Henry R Goodnight Jr. (abt. 1776 - aft. 1860)

Born about 1776 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Huggins) Goodnight — married after 1810 in Tennessee

Descendants

Died after 1860 after about age 84 in Van Buren, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Henry was born in about 1776 in North Carolina. ^{[1] [2]}

He was the son of Henry Goodnight and Elizabeth Chisholm.

Henry passed away in 1861 in Van Buren County, Arkansas and was buried at Shirley, Van Buren County, Arkansas in the Shady Grove Cemetery. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137260080/henry-goodnight : accessed 20 March 2022), memorial page for Henry Goodnight Jr. (1776–1861), Find a Grave Memorial ID 137260080, citing Shady Grove Cemetery, Shirley, Van Buren County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Ted Stout (contributor 46891921) .

   Notes:

   Henry Goodnight Jr.

   BIRTH 1776 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA

   DEATH 1861 (aged 84–85) Van Buren County, Arkansas, USA

   BURIAL Shady Grove Cemetery Shirley, Van Buren County, Arkansas, USA

   MEMORIAL ID 137260080

   Additional information from webpage:

   I dont know the actual cemetery but Henry was living with son Phillip in Turkey Creek Township near Shirley in 1860 and there was a claim against his estate on 11 Jul 1861 in Van Buren County. Henry was son of Henry and Elizabeth (Chisholm) Goodnight. He married Mary Huggins daughter of Phillip and Jane Huggins. His date of birth is not certain. It could have been 1781 according to the 1850 census or 1776 according to the 1860 census. It says in the 1850 census that he was born in North Carolina. Since his father was constable in Mercer Co. KY by 1879 he must have been born before 1879. Since his father was 54 by 1812, it seems more likely that Henry, Jr. was the person serving in Dyer's Regiment of Cavalry and Mounted Gunmen, Tennessee Volunteers in the War of 1812.

   He was given bounty land for his Tennessee service Warrant Number: 55-160-34882. This warrant had been assigned to Lyman B. Flint who was given a160 acre tract of land in Anderson Co., KS in 1863 signed by Abraham Lincoln.

   Henry Goodnight, Jr. appeared in a petition of Duck River residents in 1806 asking for the establishment of Maury County Tennessee. Moreover, the younger Henry Goodnight, husband of Mary and father of Henry R. Goodnight had a child born in Tennessee followed by two born in Alabama, one reportedly known to be born in Lauderdale County Alabama (near Muscle Shoals) where a John Chisholm age 91, native of Virginia, died in 1828, possibly the father of Elizabeth, Henry, Sr's wife. Henry moved to the area of Van Buren Co. AR before 1840 and lived there until he died.

2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M674-H15 : 19 December 2020), Henry Goodnight, War Eagle, Benton, Arkansas, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

   Notes:

   Name Henry Goodnight

   Sex Male

   Age 69

   Event Date 1850

   Event Place War Eagle, Benton, Arkansas, United States

   Event Place (Original) War Eagle, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States

   Birth Year (Estimated) 1781

   Birthplace North Carolina

   Race White

   Event Type Census

   Schedule Type 1850 Population

   Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

   Henry Goodnight Male 69 North Carolina

   Mary Goodnight Female 56 South Carolina

   John Goodnight Male 23 Tennessee

   Jas Goodnight Male 21 Tennessee

   Luke Goodnight Male 19 Tennessee

   Mary Goodnight Female 17 Tennessee

   Tabitha Goodnight Female 15 Tennessee

   Thos Goodnight Male 13 Tennessee