Phillip R Goodbread was the son of John Goodbread and Mary Ledbetter. The latter is our direct ancestor, 5 X great-grandmother. Mary's first husband was John Bradley (our direct line) who died on 24 June 1778 in North Carolina. 36-year-old Mary was left with 4 sons below 10 years of age (Johnson, James, Isaac, and Edward), 1 girl, Polly, age 13, 3 sons age about 15/16 (George Walton, John, and Thomas) and another son, John Jr..
⚭ On 23 April 1779, Mary Ledbetter Bradley married Mr. John Goodbread (1) in Rutherford Township, Rutherford, North Carolina. The second spouse was about 11 years junior to Mary. He was born in about 1753 in Orange, NC, to Mr. Philippus Gutbrodt and his wife Mary Catherine Braun.
John and Mary's children were born:
Sarah - in abt 1780
Catherine Wharton - 1780
John Jr. - 1781
Thomas - 1782
🏠 The family lived in Rutheford, NC (2,3).
Phillip R Goodbread, born in about 1786, was the youngest child of John and Mary's.
On ⚭ 19 December 1812 (4, 4.1), Phillip married Nancy Webb, his second wife, in Burke, NC.
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| marriage license |
Phillip R. had a son by the name of Joseph, who was born in about 1809 by Phillip's first wife (whose name is unknown). Later, Phillip and Nancy's children came to this world:
- Thomas - 1813
- Minerva Eliza - born in abt. 1815
- John - born in abt. 1718,
- Nancy Mathilda - 1820
- Sarah - 1821.
Nancy Webb Goodbread, Phillip's wife, died in 1823.
Phillip and children had moved to Alabama by 30 March 1830. On that day, Phillip's daughter
Mary Louisa was born in Marengo, Alabama. Her mother was
Mary (Polly) Hanson.
⚭ 4
July 1830, Phillip married Polly (5). I do not know why the lady's
surname mentioned in the marriage record is given as Goodbread. An
error, or perhaps, she had been married to another Goodbread man before?
⚭ 26 January 1831 - Minerva Elisabeth, age about 16, married Mr. Daniel Bird in Marengo, Alabama (6). Daniel was the son of Mr. Abraham Bird and Ms. Sarah Gaines. He was about 6 years older than Miverva, and was born on 23 January 1809 in Telfair, Laurens County, Georgia.
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| marriage bond - Daniel Bird |
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| marriage record - Minerva and Daniel |
⚭ 27-year-old Thomas married Malinda Brewer on 27 May 1833 (7). Malinda
was born in Marengo, Alabama, in abt 1810, to Matthew H Brerwer and Mary
Hammond.
👉 Phillip, Polly and their child came to Texas in 1834. According to the records, at first, they most likely settled in Gonzales
County.
His elder children came to Texas in later years.
⚭ Nancy
Mathilda was married in abt 1840 to Creed Taylor (born 10 April 1820 in
Giles Town, Shelby, Tennessee), the son of Josiah Taylor and
Hephzibeth Luker.
⚭ Sarah was married in abt 1838, in NC to Martin C West, born in 1814, in Walton, Georgia.
Joseph,
the eldest son of Phillip's, married Susan Johanna E Todd (born in abt
1822 in Georgia). She was the daughter of William Henry Todd, Sr. and
Martha "Patsey" Holder. Joseph met his tragic end in abt. 1840 in Shelby
County, TX when he was shot to death in broad daylight. At the moment of
his death, Joseph was unarmed. I will come back to it in another post as
his death ignited a lethal conflict due to which other family members
suffered as well.
👉 1840 - Phillip R Goodbread was listed among the
land owners who did not pay taxes to the Republic of Texas for the
land in Gonzales County (8).
👉 Minerva Elizabeth had came with her
family to Wilson County, TX by 25 Dec 1842. On that day, she gave birth
to her son George Washington Bird.
👉 1845 - a piece of land granted to Phillip in Montgomery County.
👉 18
Nov 1845 the land patent of the land piece in Montgomery, originally
granted to Phillip, was in the General Land Office "ready for delivery".
