Goswick Genealogies

by:Henry H. & Keuttah (Goswick) Kennemore
Copyright 1986

Martha Ann (Goswick) Roy
& some of her descendants
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Martha Ann Goswick b. Aug. 1829 Williamson Co.Tn. d: after 1900 Boone Co.Ar. (1850 c) (1860 c.)
(m) ca, 1843 Tn.
John Roy b.                       d:after 1900 Boone Co.Ar.
          children found.
1. George W. Roy b. 1846 Tn. (George W.Roy & son's) (go to 1870-80-1900 c) (1910 Tx.c.)(update)(new update)
2. Mary A. Roy b. 1848 Ar.
3. Amanda J. Roy b. 1851 AR.
4. John T. Roy b. 1853 Tn.
5. Lutesia Roy b. 1857 Mo. (m) Joseph Morrison
6. James Andrew Roy b. Feb.24,1862 Oregon Co.Mo.
7. Isaac Roy b. 1866 Mo.
8. Jasper Newton Roy b. Apr.22,1868 Oregon Co.Mo.
9. Perlina L. Roy b. 1872 Oregon Co.Mo.

Martha Ann (Goswick) Roy was the daughter of George and Nancy Elizabeth (Powers) Goswick of Humphreys and Dickson Co.Tn., and sister to James Thomas Goswick who settled in Pope & Yell Co's Arkansas.  I was told by my grandfather James P.O. Goswick(son of James T.) that this sister "Martha" was the only sister that James T. Goswick ever visited with.{kgk}

Jan 15,2002 new info from David Raney
George Washington Roy (son of John & Martha Goswick Roy) was born Dec.10,1846 Middle Tn.
married Oct.15,1868 Alton, Mo. Sarah Barger born 8/03/1851 Illinois.
    children:
1. Susann Roy born 9/30/1869 Alton, Mo. died 10/17/1876 Alton, Mo.
2. James T. Roy born 1872 (not listed by David) James T. on 1880 census age 8
3. Martha Ellender Roy born 5/31/1875 Harrison, Boone Co.Ar. (m) William Robert Dickey)
4. Felix Anderson Roy born 2/25/1878 Harrison, Boone Co.Ar.
5. Lee Luteshia Alice Roy b. 6/08/1881 Harrison, Boone Co.Ar. d: 3/10/1966 Amarillo, Tx.
6. Nancy Jane Roy born 12/06/1883 Harrison, Boone Co.Ar. died 6/27/1970 Mineral Wells, Tx.
7. Isaac Henry Roy born 3/10/1886 Harrison, Boone Co.Ar. died 1/04/1938 Hugo, Ok.(m)Mary V.Satterfield
8. William Perry Roy born 10/09/1888 Harrison, Boone Co.Ar. d: 2/25/1954 Mineral Wells Tx.(m)Emma Henegar
9. Cora Bell Roy born 4/01/1891 Harrison, Boone Co.Ar. died 4/16/1986 Odessa, Ector, Tx.
10. Charles Leonard Roy born 7/29/1893 Harrison, Boone Co.Ar. died 9/18/1980

Go to 1870-80 and 1910 Census as most of these children are listed for those years.
 
 
 
 
 


 

1850 Conway Co.AR. Griffith Township:

John Roy age 25 b. Tn. ca. 1825
Martha age 22 b. Tn. ca. 1828
George W. (son) age 4 b. Tn. ca. 1846
Mary (dau) age 1 b. Ar. ca.1849

Neighbors to John and Martha (Goswick) Roy in 1850 is:

 

William Powers age 25 b. S.C. ca. 1825 (go to 1860 census for Nancy)
Nancy age 30 b.ca. S.C. 1820
Mary (dau) age 5 b.ca.1845 Tn.
John (son) age 3 b. 1847 Tn.
 


