According to DAR records, Stephen was born in March of 1759 in Morris Colony, New Jersey. He was the second son of seven children for Stephen Goble (1735-1845) and Rhoda Corey (1735-1790). He was married several times, living in Westmoreland Colony, Bedford, Pennsylvania and in Kentucky for a short time before settling in Bartholomew County, IN.
He served in the Revolutionary War as a Private under Captain Sparks (in Westmoreland Co.) and under Captain John Moore and John Boyd in Bedford Co. PA, advancing to corporal. He was wounded in his right arm during the Battle of Frankstown, Blair County, PA and again in another battle. He was honorably discharged on 1 July 1783. After the war he applied for and received a patent #470 for a bounty of "Donation Lands" in Westmoreland Co, PA for 200 acres in the Alleghany Valley. (pension record, S16388). Stephen also fought in the battle of Frenchtown during the War of 1812. This battle took place in what is now Monroe, Michigan and occurred on 18 January 1813, when Stephn was 54 yrs old.
After the Revolutionary War, he had at least 5 children with two wives (possibly married in 1780 and 1815, his 2nd wife was from Ireland, based on son Stephen Currin's records.) David Goble seems to be his oldest son, although "older children" are mentioned in his pension. Stephen eventually moved to Bartholomew County, Indiana around 1824-25 when son Stephen Currin was six years old. They lived in the Taylorsville area of Bartholomew County near Lowell Bridge. The 1840 census indicates 4 minors, 3 sons (Stephen Currin, Jackson, & William) and one daughter. He died on 11 Sept 1841 but his body was later moved, so his burial site is currently unknown. (See analysis at bottom.)
His children were:
David H. Goble, b. 12 Aug 1782 in Bedford County, PA (to wife #1) - his 1828 pension request mentions "older children" so may have been more children
Stephen Currin Goble, b. 20 Dec 1818 in Pennsylvania (where Stephen had returned & married)
Jackson Goble, b. 1819 in Pennsylvania
William Goble, b. about 1823/24 in Indiana
Daughter, listed in the 1830 and 1840 census
The History of Bartholomew County, IN - 1888 indicates "He had a wife and four children and lived near Arnold's mill near Lowell bridge."
An analysis of his potential burial site:
The Evening Republican
Columbus, Indiana
Friday, May 22, 1908
"...Stephen Goble is buried west of Driftwood, near Tannehill's mill."
Oral tradition has long maintained that the patriot Stephen Goble's grave was moved from its original site, somewhere just west of Taylorsville, to a parcel of ground on the other side of the Driftwood River, later identified as "Charles Dehmer's Farm." Charles Dehmer (1873-1937) was a latter day owner of 80 acres in Section 28, T9 R5, a property which lay between contemporary Bartholomew Co. road 330W and Driftwood River, now (21st century) platted into relatively small residential lots, known as Dehmer's Addition. This land was purchased by Stephen Goble's son, David Goble, in 1820, although it must be noted that David Goble had already moved to Iowa before his father's death. The owership of the land in Section 28 after 1820 remains un-examined. Charles Dehmer may not have purchased this land until about 1914, so had nothing whatever to do with the Goble family. All this tract has been significantly disturbed in the latter years of the 20th century, and no evidence of any graves has been identified there, despite diligent searching.
There are also mentions of Goble's removal being prompted by road improvements on what would later be known as U.S. 31, originally called the Indianapolis State Road. This may well have been the case, but the work prompting the relocation of Stephen Goble's remains was apparently done well before 1908, hence the above newspaper mention.
That earlier work has lately been conflated with work done in the summer of 1940, when an overpass was constructed on U.S. 31, and significant highway changes disturbed the original site of Carter's Chapel Cemetery. The Carter cemetery is a full three miles south of Taylorsville. A portion of that cemetery includes graves that now lie in the highway median. There is no evidence whatsoever that Stephen Goble was ever buried at Carter's Chapel, nor is there any reason to suppose that his grave relocation occurred in 1940.
