Roland Gooch
Early resident of Madison City
Notes:
• "The earliest records indicate the Gooch family lived in England. Some of the early spellings were Guche, Guch, Gooche, Goodge, and Googe. The Gooch family arrived in the United States in the early 16th century, settling in Virginia and New England." - Heritage, Rankin
• Son of James Gooch. - Heritage, Rankin
• Husband of Elizabeth Gooch - Memories, Rankin
• Marriage to Elizabeth "Betsy" McGEHEE April 14, 1801 Louisa Co., Virginia - Ancestry.com 2
• Father of :
Eleanor Gooch
Nancy A. Gooch
Mary Gooch 1802 -
Nancy A GOOCH ROWE 1806 - 1875
Eleanor W GOOCH DUBLIN 1808 - 1884
William McGehee Gooch 1810 - 1861
Virginia America Gooch1812 -
Louisa Cole GOOCH 1814 - 1891
George W Gooch 1816 - 1839
Nathaniel Matson GOOCH 1822 - 1901
Mary Gooch 1824 - 1868
Virginia America Gooch 1824 - 1868 - Ancestry.com 1
• Father of Nathaniel Matson Gooch and of Eleanor Gooch Dublin (wife of James Dublin) - Vintage Vignette, Rankin
• "He was born April 22, 1778 and died August 29, 1850. He has the earliest birth date of a pioneer in the current city limits of Madison.
Roland and John Cartwright were the first American settlers to record purchase of land on the first day of legal sale. Both purchased land on February 2, 1818. Original land purchase: first owners after the Indians gave it up.
Roland purchased 160.45 acres February 2, 1818. He went back to Louisa County, Virginia and sold land he owned there on September 14, 1818. He then returned to Madison. On July 19, 1830, he purchased 80.22-1/2 acres from the State of Alabama under the River Improvement Act.
In June of 1837, a deed was issued by Rowland and Elizabeth Gooch to the Trustees of the Methodist Church for the plot of land on the corner of the present Old Madison Pike and Hughes Road. The Gooch-Dublin Cemetery is located on this property.
Roland married Elizabeth McGee, who was born April 16, 1780 and died February 25, 1858. They had eight children. They were Nancy A., Eleanor W. (Ellen), William M., Louisa Cole, George W., Nathaniel Matson, America Virginia, and Mary E. Roland and Elizabeth are buried in the Gooch-Dublin Cemetery on Hughes Road in Madison." - Heritage, Rankin
• "Roland sometimes spelled (Rowland) Gooch was born in Albemarle County, VA on 22 Apr 1778. On 16 Apr 1801, he married Elizabeth (Betsy) McGehee, daughter of William McGehee and Martha (Patty) Cole McGehee. He purchased 108 acres of land in Louisa County, VA on the waters of the Hickory Creek from John and Elender Gooch and lived there until around 1818. He purchased 160.45 acres of land from the Huntsville Land Office in Huntsville, AL, on 2 Feb 1818. He returned to Louisa County, VA and sold his land there to Charles Poindexter, and returned in Madison AL. Their first five children were born in VA They were: 1. Nancy A. Gooch married William M. Rowe, 2. Eleanor (Ellen) married James Dublin, 3. William McGehee Gooch married Mariah H. Combs, 4. Louisa Cole Gooch married 1st Hezekiah Bailey 2nd Joseph Hambrick and moved to New Market, AL., 5. George W. Gooch. The next three children were born after arriving in Madison, AL. 6 . Nathaniel Matson Gooch, was called Matt (my great grandfather was born in Madison, AL on 2 Feb 1822 and married in Madison County, AL to Susan Caroline Litzy on 26 Dec 1850. 7. America Virginia Gooch married Isaac Newton Petty and number 8 . Mary E. Gooch married Rufus C.R. Petty, (both Petty families were moving to California during the gold rush era where they went via the Mississippi River. Mary Petty, wife of Rufus C.R. Petty died on the ship on the way and was buried at sea)." - Heritage, Rankin
• "The United Methodist Church on Church Street was organized in 1828. According to Gladys True in her book Reflections of Madison, 1869-1999, the church is the oldest in Madison and the second oldest in the county. The building was originally constructed immediately north of Old Madison Pike and east of Hughes Road on land deeded for the purpose in 1837 by Roland and Elizabeth Gooch. Entries in the Madison County Commissioners Court Minute Book for 1856-61 referred to it as "Gooches Meeting House" and the location as "Gooches Cross Roads." It was moved in 1873 to what became Church Street in Madison by using mules to pull it on logs to the site deeded by Dr. Isaac Deloney. The church chimes that one hears today throughout the historic district were donated by Gladys True in memory of her husband, Robert True." - Memories, Rankin
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| Born: | April 22, 1778, Albemarle Co., Virginia |
| Died: | August 29, 1850, Madison County, Alabama |
| Buried: | Gooch Cemetery in Madison, AL. |
Notes:
• "The earliest records indicate the Gooch family lived in England. Some of the early spellings were Guche, Guch, Gooche, Goodge, and Googe. The Gooch family arrived in the United States in the early 16th century, settling in Virginia and New England." - Heritage, Rankin
• Son of James Gooch. - Heritage, Rankin
• Husband of Elizabeth Gooch - Memories, Rankin
• Marriage to Elizabeth "Betsy" McGEHEE April 14, 1801 Louisa Co., Virginia - Ancestry.com 2
• Father of :
Eleanor Gooch
Nancy A. Gooch
Mary Gooch 1802 -
Nancy A GOOCH ROWE 1806 - 1875
Eleanor W GOOCH DUBLIN 1808 - 1884
William McGehee Gooch 1810 - 1861
Virginia America Gooch1812 -
Louisa Cole GOOCH 1814 - 1891
George W Gooch 1816 - 1839
Nathaniel Matson GOOCH 1822 - 1901
Mary Gooch 1824 - 1868
Virginia America Gooch 1824 - 1868 - Ancestry.com 1
• Father of Nathaniel Matson Gooch and of Eleanor Gooch Dublin (wife of James Dublin) - Vintage Vignette, Rankin
• "He was born April 22, 1778 and died August 29, 1850. He has the earliest birth date of a pioneer in the current city limits of Madison.
