SECOND GENERATION

8. Joel Weslin GOINS was born on 16 Mar 1799 in the Common Wealth of Virginia. He died on 22 Sep 1872. He was buried in Collins Cemetery, Shelby, Ohio. The 1816 tax rolls of Mononagalia County, Virginia expanded by include Joel Goens (sic), William Cook, Willmore Cook, Hesekiah Cook, and Jaccent Goens (sic), while retaining the Daltons, Males, Hills, and Parsons. They all were included in Charles Byrn's district under the title of " free Negro 16 and upward "

Rumley, Ohio was located near the junction of Blanke Road and Hardin Pike, between St. Rt. 119 and 274, northeast of McCartyville, (Van Buren Township) in Shelby County. The first black family to buy property in the area were the Goings brothers, Joel and Wesley, who purchased 400 acres of land in 1830. (Note: The brothers’ last name has been spelled with and without the second g, however the Society is using the spelling as noted on the family tombstone). Rumley was platted and recorded as a village on June 14, 1837, by its proprietor, Amos Evans, and became the home of many black and white families (including the former Randolph slaves). After it became a village, the Goings brothers opened a number of businesses, including a livery stable, hotel, and brick manufacturing operation. Rumley was built on one of the old Indian trails that traversed the state, and was a primary stop on the only direct stagecoach route between Piqua and Lima. Serving the needs of passengers and horses, the village soon became an oasis that grew and prospered.

There were four colored cemeteries. Barnett Cemetery is located on Lucas-Geib Road northwest of McCartyville; Collins Cemetery is on State Route 274 east of Kettlersville and Clinton Cemetery is located on Amsterdam Road just west of Staley Road.

The 1846 edition of Howe’s "History of Ohio" says of Rumley, "There are 400 Negroes (half the population of Van Buren Township) as prosperous as their white neighbors and equal to the whites in morals, religion and intelligence."

He was married to Elizabeth COLE on 7 Nov 1831 in Guernsey County, Ohio. The services were performed by Ford Barns, JP. Elizabeth COLE was born on 5 Feb 1808 in the Common Wealth of Virginia. She died on 5 Nov 1869. She was buried in Collins Cemetery, Shelby, Ohio. Joel Weslin GOINS and Elizabeth COLE had the following children:

+31 i. Edna Jane GOINS.
+32 ii. Salathiel W GOINS.
+33 iii. Asaiel J GOINS.
+34 iv. Balaam T GOINS.
35 v. Achburn M GOINS was born about 1833.
+36 vi. Elhanlan C GOINS.
+37 vii. Balladon K GOINS.
+38 viii. Doctor Craig GOINS.
+39 ix. Cleopatria GOINS.
40 x. Ross GOINS was born about 1853.
41 xi. Wayne GOINS was born about 1845.
42 xii. Laura "Loa" B. GOINS was born about 1846.