Re: Sarah Elizabeth Crockett, b, 1779/80, Wash. Dist. VA, now TN
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Re: Sarah Elizabeth Crockett, b, 1779/80, Wash. Dist. VA, now TN
Otis Fuller 6/03/04
From time to time, the query is posed asking: Who was Sarah Elizabeth Crockett who married John Chapman Goodgame?
John Chapman Goodgame, born Oct 1777, Augusta, Richmond Co, GA and died 4 Aug 1846, Talladega Co, AL, married ca 1798, in Coosa Co, GA, Sarah Elizabeth Crockett, b 1780, VA, d 30 Sept 1858, Chilton Co, AL.Children included Floyd C Goodgame, b 6 Sept 1807, Coweta Co, GA and Robert C Goodgame, b 6 Sept 1808.
Her parents may have been Robert and Sarah Crockett of Pittsylvania Co, VA and Richmond Co, GA.This is not proved but is based upon naming and geographical clues.The reader may decide.
Two other theories have been noted: (1) Sarah was a sister of the legendary "Davy" Crockett; (2) Goodspeed's History of Southern Arkansas, published 1890, Dallas Co. Ark., p. 719 which states that Sarah was second cousin to "Davy".
The latter of the two theories (second cousins) would require that "Grandfather David" (Davy Crockett's grandfather, John Crockett's father) had a brother, name unknown, whose had a son, name unknown, who became Sarah's father. In fact very little is known about "Grandfather David", and absolutely nothing about siblings. This hypothesis needs more to support it.
As for the former theory, here is some negative evidence. Apparently the inscription for Sarah reads in part:
Born in Virginia, A. D. 1780
Moved to Georgia in early life
removed to Alabama in 1819.
Possibility (1) is that the person who wrote this inscription was wholly ignorant of her early life.
Possibility (2) is that the info is correct.
If correct, that makes it difficult to place Sarah as a sister of "Davy". John and family had moved already from North Carolina to Tennessee several years before the date of Sarah's birth. Why would Rebecca travel all the way to Virginia to have this daughter?And why then would John and Rebecca have sent Sarah away from home in Tennessee as a child to be reared by strangers in Georgia?
Technically, of course, Tennessee was part of VA at one time. "Grandfather david's" LW&Y was recorded as VA even though he resided in what is today Tennessee. Tennessee was the 16th state as of June 1, 1796.
At this point, it is interesting to look at Floyd Crockett whom some suggest to have been her older brother.He named sons Floyd and Robert.The LW&T of Floyd Crockett was made 31 Aug 1852 in Richmond Co, GA to which county Robert and Sarah ("Salley") Crockett moved from Pittsylvania Co, VA.Floyd was born in VA ca 1777 and, reminiscent of the words on Sarah's tomb, "moved to Georgia in early life".
One Sarah Crockett administered the estate of Robert Crockett in 1787 in Richmond Co, GA. The Crocketts can be found in VA before GA. Robert of Richmond Co, GA owed money to persons in Pittsylvania Co, VA such as Lemuel Smith, J L Todd, and Peter Perkins.Also, one Littleberry Bostick was associated with Robert in GA and VA.
Evans Crockett has done much first-hand research into Pittsylvania Co, VA records. See his October and November 1999 postings #849 and #854 on this GenForum.
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Re: Sarah Elizabeth Crockett, b, 1779/80, Wash. Dist. VA, now TN
Dwight Dennis 12/16/05