Isabell Doe Goad

This is from Joe Payne:

A tradition has existed in the Carroll County Goad families that Robert of Grayson lived for a time in the early 1780’s in Buncombe County, North Carolina, that he had there met his wife, Isabel (Iszzy) and that she was an indentured servant with time still to serve; that Robert had run away with her and returned to Virginia. The tradition was ruther that the man to whom Isabel was bound learned of her “where-abouts” and came to Grayson to reclaim her services. Finding that she had a husband and children, he stayed for supper and overnight and returned home without her. This story smacks a bit of “soap opera” and can perhaps be taken with a bit of skepticism. The part about Robert meeting Isabel in Buncombe County could well be accurate, however. Perhaps Robert and brother William were both

there in the early 1780’s.

Other names I see on this forum are mentioned so here is the link in case someone can use the info:

http://members.aol.com/philli6372/goad4.htm