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Phoebe ? Goodwin Manadue
Born 1752? SC
Died by 1823 ?Claiborne Co. Miss. Territory

SPOUSE	CHILDREN
? Henry Manadue Jr. m. by 1768? ?Surry Co. NC b. 1748? ?Augusta Co. VA d. by Oct 5, 1793 ?Natchez Dist.	Rosanna b. by 1768? ?NC d. after 1820 ?Rapides Parish LA	Elizabeth b. 1770? ?NC d. after 1807 ?Rapides Parish LA	Henry b. 1771? NC d. by 1820 ?Rapides Parish LA
Richard Goodwin m. 1771? b. Oct 9, 1751? VA d. by May 6, 1786 ?Natchez Dist.	Benjamin b. 1771? d. by Mar 1804? ?Jefferson Co. MS	William b. 1775? d. after 1825 ?Claiborne Co. MS	Samuel b. 1776 d. May 28, 1833 Claiborne Co. MS
	Sarah b. 1782/1786 Natchez Dist. d. after Mar 1804	Elizabeth b. 1782/1786 Natchez Dist. d. after Mar 1804
Henry Manadue Jr. rem. after May 1786? Natchez Dist. b. 1748? ?Augusta Co. VA d. Oct. 5, 1793 Adams Co. Miss. Terr.	?William b. by 1784? d. after 1810 ?Rapides Parish LA	Mary "Polly" b. 1794? Davidson Co. (TN) d. after 1820 ?Rapides Parish LA
Washington Co., previously Washington District, was formed by North Carolina in 1777 and extended west to the Mississippi River, mostly containing land inhabited by five different tribes of Native Americans, but mostly Cherokee. In 1779, the Cumberland Settlement was created by the granting of land by the NC government. In 1783 this settlement was mostly contained in the newly formed Davidson Co. and surrounded by Indian Lands, and Virginia and Kentucky to the North. Map of the Cumberland Settlements showing Forts, known as Stations, in present-day counties.
Map of the Cumberland Settlement in 1780.
A "William Goodman" served as a Captain in the 4th Regiment of the NC Continental Army from Oct 1776 to Jan 1779 [Abishai, p. 1065]. As a result, he was granted 640 acres in the Cumberland Settlement which was assigned to a Chloe Goodwin, "heir of William Goodwin for service by the latter in the Continental Line" [NC Land Grants File #1596].
The land granted to William Goodwin, possibly a brother of Richard, was on the Big Harpeth River (now in Davidson Co. TN). Also receiving grants on that river were John White, David Smith, and David Williams, whose families all came to Natchez with the Richard Goodwin family [NC Land Grants File # 179, 2110, 2401.
In May 1782, "Ricardo Gooden, wife & children" arrived via flatboat at Natchez with 5 "individuos" and two "esclavos", that is slaves [Natchez Court Records]. A total of 13 families were recorded by Spanish authorities as arriving, and the record was signed by Grand-Pré on Jul 6, 1782. Among them were the families of David Williams, John White, David Smith, and Thomas Ethridge.
On May 16, 1782 Thomas Ethridge made a deposition to the Natchez District Commandant, Carlos de Grand-Pré, responding to questions questions provided by an Indian Interpreter named St. Germain, who was among some Natchez residents who had concerns regarding those Americans arriving on flatboats down the Mississippi River, mentioning David Smith, and others. He said that of the seven slaves brought by Smith "six were stolen" [Farrell Family History website].
On May 17, 1782, having just arrived in Natchez, "Richard Gooding" sold a slave named Antoine Ellis, "aged about 40 years, native of Curacoa", to widow Anne McIntosh for "Consideration $350, which the seller has received from purchaser" [McBee, Book A, p. 14].
Map of the Natchez District as it may have looked between 1779 and 1799.
