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Married Elizabeth Anthony on 13 Aug 1799 in Caswell Co NC. She was the daughter of John Anthony. Elizabeth was born 17 Nov 1777; died in Giles Co TN. Thomas may have had a second marriage.

Williamson County, Tennessee Wills and Inventories, Book I & II, 1800-1818, Abstracted by Louise Gillespie Lynch (1992, Southern Historical Press, Greenville, SC)
Will Book #2, Page 342
Thomas Gooch, dec'd. Will. Oct. session 1817
Mentions the following persons:
Wife, Elizabeth Gooch
Children: Matilda Gooch, Meriller Barnes & David Gooch
Son-in-law: Jeremiah Barnes (husband of Meriller)
Slaves: Patrick, Sarah, Chaney, Fann, Edy, Jacob
Executors: friends Sherwood Green & Wm. S. Webb
Test: N. Gooch, W. S. Webb & Jeremiah Barnes
29 Sep 1817
Probated Oct. session 1817
Will Book #2, Page 360
Thomas Gooch, dec'd. Inventory. Jan. session 1818
Slaves: Patrick, Jacob, Sarah, Fanny, Eadey, Cherry
Mentions "cotton in Giles County", notes on James Gooch (doubtful), Jeremiah Burnes, John Jemmerson, money received of Nathaniel Gooch, Admr. of Thos. Gooch, dec'd of North Caroliner. S. Green, Exr.
Will Book #2, Page 361
Thomas Gooch, dec'd. Account of Sales. Jan. session 1818
Those buying: ... Ansolum Barnes, Jeremiah Barnes, Nathan Gooch, Elizabeth Gooch, David Gooch, Matilda Gooch, James Jemmerson. S. Green, Exr.

Cemeteries and Graveyards of Rutherford County, Tennessee, Compiled by Susan G. Daniel (2005, Rutherford County Historical Society, Murfreesboro, TN)
245. Gooch Cemetery ... by Mr. & Mrs. George F. Watson, 1968
Thomas Gooch, son of William & Frances Rice Gooch, Sr.
Dec. 12, 1777 - Oct 6, 1817
[believed to be buried on his own property in Dist. 17, Williamson Co. and not here. He was brother to David Gooch (1763 - 1831)]

Caswell Co DB X, p.44. Power of attorney dated 9 Dec 1817.
Sherwood Green, exec. of Thomas Gooch, dec'd and guardian of Matilda Gooch a legal heir and David Gooch, all of Williamson Co TN to Thomas Boas to receive monies due from William Gooch of Caswell as exec of William Gooch & John C. Gooch. Matilda due 1/2 of property willed by John Gooch to the heirs of Thomas Gooch, dec'd. Reg. Caswell 29 Nov 1826.

DB X, p.48
9 Dec 1817 Jeremiah Barnes and Marilla Barnes his wife, daughter of Thomas Gooch, dec'd of William Co TN to Thomas Boas to receive from William Gooch of Caswell exec of John C. Gooch, all money due. Reg. 30 Nov 1826

Birth	22 Dec 1773	Caswell County, North Carolina
Death	3 Oct 1817	Williamson County, Tennessee

Father	William Gooch Sr. (1714 - 1802)
Mother	Frances Rice ( - 1816)
Sibling	David Gooch (1763 - 1831)
Sibling	Nathaniel Gooch (1768 - 1841)
Sibling	Sarah "Sally" Gooch ( - )
Sibling	John Claiborne Gooch ( - 1804)
Sibling	Mary "Polly" Gooch ( - )
Sibling	Sicily Gooch ( - )