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II.
James
Godbold b. Mars Bluff
Community, Craven Co., S. C. about 1741; about 1759, or just prior to,
moved down on Catfish Creek (near what later became Marion), S.C.; m.
about 1760
Mrs. Mourning Elizabeth
Baker Johnson; in 1769 and 1770 he
received two land grants of 200 acres each from George III, King of
England; a copy of one of these Royal grants may be seen in the Marion
Public Library, Marion, S. C.; d. 1791, Liberty Co., S. C. Children:
John,
James,
Zachariah,
Cade,
Abraham,
Mourning Maria,
Mary Elizabeth,
Thomas and
Sarah Godbold.
1 2
A.
Lt.
John Godbold b. about 1761,
Craven Co., S. C.; served in American Revolution; m. about 1780; living
in Caswell Co., N. C., 1800; at that time he had two sons over
sixteen, a daughter or wife under 26, and daughter under 10.
B.
Lt. James Godbold, Jr. b.
about 1762, Craven Co., S. C.; served in
the American Rev. under Gen. Marion; d. or moved away before 1790.
1 2
C.
Lt. Zachariah Nathaniel Godbold
b. 3 Apr. 1763, Craven Co., S. C.;
served in American Rev.; m. 1790,
Rachel
____ ( -1845);
moved to St. Stephens, Ala., 1810, with wife and eight children; d. 13
July 1832; buried in Saluda Hill Cem., Bromley, Baldwin Co., Ala.
Children:
Mary,
James,
Nancy,
William,
Charlotte,
Cade M.,
John
Godbold, and probably others. (Census report)
1.
Mary
Godbold b. Marion Dist., S. C.;
m._____Morgan, Ala.
2.
James D. Godbold b. Marion
Dist., S. C., 1890's; escort for
Lafayette from New York to New Orleans; sheriff of Monroe Co., Ala.,
1820.
1 2
3.
Nancy Godbold b. Marion
Dist., S. C.; m.
_____ Ward,
Ala.
4.
William H. Godbold b.
Marion Dist., S. C.; came to Monroe Co., Ala.
1810.
5.
Charlotte Godbold b. Marion
Dist., S. C.; m.
_____Schackleford,
Ala.
6.
Cade M. Godbold b. 20 Mar.
1809, Marion, S. C.; 1810 came with
parents to Monroe Co., Miss. Territory (now Baldwin Co., Ala.);
U.S.Marshall prior to 1860's; Dem.; Mason; m. 10 July 1842
Mary Ann
Hall (1816-1892), Carpenter Station, Ala.; quartermaster
sergeant,
CSA; d. 16 Oct. 1879, Bay Minette, Ala. Children:
Ann Hall,
Aurelia,
James Dargan,
Florence,
Burwell Boykin,
Octavia
Marcy,
Grace and
Cade
M. Godbold, Jr. 1
2
a. Ann
Hall Godbold b. 1840's, Baldwin
Co., Ala.
b. Aurelia Mary Godbold b.
1840's, Baldwin Co., Ala.
c. James Dargan Godbold b.
1847, Baldwin Co., Ala.
d. Florence Godbold b. 10 Jan.
1849, Godbold Creek, Baldwin Co., Ala.;
m. Gen. Earl Van Dorn of
Miss.; m. 8 July 1875 at Jackson Street
Presbyterian Church, Mobile, David
Crawford Byrne (1843-1919); d. 4
Mar. 1919 Bay Minette, Ala. Children: Haynes
Cornelius, Octavia Haynes,
Mary Godbold, Clarissa,
David, Jr. and Madison
Godbold Byrne.
(1)
Haynes
Cornelius Byrne b. 7 July
1876; m.
Lucy Purdy Head; d.
1954. No children.
(2)
Octavia Haynes Byrne b. 18
Sept. 1877; m. 11 Jan. 1899
William
DeVan Stapleton; d. 9 Jan. 1900. Son:
William
Wade Stapleton b. 1899 d.
1900.
(3)
Mary Godbold Byrne b. 15
Aug. 1880; never married; d. 31 Aug. 1964.
