David Goodnight was born in Giles County, TN in 1811, the son of Henry Goodnight, Jr. and an unknown first wife (not to be confused with Mary Huggins). David’s grandfather was the Revolutionary War veteran, Henry Goodnight, Sr., himself the son of German immigrant Hans (John) Michael Gutknecht. The latter arrived in Philadelphia in 1752 aboard the German sailing ship, The Neptune and was killed in 1781 outside Harlan’s Station, KY when his family was attacked by Indians.
David was married about 1834 to Nancy Rebecca Killian, the daughter of Henry and Mary Killian. The latter died in the early 1860's in Van Buren County, AR. The marriage produced ten children: Mary; Margaret; Anna, the wife of Thomas Melton of Taney County, Missouri; Catherine; William Joseph, who married Margaret Hughes of Taney County, MO; John S. who married Kizzie Fillingham and settled in Newton County, AR; Nancy, who married Harvey Stockstill and eventually settled in Christian County, MO; and twins, William and David, Jr., the latter marrying Sarah Calvert.
David enlisted in the summer of 1838 in the Tennessee State Militia, volunteering to remove the Cherokee from their homes and farms. After the war, he and his father and brothers and families moved to Van Buren County, AR where they spent the next 25 years. The official record does not confirm an oral tradition that David escorted Native Americans to Point Remove, AR, the initial place of their new land during the Trail of Tears. David received two 40-acre tracts of land in northern Van Buren County in what is today Stone County, AR.
David was commissioned a captain in the Confederate Army’s Company F, Arkansas 16TH Infantry Regiment early in the war when he enlisted with his brother, Phillip. As was customary, he resigned his commission a year later and returned to the family farm. Within a year, in 1863, he enlisted with the rank of sergeant with his son William Joseph in the Union Army’s Company G, 3RD Arkansas Cavalry Regiment. He deserted after three month’s of service and did not return to his unit. After the war he settled in Taney County, MO on property that today comprises Goodnight Hollow Road north of Walnut Shade.
David and his wife and two youngest sons lived on a farm adjacent to daughter Anna Melton and her husband, Thomas, and son, John S. and his wife, Kizziah Fillinghamm. In May 1872, David and his wife, two of their sons, along with the Houston Hughes and Paris Meadows families, departed by wagon train and eventually settled in Park County, CO. David owned a gold mine with A.J. Asher and Luther Seymour along Currant Creek.
The last official record of David was a pension application for his military service filed from Currant Creek, Colorado in 1892. It is thought he died prior to the turn of the century and was likely buried in an unmarked grave along Currant Creek or in Asher Cemetery in Park County or in Fremont County where his son, David E. and wife resided.
David was married about 1834 to Nancy Rebecca Killian, the daughter of Henry and Mary Killian. The latter died in the early 1860's in Van Buren County, AR. The marriage produced ten children: Mary; Margaret; Anna, the wife of Thomas Melton of Taney County, Missouri; Catherine; William Joseph, who married Margaret Hughes of Taney County, MO; John S. who married Kizzie Fillingham and settled in Newton County, AR; Nancy, who married Harvey Stockstill and eventually settled in Christian County, MO; and twins, William and David, Jr., the latter marrying Sarah Calvert.
David enlisted in the summer of 1838 in the Tennessee State Militia, volunteering to remove the Cherokee from their homes and farms. After the war, he and his father and brothers and families moved to Van Buren County, AR where they spent the next 25 years. The official record does not confirm an oral tradition that David escorted Native Americans to Point Remove, AR, the initial place of their new land during the Trail of Tears. David received two 40-acre tracts of land in northern Van Buren County in what is today Stone County, AR.
David was commissioned a captain in the Confederate Army’s Company F, Arkansas 16TH Infantry Regiment early in the war when he enlisted with his brother, Phillip. As was customary, he resigned his commission a year later and returned to the family farm. Within a year, in 1863, he enlisted with the rank of sergeant with his son William Joseph in the Union Army’s Company G, 3RD Arkansas Cavalry Regiment. He deserted after three month’s of service and did not return to his unit. After the war he settled in Taney County, MO on property that today comprises Goodnight Hollow Road north of Walnut Shade.
David and his wife and two youngest sons lived on a farm adjacent to daughter Anna Melton and her husband, Thomas, and son, John S. and his wife, Kizziah Fillinghamm. In May 1872, David and his wife, two of their sons, along with the Houston Hughes and Paris Meadows families, departed by wagon train and eventually settled in Park County, CO. David owned a gold mine with A.J. Asher and Luther Seymour along Currant Creek.
The last official record of David was a pension application for his military service filed from Currant Creek, Colorado in 1892. It is thought he died prior to the turn of the century and was likely buried in an unmarked grave along Currant Creek or in Asher Cemetery in Park County or in Fremont County where his son, David E. and wife resided.