 

1860 Oregon Co.Mo. Piney Township.
John Roy age 35
Martha A. age 32 Tn. (b.ca.1828)
George W.  15
Mary A. 12
Mandy J age 9
John T. age 7
Lutishia age 3
 


 

1870 Oregon Co.Mo. Jobe Township

John Roy age 46
Martha 40 (b.ca. 1830)
Mary 21
Merander age 18
John 14
Lutisha 12
James A. 8
Isaac 4
Jasper 1

1880 Boone Co.AR. Washington Twp.     (go to 1900 census)

John Roy age 57
Martha A. 48  (b.ca.1832)  Martha gets younger by the year)
Amanda J. 26
James A. 17
Perlina L. 8



 


 

1870 Oregon County Mo. Jobe Township   1880 c.Washington,BooneAR. 1900 Boone Co.Ar.Bear Creek (1910)

George W. Roy age 32 born in Tn. ----------George W.Roy 33----------------George W.Roy 53 Dec.1846 Tn.
Sarah (wife) age 18 born in Illinois ---------- Sarah C. age 28-----------------Sarah C. 48 b.Jan.1852 Il.
Susan (dau) age 4 months old b. Mo.----------missing---------------------------missing
                                                                   +James T. age 8 b.1872----- ---missing (prob married)
                                                                   + M.E. (dau) 5 b.1875-----------missing (married)
                                                                    +Felix Anderson  2 b.1878----missing (prob married)
                                                                                                                +Alice (dau) 19 b.June 1880
                                                                                                                +Nancy J.(dau)16 b.Dec.1883
                                                                                                                +Henry (son)14 b.Mar.1885
                                                                                                                + Perry (son) age 11 b.Mar.1889
                                                                                                                + Cora (dau) age 9 b.Apr.1891
                                                                                                                + Lenard (son) age 6 b.1894
                                                                                                                        (All children born in Ark)
Jan.14,2002 Info received from: Dee White
George Washington Roy's wife "Sarah" was Sarah C. Barger born Aug.03,1850 Salena Co. Illinois.  She and George W. Roy married about 1869.  Dee White descends from Felix Anderson Roy
 
 


 

1910 Grayson Co.Tx. ED 66 Sheet 84, Vol 60, TX.

 George W.Roy  age 63 b. Tn. ca. 1847
Sarah C. (wife) age 53 b. Illinois
Felix (son) age 32 b.Mo. ca. 1878 (Anderson)
Nancy (dau) age 26 b. AR. ca. 1884
Henry (son) age 22 b.AR. ca.1888 (age off 3 years from 1900 c.)
Perry (son) age 19 b.AR. ca.1891 (age off 2 years from 1900 c.)
Leonard (son) age 10 b.Ar.ca.1900 (age off 6 years or a different Leonard)
 Lonie Albertton (G)d (granddaughter) age 7 b.Ar. ca. 1903
Ester Albertton (G)d (granddaughter) age 5 b.AR. ca. 1905

George W. Roy was the son of John and Martha Ann (Goswick) Roy. They were neighbors to the parents John and Martha Ann (Goswick) Roy in 1870.

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1880 Boone County, Ar. Washington Township

George W. Roy age 33 born Tn. b.ca.1847
Sarah C. age 28 born Ill.
James T. age 8 born Mo. b.ca.1872
M.E. (female) age 5 born Mo. ca.1875(go to picture of Martha Ellen (Roy) Dickey)
Anderson age 2 born Mo. b.ca. 1878

George W. Roy, son of John and Martha Ann (Goswick) Roy.  The daughter Susan Roy who was 4 months old on the 1870 census was not listed on the 1880 census and is assumed she is deceased prior to 1880 as she would have been too young to be married.  Again in 1880 George W. Roy and his family are living near his parents John and Martha Ann (Goswick) Roy in Boone Co.Arkansas.
 
 


Seated                                George Washington Roy
                                      Son of John and Martha Ann Goswick Roy
                  G. W. Roy’s sons
          Near window;         Leonard Roy, Perry Roy and Felix Roy
(Thank you Louise)

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up-date:  (Information supplied by Louise (Dickey) Wiles) Thank you Louise.{kgk}

George W. and Sarah C. Roy are buried in Petersburg,Tx.
M.E. (Martha Ellen) Roy, Dickey b. May 31,1875  Mo. d: Aug. 1962 Vernon,Tx.

