Is this David Godwin of Memphis,Tn. Brother of Billy
Godwin?

--- David Godwin <dgodwin45@...> wrote:

> Am afraid I can't help you. My family arrived in
> central Indiana from Maryland. Do not believe have
> any members in North Carolina. I do have a Martha
> with a brother named James. James died in the civil
> war and Martha lived her life in Indiana.
>
> GIARCJCH <giarcjch@...> wrote:
> I am searching for information on my great great
> grandmother, Martha
> Godwin. I would like to know if she is a member of
> your family tree?
>
> Martha Godwin's daughter, my great grandmother was
> was
> Rosa Godwin (married name was Boone). She was from
> the Ahoskie, Hertford County area of North Carolina.
>
> Her father was a free black man who I've heard was
> named Joel Holloman. Her mother, (my great, great
> grand
> mother) was a white woman named Martha Godwin. I
> don't
> believe they ever married.
>
> My family knows very little about Martha Godwin,
> except she had a brother named James Godwin and 3
> biracial children: John Godwin, Rosa Godwin, and
> Benjamin
> Godwin. I'm not certain what year she was born --
> I'm
> guessing somewhere between 1830 and and 1847. My
> family does not really know what happened to John
> Godwin. He was extremely fair-skinned and suspect
> that he may have lived his adult life as a white
> man.
> He did have one child named Lawrence Godwin, who was
> raised by my great grandmother Rosa Godwin Boone.
>
> I was told that my great grandmother, Rosa Godwin
> Boone was born around 1879 and died around 1965 and
> eventually married a man named James Boone. Ben
> Godwin was born around 1864 and died around 1972. I
> believe all were born in Hertford County, North
> Carolina.
>
> I also heard that Martha and/James Godwin helped my
> great grandmother, Rosa Godwin Boone and her husband
> to build their first home and were given around 20
> acres of land by them.
>
> Can you tell me if my great great grandmother,
> Martha
> Godwin, was a member of your family tree? Do you
> know anything about
> Joel Holloman as well?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> James C. Hunter
>
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