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- Thomas Gough: There is a 1796 VA land grant record given to Thomas
Gaugh, 200 ac Meadow Creek, south of Green River. Records indicate
that he and his wife Fanny sold this land before late 1804. Thomas is
included in the 1800 KY Tax list along with his father, and siblings
William Gough Jr, Jonathan Gough. From "Logan Co., KY Deed Abstracts"
Deed Book A, page 302 - Indenture dated 13 Dec 1804 between Thomas
Gough and Thomas Lawrence, $100 paid, 50 acres on Meadow Branch of Big
Muddy Creek. Signed also by Fanny Gough....witness: Jonathan Gough,
David Howard, Reuben Dougherty.
Also on page 299 is an indenture dated 15 Dec 1804 - Thomas Gough and
Fanny Gough, one part, and David Howard, other part, $100 paid, tract
on Meadow Branch, waters of Big Muddy Creek, being 50 acres...witness:
Jonathan Gough, Thos Lawrence, Reuben Dougherty. Inventory records
dated 1802, of James Howard, show appraisers Jesse & Wm Gough. An
equity case settlement, Logan Co., 1818, of the estate of Lindsey
(also Linza) Howard, administrator David Howard. Ann Gough Howard, age
90, and Susan Gough Montgomery, age 80, of Nelson Co. KY, 1833,
sisters of Revolutionary War veteran Ignatius Gough. (Ignatious Gough,
age 79, 1832 VA Rev War pension S.1205, "enlisted in St Marys Co. MD -
in Virginia line")....could Fanny Unknown Gough be a Howard??? Does
Ignatius Gough figure in with these other Logan County Gough families
from William Gough, Sr.????
E-mail sent July 2001 from Steve Lawrence, who believes Thomas GOUGH,
brother of Jonathan, also moved to Alabama: "..
Thomas sold his land in Butler Co. in four parcels in 1804. There is
an 1805 land grant on the Sinking Fork Creek in Christian Co. KY to a
Thomas Goff, which could be him (especially since there were only two
Thos. Goff/Goughs in KY on the 1800 tax lists, and the other stayed
put in Clark Co. for many years), but I did not find him on the 1810
Christian Co. Census. This parcel could have been in an adjacent
county which formed from Christian, so that needs to be investigated
as well. A Thomas Goff/Gough first appears in Washington Co. AL about
10 years later, on an 1816 tax list. Subsequently, there are entries
indicating a Thos., Sr., and Thos., Jr.
Also, a Thomas Gough marries A.A Nelson on 25 Sep 1826 in Washington
Co. - probably Thos., Jr., since he is listed with three children 1-5
in the 1830 census. Thos. Jr. buys land in what became Choctaw Co. in
1837, about the same time as Jonathon B. Gough, though both appear on
the Washington Co. 1840 Census (Choctaw Co. was not formed until Dec
1848.). On the 1850 census, both are in Choctaw Co., AL. Meanwhile,
Thos., Sr. evidently dies between the 1830 and 1840 Census. On the
former, he is listed as being between 60 and 70 years old (b.
1760-70), about right to fit in with what we know about William Gough,
Sr.'s son Thomas. Also, this census has a male 30-40, and a female
40-50 with several children. This implies another son with his family
(or a second wife for Thomas, Sr.). I suspect these children are the
source of some of the younger Goughs on the 1850 Choctaw Co. Census.
Anyway, this whole batch is not on the Washington Co. 1840 Census.
Thos. Gough, Jr. appears on both the 1830 and 1840 Washington Co.
Census with a growing family, and then on the 1850 and 1860 Choctaw
Co. Census. However, it is by no means certain that this Thos., Sr.
was brother to Jonathon, Sr. - he could just as easily be a cousin.
However, all the data fits, and I believe he will ultimately prove to
be William Gough, Sr.'s son." (Source: Janice Mauldin Castleman --
1998)
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