Milton Embry Goins (1844 - 1926)

Born 8 Dec 1844 in Jacksboro, Campbell, Tennessee, United States

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Died 9 May 1926 at age 81 in Hopewell, Laurel, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Milton E. was born out of wedlock to Jane (Jennie) Goins. FindAGrave - Different birth date of 8 Dec 1846. BURIAL Steely Cemetery Williamsburg, Whitley County, Kentucky,

In 2006, our family discovered through DNA testing that his father was a Baker. We descendants of Milton E. Goins continue to look for our immediate Baker families. Gravesite Details DNA testing shows that the father of Milton E. was a descendant of Humphrey Baker, born in 1713 in Stourbridge, England.

Times were very hard for a single woman in those years. Her oldest son, Milton E. was indentured to William Bluford White in 1853, at the age of 9 We can imagine how she had to work, in the fields and possibly working in different homes, to support her boys. Hopefully, her life was easier after she married John Middleton Meadors, a widower. Jennie was the mother of 3 illegitimate sons before her marriage to John Middleton Meadors. They were:

• Milton Goins b. 1844,
• Dolphus (Doc) Goins b. 1854
• John Crittenden (Crit) Goins b. 1860.

They all went by the surname of Goins. Meadors was a widower when they married and they had no children together. After John's death in 1894, Jane lived the remainder of her life with her son, John "Crit" Goins.

Milton E. Goins married Sarah "Sally" Smith on Feb. 26, 1865 in Scott County, Tennessee.

Milton E. and Dempsey Smith served in the Civil War in the E 32nd Regt. Sally, his future wife, was the d/o Dempsey Smith and Judith Prewitt/Smith.

Milton E. received a pension of 72.00 dollars per month, for his service in the Civil War.

Milton E. Goins and wife Sally, lived all their married life, in Whitley County,Ky. never owned any land that we know of. They lived at Red Bird, until their elder years. Then they lived in a log cabin on Mosely Branch Rd. "formerly called Dowis Chapel Rd" behind their son, Milton M. Goins, until Sally's death in 1917.

Milton E. and Sally were blessed with a loving family of 9 children: Mary Jane, Julia "Judy" Elizabeth, Dempsey W, Lucinda "Cindy", John Crittenden "Crit, Simon Calvin, Sarah "Sally", Milt M, William "Bluford".

After Sally's death, Milton E. went to live with his son, William "Bluford", in Laurel County, where he died in 1926.

Sources

• *1850 US Census shows him as a 3 year old, Milton Garris (sic)) in the household of 23 year old Jane Garris living in District 1, Whitley, Kentucky
• 1860 US Census shows him as a 12 year old Emby Goens living in the household of Canady Goens (Goins) and Rebecca Goens (Goins)
• 1870 US Federal Census shows him as head of household with wife Sarah J. and several named children living in Lower Region, Whitley, Kentucky
• 1880 US Census shows him as head of household with wife Sarah J. and several named children living in Lower Regions, Whitley, Kentucky.
• 1900 US Federal Census shows him with wife Sarah J., several named children and an adult John Parker, living in Pleasant View, Whitley, Kentucky.
• 1990 US Federal Census shows him with wife Sarah J. and 2 named children at home in McHargue, Laurel, Kentucky.
• 1920 US Federal Census shows him living in the household of William B. Goins along with William's wife Fannie and 63 year old Able C. Burnett in McHargue, Laurel, Kentucky
• 1890 Veterans Schedules shows Milton E. Goins enlisting in the Union Army in 1862 as a private and then discharged in 1863. It shows his home as Lower Regions, Whitley,
• Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953 shows birth and death dates, place of death and mother as Jennie Goins.
• Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 shows him married to Sarah Jane Smith on 26 Feb 1865 in Scott, TN
• U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 shows him as a Union soldier (private) with 32 Kentucky Infantry
• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current shows birth in TN and death in Laurel County, KY with dates and burial in Steely Cemetery in Williamsburg, KY.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41188064/milton-e-goins