It seems probable that Goble's grave was moved from its original site somewhere close to Taylorsville, to farmland in the southeast corner of Section 28, T9 R5, prompting the oft-told tale. At this writing, neither site can be determined with any precision, nor can the date of that action be determined, other than to say, "apparently before 1908."
He served in the Revolutionary War as a Private under Captain Sparks (in Westmoreland Co.) and under Captain John Moore and John Boyd in Bedford Co. PA, advancing to corporal. He was wounded in his right arm during the Battle of Frankstown, Blair County, PA and again in another battle. He was honorably discharged on 1 July 1783. After the war he applied for and received a patent #470 for a bounty of "Donation Lands" in Westmoreland Co, PA for 200 acres in the Alleghany Valley. (pension record, S16388). Stephen also fought in the battle of Frenchtown during the War of 1812. This battle took place in what is now Monroe, Michigan and occurred on 18 January 1813, when Stephn was 54 yrs old.
After the Revolutionary War, he had at least 5 children with two wives (possibly married in 1780 and 1815, his 2nd wife was from Ireland, based on son Stephen Currin's records.) David Goble seems to be his oldest son, although "older children" are mentioned in his pension. Stephen eventually moved to Bartholomew County, Indiana around 1824-25 when son Stephen Currin was six years old. They lived in the Taylorsville area of Bartholomew County near Lowell Bridge. The 1840 census indicates 4 minors, 3 sons (Stephen Currin, Jackson, & William) and one daughter. He died on 11 Sept 1841 but his body was later moved, so his burial site is currently unknown. (See analysis at bottom.)
His children were:
David H. Goble, b. 12 Aug 1782 in Bedford County, PA (to wife #1) - his 1828 pension request mentions "older children" so may have been more children
Stephen Currin Goble, b. 20 Dec 1818 in Pennsylvania (where Stephen had returned & married)
Jackson Goble, b. 1819 in Pennsylvania
William Goble, b. about 1823/24 in Indiana
Daughter, listed in the 1830 and 1840 census
The History of Bartholomew County, IN - 1888 indicates "He had a wife and four children and lived near Arnold's mill near Lowell bridge."
An analysis of his potential burial site:
The Evening Republican
Columbus, Indiana
Friday, May 22, 1908
"...Stephen Goble is buried west of Driftwood, near Tannehill's mill."
Oral tradition has long maintained that the patriot Stephen Goble's grave was moved from its original site, somewhere just west of Taylorsville, to a parcel of ground on the other side of the Driftwood River, later identified as "Charles Dehmer's Farm." Charles Dehmer (1873-1937) was a latter day owner of 80 acres in Section 28, T9 R5, a property which lay between contemporary Bartholomew Co. road 330W and Driftwood River, now (21st century) platted into relatively small residential lots, known as Dehmer's Addition. This land was purchased by Stephen Goble's son, David Goble, in 1820, although it must be noted that David Goble had already moved to Iowa before his father's death. The owership of the land in Section 28 after 1820 remains un-examined. Charles Dehmer may not have purchased this land until about 1914, so had nothing whatever to do with the Goble family. All this tract has been significantly disturbed in the latter years of the 20th century, and no evidence of any graves has been identified there, despite diligent searching.
There are also mentions of Goble's removal being prompted by road improvements on what would later be known as U.S. 31, originally called the Indianapolis State Road. This may well have been the case, but the work prompting the relocation of Stephen Goble's remains was apparently done well before 1908, hence the above newspaper mention.
That earlier work has lately been conflated with work done in the summer of 1940, when an overpass was constructed on U.S. 31, and significant highway changes disturbed the original site of Carter's Chapel Cemetery. The Carter cemetery is a full three miles south of Taylorsville. A portion of that cemetery includes graves that now lie in the highway median. There is no evidence whatsoever that Stephen Goble was ever buried at Carter's Chapel, nor is there any reason to suppose that his grave relocation occurred in 1940.
It seems probable that Goble's grave was moved from its original site somewhere close to Taylorsville, to farmland in the southeast corner of Section 28, T9 R5, prompting the oft-told tale. At this writing, neither site can be determined with any precision, nor can the date of that action be determined, other than to say, "apparently before 1908."