On Feb 22, 1784 David Smith, sold to John Burnet, the "part which I held in the saw mill in partnership with him and Richard Gooding and which we erected in the Cypress Swamp belonging to the aforesaid Burnet, distant 2 leagues from the Fort; for $500 payable out of the profits of the said mill as the same may accrue" [McBee, p. 17].
On Sep 10, 1784, St. Germain witnessed the sale of 100 arpents (about 84 acres) of land from David Smith to Cato West "near Cole's Creek, bordered on one side by land of Samuel Osborn, on other sides vacant" for $150 in cash paid at time of sale [McBee, Book A, p. 27].
On Apr 9, 1785, John Burnet sold to St. Germain two/thirds of the saw mill "now occupied on or near land of Richard Goodwin, with the same part in a yoke of oxen at the Mill and the wheels and chain and everything belonging to Richard Goodwin, and also my right to said mill" for $800 (Spanish money) "payable January next" [McBee, p. 137].
St. Germain died shortly before May 8, 1786 after "a fall from the top of a tree in the Cypress Swamp" about 15 miles above the Fort of Natches, apparently trying to get wood for the saw mill that he had purchased part of from John Burnet just the year before. The King's Surgeon, Don Louis Faure, informed of the accident, found him in the house of John Burnet "already dead half an hour before his arrival … body cold and wanting one leg" (McBee, pp. 33-4].
Cole's Creek, the saw mill and the Burnet Plantation were all in what became Jefferson Co., created from Adams Co., Miss. Terr. in 1799 (see present day map). In 1802 Claiborne Co. was formed just north of Jefferson Co. (see present day map for location).
A person identified only as "Groding, deceased" was mentioned in a suit by St. Germain, before he died May 8, 1786, against William Ferguson who had petitioned the court for payment of a note he held but "drawn in favor of Groding" [McBee, p. 305].
On Dec 17, 1788 "Phoebe Goodwin" [apparently now a widow] sold to Henry Manadue 600 arpents on Cypress Swamp, bordered by lands of St. Germain and Jean Baptiste Lapuente, 3 leagues from the Fort of Natchez, "on which are erected a saw-mill and other buildings, for $1100, in hand paid"; Phoebe Goodwin signed with an "X" [McBee, Book B, p. 60]. .
Phoebe may have been married to Henry Manadue Jr. before coming to Natchez. On Dec 27, 1771 "Henry Manadue Jr. and wife, Phebe" sold 200 acres on middle fork of Ararat River in Surry Co. NC, which Henry had obtained on Aug 21, 1768 from his father Henry Sr. Henry signed and Phoebe signed with "X" [rootsweb-NC Land records].
On Feb 22, 1790 Waterman Crane sold 110 arpents of land with "an old house thereon" for $100 to "William Goodwin" bordered by lands of Widow McIntosh and Adam Bingaman (husband of Mrs. McIntosh) [McBee, Book B, p. 74]. On Mar 9, 1791, "William Groding" sold 96 acres land to Adam Bingaman. Court records for this transacton state that "Groding signs in German" [McBee, p. 460, Book B, p. 82].
After Richard died, Phoebe married Henry Manadue Jr., son of Henry Sr. (born 1728?) In one translation of the 1792 Spanish census for the Natchez Dist. there are two "Enrique Manadue" households: Henry Manadue, the young man, Henry Manadue. Both are in the SC (St. Catherine's Creek) area.
Rosanna Manadue, daughter of Henry Manadue Jr., born about 1768, married James Bonner (1764?-1820) by Jan 4, 1787 in the Natchez District. They were living in Rapides Parish LA in 1810. Her sister Elizabeth married Moses Bonner who died Feb 24, 1804 in Jefferson Co., Miss. Terr. His will, dated Dec 28, 1800, named "Jas. Bonner, Saml Marshall, Elizabeth my wife" as executors. It was witnessed by Manuel Madden. She married Stephen Justice on Jul 4, 1805.