(4)
Clarissa Byrne b. 4 Aug.
1883; Oct. 1907 m.
William Gasque Hall
( -1914); Bay Minette, Ala. Child:
(a) William
Gasque Hall, Jr. b. 8 Apr.
1914; m. Jean Sellers. Child:
1. Julia
Hall, Greenville, S. C.
(5)
David Crawford Byrne, Jr.
b. 25 Apr. 1886; m. 17 June 1925
Helen
Elizabeth Embler; practiced medicine; d. 22 Sept. 1962, Magnolia
Springs, Ala. Children:
Jane Elizabeth,
David, III, and
Albert
Embler
Byrne.
(a) Jane
Elizabeth Byrne b. 30 Mar.
1925; m. 14 June 1950 John Ray Nelson,
Bon Secour, Ala. Children:
1. John
Andrew Nelson b. 5 Nov. 1954.
2. David
Byrne Nelson b. 6 Nov. 1956
3. Christopher
Lee Nelson b. 16 July
1962.
(b) David
Crawford Byrne, III b. 26
Nov. 1929.
(c) Albert
Embler Byrne b. 25 June
1931; m. 17 Dec. 19__ Bobbie Ann
Neckles, Augusta, Ga. Children:
1. Parralee
Byrne b. 22 Nov. 1958.
2. Albert
Embler Byrne, Jr. b. 5 Apr.
1961.
(6) Madison
Godbold Byrne b. 24 Feb.
1890; m. Eloise Johnston,
Children:
(a)
Madison
Godbold Byrne, Jr. b. 31
Jan. 1917; m.
Mary Elizabeth Francis.
Children:
1. David
Madison Byrne.
2. James Francis Byrne b. 22
Oct. 1942.
3. Mary Elizabeth Byrne.
(b)
Haynes Crawford Byrne,
M.D. b. 17 July 1919; m.
Margaret
Gibbons;
practices medicine in Montgomery, Ala. Children:
Margaret,
Elizabeth,
Haynes Crawford, Jr., and
Laura
Byrne.
e.
Burwell Boykin Godbold b.
Baldwin Co, Ala. in 1850's; m.
Kate
Bingood Drake.
f.
Octavia Marcy Godbold b.
Baldwin Co., Ala. 1850's; m.
William
Alfred
Smith Haynes.
g.
Grace Godbold b. 1850's,
Baldwin Co., Ala.
h.
Cade M. Godbold, Jr. b.
Baldwin Co., Ala.
7. John
Godbold b. about 1811, Monroe
Co., Ala.
D.
Cade
Godbold b. 1760's, Craven Co.,
S.C.; unmarried in 1790; d. or moved away before 1800. There was a Cade
Godbold from S.C. who came to Copiah Co., Miss. around 1820 or -25,
with his daughter, Avis Godbold, who married someone, who was living in
Copiah Co., later in the century.
7
E. Abraham
Godbold b. Craven Co., S.
C.; 1791 was given power of attorney in settling of his father's
estate; m. and living in Fairfield Co., S. C. 1800. At that time he had
two sons and one daughter under ten years of age. There was an Abraham
Godbold, b. 1802, S. C. living in Wilcox Co., Ala., in 1850. His wife,
Ann____ b. 1806, S.C.
F. Sarah
Godbold b. Craven Co., S. C.;
never married.
G. Mourning
Maria Godbold b. Craven Co.
, S.C.; m. prior to 1790, Thomas Smith.
H.
Gen.
Thomas Godbold b. 22 Aug. 1774,
Craven Co., S.C.; m. about 1795
Sarah
Fladger; he inherited his
father's land grant, 1767; 1800 gave land for Marion City Park; served
in S. C. Militia; d. 21 July 1825, Marion, S. C. Children: Son,
Charles,
Hugh,
James,
Sarah Anne,
Elizabeth Keene,
John and
Mary Jane
Godbold.
2
1. Son, _____Godbold
b. about 1796,
Liberty Co., Marion Dist., S.C.
2.
Dr.
Charles F. Godbold b. Dec. 1798,
Liberty Co., S. C.; d. 15 Apr. 1827, soon after graduating from South
Carolina College.
