Individual Details

According to a copy of "Descendants of Samuel Goodin, Sr.," Samuel Sr. was about 50 years old and a widower when he traveled by flatboat and landed at the Falls of Ohio (Louisville, April 1779) after spending a very severe winter in Fayette County, PA. This is referenced "see Kentucky Court Reports" by James Hughes, pages 183 - 186. "He then went south to Pottenger's Creek in 1780 at a site on the north bank of Rolling Fork......he built Goodin's Fort in 1781, according to the Filson Club publication.

Coming to Kentucky with the Goodins was Abraham Van Meter and his family. Abraham died in 1782 and Samuel then married his widow, Elizabeth Cline Van Meter. Elizabeth's children with Abraham Van Meter were Catherine, Letitia, Sarah, Elizabeth. Elizabeth Cline had one more child with Samuel Goodin, Sr., Abraham Goodin, b. 1783.

Samuel Goodin, Sr. (Built Goodin's Fort)
Goodins listed at the Fort:

Isaac Goodin (Samuel's son)
Samuel Goodin, Jr.(Samuel's son)
Thomas Goodin (Samuel's son)
Elizabeth Goodin (Samuel's daughter) and her husband Atkinson Hill who was to become prominent in Nelson County - becoming a Judge).
Rebecca Goodin (Samuel's daughter)

Birth	Abt 1729
Marriage	Abt 1750	UNK
Marriage	Aft 1781	Kentucky, United States - Elizabeth Cline

Spouse	Elizabeth Cline (1746 - 1800)
Child	Abraham Goodin (1783 - 1806)

Spouse	UNK (1730 - 1779)
Child	Isaac Goodin (1755 - 1838)
Child	Elizabeth Goodin (1760 - 1829)
Child	Thomas Goodin (1762 - 1834)
Child	Rebecca Goodin (1769 - 1832)
Child	Samuel Goodin Jr. (1772 - 1816)