In a letter dated Mar 2, 1790, from Carlos de Grand Pré, Natchez to Governor Don Estavan Miro, the amount of tobacco produced in 1790 was reported by growers of Natchez. A "Henry Manadue" plantation reported producing 7,000 pounds of tobacco that year [MS Dept of Archives & History, website].
Son or brother-in-law "William Groding" was old enough on Mar 9, 1791 to sell two tracts of land, 100 and 96 arpents, to Adam Bingaman. The lands bordered that of Mrs. McIntosh and her husband Adam Bingaman, respectively [McBee, Book B, p. 82].
According to the 1792 Spanish Census for the Natchez District, there is only one household with a name similar to Goodwin: "Pheby Goodwind" owned 300 arpents of land in Bayou Pierre [future Claiborne Co.], with 6 white persons and one slave living on it.
When Martha Green, wife of "Thomas Green Jr. listed her estate, her 500 acres on Bayou Pierre was "adj. the widow Goodwin" [McBee, p. 366]. In the 1792 Spanish Census for the Natchez District, there were no Green households in the Bayou Pierre region.
Henry Manadue Sr. died by Oct 5, 1793 in Natchez. He had a son Henry Jr, and a daughter Rosanna who was born in NC about 1768. Phoebe Manadue, his widow, was recorded in Natchez Court records on Oct 5, 1793 [McBee, p. 97].
In March 1794, "Phoebe Gooding" gave her name and birthplace (SC) and condition (widow) when asked what she told "Thomas Green concerning the arrival of Americans to this province" [McBee, p. 330].
Son Henry Manadue "of North Carolina" married "Deliah Horton" on Feb 2, 1797 at Natchez. In the Catholic church records, Henry and Deliah are identified as Calvinists, and his parents given as "Henry & Phebe Manadue" [Diocese of Baton Rouge, Catholic Church Records, vol. 2, p. 387].
On Mar 9, 1804, the "heirs of Richard Goodwin" are identified as Samuel, William, Sarah and Elizabeth Goodwin. Also as legal representatives they claimed land on the south side of Bayou Pierre, "by right of occupancy... cultivated in 1786 by Mr. John Terry who sold it in the said year to said Richard Goodwin, decd, and his family have inhabited and cultivated it ever since" and the claim was signed by son Samuel Goodwin and witnessed Mar 26, 1804 by William Smith [McBee, p. 517].
A "Benjamin Goodall" claimed "preemption rights to 100 acres on the waters of Petty Gulf Cr., by virtue of having inhabited and cultivated the same since 1802" [McBee, p. 519]. This would have been in Jefferson Co. MS at the time. The 1816 Jefferson Co. MS Census had a "Samuel Goodall" household.
On Jun 7, 1807 a Mary Manadue married William Justice (born in Ga, about 1785) in Jefferson Co. MS. He served in the War of 1812 and owned a large amount of land. Mary may have been born in the Cumberland Settlement (Davidson Co.) as Phoebe's last child, called "Polly" [genealogy.com post, Oct 9, 2000]. Mary Manadue may be the wife aged 16-26 in the William Justice household in 1820 Rapides Parish LA census [S-K, p. 134, line 25].
In the 1810 Census for Rapides Parish LA, "James Bonner" and "Wm Manadue" headed households: On page 401, line 3, son Wm. Manadue was a single male aged 26-45, no females, but one "other" person and 10 slaves. In the James Bonner household on page 392, line 11, 1 male 26-45 (himself), 8 children, 1 female between age 26-45 (his wife Rosanna Manadue, born about 1768), and 22 slaves.
Two Goodwins are listed on Page 7, lines 18 and 19 of the Claiborne Co. Tax Roll for 1810 as follows: Samuel Goodwin 209 acres in Bayou Pierre (donation), one poll (white person) and no slaves. William Goodwin 200 acres in Bayou Pierre (donation), two polls and one slave. Henry Manadue is listed as "Henry Manadeer" on page 4, line 5, having no land but producing 5000 "Sales of Merchandise Within the Year..." with one poll and no slaves.