According to DAR records, Stephen was born in March of 1759 in Morris Colony, New Jersey. He was the second son of seven children for Stephen Goble (1735-1845) and Rhoda Corey (1735-1790). He was married several times, living in Westmoreland Colony, Bedford, Pennsylvania and in Kentucky for a short time before settling in Bartholomew County, IN.
He served in the Revolutionary War as a Private under Captain Sparks (in Westmoreland Co.) and under Captain John Moore and John Boyd in Bedford Co. PA, advancing to corporal. He was wounded in his right arm during the Battle of Frankstown, Blair County, PA and again in another battle. He was honorably discharged on 1 July 1783. After the war he applied for and received a patent #470 for a bounty of "Donation Lands" in Westmoreland Co, PA for 200 acres in the Alleghany Valley. (pension record, S16388). Stephen also fought in the battle of Frenchtown during the War of 1812. This battle took place in what is now Monroe, Michigan and occurred on 18 January 1813, when Stephn was 54 yrs old.
After the Revolutionary War, he had at least 5 children with two wives (possibly married in 1780 and 1815, his 2nd wife was from Ireland, based on son Stephen Currin's records.) David Goble seems to be his oldest son, although "older children" are mentioned in his pension. Stephen eventually moved to Bartholomew County, Indiana around 1824-25 when son Stephen Currin was six years old. They lived in the Taylorsville area of Bartholomew County near Lowell Bridge. The 1840 census indicates 4 minors, 3 sons (Stephen Currin, Jackson, & William) and one daughter. He died on 11 Sept 1841 but his body was later moved, so his burial site is currently unknown. (See analysis at bottom.)
His children were:
David H. Goble, b. 12 Aug 1782 in Bedford County, PA (to wife #1) - his 1828 pension request mentions "older children" so may have been more children
Stephen Currin Goble, b. 20 Dec 1818 in Pennsylvania (where Stephen had returned & married)
Jackson Goble, b. 1819 in Pennsylvania
William Goble, b. about 1823/24 in Indiana
Daughter, listed in the 1830 and 1840 census
The History of Bartholomew County, IN - 1888 indicates "He had a wife and four children and lived near Arnold's mill near Lowell bridge."
An analysis of his potential burial site:
The Evening Republican
Columbus, Indiana
Friday, May 22, 1908
"...Stephen Goble is buried west of Driftwood, near Tannehill's mill."
Oral tradition has long maintained that the patriot Stephen Goble's grave was moved from its original site, somewhere just west of Taylorsville, to a parcel of ground on the other side of the Driftwood River, later identified as "Charles Dehmer's Farm." Charles Dehmer (1873-1937) was a latter day owner of 80 acres in Section 28, T9 R5, a property which lay between contemporary Bartholomew Co. road 330W and Driftwood River, now (21st century) platted into relatively small residential lots, known as Dehmer's Addition. This land was purchased by Stephen Goble's son, David Goble, in 1820, although it must be noted that David Goble had already moved to Iowa before his father's death. The owership of the land in Section 28 after 1820 remains un-examined. Charles Dehmer may not have purchased this land until about 1914, so had nothing whatever to do with the Goble family. All this tract has been significantly disturbed in the latter years of the 20th century, and no evidence of any graves has been identified there, despite diligent searching.
There are also mentions of Goble's removal being prompted by road improvements on what would later be known as U.S. 31, originally called the Indianapolis State Road. This may well have been the case, but the work prompting the relocation of Stephen Goble's remains was apparently done well before 1908, hence the above newspaper mention.
That earlier work has lately been conflated with work done in the summer of 1940, when an overpass was constructed on U.S. 31, and significant highway changes disturbed the original site of Carter's Chapel Cemetery. The Carter cemetery is a full three miles south of Taylorsville. A portion of that cemetery includes graves that now lie in the highway median. There is no evidence whatsoever that Stephen Goble was ever buried at Carter's Chapel, nor is there any reason to suppose that his grave relocation occurred in 1940.
