William Daniel Goins (1824 - 1907)

Born Nov 1824 in Moore County, North Carolina

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Died 7 Jun 1907 at age 82 in Old Soldiers Home, Raleigh, Wake County, NC

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Biography

Private William Goins served in the United States Civil War.
Side: Confederate States of America
Regiment(s): Co I, 19th North Carolina Cavalry

CSA, Co I, 19th North Carolina Cavalry

Per letter from the Sons of the Confederacy, there was no Daniel "Owens" in 2nd Calvary, 19th Reg from Moore County. They concluded the misidentified man was our Daniel Goins and a proper headstone was put up. At the bottom of the gravestone, it reads Native American and Melungeon.

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• Year: 1860; Census Place: Moore, North Carolina; Roll: M653_906; Page: 166; Family History Library Film: 803906 This Census provides the name of his wife, Margaret Goins, his daughter Celia and his elderly mother Leah who was 70 years old, making her born ca 1790
• National Park Service database

^[1] Notes from Cyndie Hoelscher Deed Book 47 p. 136 Randolph County, North Carolina The following is the true genealogy of Daniel GOINS & family. His greate grand Mother Elisabeth GOINS was white. His grand father William GOINS was mixt his grand mother Patsey PETTY was white his father Sandy MURCHISON was white his mother Leah GOINS slitly mixt making Daniel GOINS verry Slitly mixt past into the whit(e) race to the 3rd generation at least and to all probability to the 4th or 5th. The following is the true genealogy of Margaret GOINS & her family, her great grandfather Edward GOINS Slitly mixed about an eight her grand mother Celia COFER white her father William GOINS verry slitly mixt her mother Kisiah SINCLARE white making her (Margret GOINS) past into the white race to the 5th generation. The above mentioned Margret GOINS is the wife of Daniel GOINS of Randolph County, N.C.I, Eli WADSWORTH, certify the above genealogy of Daniel GOINS to be true to the best of my knowledge information and beliefe 16th day of March A. D. 1882. (Signed) Eli (x) WADSWORTH Aged 66 years WitnessWm McLEOD Sworn to and subscribed before me an acting Justice of the Peace in Moore County 16th day of March 1882. (Signed) Wm. McLEOD, J.P.

I, Andrew COLE, Certify the above genealogy of Daniel GOINS and wife Margret to be true to the best of my knowledge information and belief 16th day of March A. D. 1882.

(Signed) Andrew COLE Aged 73 years Sworn to and subscribed before me and acting Justice of the Peace in Moore County 16th day of March A. D. 1882. (Signed) Wm. McLEOD J.P.

I Wm. H. H. KIMBREL certify the above genealogy of Daniel GOINS and wife Margret to be true to the best of my knowledge information and belief. The 16th March 1882 (Signed) W. H. KIMBEL aged 67 years. Sworn to and subscribed before me an acting Justice of the Peace in Moore County 16th March 1882. (Signed) Wm. McLEOD, J.P.

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State of North Carolina} Cumberland County }

Personally appeared before me Archabald A. JOHNSON an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county in the State aforesaid Flora MCDONALD and Catharine McBRYDE who are well known to me to be respectable and truth telling women and after being duly sworn according to law doth say that they are acquainted with Daniel GOINS late of the county and State aforesaid, that they know his Father, Grand Father and Great Grand father, that his Great Grand Father (John Harmon) was a native of Portugal, and was always called a Portugan and he was the color of the natives of that place, and that he and his sons and grandsons Exercised the right of and passed as white men in every respect.

Flora McDONALD, aged 88 years Catharine McBRIDE, aged 83 years

Signed by the said Flora McBride and Catherine McDONALD and sworn before me on this 16th Day of July 1884. A. JOHNSON J.P.

State of North Carolina} Cumberland County} I, T. S. LUTTERLOH Clerk of the Superior Court do certify that A. A. JOHSNON was an acting Justice of the Peace for said county on the 16th July 1884, and is now and that the within signature purporting to be his is in his proper hand write.

Witness my hand and official seal T. S. LUTTERLOH Clerk Supr Court