Phillip R. Goodbread

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About Phillip R. Goodbread

Phillip Goodbread (son of John Goodbread, Sr.) appears to have had three wives. His first is counted in the 1810 census of Rutherford County, where his household is said to consist of one male 16-26 (Phillip himself), one female 26-45 (his wife), and a boy and girl under the age of 10.551 However, the record shows that he married Nancy Webb on 19 December 1812 in Burke County NC. He married again, to Polly Goodbread, in Marengo County Alabama 1 July 1830.209 Phillip Goodbread's known children are:

(1) Joseph b before 1810; d 1840 Shelby County Texas (2) Minerva m Daniel Bird (3) Thomas b ca 1815 NC; m Malinda Brewer 27 May 1833 (4) John b ca 1818; d 1848 Grimes County Texas (5) Phillip R. b ca 1820; d in Civil War? (6) Sarah m Martin West (7) Nancy m Creed Taylor (8) Mary Louisa b 15 March 1830; m 1st James Gillespie; m 2nd Oliver Lightfoot

Phillip Goodbread appeared in Texas in December of 1834. Along with sons John and Joseph, he fought in the Texas War of Independence and was granted a headright of a League and a Labor of land (about 1800 acres).552 He eventually settled in Wilson County and died in 1869. The partition of Phillip Goodbread's estate, recorded 5 November 1870,553 deals with three parcels of land: (1) one league in Grimes County, (2) 1/3 league in Wilson and Gonzales Counties (the headright of Phillip Goodbread, Jr., deceased, and (3) 500 acres in Wilson County. Phillip Goodbread is buried in an unmarked grave in Bird Cemetery.

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Phillip R. Goodbread's Timeline

1786
1786
Rutherford Co, NC
1810
1810
South Carolina, United States
1815
1815
Burke County, North Carolina, United States
1818
1818
1820
1820
1822
1822
Burke Co, NC
1823
1823
North Carolina, United States
1832
1832
Marengo County, Alabama, United States
1833
1833
Alabama, United States