It seems probable that Goble's grave was moved from its original site somewhere close to Taylorsville, to farmland in the southeast corner of Section 28, T9 R5, prompting the oft-told tale. At this writing, neither site can be determined with any precision, nor can the date of that action be determined, other than to say, "apparently before 1908."
He served in the Revolutionary War as a Private under Captain Sparks (in Westmoreland Co.) and under Captain John Moore and John Boyd in Bedford Co. PA, advancing to corporal. He was wounded in his right arm during the Battle of Frankstown, Blair County, PA and again in another battle. He was honorably discharged on 1 July 1783. After the war he applied for and received a patent #470 for a bounty of "Donation Lands" in Westmoreland Co, PA for 200 acres in the Alleghany Valley. (pension record, S16388). Stephen also fought in the battle of Frenchtown during the War of 1812. This battle took place in what is now Monroe, Michigan and occurred on 18 January 1813, when Stephn was 54 yrs old.
After the Revolutionary War, he had at least 5 children with two wives (possibly married in 1780 and 1815, his 2nd wife was from Ireland, based on son Stephen Currin's records.) David Goble seems to be his oldest son, although "older children" are mentioned in his pension. Stephen eventually moved to Bartholomew County, Indiana around 1824-25 when son Stephen Currin was six years old. They lived in the Taylorsville area of Bartholomew County near Lowell Bridge. The 1840 census indicates 4 minors, 3 sons (Stephen Currin, Jackson, & William) and one daughter. He died on 11 Sept 1841 but his body was later moved, so his burial site is currently unknown. (See analysis at bottom.)
His children were:
David H. Goble, b. 12 Aug 1782 in Bedford County, PA (to wife #1) - his 1828 pension request mentions "older children" so may have been more children
Stephen Currin Goble, b. 20 Dec 1818 in Pennsylvania (where Stephen had returned & married)
Jackson Goble, b. 1819 in Pennsylvania
William Goble, b. about 1823/24 in Indiana
Daughter, listed in the 1830 and 1840 census
The History of Bartholomew County, IN - 1888 indicates "He had a wife and four children and lived near Arnold's mill near Lowell bridge."
An analysis of his potential burial site:
The Evening Republican
Columbus, Indiana
Friday, May 22, 1908
"...Stephen Goble is buried west of Driftwood, near Tannehill's mill."
Oral tradition has long maintained that the patriot Stephen Goble's grave was moved from its original site, somewhere just west of Taylorsville, to a parcel of ground on the other side of the Driftwood River, later identified as "Charles Dehmer's Farm." Charles Dehmer (1873-1937) was a latter day owner of 80 acres in Section 28, T9 R5, a property which lay between contemporary Bartholomew Co. road 330W and Driftwood River, now (21st century) platted into relatively small residential lots, known as Dehmer's Addition. This land was purchased by Stephen Goble's son, David Goble, in 1820, although it must be noted that David Goble had already moved to Iowa before his father's death. The owership of the land in Section 28 after 1820 remains un-examined. Charles Dehmer may not have purchased this land until about 1914, so had nothing whatever to do with the Goble family. All this tract has been significantly disturbed in the latter years of the 20th century, and no evidence of any graves has been identified there, despite diligent searching.
There are also mentions of Goble's removal being prompted by road improvements on what would later be known as U.S. 31, originally called the Indianapolis State Road. This may well have been the case, but the work prompting the relocation of Stephen Goble's remains was apparently done well before 1908, hence the above newspaper mention.
That earlier work has lately been conflated with work done in the summer of 1940, when an overpass was constructed on U.S. 31, and significant highway changes disturbed the original site of Carter's Chapel Cemetery. The Carter cemetery is a full three miles south of Taylorsville. A portion of that cemetery includes graves that now lie in the highway median. There is no evidence whatsoever that Stephen Goble was ever buried at Carter's Chapel, nor is there any reason to suppose that his grave relocation occurred in 1940.
It seems probable that Goble's grave was moved from its original site somewhere close to Taylorsville, to farmland in the southeast corner of Section 28, T9 R5, prompting the oft-told tale. At this writing, neither site can be determined with any precision, nor can the date of that action be determined, other than to say, "apparently before 1908."
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