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John C. Gothard (b. June 01, 1819, d. Bef. 1890)
Notes for John C. Gothard:
John and family were enumerated in the 1850 Tennessee census, Rhea County, 8th District, page 318. John was listed as a shoemaker; the 1860 Tennessee census, Rhea County, page 519; the 1870 Tennessee census, Bledsoe County, 8th civil district (taken June 9, 1870), John was listed as a farmer,the 1880 Tennessee census, Gibson County, Trenton Twp., page 305B (7th district). John was renting 64 acres with 40 acres tilled, 4 acres in meadows and 20 acres wooded. In the 1891 agriculture census he is back in Rhea County. John served in Company D of the 1st (Carter's) Tennessee Cavalry as a private.
Gothard, John C.
Spouse:Catharine Burwick
Marriage Date:Oct 9, 1844
Location:Rhea Co., Tennessee
Source:Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT
Microfilm:0024790 item 7 - 0024791 & 0589468
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John GOTHARD
Age:61
Estimated birth year:
Birthplace:Tennessee
Occupation:Farmer
Relation:Self
Home in 1880:Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee
Marital status:Married
Race:White
Gender:Male
Head of household:John GOTHARD
Father's birthplace:SC
Mother's birthplace:NC
Year: 1880; Census Place: Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee; Roll: T9_1255; Family History Film: 1255255; Page: 305B; Enumeration District: 38;
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I found yesterday at the library besides what you found that John C in 1870 was in the 8th cival district taken 9 june 1870 in Bledsoe Countya farmer and then in 1880 in the 7th district Gibson county renting 64 acres and a farmer with 40 acres tilled, 4 in meadows, and 20 acres wooded.In 1891 in the agriculture census he is bk in Rhea County.If you want a copy of the 1870 census i
will send it scanned or by mail.Just let me know. I made contact with this person and this is what she sent bk to me.I will leave it to you to follow up.
Linda Neal
RAOGK in Carroll Co and Gibson Co, TN
[email protected]
My family tree maker program has record of a John C. Gothard born 1819 at Smith's crossing Rhea Co., TN married Catherine Birwick on October 9, 1844 in Dayton, Rhea Co., TN Catherine was born about 1822 and died after 1870.This about 1870 just means they disappeared from the census in Rhea County and assumed to be dead.I didn't do this research myself.My cousin and another email contact did most of the research but there is a newspaper article about the Gothards that helped some.
I don't know how the transistion from Rhea County was made but some of the family were coal miners and moved about.Is there any coal in AR where they moved?
Would be happy to send you copies of what I have in exchange for copies of what you have if you are interested.
Parents of John C Gothard were:
George Goather b abt 1791 Pendelton hea Co., TN married Nancy Carter May 12, 1818 at Smith Crossings, Rhea Co., TN Nancy was born about 1801 and died after 1860 Rhea Co., TNTheir children:
John C.
Larkin George
Jane Caroline (My ancestor)
Angeline
William
Susan Emmaline
Thanks for you reply.Erma Stevenson
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From "A Compendium Of Rhea And Meigs Counties, Tennessee - 1808 Through 1850"
compiled by: Bettye J. Broyles and published by the Rhea County Historical And Genealogical Society
Revised and reprinted 1996
GOTHARD / GOTHERD / GOTHERT
TAXES (RHEA)
1819(Capt. McGill's Co.):George Gotherd1 WP
1823(Capt. Howard's Co.):George Gothard1 WP
James Gothard1 WP
1830 RHEA CENSUS
Allen Gothard200000 - 01131p. 381
George Gothard20001- 02001p. 380
James Gothard20001- 20001 p. 380
1840 RHEA CENSUS
Allen Gothard10200001 - 1100101
George Gothard 00301001 - 120001
1850 RHEA CENSUS
Ann Gothard13: see Lewis Morgan
Allen Gothard56 (SC), Mariah 48 (SC), Joseph 23, Elias 21, Lucinda 16p. 634-648
Emeline Gothard33 (SC), Peter 15, Ann 13, Amanda 12, Josiah A. 6, Rufus S. 4, Zachary T. 2p. 634-646
George Gothard55 (SC) (Farmer), Nancy 49, Jance C. 22, William B. 20 (Farmer), Susan E. 16p. 635-654
John C. Gothard31 (Shoemaker), Catharine 28, Larkin G. 3, John T. 1p. 635-653
1850 HAMILTON CENSUS
James Gothard45, Susan 42, Mary 28, Ira 21, John 18, Mahala 16, Lewis 13, Nancy 11, Isabel 9, Arabel 7, Margaret 6, Ibba 2
MARRIAGES (RHEA)
Angeline Gothard to John Moore q.v.
