Partisan62 wrote:
My 5th Great Grandfather Preston Goforth died at Kings Mountain, fighting his own Tory brothers, one of which was also killed; they say that they killed each other that day. Unlike your Bunker Hill ancestor, Preston Goforth and his compatriots actually won a few battles to turn the tide in South Carolina and the war and win our independence.
Interesting story. The fact that you place a high archly on the death of those that fought based on the outcome of the battle speaks more about your character than their's.
But, since you think that way. Your 6th great-grand father sired three times more sons that fought against our independence than for it.
(See below)
The foot note says the condition of your ancestors cemetery in 1940 was quite poor. I hope you honor them enough to have fixed that. More likely just like you reject the responsibility that goes with freedom and rights. You live off his sacrifice without taking any responsibility for his final resting place.
THE PRESTON GOFORTH CEMETERY
This cemetery is located in No. 4 Township, Cleveland County, N.C. about
2 miles west of Kings Mountain, N.C., about 200 yards south of Highway
No. 74 and about 75 yards east of an unpainted tenant house owned by Roy
Williams.
Owner of Cemetery: Roy Williams
Approximate number of marked graves: 10
Unmarked graves: 10
Before 1914 10
After 1910: None
Earliest marked grave: Preston Goforth, d. Oct. 7, 1780
Condition: The cemetery is cut in a clump of pines and cedars and is
entirely neglected. Some of the markers are on the ground.
Date of survey: May 1, 1939
[Workers: None listed]
Inscriptions:
Goforth, Elizabeth
D. May 28, 1866
Aged: 90 years
Goforth, Beaty
D. May 28, 1866
Aged: 60 years, 11 months, 12 days
Still born infant of
C. & S. Goforth (No dates)
Goforth, Preston, George, Pvt. Hamton's N.C. Troops, Rev. War D.
Oct.7, 1780 According to tradition, Preston Goforth's side [wife?], when
she heard he was killed in the Battle of Kings Mountain, she and a Negro
servant took a sled and hauled him home. Reported by Ben Goforth, of
Kings Mountain, N.C.
Goforth, George
D. Oct. 3, 1869
Aged: 93 years, 6 months
Goforth, Violet K.
D. Nov. 14, 1872
Aged: 53 years, 2 months, 24 days
Goforth, L. Margaret
D. 1843
Aged: 22 years
Goforth, Sarah M.
D. Feb. 23, 1844
Aged: 9 months
Goforth, Sarah
D. March 28, 1862
[No other data]
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