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Primary sources
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Virginia Council and General Court Records, 1640–1641. John Geaween court entry, March 31, 1641. Published in: Paul Heinegg, Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina from the Colonial Period to About 1820, Fourth Edition, Clearfield Publishing, Baltimore, 2001. "Gowen/Going Family," p. 410.
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Walter Clark, ed., The State Records of North Carolina, Vol. XXII. Nash Brothers, Goldsboro, NC, 1907, p. 372. Granville County muster roll, 1754.
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Ruth and Sam Sparacio, Deed Abstracts of Fairfax County Virginia (1742–1750). Land Standing, Fairfax County, p. 89. Charles Griffith deposition, 1767, describing the 1724 events at the horse race near Major Robert Alexander's land.
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Transcript of the Record, Elijah Goin vs. Sterling Mayse, Slander. 12th Circuit, Claiborne County, Tennessee. Filed July 16, 1858; Reversed and Remanded. Claiborne County Circuit Court. Photocopy on file with Beverly J. Ellison Nelson.
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"Daniel Goins' Genealogy," Randolph County Deed Book 47, p. 136, March 1882. Reprinted in The Genealogical Journal of the Randolph County, North Carolina Genealogical Society, Vol. IV, No. 2, 1980, p. 21.
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Goin Y-DNA Surname Project results. Haplogroup E3a confirmation for descendants of Thomas Goin of Claiborne County, TN.
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Secondary sources
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Virginia Easley DeMarce, "Very Slightly Mixt," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, March 1992, Vol. 80, No. 1, p. 25.
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Tim Hashaw, Children of Perdition. Mercer University Press, Macon, Georgia, 2006.
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Tim Hashaw, "Malungu: The Mbundu-African Origin of the American Melungeons." Gowen Research Foundation: (freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gowenrf/malangu.htm) freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gowenrf/malangu.htm
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Jack H. Goins, Melungeons: and Other Pioneer Families. Published by the author, 2000.
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Beverly J. Ellison Nelson, Goin Lineage. Unpublished manuscript, Littleton, CO.
On the Lumbee and Goins surname in North Carolina
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Jimmy Goins, Lumbee Tribal Chairman, U.S. Senate testimony, 2007. Federal recognition proceedings.
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1915 North Carolina school enrollment case (Goins family). Reverend Locklear testimony on Melungeon and Redbone designations.
For research tools, field guides, and deep dives into American racial classification records — patreon.com/NYTN (patreon.com/NYTN)
Get early episodes and behind-the-scenes info at patreon.com/NYTN
Primary sources
•
Virginia Council and General Court Records, 1640–1641. John Geaween court entry, March 31, 1641. Published in: Paul Heinegg, Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina from the Colonial Period to About 1820, Fourth Edition, Clearfield Publishing, Baltimore, 2001. "Gowen/Going Family," p. 410.
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Walter Clark, ed., The State Records of North Carolina, Vol. XXII. Nash Brothers, Goldsboro, NC, 1907, p. 372. Granville County muster roll, 1754.
•
Ruth and Sam Sparacio, Deed Abstracts of Fairfax County Virginia (1742–1750). Land Standing, Fairfax County, p. 89. Charles Griffith deposition, 1767, describing the 1724 events at the horse race near Major Robert Alexander's land.
•
Transcript of the Record, Elijah Goin vs. Sterling Mayse, Slander. 12th Circuit, Claiborne County, Tennessee. Filed July 16, 1858; Reversed and Remanded. Claiborne County Circuit Court. Photocopy on file with Beverly J. Ellison Nelson.
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"Daniel Goins' Genealogy," Randolph County Deed Book 47, p. 136, March 1882. Reprinted in The Genealogical Journal of the Randolph County, North Carolina Genealogical Society, Vol. IV, No. 2, 1980, p. 21.
•
Goin Y-DNA Surname Project results. Haplogroup E3a confirmation for descendants of Thomas Goin of Claiborne County, TN.
•
Secondary sources
•
Virginia Easley DeMarce, "Very Slightly Mixt," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, March 1992, Vol. 80, No. 1, p. 25.
•
Tim Hashaw, Children of Perdition. Mercer University Press, Macon, Georgia, 2006.
•
Tim Hashaw, "Malungu: The Mbundu-African Origin of the American Melungeons." Gowen Research Foundation: (freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gowenrf/malangu.htm) freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gowenrf/malangu.htm
•
Jack H. Goins, Melungeons: and Other Pioneer Families. Published by the author, 2000.
•
Beverly J. Ellison Nelson, Goin Lineage. Unpublished manuscript, Littleton, CO.
On the Lumbee and Goins surname in North Carolina
•
Jimmy Goins, Lumbee Tribal Chairman, U.S. Senate testimony, 2007. Federal recognition proceedings.
•
1915 North Carolina school enrollment case (Goins family). Reverend Locklear testimony on Melungeon and Redbone designations.
For research tools, field guides, and deep dives into American racial classification records — patreon.com/NYTN (patreon.com/NYTN)