David Goodnight was born in Giles County, TN in 1811, the son of Henry Goodnight, Jr. and an unknown first wife (not to be confused with Mary Huggins). David’s grandfather was the Revolutionary War veteran, Henry Goodnight, Sr., himself the son of German immigrant Hans (John) Michael Gutknecht. The latter arrived in Philadelphia in 1752 aboard the German sailing ship, The Neptune and was killed in 1781 outside Harlan’s Station, KY when his family was attacked by Indians.
David was married about 1834 to Nancy Rebecca Killian, the daughter of Henry and Mary Killian. The latter died in the early 1860's in Van Buren County, AR. The marriage produced ten children: Mary; Margaret; Anna, the wife of Thomas Melton of Taney County, Missouri; Catherine; William Joseph, who married Margaret Hughes of Taney County, MO; John S. who married Kizzie Fillingham and settled in Newton County, AR; Nancy, who married Harvey Stockstill and eventually settled in Christian County, MO; and twins, William and David, Jr., the latter marrying Sarah Calvert.
David enlisted in the summer of 1838 in the Tennessee State Militia, volunteering to remove the Cherokee from their homes and farms. After the war, he and his father and brothers and families moved to Van Buren County, AR where they spent the next 25 years. The official record does not confirm an oral tradition that David escorted Native Americans to Point Remove, AR, the initial place of their new land during the Trail of Tears. David received two 40-acre tracts of land in northern Van Buren County in what is today Stone County, AR.
David was commissioned a captain in the Confederate Army’s Company F, Arkansas 16TH Infantry Regiment early in the war when he enlisted with his brother, Phillip. As was customary, he resigned his commission a year later and returned to the family farm. Within a year, in 1863, he enlisted with the rank of sergeant with his son William Joseph in the Union Army’s Company G, 3RD Arkansas Cavalry Regiment. He deserted after three month’s of service and did not return to his unit. After the war he settled in Taney County, MO on property that today comprises Goodnight Hollow Road north of Walnut Shade.
David and his wife and two youngest sons lived on a farm adjacent to daughter Anna Melton and her husband, Thomas, and son, John S. and his wife, Kizziah Fillinghamm. In May 1872, David and his wife, two of their sons, along with the Houston Hughes and Paris Meadows families, departed by wagon train and eventually settled in Park County, CO. David owned a gold mine with A.J. Asher and Luther Seymour along Currant Creek.
The last official record of David was a pension application for his military service filed from Currant Creek, Colorado in 1892. It is thought he died prior to the turn of the century and was likely buried in an unmarked grave along Currant Creek or in Asher Cemetery in Park County or in Fremont County where his son, David E. and wife resided.
David was married about 1834 to Nancy Rebecca Killian, the daughter of Henry and Mary Killian. The latter died in the early 1860's in Van Buren County, AR. The marriage produced ten children: Mary; Margaret; Anna, the wife of Thomas Melton of Taney County, Missouri; Catherine; William Joseph, who married Margaret Hughes of Taney County, MO; John S. who married Kizzie Fillingham and settled in Newton County, AR; Nancy, who married Harvey Stockstill and eventually settled in Christian County, MO; and twins, William and David, Jr., the latter marrying Sarah Calvert.
David enlisted in the summer of 1838 in the Tennessee State Militia, volunteering to remove the Cherokee from their homes and farms. After the war, he and his father and brothers and families moved to Van Buren County, AR where they spent the next 25 years. The official record does not confirm an oral tradition that David escorted Native Americans to Point Remove, AR, the initial place of their new land during the Trail of Tears. David received two 40-acre tracts of land in northern Van Buren County in what is today Stone County, AR.
David was commissioned a captain in the Confederate Army’s Company F, Arkansas 16TH Infantry Regiment early in the war when he enlisted with his brother, Phillip. As was customary, he resigned his commission a year later and returned to the family farm. Within a year, in 1863, he enlisted with the rank of sergeant with his son William Joseph in the Union Army’s Company G, 3RD Arkansas Cavalry Regiment. He deserted after three month’s of service and did not return to his unit. After the war he settled in Taney County, MO on property that today comprises Goodnight Hollow Road north of Walnut Shade.
David and his wife and two youngest sons lived on a farm adjacent to daughter Anna Melton and her husband, Thomas, and son, John S. and his wife, Kizziah Fillinghamm. In May 1872, David and his wife, two of their sons, along with the Houston Hughes and Paris Meadows families, departed by wagon train and eventually settled in Park County, CO. David owned a gold mine with A.J. Asher and Luther Seymour along Currant Creek.
The last official record of David was a pension application for his military service filed from Currant Creek, Colorado in 1892. It is thought he died prior to the turn of the century and was likely buried in an unmarked grave along Currant Creek or in Asher Cemetery in Park County or in Fremont County where his son, David E. and wife resided.
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