Roland and John Cartwright were the first American settlers to record purchase of land on the first day of legal sale. Both purchased land on February 2, 1818. Original land purchase: first owners after the Indians gave it up.
Roland purchased 160.45 acres February 2, 1818. He went back to Louisa County, Virginia and sold land he owned there on September 14, 1818. He then returned to Madison. On July 19, 1830, he purchased 80.22-1/2 acres from the State of Alabama under the River Improvement Act.
In June of 1837, a deed was issued by Rowland and Elizabeth Gooch to the Trustees of the Methodist Church for the plot of land on the corner of the present Old Madison Pike and Hughes Road. The Gooch-Dublin Cemetery is located on this property.
Roland married Elizabeth McGee, who was born April 16, 1780 and died February 25, 1858. They had eight children. They were Nancy A., Eleanor W. (Ellen), William M., Louisa Cole, George W., Nathaniel Matson, America Virginia, and Mary E. Roland and Elizabeth are buried in the Gooch-Dublin Cemetery on Hughes Road in Madison." - Heritage, Rankin
• "Roland sometimes spelled (Rowland) Gooch was born in Albemarle County, VA on 22 Apr 1778. On 16 Apr 1801, he married Elizabeth (Betsy) McGehee, daughter of William McGehee and Martha (Patty) Cole McGehee. He purchased 108 acres of land in Louisa County, VA on the waters of the Hickory Creek from John and Elender Gooch and lived there until around 1818. He purchased 160.45 acres of land from the Huntsville Land Office in Huntsville, AL, on 2 Feb 1818. He returned to Louisa County, VA and sold his land there to Charles Poindexter, and returned in Madison AL. Their first five children were born in VA They were: 1. Nancy A. Gooch married William M. Rowe, 2. Eleanor (Ellen) married James Dublin, 3. William McGehee Gooch married Mariah H. Combs, 4. Louisa Cole Gooch married 1st Hezekiah Bailey 2nd Joseph Hambrick and moved to New Market, AL., 5. George W. Gooch. The next three children were born after arriving in Madison, AL. 6 . Nathaniel Matson Gooch, was called Matt (my great grandfather was born in Madison, AL on 2 Feb 1822 and married in Madison County, AL to Susan Caroline Litzy on 26 Dec 1850. 7. America Virginia Gooch married Isaac Newton Petty and number 8 . Mary E. Gooch married Rufus C.R. Petty, (both Petty families were moving to California during the gold rush era where they went via the Mississippi River. Mary Petty, wife of Rufus C.R. Petty died on the ship on the way and was buried at sea)." - Heritage, Rankin
• "The United Methodist Church on Church Street was organized in 1828. According to Gladys True in her book Reflections of Madison, 1869-1999, the church is the oldest in Madison and the second oldest in the county. The building was originally constructed immediately north of Old Madison Pike and east of Hughes Road on land deeded for the purpose in 1837 by Roland and Elizabeth Gooch. Entries in the Madison County Commissioners Court Minute Book for 1856-61 referred to it as "Gooches Meeting House" and the location as "Gooches Cross Roads." It was moved in 1873 to what became Church Street in Madison by using mules to pull it on logs to the site deeded by Dr. Isaac Deloney. The church chimes that one hears today throughout the historic district were donated by Gladys True in memory of her husband, Robert True." - Memories, Rankin
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• Ancestry.com 1 - Page created by clark_bert and can be viewed only with an Ancestry.com paid subscription. (Originally found at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/25030615/person/12799110646?ssrc=&ml_rpos=2.)
• Ancestry.com 2 - Page created by skrou and can be viewed on with an Ancestry.com paid subscription (Originally found at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/44650145/person/6233180544.)
• Family File, Rankin - Rankin has collected information on the Gooch Family and that file is shared here.
• Find A Grave - Page created by Diana Brooks McBay 45807288
• Heritage, Rankin - The Heritage of Madison County, Alabama, by The Madison County Heritage Book Committee, John P. Rankin, Chairman, pages 23, 73, 82, 189, 209, 210, 211, 212, 215, 273, 307, 339, 367, 371, 373, 431, 452, 478.
• Memories, Rankin - Memories of Madison: A Connected Community, 1857-2007, by John Patrick Rankin, 2007, pages 13, 19, 118, 127, 135, 137.
• Vintage Vignette, Rankin - A Vintage Vignette by John P. Rankin
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• Memories, Rankin
• Vintage Vignette, Rankin