Seeking Information From A Gravestone Marker (Seminole Wars)

[armchairQB30]

I would greatly appreciate some help locating some information on the following soldier, there was no birth or death date but the marker was a modern stone like you would see in all military cemeteries.

Jacob Goodwin
Florida Mounted Volunteers
Corporal
Seminole Wars

I assume that some one put up a marker for him at the Coleman Cemetery in Coleman, Florida when he did not come home from one of the Seminole Wars. I can only guess his family did this years later in the 1880's and then years later the gravestone was replaced by a modern marker honoring him as a vet by another distant relative. I would like to locate his family to take care of his grave as a project on his birthday and veterans day. Thank you in advance for your help.

 

[allen]

im sure someone on here will be able to help you...good luck

 

[Mental Granny]

Maybe ck with the closet headstone maker they can tell you if they set it and if so they will know who paid for it.

 

[armchairQB30]

I have googled this a hundred different ways and the cemetary office has no information. Good advice all thanks.

 

[Mackaydon]

Armchair:
As a vet myself, I have deep appreciation for your effort.
Yours is a 'banner' idea. Good luck.
Don........

 

[Mental Granny]

The cemetary should know what company put it in they would have a record on that in case the company damaged something else there they could contact them.

 

[Old Fart in TN]

Any chance that his last name could be Godwin instead of Goodwin? Found a bit of info on a Jacob Godwin that fought in the 2 and 3 Seminole wars.
http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.godwin/743/mb.ashx

 

[armchairQB30]

Its Jacob Goodwin, I will post a pic later of the tombstone, thanks everybody.

 

[MalteseFalcon]

Goodwin, Jacob
Corp, 05:025-26, 05:027-28
Pvt, 05:021-22, 05:023-24, 09:088-89


Found the above on this page:

http://files.usgwarchives.org/fl/statewide/military/iw-e-h.txt

Other info I have found is there was a Jacob Goodwin, born in Georgia in 1835 who lived in Hernando, FL in 1885 in the 1885 Florida State Census. Hernando is pretty close to Coleman.
The 1850 Census shows a Jacob Goodwin, born in about 1807 in "Columbia, FL", though there is no town by that name, only a county, and it is a little further north of Coleman, FL., up towards Georgia.

Oops...closed the page. Will post a link.

 

[armchairQB30]

Maltesefalcon,

I am sure you have found him, what is the next step? What do those numbers mean? Thanks a bunch.

Dave

 

[MalteseFalcon]

I could be wrong, but they could be something like catalog numbers for microfilm.

I found the other info at ancestry.com, though I have not got a paid subscription with them right now, so I can't lookup any details.

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/...anloc&sx=&gst=&srchb=r&sbo=t&offerid=0:7858:0

Also, something to consider on the muster rolls for the Florida Mounted Volunteers, when you have a unit from a certain area that has a bunch of guys with the same last name, a lot of times they will be related
to each other.

So here is a complete list of all the Goodwins from that page, including Jacob. Sometimes when researching things like property deeds, tax registers, land grants, etc., you can sometimes find a relative of the person you are searching for. Hope this helps. I haveta get back to work here lol.

Goodwin, Allen
Corp, 07:039-40, 07:041-42
Pvt, 07:033-34, 07:037-38
Goodwin, Charles
Pvt, 05:025-26
Goodwin, George W
Pvt, 07:061-62, 07:063-64
Goodwin, Jacob
Corp, 05:025-26, 05:027-28
Pvt, 05:021-22, 05:023-24, 09:088-89
Goodwin, Jefferson
Pvt, 10:036-37
Goodwin, Jeff'r R
Pvt, 05:023-24
Goodwin, Jef'r R
Pvt, 05:021-22
Goodwin, John
Pvt, 07:063-64
Goodwin, Merida M
Farrier, 06:024-25
Pvt, 06:008-9, 06:012-13, 06:007
Goodwin, R J
Pvt, 03:020
Goodwin, Richard
Pvt, 07:123-124
Goodwin, Richard J
Pvt, 05:025-26, 05:027-28
Goodwin, Richard R
Pvt, 02:021-22, 07:125-126
Goodwin, S
Sgt, 03:018, 03:020
Goodwin, Seaborn
Pvt, 05:052-55
Goodwin, Solomon
Pvt, 05:021-22, 05:023-24, 05:025-26, 05:027-28, 07:063-64, 09:088-89
Goodwin, Stephen
Pvt, 02:040-41, 02:042-43

 

[MalteseFalcon]

Well!

