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Individual Record for: John W. Gossett (male)

Notes:

John Jr.'s brothers include Washington and Jacob (who John Jr. & Eliza's last four children were living with in 1860). Also, Jacob's son married a daughter of Gabriel Rainwater. William Jackson also married a daughter of Gabriel Rainwater, and William was the son of John Jr., a brother to Jacob. According to the Madison County, Georgia census records, John Gossett, Sr. was the only Gossett family in Madison in 1820 and 1830. John W. Jr. was listed in the 1840 census, along with Jacob his brother. Also, the only Gossett's in the 1827 Georgia Land Lottery (for Madison County) were John and John W. And I am positive that William Jackson Gossett's parents are John W. Gossett (this would be Jr.) and Eliza Calvary, since he and his brothers were listed with them in the 1850 Madison County, GA census and then William and his brothers were living with Jacob in 1860 in Cherokee County. More proof comes from the Madison County Poor School Fund where Washington is listed with his "parent" John.

In Madison County, Georgia, dated August 18, 1855, there are estate files for the deceased John W. Gossett. I believe this to be John Gossett, Jr., since by 1860, his younger children were living with his brother.

A John Gossett fought in the War of 1812; he could be ours: John Gossett, 2 Reg't (Thomas') Georgia Militia, Roll Box 83, Roll Exct 602.

Gossett Timeline:
1. Unproven: John Gossett, Sr. lived in Madison County, Georgia in 1790 (listed as intruder on Cherokee Treaty Pacts)
2. A John Gosset was a buyer in the estate sale of James Sanders in 1802 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia
3. John Gossett, Sr. moved from South Carolina to Georgia in 1804 according to the Georgia Tax Digest
4. John Gossett, Sr. lived in Madison County, Georgia in 1812 & in 1820
5. John Gossett, Sr. was a witness on a deed in Madison County, Georgia dated March 25, 1816 (Book A, Pg. 223)
6. John Gossett, Sr. for $200 bought 100 acres of land "on waters of Brushy Creek" in Madison County, Georgia from "Auther C. Atkinson of Clarke County" in 1819 (Book B, Page 123). In 1821, he bought more land from Auther Wall on waters of South Fork of Brushy Creek (Book C, Page 219). He later bought more land from Stephen Thomas for $200 in the same area (Book C, Page 256).
7. John Gossett, Sr. Georgia Land Lottery, 1827, Section 1, District 19, Lot #3, Captain District: Sanders, County of Draw: Lee County
8. John W. Gossett, Jr. Georgia Land Lottery, 1827, Section 2, District 12, Lot #90, Captain District: Adairs, County of Draw: Muscogee County
9. Deed Book E, Page 563, Madison County, Georgia: "Madison Co., Ga.: 7 Apr 1827, John Gossett of Madison Co. to John Rupart of Oglethorpe Co.; John Gossett delivered unto John Rupart a promissory note $425.56 º due 12 months from same date; for the better securing the payment of said note, and for $5, John Gossett has sold to John Rupart 114 acres in Madison Co., bounded W by Allen Bullock, SW by Count DeEstang, SE by James Bond, NE by G. B. Bullock; if John Gossett pays the above sum, this indenture to be void. (signed) John (x) Gossett. Wit: Jacob Gossett. Rec. 10 Mar 1828."
10. In March of 1828, John Gossett sold 170 acres on waters of Hodges Creek for $300 to William Evans in Madison County, Georgia (Book E, Page 567).
11. John Gossett, Sr. is listed in the Madison County Poor School Fund, District 382/Grove Hill. The child listed with him is Washington Gossett, age 17.
12. John Gossett, Sr. lived in Madison County, Georgia in 1830
13. John W. Gossett, Jr. and Eliza Calvary married in Madison County, Georgia on June 23, 1831
14. John W. Gossett, Jr. lived in Madison County, Georgia in 1840.
15. As of 1840, Jacob Gossett owned 40 acres of land in Cass County, Georgia; John W. Gossett owned 80 of land in Cobb County, GA and 40 in Madison County, GA
16. John Gossett, Sr. and Rachel Ryan married in Madison County, Georgia on March 28, 1844
17. John Gossett, Sr. (listed as a sleighmaker) and second wife Rachel lived in Cherokee County, Georgia, next to Washington Gossett in 1850
18. John W. Gossett, Jr. with son William Jackson lived in Madison County, Georgia in 1850
19. John W. Gossett, Jr. died in Madison County, Georgia in 1855
20. William Jackson Gossett lived in Cherokee County, Georgia in the household of Jacob Gossett in 1860; Jacob was a sleighmaker, as his father
21. William Jackson Gossett and son James Franklin lived in Milton County, Georgia in 1870
22. William Jackson Gossett and son James Franklin lived in Blount County, Alabama in 1880
23. William Jackson Gossett and second wife Mary lived in Marshall County, Alabama in 1900
24. James Franklin Gossett and son Elbert Leroy lived in Blount County, Alabama in 1900

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