In the 1820 Rapides Parish Louisiana Census, page 132, line 31, widow "Delila Manadue" born by 1775, headed a household with 3 older children born by 1795, 3 children under age 10, and many slaves. Therefore, son Henry Manadue likely died about 1817 if he was the father of all of these children [S-K, 1820 Rapides Parish LA Census, p. 132]. The youngest child may be Warren Henry Manadue (1817-1850) who married Mary Elizabeth Bonner by Oct 1837 in LA when daughter Winifred was born. Warren Manadue died in Brazoria Co. TX of measles at age 33. He had bought land there by 1847, married again (to Ann Compton who later married Overton Young in 1852) and they had small children ["Winifred F. Manadue Terry", Find-a-grave, website].
In the 1820 Census for Rapides Parish LA, there is a "James Bonner" household but the members are too young for Rosanna and James (born 1764). There is a household headed by "Elizabeth Justice" aged over 45, with 2 males younger than 26 and 7 slaves. Elizabeth married Stephen Justice after Moses Bonner died. There is also a nearby "William Justice" household and if the sisters again married brothers, he may have married Rosanna after James Bonner died. He was aged 26-45 and his wife (Mary Manadue) in 1820 is younger than 26.
In the 1820 Rapides Parish LA Census, page 141, line 17, Phoebe and Henry Manadue's daughter and James Bonner's widow "Rosana Bonner" born by 1768, 45+ years old headed an 8-member household with other members all born after 1794 (sons/ daughters), and 30 slaves. Next to her on line 18 was a Henry Bonner household with only two males aged 16-26 (sons?), and a female and more slaves [S-K, 1820 Rapides Parish LA Census, p. 141].
In the 1820 Census for Claiborne Co. MS, on line 8 of page 16 son "William Goodin" aged 26-45 headed a large household of 6 whites and a male slave at least 45 years old, possibly the remaining slave that came with the family to Natchez in 1782 when William was a child. On line 11 of the same page, son "Samuel Goodwin" aged 26-45, headed a larger household of 14 whites and one, younger male slave [skcensus website].
In the 1823 Tax Roll for Claiborne Co., on page 1, lines 47,48,49, there are three Goodwins taxed, all in Bayou Pierre; Samuel Goodwin (son), with 1 poll (white person) and 2 slaves on 143 acres; "Pheoby Goodwin (Estate)", with no persons on 100 acres of land; William Goodwin (son), with 2 polls and 1 slave on 100 acres. The same three Goodwins were taxed on page 6, lines 14-16, of the 1825 Tax Roll for Claiborne Co. [usgwarchives,net].
Husband Richard Goodwin may have been the older brother of Benjamin (Goodin) Goodwin (1755-1841) who received a pension in 1823 for service in the Virgina Continental Army. Benjamin was born in Baltimore MD and died in Natchez, and his occupation was Sargeant.
A Samuel Goodwin married Cynthia Kitchin or Kinchon in Claiborne Co. MS. After appearing in the 1830 Census, he died of Cholera on May 28, 1833. A Richard Goodwin (a son of Samuel perhaps) had died of cholera on May 21 [The Port Gibson Correspondent..., Jun 1, 1833, obituary, usgwarchives.net website]. His will was probated in Claiborne Co. A "Cynthia Godwin" was mentioned [Ancestry.com].
A William H. Goodwin (grandson), born about 1800 married Delila Foster, who in the 1850 Census for Claiborne Co. MS was 45 years [Ancestry.com, usgwarchives.net websites].
In the West Feliciana Parish LA 1850 Census, household number 163, "Samuel D. Goodin" (likely a grandson) was listed as a white male "Overseer", born in "Miss.", 45 years old, with a female (wife) aged 35 born in Louisiana" and no other persons living with them [U.S. Census, 1850, usgwarchives.net].
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