 


Felix Anderson Roy b.Feb.25,1878 d:Dec.21,1958 Mineral Wells,Tx.
married first: Bonham, Fanning co.Tx.Divorced......  Married 2nd.
lst: Estelle Hurt born Dec. 09,1890 Clinton Co. Ky.(Estelle m 2nd) Purl Wedmore
2nd. Laura Belle Davis b.n/r
              one child by Estelle Hurt
1. Mildred Roy born Aug. 29,1916 Hugo, Choctaw Co. Ok. (married) Virgil Glenn Carter
               no record of children by 2nd wife.

The information on Felix Anderson Roy was supplied by Dee White (daughter of Virgil Glenn & Mildred (Roy) Carter).  Thank you so very much Dee.

Felix Anderson Roy was the son of George Washington and Sarah C. (Barger) Roy, and grandson of John and Martha Ann (Goswick) Roy.
 


 

Nancy Jane Roy b. Dec.06,1883 d:Jun.27,1970 Mineral Wells, Tx.

 

William Perry Roy b. Oct. 19,1888 d:Feb.25,1954 Mineral Wells,Tx.

 

Alice Roy (m) ----Shockley   Amarillo,Tx.(Dau of George W. & Sarah Roy)(contact:Nelda H.Moody)
Jan.08,2002
Name:         David Roy (Welborn) Raney
Spouse:       Shelley
Email:         [email protected]
Webpage:
R1:           Related to Goswick: Yes
Site_Arrival: Surfing the net in search of my roots
Date:         08 Jan 2002
Time:         05:56:55
Comments:
My dad is Tommy Welborn, his mom was Lona Ellen Welborn, her mom was Alice Roy, her dad was George Roy, and his dad and mom was John Roy and Martha Goswick.

Cora Roy (m) ---? (dau of George W. and Sarah Roy)


 

Leonard Roy (m)---- (Son of George W. & Sarah Roy)

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Martha Ellen (Roy) Dickey


 

Martha Ellen Roy b. May 31,1875 Mo. d: Aug.1962 Vernon,Tx.
(m) Apr.22,1900 Self,Ar. Boone Co.
William Robert Dickey b. Dec. 28,1875 Mo. d:Mar.25,1928 Tx.
       children:

1. Phinas L. Dickey b. 1900 AR. d:Tx.
2. Homer Eugean Dickey b. 1903 Tx. d:Tx.
3. Leo Dickey b. 1905 Indian Terr. d: Ca.
4. Josephine Viola Dickey b. 1907 Ok. d:Tx.
5. Sarah Lucille Dickey b. 1909 Ok. d: Tx.
6. Rose May Dickey b. 1912 Tx. d:Co.

For information on the DICKEY family please contact Louise Wiles.

(Go to 1900 and 1910 census on this family)
 

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INFO FROM LIBRARIAN OUT OF THE PARKER CO.TX. BOOK.

FROM HISTORY OF PARKER COUNTY TX.

George W. Roy
(m)  ????? in San Saba, Tx.
Harriet Elzanda Williams
       ch listed:
1. Lou (female) b. Palo Pinto Co.Tx.
2. Frank b. Millsap, Parker Co.Tx.
3. Ellen b. Millsap, Parker Co.Tx.
4. Ada b. Millsap, Parker Co.Tx.
5. Lee b. Millsap, Parker Co.Tx.
6. John b. Millsap, Parker Co.Tx.
7. Sally b. Millsap, Parker Co.Tx.

G.W. Roy was a Texas Ranger and helped to move the last of the Commanche to Indian Territory.
 

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1880 Boone County,AR. Washington Township

John T. Roy  age 26 born in Tn. ca. 1854
Mary (wife) age 22 born in Mo.
James L.(son) age 6 born in Mo.
George W. (son) age 4 born in Mo.
Joseph (son) age 2 born in Mo. ca.1878

John T. Roy son of John and Martha Ann (Goswick) Roy.  John T. Roy and family were neighbors to George W. Roy and his family, also John and Martha Ann (Goswick) Roy in 1880.   Additional information, John T.Roy married in 1898 Allie B.???.
 

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INFORMATION FROM JOHN MORRISON OF KS.