3.
Hugh G. Godbold b. 1800,
Liberty Co., S. C.; m. 24 Sept. 1817,
Rhoda
Crawford; 19 slaves, 1830; remarkably intelligent; d. 1859. No
children.
4.
James T. Godbold b. 1803;
d. 1823; Marion, S. C.
5.
Sarah Anne Godbold b. 1807,
S. C.; m.
Gen. William Evans
(1804-1876); d. 1885. Children: 2 sons and 7 daughters, one of whom was
Annie Mariah.
a. Annie
Mariah Evans b. 1837 Marion S.
C.; m. 21 Dec. 1854, Col. John
Gilchrist Blue; d. 1912. Children:
Sallie, Effie, Ida, William Evans, Victor, Rupert, Kate Lilly and
Henriet Blue.
(1) Sallie
Blue b. 1856, Marion, S. C.;
m. Peter M. John; d. 1931. No
children.
(2) Effie Blue b. 1859,
Marion, S.C.; m. E. B. Wheeler.
(3) Ida Blue b. 1861, Marion
S. C.; m. B. I. Nicholson; m. Capt. James
T. Johns; d. 1940.
(4) William Evans Blue b. 8
May 1863, N. C.; m. 26 July 1911, Elizabeth
Godbold ( -1935) Marion, S. C.; d. 2 Sept. 1927.
They had
one son who died at birth.
(5) Victor Blue b. 6 Dec.
1865, Richmond Co., N. C.
(6) Rupert Blue b. 30 May
1867, Richmond Co., N. C.
(7) Kate Lilly Blue b. 23
Sept. 1869, Marion, S. C.; lived at
"Bluefield".
(8) Henriet Blue b. 1875,
Marion, S. C.; lived at "Bluefield".
6.
Elizabeth Keene Godbold b.
Marion S. C.; m. about 1825
John
Haselden
(1805-1834); m.
David Monroe.
Children:
Sarah Jane,
Hugh
Godbold,
Cyrus,
James and
Frank Haselden.
a. Sarah
Jane Haselden b. 3 Dec. 1826,
S. C.; m. 9 Dec. 1847 Chesley Daniel
Evans. Son: James Daniel Evans.
b. Hugh
Godbold Haselden b. S. C.; d. a
prisoner during Civil War.
c. Cyrus
B. Haselden b. S. C.; m.
____Monroe in Ark.; m. ____
Monroe.
d. Col.
James Monroe Haselden b. S. C.;
killed in action, Mexican War.
e. Dr. Frank Monroe Haselden
b. S. C.; surgeon in Civil War.
7.
John Godbold b. Marion, S.
C.; m. about 1823; d. around 1890,
Marion, S. C. Children: 3 daughters under ten years of age in 1830.
8.
Mary Jane Godbold b.
Marion, S. C.; m.
James Haseldon.
IV. Mary
Elizabeth Godbold b. Craven
Co., S. C.; m. James Buckingham Keene
1789, Prince George Parish,
Georgetown Dist., S. C.
III. Thomas
Godbold b. 1740's, Mars
Bluff, near Florence; S.C.; moved with parents 1759, or thereabout, to
Catfish Creek, near Marion, S.C.; m. about 1766 Martha
Herron; 2 July
1767, received his father's grant of land on Catfish Creek; d. 1825,
Marion S.C. Children: Stephen,
Edith, David, Thomas, Jr. and Elly
Godbold.
A.
Stephen
Godbold b. 1767, Craven Co.,
S.C.; m. about 1789
Rebecca Grice;
m. around 1815; m. 1822
Rebecca
Woods; 37 slaves, 1830; living in Prince George Parish,
Georgetown
Dist., S. C. 1790; in Fairfield Co., S. C. 1800; in Marion Co. 1830; d.
1845 Wahee Township, Marion Co, S.C. Children: Wife 1, 3 sons and
2 daughters b. before 1800,
Stephen G.,
2 and 2 other
sons and 1
daughter b. before 1810; Wife 2, 1 son and 1 daughter; Wife 3, 1 son
and
Elizabeth A. Godbold.
