SECOND GENERATION

6. John Wesley GOINS was born about 1796. The 1819 tax rolls of Mononagalia County, Virginia expanded by include in Thomas Haymond's district the following names: Westley Gowings (sic), Warner Pricket (sic), Peter Coon (sic..Cook) and Hugh Canada (sic).

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 Jane Ann SWEENEY on 5 Dec 1833 in Guernsey County, Ohio. Services were performed by Eli Rigdon.