 

1880 Boone Co.Ark. Washington Township

Joseph Morrison  age 27 born Il. born  1854 died 1913
Lue T.(wife) age 23 born Tn. ca. 1857 died 1938
John W. (son) age 2 born Mo.
Susie age 24 (sister) born Il.
Lee Usrie age 18 (nephew) born Mo.
 

Joseph P. Morrison born 1854 died 1913
married:
Lutishey Roy born 1857 died 1938
       children found:
1. Earnest Ray Morrison born Dec. 1906
2. Lela Morrison
3. Joseph Darius Morrison born Apr. 19, 1911(father of John Morrison)
4. Fanny Mable Morrison born Apr. 19, 1913
5. Willy Morrison born May 04,1916
6. Eunice Coy Morrison born 1920

Lue T. Morrison was Lutishey Roy and daughter of John & Martha Ann (Goswick) Roy.  The family information on Lutishey (Roy) Morrison was supplied by John Morrison, son of Joseph Darius Morrison.

For descendants of this Morrison family please contact: John Morrison at: [email protected]or: [email protected]
 

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1900 Boone Co.AR. Bear Creek Township

James A. Roy born Feb. 24, 1862 Oregon Co.Mo.
John W. Roy born 1891 AR. (nephew) father born Mo. mother born Mo.
Dora A. Roy born 1894 Ar. (niece) father born Mo. mother born Mo.
John Roy (father) born Jan. 1822 age 78 born Tn.
Martha Ann Roy (mother) born Aug. 1828 Tn. age 71
Mandy J. Roy (sister) born March 1857 Tn.

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1900 Boone Co.Ar. Bear Creek Township, June 22.

William R. Dickey  age 24 b. Dec. 1875 Mo. Father Ala. Mother Mo.
Martha E. (wife) age 24 b. May 1876 Mo. Father Tn. Mother Ill.
Joseph A. Dickey (brother) age 20 single,bb.July 1879 MO. Father Al. Mother Mo.



1910 Grayson Co.Tx. census

William Dickey age 34 b.ca. 1876 Mo. Father US Mother US
Ellen (wife) age 34 b.ca.ca.1876 Mo. Father Mo. Mother Tn.
Phineas (dau) age 9 b.ca.1901 Ar. Father Mo. Mother Mo.
Gean (son) age 7 b.ca. 1903 Texas Father Mo. Mother Mo.
Leo (son) age 5 b.ca. 1905 Texas Father Mo. Mother Mo.
Josie (dau) age 2 b. ca. 1908 Ok. Father Mo. Mother Mo.
Alice Hickman (sister-in-law) age 28 b.ca. 1882 AR. Father US Mother US
Fay Hickman (niece) age 3 b. ca. 1907 Texas Father Ala. Mother Ark.
 

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Information supplied by:Anna Mae (Lasater) Bonds
Great granddaughter of Jasper Newton Roy.

Jasper Newton Roy born Apr. 22, 1868 Oregon Co.Mo. d:Oct. 17,1958 Pottsboro,Tx.
married: Aug. 19, 1888 Boone Co.Ar. (marriages listed in Harrison,Ar.)
Sarah Ann Morrison born 1870 Ar. died: 1894 Bear Creek,Ar.
           children:
John Walter Roy born Oct. 31, 1890 Bear Creek, Ar. Boone Co.
Dora A. Roy born Mar. 1894 Bear Creek, Ar. Boone County

Jasper Newton Roy was the son of John and Martha Ann (Goswick) Roy.  Anna Mae (Lasater) Bonds wrote that Sarah Ann (Morrison) Roy died after she gave birth to Dora A. Roy in 1894, as she suffered from Epilepsy and died of a siezure, and that the daughter Dora A. (Roy) Baker also died of the same thing in 1918 in Oklahoma during childbirth.