1.
Stephen G. Godbold b. 1804,
Fairfield Co., S. C.; m.; m.
Elizabeth
Haseldon (1807-1868); d. 1871, Wahee Twp., Marion Dist., S.C.
Children:
1 son and daughter,
Annie Godbold.
a. Son Godbold b. between 1825 and 1830, Marion Co., S.C.; probably d.
young.
b. Annie Godbold b. between
1825 and 1830, Marion Co., S.C.; m. Francis
A. "Frank" Miles; inherited father's estate in Wahee. Children: Dr.
David Franklin, Stephen G.,
daughter m. _____ Lide,
daughter m. W. L.
Durant, and Dr. Samuel A. C.
Miles m. Caroline Ellerbe.
2.
Elizabeth A. Godbold b.
1832, Marion Co., S.C., m. 1847
John
F.
Spencer (1811-1898); d. 1916. Children: Ten living in 1900 and
all
married except
Nathan Spencer.
2
B. Edith
Godbold b. around 1770, Craven
Co., S. C.; m. Nathaniel Evans
( -1810). Children:
1.
Thomas Evans b. 1790; m.
Jane Beverly Daniels; d. 1845. Son;
George
Evans.
2.
Gen. William Evans b. 1904;
m.
Sarah Anne Godbold.
Daughter:
a. Annie
Maria Evans b. 1837; m.
Col. John G. Blue; d. 1912. See
p. 80.
C. David
Godbold b. between 1770 and
1780, Craven Co., S. C.; m.; probably moved away. Children: 3 sons born
between 1815 and 1830, Marion Co., S. C.
D.
Thomas
Godbold, Jr., b. 1779, Craven
Co., S. C.; m. 1 Mar. 1803
Nancy Ann
Gasque (1780-1890); senator
1808-1820; 19 slaves, 1830; d. 1837 Marion, S. C. Children:
Asa,
Jehu,
Robert,
Thomas,
Alexander,
Charles,
William,
Anne, Son and
Martha Ann
Godbold.
2
1.
Asa Godbold b. 1804,
Marion, S. C.; m. 1828
Sarah Cox
2; elected
Ordinary 1859; held office until Reconstruction days.
2 Children;
James,
Mary Jane,
Thomas,
Asa, Jr.,
Sarah,
Annie Eliza and
F. Marion
Godbold. 2
a. James
Godbold m. ____Richardson;
lived south of Marion, S.C. Children: 2 sons and 3 daughters.
b. Mary
Jane Godbold m. Capt. Mat. B.
Stanley of Darlington, S.C. Children: 2 sons and 1 daughter.
(1) Asa
Stanley b. 18 May 1858; d. 8
Nov. 1862.
c.
Thomas
W. Godbold never m.;
extraordinary personality; d. about 1899.
2
d.
Asa
Godbold, Jr., b. 30 Mar. 1835;
m. 21 Jan. 1858
Sallie Ellerbe
(1839- ); planter; volunteer
veteran in Civil War; d. 15 Oct. 1883. Children:
Walter,
William,
James,
Lawrence,
Luther,
Alice,
Mollie,
Anne,
Victoria,
Bessie and
Daisy Godbold.
2
(1)
Walter
Godbold m.
_____Williams,
Near Nichols, S. C.
2
(2)
William Asa Godbold b. 14
July 1868; m.
Lucia Ellerbe
(1869-1936),
sister of Gov. Ellerbe, S. C.; d. May 1928, Marion, S.C. Children:
Eva,
William,
Sarah,
Lucile,
Asa,
Omega,
Cash and
Thomas Marion Godbold.
(a) Eva
Ellerbe Godbold b. 22 Nov.
1895, Marion, S. C. Unmarried; lives in Estill, S. C.
(b) William
Ellerbe Godbold b. 13 Dec.
1896, Marion, S. C.; m. Lillie Mae
Davis; lives in Augusta, Ga.
Children:
1. William
Ellerbe Godbold, Jr.;
Memphis, Tenn.
2. Charles Thomas Godbold;
Orlando, Fla.
