Henrick/Henry Guess/Goats & Descendants
Generation 2

2. Phillip Guess (Henry) born abt. 1761 in Prussia and died bef. 1797 in Fairfield Co. SC.

Notes about Phillip Guess

He is found in 1790 Camden Dist. Fairfield C. SC census.
He was a member of the Militia during ther Revolutionary War.

3. Henry Guess (Henry) born abt. 1763 in Prussia. He was married to Sophie Unk.

Notes about Henry Guess

He is found in 1790 Edgefield Co. SC census.
He never changed his name to Goats.

4. Peter Guess (Henry) born abt. 1765 in Prussia and died abt. 1804. He was married to Mary Unk.

Notes about Peter Guess

He is found in 1790 Edgefield Co. SC census.
He changed his name to Goats.

Notes about Mary Unk.

She is found in 1810 Fairfield Co. SC census.
The couple had five children who are living with Mary in 1810 Fairfield Co. SC census.
She possible followed her brother-in-law George Goats to TN.

5. Milly Guess (Henry) born abt. 1767 in Prussia. Married to Jacob Nertz.

6. George Guess/Goats (Henry) born abt. 1770 in Fairfield Co. SC and died abt. 1856 in Giles Co. TN. He was married abt. 1809 in SC to Elizabeth Roe Coleman daughter of Robert Coleman & Elizabeth Roe. She was born Sept 8, 1780 in Fairfield Co. SC and died abt. 1853 in Giles Co. TN.

Notes about George Goats

He changed his name to Goats.
He is found in 1790 Edgefield Co. SC census.
He is found in 1800 & 1810 Fairfield Co SC census.
He is found in the 1798, 1810 & 1818 Fairfield Co. SC Land Records selling his father's orginal
Land Grant.
He is found in 1820, 1830, 1840 & 1850 Giles Co. TN census.
He is found on 1812 & 1836 Dist. 5 Giles Co. TN Tax List.
He is found in the 1835 Giles Co. TN Land Records.
After his death Nathan Yarbrough (his son-in-law) is administrator of George's Goats will.
See documents about Woodruff File.

Children of George Goats & Elizabeth Coleman.

i. Delila Goats born 1810 Fairfield Co SC and died 1860 Giles Co. TN.

Notes about Delila Goats

She never married.
She is found in her father's household in the 1820 & 1850 Giles Co. TN census.
After her father's death William Goats was appointed her guardian as the Courts had declared
her a Lunatic.
Ask about Woodruff File.

7. ii. John L. Goats born abt. 1810 in Fairfield Co. SC and died bef. Sept. 26, 1880 in Pope Co.AR.
8. iii. William Allen Goats born abt 1815 in Giles Co. TN.
9. iv. Phillip Goats born abt 1818 in Giles Co. TN and died possibly in Lawrence Co. TN.
10. v. Mary Goats born abt 1818 in Giles Co. TN.
11. vi. David Coleman Goats born abt. 1820 in Giles Co. TN and died abt. 1848 in Searcy Co. AR.
12. vii. Susan Goats abt. 1822 in Giles Co. TN and died bef. 1870 in Decatur Co TN.
13. viii. Elizabeth Jane Goats born abt. 1824 in Giles Co. TN and died abt. 1900 in Lawrence Co. TN.
14. ix. James Bluff Goats born Apr. 1826 in Giles Co. TN and died aft. 1890 in Ellis Co. TX.
15. x. Minerva Catherine Goats born abt. 1829 in Giles Co. TN.
16. xi. Ann Goats in Giles Co. TN.

Last updated May 18, 2002


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