Family Tree Girl

Meet my 3x great grandmother Sarah Ann “Hart” Goings/Goins/Goens. We have no photos of her or her husband. She was married to Lawson Goens/Goings/Goins, who was born in Loudoun County, Virginia in 1807 and passed in 12 July 1874, in Clarke County, Virginia.  I know that they had 11 children. Now Sarah was born in 1 April 1810, in Virginia-I have not been able to locate where in Virginia. She passed in 8 Feb 1886, and we do not know where in Virginia she died. So far there is no death record in Jefferson County, Virginia/West Virginia.  Here is a photo of her headstone that is located in St. Paul’s Church, Kearneysville, West Virginia:

Now here is something interesting -a friend took this photo back in the 90’s and sent the photo to my oldest brother. We know that the friends were in the town of Kearneysville, Jefferson County, West Virginia but we do not find the headstone anymore. We were told that a car flew off the road and knocked down several tombstones. We assume her headstone was one of them.

Now this is what I know about Sarah Ann “Hart”, what we don’t know is who her parents are or siblings. She has a limited timeline and a detailed research plan built of unknowns, and many questions. She lived with her daughter apparently after her husband died because she shows up in the 1880 Jefferson County census with her daughter Nancy (Goens) Johnson.

That’s it! Thank you!