Ann Gothart to John Lea q.v.
Betsy Gothard to Lewis Morgan q.v.
George Gothard to Nancy Carter, 12 May 1818, Isaac Benton Bm (A)
Ira Gothard to Elizabeth Blyth, 21 Mar 1832, Landon Carter Bm (A)
James Gothard to Susanna Lea, 8 Dec 1821 (no return) (AR)
John C. to Catherine Burwicfk or Barwick, 9 Oct 1844 (no return), Lewis Morgan Jr. Bm (AR)
Joseph Gothard to Elizabeth Calvin, 7 June 1850 (same) S.C. Foust JP (R)
Larkin Gothard to Louisa Ta;ylor, 28 July 1830, James C. Airhart Bm (A) [Louisa, dau of Robert and Catherine Sevier Taylor][1850 Hamilton Census: Larkin Gothard 43, Louisa 40, Mary 18, Nancy 10, Henry 5, Elizabeth 3]
Larkin G. Gothard to Elizateth Butler, 26 Oct 1848 (28 Dec), Washington Morgan JP (R) [1850 Hamilton Census: Larkin Gothard 23, Hulda 20]
Oma Gothard to Archibald McKissick q.v.
MISCELLANEOUS (RHEA and MEIGS)
Elias Gothard: Private, Mexican War
George Gothard: Bondsman for James Steen, 1820
George Gothard: Bondsman for Anthony Brown, 1822
Larkin G. Gothard: Private, Mexican War
William Gothard: Bondsman for John Gutherie, 1831
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1830 Rhea County, Tn., Census
Transcribed by Edna Clack
MICRO FILM PAGE 380
McBride, David001000011-0
Inlow, Lewis0000001-22001
Romines, Jacob000000001-01001001
Barnes, Mahala00001-100001
Romines, Thomas010001-1001
Romines, Latin012011-1201
Lea, James00010001-0010001
Cranmore, Sarah21001-000010001001
Gothard, James20001-20001
Gothard, George20001-02001
McBride, William00001-00011
Johnson, Sarah101-11101
Taylor, Darcas110-10001
Binson, Robert20001-00001
Silcock, John00001-00001
From: Index To Volunteer Soldiers in Indian Wars and Disturbances1815 - 1858Vol I transcribed by Virgil D. White - The National Historical Publishing Co., Waynesboro, TN 1994(from microfilm series M629 located in the National Archives:
Gothard, George, Pvt, srv in Lt. Wax's Detch of TN Mil in 1815
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Boulton, Lewis0121-0011001
Gothard, Allen2000001-01131
Everette, William000001-00001
Boulton, Robert110101-00111001
Henderson, Martha1-0000111
Cranmore, Mary010201-1101001
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John served in Company D of the 1st (Carter's) Tennessee Cavalry as a private.
CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS
1st Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Carter's)
1st (Carter's) Cavalry Regiment was organized in November, 1862, using the 3rd Tennessee Cavalry Battalion as its nucleus. The men were from the counties of Rhea, Bradley, McMinn, Roane, Bledsoe, Union, Knox, Jefferson, and Claiborne. Also some of its members were raised behind enemy lines, and a few had served in Thomas' North Carolina Legion. Company C was detached and assigned to A.W. Reynold's Brigade in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. This company was active in the Vicksburg Campaign and was captured in July, 1863. Exchanged, it was attached to Waul's Texas Legion, then returned to the regiment. Company K took part in the Atlanta Campaign, the defense of Savannah, and the campaign of the Carolinas. It surrendered with the Army of Tennessee. The regiment was attached to Wheeler's, Pegram's, J.S. Williams', Giltner's, and Vaughn's Brigade. It participated in Wheeler's raid in Tennessee, fought at Murfreesborough, skirmished in Kentucky and Tennessee, and was active at Cumberland Gap. For a time it served with the Army of Tennessee, then in April, 1864, moved to Virginia with 248 effectives. After fighting at Piedmont, it saw action in various conflicts in the Shenandoah Valley with General Early. During the spring of 1865 the unit disbanded. The field officers were Colonels William Brazelton, Jr., and James E. Carter; Lieutenant Colonel Onslow Bean; and Majors Alexander M. Goforth, John B. King, and Richard S. Van Dyke.
