Ephraim Goad's parents have yet to be definitely identified although researchers feel that he was a grandson of Abraham Goad who lived in Anderson (from which Campbell County was later formed) at the appropriate time. Abraham was a son of John Goad of Bedford County, Virginia. Abraham's sister, Joanna, was the mother of John Sevier the first governor of Tennessee. It seems probable that Ephraim's father was Ayers Goad (born 1780 in VA & died 1855 in Green Co., IN) and Edith. (This is how it is recorded in this record.) Possibly, his parents could have been Ayres' brother Joshua and Sally Smiddy. Both were sons of Abraham. Ephraim was living in Campbell County, Tennessee, in 1830 and was in Walker County, Georgia, in 1840. Ken Haas in his THE GOADS: A FRONTIER FAMILY, reports that Ephraim was in Hamilton County, Tennessee, in 1840. He was definitely in Walker County in 1850 when his name was recorded as "Gourd." By 1860, he was in Carroll County, Arkansas, where he settled in the Rudd/Piney Wood area. It is possible that he lived in the county just to the south, Madison County, Arkansas, since some Goads in that area knew him and refered to him as "Old Uncle Eph." In 1876, the Carroll County tax records list him as being dead with taxes unpaid. His estate was in probate court until 21 October 1884. A. G. Moore was named as the administrator of his estate. Mr. Moore was to pay Ephraim's heirs $21.12. He paid $19.42 and the court discharged him from further duties. Evidently, the remainder of the sum represented the amount for Mr. Moore's wife, apparently a daughter of Ephraim. His burial site has not been located.
     It is probable that he was married two times. Their is apparently a family tradition that Nancy was the fifth child of the first wife. After her mother's death, Nancy took care of the house until her father remarried.

The Estate of Ephraim Goad.  Proceedings Dealing with Distribution of his estate, Berryville, Carroll Co., AR, 1881-1884. (on RootsWeb)

Ephraim GOAD
     Birth:  c __ ___ 1805  TN
Marriage 1:  c __ ___ 1826  (Unidentified)
Marriage 2:  b __ ___ 1840  Susannah W. JESTER (1808-____); TN?
     Death:  c __ ___ 1876  Carroll Co., AR
    Father:                 Ayres GOAD (1780-1855)  (Unproven)
    Mother:                 Edith CAZAD (1781-1859) (Unproven)

Marriage 1:  c __ ___ 1826
    Spouse:                 (Unidentified)
     Death:  b __ ___ 1840

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Children of his first marriage:

1/M    Emanuel GOAD
          Birth:  c __ ___ 1827  TN
       Marriage:  c __ ___ 1849  Mary A. WINCHELL (1829-____); Walker Co.?, GA
            Dau:    __ ___ 1850  Sabrina F. GOAD; Pea Vine, Walker Co., GA
            Son:  c __ ___ 1852  James Russell GOAD; Walker Co.?, GA
            Dau:  c __ ___ 1854  Sarah C. GOAD; Walker Co.?, GA
            Son:  c __ ___ 1856  William A. GOAD; Lawrence Co.?, AR
            Dau:  c __ ___ 1859  Martha C. GOAD; Hazel Grove, Lawrence Co., AR
            Son:    01 Aug 1863  Albert Emanuel GOAD; Lawrence Co.?, AR>
            Son:    21 Nov 1871  Charles Lee GOAD; Lawrence Co.?, AR

2/M    Robert H. GOAD
          Birth:  c __ ___ 1828  TN
       Marriage:  c __ ___ 1846  Sarah (--?--) (1830-____); TN?
            Son:  c __ ___ 1847  John W. GOAD; TN
            Son:    __ Nov 1848  James Henry GOAD; TN
            Dau:  c __ ___ 1850  Mary GOAD; TN
            Dau:  c __ ___ 1853  Amanda GOAD; TN
            Dau:  c __ ___ 1855  Nancy Alice GOAD; TN
            Son:  c __ ___ 1859  Sarah A. GOAD; Hazel Grove, Lawrence Co., AR 

3/M    Oliver GOAD
          Birth:  c __ ___ 1831  TN
       Marriage:  c __ ___ 1854  Sarah (--?--) (1837-____); GA
            Son:  c __ ___ 1855  Doyle GOAD; GA
            Dau:  c __ ___ 1857  Eliza GOAD; GA
            Dau:  c __ ___ 1859  Sarah B. GOAD; Hazel Grove, Lawrence Co., AR

