GOODRICH Emmett Spencer

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Petersburg, VA; Laborer - farmer - salesman

Notes:

(Medical):gunshot to the head

Emmett married WYNNE Allice Vivian on 12 Dec 1876 in Brunswick County, VA. Allice (daughter of WYNNE William and WHITE Annie) was born on 4 Jul 1857 in Brunswick County, VA; died on 26 Nov 1897; was buried in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. GOODRICH Willis Hilton was born in 1870 in Belfield District, Emporia, Greensville, VA; and died.
2. GOODRICH Thomas Channing was born on 11 Mar 1875 in Belfield District, Emporia, Greensville, VA; died on 2 Jun 1934 in Petersburg, VA; was buried in Petersburg, VA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Williamsburg, VA; William and Mary
• Occupation: Farmer
• Census: 1860, Belfield District, Emporia, Greensville, VA
• Census: 1860, Emporia, Emporia (city), Virginia, USA
• Military: 11 Sep 1864, Greensville County, Virginia; Civil War
• Land: 1858-1880, Greensville County, Virginia
• Residence: 1880, Greensville County, Virginia

Notes:

Thomas Washington Goodrich was the eldest son of James Arrington Goodrich.

He bought and sold land a number of times in Greensville County, VA between 1858 and 1880.

His census records give a complete record of the family.

Thomas W. Goodrich was born in Belfield, Greensville County, Virginia to James Arrington Goodrich and Mary Spencer. On October 3, 1850 Thomas married Mary Blick, daughter of Hiram Blick and Mary Jackson, also of Belfied. Prior to his marriage, Thomas was educated in the legal profession at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg. On September 11, 1864, at the age of 38, he enlisted in the Confederate Army at Hicksford and began serving in Edward P. Scott's Greensville County Home Guard unit. He first served as Private in Company A and then as Justice of the Peace for the entire unit. Throughout his life Thomas remained a prominent figure in the Greensville area, all the while maintaining the family farm at Belfield, and also serving as Justice of the Peace in Henderson.

He and Mary raised a productive family of nine children. On February, 1898 Thomas W. Goodrich died at home, leaving a wife and adult children to cherish his memory

Occupation:
had 19 negroe slaves.

Census:
34 years old
Farmer
Real estate $4000
Personal Property $22,000
Wife: Mary age 25
Son: Emmett S. age 9
Daughter: Ella A. age 6
Daughter: Josie age 6
Son: Willie age 2
Father: James A. age 60

Census:
City was Belfield and he was 34 years old and a farmer. His real estate was worth $4000 and personal estate was $22,000. Living with him was his wife Mary E. age 25; Emmett S. age 9; Ella A. age 6; Josie age 4; Willie age 2 and his father James A. age 60 (personal estate $15,000) and Robert Mabry, carpenter, age 24.

Military:
served as a Private under Capt. Scott.
On September 11, 1864, at the age of 38, he enlisted in the Confederate Army at Hicksford and began serving in Edward P. Scott's Greensville County Home Guard unit. He first served as Private in Company A and then as Justice of the Peace for the entire unit.

Land:
Bought and sold land a number of time.

Residence:
Belfield.

Thomas married BLICK Mary E. on 3 Oct 1850 in Greensville County, Virginia. Mary was born on 19 Jun 1833 in Emporia, Emporia (city), Virginia, USA; died on 24 Apr 1904 in Henderson, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Henderson, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Land: Brunswick County, VA
• Occupation: Lawyer
• Census: 1830, Greensville County, Virginia
• Census: 1840, Greensville County, Virginia
• Residence: 1850, Greensville County, Virginia; Moved in with Son
• Residence: 1870, Emporia, Greensville Cty, VA

Notes:

When James Arrington Goodrich was born in 1800 in Belfield, Virginia, his father, Washington, was 28 and his mother, Frances, was 20. He married Mary A.R. Spencer on December 7, 1824, in Greensville County, Virginia. He then had two sons and two daughters with Mary Spencer. He died in 1880 in Greensville County, Virginia, having lived a long life of 80 years.

Land:
On 6/24/1820 his father gave to him 570 acres in Brunswick and Greensville County.

Census:
shows 1 son and 1 daughter and 10 slaves.

Census:
showed 2 sons and a daughter and 15 slaves.

Residence:
after his wife's death he moved in with his son Thomas W. Goodrich.

Residence:
Belfield, Greensville County, VA

James married SPENCER Mary A. R. on 7 Dec 1824 in Brunswick County, VA. Mary was born in 1803 in Emporia, Emporia (city), Virginia, USA; died in 1850 in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
James Arrington Goodrich married Mary A.R. Spencer on December 7, 1824, in Greensville County, Virginia, when he was 24 years old.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1810, Greensville County, Virginia

Notes:

Notes for Washington Goodrich:
Washington Goodrich was the oldest son of Benjamin Goodrich. He had land and slaves from his father. During his life he made many real estate transacitons. In 1804, 4178 acres; 1806, 122 acres; 1806, 178 acres; 1817, 368 acres; 1817, 150 acres; 1820, 11 acres; 1820, 23 acres and 1823, 166 acres. THe 1810 census of Greensville shows Washington with three sons and one daughter. In 1820 he had 24 slaves. Washington left no will and there is no estate record, surprising given his extensive property. In 1825 he paid personal property tax on 12 slaves and 6 horses, but by 1829 he is gone from the tax books, and must have died about this time.
More About Washington Goodrich:
Residence: 1810, Greensville Co., Va.

Washington married BATTE Frances Beverly on 21 Feb 1799 in Greensville County, Virginia. Frances (daughter of BATTE William and BATTE Sarah --LNU--) was born about 1780; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]