry, National Number 236267 Transcript. 6. The said Capt. Valentine Sevier was the child of Valentine Sevier born 1702 died __ and his wife Joanna Goode born __ died __ married __.
  • Sevier, C. B. and Madden, N. S. S.. Sevier Family History. Washington, D. C.: N. S. Madden. 1961.
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Joanna Sevier's Timeline

1723
November 21, 1723
North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, Colonial America
1745
September 23, 1745
Rockingham, Virginia
1747
April 1747
Rockingham, Virginia
1749
1749
Rockingham, Virginia
1753
1753
Rockingham County, Virginia
1757
1757
Rockingham County, Province of Virginia
1760
February 14, 1760
Shenandoah, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
February 14, 1760
now Shenandoah County, Frederick County, VA
1773
August 15, 1773
Age 49
Rockingham County, Virginia, Colonial America