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REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER JESSE GOODRICH IS BURIED IN THE OLD CENTERBURG CEMETERY IN KNOX COUNTY, OHIO.
PVT. JESSE GOODRICH, BORN 28 OCTOBER 1759 IN WINDSOR, HARTFORD, CT, MARRIED DINAH BISHOP 16 JANUARY 1782 IN HANCOCK TOWNSHIP, MASSACHUSETTS, IS BURIED IN THE OLD CENTERBURG CEMETERY IN KNOX COUNTY, OHIO. THIS IS AN OLD BAPTIST CEMETERY ON A LITTLE RISE. HIS DATE OF DEATH IS 21 SEPTEMBER, 1852. HIS DAUGHTER ELIZABETH GOODRICH ARMSTRONG AND HER HUSBAND HENRY ARMSTRONG ARE BURIED ABOUT EIGHT FEET AWAY. HIS STONE HAD FALLEN AND ONLY THE LETTERS "RICH" SHOWED ABOVE THE DIRT. GENE DUG IT OUT OF THE DIRT AND WE BRUSHED IT OFF. IT WAS STILL LEGIBLE; IN ANOTHER DECADE IT WON'T BE. ON JUNE 17TH WE HAD A CEREMONTY FOR ANOTHER PATRIOT ANCESTOR, ONE OF MINE NAMED JAMES TWYMAN BURIED IN SCOTT CO. KY AND HAD A MARKER PLACED THERE. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT DONE FOR JESSE GOODRICH AS SOON THE LETTERING ON HIS STONE WILL BE LOST TO TIME. I KNOW FOR A FACT, FROM A STEPHENTOWN, NY CHURCH RECORD THAT JESSE AND DINAH BISHOP GOODRICH WERE IN STEPHENTOWN IN 1804. I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND A DEATH RECORD YET FOR DINAH.
FOLLOWING CENSUS CLUES, WE WERE ABLE TO FIND JESSE GOODRICH BY GOING TO THE OHIO STATE ARCHIVAL LIBRARY AND RESEARCHING VARIOUS DATA AND OLD CEMETERY RECORDS. THOSE LED US OUT TO A TRIP THROUGH THE OLD AND QUAINT TOWN OF CENTERBURG ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
Ohio Historical Center Archives/Library
1982 Velma Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, 43211
Ph. (614) 297-2300 Toll free: 800.686.6124
Archives/Library closed Sun-Wed, Thur. 9-9pm, Fri & Sat 9-5pm, Sun. noon-5pm
MANY SAR AND DAR PAPERS HAVE THIS PATRIOT BURIED IN MA. HE IS NOT. THE PERSON BURIED IN MA IS A DIFFERENT JESSE GOODRICH. THAT ONE IS BURIED IN THE ANCIENT BURYING GROUND IN WETHERSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS. THE MA JESSE GOODRICH DIED IN 1850. HE IS IN SECTION B, ROW 20, STONE E. HE IS BURIED NOT FAR FROM LIEUTENANT JOSIAH GOODRICH WHO IS BURIED IN SECTION B, ROW 15, STONE D. THIS INFORMATION IS PUBLISHED IN A BOOKLET CALLED "THE STONE AND THE SPIRIT~ A WALKING TOUR GUIDE TO THE ANCIENT BURYING GROUND IN THE WETHERSFIELD VILLAGE CEMETERY. IT CAN BE OBTAINED FROM
Wethersfield Historical Society
150 Main Street, Wethersfield, Connecticut 06109
Telephone: (860) 529-7656 Fax: (860) 563-2609.
"MY" JESSE WAS THE SON OF ELIJAH GOODRICH AND MARGERE GILLETT. THOSE TWO ARE BURIED IN THE GOODRICH HOLLOW CEMETERY IN HANCOCK COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS JUST OVER THE NEW YORK LINE. YOU GO PAST THE SHAKER VILLAGE AND OVER THE MOUNTAIN TO GOODRICH HOLLOW ROAD WINDING THROUGH OVERARCHING GREEN TREES. THEN GO UP TO A ROAD CALLED PLAINLY, GOODRICH ROAD. IT FORKS. TURN LEFT. FOUR TENTHS OF A MILE FROM THAT SIGN POST ~ON YOUR RIGHT WILL BE A LITTLE KNOLL WHERE YOUR ANCESTORS REST.
THIS 2009 TRIP EAST WAS 8004 TRUCK MILES. IT WAS WORTH IT.
HAPPY HUNTING!! KATHRYN MERO HOLMES LANG
THIS GOODRICH LINE CAN BE TRACED TO WILLIMA GOODRICH WHO MARRIED SARAH MARVIN.
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