Richardsons

The Richardsons

The John Richardson of the Greene Co., TN court record who was given care of John Goodman's children, may have been the same Col. Jonathan Richardson of Bedford Co., VA, with whom Ansel and John Goodman both probably served while they were in the Bedford Militia, and who was an early pioneer of TN. The Richardson family in Bedford, VA also included two generations of Amos Richardsons, a Jesse, and other given names that seem to have been carried into the line of descendants of the children of John Goodman. John Richardson died in TN about 1795, when his will was recorded (Greene Co., TN Court Minutes, No#/391). Wife Susanna (Fuqua?) Richardson was named executrix. This almost certainly confirms that this John and Susanna Richardson were the same ones that sold 60 ac. of land and plantation 26 Feb. 1748 in Louisa Co., VA, as Susanna’s name is also listed in that transaction. They appear to have removed from Louisa to Cumberland Co. in 1748, then to Lunenburg Co. before 1754, then to Bedford Co. 1764-1783, then finally to Greene Co., TN about 1783. So, this John Richardson would probably have been born before 1727, and would have been 68 or older when he died. If he married Susanna about 1747, their children would probably have been born between 1748 and 1770.

Joseph Richardson, son of John Richardson, married Susanna Goodman, dau of John Goodman and Epharilla Thorp, in Greene Co. TN, July 1, 1790. This is no doubt the same Joseph Richardson mentioned previously, who was probably was a son of John Richardson, and was descended from the Richardson family of Louisa Co., VA and later Bedford Co., VA. This Susanna Goodman was apparently an elder sister to the Goodman children mentioned previously. Joseph Richardson and Susanna Goodman Richardson may have both died before November 1804, when the Blount Co., TN Co. Ct. Minutes B/32, record that orphans Joseph Richeson (Richardson), 11 yrs. & 5 mo. (therefore b. abt. Aug 1793), and Drury Richeson (Richardson), 7 yrs. & 4 mo., were bound to John Black Cusack until they are 21. This also seems to confirm that Drury Goodin, signer of the Watauga Petition (1776), may have been a Goodman, and possibly related to this Goodman line. There was a Susanna Goodman, b. abt. 1764, and sister of the Rev. John Goodman b. 1761, and both of these were children of Charles Goodman of Albemarle. However, according to Albemarle Co. Marriages, she m. John Rogers 29 Aug 1789 in Albemarle Co., VA. Therefore these had to be two different Susanna Goodmans, although their ages were probably very close.

Obediah Richardson, son of John Richardson, married Sarah Jane Goodman, dau. of John Goodman and Epharilla Thorp in Greene Co. TN, May 16, 1797. Obediah died young, before 1813 and probably about 1810. Sarah Goodman Richardson married 2nd to Matthew Harper (his 3rd) in Barren Co., KY, Dec 12, 1815, Matthias Reynolds, husband of Martha Goodman, surety. Matthias Reynolds also Surety for Matthew Harper's 2nd marriage, to Judah Reynolds, likely his daughter, and who d. May 7, 1815.

See Bedford Co., VA records on this site, for additional information about the land and marriages of this and related families in Bedford Co., VA.