Josiah Goforth (1777-1825) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Josiah Goforth

Born 1777 in South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Son of Andrew H. Goforth and Elizabeth Gullick

Brother of Andrew Goforth [half], William Goforth, Preston Goforth, Hiram Goforth [half] and Hiram A Goforth [half]

Husband of Anna (Harris) Goforth — married 23 Mar 1797 in Hardin County, Kentucky

Descendants

Father of Jane (Goforth) Hart, William Goforth, Margaret (Goforth) Huffman, Sarah (Goforth) Waggoner, Ann Goforth, Elizabeth Goforth, Rutha Jane Goforth, Rutha Jane (Goforth) Armour and Linda Goforth

Died 23 Mar 1825 at about age 48 in War, Hardin, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Daughter's Jane and Margaret both state in 1880 Census that their father was born in KY. KY not a state; maybe VA

Josiah was born about 1777.

Sources

Dodd, Jordan, Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.Original data - Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Kentucky.Original data: Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individu), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.
Ancestry.com, Kentucky, Tax Lists, 1799-1801 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.
Ancestry.com, Kentucky, County Marriages, 1783-1965 (Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016).
Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp., Kentucky Census, 1810-90 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.
Ancestry.com, Kentucky, County Marriages, 1783-1965 (Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016).

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Josiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:

OH Goforth : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup J-FT201943, FTDNA kit #1000809, MitoYDNA ID T19069 [compare]

It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Josiah:

~1.56% ~6.25% Joy Goodwin : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A554408 [compare], Ancestry member JoyDD
~0.78% Vance Wingfield : 23andMe + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QM5711913 [compare], Ancestry member VWingfield
~0.78% Mike (Skaggs) Adams : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member madams92
~0.78% Jeremy Hall : MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch BP6103330 [compare], yourDNAportal JER4c287ad9
~0.39% Mona Limbaugh : 23andMe + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A191528 [compare], Ancestry member monalimbaugh1 + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T706187 [compare] + Living DNA
~0.39% Michelle (Dees) Sandwell : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Msandwell