Database: Civil War Service Records
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Personal Information:
Name:John C. Gothard
Company:D
Unit:1st (Carter's) Tennessee Cavalry.
Rank - Induction:Private
Rank - Discharge:Private
Allegiance:Confederate
Source Information:
United States National Archives. Civil War Compiled Military Service Records [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1999-.
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1st (CARTER'S) TENNESSEE CAVALRY REGIMENT
Organized November, 1862 by the addition of other companies to what was originally 3rd (Brazelton's), later 14th (Carter's) Tennessee Cavalry Battalion. Brazelton's Battalion was also called the 2nd Battalion and the 5th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion.
FIELD OFFICERS
Colonel-James E. Carter
Lieutenant Colonel-Onslow Bean
Majors-A. M. Goforth, John B. King, Richard S. VanDyke
The 3rd (Brazelton's) Tennessee Cavalry Battalion was organized with six companies in 1861 as a twelve month organization, with Lieutenant Colonel William Brazelton, Jr., and Major James C. Bradford as Field Officers. On March 27, 1862 the Adjutant and Inspector Generals Office ordered: "The 3rd Cavalry Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel William Brazelton, Jr., with companies of Captains McHenry, McCaskill, Bledsoe and Sanders, are hereby organized into a regiment to be known and designated as the 1st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, with Colonel William Brazelton, Jr. and Lieutenant Colonel James F. Brewer as field officers." This order was apparently never put into effect, for on May 12, 1862, the battalion was reorganized with James E. Carter as lieutenant colonel, and Onslow Bean as major, and was officially recognized as the 14th (Carter's) Tennessee Cavalry Battalion. Finally on November 14, 1862, the battalion was increased to a regiment by the addition of four other companies; two other companies were added in 1863. The company letters were changed at the reorganization as the 14th Battalion, and again at the organization of the regiment. The original companies, with changes in company Co. "H" letters shown, were as follows:
Regiment 14th
Battalion Original
Co. "A""B" "B" Organized at Sulphur Springs, Rhea County. Captains Burton Lenty, Green B. Keys.
Co. "B" "C" "C"Organized August 7, 1861 at Cleveland, Brad ley County, with men from Hamilton County. Captains William Snow, John B. King, David N. Montgomery.
Co. "C" "D" "A"Organized August 3, 1861 at Athens, McMinn County. Men from Mc- Miun and Monroe. Captains J. A. Gouldy, Richard S. Van Dyke, Andrew I. Thompson.
Co. "D" "F" "E"Organized August 5, 1861 at Knoxville, with men from Rhea, Roane and Bledsoe Counties. Captains Tim Bradley, William T. Gass, Weatherston S. Greer.
Co. "E" "E" "D"Organized August 8, 1861 at Knoxville, with men from Union and Knox Counties. Captains John Robertson, E. Hurst, John I. Jarnagin, D. C. Smart.
Co. "K" "A" "F"Organized July 20, 1861 at Mossy Creek, Jefferson County. Captains John F. Baker, James C. Brad ford, Alex M. Goforth, Richard M. Swearingen.
Additional companies added at organization of the regiment:
Co. "F"Organized August 10, 1862 from Claiborne County. No muster roll on file. Captain R. Frank Fulkerson.
Co. "G"Formerly Co. "L", 64th North Carolina Infantry Regiment. Organized September 17, 1862 at Maryville, Blount County. Captains A. P. Wiggs, J. M. Kidd.
Co. "H" Formerly Co. "G", Thomas North Carolina Legion. Organized September 24, 1862 from Jefferson County. Captains David Neff, T. Coursey
Co. "I"Formerly Co. "D", Thomas North Carolina Legion. Organized September 25, 1862 in Blount County. Captain William C. Wallace. No muster roll on file.
Later additions to the regiment.
Co. "L" Organized as six month troops August, 1863, in Claiborne County. Ordered by Lieutenant General James Longstreet into permanent organization March 9, 1864. Cap tain William A. Blackburn. No muster roll on file.