Guess what?

Is it THIS:

Sometimes a harmless website like findagrave.com can be useful, eh?

You left out an important piece of info. See where it says Kendricks Indpt Co? I did some snooping around. Seems there were 2 units with that name. One for William H. Kendrick, and another for E.T. Kendrick.

The E.T. Kendrick unit existed for only 6 months in 1856. The William H. Kendrick "Independent Company" existed around the same time frame. There are records online of people who served in his unit being discharged around 1858 or so.

And E.T Kendrick was a Mason, as can be seen in the photo below, as well as a Sherriff.

http://www.hcso.tampa.fl.us/Sheriffs/04_ET_Kendrick.htm
E.T. Kendrick
1854 -1855

Edward Tatnall Kendrick was born December 26, 1819, in St. Mary's Tatnall County, Georgia. He was the son of Major James Kendrick, a veteran of the War of 1812.

E. T. Kendrick first entered the Second Seminole Indian War as a youth at the age of 14 years while living in Georgia. He then moved to Hillsborough County, Florida, where he built the first water mill on Flint Creek at Lake Thonotosassa. He leased the mill to others and in 1847 enlisted in the War with Mexico.

E. T. Kendrick returned to Tampa and opened a butcher shop at a busy intersection in town. He was elected Sheriff of Hillsborough County, but later moved to Ft. Meade where he raised cattle.

He enlisted in Captain Francis M. Durrance's company of Florida's Mounted Volunteers during the Third Seminole Indian War. The dates of his enlistment were from December 29, 1855, until he resigned his commission as a first lieutenant and organized his own company of Florida Mounted Volunteers. This company was called into service for a six-month period by General William S. Harney under instructions from the War Department in January, 1856. The rendezvous place for the recruits was Camp Jones in Hillsborough County, and from there they marched 20 miles to Ft. Brooke in Tampa. E. T. Kendrick died from a fever on January 10, 1862, at the age of 44.

 

[MalteseFalcon]

Here is the catalog listing for info in the Florida State Archives for both Kendricks Independent Companies:

http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/barm/re...ETAILSF.IDC,SPECIFIC=276677,DATABASE=FILEUNIT,

And here is a little more info. I took a screen capture of the page that is here:

http://books.google.com/books?id=lo...Company+"Florida+Mounted+Volunteers"&as_brr=1

In the same book I found a couple of items, which I have screen captured:

And lastly, at this page, as was mentioned above, there is a muster roll with the name Jacob Godwin. It is entirely possible this is the guy, as back in the mid-1800s, there were many people who did not know how to read or write, and many others who could barely do either, so it is entirely possible someone misspelled his last name.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fldesoto/milseminolewar1856-4.html

It says he was mustered into William H. Kendrick's company on 01 Jan 1856, and mustered out in Dec 1857.

 

[MalteseFalcon]

Here is some more info on the Godwin name, for what it's worth. I copied a paragraph for your perusal.

Unfortunately, I can find no reference on the net for a Jacob Goodwin having served in one of the Kendrick's units, so I would tend to believe that the name Godwin is the one with more validity.

http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/godwin-family-crest.htm

Over the years, many variations of the name Godwin were recorded, including Godwin, Goodwin, Goodin, Gooding, Goodings, Goodwyn, Godwyn, Godwine, Goodwine, Goddwin, Goddwyn, Goddywne and many more.

Hope this info can point you in the right direction.
8)

 

[Mental Granny]

WOW! MF that is some really great info you looked for!

 

[Mental Granny]

WOW! MF that is some really great info you looked for!

 

[MalteseFalcon]

Wish I coulda found out more, but oh well.

Researching stuff on the net is something I am really good at. Had a lady at a collection agency tell me once I should be a skip tracer lol.

If it paid better than my current job, it might be fun, but it doesn't so I do it for fun.

At least I have given armchairQB30 something to go on!

 

[armchairQB30]

Maltese falcon,

Dude, you are the schiznit, way to go, thank you very much.