Born in Goochland, Goochland, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Richard Kerby Sr.
and Elizabeth (UNKNOWN) Kerby
Wife of
James Bird Goolsby Sr
— married
about 1743 in Goochland, Goochland, Virginia
Descendants 
Mother of
Alcey (Goolsby) Parsons, Drury Goolsby, Mary (Goolsby) Childers, Isaiah Goolsby, Elizabeth Goolsby, Mary Goolsby, Burgess Goolsby, James Bird Goolsby Jr, Elijah Goolsby, Zachariah Goolsby, Peter Goolsby and John Kirby Goolsby
Died about
at about age 85
in Goose Pond, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States
Profile managers:
Steve Turley 
[send private message], Michael Thomas [send private message], and MarLo Alexander [send private message]
[send private message], Michael Thomas [send private message], and MarLo Alexander [send private message]Profile last modified
| Created 16 Nov 2010
This page has been accessed 490 times.
Biography
Elizabeth Betsy Kirby was born on 9 Mar 1728 in Goochland, Goochland, Virginia , her father, Richard Kerby Sr and her mother, Elizabeth UNKNOWN Baker. She married James Bird Goolsby Sr about 1743 in Goochland, Goochland, Virginia. She died in 1814 in Goose Pond, Oglethorpe, Georgia and was buried in Isaiah Goolsby Plantation Cemetery, Vesta, Oglethorpe County, Georgia.
Family
- Marriage: 1742 Goochland County, Virginia
- Husband: James Goolsby
- Wife: Elizabeth "Betty" Kirby
- Child: James Goolsby
- Child: John Kirby Goolsby
- Child: Peter Goolsby
- Child: Alcey Goolsby
- Child: Drury Goolsby
- Child: Isaiah Goolsby
- Child: Elizabeth Goolsby
- Child: Mary Goolsby
- Child: Burgess Goolsby
- Child: Elijah Goolsby
- Child: Zachariah Goolsby.
Sources
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18517274/elizabeth-goldsby: accessed 15 October 2023), memorial page for Elizabeth “Betsy” Kirby Goldsby (1728–1814), Find A Grave: Memorial #18517274, citing Isaiah Goolsby Plantation Cemetery, Vesta, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Diana Hunnicutt (contributor 46860187).
- Owen-Kearby-Turley Connection p261 by Alberta Dennstedt citing Virginia Genealogist v23 p163 published in three parts
- Ancestral File compiiled by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as 1996 at Family History Library
- Goolsby/Crook family tree by Bob Crook
- Freeman [Kerby Family Lines from the files of Stephen M. Lawson
- http://steve.lawson.net/smlawson/kerby.htm by Stephen M. Lawson - broken link 2016/5/21
- http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=15024057&pid=1636 Ancestry Family Tree submitted by ancestry.com member
Is Betty your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
contact
a profile manager, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
a profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Betty by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Betty:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Betty by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Betty:
-
~1.56%
Gary Burchfield
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Lobutcha001
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Dan Smith :
AncestryDNA
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch FQ4514730 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Eloine (Patton) Chesnut :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KY6129486 [compare], Ancestry member eloine26
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T786816 [compare], FTDNA kit #466700
-
~0.78%
George Franklin :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch DG097120 [compare], FTDNA kit #466782
-
~0.78%
Joel Skates :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch DH8089941 [compare], FTDNA kit #910712
-
~0.78%
Scott Patton :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T713370 [compare], FTDNA kit #370980
+
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.78%
Rita (Patton) Weaver :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
-
~0.59%
Andi Rogers :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member andiklemm
-
~0.39%
Lindsay (Stough) Tyrie :
23andMe, GEDmatch M544309 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Anita McCray :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A984586 [compare], Ancestry member kupac_1
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A984586 [compare], FTDNA kit #B10578
-
~0.39%
~3.12%
Staci (Haden) Cloughley :
23andMe, GEDmatch M205808 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Karen Showell :
23andMe, GEDmatch a784138 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch a784138 [compare], Ancestry member karenshowell777
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch a784138 [compare], FTDNA kit #910447
-
~0.39%
Robert Brown :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member robert_f_brown71
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B636614
-
~0.39%
~1.56%
Frances (Weir) Mosher :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Christina Sabia :
23andMe
+
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.39%
Jennifer (Scroggins) Razer :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
~1.56%
Sue (James) Smith :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member MomSmith4
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
-
~0.39%
~1.56%
Jamie Smith :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MJ2681288 [compare], yourDNAportal JAMb3fd1969, Ancestry member J78Smith
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B6800400
+
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.39%
Brenda Oakley :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Larry Wolfe :
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
-
~0.39%
~1.56%
Emily (Harris) Riley :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Steven Chesnut :
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T851156 [compare], FTDNA kit #381783
-
~0.39%
Nancy Gilbert :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Anna (Walton) Grace :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Carl Comer :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T784438 [compare], FTDNA kit #362698
+
Living DNA, GEDmatch T784438 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Bea (Skates) Williams :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch WK3791627 [compare], FTDNA kit #821355
-
~0.39%
Brian McPherson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #944583
-
~0.39%
Carol Chesnut :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A312247 [compare], FTDNA kit #B541900
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Comments: 4
Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Gary Nevius
Michael Thomas
Gary Nevius
Kirby-6662 and Kerby-20 appear to represent the same person because: same person same info
posted
by Gary Nevius
Michael Thomas
Thanks for the merge, Gary. Looking at the profile, I think we can remove the "lack of sources" notice, don't you?
posted
by Michael Thomas
N Gauthier
Kirby-376 and Kerby-20 appear to represent the same person because: dups with same parents and same husband
posted
by N Gauthier
N Gauthier
Kerby-26 and Kerby-20 appear to represent the same person because: dups with same parents and same husband
posted
by N Gauthier
Rejected matches › Elizabeth (Kirby) Pyle (1773-1827) › Elizabeth (Kirby) Ingram (abt.1729-abt.1814)
Featured National Park champion connections: Betty is 13 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 19 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 15 degrees from George Catlin, 12 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 19 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 11 degrees from George Grinnell, 25 degrees from Anton Kröller, 17 degrees from Stephen Mather, 22 degrees from Kara McKean, 11 degrees from John Muir, 16 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 21 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.