My Family Tree

GOOLSBY, GOULDSBY, ETC. Page from a dead link - not my personal findings. This report focuses on five generations of the Goolsby family from early Colonial times throught about 1800. Of particular interest is the link between the goolsby and Parsons families through the marriage of Alcey Goolsby and Joseph Parsons. Materials obtained are from two wources: A.B. Parsons, Jr. of Greenwood, S.C., and  Genealogy and History of Goldsby, Gouldsby, Goolsby-bee,etc. Branch Families,  3 volumes by Margaret Goolsby Gaissert, Sparta, GA, 1988-1992. THE FIRST GENERATION-- GOULDBY,JOHN  b.abt.1646 in Lincolnshire,England m.Ellen Golby? (1648-BY1685)about 1662. She was also born in Lincolnshire, England. She came to Virginia around 1669. She died in 1685 in the Colony of Virginia. John Gouldby was the first known Goolsby immigrant to Virginia. PASSENGER AND IMMIGRATION LISTS INDEX (1663-1679) by Filby, vol.1,pg 742. John died in 1685 in VA. THE SECOND GENERATION-- i.THOMAS GOOLSBY I, ...

This page gives links to the creations of information gathered to examine the process by which Virginian migrants to the frontiers of Georgia fashioned their particular identity as a planter elite in the post-revolutionary South. Study of this migrant community, is a point of access not only to the culture of the southern backcountry, but the difficult question of how elites mediated the upheavals of Virginian society during the latter half of the eighteenth-century. and  Some insight into the development of the lives of African Americans of this time and era. JamesTown Research Goosepond As my ‘armchair genealogy’ research continues, I find myself delving into the history of the  Jamestown Colony of 1607  and beyond which I hadn’t done since school days. Guess I should’ve known since I was aware that some of my ancestors had lived in Virginia like the Barnetts who migrated to Georgia early on. Yet it’s been quite surprising to discover links to the historical Jamestown s...

 Direct Family Lineages       Family/Names Lines of Color of the Area  White families of the area  Other Wingfield/Dorsey    Huffs   Jamestown 

USGenWeb Project AN OVERVIEW OF LOCAL HISTORY © BY Robert Willingham skeet@nu-z.net Robert M. Willingham, Jr. is a native of Washington, Georgia, a former educator and librarian. He has published numerous atricles on historical topics as well as several books on Southern history. Among them are "We Have This Heritage": the History of Wilkes County, GA Beginnings to 1860; "No Jubilee": the Story of Confederate Wilkes; "Confederate Imprints": a Bibliography; "Tigers": a Pictorial History of Washington Football; and others. He is currently completing a third work on Wilkes County history which documents the period from 1865 to 1945. This volume is planned for late 1998 publication. Since the earlier Wilkes County books are long out-of-print, reprinting of these works is also being considered. Mr. Willingham works with State Farm Insurance and continues a varity of research projects. He is an active member of Washington First United Methodist Church ...

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