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- !REFERENCE:From: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 117-125.
"Thomas, the third son (of the first old John), married Martha Herron, and had four sons, Stephen, David, Thomas and Ely. ... Of these, Thomas was the father of Asa Godbold, of Marion, and Elly, who left a son bearing his name."
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The other brother, Elly, had and left a son named Elly, and one named Stephen, usually called Captain Stephen, and one named Ervin M. The son, Elly, afterwards known as Sheriff Elly, and then as General Elly Godbold, was born in 1804. His early educational opportunities were very limited; he could scarcely write his name. The writer had hundreds of business transactions with him while Sheriff for three terms, and never knew him to write anything but his name —never saw any writing said to be his, except his name he could barely write it, yet he was the most remarkable of men ; nature had endowed him with strong intellectual powers, mental acumen and astuteness; he was well versed in human nature ; could look in a man's face and know all about him could almost read his thoughts. He was elected Sheriff for three terms, and served) in that office for four years each term, with entire satisfaction to the people and with credit to himself. During those terms the business of the office was very heavy, as his books will show. He was a model Sheriff, though he could do nothing in the office himself—never pretended to make a settlement with any party ; be had his clerk to do all the office business; don't think his handwriting appears in or on any book kept in his office during his three terms, nor on paper belonging to the office, except in matters where it was required by law for him to sign his name in propria persona. He was run a fourth time for Sheriff, during the Radical regime in 1872, by the white people of the county, and elected, but, like all others of his party in that election, was counted out. He was a successful manager of men ; he knew every man, knew his inclinations and almost his thoughts; he knew his weak points, as well as his strong ones, hence he knew how to turn his innate knowledge of men to advantage. He had military ambition, and rose in the militia of that day by regular gradations from the Captaincy of a company to Brigadier General of the Eighth Brigade, S. C. militia, and performed the duties of that position with satisfaction to all concerned (see supra).
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He was twice married ; first, to Miss Flowers, by whom he had three sons, Huger, David and Zachariah, and two daughters. Huger married a daughter of Stephen White, by whom he had several children, sons and daughters, when his wife died and left him with her children; the sons, or rather two of them, went West ; one, Waties, is here yet, and married, and lives over Catfish, in Wahee Township; one of the daughters married a Mr. Game, and another married Truman Foxworth ; a third one is yet single. The father, Huger, though a widower for thirty years, has not married again; he is about seventy-five years of age, has been in Washington for eight or ten years ; is in the public printing office. Though seventy-five years old, he looks about as young as he did thirty years ago ; sprightly as a boy, has no gray hairs.
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General Elly Godbold was a successful man ; he accumulated a large property. He told the writer just before the war that he had fifty negroes (children) that were not large enough to work in the field. His wife died some years before the war. He remained a widower until the 16th February, 1874, when he married the Widow Kelly, then in Marion; she was forty-five years old and he was seventy —born in 1804. He died suddenly, 12th June, 1874, not quite four months after the second marriage.
!CENSUS:1830 Marion Dist., SC pg 21
Elly Godbold age 20-29 (1800/10)
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!CENSUS:1840 Marion Dist, SC pg 163 Elly Godbold age 30-39 (1800/10)
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!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist, SC # 573/576
Elly Godbold 46 Farmer $4000 Marion
Olive 48
Huger 24
Ann 22
Cherry 20
Margaret 17
Zachariah 15
David 12;
!NAMED-EQUITY ROLL # 74 Marion Dist., SC Thomas Godbold
David Godbold et al vs. Thomas Evans et al, Partition ... 21 Feb 1824 (document in bad shape)
... Thomas Godbold died ca 1821 leaving widow Martha and orator and oratrix ---- and Nancy Brown, David Godbold, Thomas Godbold ... Samuel Foxworth his grandchildren and heirs at law.
... Martha Godbold widow of Thomas died 1822 .... Thomas's dau Martha Foxworth mother of Samuel Foxworth and his sons David and Thomas ....
... on 21 Feb 1824 Stephen Godbold, Thomas Godbold, Edward Brown and wife Nancy filed a bill against said David Godbold as entitled to share in estate, and Thomas Evans and Thomas Godbold as adms and also heirs ...
7 Nov 1837 David Godbold, Cade Godbold, Ann Brown --- Foxworth --- Foxworth --- Foxworth, grandchildren of of thetestator that Thomas Godbbold died leaving sons Stephen Godbold, Thomas Godbold the orator David Godbold, his daughter Ann Brown wife of Edward Brown, his grandson Thomas Evasn being the son of ---.
... Thomas Godbold the younger has died and his widow is adm of his estate.
... Elly Godbold step-son of David Godbold testifies concerning Sarah Godbold's mental capacity.
... 1871 Ann, widow of Edward Brown. Children of Thomas Godbold the elder: Mary, Stephen, Nancy Eady, Thomas and David. Cade Godbold son of David.;
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1804 - 1874 (70 years)