Co. "M" Organized September 3, 1863 at Jonesboro, from a number of conscripts enlisted within the enemy lines. Attached to this regiment by Brigadier General John C. Vaughn, March 11, 1864. Men from Washington, Sullivan and Carter Counties. Not accounted for on regimental roster dated February 1865. Captain Edward Gammon.
Prior to the organization of the regiment, the battalion had been operating in the neighborhood of Cumberland and Big Creek Gaps, along the line of railroad. When the regiment was organized it was assigned to Brigadier General John Pegram's Cavalry Brigade in Lieutenant General E. Kirby Smith's Department. This brigade was composed of Howard's Alabama Regiment, 2nd (Ashby's), 4th (Starnes'), I. E. Carter's Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, and Marshall's Battery. Prior to the Battle of Murfreesboro, on December 29, 1862, Carter's Regiment joined Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler's Brigade, and participated in his raid around the Federal Army from Jefferson Springs to LaVergue, to Nolensville, to Murfreesboro. It was engaged on December 31 along the Murfreesboro Pike. Following this battle, the regiment returned to Pegram's Brigade, in the Department of East Tennessee under Brigadier General D. S. Donelson. On February 20, 1863, this brigade was reported as composed of the 1st Georgia, 1st Louisiana, 1st (Carter's) Tennessee, 2nd
However, Captain B. S. Van Dyke's Company "C" had been detached to Colonel A. W. Reynolds' Brigade in the Department of Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana, and served in the campaign around Vicksburg, and the seige of Vicksburg, until the surrender of that city on July 4, 1863, when it was temporarily attached to Colonel T. N. Waul's Texas Legion.
With Pegram's Brigade, the regiment took part in operations in Lincoln, Boyle and Garrard Counties of Kentucky, and was engaged March 30, 1863 at the junction of the Stanford and Crab Orchard Roads where it was under the command of Colonel 3.5. Scott, of the 1st Louisiana Regiment. General Pegram's comment on this operation is interesting: "For Colonel Scott's operations, I refer you to the accompanying report. Touching this curious document I have only to say that I cannot but admire the ingenuity with which Colonel Scott has attempted to account for disobedience of orders and dilatoriness of action which it is my sincere belief lost us the fight." Colonel Carter reported five officers and 32 men as casualties in this operation.
On April 25, 1863, Colonel J. I. Morrison was reported in command of the brigade, now listed as composed of 1st Georgia, 1st and 2nd Tennessee Regiments, 12th and 16th Cavalry Battalions, and Huwald's Battery. The brigade was at Albany, Kentucky on May 1; at Travisville, Fentress County, Kentucky on May 2. On July 23, the Chief of Staff, at Knoxville, ordered Colonel Scott, then commanding the brigade, to send 300 horses of 1st (Carter's) Regiment to Loudon, Tennessee. On July 31, Pegram's Brigade, consisting of 1st and 6th Georgia Regiments, 7th North Carolina Battalion, 1st Tennessee Regiment, Rucker's Legion, and Huwald's Battery was reported at Ebenezer. On August 15, Carter's Regiment was reported as operating near Clinton. It participated in the fighting around Cumberland Gap which resulted in the capture of that point by the Federal troops on September 9, 1863, but the regiment had escaped up the valley before the surrender, and on September 11 Colonel Carter was reported in command of the brigade near Lee Courthouse. On September 18, Carter's Regiment was driven from the ford above Kingsport after a severe fight.
Somewhere about this time, the regiment was assigned to Brigadier General John S. Williams' Cavalry Brigade, composed of the 16th Georgia Battalion, 4th Kentucky Regiment, 10th Kentucky Battalion, May's Kentucky Regiment, 1st Tennessee and 64th Virginia Regiments, which on October 31, 1863 was reported at Saltyille, Virginia. On the same date, October 31, 1863, Special Order Number 282 of the Army of Tennessee placed 1st (Carter's) Regiment in the 2nd Brigade of Major General Joseph Wheeler's Cavalry Corps, and on November 19, 1863 an order from the Headquarters of the Cavalry Corps near Knoxville ordered "Brigadier General W. Y. C. Humes will proceed to Dalton, Georgia and report to Brigadier General H. B. Davidson for assignment to a cavalry brigade composed of the following regiments; 1st (6th) Wheeler's, 1st (Carter's), 4th (Baxter Smith's), 11th (Holman's). On November 20, 1863, General Bragg's organization of the Army of Tennessee showed the regiment in Brigadier General Henry B. Davidson's Brigade, Major General John A. Wharton's Division, Major General Joseph Wheeler's Cavalry Corps. This listed the brigade as composed of 1st (Carter's), 2nd (Ashby's), 4th (McLemore's), 6th (James T. Wheeler's), and 11th (Holman's) Regiments.
