Is there any website with information of the Godwin family in alabama?

Question

They have strong roots there

Answer 1

http://www.familysearch.org/

http://www.ancestry.com/

http://www.cyndislist.com/

this last one has TONS of info on hard to find families!

Answer 2

Check out http://www.jengod.com/genealogy/surname/

http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/se...

http://www.distantcousin.com/SurnameReso...

Best of luck!

Answer 3

(Since you didn't mention any first names, this is all by guess. Hope it gives you something to "chew on". LOL)

www.familysearch.org--1880 United States Census

John GODWIN

Birth Year 1852

    Birthplace AL  

    Age 28  

    Occupation  

    Marital Status Single

    Race--White  

    Head of Household Ann GODWIN

    Relation Son  

Census Place Beat 4, Choctaw, Alabama  

Mary GODWIN  

Relation to Head of Household--Daughter  

Marital Status--Single  

s*x--Female  

Race--White  

Age--23  (Birth Year 1857)  

Born in--ALABAMA

Ann GODWIN

Birth Year 1825  

    Birthplace MS  

    Age 55  

    Occupation Keeping House  

    Marital Status Widowed  

    Race White  

    Head of Household  Self

Father's Birthplace GA  

Mother's Birthplace SC  

Nannie GODWIN

Birth Year 1855  

    Birthplace AL  

    Age 25  

    Occupation Keeps House  

    Marital Status Married  

    Race White  

    Head of Household James GODWIN

    Relation Wife  

Father's Birthplace AL  

Mother's Birthplace AL  

Census Place-- Beat 1, Choctaw, Alabama

James GODWIN  

Head of household--Self  

Marital Status--Married  

s*x--Male  

Race--W  

Age--26  (B: 1854)

Birthplace--MS  (Mississippi)  

Occupation--Farmer  

Parents' Birthplace--MS    

James W. GODWIN

Birth Year 1879

    Birthplace AL  

    Age 1

Marital Status Single  

    Race White  

    Head of Household James GODWIN

    Relation --Son

Father's Birthplace-- MS  

Mother's Birthplace-- ALABAMA

Aaron Godwin

Birth:  16 APR 1796  

Death:  09 MAY 1874   Muscadine, Cleburne, Alabama



Aaron Godwin

Birth:  OCT 1886   , Cleburne, Alabama

Father:  Hugh Harrison Godwin (Birth:  14 OCT 1847   , Fayette, Georgia;  Death:  MAY 1919   Muscadine, Cleburne, Alabama)

Marriage:  About 1885   Of, , Cleburne, Alabama to:

   Mother:  Martha Hughes (Birth:  SEP 1870   Of, , Cleburne, Alabama ; Death:  JAN 1940   Of, , Cleburne, Alabama )

    Hugh & Martha's other children:

1.   Martha E. Godwin -- Birth:  DEC 1888  , Cleburne, Alabama

2.    Ferriby Godwin --F--b. OCT 1890  , Cleburne, Alabama

3. James D. Godwin--b.  FEB 1893  , Cleburne, Alabama

4.   Nancy Godwin --b. NOV 1894  , Cleburne, Alabama

5. William A. Godwin--b.  FEB 1897  , Cleburne, Alabama

6.   Right R. Godwin --b.  MAR 1899  , Cleburne, Alabama

Aaron Godwin

Birth:  14 JAN 1902   , , Alabama

Death:  01 MAY 1921  

Father:  Green Willis Godwin (b. 11 JUL 1875   Pollard, Escambia, Alabama; d.   03 MAR 1954   Pensacola, Escambia, Florida); Marriage:  1897  to

     Mother:  Allie Powell (OCT 1881  to abt. 1980   , Escambia, Alabama )

Their other children:

1.  Arlow Godwin--(b. About 1899,Alabama; d. Before 1995)

2.  Clarence Godwin --(b. 12 JUN 1900, Alabama; d. 26 DEC 1933 )

3. Lee Ellis Godwin--M--(b. 27 OCT 1907, Alabama; d. 1954)

Levi Thomas Godwin-- Birth: JAN 1860 in Conecuh County, Alabama ; Death: ABT 1920 in Escambia County, Alabama

Burial: Bowman Cemetery, Escambia County, Alabama

          Married; ABT 1880 in Escambia County, Alabama to

Charlotte (Loty) Moye

Birth: JAN 1855 in Brewton, Escambia, Alabama

Death: AFT 1900 in Escambia County, Alabama

Burial: Bowman Cemetery, Escambia County, Alabama

      Children:

1.   Benjamin Godwin --b. 1881 Canoe, Escambia, Alabama;

      d.  AFT 1930 in Escambia County, Alabama.

   He married Laura Morrow ABT 1902 in Escambia County, Alabama. She was born AUG 1883 in Escambia County, Alabama, and died BET 1920 AND 1930 in Escambia County, Alabama. Their Children

Myrtle Godwin b: ABT 1903 in Escambia County, Alabama

Perry Godwin b: ABT 1905 in Escambia County, Alabama

Eve Godwin b: ABT 1908 in Escambia County, Alabama

Robert Godwin b: ABT 1913 in Escambia County, Alabama

Earline Godwin b: ABT 1922 in Escambia County, Alabama

2. Levy Godwin --b. 29 APR 1883 in Alabama ; d. 5 FEB 1956 ; Burial: Bowman Cemetery, Escambia County, Alabama

3.  Leila Lena Godwin --b. 29 OCT 1884 in Washington County, Florida ; d. 16 APR 1958 in Tallahassee, Florida; Married: BEF 16 JUN 1900 to  William Oscar Hammond. (Their children:  Rosa Bertha Hammond, Floyd Hammond , & Julius Hammond)

4. John Moye Godwin --b. 27 AUG 1886 in Escambia County, Alabama; no death date, spouse or children mentioned.

5. Salinia Godwin --b. DEC 1887 in Alabama ; no death date, spouse, or children mentioned.

6.  Abigail (Abbie) Godwin-- b: AUG 1891 in Alabama; no death date, spouse, or children mentioned.

Levy's parents:

Levi Jefferson Godwin , Jr was born ABT 1835 in Conecuh County, Alabama, and died 1862 in KIA**, War Between the States (**Killed in action);

              Married :8 MAR 1855 in Escambia County, Florida to

Mary Jane Gunter--born ABT 1837 in Florida, and died ABT 1900.  

          Their children:

Sabra Mahalia Godwin b: ABT 1856 in Conecuh County, Alabama

Frances Godwin b: ABT 1857 in Conecuh County, Alabama

Levi Thomas Godwin b: JAN 1860 in Conecuh County, Alabama

(At website http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.co... begin  at

"Ahnentafel, Generation No. 2" for info on 3 more generations, going back to James Godwin was born 1736 in , Sampson, North Carolina)