Roland Gooch

Birth Date

1822-08-26

Death Date

1873-09-11

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Hopkins County, Kentucky, blacksmith and farmer. North Carolina native. Married to Louisa F. Gooch. Father of Jemima Florence Gooch, Genoa Gooch, Willis Gooch, Joseph W. Gooch, and Bartlett Gooch. Blacksmith in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1860. Household owned one other enslaved person in Hopkins County in 1860. Held seven enslaved persons in trust for Josie Payne in Hopkins County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 128B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 716.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 815-16.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 219B-220A.
"Rev Rowland Gooch (1822-1873)," Find A Grave, Memorial #67722252, accessed October 12, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67722252.

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