Individual Details

Married Mary Tilley late in life and had no children. Last listed as head of a family in 1860 Census in DeKalb Co TN.

1830 Census. White, TN
Peter Goolsby, 1 male between age 30 and 40.

1840 Census. White Co, TN
Peter Goolsby: 1m under 5, 1m 15-20, 1m 20-30, 1m 40-50; 1f under 5, 1f 15-20, 1f 20-30, 1f 40-50.
Perhaps Mary brought children and grandchildren to the marriage.

1850 Census. Dist 14, DeKalb, TN, Hh 710
Peter Goolsby, 62, Blacksmith, b. NC
Mary, 52, b. NC
James Ridge, 13, b. TN

1860 Census. Dist 14, DeKalb, TN, Hh 1399
Peter Goolsby, 75, blacksmith, b. NC
Mary, 61, b. NC
Isaac Ridge, 17, laborer, c. TN
in 1398 was:
James Ridge, 23, WheelWright. Caladonia, 26. Isaac M. age 1
Mary Strong, 74, widow, and Nancy Strong, 54, old maid
in Hh 1397 was:
Martin Gooslby, 42, Blacksmith, b. TN - probably nephew, son of Peter's brother Wade. Martin had wife Sarah and six children.

Birth

Abt 1788

Rowan County, North Carolina

Father	WADE Goolsby (1767 - )
Mother	JANE Crook (1765 - 1850)
Sibling	JAMES GOOLSBY (1788 - 1861)
Sibling	Wade Goolsby Jr. (1790 - )
Sibling	John Goolsby (1792 - )
Sibling	William Goolsby (1805 - )