Joseph Gooch

Joseph Gooch
BIRTH
13 Jan 1732
Caroline County, Virginia, USA
DEATH
10 May 1810 (aged 78)
Granville County, North Carolina, USA
BURIAL
Gooch Family Cemetery
Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina, USA
MEMORIAL ID
222839545 · View Source
MEMORIAL
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This county graveyard is a combination of tombstones and crude headstone grave markers. Tombstone dates show that this burial ground was used between 1822 and 1890. The yard is surrounded by a spiked iron fence punctuated with ornate designed posts. The oldest burial dated by the stones, is that of Nancey Sneed Gooch who died in 1822; however oral family history recalls that Joseph Gooch's tombstone once stood in this yard, last seen in the 1950s. Joseph died in 1810. A descendant, Eugene Currin, claimed to have seen the overturned tombstone of Joseph by the graveyard gate. Mr. Currin died soon after the sighting and no other record of the stone has been found. All engraved stones seem to be products of skilled craftsmen and are comparable to similar stones found in other local graveyards. It seems that many of the stones are not contemporary to the burials and may be replacements for older markers. Therefore, some of the dates found on the stones differ from Bible records and should be questioned. Decoration is found only on three of the headstones. Most tombstones are slender plain marble markers. (excerpts from text)

Family Members
Parents
John Gooch
1705–1793

Lucy Wade Gooch
1709–1768

Spouse
Rachel Gooch
1735–1781

Siblings
Rowland Gooch
1730–1822

Gideon Gooch
1740–1800

Children
Daniel Terry Gooch
1756–1837

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