Moses Going, Sr. (I)

1744 Jan 9 VA Louisa: Agnes "Aggy" Going aka Goins court-ordered beating for having an illegitimate child (Moses Going).

Moses and his wife Agnes Going were first cousins, his mother Agnes Going b. 1725 VA was her father's sister. 1783 Moses owned land on both sides of the North Fork of the Mayo River and built, owned, & operated a gristmill. He and his family migrated to GA ca 1787; they were in Wilkes and Franklin GA by 1790.

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Going-177

Moses Going Sr born c 1742 was the illegitimate son of Agnes Going born 1725 and unknown (possibly Collins). However, it is likely his father as well as his mother were Native American and his parents were married according to Native American traditions but such a marriage was not recognised by colonial authorities.

Moses married by 1762 Louisa VA his first cousin Agness "Aggie" Going, the daughter of Elizabeth "Mulatto" (Native American) and David Going Sr.

He migrated by 1783 from Louisa to near Saura Town, Henry VA, where he built and operated a gristmill on the North Mayo River; after ca 1787 he migrated to GA where he built and operated a gristmill on the Ogeechee River.

Various Moses Goings

There appears to be at least 7 different Moses Going individuals, with a maximum of 9, in Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia born some time between 1718 to 1774. No Moses Going’s in this age range are seen in South Carolina from the records found to date.

References

• https://redknot.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=redknot&view=0&...
• https://lachildress.blogspot.com/
• https://books.google.com/books?id=JcF6E75ZAeUC&pg=PA563&lpg=PA563&d...
• https://goyengoinggowengoyneandgone.com/1735-to-1740-moses-going-in...
• https://goyengoinggowengoyneandgone.com/1740-moses-going-of-granvil...