Catalpa Plantation, Coweta, Georgia

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Coweta County, Georgia, United States
Surnames/tags: Slavery Black_Heritage Plantations

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Contents 1 History 2 Slave owners 3 Unnamed Slaves 3.1 Named Slaves 3.2 Notes 4 Sources

History

Catalpa Plantation was known as the Goodwyn-Bailey House and was built in 1835 in Coweta County, Georgia. It was built by the Goodwyn family that came from Virginia, the head of the family was Nancy Dance Goodwyn, who was a widow of Burwell Goodwyn. Burwell left a considerable estate to his wife. Nancy brought several slaves with her, some of the names of the slaves were mentioned in the court case Goodwyn vs Goodwyn (see below named slaves). Thomas Dance Goodwyn lived on the plantation where he raised his family and by 1860 the Real Estate value was $5000 and his Personal Estate was valued at $25,865. Tax list for Thomas showed he had about 400 acres of land.

Slave owners

• Nancy (Dance) Goodwyn built Catalpa about 1835 - 1867
• Thomas Dance Goodwyn Sr. last half 1867 untill the end of reconstruction.

Unnamed Slaves

Please see: Slaves of Thomas Dance Goodwyn, Georgia

Named Slaves

Slaves that were named in court case Napolean Goodwyn vs Nancy (Dance) Goodwyn. These slaves were sold at a sheriff sale from the Estate of Burwell Goodwyn. Elizabeth (Thweatt) Goodwyn (Burwell's mother) bought them, 1829. Then they willed to Napolean and in the possession of Nancy Goodwyn. Goodwyn v. Goodwyn, 20 Ga. 600 (1856)
Aug. 1856 · Supreme Court of Georgia · No. 113
20 Ga. 600 - https://cite.case.law/ga/20/600/

• Winney Goodwyn age 36
• Harriet Goodwyn, a yellow woman (mulatto) age 18, child of Winney
• Caroline Goodwyn, yellow woman (mulatto) age 22, child of Winney
• Martha Goodwyn yellow woman (mulatto) age 2, child of Caroline
• Joe Goodwyn, a yellow (mulatto) child age 1 1/2, child of Harriet.
• Julia Goodwyn a black girl age 10, child of Winney
• Ned Goodwyn, a black negro boy age 13, child of Winney
• Anthony Goodwyn, a black boy age 3, child of Winney

Notes

• 1873-1879, John was guarden of his mother Mary C Goodwyn's estate. as shown in Georgia Tax Record. John owned the majority of the land around Catalpa.
• Overseer - William Mitchell, 1840's (mentioned in Goodwyn vs Goodwyn.)

Sources

• Will of Elizabeth Goodwyn. Dinwiddie Co., VA, WB 1 (1830-1835), pp. 49-51, written 1 Oct 1830, proved 15 Nov 1830. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62347/images/0031099-00146?pId=2018299