4/F    Nancy Ann GOAD
          Birth:    04 Feb 1834  TN
       Marriage:    __ ___ ____  Albert Gallaten MOORE (1830-1912) 
            Son:    12 Apr 1857  Jessie C. MOORE
            Son:    21 Sep 1858  William A. MOORE
            Son:    06 Dec 1860  Rufus P. MOORE; AR
            Son:    06 Dec 1862  George W. MOORE; AR
            Dau:    17 Nov 1864  Mary Ann MOORE; AR
            Son:    13 May 1866  John Oliver MOORE; AR
            Dau:    04 Jun 1868  Sarah F. MOORE; AR
            Son:    21 Jul 1870  James R. MOORE; AR
            Son:  c __ ___ 1871  Samuel L. MOORE; AR
            Son:    11 Oct 1872  Albert P. MOORE
            Son:    27 Sep 1875  Emmanuel Lee MOORE; Carroll Co., AR
            Dau:    16 Nov 1879  Kathlyn MOORE
            Son:  c __ ___ 1880  Nancy C. MOORE; AR
          Death:    02 Jan 1917  Davenport, Lincoln Co., WA

5/F    Talitha J. GOAD
        Birth:  c __ ___ 1834  TN

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Marriage 2:  before __ ___ 1840  TN?

    Spouse:                 Susannah W. JESTER
     Birth:  c __ ___ 1808  GA
    Father:                 Jacob JESTER Sr. (1732-1819)
    Mother:                 Sidney Susannah SPENCER (1777-____)

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Children of his second marriage:

6/M    General Harrison GOAD
          Birth:  c __ ___ 1840  TN
       Marriage:    __ ___ ____  Sarah E. (--?--) (1845-____)
            Son:    __ Aug 1868  Robert E. GOAD; AR
            Dau:  c __ ___ 1872  Mary E. GOAD; AR
            Dau:  c __ ___ 1874  Florence E. GOAD; AR
            Son:    __ Apr 1878  Thomas A. GOAD; AR

7/F    Minerva C. GOAD
          Birth:  c __ ___ 1842  GA

8/F    L. Paulina Frances "Fanny" GOAD
          Birth:    06 Mar 1845  Walker Co.?, GA
       Marriage:  c __ ___ 1860  Hezekiah CHANEY (1835-1907), 
                            son of Robert? CHANEY and Sarah (--?--); Carroll Co., AR
            Son:    09 Aug 1860  John Wesley CHANEY Sr.; Carroll Co., AR
            Son:    18 Mar 1863  William Ninevah CHANEY; Carroll Co., AR
            Son:  c __ ___ 1865  Andrew William CHANEY; Carroll Co., AR
            Dau:  c __ ___ 1866  Nancy A. CHANEY; Carroll Co., AR
            Dau:    23 Oct 1866  Sarah Lou Phebe CHANEY; Green Forest, Carroll Co., AR
            Dau:  c __ ___ 1870  Catherine CHANEY; AR
            Son:  c __ ___ 1879  Robert E. CHANEY; Carroll Co., AR
            Dau:    18 Apr 1879  Martha Jane CHANEY; Johnson Co., TX
            Son:    10 Mar 1881  Harrison Kye "Bud" CHANEY; Carroll Co., AR
            Son:    25 Sep 1882  George Ellis CHANEY; Carroll Co., AR
            Dau:  c __ ___ 1884  Mary CHANEY; Carroll Co., AR
            Dau:    31 Aug 1886  Zettie Rosa CHANEY; Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR
          Death:    09 Jul 1904  Moody, McLennan Co., TX
         Burial:  a 09 Jul 1904  Moody, McLennan Co., TX

9/F    Susannah Mary GOAD
          Birth:    __ ___ 1847  GA
       Marriage:    14 Oct 1862  Absalom Lee HAMBY (1843-1929); Carroll Co., AR
            Dau:    __ ___ 1863  Mary D. HAMBY
            Dau:    21 Mar 1864  Sarah Ann Elizabeth HAMBY
            Dau:    __ Apr 1866  Ernestine HAMBY
            Dau:    08 Feb 1867  Susan DuVila HAMBY
            Son:    19 Mar 1869  James Ephraim HAMBY; Rudd, Carroll Co., AR
          Death:    28 Mar 1869  Carroll Co., AR 

10/M   Ephriam T. T. GOAD
          Birth:  c __ ___ 1849  GA
       Marriage:    05 May 1872  Jane T. HULSEY (1855-____); Carroll Co.,  AR
            Son:  c __ ___ 1873  Robert GOAD
            Son:  c __ ___ 1878  John GOAD
            Dau:                 Sophronia GOAD

11/F   Phoebe Elizabeth J. GOAD
          Birth:  c __ ___ 1851  TN
       Marriage:    05 Dec 1871  James Monroe ROBERTS (1836-____); Carroll Co.,  AR