3. Jack
Godbold, adopted; Stone
Mountain, Ga.
(c) Sarah
Ellerbe Godbold b. 27 Aug.
1898, Marion, S. C.; teacher, Chicona College, Columbia, S. C. and high
school; director Camp Jocassee for Girls, 37 years; retired; unmarried;
Columbia, S. C.
(d) Lucile
Ellerbe Godbold b. 31 May
1900, Marion, S.C.; athletic director, Columbia College, Columbia,
S. C; top scorer in first Olympics for women, 1922; S.C. Athletic
Hall of Fame; still teaching.
(e) Asa
Godbold b. 15 Feb. 1902,
Marion, S. C.; m. Edna Spann;
farmer; Bamberg, S. C. Children:
1. Jacqueline
Godbold m. Dr. Jim
Walter, pharmacist, Atlanta, Ga. Children: Steven and
Cynthia
Walter.
2. Lucie
Ellerbe Godbold m. J. L.
Flake, Jr.; works with Social Security; Florence, S. C.
Children: Lee,
Linda and Victoria Flake.
3. Asa
Godbold, Jr. m. Shirley Jones;
Bamberg, S. C. Children: Joycelyn,
Denise, Mary Elaine,
and Asa
Godbold, III.
(f) Omega
Godbold b. Marion, S. C.;
died in infancy.
(g) Cash
Ellerbe Godbold b. 16 July
1906, Marion, S. C.; m. Laura Oswald;
teacher; merchant; Columbia, S.
C. Children:
1. Cash
Ellerbe Godbold, Jr. m. Ann
Mickle; both missionaries to Niger Republic, Africa. Children: Cash,
Stephen, Elizabeth,
and Sally Godbold.
2. Dunbar
Oswald Godbold m.; dentist;
Capt. US Army; Ft. Jackson, S. C.
(h) Rev.
Thomas Marion Godbold b. 5
June 1908, Marion, S. C.; m. Dorothy
Henderson; Methodist minister; d.
22 Dec. 1962. Children;
1. Thomas
Marion Godbold, Jr. m. Kathy
Sartain; teaches in a Govt. School in Philippine Islands.
2. Lu Ann Godbold teaches in
Atlanta, Ga.
(3)
James
C. Godbold b. Marion, S. C.
(4)
Lawrence Godbold b.
Marion, S. C.
(5)
Luther Godbold.
(6)
Alice Godbold m. 1879
Rev.
J. Thomas Pate, Florence, S.C.
2
(7)
Mollie Godbold m.
J.
B. Moore, Latta, S.C.
2
(8)
Annie Godbold m.
James
Harrel, Cheraw, S. C.
2
(9)
Victoria Godbold m.
W.
H. Breeden, Campbell's Bridge,
S.C.
2
(10)
Bessie Godbold.
(11)
Daisy Godbold b. 5 Aug.
1883, Marion Co., S. C.; m. 10 Dec. 1912
N. Bruce
Hargrove; widow; only
member of her father's family still living, 1967; Dillon, S.C. Child:
(a) Bessie
Hargrove b. 25 Jan. 1916, Dillon, S.C.
e.
Sarah
Godbold b. Marion Co., S.C.; m.
Col.
E. B. Ellerbe; lived in Horry Co., S.C.; had large family.
2
f.
Annie Eliza Godbold m.
Edwin Bethea, Latta, S. C.
2
g.
F. Marion Godbold b. Marion
Co., S. C.; m.
_____ Vance,
Abbeville, S. C.; around 1900 moved back to Marion from Abbeville.
2
Son:
(1) Rev.
Thomas W. Godbold b. Abbeville, S. C.; Methodist minister.
(a) Caroline
Godbold m. Lester Walter;
Columbia, S.C.
2. Jehu
Godbold b. Marion Co., S. C.; bachelor.
3.
Robert
Godbold b. Marion Co., S. C.; m.; d. soon afterward. Daughter.
4.
Thomas E. Godbold b. 1814
Marion Co., S. C.; bachelor; d. 17 Jan. 1859.
5.