It was announced in the Texas national Register from November until
December (**) Did Phillip Goodbread collect the grant? I am not sure
about what had occured as there are no records regarding his stay/taxes
collected in Montgomery county. On the other hand, (among others)
Phillip Goodbread was mentioned in the tax records in Grimes county.
👉 1846 - Phillip rendered 4428 acres in Grimes County. The land was worth $2, 214 (9).
👉 1847 - He still had 4428 acres of land in Grimes County, Texas (10).
👉 - Phillip Goodbread paid taxes in Addison, Dallas, TX, for 2 horses and 140 head of cattle. (11)
👉 1848 - Grimes County, TX - Phillip had 4428 acres worth $2214 (12).
In the same year, John Goodbread, Phillip's son died. I do not know any details regarding John's departure.
More tax records in which Phillip Goodbread was listed:
👉 1849 - taxes calculated in Bexar, Bexar, TX - no land or property was mentioned (13).
👉 1849 - Gonzales, Gonzales - taxes for 1476 acres of land worth $370 (14),
👉 1849 - Bexar, Bexar County - Phillip paid $1 for poll tax (15).
👉 1849 - Phillip Goodbread paid taxes for 4428 acres in Grimes County, TX (16). At that time the land he had was only worth $1107.
🏡 4
September 1850 - Phillip (age 65), Polly (age 57), Eliza (age 18), and
Phillip West (age 9) lived in Walker County, Texas (17).
⚭ 27 July
1851 Louisa married Mr. John Douglas Gillespie in Bexar, Bexar County, TX (18). John
was born in 1822, in Alabama, to George Gillespie and Mary Elizabeth McAdams.
👉 1852 - Phillip paid taxes for 5 horses and 100 head of cattle, 1 wagon and 50 hogs, in Bexar County, TX. John Gillespie, his son-in-law - in the same county - had 7 horses and 40 head of cattle (19).
👉 1853 - Phillip Goobread owned 4428 acres (value = $2200) Grimes County
Phillip Goodbread Jr (?) had 1476 acres (value = $740) in Gonzales County (20).
Later tax records regarding Phillip Goodbread:
👉 1855 - He had 1478 acres in Bexar (the land value was $2000) (21),
In
1856, Phillip Goodbread paid taxes for 1476 acres (worth $1500) in
Guadalupe County, TX. He also had 18 horses, 610 head of cattle, 1
wagon, 125 hogs (22, 23).
1857 - the tax record mentioned 1428 acres in Grimes County owned by Phillip. The land estaimated value was $300 (24).
👉 1858 - 4498 acres of land, worth $3000, in Grimes County (25),
👉 1858 - 400 acres of land (on Cibolo Stream) worth $600, originally granted to Morris May (26). In that year, Phillip' tax expenses also covered 400 acres in Bexar County. The land was
originally granted to Morris May. He also ownedd 10 horses, 100 head of
cattle (27).
⚭ 5 July 1859, Louisa remarried - her second spouse was Oliver Lightfoot (28).
🏡 12 July 1860 - Phillip (age 73) lived with the
family of Oliver (age 32) and Mary S Lightfoot (age 27), and Cebillie
(age 9) Gillespie in Wilson, Bexar, TX (29).
Thomas Goodbread had come to Texas by 1860. he settled in Guadalupe County (30)
👉 1861 - Phillip still had 4428 acres (worth $4428) in Grimes (31)
♦ 15
June 1867 - Nancy Matilda Goodbread Taylor, Phillip's daughter, passed at the age of 47 in
Wilson, TX. She had came to Texas with her family in about 1839.
♦ 22 Sept 1867 - another child of Phillip's - Minerva Elizabeth Goodbread Bird died in Montgomery/Wilson County, TX (32).
♦ Phillip R Goodbread passed in 1870, in Wilson, Bexar, TX.
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Texas
National Register. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 47, Ed. 1, Saturday,
November 29, 1845, newspaper, November 29, 1845; Washington, Texas.
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth80141/: accessed April
23, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas
History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe
Center for American History.
Texas National Register.
(Washington, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 49, Ed. 1, Wednesday, December 17, 1845,
newspaper, December 17, 1845; Washington, Texas.
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth80143/: accessed April
23, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas
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Photos: August 2020
