John Doswell Goodwin

John Goodwin BIRTH 28 Sep 1762 Montgomery County, Maryland, USA DEATH 20 Nov 1842 (aged 80) Harrison County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Goodwin Family Cemetery Bridgeport, Harrison County, West Virginia

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Inscription: Aged 79 years 9 months & 22 days

John Goodwin enlisted in the American Revolutionary Army at 16 years of age. He served from 1778 until 1782, and he served with two brother in laws- Minor and Sam Clevenger. Later occupation: farmer

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John served in the Revolutionary War . He enlisted in the Harrison County, VA militia sometime after he moved there from MD in 1773. In Judge John Goodwin's book "The Goodwin Families in America" he writes "He served in Captain William Lothar's Company 1778-1780 and Captain Joseph Gregory's Company until 1782."

John was living in Harrison Co. in 1833 when he applied for and received a war pensionamounting to $80 a year. Also listed among Va. (WV) pensioners was Edward Goodwin II & Francis Goodwin who may have been his brothers. John vouched for each on their pension applications.

John was one of the first Magistrates in Harrison Co. having been appointed in 1784 by Patrick Henry. He was a land owner owning a large farm between the mouth of West Fork River and Simpson's Creek near what is now Fairmont. He may have owned other properties in the area as there are copies of 2 deeds belonging to John Goodwin signed by Patrick Henry.

Cemetery notes and/or description: It is located on a private farm (no longer in the Goodwin family) on Oral Lake Rd / Co Route 17. It was also known as the Goodwin Morris Cemetery

Source: "Appendix F: The Goodwins of Harrison County, West Virginia"

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The Pension Office records show that John Goodwin was born in 1762 in Montgomery county, Md., and enlisted from Harrison county, Va., in 1778, aged sixteen. He is said to have had a younger brother Edward, who lived in Harrison county; and it is also asserted that Zadock Goodwin, who married Mary Winters, was not a son of this John. These facts indicate that several brothers, some very young, were living in Harrison county in 1778, and presumably their parents had come with them from Mont- gomery county, Md. They seem not to have been related to the John and Joseph, Appendix C.

John Goodwin was born, 1762, in Montgomery county, Md. ; was married to Elizabeth Webb. By occupation he was a farmer. They resided in Harrison county, W. Va. He enlisted from Har- rison county in 1778, and served in Capt. William Lother's com- pany of Virginia in 1778-80, and in Capt. Joseph Gregory's com- pany until 1782. He was pensioned in 1833, then residing in Harrison county. Children: i. Zadock, married Mary Winters; ii. John, born January 30, 1799, married Sarah Bartlett; iii. Wil- liam, married Nancy McDonald; iv. George, married, first Ingalby Bartlett; second, Surrepta Lang; third, Helen Vandegraft; v. Elizabeth, married Miner Clevenger; vi. Margaret, married Humphrey Faris; vii. Zepporah, married Samuel Chidister; viii. Com- fort, married Samuel Cleavinger; ix. Nancy, married John Bart- lett; x. Tabitha, married Solomon Frum; xi. Mary, married Moses Husted; xii. Sarah, unmarried.

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Children:

Magdalene Goodwin Faris 1786–1828

Zipporah Goodwin Chidester 1793–1878

Tabitha Goodwin Frum 1797–1872

John Goodwin 1799–1880

Comfort Goodwin Cleavenger 1801–1889

William Banks Goodwin 1804–1877

Polly Goodwin Hustead 1808–1891

George T Goodwin 1811–1887

Gabriel Goodwin 1814–1886