Alexander Godbold b. S. C.;
bachelor.
6.
Charles Godbold b. S. C.;
bachelor.
7.
Dr. William H. Godbold b.
Marion Co., S. C.; m.
____
Mendenhall of N. C.; m.
Mary
E. Hunt, High Point, N. C.; d. when children were small.
Children:
a.
Thomas
N. Godbold m. 10 Jan. 1888
Mary
Sellers, daughter of
John C.
Sellers, author of Hist. of Marion Co. Children:
Thomas Carroll,
Anna and
Mary E. Godbold.
2
b.
William H. Godbold, Jr. m.
1886,
Mattie Beatty;
disappeared from home, 1893. Children: 2 daughters and 2 sons.
c.
Mattie Godbold m.
J.
E. Stevenson; d. about 1896.
Children: 2 sons and 1 daughter.
2
d.
Mary L. Godbold m.
Richard
Davis; lived below Marion in
1900.
2
8.
Anne Godbold b. Marion Co.,
S. C.; m.
____ Harrington,
Georgetown, S.C.
9.
Martha Ann Godbold b.
between 1825 and 1830, Marion, S.C.
E.
Elly
Godbold, Sr. b. about 1771, Craven Co., S.C.; m. around 1800; d.
prior to 1830. Children:
Elly, Jr.,
Stephen and
Erwin M.
Godbold.
2
1.
Gen. Elly Godbold, Jr., b.
1804, Marion Co., S. C.; m.
____Flowers;
sheriff of Marion Co. 1837-1841, 1845-1849 and 1853-1857; m. 16 Feb.
1874 Mrs.
____Kelly; d. 12
Jun 1874. Children:
Huger,
David,
Zachariah and
two daughters.
2
a.
Huger
Godbold b. about 1825, Marion, S.C.; m.
___White
( -1870);
worked in printing office, Washington, D. C.; still living 1901.
Children: 3 sons and 3 daughters.
2
(1) Son ____ Godbold,
went to the West; m.
Children: Huger, Wilmer and
Elmer Godbold.
(a) Huger
W. Godbold, Sr., b. 1884; m.; d. 20 Sept. 1961, Meridian, Miss.
Children: 2 daughters and 1 son. Eleven grandchildren.
1. Daughter _____
Godbold m. John A. Warren; Columbia,
S. C.
2. Irene
Godbold m. Charles C. Moss;
Meridian, Miss.
3. Huger
W. Godbold, Jr., Jackson, Miss.
(b) Wilmer
Godbold living in Birmingham, Ala., 1961.
(c) Elmer
Godbold, Opp, Ala. 1961.
(2) Son
____
Godbold went to the West.
(3)
Waties Godbold lived in
Wahee Township, S. C.
(4) Daughter
____Godbold, m.
____Game.
2
(5) Daughter
____ Godbold, m.
Truman Foxworth.
2
(6) Daughter
____ Godbold
unmarried in 1900.
2
b. David
Godbold, 3rd Sgt. CSA; d. at Charlottesville.
c. Zachariah Godbold b. Marion
Co., S. C.; m.; wife d. when children were small; Capt. of Co. D 10th
Inf., CSA; m. Children: Wife 1,
(1)
D.
E. Godbold m.
____Young;
merchant; mayor; Mullins, S. C.
(2) Daughter
_____ Godbold, m.
(3) Daughter
_____ Godbold d.
a young woman.
2
(4) Daughter
_____Godbold,
unmarried in 1900.
2
2.
Capt.
Stephen T. Godbold b. early 1800's, Marion Co., S. C.; left when
a young man.
3.
Erwin M. Godbold b. Marion
Co., S. C.; m.
____ Foxworth;
served CSA; d. prior to 1900. Children:
Thomas
Godbold, a daughter who
married
S. G. Owens, Clerk
of the Court, and several others, whose names we do not know.
2
IV. Elizabeth
Godbold b. 1740's, Mars Bluff, S. C., a daughter of immigrant John Godbold and Elizabeth
McGurney.
V. Annie (Anne) Godbold b.
1740's, Mars Bluff, S. C.
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