Husband: John GOSSETT
Birthdate: 1780
Birthplace: SC
Death date: Bet. 1860-1870
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Child No. 1: unknown Gossett
Sex: M
Birthdate: Bet. 1795-1802
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Child No. 2: unknown Gossett
Sex: M
Birthdate: Bet. 1802 - 1804
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Child No. 3: John W. Gossett, Jr.
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1806
Birthplace: GA
Death date: August 1855
Place of death: Madison County, GA
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Marriage date: June 23, 1831
Marriage place: Madison County, GA
Spouse's name: Eliza Cavalry

Child No. 4: Jacob Gossett
Sex: M
Birthdate: Abt. 1807
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Marriage date: December 5, 1822
Marriage place: Oglethorpe County, GA
Spouse's name: Rebecca Morris

Child No. 5: Washington Gossett
Sex: M
Birthdate: February 10, 1812
Birthplace: Madison County, GA
Death date: April 23, 1892
Place of death: Pickens County, GA
Marriage date: July 5, 1846
Burial: Cold Springs Cemetery, Pickens County, GA
Marriage place: Cherokee County, GA
Spouse's name: Rebecca Elizabeth Mitchell
 
 
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* 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. It seems reasonable that John Jr.'s father was John Gossett. 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.
* 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.
Gossett Timeline:
1. Unproven: John Gossett, Sr. lived in Madison County, Georgia in 1790 (listed as intruder on Cherokee Treaty Pacts)
2. John Gossett, Sr. moved from South Carolina to Georgia in 1804 according to the Georgia Tax Digest
3. John Gossett, Sr. lived in Madison County, Georgia in 1812 & in 1820
4. John Gossett, Sr. was a witness on a deed in Madison County, Georgia dated March 25, 1816 (Book A, Pg. 223)
5. 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).
6. John Gossett, Sr. Georgia Land Lottery, 1827, Section 1, District 19, Lot #3, Captain District: Sanders, County of Draw: Lee County
7. John W. Gossett, Jr. Georgia Land Lottery, 1827, Section 2, District 12, Lot #90, Captain District: Adairs, County of Draw: Muscogee County
8. 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 ¼ 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."
9. 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).
10. John Gossett, Sr. lived in Madison County, Georgia in 1830
11. John W. Gossett, Jr. and Eliza Calvary married in Madison County, Georgia on June 23, 1831
12. John W. Gossett, Jr. lived in Madison County, Georgia in 1840; his father, John Sr., lived with him
13. 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
14. John Gossett, Sr. and Rachel Ryan married in Madison County, Georgia on March 28, 1844
15. John Gossett, Sr. (listed as a sleighmaker) and second wife Rachel lived in Cherokee County, Georgia, next to Washington Gossett in 1850
16. John W. Gossett, Jr. with son William Jackson lived in Madison County, Georgia in 1850
17. John W. Gossett, Jr. died in Madison County, Georgia in 1855
18. William Jackson Gossett lived in Cherokee County, Georgia in the household of Jacob Gossett in 1860; Jacob was a sleighmaker, as his father.