It is not known if Jasper Newton Roy re-married after his wife Sarah Ann (Morrison) Roy died in 1894.  No research has been done on the Roy family since 1900 census (by me:kgk)
 

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John Walter Roy born Oct. 31, 1890 Bear Creek,Boone Co.Ar. died:7/1971 Pottsboro,Tx.
married: Nov.19, 1911 Boone Co.AR.
Margaret Annie Springer born July 01, 1893 Bear Creek,Ar. d:2/1971 Pottsboro,Tx.
        children
1. Frankie Vertile Roy born Feb. 24,  1914 Omaha, Ar. (m) James A.Lasater
2. Clyde Columbus Roy born 1916 (m) Adele Ford
3. Jessie Louise born Mar. 14, 1920 Inola, Oklahoma (m) Lesly Phillips
4. Georgia Ann b:Mar. 07,1922  Ok. (m)1st.Charles Tope,(2nd)Ross Strong (3)Al Forsythe
5. Billie Alberta born 1924 Ok. (m) Byrl Farber
6. Johnnie Lee born July 01, 1931 Inola, Ok. (m) Kenneth Maxwell Brown

John Walter Roy was the son of Jasper Newton and Sarah Ann (Morrison) Roy of Bear Creek, Ar., Boone Co.

For descendants of Georgia Ann (Roy) Tope, Strong, Forsythe, please contact Valerie (Tucker) Morrison at: [email protected]


 

Dora A. Roy born March 1894 Bear Creek, Ar. died 1918 Oklahoma
married:
Joe Baker b.n/r  died: n/r

Dora A. (Roy) Baker was the daughter of Jasper Newton and Sarah Ann (Morrison) Roy of Boone Co.Ar.  From the 1900 census it appears that Dora A., and her brother John Walter Roy was living with the Uncle James A. Roy, and the grandparents John and Martha Ann (Goswick) Roy.  It is stated that Dora A. (Roy) Baker, died with a siezure during childbirth, and there was no information to the child, if it lived or died at the same time.{kgk}

 

The information on Jasper Newton Roy and his lineage was supplied by: Anna (Lasater) Bonds, 2341 Austin, Lawton, Oklahoma 73505.  For additional information on this family please write to Anna (L) Bonds.
 

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BOONE CO.ARKANSAS MARRIAGES
1888,Aug.19th, Jasper Newton ROY to Sarah Ann MORRISON (recorded at Harrison, Ar.)

1911,Nov.11th. John Watler ROY to Margaret Ann Springer

1917,Jun.25th. Dora ROY to Joe BAKER
(notes for Dora (Roy) Baker.  Dora was daughter of Jasper N. & Sarah (Morrison) Roy.  Dora died 1918 Pauls Valley, Ok of a seizure while giving birth to a baby).


You are hereby commanded to solomnize the rite and publish the banns of

Matrimony between Mr.  W. R. Dickey of Self  in the County of Boone and
State of Arkansas aged 24 years and Miss  M. E. Roy of Self in the
County of Boone and State of Arkansas aged 24 years according to law,
and do you officially sign and return this License to the parties herein
named Wtiness my hand and official seal this 21" day of April
1900          C. E. Wilson       County Clerk

Certificate  of  Marriage
State of Arkansas,
County of Boone        I Thomas Hall
do hearby certify that on the 22 day of  April 1900
I did duly and according to law, as commanded in the forgoing License,
solomnize the rite and publish the banns of Matrimony between the
parties therein named.
Witness my hand, this  23" day of  April 1900
My Credentials are recorded in Recorder's Office,
Boone County, Ark,
Book B Page 475
                                    Thomas Hall

On the back is the Certificate of Record

C. E. Wilson filed this document on the 27" of April 1900 and the  same
is duly recorded on page 284 of Book G of Marriage Records.

Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this 9" day of May 1900.

                                C. E. Wilson

This copy..State of Arkansas  ... County of Boone

   I, Clyde Magness, County Clerk in and for the County and State   A
foresaid, do herby certify that the foregoing instrument in writing is a
true and correct copy of the original Marriage License as recorded in
Book "G" at page 284 in my office at Harrison, Arkansa.
    Given under my hand and seal this 17th day of June, 1940.

                            Clyde Magness
                                County Clerk

This is a long winded way to say William Robert Dickey and Martha Ellen
Roy married in Boone County, Ark on April 21, 1900.

Some of the  officials may be of interest to someone. I know we have had
people come into our library looking for preachers and their
credentials.
 

Louise Wiles

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