John
Shelburn
Goff
Born in Loudoun County, Virginia
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of John Turton Goff
and Monica (Carrico) Goff
Brother of
James Carrico Goff, Catherine Daugherty Goff, Allalujah (Goff) Wotring, Marsianna (Goff) Heck, Alexander Goff, Hannah (Goff) Smith, Joanna Goff, Tamar (Goff) Riddle and Luda (Goff) Springston
Husband of
Anna (Howell) Goff
— married
2 Jul 1794 in Randolph County, Virginia, USA [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Father of
John Turton Goff, Elizabeth (Goff) Pierce, William Gilmore Goff, Thomas James Goff, Anna (Goff) Rowan, George Goff, Monroe Goff, Jonathan Howell Goff, Eleanor (Goff) Friend, Nathan Pool Goff, Rachel (Goff) Graham and Elijah Chaney Goff
Died
at age 83
in Delaware County, Indiana, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Apr 2014
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Biography
1810 residence Randolph County, VA (now WV); 1820 residence Randolph County, VA (now WV); 1830 residence Randolph County, VA (now WV); 1840 residence Delaware County, IN; 1850 residence unable to locate
He is buried Mount Tabor Cemetery, southeast of Muncie, Delaware County, IN.
Not to be confused with John Goff (1768-1837) of Bedford County, VA who married Sabina Halley and lived near Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, KY.
A family record, perhaps copied from a Bible, contains this information:
Births father and Mother
John Shelbern Goff was Born June 14 1770
Annie Howell was Born December 27 1778
John Terton Goff was Born March 16 1796
Elisabeth Goff was Born December 21 1797
William Gilmore Goff was Born March 7 1800
Thomas James Goff was Born July 23 1802
Annie Goff was Born September 24 1804
George Goff was Born November 8 1806
Monroe Goff was Born April 28 1809
Jonathan Howell Goff Born July 31 1811
Elener Goff was Born August 5 1813
Nathan pool Goff was Born October 2 1815
Rachale Goff was Born April 30 1818
Elijah Chaney Goff was Born September 30 1822
Sources
- "The Goff Family" by Roy L. Lockhart 1974, Maxwell's 1898 History of Randolph County, WV, Lowther's 1911 History of Ritchie County, WV, John Shelburn Goff Family Record (Bible), his tombstone.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John 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:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John 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:
- Carl Goff
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup I-M253, FTDNA kit #771430
-
~1.95%
Doug Bohon :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dbohon17
-
~1.56%
Karen Stewart :
23andMe, GEDmatch T605051 [compare], yourDNAportal KARd2f101ae
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T605051 [compare], yourDNAportal KARd2f101ae, Ancestry member KSTEWART22
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #N17624
-
~1.56%
Roy Lockhart :
23andMe, GEDmatch M533831 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F216962 [compare], FTDNA kit #216962
-
~1.56%
Steve Lee :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch EK2932848 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Carolyn Calhoun :
AncestryDNA
-
~1.56%
~6.25%
Robert Patterson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #147349
-
~1.56%
Willis Tharp :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T571664 [compare], FTDNA kit #15296
-
~1.56%
Mark Prichard :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #N173063
-
~0.78%
William Biggs :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member reddybiggs2
-
~0.78%
Charles Avis :
23andMe, GEDmatch XP9992190 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Carl Goff :
23andMe, GEDmatch EW3082160 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Jon Bunner :
23andMe, GEDmatch KM5754596 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Jan Robertson :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A561196 [compare], Ancestry member jlrobertson30
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A561196 [compare], Ancestry member jlowry30, FTDNA kit #B101448
-
~0.78%
Janet (McCoy) Griffin :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Dea Fleming :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lifeliinedea
-
~0.78%
Sandra Allen :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SG3231613 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Cathy (Humes) Scarbrough :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A035135 [compare], Ancestry member briescat15
-
~0.78%
Chris Cunningham :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A505027 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Jeff Hall :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Cindy (White) Boyd :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A017998 [compare], Ancestry member BoydCA1123
-
~0.78%
Annette (Pryor) Gelbrich :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ATFlora2010
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Mary (Reynolds) Miller :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A124131 [compare], Ancestry member kalinkah
-
~0.78%
LaDonna Chapman :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Cheryl (Rogers) Gerhart :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A973288 [compare], Ancestry member CherylGerhart
-
~0.78%
Vince Humes :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T819987 [compare], FTDNA kit #869704
-
~0.78%
Pamela Hall :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #983032
-
~0.78%
Lenny Eliason :
MyHeritage DNA
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