Jefferson ‘Jessie’ Goddard

Jefferson was adopted and raised by Sally's sister Winnie and her husband, John Goddard according to Shadburn, Don. Unhallowed Intrusion. Cumming, GA. 1993. p. 416. She would have been only 13 then!

Name Jessy Goddard
Sex Male
Spouse's Name Sally Gravit
Spouse's Sex Female
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 19 Aug 1836
Event Place Forsyth, Georgia, United States
Source: "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW3T-Q4K : 11 January 2020), Sally Gravit in entry for Jessy Goddard, 1836.

Jessy Goddard, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
Source: "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXV3-SR9 : 7 February 2020), Jessy Goddard and Sally Gravit, 19 Aug 1836; citing Marriage, Forsyth, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 329,927.

Name Jessy Goddard
Sex Male
Spouse's Name Sally Gravit
Spouse's Sex Female
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 19 Aug 1836
Event Place Forsyth, Georgia, United States
Source: "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW3T-Q42 : 11 January 2020), Jessy Goddard, 1836.

Jefferson Godard, "United States Census, 1860
Source: "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMP-2MR : 18 February 2021), Jefferson Godard, 1860.

Name Jefferson Goddard
Event Type Military Service
Event Date 1863
Event Place Georgia
Military Unit Note Capt Collier's Co, Infantry(Collier Guards) AND Conscripts, Georgia AND Capt Dozier's Co, Infantry AND Capt Ezzard's Co, Infantry AND Capt Fuller's Co, Infantry
Source: "Georgia Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFZH-1N1 : 24 December 2014), Jefferson Goddard, 1863; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Capt Collier's Co, Infantry(Collier Guards) AND Conscripts, Georgia AND Capt Dozier's Co, Infantry AND Capt Ezzard's Co, Infantry AND Capt Fuller's Co, Infantry, publication number M266 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 603.
(Image available on fold3.com Collection Information: Georgia Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865)