Despite these orders, Carter's Regiment was reported near Rogersville on November 1, in Williams' Brigade, with Colonel H. L. Gutner commanding. On November 30, and on December 31, Colonel Carter was reported as commanding the brigade. Perhaps the explanation for this apparent contradiction may be found in a statement by Colonel Carter in his sketch of the regiment in Lindsley's Annals. He stated that Captain Swearingen's Company "K" was with General Johnston on his memorable march from Dalton to Atlanta, and did some hard fighting. Apparently this company was listed in orders of battle as the 1st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, for it was mentioned in Federal reports of the fighting around Marietta, Georgia on June 20, 1864, and was shown as a member of Ashby's Brigade, of Humes' Division on June 30, 1864.
In the meantime, Captain Van Dyke's Company "C" had returned from Mississippi, and on November 24, 1863 was at Charleston, Tennessee with Colonel John C. Carter's 38th Tennessee Infantry Regiment. Colonel Carter highly commended Captain Van Dyke and his 44 men for the part they played in helping his forces to evacuate Charleston without being captured. Captain Van Dyke's Company later rejoined the regiment, and Van Dyke became major, but it is not known whether or not Swearingen's Company was ever reunited with the rest of the regiment. On April 16, 1864, the regiment was transferred to Vaughn's Brigade, of Brigadier General J. C. Vaughn's Division, and reported 248 men present. It remained in this brigade until the end of the war. As part of Vaughn's Brigade, the regiment moved into Virginia in early 1864, fought at the Battle of Piedmont, or New Hope Church, and in the subsequent campaign in the Valley of Virginia under General Early. On August 22, 1864, Major General Ransom recommended the consolidation of the 12th and 16th Tennessee Cavalry Battalions with the 1st Tennessee Regiment under Colonel Carter, whom he called "a fine officer." This recommendation was not accepted and these units continued in the same brigade, as separate organizations. The last record of the regiment on February 28, 1865, showed it still in Vaughns Brigade, with Brigadier General John Echols in command of the Department. Echols disbanded his forces upon learning of the surrender of General Lee at Appomatox Courthouse.
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We the undersigned subscribers agree and promise to pay J.A.N. Patterson for services as a teacher of a school to be opened at Old Sale Creek Academy on Monday, the 19th of September, 1870, for the term of 5 months according to the following rates of tuition.
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More About John C. Gothard:
Date born 2: Abt. 1819, Rhea Co., TN.210, 211
Date born 3: Abt. 1819, Smith's Crossing, Rhea Co, TN.212
Date born 4: Abt. 1819, Smiths Crossing, Rhea County, Tennessee.
Died 2: Rhea County, Tennessee.
Died 3: WFT Est. 1850-1910213
More About John C. Gothard and Catherine "Katie" Burwick:
Marriage: October 09, 1844, Dayton, Rhea County, Tennessee.
Children of John C. Gothard and Catherine "Katie" Burwick are:
- +Millard Filmore "Phil" Gothard, b. June 1859, Tennessee, probably Rhea County, d. September 27, 1909, Fort Smith, Arkansas.
- +Larkin George Gothard, b. Abt. 1825, d. Abt. 1870.
- +John Thomas Gothard, Sr., b. June 18, 1849, Dayton, Rhea County, Tennessee, d. April 15, 1918, Sheffield, Alabama.
- Joseph A. Gothard, b. Abt. 1852, Tennessee.
- David H. Gothard, b. 1855, Tennessee.
- Mary P. Gothard, b. Abt. 1856.
- Mandy T. Gothard, b. Abt. 1858.
- Henry H. Gothard, b. 1862, Tennessee.
- +Floyd Newton Gothard I, b. 1864, Tennessee.