Bartlett/Bartellot Goodman
French & Indian War land grants contain many references to Bartlett / Bartellot Goodman, some of which are in regards to his own claims, and others are his oath as to the service of others. In addition, land and other records in several Virginia and North Carolina counties provide evidence of his location in later years.
See also this site for more on descendants of this family in Indiana: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/6718/goodman.html
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Ansolem (sic: Anselm) Clarkson was a soldier in Capt. Sam Overton's Co. of Rangers in 1755 till legally discharged; served twice as a sergeant in said company in 1756 till properly discharged. Louisa County, Oct 11, 1779. |
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His wife may have been the dau. or other relation of Capt. Overton. An Overton Goodman married Mary Camp on 07 Feb 1785 in Goochland Co., VA. This Overton Goodman was therefore probably born before 1765, and could have been the son of Bartellot Goodman. |
| Bartlett Goodman was a soldier in Capt. Throgmorton's Co. of Rangers until 1759 'till properly discharged, Louisa Co. Feb 14, 1780. (Virginia Colonial Militia, 1651-1776 By William Armstrong Crozier, p. 21) |
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Bartellot Goodman was a soldier in Capt. Thomas Bullet's Co. of Rangers in 1762, Louiosa County Nov 8, 1779. (Virginia Colonial Militia, 1651-1776 By William Armstrong Crozier, p. 56) He assigned his 50 ac. grant to John Nelson, then to Charles Smith. Peter Clarkson was in Capt. Sam Overton's Co. of Rangers, and he also assigned his grant to Charles Smith. |
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Bartellot Goodman lived in Louisa Co. as of 18 Nov 1779, when some of the land grants were recorded. Those grants may have been in what is now Campbell Co., at that time part of Bedford. |
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"Old Home Places of Louisa County", a book published by the Louisa Co. Historical Society, and that I encountered while visiting their location at the Louisa County courthouse, describes that the "Fontaine/Michie House" was owned briefly by Bartellot and Tabitha Goodman (and others) before it was purchased in 1780 by John Michie. |
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On 3 Apr 1784, VA Gazette (Richmond) article, wherein Thomas Johnson, Sheriff, advertises for sale at Louisa Co. courthouse, Bartellot Goodman's land to satisfy the tax thereon (VA Genealogist, v30, p. 108). He may have removed to Campbell Co. before this notice. |
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Campbell Co., VA, June 1, 1786, Gibson Goodman married to Elizabeth Crawley, consent by John Crawley. Wit. John Goodman. |
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Campbell Co., VA, July 14, 1788, Cornelius Carver married to Sally Goodman, consent by Bartlett Goodman, father of the bride. Bond by Cornelius Carver and John Goodman. |
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Campbell Co., VA, Oct 29, 1791, John Goodman married to Elizabeth Howeth, performed by James Kenney, also lists bride as Howette. |
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Bedford Co., VA, Jun. 30, 1794; Matthias Cane & Rhody Goodman, dau. of Bartlett who gives his permission; John Goodman, Surety. |
Conclusions and Surmises
If Bartlet/Bartelot was about 19-20 at the time of his initial French & Indian war service, then he was probably born about 1736/37, and may have been a son of Robert (b. ca. 1705) or Benjamin Goodman (b. ca. 1703) of Hanover / Louisa Co., who were the brothers of the elder Samuel Goodman mentioned previously as having owned land on the Hanover / Louisa Co. border. (These brothers mentioned in Vestry Book St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County VA, 1706-1786).
For the following, I have kept in mind correspondence and postings from other researchers that these Goodmans may still have been in Louisa Co in 1790. However, this timing cannot be certain, as the 1790 Virginia census is not a true enumeration as of 1790, but is actually a reconstructed census, done in 1908, and taken from the earlier 1782, 1783, 1784, and 1785 VA State census. Therefore, it can be determined that they were in those counties until 1784/5, but it can only be presumed that they may have been in the same counties as listed in those earlier enumerations.
The records show that Bartlett/Bartellot Goodman was originally in Louisa County with wife Tabitha. From the Louisa Co. Sheriff's sale notice of April 1784, it appears that Bartlett/Bartellot and Tabitha Goodman may have removed from Louisa to Campbell Co. before or around that time, and that his name on the 1790 reconstructed federal census of Louisa Co. may have been a result of his earlier enumeration in the 1782/83/84/85 VA census. He was certainly in Campbell Co. before June 1, 1786, when son Gibson Goodman married to Elizabeth Crawley. He removed to Iredell Co., NC some time after Oct 1795, when his last Campbell Co. land purchase is recorded, and before Dec 1798, when he sells his Campbell Co. lands to John Goodman and others. According to several posts to GenWeb by other Goodman researchers, this is the Bartlett Bartholemew Goodman who died in Iredell Co., NC in 1799, and whose wife was Tabitha, and she then removed with their children first to Logan Co., KY, then some went to Knox Co., IN.
The John Goodman in the Campbell Co. records was in Campbell Co. before June 1, 1786, when he witnessed for marriage of his brother Gibson Goodman to Elizabeth Crawley. He married Elizabeth Howeth/Howette in Campbell Co. in 1791, and may have lived and worked on his father's lands until his own first land purchase in 1793, when he acquired 198 ac., from Ancil Rogers adjoining Bartlett Goodman's line. He apparently owned only those lands adjoining his father's in Campbell Co. as mentioned in those deeds, and none in Bedford Co., so was not the same John Goodman, brother of Ansel, who was in Bedford Co. and on its tax roll in 1787. By Sept 1802, he sells parcels of lands on Flint Stone Creek, and his wife was listed as Betsy. By April 1807, a John Goodman whose wife is listed as Lucy, sells another parcel on Ward's road.
Neither Bartlett or John Goodman appear in any earlier Bedford or Lunenburg Co. recorded deeds, so one could surmise that they came directly from Louisa to Campbell, and that Bartlett/Bartellot was very likely the French & Indian war veteran, b ca 1736/37, who received land granted in Louisa county for that service. The Ward's Road (now US29) Flat (Rock) Creek area of Campbell County that is described in the Bartlett and John Goodman deeds is shown on this map.
