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Winner 2005 National Genealogical Society Award for Excellence: Genealogy and Family History
This book tells the story of James, John Turton, Thomas and Salathiel Goff as they forged the western Virginia frontier in the 1770s. After sojourns into what are now Loudoun Co., VA and Hardy Co., WV, the Goff brothers raised families in present-day Preston Co., WV; Tucker Co., WV and Clark Co., KY. Descendants are disbursed across the U.S., with concentrations in WV, KY, IN, IA, MO, OH, IL, KS, TX, NE, MD and PA.
Scouring public and private archives from MA to FL, Lockhart and Goff identified nearly 1,400 documents from 1766 to 1833 pertaining to the four Goff brothers. Among these were never-before-published records on the early lives of the Goff brothers and their families.
The resulting book is a fully indexed work, with newly prepared maps, original illustrations, signatures of all four men, quotes from three of the brothers and photographs of one child and 53 grandchildren of the four Goff brothers. With 400+ pages and nearly 2,300 footnotes, this hardbound book is divided into three parts. The first section recounts how the Goff brothers conquered the wilderness of western Virginia in search of land, while surviving Indian attacks and living through land disputes, slavery and personal struggles. The book continues with a genealogy of the Goff brothers, beginning with what is known about their parents and proceeding through their over 250 grandchildren born between 1792 and 1861. The book concludes with documentary appendices.
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- PublisherMasthof Press
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1930353863
- ISBN 13 9781930353862
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages401
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